The National Gallery of Jamaica has begun preparations for Jamaica’s premier national art exhibition, the 2010 National Biennial, which will open on December 19, 2010. In 2004, the National Biennial succeeded the National Gallery of Jamaica’s Annual National Exhibition which had been held annually since 1977.
In its current form, the National Biennial consists of an invited section, to which artists with a well-established track record are invited by the National Gallery of Jamaica to submit work, and a juried section, which is open to all Jamaican artists and all artists living in Jamaica and selected by a panel of judges representative of major stakeholders in the local artistic community.
Artists participating in the exhibition qualify for the prestigious Aaron Matalon Award for the best entry by a single artist, and may also be considered for acquisition awards. The call for entries for the 2010 edition has been issued, and entries to the juried section will close on Friday, October 15. Letters of invitation have already been issued to invited artists.
Entry forms and brochures with the rules and regulations of the National Biennial may be collected at the National Gallery of Jamaica (Downtown Kingston) or online at nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com. For more information, please call 876-922-1561 or email natgalja@cwjamaica.com
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