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 JANUARY 11, 2010 JANUARY 15, 2010 24th International Juried Show January 15 - March 19, 2010 Opening Reception: Friday, January 15, 6-8pm Juror: Susan Kirmaric, Curator, Department of Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY This renowned and highly acclaimed annual juried exhibition draws many entrants from around the world, whose work reflects every art medium. This year, the Art Center received approximately 2,000 entries, representing the mediums of painting, drawing, textiles, pastels, prints, ceramics, sculpture, mixed media, watercolor, and photography; 139 works were accepted into the show. In addition to the submissions that came from every area of the U.S., entries were received from Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Chile, Columbia, England, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Peru, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and Venezuela Each year, a distinguished member of the arts community is chosen as juror; the Art Center proudly welcomed Susan Kismaric, Curator, Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, as this year’s juror. She first joined the Museum in1976 as Study Center Supervisor and subsequently worked as Assistant Curator and Associate Curator. She served as Acting Director of the Department from 1980 to 1981 while its former Director was on sabbatical. Ms. Kismaric attended Pennsylvania State University and worked for five years in the picture collection at Time & Life Corporation. She has periodically been a visiting Senior Critic of Photography at the Yale School of Art since the early 1980s, and most recently in the winter of 2008. She is the author of many books and has contributed essays to a variety of major books published by the Museum. JANUARY 15, 2010 Faculty Exhibition Series Lisa Pressman Encaustic January 15 - March 19, 2010 Opening Reception: Friday, January 15, 2010 6-8pm Lisa finds creative inspiration within a mark, a color, a word or a page from an old journal. As her art making process evolves a relationship unfolds between intent and accident. Through drawing, painting, layering, covering up, sanding and scraping she discovers her image. The history of the art making process is inseparable from the exploration, through image, of time and memory. Mark-making and collage elements add to an abstract narrative of marked time, places lost and found again. Lisa is represented by The Bennet Street Gallery, Atlanta, GA and the Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. She has exhibited in numerous one-person exhibitions, group and juried shows throughout the United States. Lisa received her M.F.A. in painting from Bard College and her B.A. from Douglass College, Rutgers University. She teaches privately at the Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Peter’s Valley Arts and Craft Center, Layton, NJ, the Newark Museum as well as the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey where she teaches The Beauty of Encaustic Painting, Taking Encaustic to the Next Level and various Encaustic Workshops. She lives and works in West Orange, NJ. JANUARY 15, 2010 Student Exhibition Series Encaustic Students of Lisa Pressman January 15 - March 19, 2010 Opening Reception: Friday, January 15, 2010 6-8pm This exhibition is comprised of students in Lisa Pressman’s various encaustic classes and workshops. Encaustic is a centuries old method of painting with molten beeswax or wax and pure pigment, resulting in luscious, vibrant colors. Students of Lisa Pressman explore various encaustic techniques and are encouraged to take risks, let go of preconceived ideas, and most of all, have fun exploring this versatile medium. JANUARY 15, 2010 |
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