University of Central Arkansas

The Annual Juried Student Competitive Exhibition is open to all UCA students free of charge, and features cash awards provided by the UCA Department of Art to recognize excellence.  The Department of Art faculty selects a guest juror who then selects approximately 50 pieces for the exhibition.  The award-winning art works and artists are recognized at the opening reception which is free of charge and open to the public.

The entry all-call for submission of works in all media is distributed in mid-February; the competitive exhibition usually takes place in March.

2009 Press Release of Selections and Awards.

Download an entry form.

2010 Entry and Exhibit Schedule

2010 Juror: Amy Mayfield

Past jurors include:

2009: Kerry Skarbakka: Photographer and Performance Artist, Pittsburgh, PA

2008: Bill Brookshire, Creative Director, Allison Agency, Little Rock, AR

2007: Dave Anderson, Photographer/Artist, Little Rock, AR

2006: Kevin Kressse, Artist, Little Rock, AR

2005 Herb Parker, Professor of Art, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

2004: Erin Branham, former Education director, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

2003: George Kinghorn, Curator and Director of Education, Contemporary Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL

2002: Thom Brown, Professor of Art, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.