Now Trending: Alpay Scholarship Exhibition
June 6 – July 2, 2020    

CANCELED

Due to difficulties caused by the pandemic, Now Trending will not proceed as scheduled. Look for a new call for online art to posted soon by Palos Verdes Art Center.

Current art and media students from Southern California colleges and universities are invited to submit new work to be showcased in Palos Verdes Art Center’s Alpay Scholarship Exhibition, Now Trending. One $5000 scholarship will be awarded. This call is open to undergraduate and graduate students.

All media considered, including:
* Painting
* Drawing
* Printing
* Sculpture
* Glass
* Ceramics
* Fiber art
* Photography
* Video
* Film
* VR (virtual reality)
* AR (augmented reality)
* Installation art
* Performance art
* Sound art
* Mixed media

Juror:   Dennis Keeley

Dennis Keeley works as an artist, photographer, teacher and writer.  His photographs have been exhibited in numerous one person and group exhibitions, and his work has been published internationally in books and studies concerning urban circumstance.  He has been commissioned by the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, and has works in the permanent collections at LACMA, MOCA, the J. Paul Getty Center Trust, Conservation and Research Institutes among others. 

He is the chair of the Photography and Imaging Program at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

* Open to all current Southern California college and university art and media studies students
* $5000 scholarship award
* Enter through callforentry.org
* No submission fee
* Up to three (3) submissions
* Submission deadline April 15, 2020
* Exhibition dates, June 6 – July 2, 2020

Since 1998, The Beverly G. Alpay Memorial Education Fund has provided almost $200,000 in funds to support the artistic journey of talented artists from high school students to working professionals. Alpay Memorial Education Funds support  Now Trending: Alpay Scholarship Exhibition.

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria