Middle Georgia State University Juried Student Art Competition Call for Submissions

The Peacock Gallery is calling for entry of artwork from Middle Georgia State University students to the 13th Annual Middle Georgia State University Juried Student Art Exhibition.

For the Cochran & Macon Campuses, entries will be accepted between Monday, March 3rd - Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.

You can submit digital images of your work HERE.

Prizes and Reception

Announcement of winners will be made on Tuesday, April 1st, at 5:00 pm, on the Macon Campus in the Arts Complex Lobby as part of the Arts Festival. Winning categories: Best of Show, Best of 2-D, Best of 3-D, Best of Photography/Graphic Design/Digital Art, as well as Student Choice Award and Honorable Mention

Entry Requirements
Any person who has been enrolled as a full or part-time student at Middle Georgia State University during the 2024-2025 academic year is eligible to submit artwork that was created after January 1, 2024 that fits into one of the following categories.

Types of artworks accepted are:
Drawing   Painting   Printmaking   Photography  Graphic Design  Digital Art   Sculpture   Ceramics   Mixed Media 

Up to 3 entries per student may be submitted. Artworks may not exceed the following specifications: A maximum of 40” x 40” for 2-D works and a maximum of 4’ x 4’ x 4’ for 3-D works. Works submitted must be original. No master copies, reproductions, or derivatives of another’s artwork, including photographs, in any capacity, may be submitted. No performance art will be accepted. Any artwork created by individuals during their high school tenure is in ineligible for submission.

Each digital artwork slide submitted should be properly cropped & framed. Each two-dimensional artwork should include one digital file. Each three-dimensional artwork may include up to three digital images. Each slide file should not exceed 1024 x 768 pixels & 72 pixels/inch in resolution.

SPECIAL NOTE: As a juried exhibition, not all works submitted will be selected for the show. Once the submission period is completed, the judge will select which works will be in exhibition. Works that are included in the exhibition should be dropped off on the appropriate campus designated location by the deadline or they will not be included in the exhibition.

If your work is accepted, you will receive drop off instructions through your MGA email account.

This Juried Student Exhibition is funded through student activity fees and is free to all members of the Middle Georgia State University campus community. All artworks submitted to the competition are self-expressions of those who created them and are not intended to represent the ideas or views of the Peacock Gallery, its director, or employees. They do not reflect the views of the Middle Georgia State University faculty, staff, administration, student body, or the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

All students submitting artwork, upon submission of the artwork, agree not to hold Middle Georgia State University and the Peacock Gallery liable for any loss, damage, or theft to any artwork submitted, in-whole or part, to the Annual Middle Georgia State University Juried Student Art Exhibition.