Arte e Cultura
109 Artists Move To Final Round of Judging in 2012 Hunting Art Prize
These artists will now enter the second phase of a two-tiered jury process for the $50,000 prize, historically the most generous annual award in North America for painting and drawing.
The panel of jurors that narrowed the submissions to the final 109 participants will reconvene in April to determine the winner, and the 2012 recipient will be announced at the Hunting Art Prize gala on April 28.
The artists, who come from more than 40 cities and towns throughout the state of Texas , are:
Hunting PLC moved the Hunting Art Prize to Houston in 2006 after a quarter century in the United Kingdom , where it emerged as one of Great Britain's top art awards. It is open to established, emerging, and amateur artists throughout Texas who are at least 18 years of age.
For more information on the prize, visit http://www.huntingartprize.com.
Hunting PLC is an international oil services company providing support solutions to the world's largest oil and gas concerns. Established in 1874, it is a fully listed public company, traded on the London Stock Exchange. For further information, visit http://www.hunting.plc.uk.