2023 Patriotic Art Competition and Exhibition

The patriotic theme for The Spring 2023 competition is:

Responsibility is the price of freedom

highlighting the value of responsibility.

Each year the theme highlights one of the values of Carolinas Freedom Foundation: Honor / Courage / Commitment / Industry / Responsibility / Respect / Humility. Elbert Hubbard, a 19th century American writer, likely had no concept of how profound his statement "Responsibility is the price of freedom"  would prove to be in the 21st century.

Entry Rules

SPECIFICATIONS:
Entries must interpret the theme from a patriotic perspective, be two dimensional and no larger than 18" x 24" and may include water color, pastel, oil, acrylic, charcoal, pen and ink, pencil, collage, and ORIGINAL photography or digital painting*. Submit the art in the best format to protect it for exhibition -- i.e. single board mounting or matting; photography/digital painting can also be submitted in a protective sleeve. No framed artwork or rolled artwork entries, only simple flat submissions ready for exhibition.

*Due to an overwhelming interest in submitting digital artwork for the scholarship program, we have decided to allow submissions of this type to be entered as long as they are accompanied with verification of originality from a teacher or guidance counselor. A high quality printed copy must be included for your submission.  Please note that any plagiarized submissions will be immediately removed from consideration and entrants banned from future submissions. In the future, we will continue to explore how this medium can be part of the competition so that we can be inclusive of all forms of art.