Ruskin Coastal Art Contest for Teens and Young Adults
The Ruskin Woman's Club invites South Shore artists 14 to 20 to a coastal-themed art contest; the winner becomes a wall mural. Deadline July 10.
The GFWC Ruskin Woman's Club is sponsoring a coastal-themed community art contest for young artists ages 14 to 20 in Florida's South Shore area. Entry is free, with cash prizes, and the top submission will be transformed into a colorful wall mural at The Beach House in Ruskin. The contest's coastal theme gives entrants room to use their personal style to create something eye-catching for this year's project, part of a new annual initiative to help spruce up South Shore businesses.
The contest is open to artists from any South Shore community, ages 14 to 20 only, with one entry per person. Work must be the artist's own original creation, not previously shown, and must have a coastal theme on paper or canvas no larger than 16 by 20 inches in any medium, including colored pencil, ink, pastels or paint. Coastal subjects can include beaches, shells, manatees, dolphins, fish, seabirds, sunsets, boats, surf, sand, footprints, driftwood and beach chairs, with each artist's interpretation making it their own.
Entries are due by noon on Friday, July 10. Judging is blind and weighted, with The Beach House owner breaking any ties. Prizes are 300 dollars for first place, 200 dollars for second and 100 dollars for third, with winners announced at a public community celebration at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, after which mural painting begins. Selected entries other than the winner will be featured in a separate community showing, including a People's Choice Award and a gift certificate for art supplies. Applications and full rules are available at The Beach House at 206 W. Shell Point Road, Ruskin, and at the club website.
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