Students offered chance at money

    Captain Morgan is holding an annual fund-raising event that can allow a TCC student to win up to $1,500 and the opportunity to have artwork used by the company.

   Captain Morgan wants original artwork with a Mardi Gras flair to promote Fort Worth’s annual Spring Gallery Night and ArtiGras Party.

   Three cash prizes will be rewarded, and the winner will have artwork displayed in future ArtiGras events.

   The other contest winners will be placed in a silent auction held during the event Saturday, April 6.

   The contest rules and procedures are as follows. Artists should submit original two-dimensional (2-D) artwork that measures 24 by 36 inches.

   Entries must be mounted on foam core with a minimum depth of one-fourth inch.

   The use of the Captain in the contest submission is optional. Each person is limited to one entry.

   People affiliated with the event sponsors are not eligible to participate. Contest submission must be hand delivered by 5 p.m. Monday, March 25, to the Fort Worth Weekly office.

   Entrants should include the following information with the submission: artist name, address, phone number, e-mail address.

   For creative ideas, one can visit Captain Morgan’s Web site at www.rum.com or call the ArtiGras message line at 817-321-9718.

   All submissions become the property of Captain Morgan and will not be returned.

   The art contest awards ceremony will be at the ArtiGras party 7p.m.-midnight Saturday, April 6.

   Captain Morgan, Fort Worth Weekly and the Fort Worth Art Dealers Association sponsor the ArtiGras artwork event.

   The contest supports the North Texas visual arts community, and the proceeds benefit the Emergency Artists’ Support League.