Online Art Contest - Working by the River

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Contest Rules

Theme- Working by the River: A Look at How Our Rivers Have Shaped Our Past and How They Will Influence Our Future.

The art can be any medium: painting, pastels, pen and ink, photography, fiber arts and quilts, wood, ceramics, iron, etc. Thematically, the artwork submitted must be related to Alabama in the following ways:
� It may be solely work related
� It may be solely river/lake related
� It may be a combination of both work and the Alabama river system.
� Artwork may range from the historical to current images and ideas.

Ideas might include the following:
�Industries, such as the river and cotton, the steel industry, the fishing industry, aerospace industry, farming industry, hydroelectric industry�the possibilities are endless.
�Sleepy Southern Rural Towns (originally built for river traffic and/or types of work)
�Suburban Communities (near a river and/or various types of work)
�River-Based Recreation Hubs or Historic River-Based Commerce
�Cities and Industries�current or historical (possibly related to river)
�Early Native American Settlements/Artifacts/Symbols, etc. (from a river area)
�Various Types of Work (musician, lawyer, teacher, baker�)

If you are interested in participating in the Wetumpka, Alabama exhibit, please review the prospectus for ART WALK: Historic Downtown Wetumpka, copy and paste the following address into your browser:
http://kfmg-online.org/KFMG%20WBTR%20Prospectus%20Final.pdf
Please be patient, the file is large.

Wetumpka, Alabama's Working by the River, the theme for a group of satellite exhibitions, including ART WALK, will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian�s: Museum on Main Street Exhibition: The Way We Worked, and will explore how Alabama�s river system shaped its past and how it will influence its future.