Calhoun News Release:
The Alabama Center for the Arts (ACA) is excited to call students, alumni artists, faculty and staff of Athens State University and Calhoun Community College for the ninth annual juried Festival of the Cranes Exhibition.
We encourage innovative and progressive work that utilizes a diversity of art forms and media that depicts Whooping cranes, Sandhill cranes, birds, waterfowl, ducks, geese, raptors, eagles, falcons, owls, fish, deer, other wildlife, nature, and anything to do with General Joe Wheeler (“Fighting Joe”) or his home, Pond Spring, in nearby Hillsboro, Alabama.
This event is in conjunction with the annual Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Festival of the Cranes event to be held on Saturday & Sunday, January 14-15, 2023. (Note: ACA will have special hours on Jan. 14 & 15, 9am until 5pm). There will be events throughout the weekend at the ACA, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Princess Theatre, Cook Museum, Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Old State Bank and more.
Visit this link for details: https://www.alabamacenterforthearts.org/call-for-artists-2023-festival-of-the-cranes-art-exhibit/ (look for the Rules & Application button at the bottom of the page)
Or email info@alabamacenterforthearts.org to request a copy of the Call to Artists for the 2023 Festival of the Cranes Art Exhibition. Hard copies are available in the ACA Visual Arts building if you’d like to pick-up one the next time you visit.
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ART ENTRIES: November 28, 2022
Alabama Center for the Arts
info@alabamacenterforthearts.org