Seawall Art Show Artists 2009
Show Layout
Art Show Judge: Trudi Van Dyke
2008 Award Winners
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ClayAllred, Hank FiberMatthews, Shoshana GlassByrne, John Iron WorkArkus, Anthony JewelryAllin, Stacey Mixed Media
Carter, Tazeko |
MosaicsAbbitt, Michelle PaintingArkus, Lisa |
PaperNasibyan, Igor Photography
Charette, Leo Sculpture
Doughty, Albert Turned SoapstoneFowler, Patricia Wood & Wood SculptureCunningham, Mark |
2009 Seawall Art Show Judge Trudi Van Dyke
Van Dyke is an independent curator and fine arts consultant who juries and curates nationally and internationally including recent work with the Russian Arts Project, the Artisans Center of Virginia, and the Embassy of Israel. She writes on the Arts for the Alexandria Times and Elan Magazine and is an adjunct faculty member in the Masters in Arts Management Program and George Mason University.
She was formerly director of the Torpedo Factory Arts Center (Alexandria, VA) and the Ellipse Art Center (Arlington, VA) and currently curates the Vulcan Gallery at the Workhouse Arts Center (Lorton, VA). In the 2008 season she curated exhibitions Women of Steel and Men of Fiber (Suffolk Museum, suffolk, VA), Contemporary Fiber (Marymount University) and Myths and Near Myths (Black Rock Center, Gaithersberg, MD).
She travels around the country as a festival judge including the 2009 Cherry Creek Festival (Denver, Colorado).
2008 Seawall Art Show Awards
Best in Show: Paul Stevens, Photography, $2000
2nd Place: Karen Shelton, Painting, $1500
3rd Place: Sherry Terao, Jewelry, $1000
4th Place: J. Howard Johnson, Clay, $700
5th Place: Igor Nastibyan, Paper, $500
Albert D. Morris Artisan Award: William Richardson, Wood, $500
6th Place: George Rhodes, Photography, $225
7th Place: Jeffrey Jobe, Jewelry, $200
Student Art Show Winners
1st place: Hunter Mayton, Kempsville Middle School, VA Beach 8th grade $150
2nd place: Candis Marie Dolinsky, Oscar Smith, Chesapeake, 11th grade $100
3rd place: Lauren Hayes, Churchland High, Portsmouth, 11th grade $75
4th place: Ashley Michelle Hill, Churchland High, Portsmouth, $50
Become an Exhibitor
Download 2009 Seawall Art Show Application
NOTE: Mail applications to: Seawall Art Show 420 High St. Portsmouth, Va 23704-3622 2009 SHOW IS FULL and waitlisted as of June 25. 73% of artists return! Thanks!
FEES: Enclose $35.00 (application fee) check made payable to Seawall Art Show. This is non-refundable. Check or money order only -- cash will not be accepted.
POSTMARK DEADLINE FOR ENTRY: FEBRUARY 1, 2007.
APPLICATION: PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION CAREFULLY. When submitting application, please complete all information. PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE.
SLIDES AND JURYING: THREE (3) IMAGES (SLIDES OR 4x6 INCH DIGITAL PICTURES) REPRESENTATIVE OF WORK INTENDED FOR DISPLAY MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR EACH CATEGORY ENTERED. Work found to be non-representative will be removed from the show by the Seawall Art Show Committee. Applicant must also submit one (1) image of display. Slides must be 2”x2” format. Glass or metal slides will not be accepted. Each image must be clearly visible and marked to indicate TOP and FRONT and MUST include the ARTIST’S NAME. All artists who were presented awards in 2005 and 2006 do not have to submit slides or digital pictures if current work is representative of previous images. All images will be returned to those not selected to exhibit when so notified. Images belonging to accepted artists will be used for reference during the show and will be returned to artists by volunteers on Sunday afternoon. Unclaimed images will be held until October 1, 2007. Work will be selected for quality, originality and consistency. All decisions of the Jury Committee are final. There is no quota for each category; however the Seawall Art Show Committee reserves the right to create balance for the show.
NOTIFICATION: A self-addressed, stamped envelope of standard business size must accompany the application. This envelope will be used for notification of jury selection or rejection. Applications must be postmarked by FEBRUARY 1, 2007. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be mailed the first week of March, 2006. Upon acceptance, the space fee of $145.00 is due April 13, 2007.
EARLY SETUP: Exhibitors may load in and perform basic setup between 5:30-8 p.m. on August 24th. Artists will be assisted with unloading as they arrive. (Sales will not be permitted until the opening of the show on August 29, 2009)
BOOTH REMOVAL: All booths must be totally dismantled and removed by 7 p.m. following the 5 p.m. close of the show on Sunday, August 26. Streets will reopen at 7 p.m. Please return the enclosed form to us promptly as space is limited.
PROBLEMS or QUESTIONS? Please contact: Martha Frances Fortson, Chairman or Earlene Lampman, Artist Liaison (757) 393-8983