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The Concours
The Concours is a series of exhibitions consisting of works by League students. Each class holds an exhibition lasting a week. The cycle of exhibitions begins in January and continues through May, with usually three to four classes sharing the gallery at the same time.
The Concours takes its name from exhibitions and contests of various kinds held in French ateliers (for example, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian) during the nineteenth century, with the students competing for prizes, medals, or even for working spots in the studio. From its inception, the League has held similar concours. Early on, the instructors first picked their best students, and then all the works were exhibited together. There was a purchase prize of $105 called The Instructors' Prize, which was awarded to the student voted the best by a jury of League instructors. Eugene Speicher won this prize in 1908 for his portrait of fellow student Georgia O'Keeffe, and a still-life by O'Keeffe was also acquired for the League's collection.
Each week during the Concours, a judge assigns a seal or red dot to the work deemed best of each class. All of the red dot works are exhibited at the end of the year. A committee composed of members of the Board of Control may select works from this exhibit to be purchased for the League's Permanent Collection.
View Class Exhibit Schedule
May 19 - 25 and June 2 - 11, 2008 (The League will be closed May 26 - June 1.)
Red Dot Exhbition
An exhibition of student work deemed best from each class at the League.
June 18 - July 9, 2008
Merit Scholarship Winners
An exhibition of work by winners of the League's 2007 merit scholarship competition.
July 14 - August 1, 2008
Technical Assistants' Exhibition
An exhibition of work by the League's technical assistants.
August 2 - September 1, 2008
GALLERY CLOSED
September 2 - 22, 2008
Instructors' Exhibition
An exhibition of work by Art Students League instructors.
The League's Permanent Collection Travels
The Art Students League's permanent collection documents its distinguished history and reflects art movements of the last 125 years. An exhibition presenting some of the high points of that history, The Art Students League of New York: Highlights from the Permanent Collection, is traveling now through September 21, 2008.
Exhibition coordinating agency: Smith Kramer Fine Art Services
The Art Students League of New York
Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Exhibition Tour Schedule
May 11 - July 5, 2008
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
311 East Main Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
July 27 - September 21, 2008
The Long Island Museums of American Art, History, and Carriages
1200 Route 25A
Stony Brook, New York 11790
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