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51st Annual Community Art Exhibition

June 7 - August 25

Awards Announcment and Juror's Statement

We are pleased to share the 2013 Community Art Exhibition award-winners:

First Place: Dick Whitson, "Two Guitars"

 

Second Place: Carlyn Slagle, "Handlebars"

 

Third Place: Robert Patierno, "The Leap"

Congratulations to all, and we hope you can make it in to see the exhibition!

Judge's Statement:

I want to thank the Lancaster Museum of Art for inviting me to serve as the juror for the 51st Annual Community Art Exhibition. I can’t remember the last time I saw this much art distributed over two floors of a house. The original Barnes Foundation, in Merion, Pennsylvania, comes to mind, except of course that all of the art you see in this grand old mansion was imagined and made in Lancaster County.
Clearly, Lancaster County artists are influenced by such well-known Pennsylvania realists as Andrew and Jamie Wyeth and by woodworking, quilting, and other craft traditions practiced in Pennsylvania over the last three centuries. As in the works of the Wyeths, there also seems to be a strong interest in magic, perhaps passed down from early Swiss and German settlers. Dick Whitson’s oil painting of a young man standing pensively in a doorway is very much in the tradition of the Wyeths.

Contemporary-art trends can also be discerned in the works of these artists. Carlyn Slagel’s graphite portrait of a young man is entirely different from Whitson’s moody portrait.  This man’s face is as large and revealing of his outgoing personality as an early Chuck Close portrait, and very much in line with contemporary figurative drawing. Alicia Byler is one of many contemporary artists who have rediscovered and revitalized collage. John Holmgren is the cool conceptual artist of this show.

I mistakenly assumed the land of hex signs and furrowed fields would inspire hard-edged geometric abstraction and minimalism. Not so here, though, making me think that artists who see minimalism in their everyday lives might just as likely aspire to the expressionistic art you see around you tonight, such as Robert Patierno’s colorful, celebratory relief print of a dog leaping through the sky at sunset, or Linda Mylin Ross’s dark and mysterious “Patio at 10 p.m. II.” Even Ted Rasmussen’s carved wood “Centerpiece,” the most ostensibly minimal of the works here, stands out more for its sensuous surface than its simple circular shape.

There are many other surprises to be found in this show, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

-Edith Newhall

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The Lancaster Museum of Art announces its 51st Annual Community Art Exhibition.  The exhibition accepts submissions fromages 16 and up for all artists in the county.  Each entry is eligible for the People’s Choice Award and also for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards, which will be determined by guest juror Edith Newhall.

Newhall has much experience in the art field graduating with a B.A. in Art History from the Moore College of Art & Design and a M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  She has published works in ARTnews, The Washington Post, Travel & Leisure, and wrote for New York Magazine among other works.  She also has been serving as an art critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer since 2005.

The Opening Reception will take place on First Friday June 7th 5:00- 8:00 p.m. Edith Newhall will be present to make some brief remarks.

 

Submission Guidelines:

Calendar
Deliver Work to LMA
May 18 - 25   10 am - 4 pm
May 26     Noon - 4 pm

Exhibition Dates
June 7 - August 25

Opening Reception
Friday, June 7   5 - 8 pm

Pick-up Work
August 26 - 30   10 am - 4 pm
September 2 - 7  10 am - 4 pm
September 8    Noon - 4 pm

Artwork not picked up by October 1, 2013 will become the property of LMA.

Eligibility
The 51st Community Art Exhibition is open to all artists 16 years of age or older who reside or work in Lancaster County. If not a county resident, entrants must be a member of the Lancaster Museum of Art or a Lancaster County Arts organization.

Entries
All media eligible except photography.  Each
artist may enter one piece, which will be           accepted for exhibition. Work previously           exhibited in a Community Art Exhibition is not eligible.  Entries must remain on display until the close of the exhibition.  All work must be original. Work designed as a set will constitute one entry.

2-Dimensional work must be framed and ready to hang.  No clip frames permitted. The entry (including  frame) cannot exceed 42 x 42
inches.

Sculptures must not weigh more than 100 lbs., nor exceed 24 x 24 inches at the base, nor exceed 8 feet in overall height.

By entering art in this exhibition the artist grants
the Museum permission to photograph the work for publicity, catalogue or educational purposes. 
Submission of entry constitutes the artist’s
agreement to all conditions in this prospectus.

Fee
A non-refundable fee must accompany each entry:
$25 Lancaster Museum of Art Members
$35 Non-members

Please make checks payable to: Lancaster
Museum of Art.

Awards
1st  place*   $500
2nd place  $350
3rd place   $250
People’s Choice $250

*1st place award is generously sponsored by the Echo Valley Art Group

Insurance and Liability
The Lancaster Museum of Art will insure works at the Museum between May 18 and October 1, 2013. The insurance value is either the sales price or another value established by the artist. In the event of a loss, the insurance carrier reserves the right to establish value using standard industry
practices.

The Lancaster Museum of Art will not be responsible for damage caused by improper framing, instability, or inherent vice.

Sales
The Lancaster Museum of Art will charge a 30% commission on art sales during the run of the exhibition.

 

Entry Forms are avilable at the front desk.