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Upcoming Exhibitions

CALL FOR ENTRIES: A SENSE OF PLACE 2009

Entry Deadline May 29, 2009

The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art is now accepting entries for its 29th annual juried fine art competition, A Sense of Place. Juried by Bernice Steinbaum, Director of the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL, the competition is open to all U.S. artists age 18 and older working in the following media: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, and mixed media. Cash awards totaling $1,750 are available. For a prospectus, please call 706.722.5495, or click here to download in .pdf format.

VIRGINIA SCOTCHIE
Through May 29, 2009
Main Gallery

Columbia, South Carolina ceramic artist Virginia Scotchie creates abstract sculptures that take their inspiration from personal and household items—a child’s ball, a baby’s rattle, a kitchen funnel, her father’s pipe.
Combining organic shapes with colorful glazes and metallic finishes, these visually compelling pieces break from the ordinary to become truly extraordinary. Scotchie is currently a professor in the Department of Art and area head of ceramics at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

CALL FOR ARTISTS: CREEL-HARISON COMMUNITY ARTISTS’ GALLERY
Application Deadline: June 1, 2009

The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art is currently accepting applications for a September 2009 solo exhibition in its newly renovated Creel-Harison Community Artists’ Gallery, located on the third floor of Ware’s Folly. Applicants must be current members of the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art. Application packages must include an exhibit proposal, artist statement, and high-quality .jpg images of current artwork. For additional information on the Community Artists’ Gallery application and exhibition process, please contact the GHIA Education Director at 706-722-5495.

TOM JONES
June 12 – July 31, 2009
Main Gallery

Photographer Tom Jones, Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Wisconsin and a native of the Wisconsin Ho-Chunk Indian tribe, documents the contemporary life of his people and their relationship to the dominant white culture in the 21st century.  Jones’ recent Native Commodity series explores the visual rhetoric of all things “native” in the Wisconsin Dells, original homeland to the Ho-Chunk Nation. Focusing on the use of Native American symbols in advertising and popular culture, this body of work examines the manner in which these images have been reproduced and reframed into a collective memory that is often distorted.

Opening Reception
: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6 – 8 p.m.  Open to the public and free to members, non-members $5.



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