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Deadline approaching for Young Arkansas Artists exhibition applications

For more information contact:
Emily Fraize, 501-396-0308
efraize@arkarts.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Deadline approaching for Young Arkansas Artists exhibition applications

(LITTLE ROCK, AR) - The Arkansas Arts Center is accepting entries for the "43nd Annual Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition." The deadline for entries is Monday, February 9, 2004.

"Young Arkansas Artists," organized by the Arkansas Arts Center and the Arkansas Department of Education, is open to students, kindergarten through grade 12 in Arkansas schools - public and private. Entries must be original works created under teacher's supervision during the 2003 - 2004 school year. Entries must be submitted by a school, not by individual students or parents. Students should contact their teachers for more information.

All entries are judged by a statewide group of Arkansas art teachers who are members of the National Art Education Association. Approximately 150 works are chosen to be exhibited at the Arkansas Arts Center. Seventy-two of the accepted works will be selected to exhibit in communities across the state as part of the Arkansas Arts Center Traveling Exhibition program.

The exhibition will be on view at the Arkansas Arts Center on March 12 through May 2, 2004. For additional information, contact Keith Melton at 501-396-0312.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Contact: 501-372-4000
Location: Arkansas Arts Center - 9th and Commerce, Little Rock, AR 72202
Free Admission.
Gallery Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
Closed Monday and major holidays