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May 2020 Open Exhibit
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May 2020 Open Exhibit

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Sweta Shah's "The Embrace" is the May Open Exhibit Best-in-Show winner.

Juried by: Allison Nance
Exhibit dates: Online Only May 5, 2020 – June 7, 2020

View the May Open Exhibit Program

View the works on Flickr!

Award Winners 

Best in Show: Sweta Shah “Embrace”

Honorable Mentions

Eva Lanyi “Late Afternoon”

Leslie Chekin “Still Here”

Deron DeCesare “Bronzed”

Ray Goodrow “BNSF St. Louis”

Jinchen Han “Horses in Grassland”

Marcia Klioze “Neighbors Around Town

Guido Zanni “Contemplating COVID-19”

Beverly Valdez “Island Medley I”

Milton Shinberg “NYC Highline”

Terry Rowe “Point of View”

Jan Ponder “One Day of Snow”

 

In order to do our part in social distancing and help protect vulnerable members of our community, The Art League May Exhibit will be ONLINE only. Work will be available to view on The Art League website, and on the Art Thief App. More information will be available soon. If you have questions, please contact [email protected].

Open exhibits do not limit theme, medium, process or content. Artists may enter any current work made within 5 years.

Digital Submission Deadline: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 by midnight.

Guidelines

  • Artist must be a current exhibiting artist member of The Art League gallery.
  • All works must adhere to the Gallery hanging and framing requirements. For 2D artworks, no clip frames are permitted and hanging wire must be attached to the frame, not the backing. 2D artworks must have hanging wire. No saw tooth hangers permitted. Canvases may be gallery wrapped with no visible staples.
  • Artists may enter any current work made within 5 years.
  • Works are chosen by the selected juror’s curatorial vision and aesthetic.

We expect to notify artists of the results ten days after the deadline.
Work will be displayed online only. If a piece sells, drop off and pick up of the artwork will be arranged on a case by case basis

About the Juror:

Allison Nance is the Director of IA&A at Hillyer and Director of Washington-area Initiatives for International Arts & Artists (IA&A). She joined IA&A in 2013, prior to which she was the Director of the Target Gallery, international exhibition space of the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA. In 2010 she co-founded microWave project, a curatorial partnership that acted as a conduit between artists and businesses to identify alternative exhibition spaces with an emphasis on site-specific installation art. For the past six years, Allison has served on the City of Alexandria’s Commission for the Arts whose role is to advise City Council with regard to policies that will strengthen the arts and further public access to the arts and cultural matters. Allison serves on the Advisory Board for the Washington Sculptors Group, and on the Executive Committee for the Washington, DC Chapter of ArtTable, the foremost professional organization in the US dedicated to advancing the leadership of women in the visual arts.

Online Exhibit

Meet the Juror

Allison Nance

Allison Nance is the Director of IA&A at Hillyer and Director of Washington-area Initiatives for International Arts & Artists (IA&A). She joined IA&A in 2013, prior to which she was the Director of the Target Gallery, international exhibition space of the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA. In 2010 she co-founded microWave project, a curatorial partnership that acted as a conduit between artists and businesses to identify alternative exhibition spaces with an emphasis on site-specific installation art. For the past six years, Allison has served on the City of Alexandria’s Commission for the Arts whose role is to advise City Council with regard to policies that will strengthen the arts and further public access to the arts and cultural matters. Allison serves on the Advisory Board for the Washington Sculptors Group, and on the Executive Committee for the Washington, DC Chapter of ArtTable, the foremost professional organization in the US dedicated to advancing the leadership of women in the visual arts.

For Artists

Guidelines

Open exhibits do not limit theme, medium, process or content. Artists may enter any current work made within 5 years.

  • Artist must be a current exhibiting artist member of The Art League gallery.
  • All works must adhere to the Gallery hanging and framing requirements. For 2D artworks, no clip frames are permitted and hanging wire must be attached to the frame, not the backing. 2D artworks must have hanging wire. No saw tooth hangers permitted. Canvases may be gallery wrapped with no visible staples.
  • Artists may enter any current work made within 5 years.
  • Works are chosen by the selected juror’s curatorial vision and aesthetic.
  • Works will be online only

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