nTexas National 2015 Art Competition & Exhibition  
nExhibition Dates: April 9  – June 11, 2016.    
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nENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 6, 2016
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nThe Juror: Abelardo Morell
nAwards: 1st - $2,000; 2nd - $1,000; 3rd - $500; Honorable Mentions
nEligibility: TEXAS NATIONAL 2016 is open to all artists working in the United States. Works may be of any medium (except video and performance). All works must be original and completed within the last two years. No previously submitted works will be accepted. All works must be available through the entire run of the show. Do not submit works for jury that might be sold before or shown elsewhere during the TEXAS NATIONAL 2016 show time frame. Visit us at: http://www.art.sfasu.edu/cole, or apply on line at: https://www.callforentry.org/ and search for Texas National. Questions? email us at txnational@sfasu.edu, or call 936-468-1131.
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nSize Limitations: Two-dimensional works, when displayed, cannot exceed 48” in height or width, including frame. Three-dimensional works cannot exceed 60” in height, 24” in width, and 24” in depth. If a separate pedestal is sent with the work, the total height, including the pedestal, must not exceed 60”. Return shipment of the pedestal, if shipped separately from the work, will also be at the artist’s expense, and must be accompanied by a pre-paid shipping label. The weight limitation of each crated or packaged work must not exceed 50 lbs. ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 6, 2016
nEntry Fee and Procedures: One, two or three digital images may be submitted via CaFÉ for $35 entry fee at https://www.callforentry.org. Secure credit card payments can be made through CaFÉ. Personal checks or money orders will not be accepted.
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nIf you require additional information regarding TEXAS NATIONAL, e-mail us at txnational@sfasu.edu.
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nSubmitting Images for Jurying: All entries (information and images) will be accepted through the CaFÉ website.
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n1) Each entrant may submit up to three digital images of three different art works.
n2) Each work must be represented by only one image (no detail views or duplicates).
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nInstructions on how to format images to CaFÉ specifications can be found at Image Prep.
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nJuror’s choices for TEXAS NATIONAL 2016 will be announced via e-mail and the CaFÉ website during the first week of March and no later than March 7, 2016. Exhibition dates are April 9 – June 11, 2016.
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nShipping: Accepted work must be sent at the artist’s expense, properly and securely packed in a single reusable carton or crate (NO Styrofoam peanuts) to TEXAS NATIONAL. Works must be shipped ready for installation. All 2-D works must have hangers or be wired for hanging. Plexiglas must be used instead of glass in framing. Works must arrive by March 29, 2016. IMPORTANT RETURN SHIPPING INFORMATION: Each reusable carton or crate must include a pre-paid return-shipping label, which also includes pre-paid insurance. Hand delivery is also acceptable. Detailed instructions will be sent to those artists whose works are accepted by the juror.
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nSFA Galleries: The SFA Galleries present exhibitions of regional, national and international art to an expanding audience centered in East Texas. It maintains high security with a guard always present during gallery hours. The gallery facilitates sales but takes no commission. The gallery does not profit from the entry fees of TEXAS NATIONAL. All monies collected pay for the entire exhibition, artists’ fees, awards, and advertising.
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nAbout the Juror:
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nAbelardo Morell was born in Havana, Cuba in 1948. He immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1962. Morell received his undergraduate degree in 1977 from Bowdoin College and an MFA from The Yale University School of Art in 1981. In 1997 he received an honorary degree from Bowdoin College.
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nHis publications include a photographic illustration of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1998) by Dutton Children’s Books, A Camera in a Room (1995) by Smithsonian Press, A Book of Books (2002) and Camera Obscura (2004) by Bulfinch Press and Abelardo Morell (2005), published by Phaidon Press. Recent publications include a limited edition book by The Museum of Modern Art in New York of his Cliché Verre images with a text by Oliver Sacks.
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nHis work has been collected and shown in many galleries, institutions and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York, The Chicago Art Institute, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Houston Museum of Art, The Boston Museum of Fine Art, The Victoria & Albert Museum and over seventy other museums in the United States and abroad. A retrospective of his work organized jointly by the Art Institute of Chicago, The Getty in Los Angeles and The High Museum in Atlanta closed in May 2014 after a year of travel.  This past October, Abelardo had his first show at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York featuring a selection of new pictures.  Abelardo currently has a show at the Bowdoin College Art Museum titled “The Mind of Winter” and will be on exhibition until September 27, 2015.
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