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July 8-11, 2010 ~ Children's Day is July 7, 2010
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2010 FESTIVAL PRESS RELEASES
Call for Entries for Images 2010
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has issued the Call for Entries for
Images 2010, its twenty-second annual juried exhibition of fine art.
Dan Mills, an artist and the director of the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, will serve as the juror for Images 2010. In addition to her duties at the Samek Gallery, Mills serves on the board of the Association of College and University Museums and Galleries.
“We are delighted to have Dan Mills with us at the juror for Images 2010. He’s both an artist and a gallery director, so he knows what goes into a great exhibition. I’m really looking forward to seeing the work he selects,” said Rick Bryant, Executive Director of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.
In addition to selecting pieces for the show, Mr. Mills will award $3,000 in prize money to exhibitors. Special awards include an award in painting and viewer’s choice prizes sponsored by the Revington Arthur Foundation. The William D. Davis Award in Drawing is sponsored by Shirley Sturtz-Davis of State College.
Images 2010 will hang from June 9 through July 11 in the Robeson Gallery at the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus of Penn State University.
Images 2010 is open to all artists residing in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and the District of Columbia. Eligible categories of work include paintings, drawings, hand-pulled prints, photography, mixed media and small sculpture. Work entered in the show must be no more than three years old. The deadline to apply is midnight, March 26, 2010.
For more information about Images 2010, please contact the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts at 814-237-3682 or on the web www.arts-festival.com.
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is partially funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Call for Entries for 44th Annual Banner Competition
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has issued the Call for Entries for its 44th annual Banner Competition, one of the signature events of the Festival. The Festival is proud to hang past and present banners annually over the Festival route.
Entries will be judged based on originality, craftsmanship and overall design. Banners must measure 72” long and 30” wide, cannot weigh more than 15 pounds, and must be able to be rolled up for storage purposes. Cash prizes will be awarded in three categories: professional, general, and youth. Both individuals and groups may submit entries. Entry forms are available now at the Festival office and online at www.arts-festival.com
The chair of the 2010 Banner Competition is Maura McConnell, a fiber artist living in State College. Holding degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and The Ohio State University, McConnell has volunteered with the Festival and at First Night® State College, leading children’s art and craft workshops.
Our 2010 Banner Jurors are Kristin Nasal and Laura Millard.
Kristin Nasal, the mother of two, attributes her lifelong love of arts and crafts to her mother. An avid knitter, Kristin just completed a two year term as Vice President of the Centre County Knitters Guild. She enjoys the camaraderie and sharing of technique and skill in the artisan community. As an active member of the State College Presbyterian Church, she leads arts and crafts for their LOGOS youth group. Kristin is a graduate of Penn State University.
Laura Millard learned quilting, knitting, crocheting and weaving at her grandmother's knee deep in the heart of Appalachia at a time when those were necessary life skills more than art. Her Aunt Vada taught her to sew and since then, Laura has made wedding gowns and bride's maids dresses, men's and women's suits and competition dance costumes. Laura’s also is a jewelry maker, using beads, wire, and polymer clay.
The jurors will award prizes on the basis of creativity, originality, craftsmanship, durability, and design. The top prize in the professional class is $200; in the general class, $150, and in the youth class, $100.
Banners will be accepted at the office of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, 403 South Allen Street, Suite 205A, until 5:00 p.m., June 25, 2010. Banners may be shipped or delivered by hand.
For more information about the 2010 Banner Competition, please contact the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts at (814) 237-3682 or on the web www.arts-festival.com.
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is partially funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
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