The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit works of drawing in any media relevant to the practice (including non-traditional approaches), any style, and any genre (fine art, illustration, design, conceptual, realism, architectural, etc.) Manifest was founded in-part to stand for the importance of drawing as a process, skill, and discipline, and as a continuing viable product of the creative fine art and design fields. Since its inception our organization has continued to incorporate drawing-based programming, including education (Drawing Center), publications (INDA), and gallery exhibits into the broader spectrum of its projects. The artists who formed Manifest in 2004 knew that despite their diverging career paths (architecture, art history, painting, industrial design, photography) they were brought together because of their connection to drawing and their mutually intense but multi-faceted pursuit of this fundamental discipline. In honor of the original spirit of the founding ideals of Manifest, the gallery launched DRAWN a decade ago as a new annual exhibition. DRAWN seeks to survey and present the broad scope of drawing being made today. $40 for up to FOUR entries submitted. $5 per each additional entry. ANNUAL CASH AWARD: The annual Manifest Grand Jury Prize will result in the awarding of one significant cash prize ($5000) to a single work selected as th
