The Days of '47/Deseret Morning News Landscape Art Show, "2006 Color of the Land," will offer artists three welcomed changes.

First, the exhibit will be on display at the Museum of Utah Art and History, 125 S. Main. This change of venue offers participating artists a more typical gallery atmosphere in which to show their work.

Second, the exhibit will be up from July 8-24, which allows for a more extended run.

Third, because the exhibition space uses standard gallery walls and lighting, the previous artwork size restriction — 36 inches in width — is no longer applicable. Artists may now enter artwork of any size.

We hope these changes will give Utah landscape painters greater freedom when entering the art show, as well as offer them an opportunity to display their work, which is always imaginative and technically sound, in a more suitable environment.

(There is also the possibility the show will travel to the Riverton Art Museum for a month. Interested participants will be notified.)

As in the past, this year's winner of the Purchase Award will receive from $1,000 to $5,000, depending on the medium and size of the work. Again, this affords the Deseret Morning News the option of diversifying its collection by purchasing smaller pieces of various mediums, such as prints, works in graphite, collage, etc.

First-, second- and third-place winners will receive cash awards of $1,000, $800 and $600, respectively. Each of the two People's Choice Awards will receive $200. Five noncash honorable mentions will also be awarded.

This year's jurors are Jean Arnold, Doug Braithwaite and Clayton Williams.

Known for breaking down and reassembling the land in her abstracted geographies, Arnold received her MFA in painting from Johnson State College in Vermont. She has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows throughout this region.

Braithwaite, winner of last year's Purchase Award, is an avid plein-air painter who was born and raised in Utah. He received his BFA from the University of Utah, and is known for his ability to capture the essence of a scene with bold brushstrokes. Braithwaite exhibits all over the Intermountain West.

Also a native Utahn, Williams has an interest in art that extends back over 40 years. He studied art with Alvin Gittins, Lee Deffebach, Kathryn Stats, Kent Wallis and Ken Baxter. He owns and operates Williams Fine Art, a gallery featuring Utah artists, both old and new, and is a fine painter in his own right.

Entry forms are available at local art galleries and museums throughout the state. Forms are also available online at www.deseretnews.com/artshow/, and at the newspaper's headquarters, 30 E. 100 South, weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Days of '47/Deseret Morning News Landscape Art Show, "2006 Color of the Land," is open to all Utah artists 18 and older, working in all two-dimensional mediums except photography. For more information, call the Deseret Morning News marketing department at 236-6062.

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