The Progress Energy Art Gallery (PEAG) in historic downtown New Port Richey, Florida invites you to submit your artwork for our upcoming August exhibit on “Florida History” that will also feature artwork created in honor of New Port Richey.

To be eligible, artwork must illustrate Florida’s architectural, natural or cultural heritage.  Additionally, artists must be a Florida resident.  All artwork must be clean, in good shape, properly framed and wired, and ready to hang.

The opening reception will be held on Friday, August 7^th, from 6 – 9 pm, and the exhibit will run for two months.

To be considered for this exhibit, interested artists should submit five .jpg images that feature “Florida History” to submissions@nprgallery.com or directly to the Artist Coordinator of your medium, which is listed below.  When submitting for this exhibit, please include the following information in your email:

Email Subject: Artist Submission – Florida History Exhibit [Your Medium]

In the Body of the e-mail, please include the following information:

• Contact information: Name, email address, phone, website, etc.
• Artwork Attachment Submission Details: JPG File Name, artwork title, size, medium, year, and other pertinent info about the work sent.
• Artist resume
• Artist statement
• Short biography
• Attachments: Five .jpg files representing your work. (File attachment requirements: Largest dimension 1000 pixels, and no less than 600 pixels. Additionally, file size should not be larger than 250kb per file as larger files will be rejected by the server.)

Artwork will be selected by our 2009-2010 PEAG Gallery Advisory Committee that includes:

Ralph Annan – Acrylic

Jo Baughman – Watercolor

Michelle Collins – Mixed Media [artbymichelle@gmail.com]

Sergio  Flores – Sculpture

Matthew Ellord – Oil

Natalie Roberts – Pastel [natalie@surrealmuse.com]

Paula Showen – Photography [paula.showen@gmail.com]

Ron Urbanovich – Giclee Printing