The East End Arts Gallery is now accepting artist entries for their upcoming fourth annual national juried art competition and exhibit. This year’s theme is: The Figure.
East End Arts Gallery Director Jane Kirkwood advises artists: “Posed or caught in everyday activity, naked or clothed, male or female, human or otherwise, realistic or suggested, front, back or sideways, one or many… the figure has fascinated for as long as man has made art. This competition is open to any two-dimensional art where the feature is ‘the figure’.”
The East End Arts Gallery is now accepting entries online, which must be submitted by April 7, 2015 or by the late entry deadline of April 14, 2015 (for an additional fee). Artists may enter up to five works for $45. Entries are open to any two-dimensional media, including painting, drawing, original fine art prints, photography, and computer art. Original work only, no reproductions. No ‘appropriated’ elements, unless original artist is credited in the title of the piece.
Artists will be notified of the jurors’ decisions of inclusion in the show on or before June 3, 2015. If accepted, artists must ship the selected artwork per East End Arts’ outlined shipping instructions, available on the web; failure to do so will prevent inclusion in the show.
Guest jurors for this competition are Peter J. Marcelle, Director of the Gerald Peters Gallery in New York City, and Owner of the Peter Marcelle Project in Southampton, NY; and Kathryn Markel, Owner of Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York, NY and in Bridgehampton, NY. Entries selected by the jurors will be included in the The Figure exhibition, scheduled to run from August 7 through September 23, 2015 at the East End Arts’ Gallery, located at 133 East Main Street in Riverhead, NY.
For complete prospectus and to enter, visit: http://www.eastendarts.org/gallery/national-show-2015.html.
The ‘Best in Show’ award winner will receive a seven-day stay in East End Arts’ Artist Residence near Hamptons’ Museums and Galleries, plus $1,000 cash, and inclusion in a group show at The Peter Marcelle Project, art gallery in Southampton NY. The winner will also receive 100 postcards announcing the The Figure exhibition, which will feature the image of her/his artwork.
Last year was East End Arts’ third national show, with many entries from across the U.S., with artists from as far away as the United Kingdom entering into the juried competition. ‘Best in Show’ was awarded to: Juju, a creation in oil on linen by Don Perley of Old Greenwich, CT.
“We are pleased to be providing artists, both local and national, the opportunity to exhibit in a nationally recognized show with judges of formidable stature,” said East End Arts Executive Director Pat Snyder. “Our third annual National Juried Art Show is a significant addition to the important and sophisticated art scene on Eastern Long Island.”
The Figure is one of seven art shows of 2015 at the East End Arts Gallery, under the umbrella theme “The Creative Process”. For the complete 2015 Gallery Schedule and more details, visit http://www.eastendarts.org/gallery/.
For more information, contact Gallery Director Jane Kirkwood at 631-727-0900 or gallery@eastendarts.org.
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