MYRTLE BEACH, SC.- Local high-school artists will get a shot at cash prizes, sales and potential museum showings of their work when the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum hosts its Eighth Annual Horry/Georgetown High Schools Juried Fine Art Exhibition. The exhibit opens Sunday, April 1, with a reception, open to the public, from 1 to 3 p.m. An awards ceremony begins at 2 p.m. Works selected for display will be on view through April 27.

Cash prizes will be provided by First Federal Bank, which is sponsoring the event for a fourth year. Prizes are given for Best in Show; first, second and third place in two-dimensional and three-dimensional works; plus six Honorable Mentions. The top award is the First Federal Scholarship Award, which provides tuition assistance for four years of higher education in the arts.

Schools participating are Carolina Forest High School, Conway High School, Georgetown High School, Green Sea Floyd High School, Lowcountry Day School, Myrtle Beach High School, Myrtle Beach Academy for the Arts, Science & Technology, North Myrtle Beach High School, St. James High School and Socastee High School.

More than 200 pieces were submitted for consideration in this year’s event. About 75 will be displayed at the Museum after the competition has concluded. Two jurors select the works to be honored, and a sole judge determines the prizes to be awarded them.

Jurors for this year’s event are Dina Hall, an award-winning photographer and art faculty member at Coastal Carolina University, and Dr. Susan Slavik, a graduate and undergraduate professor of Art Education at Coastal Carolina University. This year’s judge is Mimi Hodgin Hay, a collage artist whose studies and artistic influences range from Roanoke, Virginia and SC’s Clemson University to Japan. For further information, call 843-238-2510 or visit www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org.