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Manifest is much more than a gallery. Our organization is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit founded on Woodburn Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2004 by professors and students from area universities seeking to make a positive community impact. Manifest continues to be operated by professors, students, and working artists to this day. Our programming is divided into four balanced quadrants: Gallery (exhibitions), Press (publications), Artist Residency (support), and Drawing Center (education). The first three programs are housed on Woodburn Avenue. The Drawing Center Studio, located in the community of Madisonville seven miles along Madison Road, houses the fourth. Manifest’s operations are funded by a mix of artist-supported revenue, state funding from the Ohio Arts Council, regional funding from ArtsWave, grants from local and national foundations, a supporting annual membership, and donations from individuals like you. Furthermore, sales of our publications help fund Manifest’s educational work.
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The 13th International Drawing AnnualA Juried Annual Publication of Works of Recent Drawing
$2000 in CASH AWARDS NOW INCLUDE A $1200 First Prize
The award-winning International Drawing Annual is an extension and merging of Manifest's Drawing Center, Press, and Gallery programs. Its goal is to support the recognition, documentation, and publication of excellent, current, and relevant works of drawing of all kinds from around the world.
A natural question will be "what is drawing?" and that is exactly one question the Annual is meant to investigate from year to year. Furthermore the goal is to ask "what is exceptional drawing?" Therefore submissions are expected to vary, including a range of drawing types, from the most academic to the most experimental, but all with some relevance to the artists' honest understanding of the practice of "drawing."
Media (artwork)
Open to any media applicable to the practice of drawing including but by no means limited to traditional drawing media. Printmaking, digital/new media, photography, sculpture, painting, installation, etc., are all possibly valid.
Essays, poetry, and other drawing-related writings (OPTIONAL SEPARATE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS)
Manifest calls for scholarly, critical, and creative writing for publishing it each of its three publication projects. Information about this, and a separate entry process, can be found here.
Jury
Manifest's selection process involves a complex two-part system. This project will be juried by a 9-12 member panel of professional and academic volunteer advisors with a broad range of expertise. The jury will then pass along their scores to the project curator/editor who will assemble the final selections from the jury-approved pool.
Rewards
First place winner
$1 200Second place winner
$500Third place winner
$349Timeline
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