FOUR PRIZES: $500 each + feature in documentary film

Preferred Entry Deadline: October 30, 2009
Final Deadline: February 19, 2010
Award Date: May 2010

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

1. One prize for a work on canvas no larger than 8'3" wide x 7' high (2” deep max)
2. One prize for a work on canvas no larger than 7' wide x 7' high (2” deep max).
3. Two prizes any other works as selected by the jury.

Topical Specifications for All Works

Works should invite inquiry into some or all of the following:

• Living one’s spirituality/faith throughout all aspects of everyday life
• Celebrating the individual in the context of diverse community
• One's role in the stewardship of natural and human resources
• Vocation as a calling in life
• Service to others as a means to meaning and purpose in one's life

All artists entering the competition, and their process of creating their work, will be included in some aspect of Wesley's documentary film on the development of Wesley House and Campus Center. This documentary is currently in the making and will continue during the 2009-10 academic year. Documentary filmmaker, Brighton Kimbell, is a recent UC Berkeley graduate.

Jurors will include representatives from the following communities: spirituality and faith, fine arts, environmental, UC Berkeley faculty/staff, UC Berkeley student group, and Wesley Foundation Board.

All four works will be identified with their artist and exhibited from the time of Wesley's Grand Opening in August of 2010 until the end of the 2010-11 academic year. Artists must consent to exhibit their work. All works will be insured up to established limits. Other top works selected by the Jury will be exhibited at the Grand Opening of Wesley House and Campus Center in August of 2010.

Entry Form

To enter your work, please copy the following to an email, complete it with your personal information, and send it to wesleyberkeley@gmail.com by the deadline above. Please note that you may amend your entry form at a later date to include title, description, and estimated value.

Wesley House and Campus Center
FIRST ANNUAL SPIRITUALITY and FAITH
Juried Art Exhibition of Student Works

By entry into this Juried Art Exhibition, I understand and agree that my work will be photographed and filmed by Wesley Foundation for non-profit purposes. In consent to having my work filmed by the Wesley documentary filmmaker and included in the documentary film. If selected, I agree to exhibit my work at Wesley House and Campus Center during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Artist’s name:

Description of work (if determined):

Title of work (if determined):

Estimated value (if determined): $

Email address:

Phone number:

Wesley House and Campus Center is a diverse and inclusive outreach campus ministry of the United Methodist Church.

Wesley House is under construction at:

2398 Bancroft Way (at the corner of Dana,
across from Cal's Recreation Center)
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 549-1244

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 4536
Berkeley, CA 94704

wesleyberkeley@gmail.com
Facebook Name: Wesley House and Campus Center
www.wesleyberkeley.org

©2009 Wesley Foundation at the University of California, Berkeley