The 2024 Sadat Art for Justice and Peace Competition
Hosted by the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development and the Department of Art
This year’s theme is based on the quote:
“ To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. ”
- Frederick Douglass, 1860
Requirements:
- Any medium, 2D or 3D
- Must be a declared Studio Arts or Immersive Media Design major (Undergraduate or Graduate) OR currently enrolled in a Department of Arts course
Awards:
- 1st Place Prize of $2,500
- 2nd Place Prize of $1,000
- 3rd Place Prize of $750
- Honorable Mention Prize of $250
![Photo of Frederick Douglass [Photo Credit: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of an anonymous donor]](/sites/sadat.umd.edu/files/styles/bsos_full/public/2024-01/Douglass%202.jpg?h=cf78f31c&itok=0WYbzBdn)
Submission Deadlines:
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Intent to Submit Artwork form deadline EXTENDED UNTIL February 23rd, 4:30pm
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The artist's statement and a photo of the artwork must be submitted by March 1st, 4:30pm
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Please drop off the artwork at the Herman Maril Art Gallery on February 29th from 10am-4:30pm or March 1st from 10am-11am
Herman Maril Gallery: Room 1309 in the Art and Sociology Building
Note: All works submitted must be ready for installation. It is not necessary that pieces be framed but they must be ready for display. For example, paintings should be wired in the reverse of the stretcher frame, allowing them to be hung from picture hooks.
The artist is responsible for transporting the artwork to the Herman Maril Gallery at the designated drop-off time and, if the piece is not selected for first place, collecting the piece from the gallery after the Sadat Art for Justice and Peace Exhibition.
First Place artwork will be kept and added to the Sadat Art for Justice and Peace Permanent Collection. The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland will have the right to keep and display the artwork as well as reproduce the art and images of the art, with credit given to the artist. The artist shall also retain the rights to use and reproduce the artwork. Past artwork has been awarded to Sadat Lecturers at UMD including Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Jimmy Carter, Mary Robinson, and others.
