{"id":76057,"date":"2016-12-14T09:04:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T14:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76057"},"modified":"2016-12-13T22:09:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T03:09:13","slug":"ninth-annual-adult-art-contest-at-utica-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76057","title":{"rendered":"Ninth annual adult art contest at Utica Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=76059\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-76059\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-76059\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-Columbia-Barbara-Allen-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"2016-columbia-barbara-allen\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-Columbia-Barbara-Allen-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-Columbia-Barbara-Allen-121x150.jpg 121w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-Columbia-Barbara-Allen-726x900.jpg 726w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-Columbia-Barbara-Allen-400x496.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>The Utica Public Library will be holding its ninth annual Express Yourself Adult Art Contest in February 2017. Registration and contest entries will be accepted in the main lobby of the library Friday, Jan. 27, from\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_1609469309\">1 to 5 p.m<\/span>. The first 55 entries received will comprise the contest, no entries will be accepted after that point.\u00a0 This year the library continues with 6 categories:<\/p>\n<p>Best of Show, Best Use of Detail, Best Use of Color, Best Abstract, Best Concept \u201cOutside-the-Box,\u201d and Best Use of Black &amp; White.\u00a0Six different cash prizes will be awarded including a $200 first-place prize.<\/p>\n<p>Most flat surface media will be accepted, however, there are exceptions. Pick up a contest rule sheet at the library to be clear on <!--more-->accepted media.<\/p>\n<p>The contest is open to all area adults, ages 18 and up. All entries must be ready for wall display (hook or wire on the back) and participants may submit one entry each. The Winners Reception will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 28th \u00a0at 6:30 pm, and all participants are invited to attend. Winners will be announced at the Reception.\u00a0 All 55 entries will be on display from Tuesday, Feb. 2, through Tuesday, Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p>The art contest has been made possible through the generosity of\u00a0 Esche\u2019s Aqua Vino. The contest rules are available at the library, call 315.735.2279 with any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Utica Public Library will be holding its ninth annual Express Yourself Adult Art Contest in February 2017. Registration and contest entries will be accepted in the main lobby of the library Friday, Jan. 27, from\u00a01 to 5 p.m. The first 55 entries received will comprise the contest, no entries will be accepted after that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-libraries","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}