Artifacts 2/23/07

Deadline for ArtsCape competition soon

The deadline for submissions to the ArtsCape arts festival poster competition is Wednesday. Artists 18 and older may enter the contest, submitting a poster design that incorporates "ArtsCape" and "2007" somewhere in the design. Cash and other prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place. For more information, contact the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri at 334-9233.

Exhibition opens at regional museum

"Woodcuts, Engravings and Lithographs: Selections from the Permanent Collection" will open Saturday at the Southeast Missouri Regional Museum on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. The exhibition features eight prints made by wood engravings from drawings by Winslow Homer, published in Harper's Weekly in 1869 and 1870. The prints represent some of the earliest forms of printable images and span several continents with subjects including figures, landscapes and architecture. The pieces will be on display through March 25. For more information, call 651-2301 or visit www5.semo.edu/museum.

Hospital's art for health reception Sunday

The winners of the annual Southeast Missouri Hospital and Arts Council of Southeast Missouri "Art for the Health of It" juried exhibition will be announced at 2 p.m. Sunday at a special reception in the Southeast Missouri Hospital surgical waiting room area. One Best of Show and four Juror's Choice awards will be presented. This year's juror was Dr. Ray Ritter. For more information, call 334-9233.

-- From staff reports