New Juried Visual Art Exhibition
30 May 2010 by Lauren in Visual Arts
In 2009, a major Festival surveying initiative identified two major themes: Festival visitors wanted more visual art and a greater sense of participation in the art at the Festival. The survey results were so clear, there wasn’t even a difficult decision to make: it was time to bring back juried art.
As opposed to a curated exhibition, a juried exhibition offers an open call to any artists who meet the exhibition’s criteria. In the case of the New Juried Visual Art Exhibition, we required that artists live approximately within 100 miles of Pittsburgh (we had a list of eligible counties, if you want to get specific). In addition to the Greater Pittsburgh area, the region also includes the Morgantown and Wheeling areas of West Virginia; and the easternmost slice of Ohio, including Youngstown.
In 2010, back by popular demand, the New Juried Visual Art Exhibition showcases the Greater Pittsburgh region’s vibrant artistic community. In the exhibition’s return year, the Festival received 600 entries across all media from which the jury panel selected the 110 works on display by 76 artists.
Aimee Manion: Toxic Landscape. Oil, ink, watercolor on panel.
The distinguished jurors for the 2010 exhibition are Sarah Hall, Curator, Frick Art and Historical Center; Adam Welch, Curator, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Pittsburgh Filmmakers Galleries; and Murray Horne, Curator, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Wood Street Galleries and SPACE Galleries.
The exhibition, located on the fourth floor of the Trust’s new Arts Education Center at 805-807 Liberty Avenue, was designed by moxie DaDA.
Unless otherwise marked, the works displayed in the exhibition are available for sale. To purchase a piece, please see the gallery attendants.
Click here for a full list of accepted artists and gallery hours.
Seth Clark: Roof. Charcoal, pastel, graphite, colored pencil on paper.