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.
