Finalists for The Hudgens Prize Competition are  Olu Amoda, Shanequa Gay, Jessica Self and  Jamele Wright.

This year’s Hudgens Prize Competition jurors are:

Lauren Tate Baeza | Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art at The High Museum of Art.

Jamaal Barber | Artist, Printmaker, and Professor at Georgia State University.

Thomas Francis | Painter and Professor Emeritus at Savannah College of Art and Design.

The Hudgens Prize Visual Arts Competition was created to elevate Georgia's arts and offer transformational opportunities to individual artists. A $50,000 cash award and an invitation for a solo exhibition will be given to one selected Georgia artist.