2020 Will Vawter Juried Art Exhibition & Sale

2020 Will Vawter Juried Art Exhibition & Sale

 Greenfield, IN, Unknown

2020 Will Vawter Juried Art Exhibition & Sale – April 10‐25

Calendar:

Entry Forms Due: Saturday, March 21, 2020

  • Entries must be postmarked by this date.
  • NO late entries will be accepted.

Delivered Work Due: Saturday, April 4, 2020, 12‐3 p.m.

  • Twenty North Gallery – 20 N. State St. (SR 9) Suite A, Greenfield, IN 46140

Opening Reception (Artists & Members): Friday, April 10, 2020, 7‐9 p.m.

  • Awards will be presented at this time.

Public Open House: Saturday, April 11, 2020, 11 a.m.‐5 p.m.

Pick Up of Declined Work: Saturday, April 11, 2020, 12‐3 p.m. ONLY

Pick Up of Exhibited Work: Sunday, April 26, 2020, 12‐3 p.m. ONLY

Best of Show receives $1,000

Eligibility: Any artist living in Indiana is invited to compete in this juried art show.

WILL VAWTER was born on April 13, 1871, in Boone County, West Virginia. He moved with his family to Greenfield, Indiana, at age six. Young Will loved to draw and would frequently fill the pages of his schoolbooks with sketches. Basically a self‐taught artist, Vawter started doing illustrations for the Indianapolis Sentinel in 1891. Soon his work appeared in other newspapers and
magazines.

Around the same time, another Greenfield native was making a name for himself as a poet. James Whitcomb Riley, known as the “Hoosier Poet,” was a national bestseller with poems such as “Little Orphant Annie” and “The Raggedy Man.” In 1893, Riley needed an illustrator and Will Vawter got the job. Over the next thirty years, Vawter’s work appeared in many of Riley’s books. In 1908, Vawter moved from Greenfield to Nashville, Indiana. There he helped establish what would later be known as the Brown County Art Colony along with other famous Indiana artists, such as, T.C. Steele and Adolph and Ada Shulz. Despite moving to Brown County, Vawter maintained his Greenfield ties. Will Vawter died in 1941 and was laid to rest in Greenfield’s Park Cemetery.

Download the entry form here: Vawter Entry Brochure 2020 (1)