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Register online or download, print, and return a paper form.

Important Dates to Remember

• Application Deadline - Monday, March 2
• Egg Cut-Out Pick-up - Friday, March 6 & Monday, March 9
• Completed Eggs Due - Friday, March 20
• Spring Eggs Art Walk Voting - March 21 - April 13

Guidelines

1. With help from artists in the community, Main Street Brenham will again bring art to the streets of downtown and invites professional, amateur and student artists to participate.
2. Entry deadline is Monday, March 2. Online entries will be accepted at www.DowntownBrenham.com/eggartwalk or completed entry forms can be delivered to either Brenham City Hall; 200 W. Vulcan or to the Washington County Visitor Center at the Barnhill Center in Downtown Brenham.
3. Wooden egg cut-outs for entrants will be available on Friday, March 6 and Monday, March 9 at City Hall (200 W. Vulcan Street) from 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Contact Caylee at crocka@cityofbrenham.org if other arrangements are needed to pick up your egg.
4. Eggs will be judged this year in three (2) categories: Adults 18+ and Student (18 and under).
5. The base egg cut-out remains the same for all categories. The basic egg can be altered, as long as it remains intact.
6. Objects may be attached to the egg but should be attached in a way that cannot be easily removed.
7. Artists are encouraged to use creativity and innovation but should remember that this is a public art exhibition and the audience will be broad-based and of all ages. Designs that are violent or sexual in nature will not be accepted.
8. The Spring Eggs Art Walk is an interactive event and as such, designs should be created with durability and public safety concerns in mind.
9. The eggs will be displayed outdoors, so in creating a design, please consider carefully the weather and other elements of nature.
10. The back of the Finished Eggs must be painted. Main Street will supply signage that will include the name of the artist and the name of the Egg.
11. Finished Eggs should be delivered to the display location on Friday, March 20 by 5:00 p.m. unless other arrangements are made in advance. Display location will be sent to each artist at the email address given on the entry form.
12. Main Street may reject any design that, in its sole discretion, does not adhere to these guidelines.
13. Voting for the Grand Prize as well as the Most Creative, Most Votes, and Judges Choice in each category will be determined by public voting (50%), judges voting (25%), and success in an online auction (25%). More details about the online auction to follow via email!
14. A Judge’s Award will be determined in each category –Adult and Student – based solely on the Judge’s discretion, with no voting considered.
15. Prizes include:
    • Best of Show: $200 - Kieke Egg Farm
    • Professional Category (18+ and Older):
      • Most Creative ($125) - Brunmillers Soapworks
      • Most Votes ($125) - Board & Brush
      • Judges Choice ($125) - The Pomegranate/Funky Art Café
    • Student Category (18 & Under):
      • Most Creative ($125) - City Councilmember, Susan Cantey
      • Most Votes ($125) - The Canyon Chick
      • Judges Choice ($125) - Scrubs N Stuff Boutique
    • Thank you to our Award Sponsors!
16. Information on how and where to vote for your favorite Spring Eggs will be available once entries are received.
17. Winning entries become the property of Main Street Brenham and may be used for future promotion,display and/or auction.
18. Questions not addressed by these guidelines can be sent to Caylee

A minimum of 20 entries must be received for the contest to take place.