Competition Alert: The National Portrait Gallery

The NPG is sponsoring its first ever portrait competition. Sometime next summer (in 2005), they will begin accepting submissions of painting and sculpture. In the fall of 2006, a cash prize of $25,000 will be awarded to the winning artist, and be exhibited along with 75 other selected works. The winning artist will also receive a commission to portray an "eminent living person" (such as Steven Hawking...or Stephen King?).

The competition will take place every three years.

The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

A little background on Virginia (Outwin), (the NPG sponsor's) husband:
LOUIS CHARLES BOOCHEVER, M.P.A. '47, M.A. '48, A retired diplomat, he began his 30-year career with the State Department as an economist with the Marshall Plan. After transferring to the Foreign Service in 1956 he served on assignments in Luxembourg, Paris, Belgrade, Rome, and Brussels.

If you don't feel up to the pressure of a big competition such as this one, there's always the chance to display your art at Ronnie’s Pizza and Mo’.
AASJ lists this and other local exhibition opportunities.