UNIQUE BY NATURE JURIED ART COMPETITION AND EXHIBIT

Awards Reception Saturday, April 18, 2026, 6-8pm

City Hall, 401 E. Virginia St., McKinney

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In McKinney, we value the artist.  Nurture the artist and the work he or she produces will develop to the fullest.  This show nurtures artists in several ways:  through critique, community, and prize money.  Through the Unique by Nature Juried Competition, the City of McKinney, the McKinney Performing Arts Center, all the contributors and sponsors, and the Arts and Music Guild communicate to artists that they are valuable to our community and that the work they produce is important.

Please download the Prospectus. There are two categories in the competition:  Large Works Purchase Prize Competition (submission with online application (click here), deadline March 27th) & Non-Purchase Prize Competition and Juried Exhibition (submission in person, please view prospectus for changes this year).  Judging both parts of the competition will be Emily Budd, Assistant Professor of Art at the Meadows School of the Arts, SMU (Dallas, Texas). Awards Reception will be April 18th.  Bonne chance!