The 45th Annual Fall Art Show will be bigger than ever before as the museum board of directors has decided to add both a Digital Art category and a Photography Category, two competitions that were scheduled to take place in the Spring and were canceled due to the pandemic quarantine and subsequent lock down, to the typical Fine Art category that is a feature of the annual Fall Show. Learn more about the guidelines for entry by clicking on the links below:
The Harlin Museum of West Plains, MO is set to host its 45th Annual Fall Art Show this year and is calling for art submissions from all Southern Missouri and Northwest Arkansas regional artists. Entry dates for the show’s competition will be Friday, October 2nd, and Saturday, October 3rd from 12 pm-4 pm at the museum. The show’s entries will be on display in the museum’s Hathcock Gallery, October 10th – October 31st, 2020.
Due to the museum’s recent closure over the summer months, the categories for this year’s show have been expanded to include art forms whose regularly scheduled shows fell during the coronavirus lockdown of non-essential businesses. The categories this year will include Fine Arts (2D & 3D entries) for Novice, Advanced or Youth, Digital Arts (Still or Animated) for Adult or Youth, and Photography (Color or Monochrome) for Adult or Youth. The show’s final categories and prize amounts will be determined by the entries received and there will be a Best of Show awarded for each of the three main categories. All entries will be evaluated for artistic quality, integrity, technique, and presentation. Entries must meet given guidelines for acceptance into the competition portion of the show.
Those who are interested in entering the competition can find entry guidelines for the three main categories attached to this email, as well as on the museum’s website at https://harlinmuseum.com/45th-annual-fall-art-show/. Any questions regarding eligibility or other inquiries can be emailed to the museum at or you may contact the museum directly at (417) 256-7801.
We ask that all available artists please join us in continuing this artistic autumn tradition.e look forward to seeing what you have been working on!
The Lost Arts Workshop Series, a new series of workshops sponsored by the Harlin Museum that focus on artisan skills and crafts from simpler times, debuted this weekend on Saturday, February 22nd in the Harlin’s lower-level classroom area. The workshop, taught by instructor Michelle Werther from Protem, MO, was a limited-seating workshop.
Five area ladies came to learn how to use rattan and oak to create a small market basket with a typical basket-weave method. The workshop, which cost $40 and included all the supplies for the price, began at 10 am and ended with five happy participants that leFt with lovely market baskets that they created themselves.
The Lost Arts Series will continue with other planned workshops, including Canning From Your Garden, Leather Working, Black-Smithing, Broom-making, etc, plus additional basket-weaving workshops. Watch our social media and website for future workshop announcements and let us know what kinds of workshops you’d like to see in this series!
A Lost Arts: Basket-Weaving workshop in the Harlin’s lower level classroom area.
We are pleased to announce that the exhibit in the Hathcock Gallery for the month of May 2019 will be our annual Photography Show Competition! If you, or someone you know, is interested in photography and would like to enter, please read the guidelines below:
Friday, April 26th, 2019 from 12 pm – 6 pm & Saturday, April 27th, 2019 from 12 pm – 4 pm in the Hathcock Gallery of Harlin Museum
Entry Fee
1 photograph -$15.00, 2 photographs – $25.00, 3 photographs – $30.00, 4 photographs – $35.00
Photographers may enter a maximum of 4 photographs. Cash or check only; make checks payable to the Harlin Museum.
Entry Categories
Black & White
Color
Prizes
Best of Show – $100.00
1st place per category – $75.00
2nd place per category – $50.00
3rd place per category – $25.00
Guidelines
All photographs must be original works of the photographer entering. All works must not have been previously exhibited in the Harlin Museum’s Photography Show. Photographs must be no smaller than 8” x 10” and no larger than 24” x 30” matted and framed under glass. Photographs must be framed and ready with wire and eye-screws for hanging. No Saw-tooth Hangers. Artists may offer their photographs for sale. Sales commissions are split between the artist & the museum 80/20.
Awards Reception
The Awards Reception will be held Saturday, May 25th, 2019, from 12 pm to 4 pm, starting with a meet & greet social for the photographers, their families, and their friends, followed by the awards ceremony at 3 pm, where the ribbons, prize money, and special awards will be presented by members of the Harlin Museum Board. Entries will be released after the awards presentation. Entries may be picked up at the museum at any time the following week during regular business hours.
Sponsors
The 2019 Harlin Museum Photography Show Competiton is sponsored and hosted by the Harlin Museum Board. Proceeds after expenses go towards the museum’s maintenance and the sponsorship of future shows and activities
Points of Contact Gladys Morris, 417-255-0920,
Vicki Martin,
Entry Fee: $5.00 per Artwork item. Cash or checks are acceptable. Make checks payable to the Harlin Museum.
Entries Acceptable: Both two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork will be accepted for the High School Art Show. Entry limit – only 2 pieces of artwork per artist
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Prize Awards: Prize money and ribbon awards will be given to the competition winners. For overall Best of Show – $100.00, for each 1st place – $50.00, 2nd place – $30.00 and 3rd place – $25.00; and a ribbon only for the People’s Choice award. There will be three prizes each for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. All entries will be evaluated for artistic quality, integrity, and presentation and must meet the below display guidelines for prize awards.
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Guidelines: All two-and three-dimensional artwork accepted into this show must follow the entry guidelines. Artwork must be original works of the entered artist. No Copies. All work must have been completed in the last 2 years and not previously shown in any of the Harlin Museum’s competition art show exhibits. All two-dimensional work must be either framed or 1.25″ gallery wrapped canvas with wire and eye-screws for hanging. NO SAW TOOTH HANGERS. All acrylic and oils must be dry. Watercolor, ink, graphics, and pastel (all works on paper) must be under glass/Plexiglas. No snap together plastic frames. All three-dimensional artwork must have its own support base if it cannot be set on a table for display or hung by traditional framed artwork methods. All sculptured wall hanging must have its own hanging bracket with wire attached for display. Any subject that can be presented to younger children is acceptable. Size Limit: No larger than 36 X 48 inches.
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Reception: A meet & greet social for the students, teachers, family and friends of the artists will be held Saturday, February 23, 2019 from 12 noon to 4 pm. Ribbons, prize money and special awards will be presented at the reception at 2 pm by the Harlin Museum Board President. Paintings will be released at 3 pm, until the museum closing at 4 pm. Unclaimed paintings may be picked up at the museum the following week, Thursday and Friday, from 12 noon to 6 pm or Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon to 4 pm.
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Entries Posted for Sale:The Harlin Museum offers artist’s the opportunity to sell their work while it hangs in the gallery. A percentage of all commissions received on sales made during the show will be split between the Harlin Museum & the artist (20/80).
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Point of Contact: Gladys Morris, Harlin Museum Board President, 417-255-0920, .
January in Southern, MO started off pleasant and sunny for wintertime but turned a little colder (and more treacherous) just in time for the opening of our 2019 Textile & Quilt Show at the museum. Opening weekend, we had inclement winter weather (read: ice) in our forecast, forcing us to close the museum Friday & Saturday, Jan. 11th & 12th, and to postpone our very first Gala Night @ the Museum for the 2019 season, which was to feature a “Bed Turning” demonstration to compliment the show.
However, as the saying goes – the show must go on! Although the weather affected our number of visitors for the show’s opening, it didn’t affect the number of entries we received for the exhibit’s display. Boasting a full gallery of locally-created pieces of textile art and original quilts, our first show of the year is a dazzling display of creativity in this most-beloved Ozark art form.
2019 Best of Show winner by Alma Pruett of Cabool, MO.
The Best In Show prize was awarded to Alma Pruett of Cabool, MO for her entry, “Stack & Wack”, a lovely and bright pink cotton quilt which was created using the quilting method of the same name, which you can read more about here. The quilt was both pieced together and quilted by machine.
The 2019 blue ribbon 1st place winner by Linda Ramsey of Houston, MO.
Our 1st place blue ribbon was awarded to quilter Linda Ramsey of Houston, MO for her entry, “Dreams of Winter”, a machine pieced and quilted strip-style quilt with an appliqued snowman figure. You can learn more about the strip-quilting method here.
Alma Pruett of Cabool, MO placed a second time this year (2019) with this red ribbon 2nd place quilt.
The 2nd place entry, “Hunter Star”, another creation by Alma Pruett of Cabool, MO, is a rich burgundy & gold featuring the popular eight-pointed star style pattern of the same name. To learn more about creating your own Hunter’s Star-style quilt, you can follow our link here.
3rd place was awarded to Shirley Earls of West Plains, MO for her entry, “Log Cabin Dots” a lovely multicolor quilt using the log cabin technique to create the dotted pattern on the quilt. You can learn the basics of this technique here.
Shirley also donated a second patchwork quilt in hues of purple, pink, and green against a white background for the museum to give away as the prize in a fundraising quilt raffle. Tickets to enter the raffle are 1 – $1.00, 6 – $5.00, an arm’s length of tickets (so be sure to send someone with long arms to get your tickets!) – $10.00, and enough tickets to stretch from fingertip to fingertip (again, send those long-armed people to get your tickets for the most chances!) for $20.00.
2019 Quilt Raffle Donation from Shirley Earls, West Plains, MO.
The winning ticket will be drawn on Valentine’s Day, Thursday, February 14th, 2019. All proceeds will be used for the wintertime utilities & ongoing maintenance of the Harlin Museum. You can visit the fundraiser page on Facebook here.
Honorable Mention awarded to Alma Martin of Mountain Home, AR.The second Honorable Mention award to Cindy Pirch, West Plains, MO for her knitted entry, “Button Blue.”
Two Honorable Mentions were also given out for this show; the first, to Alma Martin of Mtn. Home for her freestyle design quilt, “Springtime in Bloom” which features a centered house design & rows of brightly-colored two-pointed tulips.
The second Honorable Mention ribbon was awarded to Cindy Pirch of Summersville, MO for her knitted entry, “Button Blue”, a matching royal blue set of knit scarf, hat, and headband.
Along with all the individual entries, the exhibit in the gallery also includes interesting antique sewing implements, including an antique wooden spinning wheel from the museum’s permanent collection, along with other heirloom quilt tops and crocheted pieces, antique sewing accessories, and antique quilts & coverlets. Be sure to stop by before the exhibit closes!
The Quilt & Textile Show will be displayed in the Hathcock Gallery of the museum until the Artist’s Awards Reception at 2pm on January 26th. All winners are encouraged to attend so that they may be awarded their ribbons & accompanying prizes, as well as having their photo taken for our official record of the event. The museum is open Thursday & Friday, 12pm-6pm and Saturday & Sunday, 12pm-4pm.
Kick off your 2018 holiday season with a trip to the Harlin Museum!
Bring the kids, bring your guests, bring some friends! Bring everyone to see our beautiful holiday decorations, winter art & historic Ozarks railroad map display, and elaborate Christmas-themed model train gardens. It’s an enchanting display that fascinates both children & adults alike. A must see stop on your fun-holiday-things-to-do list!
Admission is free & open to the public during our NEW museum hours:
Calling all artists!! Entry dates for the Fall Art Show are Friday & Saturday, September 21st & 22nd, 2018
Get ready! The Harlin Museum’s Annual Fall Art Show is right around the corner. This will be a juried show competition with all two dimensional art entries to be accepted including:
Oil
Water medium (includes: acrylic, gouache, regular watercolor and watercolor pencils)
Mixed medium/collage, to include original wood burning art and wood carved art wall hangings (depth not to extend more than 2.5 inches from the wall)
Pastel
Graphics (includes: pencil, graphite, charcoal, ink, linocut, and colored pencil.
There will be over $1,000.00 awarded in prize money to be given out to entrants. Amount of entries will determine categories. Prizes will include awarding the overall Best of Show with a cash prize of $500 with ribbon. Ribbons and prize money will be awarded for each of the three categories; 1st place – $100.00, 2nd place – $75.00, 3rd place – $50.00, plus Honorable Mentions ribbons. Other prizes will include Memorial Awards, Purchase Awards, Artistic Encouragement Awards and a People’s Choice Award.
Entry dates for those who would like to participate in this year’s exhibition and competition will be this week, Friday & Saturday, September 21st & 22nd, 2018 from 12 noon to 4pm in the Hathcock Gallery of the Harlin Museum.
Entry Fee: 1 painting -$20.00, 2 paintings – $35.00, 3 paintings – $45.00, 4 paintings – $50. Make checks payable to the Harlin Museum. Entry limit is 4 pieces per artist.
Guidelines: All paintings must be original works of the entered artist. No Copies. All work must have been done in the last 4 years and not previously shown in any Harlin Museum Competition Art Show Exhibits. All work must be either framed or 1.25″ gallery wrapped canvas with wire and eye-screws for hanging. No Saw-tooth Hangers. All acrylic and oils must be dry. Watercolor, ink, graphics, and pastel (all works on paper) must be under glass/Plexiglas. No snap together plastic frames. Any subject that can be presented to school children will be accepted. Size Limit: No larger than 36 X 48 inches. All entries will be evaluated for artistic quality, integrity, presentation, and must meet the above hanging guidelines to meet the juried entry process for acceptance into this show.
A meet and greet social & awards reception for the artists will be held Saturday, October 20, 2018 from 12 noon to 4 pm. Ribbons, prize money and special awards will be presented at the reception at 2pm by members of the Harlin Museum Board. Paintings will be released at 3pm. Unclaimed paintings may be picked up at the museum the following week, Wednesday through Friday, from 12 noon to 4 pm.
Join us at the museum for an artist workshop that will help you present your art at it’s best!
Learning how to properly present your art can make a prize-winning difference.
Harlin Board President Gladys Morris will be giving a class from 12 noon – 3pm on Wednesday, September 12th & again on Saturday, September 15th outlining the different ways you can improve the presentation of your art to make your masterpiece truly shine!
Workshop will include:
Materials available to the DIY artist
Foal Points: How to draw the audience’s attention in, rather than distract from it
Choosing the right frame for your project; how to properly accent & compliment your artwork
Planning art to use standardized framing materials
Framing: the proper tools necessary to frame your own artwork
How to spruce up & reuse old frames from yard sales
What are gallery-wrapped frames and how to use them effectiely
Taking pride in your art: what the presentation of your art says about you as an artist
Cost for the workshop is $15 per person. All proceeds will go toward the operations & maintenance of the museum.
