Gallery installation collaborative effort

The Olive Gallery and Art Supply is inviting the community to participate in a collaborative art installation June 4-25 at the gallery, 15 E. Eighth St.

Beginning Wednesday, the gallery will accept and install provided postcards entries. The postcards will provide guidelines for making a drawing. No drawing skills are needed.

To obtain postcards, stop by the Olive Gallery or call 331-4114. A closing reception will be June 25.

Exhibition deadline for benefit is July 8

Deadline to enter the fifth annual Lawrence Own-Your-Own 2005 Art Exhibition and Sale is July 8.

Artists from the Lawrence area eligible to submit two- and three-dimensional original art.

Awards will be presented Sept. 24. They are $500 for best of show, $300 for second place and $100 for third place.

The exhibition is a benefit for the Lawrence Committee for the Advancement of the Visual Arts and the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center.

For more information, call 749-7440 or e-mail leeg@sunflower.com.

Committee seeks wetlands entries

The Committee on Imagination & Place is asking for submissions of visual art and poems, essays, memoirs, letters, fiction and other writings about the Haskell-Baker Wetlands. The word limit is 5,000.

The Haskell-Baker Wetlands area has 573 acres, including 45 acres of prairie wetlands habitat.

Writings should be directly related to the Haskell-Baker Wetlands, and they should include specific, detailed language. The works should exemplify the value of the wetlands, not directly argue their value. Writers’ ability to show rather than tell about the subject will be a criterion. Any length up to 5,000 words will be considered.

Send visual art submissions of slides, prints, or electronic submissions to the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., Lawrence, KS 66044, Attn: Rick Mitchell, or e-mail to lacgallery@sunflower.com, by July 15.

Send electronic text submissions of prose or poetry to Denise Low at deniselow9@hotmail.com by July 15.