Category: Special Events

James Burlitch’s photo “Glimpse of Peek-a-Boo Trail” was winner of the People’s Choice Award.

2014 marks “The 25th Annual Juried Photography Show” at State of the Art Gallery, which is also celebrating its 25th year in the art business in Ithaca. This event attracts photographers from the Ithaca area and beyond and entries selected for the exhibition represent numerous and varied ways that photographers are currently working.  

This year’s Prize Judge is Roger Freeman, Professor of Photography Emeritus and former chair of the Department of Photography at Alfred University, made the following awards:

Ben Altman for “Talk Tompkins: Carl Seaman, Highway Superintendent for the Town of Danby”

 Sara Carman for “Presence and Cleaved”

 Joleen Mahoney Roe for “The Sacred Tree”

 Kim McAlear for “Tessa and Isaac”

 Michael Beggs for “Milan, Italy”

Doug Baird for “Undergrowth 5E”

 Jari Poulan for “Warrior Woman”

 Gwen Bullock for “Karen”

 Ed Dittenhoefer for “Criminalize Fracking”

 Ariel Bullion Ecklund for “Moving Pictures and Blue, for Kerouac”

 Karl Kayser for “Shadows with Havana and First Grade Graduation”

Chris Phare for “Treman Park Waterfalls”

Show dates are Wednesday, March 5 through Sunday, March 30, 2014. 

Exhibit Dates: Wednesday, March 4– Sunday, March 29, 2015 

Up to $600 may be awarded at the discretion of the prize judge.

Submission Deadline: Friday, February 13, 2015, by 5pm.

FAQS HERE              EXHIBITOR AGREEMENT HERE

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• Each entrant may submit up to two (2) works.
• All work should be reasonably current (within the last 3 years) and original.
• If accepted into the show, the work must be delivered ready to hang (matted, framed with glass or plexiglass in front and with a wire or suitable, secure hardware for hanging in the back).
• A photographic process must have been used in the production of the work. (Scanned work is acceptable, digital art that did not originate from a photographic process-is not).
• The work should not have been submitted to SOAG in the past.
• Current SOAG members and their immediate families are not eligible to exhibit in this show.
• The Entry Fee of $35.00 is non-refundable and does not guarantee that your work will be accepted into the show.
• The Entry Fee can be paid by PayPal
  
  
  
  
  
  

  or by check made out to: State of the Art Gallery , postmarked by February 13, 2015 and mailed to:

David Watkins Jr.

201 Hillview Place

Ithaca, New York 14850

 Work will not be accepted after the stated deadlines.

SUBMISSION OF WORK

Please mail/e-mail your entries to: David Watkins Jr. at:   dow1@cornell.edu

• Contact Information: List the Artist Name, Address, phone number, and e-mail address in the body of the e-mail.
• Images of up to two (2) works can be submitted. They must be jpegs at 150 pxi, between 800 and 1200 pixels on the long side and labeled with the artist’s name, followed by the image number 01 or 02. (example: d.watkins01.jpg, d.watkins02.jpg)
• An image list (Filename, Title, Size, Medium, Price) must also be submitted with all entries.
• If submitting by e-mail is problematic, please send a CD with your fee and all information as outlined above. CD’s cannot be returned. Do not send prints.

ACCEPTED WORK: Deadline and Notifications

• All entries must be received by 5pm Friday, Feb.13th and will be jury-reviewed by Monday, Feb. 16^th, 2015. Entrants will be notified by e-mail of acceptance or rejection.

• The exhibit will be curated by members of the gallery. After installation a Judge from outside     the gallery will determine prizes and how the prize money will be distributed. Winners may be notified privately prior to the opening reception so that they may plan to attend the award ceremony. The awards will be presented at 6:30pm during the opening reception Friday, March 6, 2015.

DELIVERY of ACCEPTED WORK to THE GALERY

The work, ready for hanging, must be delivered to the gallery in person or by a designated substitute on:

Sunday, March 1, 2015 between noon and 5 pm; or

Monday, March 2, 2015. between noon and 4 pm.

• Work cannot be accepted after 4pm Monday as installation of the show begins shortly after.
• Work may not be shipped or mailed to the gallery.
• The gallery retains the right to deny access to the show if the images delivered are substantially different from those submitted to the jury or, if the work is not ready for hanging.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Submissions to the SOAG 25^th Annual Juried Photography Show shall imply an agreement on the part of the artists to all conditions of this prospectus. Permission for SOAG to photograph accepted works for publicity, education, and reference purposes is assumed.

SALES

Sale of the work is encouraged. Work will be offered for sale with the understanding that there is a 30% commission for each sale. Work that is sold during the show should remain on display until the end of the show. Exceptions may be made for sales to out of town buyers.

INSURANCE

While the State of the Art Gallery, its members and agents will make every effort to protect

your work, we cannot indemnify you against loss or damage to your work. In submitting to

the show you agree that the State of the Art Gallery is not liable and must be held harmless if

your work is damaged or lost.

PICK-UP of ART at the END of the SHOW

• All works must be retrieved personally by artists or designated associates on:

Sunday, March 29, 2015 from 1pm-5pm.

• Please understand that the gallery has no facility to store your work.

CALENDAR

February 13, 2015, 5pm.        Deadline for all entries.

February 16-18, 2015             Notification of acceptance/rejection.

March 1, 2015                          Delivery of works 12-5 pm

March 2, 2015                         Delivery of works 1-4 pm

March 4, 2015                         Exhibit opens

March 6, 2015                        Opening Reception 5-8 pm

March 6, 2015                        Awards ceremony 6:30 pm

March 29, 2015                      Exhibit closes 5pm

March 29, 2015                       Pick up work 1-5 pm

                                          FAQs are HERE  and Exhibitor Agreement is HERE

First Prize 

 

From the Juror,

 

In a way, I hate being a juror because

 

1) you make a few people happy, and everybody else is unhappy and hates you, and   because

 

2)you’re judging a person’s whole career, in effect, on the basis of one or two or three pieces, and because

 

3)winning competitions is not what art is about. It’s not why we look at art, or why we create it.

 

However, I had a job to do.

 

First of all, why seven first prizes, and five honorable mentions? This exhibition really is very good, with a high level of quality throughout, and, at the same time, the range of styles and media is so great that, given these two factors, it seemed almost absurd to say, for example, that this very realistic landscape or still life watercolor was “better” than that completely abstract painting or construction in wood or metal or wax, hanging right next to it.

 

So I tried to respect each genre and style and choose those works that pushed that particular style or genre and found a new potential in them.

 

Obviously, my judgements were still, in the end, subjective, and I can’t explain or justify that.

 

However, I can say that this is a terrific show – not only is the quality high, but that range of style and medium make it continually interesting and surprising. And that kind of diversity and quality is typical of State of the Art, a wonderful institution.

 

Frank Robinson

State of the Art hosts its Second Annual Small Works Show during December.  This is an exciting and varied show featuring such media as oil pastel, oil on canvas, oil on wood, acrylic on veneer, watercolor, pen and ink, metal prints, linoleum prints, etching, oil and sterling silver leaf, wax and gypsum sculpture and more. 

Frank Robinson, former Director of the Johnson Museum at Cornell University, judged more than 80 works of art by 35 artists and awarded $600 in prizes. A reception for the artists was held Friday, December 6 from 5-8pm with the awards ceremony at 6:30pm.  Show dates are December 4-29, 2013. 

SOAG is located at 120 W. State Street in Ithaca.  There is curbside parking and the gallery is ADA accessible.  Hours:  Wed. – Fri., 12-6pm and Sat. & Sun., 12-5pm.  Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.  Contact info:  607-277-1626 and www.soag.org

State of the Art features artists of the Greater Ithaca Art  Trail October 2-27,  2013.  This is a great chance to preview the work of the forty-eight Art Trail artists in one place before choosing which studios to visit.  Seeing the actual work often has a greater impact than just viewing it on a computer screen and every year many people do their  “Art Trail research” at the gallery.  Art Trail open studio weekends are October 5/6 and 12/13.  And in the Salon, we have the monthly members’ show of paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, collage, sculpture and more!  A reception for all participating artists will be held Friday, Oct. 4, 5-8pm.  Gallery hours:  Wed. – Fri., 12-6pm and Sat. & Sun., 12-5pm.

INFORMATION FOR ARTISTS

Awards Announced at Photo Show Opening