Newtown Cultural Arts Commission (NCAC) will be awarding $750 for new, original art that illustrates Newtown arts and culture.

This competition is open to any artist, of any age, from anywhere. The winning image will be used to promote the 2015 Newtown Arts Festival and will appear in businesses and public spaces around Newtown and surrounding towns.

The image will also be printed on T-shirts, posters, and other items that will be available for purchase at the Newtown Arts Festival with the winning artist having the opportunity to sell their his work in the NCAC tent during the 2015 festival.

Guidelines and applications are available online at newtownartsfestival.com.

Submissions are due to the Festival Artwork Selection Committee c/o Koenig FrameWorks, 97 South Main Street in Newtown, between February 1 and February 15, 2015 during regular business hours (Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm). Late entries will not be accepted.

Contact Donna Mangiafico at 203-788-7474 or djmangiafico@aol.com with any questions.

The 2014 winner, Julia Provey, commented about her winning entry: “I looked around Newtown and, from my imagination, I saw a musician, a juggler, an artist and a dancer, and they were all Newtown.”

Her submission was a black and white caricature of these performers, all admittedly derivative of people she actually knows in Newtown. One well-known musician, Roger Sprung, went on to perform at the 2014 festival.