The UVa Art Museum has begun its Writer’s Eye 2010 – the 24th annual literary competition based on artworks selected from the museum. This year, art will be drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, as well as from two current exhibitions: “Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens” and “African Art: Beyond the Modernist Lens.”
Entrants view the Writer’s Eye art selections and then write original poetry or prose inspired by one of those works. The competition will be judged in the categories of prose and poetry for grades three through five, six through eight, nine through 12 and university student/adult. Local writers Jack Trammel and Charlotte Matthews will be this year’s judges for the high school and university student/adult categories. Student entries from grades three through eight will be judged by teachers and writers from the community.
Writer’s Eye group tours are being offered at the museum, and self-guided tours may be taken during the museum’s public hours Tuesday through Sunday from 12:00-5:00pm. Entries are due November 12th. Winners will be announced in January and their works will be published in a full-color anthology.
Entry forms and information about the competition are on the museum’s website. To schedule a group tour call 434-243-2050 or email museumeducation@virginia.edu.
