Roots - Hispanic Heritage Month Juried Art Exhibition
UNG Students affiliated with any campus and program are invited to submit artworks to the fourth UNG juried art exhibition celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. This exhibition will also include four guest artists from the North Georgia community.
Roots explores how our multicultural connections enable us to affirm ourselves in the world as unique, complex individuals and as part of communities. Students may submit two and three-dimensional media artworks which interpret on this broad concept.
Works are accepted in traditional art media (painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, photography, etc.) as well as craft media, digital media, and recycled or discarded materials.
This is a juried exhibition for UNG students. Six $50 awards will be presented to participating UNG students selected by an external juror. In 2024, our juror is Kengel Maysonet.
The exhibition is organized by the Department of Visual Arts and sponsored by Multicultural Student Affairs, with support from a LEAP into Action grant.
Visit the Exhibition
- Exhibition Dates: October 1 – November 19, 2024
- Reception and Award Ceremony: October 8, 2024 from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Guest Artists’ Panel – November 19, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
- Location: 117 Georgia Cir, Dahlonega, Georgia, 30597
- Parking: During business hours, unrestricted parking spaces are available behind the library in Lot 49 (#17 on this map). UNG parking is unrestricted after 5 pm and on weekends.
- Hours:
- Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
- Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Saturday: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Sunday: 11:00 a.m. - midnight
Submission Instructions
- Complete the Call For Entries form and upload photos of your work/s with this form by Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.
- You may submit photos representing up to two artworks. An acceptance notification will be sent to your UNG email address within 48 hours.
- Deliver your physical artwork/s by Tuesday, September 19, 2024 at either of these locations:
- Dahlonega campus - Hansford Hall Student Gallery, second floor Hansford Hall – Between 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday; by 3 p.m. Friday.
- Gainesville Campus - Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, Student Center across from Counseling Services– Between 8 a.m. -5 p.m.
Artworks
- Artworks should not exceed 3 ft x 3 ft x 3 ft.
- Two-dimensional digital artworks should be submitted printed and framed. Three-dimensional works that cannot be displayed directly on the floor will be displayed on black or white pedestals. Our available pedestals accommodate works no wider than 11" x 11".
- Two-dimensional works should be framed or mounted on a stretcher and ready to be hung from a wire. Please review this link to prepare your frame or stretcher for gallery display.
- Frames - Please note that affordable frames are welcome for gallery display. Frames such as these ones are acceptable as long as they are prepared for installation as described above. Consider planning your artwork for the frame you can afford.
- Additionally, the Department of Visual Arts owns several frames that you are welcome to borrow, if they will fit your needs. These frames are available on a first-come, first-served basis.