The Middlesex County Office of Aging and Disabled Services’ annual juried Senior Citizen Art Contest and Exhibition is scheduled for July 18 through Aug. 11 at The Studio Art Gallery at Middlesex County College’s Performing Arts Center, 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. All registration forms must be submitted by July 1.
Any artist, age 60 or over, may submit one entry completed within the past three years to the Middlesex County exhibit. The entry may not have been previously entered in a County Senior Art Show or in the New Jersey Senior Citizens Annual Juried Art Show. Eligible entries winning first place at the county level are automatically eligible to advance to the State competition. Only one entry per artist is accepted on the State level.
The categories for the contest are: acrylic painting, craft, digital/computer art, drawing, mixed media, oil, pastel, photography, print, sculpture and watercolor.
Winners from the county contest will participate in the State competition in September.
For more information regarding categories and eligibility, guidelines or to obtain an entry form, call the Middlesex County Office of Aging and Disabled Services at 732-745-4267.