Buenaventura Art Association and Community Memorial Hospital Exhibits announce a “Call for Entries” for an exhibit at Community Memorial Hospital lobby. Entry is FREE. The exhibit will run from April 1 – June 10, 2012. The awards ceremony will be on Tuesday, April 3 from 5 – 7 p.m. Cash award of $100 for 1st place in each category (i.e. middle school, high school, etc.) as well as art classes from Vita Art Center, Maribel Hernandez, Michele Foster and memberships from Buenaventura Art Association. In addition, a special exhibit from Focus on the Masters Learning to See Program will feature Shibori banners from elementary school children.

Entry is free and online only. Go to Buenaventura Art Association’s website at www.BuenaventuraGallery.org and look under call for entries. Deadline Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at midnight. Due to safety reasons, all work must be framed and wired for hanging (no saw-tooth hangers). A limited number of free frames are available at the Harbor Village Gallery (in the Ventura Harbor Village), the Buenaventura Gallery (700 E Santa Clara St. in Ventura) and Vita Art Center (in the Bell Arts Factory, 432 N. Ventura Ave.).

This event is sponsored by Buenaventura Art Association, Vita Art Center, and Community Memorial Hospital.