Trawick Prize Application Now Open - $10,000 Top Prize

The deadline to apply is Friday, April 6.

The 2018 Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards application is now available! 

Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and permanent, full-time residents of Maryland, Virginia or Washington, D.C. All original 2-D and 3-D fine art including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, fiber art, digital, mixed media and video will be accepted. The jury will select up to 10 finalists for a group exhibition in Bethesda in September 2018. For more information and to apply:http://www.bethesda.org/bethesda/trawick-application

Prizes:

• Best in Show - $10,000
• Second Place - $2,000
• Third Place - $1,000
• Young Artist (must be born after April 6, 1988 to be eligible for this category) - $1,000

2018 Judges:

• Christopher Bedford, Director, The Baltimore Museum of Art
• Valerie Fletcher, Independent Art Historian & Senior Curator Emerita, Hirshhorn Museum
• Michael Jones McKean, Artist & Associate Professor, Sculpture & Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University