Call for Entries

AWARDS
Tom Peyton Festival Award, $1,000. Ten Merit Awards, $300 each. The Festival Committee will purchase work to be added to the church’s permanent art collection.

ELIGIBILITY
The exhibit is open to artists 18 years and over residing in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas. All art must be original, have been completed within the past two years and not previously exhibited in the Festival.

MEDIA
Two and three-dimensional mediums with the exception of video/film, performance art, and pre-made commercial crafts/art. The Tom
Peyton Memorial Arts Festival reserves the right to exclude any art deemed inappropriate for viewing in the liturgical setting.

ENTRIES
The $30 entry fee includes up to 3 digital images. Two-dimensional art cannot exceed 6’ in any direction; three-dimensional art, 7’x4’x4’ or 150 pounds. (Three-dimensional entries should include views from each direction.) All accepted work must arrive completely assembled and ready to install. Non-compliance may void the entry.

SALES
No commission will be charged for the sale of artwork. Works sold will be given to the purchaser when the Festival closes.

SHIPPING
Artists must pay all expenses for shipping work to the exhibit. All shipped work must be sent in a reusable container with a return shipping label pre-paid.

LIABILITY
The Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival and First United Methodist Church of Alexandria carry no insurance for loss or damage to artwork in the gallery or in transit, nor assume any liability for same. Every precaution will be taken for the safety of the exhibited work. Artists can and should provide their own insurance coverage. The Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival and First United Methodist Church of Alexandria are not responsible for loss or damage from any cause.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION PROCESS

• Complete the online entry form below
• Upload artwork files according to the entry guidelines
• Submit $30 entry fee using PayPal

If you need assistance uploading your entry online, please email tpaffumca@gmail.com.

ENTRY GUIDELINES
Images should be in high quality JPEG format, minimum 72 dpi and 3MB each. Filenames: title # as noted on the entry form, artist’s last name and title of work (example:1_smith_landscapeview). The juror has the right of refusal if the piece is misrepresented by the image submitted for entry.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Artists are encouraged to include a description or story (150 word limit) about each piece of work that is entered in the competitive exhibit.

PHOTO RELEASE
The Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival reserves the right to use photographs of accepted artwork for publicity for the Festival.

AGREEMENT
Submission of an entry into the Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival exhibit constitutes an agreement by artist to all conditions stated.

CONTACT
tpaffumca@gmail.com or 318.792.1930

HISTORY
The Annual Arts Festival of First United Methodist Church, Alexandria, Louisiana, was established in 1967 to encourage use and understanding of the arts as a means of healthy expression. The First Annual Festival presented the first juried art competition in Central Louisiana. For more than five decades since, the Festival has offered a variety of exhibits as well as programs of music, film, literature and drama.

The festival was renamed in 1980 to honor the memory of the Rev. Tom Peyton, a former associate minister whose ministry to the entire community’s arts and educational efforts was especially significant. An endowment in Peyton’s memory contributes to the Festival’s budget, which is supported otherwise by patrons’ gifts and grants. The Festival enjoys the guidance and services of the church’s staff and the use of its facilities. The core of the Festival remains the competitive juried exhibit, which retains the respect it has earned from artists.

JUROR JEFF MICKEY
Jeff Mickey is a Professor in the Department Visual Art & Design at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, where he is the area head for the Sculpture Program. He received his BFA from Arkansas State University and MFA from The University of Memphis.

Jeff was a child during the sixties and early seventies. He grew up with chemistry sets, microscopes and science books that were provided by his parents, who encouraged him to find out more about the world around him.

He states, “As I get older, I find that I am as interested in the myths of things in our culture as I am about the environment and the way it works or the science that can explain it. I want to find connections in myself and the world around me and explore situations or objects that describe these connections.”

Jeff has lived in Japan, California, Delaware, Tennessee, and Arkansas. He is now teaching and working in Hammond, Louisiana.

CALENDAR

February 28, 2024 | Deadline to submit entries

March 25, 2024 | Notifications emailed to the address provided with entry

April 5, 2024 | Deadline for shipped artwork delivery

April 7, 2024 | Hand-delivered artwork received in Fellowship Hall from 2 – 4 p.m.

April 12, 2024 | Opening Reception at 6 p.m.

April 21, 2024 | Pick up hand-delivered artwork at 2 p.m.

April 22 – 26, 2024 | Shipped artwork returned