A Sense of Place 2024
Jason Bly, A Shiny Bright Wasteland, 2021
On View in the Main Gallery at GHIA September 6 - October 11
September 6: Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony, free to the public
The National Juried Competition A Sense of Place, is open to participants from throughout the United States. The exhibition, now in its 42nd year, seeks to recognize the outstanding quality and diversity of work being generated by contemporary American artists and will be on view in the Main Gallery September 6–October 11, 2024.
Admission to the gallery is free during regular hours, Monday-Friday 10-5pm.
BEST IN SHOW
Build Up, by Candace Hackett Shively of Fayetteville, Georgia. Fiber Art
Juror’s Awards
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Drop in the Bucket by Chase Lanier of Augusta, Georgia. Mixed Media Sculpture
Wiffle by William Dooley of Northport, Alabama. Oil on Canvas
Honorable Mentions
Participating Artists 2024
A Sense of Place is open to artists from across the US. This year, 54 artists from 16 states were chosen from over 352 entries submitted. Click on the markers on the map to see the locations of the participating artists. Alphabetical list is below.
Mark Albertin, Harry Ally, Zane Ally, Suzanne W. Ally, Annemarie Baldauf, Ken Beerbohm, Anne Beidler, Jason Bly, Yana Bondar, Harry Boone, Shana Bowes, Steven Bradbury, Mollie Brownlow, Jean Capalbo, Mel Cearley, Emily Clare, Carol Cross, Kara Donatelli, William Dooley, Jessica Downs, Jasper Eyrich-Bingham, Jim Farmer, Brittany Gilbert, Richard Gilles, Juan Granados, Tatsuki Hakoyama, John Hayes, Karyn Healey, Hopeton St. Clair Hibbert, Nancy Hoehn, Ray Im, Lauren Ivey, Alyson J. Barton, Chase King, Chase Lanier, David Larson, John Lause, Jordan Layton, Jennifer Lewis, Allen Lewis, Jean Lomasto, Devin Lovett, Marilyn Lowney Johnson, Rachel Mindrup, Walt Padgett Izanna, Perry Michael Schnee, Candace Hackett Shively, Ronnie Speight, Jessica Summers, Lindsay Swan, Patricia Tait, Jamie Weinfurter, Nolan Wright
About The Juror: Cheryl Goldsleger
Cheryl Goldsleger's paintings and drawings explore the relationships individuals and societies have with place and location. In her most recent works, she envisions various sites and imagines the myriad forces that act upon them and their inhabitants. From 2015 through 2020, she served as the William S. Morris Eminent Scholar in Art at Augusta University. Goldsleger’s extensive exhibition record includes the 2019 European Cultural Center’s Venice Art Biennale (Italy), The National Academy of Sciences (DC), the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (NY), The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (GA), the Krannert Museum (IL), the Montclair Art Museum (NJ), the North Carolina Museum of Art (NC), The Institute of Contemporary Art (PA), and the High Museum (GA). Her artwork is represented in important museum collections including the Albright-Knox Gallery (NY); the Brooklyn Museum (NY); The Fogg Museum at Harvard University; the Greenville County Museum (SC); the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University (NY); the High Museum (GA); the Museum of Modern Art, (NY); the New Orleans Museum (LA); New Mexico Museum of Art (NM); the North Carolina Museum of Art (NC); and Yale University Art Gallery (CT); among other important public and private collections. Goldsleger’s public project Crossroads is a permanent mosaic tile floor installation in Terminal A of the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia.
Learn more about Cheryl Goldsleger on her website> CHERYLGOLDSLEGER.COM
