What is it?
Dundee Draws is a live, friendly, single-round art competition for youth and adult artists! Artists will be arranged in a circle at 50th & Underwood and will have 30 minutes to draw a provided subject at the center of their art circle. Judges will select one winner each from the youth and adult rounds. Competing artists will have the opportunity to win gift cards from local art supply stores, and have their art displayed in the windows of local merchants along Underwood Avenue. Paper and drawing boards will be provided. Limited art supplies will be available on-site, so we ask each artist to bring their own medium (crayons, colored pencils, pastels, etc.).
Join us!
Only 12 slots are available per age division, so sign up soon! Registration is required and will close on August 20th, or after 12 artists sign up in each age division. The winners of the adult and youth rounds (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) will receive $75, $50, and $25!
Youth Round: August 23 @ 1:00 PM
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Adult Round: August 23 @ 1:45 PM
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Youth Round: August 23 @ 1:00 PM
REGISTER HERE
Adult Round: August 23 @ 1:45 PM
REGISTER HERE
Dundee Draws 2025 Judges
We are excited to announce our esteemed judges for this year's Dundee Draws: Nicole Raphael and Ang R. Bennett. Both accomplished visual artists, Nicole and Ang bring unique perspectives and rich experiences to the judging panel. Their commitment to storytelling and representation in art will help highlight the incredible talent from our community. Learn more about their inspiring work below!
Nicole Raphael
Nicole Raphael graduated from Morningside University with a Bachelor’s of Art in Photography. She spent several years doing wedding photography and when she wasn’t taking pictures, she was painting and drawing in the background. Needless to say, when she decided to hang up the camera, she picked up the paintbrush and began the life of a painter.
When Nicole isn’t creating guest paintings at a wedding or sharing her artwork at a local pop-up, she’s creating original pieces of her favorite scenes she’s traveled to with her family.
Learn more about Nicole:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/nraphaelarts
Website: http://nraphaelarts.wordpress.com
Nicole Raphael graduated from Morningside University with a Bachelor’s of Art in Photography. She spent several years doing wedding photography and when she wasn’t taking pictures, she was painting and drawing in the background. Needless to say, when she decided to hang up the camera, she picked up the paintbrush and began the life of a painter.
When Nicole isn’t creating guest paintings at a wedding or sharing her artwork at a local pop-up, she’s creating original pieces of her favorite scenes she’s traveled to with her family.
Learn more about Nicole:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/nraphaelarts
Website: http://nraphaelarts.wordpress.com
Ang R. Bennett
Ang R. Bennett (b. 1990, Little Rock, AR) is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, actor, athlete, certified doula, and queer activist whose work examines the intersections of gender, race, and sexuality. With a practice rooted in both introspection and research, Bennett’s art explores identity through personal narrative and collective history. Their portfolio includes Body Defiance, a collaborative photo exhibition with Sheree Le’Shawn, accompanied by a mini documentary that examines masculinity through the lens of individuals who are Black and were assigned female at birth. Family Portraits, a twelve-piece painting exhibition, honors the tenderness and connection within Black family life, using bold color, gold leaf, and storybookinspired illustrations to reframe perceptions of Black love and intimacy.
Notably, Bennett’s work is featured in the Stonewall National Monument Visitor's Center, the first LGBTQ2IA+ center within the National Park System. They were a contributor to Project 270, a national Get Out the Vote campaign, organized by Mana Public Arts.
Bennett is a heavy contributor to the thriving Omaha arts scene, serving as the board Vice President at BFF Omaha since 2022. Additionally, Bennett has held the position of Visual Arts Chair for the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards since 2021, transitioning from a shared co-chair role, and is actively engaged as a member of both the Amplify Arts Community Advisory Group and Opera Omaha Community Panel. Bennett also serves on the board of Voices in Alliance, Omaha's first and only LGBTQ2IA+ theatre company.
When not creating or being on the arts scene, Bennett is an athlete for the DII National Champion Nebraska Pride [women’s] football team of the Women’s Football Alliance and has been playing full-pad tackle football since 2015.
Learn more about Ang:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/angrbennett
Website: www.angrbennett.com
Ang R. Bennett (b. 1990, Little Rock, AR) is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, actor, athlete, certified doula, and queer activist whose work examines the intersections of gender, race, and sexuality. With a practice rooted in both introspection and research, Bennett’s art explores identity through personal narrative and collective history. Their portfolio includes Body Defiance, a collaborative photo exhibition with Sheree Le’Shawn, accompanied by a mini documentary that examines masculinity through the lens of individuals who are Black and were assigned female at birth. Family Portraits, a twelve-piece painting exhibition, honors the tenderness and connection within Black family life, using bold color, gold leaf, and storybookinspired illustrations to reframe perceptions of Black love and intimacy.
Notably, Bennett’s work is featured in the Stonewall National Monument Visitor's Center, the first LGBTQ2IA+ center within the National Park System. They were a contributor to Project 270, a national Get Out the Vote campaign, organized by Mana Public Arts.
Bennett is a heavy contributor to the thriving Omaha arts scene, serving as the board Vice President at BFF Omaha since 2022. Additionally, Bennett has held the position of Visual Arts Chair for the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards since 2021, transitioning from a shared co-chair role, and is actively engaged as a member of both the Amplify Arts Community Advisory Group and Opera Omaha Community Panel. Bennett also serves on the board of Voices in Alliance, Omaha's first and only LGBTQ2IA+ theatre company.
When not creating or being on the arts scene, Bennett is an athlete for the DII National Champion Nebraska Pride [women’s] football team of the Women’s Football Alliance and has been playing full-pad tackle football since 2015.
Learn more about Ang:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/angrbennett
Website: www.angrbennett.com
