The Florence County Museum is pleased to announce South Carolina contemporary artist Margaret Curtis as juror for the 2021 Pee Dee Regional Art Competition, sponsored by Chick-fil-A of Florence.
Margaret Curtis has lived and worked as a professional artist for the much of the past 30 years, living in New York and North Carolina. Reviews and features of Curtis’ work have appeared in Art Forum, The New York Times, Art in America, Art News, Modern Painters, and New Art Examiner, among others.
Curtis has taught painting at The School of Visual Arts in New York for several years, and has been on the boards of both The Flood Gallery in Asheville, NC, as well as The Upstairs Gallery in Tryon, NC. She is represented by Tracey Morgan Gallery in Asheville NC.
A cash prize of $1000 will be awarded to the competition’s first place winner.
Artists’ entries for the 2021 Pee Dee Regional Art Competition will be taken online at flocomuseum.org, from Friday, October 16 through Sunday, November 15. Any artist native to the Pee Dee area or currently living in Florence, Horry, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Georgetown, Kershaw, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Sumter, and Williamsburg counties are eligible to enter.
Competition prospectus, schedule, and registration details can be found at flocomuseum.org/pee-dee-regional. Questions may be directed to Florence County Museum, 843.676.1200.
