The Lake County Heritage Farm Foundation, in cooperation with the Lake County Discovery Museum, has issued a call for entries for artists, eighteen years or older, from Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. Building on the very successful 2010 show, it is projected to have well in excess of the 220 plus entries submitted for the previous show.  The topic of The Farm: Images from the Heartland 2012 is farm scenes: buildings, equipment, animals, farm fields, crops, people. The art will be juried, and prizes will be awarded. Work of winning artists will be displayed for ten weeks in the White Room at the Discovery Museum, Lakewood Forest Preserve, from August 25 through November 4, 2012.

Any original two-dimensional medium reproducible by photographic process is acceptable. Computer-generated or digital art must be labeled as such. Original photography is also encouraged. Giclees are not acceptable. Work will be judged on originality of concept, technical expertise and emotional impact.

Each of the winning artists will be eligible for Awards of Excellence in the amount of $300, $200 and $100 for first, second and third place positions.  A Special Award of $250 will be given for a Lake County, Illinois, image. Well-known artist and teacher Didier Nolet, author and photographer Nancy Schumm, and gallery owner Joy Horwich will act as jurors for the exhibit.

A complete entry package can be found here

For questions or further information email Chris Geiselhart 

Some facts about the 2010 exhibit:

August 24-November 14, 2010

Number of works entered: 228

Number of artists participating: 68

Number of artists selected for exhibition: 27

First Prize: Patricia Meade Sunny Side

Second Prize: Jacob Ryckman Tamed Land

Third Prize: John Plishka Counting People

Lake County Prize: Roger Kaiser Starzec Farm, Rte. 83