Art on the Streets accepting entries for the 15th annual exhibit

Downtown Colorado Springs's award winning outdoor art competition and exhibit, Art on the Streets, is now accepting entries for the 15th annual exhibit. Applications are available online and are due March 4, 2013. This year's juror, Blake Milteer, will choose up to 12 works for public display around the downtown area for one year.
The exhibit seeks a wide range of artistic expression, talent and cultural context. Large-scale, outside-the-box provocative works are encouraged. All media considered… Show more as appropriate, safe and durable outdoors. $25,000 in prizes are awarded to the top three places, plus a $750 honoraria to each selected artist. Awards will be announced March 15, 2013.
About this year's juror
Blake Milteer is museum director and curator of American art at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. He oversees the museum's American art collection and has curated numerous original temporary exhibitions, including Floyd D. Tunson: Son of Pop; Mikel Glass: The Discarded; and Colorado Springs Abstract. Milteer previously served as curatorial assistant and special projects coordinator for the Denver Art Museum's modern and contemporary art department, and has been adjunct professor of art history at the University of Colorado and Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. He received a Master's degree in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Denver and a Bachelor's of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

About Art on the Streets
Begun in 1999, this annual outdoor exhibition has brought 192 works of art to downtown Colorado Springs. Each year, artists from around the world compete for acceptance into the show, and a star juror may choose up to 12 pieces. The art is installed throughout downtown for a year.
One or more artworks are frequently purchased from the annual exhibit; some privately, others as an extension of the program. On permanent display are previous Art on the Streets favorites such as the gigantic sunflowers along South Cascade, mischievous Humpty Dumpty in front of the Pikes Peak Center and Bella and the Bug in Acacia Park. The current 2012 exhibit can be viewed at http://www.downtown80903.com/library/Art_on_the_Street/12AOTS.web.pdf.
Art on the Streets is the signature program of Community Ventures, Inc., a Downtown Partnership partner. The program is presented by founding sponsor U.S. Bank and supported by Nor'wood Development Group, G.E. Johnson, and H. Chase Stone Trust. Donations to help purchase more permanent works can be made to Community Ventures, Inc., 111 S. Tejon Street, Suite 309, Colorado Springs, 80903.

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