Author: barbara
Saints & Animals
Guidelines: Artists applying for membership in SOAG
The points below are stated to help artists applying for membership in the State of the Art Gallery understand how the process works. When reviewing new membership applications, the gallery strives to maintain a balance of styles and media. We also value persons who support the cooperative nature of the gallery and the responsibility of membership. We use the points in A-E as guides for discussion. They are not hard and fast rules. Rather, they give us a framework in which to discuss an applicant’s work. The decision, pro or con, is based on a simple majority of the current membership. It should be noted that a decision not to accept is sometimes accompanied by suggestions for future work with a hope that the applicant will re-apply after an appropriate period. In fact, several successful, current members have been through a similar process of applying more than once.
A. Originality/Vision
Is there something that makes this person’s work unique and/or memorable?
B. High Technical Craftsmanship
Does the work demonstrate skillful use of the media, good composition, use of color where applicable, value and form?
C. Seriousness of Purpose/Maturity/Record of Accomplishment
Is there consistency that distinguishes the work? Is there a record of exhibition/shows or other evidence of serious intent? Has the artist clearly expressed his/her ideas clearly and/or creatively?
D. Presentation of Work
Is the work framed/based/mounted in a professional way?
E. Commitment to the Mission of the gallery.
Has the applicant expressed knowledge of gallery member responsibilities and willingness to perform them? Is there an expectation of long-term membership and financial commitment?
Exhibitor Agreement
State of the Art Gallery
120 West State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850
607-277-1626
21st Annual Photo Show Exhibitor Agreement March 3-28, 2010
Please print clearly
Name of Exhibitor_____________________________________________________
Street Address________________________________________________________
City_______________________________ State______________ Zip___________
Telephone______________________E-Mail________________________________
Work(s) submitted: print clearly
Title Media Date Price
1.___________________________________________________________________
2.___________________________________________________________________
Exhibition Agreement
1. The exhibitor agrees to pay a $30.00 non-refundable fee upon submission of work.
2. The artist/exhibitor agrees to deliver their work(s) to the Gallery at the published date. and time. The exhibitor will abide by the rules of the gallery regarding presentation and suitability for hanging as stated in the Call for Entries. Final approval of the criteria is the responsibility of the Gallery Board of Directors.
3. The Gallery will provide an exhibition opening/reception for the artists with refreshments and an Award Ceremony. Exhibition announcements will be provided by the Gallery and mailed to the Gallery mailing list. Additional cards will be available for the personal use of the exhibitor, but the cost of mailing these additional cards is the responsibility of the exhibitor.
4. While the State of the Art Gallery, its members and agents, will make reasonable efforts to protect the work(s) of an exhibitor, the Gallery cannot indemnify the work(s) against loss or damage. In submitting and agreeing to exhibit the work(s) in the Gallery the exhibitor agrees that the State of the Art Gallery, its members, Board of Directors, or agents will not be held liable and will be held harmless should there be damage or loss of work(s).
5. The exhibitor agrees that the work(s) of the exhibitor may be reproduced for the purpose of advertising the exhibition for a period not to exceed five years.
6. It is agreed that the exhibitor may conduct sale of the work(s) from the exhibition. The Gallery will act as facilitator through it’s members who staff the Gallery during regular gallery hours. For the service, the Gallery receives a 30% commission on the sale of all displayed work.
7. The show ends Sunday, March 28. Work must be picked up between noon and 6 pm that day.
EXHIBITOR SIGNATURE______________________________________________DATE_______
GALLERY REPRESENTATIVE_________________________________________DATE_______
PHOTO Returned signature _____________________________________________DATE_______
What Makes a Marriage?
A BENEFIT EXHIBIT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY
Ithaca sculptor explores gay and interracial marriage debates
In January 2010 Eva M. Capobianco will present “What Makes a Marriage?” at State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca, NY. The show will be a benefit for Marriage Equality New York and the Ithaca Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender Task Force (ILGBTTF). Fifty percent of the profits from all sales at the show will be shared equally by these two organizations.
The exhibit dates are January 6-31, 2010. There will be a reception for the artist on Friday, January 8th, from 5-8pm. Harpist Myra Kovary has generously agreed to perform at the reception free of charge in support of the fundraiser. State of the Art Gallery is located at 120 W. State Street, Ithaca, NY. Hours are Wed. –Fri., 12-6pm and Sat. & Sun., 12-5pm. The gallery is ADA accessible, free and open to the public. The artist will be present at the gallery from 12-5pm each Saturday during the exhibit.
The work for this exhibit began during the general election in November, 2004. Ms. Capobianco states: “I found myself deeply upset by how the issue of gay marriage had been used by conservatives as a wedge issue to mobilize their base.” Feeling discouraged, she began to explore ways to use her art to compare today’s struggle for gay marriage equality with the fight for legal interracial marriage that culminated in the historic Loving v. Virginia case in 1967. Reading and researching these two issues has lead to some fascinating comparisons. The artist has incorporated quotes and ideas from these parallel debates into her sculptures in ways that she hopes will foster a healthy discussion about them.
Gay marriage has now become legal in several states, but it has also seen major setbacks in recent months and years. Capobianco says “My partner and I have been together for 27 years. Right now we COULD choose to get married in Canada or Iowa or several other states and that marriage would probably be recognized by our home state of New York. But it would not be recognized by the federal government. That would leave us without most of the benefits and protections that straight couples enjoy. It is important to support organizations that are working to educate the public about the fundamental unfairness of our current system.”
This exhibit is also part of the Light in Winter Festival, www.lightinwinter.com. There will be a second reception during the festival, on Friday, January 22nd, from 5-7pm.
Juried Show Winners announced
The winners of SOAG’s biennial Regional Juried Art Exhibition have been announced:
Best of Show
Linda Andrei “Conversation”
2nd Place
Allen Crittenden Smith “Yellow Gray”
3rd Place
Paul McMillan “Moonlight Over Cornstalks”
Honorable Mentions
John Whiting “To and Fro”
Barbara Page “Wind Drift Eight #2”
Edmond Caputo “Brown Fish”
Gunilla Feigenbaum “Chinese Red #2”
Ileen Kaplan “Cafe Days”
Fifty works of art were chosen, representing thirty-seven artists. Included in the show are paintings, watercolors, drawings, mixed media, prints, assemblage and sculptures in clay, paper and metal.
Lin Price, a faculty member in the Department of Art at Ithaca College announced the prize-winning works at the reception for the artists Gallery Night, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.
Event Horizons
Mink says this body of work is the culmination of her thinking about connections between painting and science.
“Ten years ago I founded an annual winter festival which features performers in both the arts and sciences, so thinking about creative synergies is often on my mind. Painting has always been a part of my life, but this past year I tried an experiment: framing my work with concepts in physics and math.
At first I veered strongly toward rather literal connections but I soon became uncomfortable with the self consciously didactic results. I ended up naming the works in “Event Horizons” more playfully, so the titles touch only lightly on the paintings.
With a nod to the Romantics and Abstract Expressionism, my work rests on the energy of the gesture, the visible trace of the process, and the coherence of carefully controlled elements, with textures and densities ranging from thickly layered to ephemeral.”
State of the Art is located at 120 W. State Street in Ithaca. Hours are Wed. – Fri., 12-6pm and Sat. & Sun., 12-5pm. The gallery is ADA accessible and there is curbside parking available. Contact information for the gallery is 607-277-1626 and www.soag.org.
Art Trail Show
The Greater Ithaca Art Trail represents the wide spectrum of talented and versatile artists who call Tompkins County their home. Visitors to the Gallery AND to the Art Trail will not only find painters working in all media, but also sculptors, printmakers, fiber artists, ceramists, jewelers, makers of fine furniture, collage artists, glass artists, mixed media artists, digital artists, a blacksmith and creators of decorative functional art.
Gallery visitors can preview Art Trail artists’ work in one location before embarking on the trail itself, a two weekend self-guided tour of 53 studios spread throughout Tompkins County. All studios are open from 11am to 5pm on October 10, 11 and October 17, 18. Art Trail brochures with maps to the artists’ studios are available at the gallery.
State of the Art is located at 120 W. State Street in Ithaca. Hours are Wed. – Fri., 12-6pm and Sat. & Sun., 12-5pm. The gallery is ADA accessible and there is curbside parking available. Contact information for the gallery is 607-277-1626 and www.soag.org and for more on the Greater Ithaca Art Trail, visit www.arttrail.com or call 607-273-5072, ext.20. The brochure can also be downloaded from the Art Trail web site.
Members’ Show
September marks the second Members’ Show of the year. Eighteen of the gallery’s twenty-five artists will show paintings, drawings, photographs, prints and sculpture in our newly renovated space. A reception for the show will be Friday, September 4, 5pm-8pm. Show dates are September 2-27. Our small gallery is now the Salon and it is where members will show their work ten months of the year; in March we host our Annual Photography Show and in December, we alternate between our Invitational and our Juried Competition. Through October 2009, the Salon will also show the fourteen pieces of art donated by gallery artists for our first-ever raffle. These pieces are also shown on our web site, www.soag.org and raffle tickets may be purchased from all members and at the gallery for $10 each. The drawing of the winning raffle tickets will be Friday, October 30. Don’t miss this chance to own a piece of fine art for a fraction of its selling price!
Painted Escapes
Gas prices are high, disposable income is low. Can’t get away for a vacation? Escape through the expressive paintings—abstract and realistic—of Marian VanSoest and Patty L. Porter at State of the Art Gallery during August.
There are times when a person just needs to escape from the moment, but often the means or the time for this escape are not available. That’s where a connection with a painting can be very useful. Whether you want to go to a foreign land or just retreat into the depth of color and abstract form, a painting can facilitate this need.
Van Soest and Porter are two artists who have created paintings with just this in mind. They have painted together, traveled together and ruminated about art together for the past fifteen years. “Painted Escapes” exhibits paintings from their travels—both together and separately.
Van Soest says that she has taken a vacation from realism to revel in memory and painterly fun. Of her abstract works in the show, some evoke places seen from an airplane or by a bird out to catch fish. Some recall fields of roses or bluebells glanced from a car window. A few realistic figure paintings are included to show traveling painting companions at work and play. To Van Soest, these paintings—watercolor sketches—probably say it best: painting with friends on a summer day is one of life’s special joys.
Porter’s more realistic images of the hill towns and fields in Umbria, Italy, give the viewer a sense of the ambience of being in a foreign country while actually traveling only in your mind. For her, the idea of moving through the narrow antiquated passages of Orvieto and Spello suggest more possibilities of escape by considering what lies beyond the turn in the wall: the possibilities for escape are endless—hopeful, exciting, treacherous and tranquil.
A reception for the artists will be held Friday, August 7, from 5-8pm at the gallery, 120 W. State Street in Ithaca. Porter will be present at the gallery on Aug. 22, 12-5pm and Aug. 29, 12-5; VanS oest will be present on Aug. 9, 12-5pm and Aug. 15, 12-5pm. This is an opportunity for viewers to talk about the paintings with the artists. “Painted Escapes” runs from August 5 – 30, 2009. There is curbside parking and the gallery is ADA accessible. Hours: Wed. – Fri., 12-6pm, Sat. & Sun., 12-5pm. Contact information: 607-277-1626, www.soag.org