The Darien Arts Center’s popular smartphone photo contest, Pic Darien, is open for entries until February 10th at darienarts.org. The contest is open to all; there are no age restrictions and contestants are not required to live in Darien. As in previous years, the contest will be judged blindly, without the judges knowing the identity of the contestants, and photos do not need to be taken in Darien.
The 2021 Smartphone Photo Contest, Pic Darien: Images of Hope, Heroes and Home returns in 2021 with a special initiative and marks the sixth year for the photo contest, which garnered over 500 entries in 2020. In honor of hometown heroes everywhere, the DAC is donating 10% of profits from the contest to Health and Human Services of Darien.
Pic Darien: Images of Hope, Heroes and Home will have eight local judges to select its winners this year. Ben Larrabee, Terrie Wood, Art Sears, Jeffrey Wyant, Tom and Anne Geary, Megan Dey, David Wagner and Alexandra Ramsteck will judge photo entries from both adults and children in ten categories: Heroes, Hope & Happiness, Home & Holidays, Humor, Covid-19: The New Normal, Land & Sea, Nature & Floral, Food & Drink, Abstract & Architecture and Pets.
The Pic Darien contest and prizes are sponsored by DR Bank. To find out more about the contest, visit darienarts.org or call (203) 655-8683. The Darien Arts Center is located at 2 Renshaw Road, behind the Darien Town Hall.