Energen Art Competition

The Wonders Of Alabama Art 2012
Energen Corporation will hold its 13th Annual Energen Art Competition in the spring of 2012. The art competition celebrates the Wonders of Alabama Art and features Alabama artists. The five winning entries will be purchased by Energen and will become part of Energen’s “Alabama Collection,” which is displayed at Energen Plaza, the company’s headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, or at one of the offices of an Energen subsidiary. A portion of the proceeds from the 2012 Energen art competition will benefit ArtPlay. For more information on this year’s charity, please go to www.artplayasc.org.

Purchase Awards

• Energen Resources Landscape Division $ 3,000
• Alagasco Wildlife Division $ 3,000
• Energen Grand Prize $ 7,500
• Merit Award for Non-representational Art $ 3,000
• Energen Employee Choice $ 3,000

Deadline For Entries
All applicants must first submit a completed entry form, entry fee and CD containing an image of the artwork for preliminary judging. Entries must be received by 5:00 PM on February 10, 2012. Any entry received after this date will not be considered.

Entry Form And Fee
A non-refundable entry fee of $35 is required for each entry. Make check payable to Energen Art. There is a limit of three entries for each artist. A separate entry form and entry fee must accompany each entry. The entry form may be photocopied. If submitting more than one entry, the forms, check, and CD may be mailed together. Multiple entry fees can be combined on one check. Do not staple check to the entry form. PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH.

CDs
A preliminary judging of the submitted artwork will take place based on the images submitted. Submit a digital image (resolution = 300 to 600 dpi) of each piece of artwork in a baseline .jpg format on a compact disk (CD).  Please do not save your jpeg in a format that requires special software for viewing. If submitting more than one entry, the entry images may be on the same CD. Label the CD with artist’s name, entry category, title and size of the artwork. CDs will not be returned without a self-addressed stamped appropriate sized envelope being included with the entry form.

Find Out More
Updates and reminders about the show will be posted here. Follow us on Twitter @EnergenArt.

Telephone inquiries about the Energen Art Competition can be made to (205) 326-1800. E-mail inquiries can be made to: art.committee@energen.com