The Allegany Arts Council is pleased to announce a call for entries into its 2025 Teeny Tiny Art Show, taking place in collaboration with Allegany College of Maryland’s Hazen Gallery. The show celebrates small works and offers a total of $1500 in cash prizes and awards.

The Allegany Arts Council, located in Cumberland, MD, has long run a series of national, juried art competitions featuring photography, contemporary art and exploring themed topics.  In 2024, the Council’s longtime home was sold to new ownership and our offices moved to temporary space while our new home is under renovation. During this time, we are collaborating with community partners to host pop-up exhibitions.

The Hazen Gallery, located on the campus of Allegany College of Maryland, is a very intimate gallery space located next to the university’s newly-remodeled performance theatre.  Allegany County of Maryland is a community college offering numerous degree programs and preparatory programs for students seeking secondary education.

Show Dates

The exhibition will run from February 28-March 21, 2025, in the Hazen Gallery in Cumberland, Maryland. A Public Opening & Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2024, from 5:00PM-7:00PM. 

The show will be accessible to the public Wednesday-Saturday from 1:00PM-5:00PM daily during the exhibition period, as well as in a digital gallery. 

Juror

Patrice Drago is a prolific contemporary East Coast abstract artist.  Originally from New York, she has lived all up and down the coast from Maine to Florida., and currently resides in Annapolis, MD. She's been creating art in one form or another all her life.  

 Her artistic roots are in abstract expression; winning her first award at age nine, and at 14 she started painting abstractly on sheets hung from the ceiling with house paint and huge brushes. She pursued studies in all types of media, creating both abstract and representational works while also working diligently to perfect her other passion of writing. Her corporate job of strategic instructional design provided the invaluable creative environment and opportunity to perfect both drawing and writing skills, enabling her to eventually exit the corporate world to switch careers and become a full-time artist.

 She has worked to support the arts community through collaborative community art projects, board membership and participation with numerous local and regional non-profit organizations.  For more than a decade she has been blogging about art and is the author of the full-page monthly Gallery column in the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland.  Her original artwork is exhibited in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Delaware, and her paintings have found homes all over the world in corporate and private collections. In 2024, she became Executive Director of the Maryland Federation of Art. 

Application Requirements

Applicants may enter no more than 4 (four) entries.

Leaning into the intimate nature of the Hazen Gallery, all works in the show must be 5” or less in size. Works may be made with and on almost any material, so long as the total footprint is no larger than 5” in any direction, including three-dimensional works. We encourage a variety of works in paint, sculpture, mixed media and fiber arts.

In addition, artwork must meet the following criteria:

• All entries MUST be for sale. The gallery offers a commission of 65% to artists.
• No entries will be accepted which have been previously exhibited in the Allegany Arts Council galleries.
• Although there is no restriction on when entries were created, artists are encouraged to enter their latest work.
• Two-dimensional works must be wired and ready for presentation – the Hazen Gallery has fabric-based walls and no nails will be permitted.

Awards 
Best in Show:          $750

Second Place:         $400

Third Place:             $200

People’s Choice:     $150

The juror reserves the right to not present an award in any category if insufficient quantity or quality is determined.

Important Dates                                                 

Entry deadline: Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Notifications: Friday, January 31, 2025

Delivery by: All artwork must be received by Friday, February 21, 2025

Exhibition: February 28-March 21, 2025

 

Eligibility Criteria

See above.