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Monday, October 21, 2013

Print Making Show Opens Today in the DVC Art Gallery

Immediate Release
Ballad: Recent Prints by Sarah Smelser
Diablo Valley College Art Gallery
10/21 ~ 11/27, 2013
Reception: Monday Nov. 25, 5:30-7:30pm
Demo & lecture: Tuesday, Nov. 26, 11am - noon

Diablo Valley College Art Gallery and DVC Printmaking Area are pleased to announce solo exhibition of prints by Sarah Smelser. Sarah Smelser is the first award recipient from “Inked Surfaces” National Juried Exhibition of Prints at DVC Art Gallery in September 2012. Juror Archana Horsting, Executive Director of Kala Art Institute awarded Sarah from 174 artists who submitted print art works to the exhibition.

Sarah Smelser received her BA from University of California at Santa Cruz, her MA and MFA from the University of Iowa.  Sarah has had solo exhibitions at Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld in New York City, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York City, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, MI, Carnegie Mellon University, and Bradley University.  In 2007 Sarah was one of 15 American artists to be invited to participate in the China Sanbao International Printmaking Exhibition and Symposium. She is co-founder of Mannekin Press, a fine art print publishing venture, and currently serving as Associate Professor of Art at Illinois State University, Normal, IL. 

This DVC Art Gallery Exhibition is titled: Ballad: Recent Prints by Sarah Smelser. It is made up of works made during the spring and summer of 2013.  A portion of the work is from a two–week residency she did this summer at the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts on the island of Skopelos in Greece.  Each piece is made using a series of reactions: she starts with a form and responds to it, respond to the response and so on.  – “My imagery is evidence of an interior conversation. It is also an effort to tread a line between elegant and awkward, deliberate and intuitive, skilled and naïve.”

Diablo Valley College Art Gallery is located north side of campus facing Parking Lot 8 on Golf Club Road. Gallery Hours is Monday through Thursday, 11 am - 4 pm, Friday 11 am – 3 pm. Wednesday is open late until 7 pm (closed on 11/11 Veterans Day). The artist reception is scheduled Monday, Nov. 25, 5:30-7:30pm. Separately Sarah will give a lecture and technical demonstration at DVC Printmaking Studio (A101) on Nov. 26 at 11 am. All events are open for public.

Contact :
Arthur King, Gallery Coordinator, aking@dvc.edu or 925-969-2249
Toru Sugita, DVC Printmaking: tsugita@dvc.edu or 925-969-2256 or 2244

Friday, October 4, 2013

Open Call for Art



CALL FOR ART
for
Art In A Different Light

A special one-night art event organized by 111 Minna Gallery and Nexus ArtReach. Friday, November 15th 2013 from 9:00 p.m. till Late Night at 111 Minna Gallery SF.

The event benefits Faces San Francisco a non-profit serving the needs and well-being of San Francisco’s young children and empowering families to become self-sufficient.

 (Submission Deadline: October 25th2013)
We are currently seeking interdisciplinary artists from San Francisco Bay Area colleges/universities and community artists to participate in Art In A Different Light, a retro inspired black light art event.

Theme Description: Art In A Different Light
Get ready for a lively retro throwback with a contemporary artistic twist! Using a variety of mediums, Bay Area artists will showcase works that re-live or pay homage to the psychedelic black light art scene of the 60’s and 70’s. Never before noticed details and are revealed in both the mundane and the strange as you interact with art in a different light!
*Special Note: especially seeking Installations, multimedia, led light art and videos

Submission Guidelines: (uncompleted submission criteria will not be considered)
-          Submit 2 digital images with: title/s, medium, dimensions, date & price
-          Artist statement briefly explains how your work/s relate to the theme
-          Must be present at the art event to participate
-          Must be 21 and over to participate
Send submission info to: robertcmelton@gmail.com
Important Event Information:
EVENT Title: Art in A Different Light
EVENT Date: Friday, November 15h 2013
EVENT Time: 9:00p.m. Till Late Night.
EVENT Location: 111 Minna Gallery San Francisco
EVENT Website: www.111minnagallery.com
Event Contact Person: robertcmelton@gmail.com  (415.596.3129)

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