Application Closed
Number of Applications Allowed: 3
Entry Fee (Entry Fee): $10.00
Images | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 4
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 4
Eligibility: National
State: Texas
Event Dates: 1/30/25 - 7/31/25
Jury Dates: 12/21/24 - 12/21/24
About the Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition
In 1976, the African American Museum initiated its first annual competition for southwest Black artists. The purpose of the Competition and Exhibition stemmed from the Museum’s need to build a distinguished art collection and to provide Black artists a venue to display their work. After several years of annuals, the competition became a biennial. In 1999, the African American Museum’s Board of Trustees named the Biennial Southwest Black Art Competition and Exhibition the Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition for Professor Simms’ outstanding contribution to art and art education.
The competition awards $1000.00 to one artist in each of the following categories: painting, sculpture, mixed media, drawing, printmaking and photography. One work is chosen from the category winners as the Best in Show artist. This artist also wins the opportunity to have a solo exhibition in the two years following the competition. The Best in Show artist agrees to donate a piece of their work from the show to the museum’s permanent collection.
Previous winners include: Charley Palmer (AL), Sedrick Huckaby (TX), Jeremy Biggers (TX), Florence Staats (NJ), Asia Youngs-Bailey (TX), Lee Ransaw (AR). and Leamon Green (TX),
Application Requirements
- Artist’s name, title of work, completion date, medium, size, and a different entry number for each work submitted (1-4).
- Images of each entry Jpeg format only.
- For sculpture entries, submit 3-4 images that reflect different perspectives on the object.
- Images embedded into PDF’s will not be accepted.
- All images should be 300 dpi (maximum 5MB)
- An artist’s statement and current biographical information
- Entries Deadline has been extended to December 18, 2024
- Artist selection notice will be between December 21 - December 27 2024
- Accepted work must be received by January 17th 2025 Upon receipt of the artwork, withdrawal will not be allowed from the exhibition.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to all artist of African descent over the age of eighteen (18).