Monday, April 14 – Saturday, May 10, 2025
Audiences will enjoy this impressive body of student work, which includes photography, painting, drawing, figure drawing, metals, three-dimensional design, two-dimensional design, color theory, graphic design, and ceramics. Parkland Art and Design faculty will select approximately 180 works from 350+ entries for this year's exhibit. Students taking art classes in the current academic year, beginning with summer 2024, submitted artwork.
The awards ceremony will recognize students whose artwork shows remarkable distinction with announcements made for merit awards, purchase awards, monetary award certificates, and scholarship recipients. Merit awardees, certificate winners, and scholarship recipients retain possession of their work, while purchase awards become part of the Parkland College Student Art Collection.
Interested in submitting artwork?
Parkland Art and Design students are invited to submit up to 4 artworks here for consideration into the 57th Annual Juried Student Art and Design Exhibition. Parkland Art and Design faculty will select approximately 180 works for this year’s exhibit. Students taking art classes in the current academic year, beginning in summer 2024, are eligible to submit artwork.
Art and Design students whose artwork shows remarkable distinction are eligible to earn scholarships and monetary awards at the April 17 reception, including the Don Lake Art Scholarship, the Underwood-Alger Scholarship, the Robert Ralph Ford Memorial Art Scholarship, the Parkland President Award, the Metals Award for Jewelry/Metalsmithing, the Fine and Applied Arts Chair Award, the Parkland Art and Design Faculty Award, and the Blair Kling Memorial Art Award. In addition, the Art Coop Award for Sustained Studio Excellence will allow students to purchase art supplies.
Merit awardees, scholarship recipients, and certificate winners retain possession of their work, while purchase awards become part of the Parkland College Student Art Collection.
Please direct questions to the gallery office. Submit your entry form online, then turn in your artwork to your instructor with a copy of the entry receipt attached to the back of the artwork. For complete entry information, read the Call for Entry information found here.
SUBMISSION DATES:
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MONDAY, MARCH 31
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TUESDAY, APRIL 1
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2
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THURSDAY, APRIL 3 (BY 4 PM)
Questions?
Contact Giertz Gallery at Parkland College Office by email at giertzgallery@parkland.edu or call 217/351-2485.
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Admission is free. Donations welcome!
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Giertz Gallery acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council. All events in the accessible gallery are free and open to the public. Parkland College is a Section 504/ADA-compliant institution. For accommodation, call 217/353-2338 or email accessibilityservices@parkland.edu.