OPENING RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY: Friday, May 17th, 2024, 7-10pm;

Awards Ceremony begins at 8pm

Over the past 11 years BAC has awarded over $35,000 dollars to artists from multiple disciplines. Winners are selected from a panel of noted artists assembled  by our resident curator. In 2021 a People’s Choice Award was added so visitors to the exhibit can participate in the selection process.

List of Finalists:

Macus Alonso

Nikki Anderson

Piotr Antonow

Mary Apikos

Andrew Arkell

Amal Azzam

Mark Banks

Sally Blair

Diego Bleifuss Prados

Spiro Bolos

Peter Bosy

Ashley Bradley

Peter Broitman

Monica Brown

Sheri Butler

Mercedes Cardenas

Sophie Brennan Carlisle

Robin Carlson

Carla Castro

Gunjan Chawla

Judy Cheske

Inseok Choi

Adam Clement

Heather Coffey

Lou Davis

Jeff Evans

Daniel Fleming

Rachel Fosler

Mary Foster

Spencer Gale

Rosa Galicia

Amanda Gentry

Shelley Gilchrist

Charlie Goss

Set Gozo

Danielle Greenhill

Kathy Halper

Russell Harris

Lane Haynes

Ellen Holtzblatt

Kuhn Hong

Doina Iacob

James Jackson, III

Alex Jarus

Jerry Jordan

Katsy Johnson

Elizabeth Joo

David Najib Kasir

Ashouraita Khoshaba

Mary King

Victoria Kowalczyk

Mara Krumins

Anna Lentz

Samuel Leopold

Cydney Lewis

Dawn Liddicoatt

Sami Mark

Julie Mars

Morgan Marshall

Miguel Martinez

Edwige/Xavier Massart/Wynn

Alexandra McDonald

Caroline McFadden

Jonathon McKay

Erica McKeehen

Gabriel Mejia

Filio Zoi Milioti

Cayla Mims

Monica Mohnot

Jocelyn Moreno

Carol Neiger

Josiah Neniskis

Kevin Nikolich

Darren Oberto

Raul Ortiz

Tracy Ostmann Haschke

Louise Pappageorge

Mariam Pare

Corinne Pompey

Jonathan Pruc

Christine Rabenold

Jay Reed

Julie Reilly

Michelle Rial

Michelle Rodriguez

Jennifer Rossignuolo

Robert Ryan

Jeffrey Sanderson

Elizabeth Sarpong

Maria Simeonova

Irena Siwek

Karl Slagel

Sarah Spencer

Jewlya Sturtevant

Jeff Thiede

Karen Tichy

Connie Toebe

Cheuk Yan Cherry Tung

Bill Turner

Stephen Ursino

Lucie Van der Elst

Robert Vargas

Vivian Visser

Sydney Vize

Robert Voigts

Messejah Washington

Nathan Westerman

Brian Wildeman

Germaine Williams

Rainer Wolter

Fengze Yang

Yuchen Zhan

Chunbo Zhang

ELIGIBILITY: The Bridgeport Art Competition is open to artists 18 years of age and older, at all stages in their careers, and who are living or working within 150 miles of the City of Chicago.

Work must have been completed within 2021-2024. This juried competition accepts a broad range of art media and styles. Not eligible: functional pottery, jewelry, clothing, accessories, furniture, other primarily functional art, or time-art such as video, sound, or film.

PRIZES:

Best of Show – $3,000;

2nd Prize – $1,500;

3rd Prize – $750;

People’s Choice – $500

OUR DISTINGUISHED JURORS: Candance Hunter and Yvette Kaiser-Smith

EXHIBITION DATES: May 17th – July 5th, 2024

OPENING RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY: Friday, May 17th, 2024, 7-10pm

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