Contact: Cassie Ward, Director of Public Programs, cward@visitlongbranch.org, 830 Long Branch Lane, Millwood, Virginia, 22646
(Millwood, Va) - Historic Long Branch is requesting artist participation in their first Viewer's Choice Art Competition. Historic Long Branch, an historic house museum and farm that sits on 400 acres of rural Virginian land, boasts picturesque rolling hills and gardens, herds of horses, and stunning views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Long Branch invites artists to create pieces of art, using any medium of their choosing, of the historic house and grounds during their Grand Re-Opening and History & Harvest Weekend, scheduled for October 25th-27th, 2013. All interested artists should notify Historic Long Branch by October 18, 2013. To be eligible for the contest, all artists must sign in at Historic Long Branch between October 25 and October 27, 2013 and create at least part of their work on-site. Artists must submit their final works to Historic Long Branch by November 18, 2013. Their work will be displayed in the house and presented in an online gallery. A "Viewer's Choice" contest will ensue, in the house and online, where viewers will select their favorite pieces of art.
The winning artist will be announced at the Historic Long Branch Christmas Weekend, on Sunday, December 22, 2013. The winning artist will receive an entire room at Historic Long Branch to use as exhibition space throughout the Summer of 2014.
Contest Deadlines & Brief Details: Interested artists should notify Historic Long Branch: By October 18, 2013 Artists sign-in at Long Branch and begin at least part of their work on-site: October 25-27, 2013 Deadline for submissions: November 18, 2013 Winner announced: December 22, 2013
Winner receives an entire room in the historic house as exhibition space: Summer of 2014
For more information, please contact Cassie Ward, Director of Public Programs, cward@visitlongbranch.org or 540-837-1856.
Historic Long Branch preserves an American architectural treasure on 400 preserved acres of authentically rural Virginia.
