S< /span>ubmissions for the 2012 Art for the Masses (AFTM) are now being accepted. Artists can visit the AFTM website at www.uncw.edu/ar tforthemasses and fill out an online form. There is a $50 artist fee < span style='font-family: Arial\; color: #1a1a1a\; font-size: 10pt\; font-w eight: normal\;' lang='X-NONE'>that can be paid online after the applicati on has been accepted.

The University of North Carolina Wilmington i s the new home for AFTM\, the premier show for local artists to showcase their work directly to area art lovers. AFTM 2012 (its 10^th ye ar) will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday\, Nov. 17 in the B urney and Warwick Centers on the UNCW campus. The show will feature all-o riginal fine art priced at $250 or less\, with UNCW student art also avai lable for purchase. All forms of visual art are welcome at the show\, inc luding painting\, sculpture\, ceramics\, fabric art and jewelry.

AFTM is free and open to the public\, with a r equested $3 door donation to help fund public art projects at the univers ity. Door donations will support a public art program at UNCW. The public art program will foster a unique project each year that involves student learning and the placement of art in public spaces on campus.

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