We are happy to have Veronica Roberts, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Blanton Museum of Art, as our juror for this year's West competition. As the juror for the West region, she will be reviewing works from artists living in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. If you want a chance to be in New American Paintings, and you live in the states mentioned, apply today! The deadline is April 30th (Midnight EST).

After the jump, learn more about this year's juror!

Photo By Karen Smul

Veronica Roberts is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin. She has worked for numerous art museums including the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Whitney Museum of American Art. Recent shows she has curated include Stretching Painting (Galerie Lelong, New York, summer 2012), Contemporary Watercolor (Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, summer 2012), and  Lee Bontecou: All Freedom in Every Sense (MoMA, 2010). Her first show at the Blanton, Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt, will open in Austin in February 2014.