Artists living within a 50-mile radius of the Lehigh Valley are invited to submit artwork for consideration to the third-annual juried exhibition,
Compendium.
Compendium, is designed to highlight the thriving artistic community of the Lehigh Valley and region and to showcase the diverse array of multi-disciplinary artists. In addition, the exhibition promotes the Artist Collective program at the Banana Factory Arts Center which offers creative networking, professional development, and career opportunities for visual artists.
This year the exhibition will be juried by Tim Higgins. Higgins is a working artist and freelance writer, arts journalist, editor, reporter, and publisher living and working in the Lehigh Valley for the past 35 years. Higgins, who has interviewed and written about many major artists working on the international, national and regional levels, including Roy Lichtenstein, Jamie Wyeth, Judy Pfaff, Angel Suarez, Roger Dean, Greg Weaver, Mort Kunstler, Adal Maldonado, and a host of others, remains committed to promoting the visual arts in and around the Lehigh Valley.
Awards will be announced during First Friday, May 3, 2019 at 7:30pm. All awards will be given at the discretion of the Juror.
Prizes are listed below:
First place: $250
Second place: $150
Third place: $50*