CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Alexander Rutsch Award and Exhibition for Painting 2025

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Biennial Competition - Alexander Rutsch Award and Exhibition for Painting 2025

Solo Exhibition: May 22 - July 13, 2025 and $7,500 is cash awards 

Pelham Art Center Announces its 13th Biennial Alexander Rutsch Award and Exhibition for Painting 

About the Rutsch Award

Pelham Art Center is pleased to announce a call for entries for the 13th biennial Alexander Rutsch Award and Exhibition for Painting. This juried competition is open to U.S.-based artists aged 19 and older. The winner is awarded a $7,500 cash prize, a solo exhibition and printed catalog at Pelham Art Center and $2,500 is divided among the finalists. Pelham Art Center is proud to sponsor this competition and award honoring the memory and artistic achievement of artist Alexander Rutsch (1916 – 1997). Rutsch actively supported Pelham Art Center for more than 25 years. After his death, friends, family, and supporters established a generous fund to support a biennial, juried competition in painting.  

The Alexander Rutsch Award and Exhibition program continues Rutsch’s belief that art transcends all of our humanity. Rutsch saw art as “the stone in the water sending ripples throughout the universe.” His extraordinary work, rich in the celebration of life and our shared human experiences, is included in many public and private collections throughout the U.S. and Europe.

Deadline for entries: Sunday, December 15, 2024

Application

All entries must be submitted through the CaFE website. Entries will be accepted starting  August 15, 2024 through December 15, 2024.  Only U.S.-based artists, 19 years of age and older, are eligible to apply.