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Clark
County Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition 2007
A
cash award of $1,000 will be awarded to the artist whose
piece is judged Best of Show in “The Grand” art
competition, sponsored by the Cultural Division of Clark
County Parks and Recreation at Winchester Cultural
Center. The competition has no theme, will include all
media and is open to artists 18 years or older who live
in Clark County. The Grand was formerly called BOSS.
Artist
Stephen Hendee is the competition’s sole juror. He
will select fifteen to twenty-five pieces from the work
submitted for the exhibit and name one piece as Best of
Show. The exhibit will open with a reception in the
Winchester gallery, 3130 South McLeod Drive, Las Vegas,
on Friday, June 15, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and will run
through August 3. Gallery hours are Monday through
Friday, 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Clark County takes no commission on sales. The
gallery is fully insured.
Qualified
artists are asked to submit 1.) a resume and 2.)
electronic image files of artwork for consideration. All
photos submitted must be labeled with artist’s name,
phone number, medium, dimensions, title and date with
top indicated. Electronic images must be formatted with
the top of the artwork at the top of the image and must
be submitted with a list of the above information, keyed
to each image. All works submitted must have been
created within the prior two years. Works previously
accepted into The Grand or BOSS are ineligible. All
media will be accepted, but work must be ready for
display and small enough to fit into the Winchester
Gallery. Pedestals will be provided if needed. Photo
prints are also acceptable but not recommended; slides
will not be accepted. The deadline for submissions
(maximum eight images per artist) is 5:00 p.m. Friday,
May 25, 2006.
Jurying
will be completed by May 30. Selected artists will be
notified between May 30 and June 6 and will have until 5
p.m. Monday, June 11 to bring the selected works to
Winchester Center. If any piece selected for the show
does not match the electronic image or photo from which
it was chosen, the county reserves the right to reject
it. The juror may treat his viewing of the actual works
as a second round of jurying and may reject any initial
selections at that point if he so chooses.
Send
electronic images or photo prints (no actual artwork)
to: Patrick Gaffey, Clark County Parks and Community
Services, 2601 Sunset Road, Las Vegas, NV 89120 or
e-mail jpeg files to: gaffeypj@co.clark.nv.us. Complete
competition rules are posted at: http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/Parks/Opportunities_for_Artists.htm.
Juror
Stephen Hendee, a professor in the art department at
UNLV, is a sculptor who makes objects from ephemeral
conditions such as light and the implied geometry of
space. Hendee received a BFA from the San Francisco Art
Institute in 1990, an MFA from Stanford University in
1993, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and
Sculpture in 1989.
He
has been recognized with numerous awards of merit
including a Tiffany Comfort Grant, an Elizabeth
Foundations Grant and a Pollock-Krasner Grant. His work
has appeared in more than 40 exhibitions and has been
displayed at the Whitney Museum of American Art,
SculptureCenter, PS.1 Contemporary Art Center, and the
New Museum for Contemporary Art in New York City, The
Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, St. Louis
Art Museum, The Kemper Museum in Kansas City, Missouri
and internationally in both Germany and Japan.
For
more information: Patrick Gaffey, 455-8239.
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