Artists still have time to submit their work depicting Thoroughbred horse racing and the Preakness Stakes in time for public voting, which begins on Tuesday, March 12.
Submissions have to be acquired by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, March 11 to be thought-about. Readers can go to this hyperlink to submit their art work. Work created by synthetic intelligence (AI, Midjourney, and so on.) won’t be accepted for consideration.
The profitable artist will obtain $4,000 and two VIP invites to Preakness 149, which is able to happen on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Their art work shall be replicated on branded merchandise accessible for sale. Proceeds will profit Park Heights Renaissance, a corporation devoted to holistic neighborhood improvement to reinforce and keep a thriving, sustainable neighborhood.
In 2023, Justin Johnson gained together with his submission of “The Face of Victory,” depicting the face of a horse head-on with Maryland state colours. A white Preakness trophy adorns the face, and yellow Black-Eyed Susan flowers (Maryland’s state flower) body the horse’s muzzle.
The Preakness Stakes is the second jewel of the Triple Crown, held after the Kentucky Derby and earlier than the Belmont Stakes in New York. The Preakness was first run in 1873. It started two years earlier than the Kentucky Derby was run for the primary time.
This is the artwork competitors’s third 12 months, sponsored by 1/ST and the Maryland Jockey Club in reference to the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). The contest invitations entries from the 50 states and District of Columbia to showcase unique, two-dimensional visible artwork “capturing the distinctive essence of Thoroughbred racing and the long-lasting Preakness Stakes.”
Public voting begins on March 12 and runs by March 26. Final judging takes place on March 29, and the winner shall be introduced on April 2.
