Exhibition & Silent Auction: 11/3/2025 - 11/6/2025

Silent Auction ends 5:30pm, 11/6/2025

Live Auction event 5pm - 6:30pm, 11/6/2025

 

The QUICK DRAW, is this year’s fundraising exhibition hosted at the Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery in partnership and support with our friends at the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta GA. Money raised from this event supports two prestigious scholarships benefiting outstanding ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø art & design students. The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts Scholarship is awarded annually to support a ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø junior art, design, or art education major for meritorious production in the classroom and a commitment to service within the community. The Danielle B. Harmon Student Merit Scholarship recognizes departmental art majors for superior classroom and studio performance. 

Artists are invited from the local community and from across the nation to donate original works on paper or 3D works of any medium. These works can represent diverse subjects, styles, and technical approaches, resulting in an excitingly varied, high quality exhibition with something for everyone. This charity exhibition event, normally titled DRAWPROJECT, is rooted in the support of the many community sponsors, donors, patrons, and artists who, year after year, give so generously of their time, talent, and financial resources.

Additional Department of Art & Design scholarship funds are used to support annual Freshman and Transfer Student Scholarships, as well as Departmental Merit Scholarships recognizing departmental majors for superior classroom and studio performance.

The QUICK DRAW event is a partnership between the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø Department of Art & Design and the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts.
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How to donate:

All art donations will be happily accepted by 10/31/25 at the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø Art & Design Office. In addition to your art donation please fill out a submission form at . All donations will be sorted into three categories:

  • All 2D works 8” x 10” or smaller will be placed in the “Buy It Now” category, for sale for $50.
  • Paper will be available for pickup in the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø Department of Art & Design - Fine Arts Building rm 1070 or the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, 527 N Patterson St, Valdosta, GA 31601.
  • A small selection of donations will be put into a “Live Auction Only” category for sale at the in-person event.
  • All remaining 2D items at or around the traditional 15’ x 22” size, along with all remaining 3D items, will be exhibited in the gallery and put up for bidding on GiveSmart just like in past years. 
  • Artists may use any medium of their choice.
  • Artists should write their name, contact information, and title of work on the back of entries
  • Artists should submit a high-resolution digital image HERE 

 

All works must be delivered to the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø Art & Design office by 5pm on Friday, October 31, 2025 to Fine Arts Building rm 1070

 

Completed works will need to be delivered to: 

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Department of Art & Design
Fine Arts Building
Room 1070A - 1st Floor
204 West Brookwood Drive
Valdosta, GA 31601

 

 

When submitting drawings please include:

  • Artist's name -- title -- medium -- contact information -- on the back of the drawing

  • All art submitted becomes the property of QUICK DRAW.
  • We reserve the right to reject any submissions received.

 

 

  • Submit (HERE) a high-resolution digital image with a short Artist Biography (50 words or less, please), Brief Artist Statement or statement about the drawing (50 words or less), and a headshot/selfie. 

 

I Have a QUESTION...

Contact: Abigail Heuss, Craig Hawkins, or Madison Caldwell

 

If you are interested in participating in QUICK DRAW by serving as a sponsor for the event, or making a donation to support the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts Scholarship or ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø Department of Art & Design Scholarships, please contact the Department of Art & Design at ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø.