Embracing Our Differences invites you to participate in its exhibition competition for 2018 and in creating a world where differences are embraced and individuality is celebrated.
Artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, students are all invited to submit their interpretation of the theme “enriching lives through diversity”.
In 2018, a total of $3,000 US will be awarded in the form of three separate awards — $1,000 each for “Best-in-Show Adult”, “Best-in-Show Student” and the “People’s Choice” award.
Embracing Our Differences’ annual international outdoor juried art exhibition features billboard-size images and is displayed during April and May each year in Island Park along Sarasota’s bayfront in Southwest Florida.
Last year, the competition received more than 10,761 individual entries from 115 countries and 48 states. A total of 90 winning works were selected.
Since 2004 the Embracing Our Differences exhibition has hosted over 2,500,000 visitors plus another 240,000+ students for a very unique opportunity to experience the importance of diversity in our lives.
Become a part of this exciting change through your visual art or creative writing submission to the 15th annual Embracing Our Differences juried competition.