NATIONAL ARTS COMPETITION: CALL FOR ENTRIES

Nigerian Breweries Plc and African Artists’ Foundation present the third edition of the annual National Arts Competition in partnership with Dana air (official local airline of the competition), Goethe Institut, Society for Nigerian artists, Bogobiri House and Transcorp Hilton Abuja.

To commemorate Nigeria’s Golden jubilee, the theme of this year’s competition is:
“Chronicles of a Great Nation at 50”

Participating artists are required to interpret their vision of Nigeria at 50 through various art media.

There are fantastic cash prizes to be won in this competition:
3rd prize – N500, 000.00
2nd prize – N1, 000, 000.00
1st prize – N1, 500, 000.00

ALL VISUAL ART GENRES are welcome, and the competition is open to all budding and emerging artists.
Finalists in the competition will be selected to be part of an all expenses paid art workshop.

*Video Art *Multimedia *Painting *Sculpture *Installation *Photography *New Media

Participation is limited to ONE entry per artist, however artists may enter the competition in more than one genre, in which case artists may send in ONE entry per genre.

*For entries in Photography, please send an image that is representative of a complete body of work.
*For entries in Video, please send in clips not exceeding 3 minutes in length.
**Please note that artists who send in more than one image per genre or more than one entry under different pseudonyms will be automatically disqualified**

To submit an entry, please send an image of your work to: NIGERIANBREWERIESAAF@GMAIL.COM
Along with your details as follows:
- Official name in FULL - no pseudonyms or nicknames. Please indicate surname.
- Genre of work entered into the competition (Painting, New media, etc)
- Telephone number(s)
- Email address
- Home address
- Current location
- A brief description of your work (Artist Statement)

The deadline for submission is 6pm on the 15th of June 2010.

Please spread the word!

For more information:
www.africanartists.org
01-7450750