ARTWORKS
Second Annual Juried Print Exhibition
March 11 – April 25, 2015
Artworks Second Annual Juried Print Exhibition, showcasing the works of printmakers from around the country, whose works are created using traditional hand-pulled media as well as works that employ new and hybridized media.
Thank you to all the artists that participated in this years juried print exhibition. Here are the winners and honorable mentions picked by Juror Stephen McKenzie.
FIRST PRIZE
I Was Sick, I Was Dead. Lay My Head on the Cement Bed.
Silkscreen
Kristian Battell
SECOND PRIZE
Still Life
monotype (water based ink on paper)
Stephen Kennedy
THIRD PRIZE
Three Sinks
Photopolymer
Jim Carry
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Dichotomy
Mixed-media (altered woodcut, thermo-fax silkscreen, with stitches and wax)
Arlene Gale Milgram
Neneli Folding Paper
Intaglio, specifically hard and soft ground with aquatint.
Erich von Hasseln
Calendar:
February 14 – Entry Materials Due
February 21 – Notice of Acceptance Sent via Email
February 28 – (11am-4pm) March 4 and 5 (1pm-6pm) – Artwork Dropped off at Artworks
March 14 – Reception, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
April 25 – Exhibition Closes
April 29,30– Pick up artwork. 1pm – 6pm
Eligibility:
This national / international exhibition is open to all artists that are 18 years of age and older. All printmaking media, exclusive of commercial reproductions, are eligible. Artworks encourages submissions in traditional printmaking media, as well as works that employ new and hybridized media.
Juror: Stephen McKenzie
Stephen McKenzie is presently the Education Director and Shop Manager at the Newark Print Shop. He was the Manager for the Newark Museum Arts Workshop in Newark, NJ for 21 years. He has been an adjunct instructor at four schools in three states and has worked as an assistant master printer at the Center for Innovative Printmaking at Rutgers University.
Stephen earned a BA from St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN and an MA from St. Cloud State University, MN. He studied one year as a graduate student through the Temple University, Tyler School of Art Abroad Program while in Rome. He completed his graduate studies for an MFA at Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts in New Brunswick, NJ.
Stephen has participated in programs at The University of Saskatchewan, The Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada and The Anderson Ranch in Colorado and Berlin. He has received awards for his work and most recently an Honorable Mention at the 2009 American Impressions National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition.
Awards:
First place = $500.00, Second place = $200.00, Third place = $100.00