2024 Converse Emerging Young Artists Juried Exhibition Accepting Entries
Converse’s Department of Art and Design will begin accepting entries for the 2024 Emerging Young Artists Juried Exhibition on December 1, 2023. High school students in grades 9-12 are invited to submit entries for the Converse Emerging Young Artists Exhibition via their teachers until February 14, 2024.
The Converse Emerging Young Artists Exhibition provides a venue to recognize exemplary artworks of high school students and to help them begin to prepare for a major in art while still in grades 9-12.
This opportunity also introduces them to the Converse University Department of Art, Design & Letters, and the variety of majors offered to students at Converse.
Submissions will be accepted until February 14, 2024.
Awards: 1st ; 2nd; 3rd place in each medium: Drawing, Painting, Mixed, Printmaking, Ceramics, Sculpture, Fibers, Digital Media, Photography; and Best in Show.
Accepted submissions will be exhibited in Milliken Art Gallery beginning March 11 through March 23, 2024. A reception and award ceremony will be held in the gallery on Saturday, March 23, 2024.
Artwork featured: 2023 Winner for Best of Show – “Daydreaming” by Evie Driggs, 10th grade, The Fine Arts Center; Kelly King, teacher