SPRING ARTS COMPETITION

A Juried Exhibition in the Silas-Kenyon Gallery
Jurors: Mark Adams & Marty Epp

Award: $ 250.00 for first prize.

May 7 – 31, 2003

Reception for Finalists and Winner: Friday, May 7 6-9 PM

 

The Schoolhouse Galleries present a juried competition from May 7 through 31, 2004. The competition is open to anyone who would like to submit works.

HOW TO ENTER: Drop off up to 2 works no larger than 6x6 feet to the gallery on Saturday and Sunday, May 1&2 between 12 and 4 PM. Work will not be accepted at any other time. The fee to enter is $25 and should be submitted with the work. Your application should also include a file containing copies of your contact information, resume, and bio, a description of the piece (including title, medium, dimension, price and your representation). Do not submit original support materials, as this will not be returned to you. Works not selected for the show can be picked up on or by Saturday May 8 between noon and 4 PM. The judges’ selections will not be announced prior to the opening reception on May 7.

WHAT TO ENTER: The competition is open to all mediums. All works submitted must be suitable for hanging, installation, or presentation. Videos will only be accepted as artworks and will not be reviewed as descriptions of works. Artists will be responsible for any special installation and removal requirements. Works may be shipped to the gallery only on or 2 days before May 1. Return shipping is the responsibility of the artist and must be arranged prior to submission.

HOW TO WIN: The jurors will select an exhibition to hang in the Silas-Kenyon Gallery through May 31 and will select one best of show winner who will receive a cash award of $250.00. The winner will be announced at the opening.

THE SHOW: All works will be for sale through the Silas-Kenyon Gallery for the length of the show. Unsold works must be picked up between Sunday, May 30 and Saturday, June 5 between Noon and 4 PM. Storage for unsold works is not available.

THE JURORS:

MARK ADAMS is a cartographer and painter who lives in Truro and works all over the country. He makes books, drawings and paintings with inks and watercolor paints that often originate in his experiences working with people and animals in the natural environment of Cape Cod’s National Seashore. Adams will exhibit a new body of work in the Silas-Kenyon Gallery from August 6-18. His recent work is generated from the introduction of photo etchings into his studio, and the responses to some exciting new juxtapositions in the work. He considers the new pieces like field notes containing parts of the real world along with components of an interior life inspired by the local landscape. Here we see how our bodies move in concert with a natural order, and are reminded of our connections with the range of seen and unseen inhabitants of the Cape, as well how we are influenced by what lies beyond. "We live in a world that is much bigger than we know", says Adams when asked to describe his motivations for making his art.

MARTY EPP is an artist who makes work in painting, printmaking and drawing. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1961, she has lived in Massachusetts since 1981 and now lives and works in Boston and Provincetown. Epp is a graduate of Boston University, Lesley College and The Massachusetts College of Art where she received her BFA in painting in 1994. Since graduating from Mass Art, Epp has pursued her art full time and has shown locally, nationally and internationally. In 1998 she won a New England Foundation for the Arts grant in the works on paper category. Her work is in collections abroad and in the US including the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, and the Boston Public Library. She is represented locally at the Center Galleries and in the Boston area at the Clark Gallery in Lincoln, MA. Epp’s new work will be on view throughout the summer and in exhibition beginning on September 3.

The Schoolhouse Galleries are located at 494 Commercial Street in the heart of Provincetown’s East End Gallery District. For information and press contact Michael Carroll at 508.487.4800 X 105 or email mcarroll@schoolhousecenter.com .