Gallery at the Hudgens.
DULUTH, Ga. | Entries are now being accepted for the $50,000 Hudgens Prize and solo exhibit for a Georgia artist. The seventh Hudgens Prize is one of the largest awards in the nation given to an individual artist. The purpose of the competition is to elevate and promote the arts throughout Georgia, while providing a transformational opportunity for the winning artist. The prize is sponsored by the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for Art and Learning.
Laura Ballance, executive director at the Hudgens Center, says: “We provide the Hudgens Prize as an opportunity to strengthen and promote the arts across Georgia. The award provides unparalleled recognition and resources to emerging artists, and has served to help launch successful careers of former recipients while positioning Georgia as a central force for the arts.”
Kate Driscoll, the Hudgens’ curator of Exhibitions and Collections, states: “We are so proud to continue the prestigious Hudgens Prize competition as a potentially life-changing opportunity for emerging Georgia artists. We are honored, too, to assemble and work with such an impressive panel of jurors. Our 2024 Hudgens Prize jurors are unique in that they bring to the Hudgens Prize competition both national renowned professionals who have a personal investment in our community of Georgia artists.”
The 2024 Hudgens Prize jurors include Annette Cone-Skelton, CEO and Founding Director, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA); Floyd Hall, Executive Director, The Atlanta Contemporary; and Melissa Messina, Curatorial and Advisory Services Consultant, and Curator, Mildred Thompson Estate.
The Hudgens Prize competition is open to all individual artists, ages 18 and older, living as full-time residents in the state of Georgia. Visual artwork of any medium will be considered. Works previously exhibited at the Hudgens are ineligible for inclusion in Hudgens Prize exhibitions. All work must have been completed within the last two years. Entry requires a $30 non-refundable fee, and entitles each artist to submit up to ten examples of their work.
- For more information, visit www.thehudgens.org. Artwork may be submitted for application and consideration at 2024 Hudgens Prize.
The submission deadline for 2024 Hudgens Prize consideration is March 1, 2024.
Jurors will review images and artist statements throughout March, April and May, and will select four artists to participate in the Hudgens Prize Finalists’ Exhibition, based on submitted materials. Each of the four finalists will receive a $1,500 cash stipend to cover exhibition-related expenses.
The Hudgens Prize will be awarded based on visits to the four finalist’s studios and the works on view in the 2024 Hudgens Prize Finalists’ Exhibition. The $50,000 prize recipient will be announced at the Hudgens Prize Award Celebration, which will take place in September 2024.
The Hudgens Center for Art and Learning is a non-profit organization that has been focused on supporting the arts in Georgia since its establishment in 1981. Its mission is to bring together art lovers, leaders and learners through quality art education programs and exhibitions.
The Hudgens Center is located at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Building 300, in Duluth, on the Gas South District campus. For more information about exhibitions, events and arts education at the Hudgens, visit www.thehudgens.org or call 770-623-6002.
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