James Griffin, Small But Mighty, Holiday Extravaganza until Dec 28

Call For Artists: ACM Member Show

The Rookery by Larry Felder

A member only, all media, juried exhibition
Searle & Reid Hodges Galleries
Jan 4 – Feb 4, 2022

We’re delighted to feature the work of our very talented members in this annual, all media juried exhibit. Each member may enter up to 3 pieces. If you are not currently a member, an individual membership is available for $60 for one full year. Cash awards.

Searle & Reid Hodges Galleries
Jan 4 – Feb 4, 2022
Call for Artists: Nov 29
December 17 Online Deadline
December 21 Notifications
December 29 Receiving 9 am – 12 pm
January 6 Opening

Entry Fees: The Non-Refundable Entry fees support the exhibition program at ArtCenter Manatee and help to keep the arts alive and vibrant in our community.

1 piece – members $20
2 pieces – members $30
3 pieces – members $35
Diptych –members add $5
Triptych –members add $15

Total
$0.00

Artist Info

 

Payment Options

 

Entry Info, Piece 1

 

Entry Info, Piece 2

 

Entry Info, Piece 3

 

Rules & Signature

 

Verification

 

Small But Mighty/Off the Wall

 

Reservations by Sheryl Unwin, scratchboard

An Open, All Media, Juried Show

On Display Nov 23-Dec 28
Reid Hodges Gallery

Opening Reception Dec 2, 4:30-6:30

An all media open juried show with a twist or two. The only requirement for entry into this exhibit is that all pieces must be 12” x 12” or smaller (framed or unframed). Another twist, buyers will be able to take their newly acquired artwork right off the wall and will not have to wait for the exhibit to end to retrieve their purchases!

Juror: Jason Stockman
Jason Stockman is a ceramic artist and Assistant Professor of Studio Art at State College of Florida. With the architecture program in High School ending, he took his first ceramics class, and like many others’ stories, it was love at first touch. After receiving his BFA from Adrian College, MI in 2007 he graduated in 2011 with his MFA in Ceramics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Directly following graduate school, Jason continued in the academic world, becoming an Assistant Professor at a small liberal arts college in Ohio.  After four years it was time for a change, so he moved to Florida for a warmer lifestyle that allows those long walks on the beach.

Reflections Exhibit

1st: Let’s Think This Through by Nancy Goff, 2nd: Smokestacks: Almost to Chicago by Jennifer Bateman, 3rd: Selby Reflections by Goldie Tremblay

On Display: Oct 26 to Nov 19
Opening Reception: Oct 28, 5:00-7:00 – Masks Required
Free and open to the public

Reflection can mean many things, a casting back of light or heat, mirroring, fixing of the thoughts on something, careful consideration, all aspects that encompass the creative process. Show us your reflections.

Also showing will be Acrylic Painters USA, a curated show.

Margy Rich, Juror
Juror’s Statement
This work was created during a time when the exhibition theme Reflections is quite relevant. The multiple dimensions of this word imply introspection, memory, and the phenomena of nature that can propel us all forward. I was inspired by the efforts of all artists who submitted work for review. If your work was not included, please don’t be discouraged. Your creative journey is valued. The works chosen for this exhibition strongly demonstrated the following criteria. They conveyed the theme in a personal way. These works were well organized using the visual elements of design and the most remarkable of them used the elements to accentuate the idea they wanted to convey. I also wanted this exhibition to reflect the diversity of materials, scale, and methods that this Art Center embodies. The sum of these individual interpretations composed as an exhibition provides much to think about.

BIO: Margy Rich, State College of Florida Associate Professor Studio Art, holds an MFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design She earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with honors. Margy is an Associate Professor of Studio Art at State College of Florida (SCF). She leads the 2D Studio Art Program at SCF. Her own studio practice encompasses drawings and paintings. Her work is represented in numerous public and private collections.

Fine Arts Festival of Manatee County Feb 19 & 20

ArtCenter Manatee proudly presents the 21st Annual Fine Arts Festival of Manatee County, a juried two-day outdoor festival that takes place in Downtown Bradenton at the beautiful Riverwalk Park on the Manatee River. The show features local, regional and national award-winning artists, artist demos, shopping, music, food vendors with seating and more.

The festival attracts art lovers of all kinds. Admission and parking are free and open to the public. The proceeds of the festival benefit ArtCenter Manatee’s Education programs

The splash pad is located at 452 3rd Ave W, Bradenton, FL 34205.

General Information
Feb 19, 2020, 9-5pm & Feb 20, 2020, 9-4pm

To enter the festival, go to Zapp

https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=9188&preview_only=1

Or contact christina@artcentermanatee.org

There will be a $40 nonrefundable jury fee.

 

The Promise of Spring

An Open All media, juried exhibit.
On display May 4-May 28

Juror: Anica Sturdvant
Assistant Curator / Florida Gulf Coast University Art Galleries

Fishing For Diamonds Call For Artists

On Display: Oct 13 – Nov 20
Online Entry by Oct 1, 5:00pm
In-person receiving: Oct 10, 9:00-3:00pm

An open, all media juried exhibit with a twist (or two), sponsored by Jess Jewelers. First, the subject matter must be of a sea creature or a seascape, the second is that said creature needs to be wearing a diamond earring or the seascape must include a diamond earring. Why the specific guidelines? Jess Jewelers will present the top three award winners with a pair of genuine diamond earrings, as well as large cash prizes. So challenge yourself to think outside the tackle box and bring us your best whimsical sea creatures wearing some bling! 

First Place: $1000 and diamond earrings valued at $1000
Second Place: $750 and diamond earrings valued at $750
Third Place: $500 and diamond earrings valued at $500
Merit: $200
Best in 3D: $250
Best in Jewelry: $250
Honorable Mentions (3): $50 each

Sponsored by Jess Jewelers

Exhibition Requirements

 

Create Exhibition

On Display: June 16 – August 6 (Thursday) in all galleries

Pick up: Friday, August 7, 9:00-4:00pm

This open, all media, juried exhibit is sponsored by the Bradenton Area Arts & Culture.

Juror’s Statement
First of all, what a pleasure and honor it is to be welcomed into ArtCenter Manatee, in the middle of June of 2020, as uncertainty swirls around us. What I came to find in the impressive entries submitted to “Create,” was the very spirit that sustains us when we struggle. Over and over again, the work spoke of universal ideas and shared experience witnessed and reported in a lyrical use of varied media. The themes that emerge after a sustained look: memory, tenderness, frustration, fragility and resilience. My selections reflect the ability of the chosen work, an apparent core desire, to communicate clearly. I can see the labor in my selections and the intention of the artist reaches me in a way that feels surprising, insightful, and memorable. The bravery and innovation I walk away remembering is a welcome gift. Thank you.

Katherine Bzura Gallery Director, Assistant Professor State College of Florida

Juror: Katherine Bzura
Bzura has been a photographer (and the Vice President of a multi-million dollar woman-owned aerial photography company), an art consultant for painters and sculptors in New York, and an award-winning gallery owner in Ybor City.  She is now committed to showcasing art in Bradenton, and bringing examples of creativity and resilience into the lives of students at State College of Florida. In her current roles as Gallery Director of the Gallery @ SCF, the curator of the Art Collection @ SCF and an Assistant Professor teaching art history and art appreciation, Bzura continues to focus on the connections that exist between artists of all types and the communities and audiences they seek to reach. Katherine Bzura is a Florida native, the first National Merit Scholar to ever sign a four-year athletic scholarship at the University of South Florida who went on earn her Master’s Degree in Art History there.

AGAMI Boundaries Erased

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Pick up is 3:00-6:00 on Friday Feb 7

 

Artists’ Guild Of Anna Maria Island (AGAMI), 11th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Boundaries Erased. An open, all media, juried exhibit curated by AGAMI, whose mission is to promote and support creative processes by bringing together all Artists – visual and performing and writers – to share experiences, expertise and work together to develop and promote the artistic community.

Juror: Dean Mitchell, a national and internationally acclaimed artist whose work can be found in corporate and museum collections across the country. He is celebrated for his figurative works, landscapes and still lifes and has received more than 400 awards.

Awards

Best of Show $500
Susanna Spann “Friday on Frenchmen Street”
Sponsor: Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

First Place $400
Cheryl Jorgensen “Busy Day in Thailand”
Sponsor: Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Second Place $300
Doreen Renner “Cardinal Rule”
Sponsor: Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Third Place $200
Lu Ann Widergren “Morning View from Rod-n-Reel”
Sponsor: Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Excellence in Photography $100
Cathy Tobias “Great Migration!”
Sponsor: Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Cathy Tobias “Flamingo Delight”
Sponsor: Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Merit Awards $50
Patricia Kness “In the Breeze”
Sponsor: Jo Anne Curtan, A Paradise Realty

Sandy Staley “Market Baskets”
Sponsor: Jo Anne Curtan, A Paradise Realty

Roger Rockefeller “Autumn Market”
Sponsor: Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Karen de Leon Stuart “Mark Had Always Wanted to Travel”
Sponsor: Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Honorable Mentions $25
Rick Dziak “Anna Maria Beach”
Sponsor: Rosebay International, Inc., Katharine Pepper

Kathy Simon-McDonald “Chalk Artist VI”
Sponsor: Rosebay International, Inc., Katharine Pepper

George Fischer “Kim”
Sponsor: Rosebay International, Inc., Katharine Pepper

Donna Grossman “Midsummer’s Night Dream”
Sponsor: Rosebay International, Inc., Katharine Pepper

Pickup Saturday, Feb 8th, 9:00-Noon

For more information, contact AGAMI

Agami sponsors

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Bradenton, FL 34205

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