Art on the Square

A LIVE Art Competition featuring the skills and talents of local artists. 

Selected artists will gather in Morgan Square and have four hours beginning at noon to create a two-dimensional piece of art based on something within the Square. 

October 8, 2022
Noon - 4 p.m. Morgan Square
Downtown Spartanburg

Here are our competitors:

  • Hamed Mahmoodi
  • D’Lynn James
  • Christine Kminek
  • Mary Verrandeaux
  • Shannon Patrick
  • Leon Wilkie
  • Grace Hammond
  • Mable Ni
  • Jennifer Bonner
  • Meg Barrow

First Place
 $5,000

Second Place
 $2,000

Third Place
 $1,500

Fan Favorite
 $1,500

Meet Our Competitors
Hamed Mahmoodi
D’Lynn James
Christine Kminek
Mary Verrandeaux
Shannon Patrick
Leon Wilkie
Grace Hammond
Mable Ni
Jennifer Bonner
Meg Barrow
Art on the Square
Join Us for our first annual Tulip Tree LIVE Art competition.

The Tulip Tree, a restaurant and art gallery located in the heart of downtown, is proud to be hosting and sponsoring a public art competition.

Artists must be 18 years of age and live within Spartanburg County. Artwork can be from any medium but must be two-dimensional. To be considered, artists must submit an application  during the month of August and must include at least one image of a current work. 

See online application below. 

Artists will be notified of selection on September 14th.

Artists will be given a $100 stipend for materials and canvases. Only 20″x24″ to 36″x36″ canvases will be allowed or accepted. 

  • The created piece must be two-dimensional
  • Artists must provide their own easel and materials. 
  • Artists must not block traffic or pedestrian traffic when setting up station. 
  • Station set up may begin at 11:30 a.m. with competition time beginning at precisely noon sharp. Work on the piece before noon will be an automatic disqualification. 
  • The created piece must incorporate something within Morgan Square as the subject. (Abstract pieces will be allowed so long as the subject is recognizable as something from Morgan Square.)

Only one piece per artist will be considered by the judges. 

All judged pieces will be placed in a silent auction immediately after the judging. A percentage will go to the artists and proceeds will be divided between the Artist’s Collective and the Artists’ Guild Spartanburg.

Raised in Spartanburg, SC, Isabel draws from a career in graphic design and illustration, coupled with a bachelor of fine arts from Florida’s Ringling College of Art & Design. Her love of art is always evolving, experimenting with new techniques. Isabel paints full time in her “working studio & gallery” in Spartanburg, SC.
Isabel ForbesJudge
Aimee Wise was born and raised in Spartanburg, SC. She received a BFA in visual arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 2008. Her work has been shown in Greenville and Spartanburg, SC; Asheville, NC; Boulder, CO; Los Angeles, CA; and Chicago, IL. She is a multidisciplinary artist that has spent time as a freelance art-handler, a volunteer preserving bird specimens at the Field Museum of Natural History, and a (small) wildlife rescue volunteer. She currently works as collection manager for the Johnson Collection.
Aimee WiseJudge
Aimee Wise was born and raised in Spartanburg, SC. She received a BFA in visual arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 2008. Her work has been shown in Greenville and Spartanburg, SC; Asheville, NC; Boulder, CO; Los Angeles, CA; and Chicago, IL. She is a multidisciplinary artist that has spent time as a freelance art-handler, a volunteer preserving bird specimens at the Field Museum of Natural History, and a (small) wildlife rescue volunteer. She currently works as collection manager for the Johnson Collection.
Merry-Beth NobleJudge

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