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12 12 Gallery International Juried Exhibition of Works On Paper

Fallen                                Martin MCFadden, LRPS

We are very excited to share the latest developments in 12 12 Gallery's move from 12 E. 12th Street to Plant Zero #39 and announce the call for entries for the 12 12 Gallery International Juried Works On Paper Exhibition.  The exhibition juror is Master printmaker, painter, teacher and author, Dan Welden, Director, Hampton Editions, Ltd, Sag Harbor, New York.  Mr. Welden is the originator of the printmaking process known as the Solarplate method.

 

This announcement contains all the details regarding the submission of work for the competition and the ability to pay the entry fee via PayPal.  Access to an online prospectus and entry form will be available soon. 

 

Please feel free to contact us if you have questions regarding the competition.  You may also forward this annoucement to anyone you think may be interested in the opportunity.  We will not have access to their e-mail address or contact information until they determine to submit work for the competition. We look forward to viewing your submissions to the International Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper  2011.

 

POSTMARK AND ONLINE DEADLINE

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2011 

Download International Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper Prospectus

 

 

About The Juror

Dan Welden is a master printmaker, painter, teacher and author. He has been making prints and works on paper for over 40 years. His work has been shown in over 65 international solo exhibitions in museums and galleries and over 500 group exhibitions in the U.S., Europe, China, Australia, New Zealand and Peru.  His work is in many public and private collections throughout the country including the Amity Art Foundation, Baltimore Museum of Art; Portland Museum of Art; and Temple University, among many others.

 

Dan is an innovator at the forefront of the alternative health and safety oriented movement of printmaking, and the originator of a printmaking technique called the Solarplate method. Dan is the Co-Author with Pauline Muir of 'Printmaking in the Sun' published by Watson Guptill in 2001, the comprehensive manual of solarplate methods. He is currently working on an updated edition.

 

As a teacher, Dan continues to inspire students around the world in workshops where he demonstrates how to make solarplates and print both intaglio and relief plates. His has run month-long summer workshops at the Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy, attended by students from Europe, Australia and America.  He is a past president of the Society of American Graphic Artists. He has taught printmaking at several colleges in the New York area including Stony Brook University, Suffolk Community College, Long Island University Southampton, and Central Connecticut State University. His demonstrations at the New York State Art Teacher's Association Conferences, Southern Graphics Council and Mid America Print Council Conferences inspire teachers, students and artists to make prints using the safer and greener methods of solarplate etching.

 

Download International Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper Prospectus

 

POSTMARK AND ONLINE DEADLINE

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2011

International Juried Photography Exhibition 2010

 12 12 Gallery's highly successful photography competition, now in its fifth year, opens on November 14th. Please join us Sunday, November 14th from 2-5PM for the artists' reception.  Awards will be presented at 3:30PM. The exhibition closes Sunday, December 19th.

Juror Patrick Amsellem, Associate  Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum selected 48 works by 20 artists from a total of 633 images submitted by 162 photographers from across the globe, including Switzerland, Canada, Israel, Germany, and France. A Picasa Photo Album of the finalists listed below is available.

 

 FINALISTS
Garth Amundson and  Pierre Gour, Jerry Atnip, Peter Boyadjieff, Tom Chambers, Kathleen Hawkes, Rowan James, Christopher Jordan, Jenee Mateer, Michael Nathaniel Meyer, Monika Merva, Nina Mouritzen, James Mullen, Ellen O'Connell, Rebecca Peters, Harold Ross, John Slepian, David Underwood,
Mare Vaccaro, Samantha Van Deman, Marydorsey Wanless

 

ABOUT THE JUROR

 

Patrick Amsellem joined the Brooklyn  Museum as the Associate Curator of Photography in 2007.  Formerly a curator at the Roosuem Center for Contemporary Art in Malmo, Sweden, Patrick organized the first Swedish exhibition of the work of Andreas Gursky and was part of the curatorial team that introduced a major series of exhibitions under the leadership of Lars Nittve.  He has witten extensively about art for Stockholm's major newspaper Svenska Dagbladet and was also a critic for the Swedish daily newspaper and for Swedish Public Radio. Patrick has taught at New York University and is the author of several exhibition catalogues. He received a Ph.D. in Art History from New York University's Institute of Fine Arts.
 

Mittens|Kathleen Hawkes

  Jacob's Ladder|Peter Boyadjieff

 

Half-Awake for Secret Hours Waiting

Beat the heat with 12 12 Gallery's newest 'cool' exhibitions! 12 12 Gallery continues  its Year of the Photographer with 3 new exhibitions by 3 regional photographers.from Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland. Please join us for the artists' reception on Sunday afternoon, June 27th, from 2-5 pm. These exhibitions will run through Sunday, August 1st.

Gallery East- Half Awake | Michael Borek | Bethesda, MD

Canadian by Michael Borek

"I took these photographs with my eyes closed. By that, I don't mean that I lowered my lids over my pupils to prevent light form transmitting the images to me. Rather, these photographs were taken through an imaginary filter that reveals what is there to be seen in addition to - or in spite of - the bare images themselves.

Although I took these pictures mostly during the day, they contain nocturnal elements that suggest the sensation of simultaneously being awake and asleep. They document my encounters with scenes that felt intense, sometimes even and strange, yet also oddly familiar. Perhaps they capture dreams that I have yet to experience. Or maybe they seen familiar because I have dreamed of them before. I am not entirely sure about the meaning of these pictures; my subconscious may be trying to get the upper hand." -- Michael Borek                                               

Gallery West- Secret Hours | Alison Overton | Raleigh, NC

BoyGirl by Alison Overton

Secret Hours is a series of photographs showcasing North Carolina artist Alison Overton's new foray into the digital photography medium. Created in 2009 and 2010, this  body of work reveals a great departure in subject matter, style, and size for her. The new subject matter of the photographs consists of antique dolls and curious objects juxtaposed with unusual flora and fauna. The dolls and other objects are items which Overton found this past year while clearing out her childhood home in Vance County, North Carolina. Her parents collected a variety of things obsessively for decades. For Overton, the objects attracted her as she came to realize that they represented both real and imagined childhood memories, for both her and her parents.

Gallery Centre- Waiting | Lynn Limon | Richmond, VA

Waiting by Lynn Limon

"Waiting is a universal and ubiquitous. Ranging from the mundane to the profound, we wait for a phone call or we wait for freedom. For Roland Barthes, in A Lover's Discourse, the waiting for his lover is simultaneously an enchantment and a delirium.  For Vladimir and Estragon of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, after an existentialist wait, Godot never arrives.

This series of images captured in the Paris Metro encompass waiting for me. On the one hand, in the Metro one simply waits for the train. On the other hand, the benches and chairs can be a metaphor for something more philosophical. In the Concorde station, for example, blue tiles behind the seating spell out the Rites of Man; this is directly under the plaza where French Revolutionaries rioted for their freedom." --Lynn Limon

12 12 Gallery, South Richmond's Fine Art Gallery, is located at 12 East 12th Street, in the John B Anderson House, just east of Hull Street. Gallery hours are Thursdays and Fridays 12-4, Saturdays 11-6, Sundays 12-5, and by appointment.

Women’s International Juried Photography Finalists & Exhibition

12 12 Gallery is proud to join MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts with the Women's International Juried Photography Exhibition 2010.

Opening Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 with an awards presentation and reception for the artists from 2 to 5 PM, the exhibition boasts a wide array of styles and thought provoking images of and by women and will be available at 12 12 Gallery for viewing  until Sunday, June 20th, 2010.

Juror Margaret Salisbury,  "Master Artists" of FIAP (International Federation of Photographic Art), Irish Federation Fellowship, and Royal Photographic Society Fellowship  selected 53 works by 49 artists from a total of 333 images submitted by 88 photographers.

Virginia artists Marti Belcher, Kathy Yost Benham, T. McConville Bryant, Gertraud Fendler, Mary Anne Hensley, Laura Howell, Jessica Jastrzebski, Susan Legge, Donna Roberts, Joy Rosenthal, Caron Sterling, Donna Swanson, and Janine Turner are among the finalists competing for up to $1000 in cash prizes. A Picasa Photo Album  is available, showing the images and juror's comments on all of the finalists' images.

 

Finalists

Marti Belcher

Rita Kay Adams

Linda Alterwitz

Kathy Yost Benham

Carla Berger

T. McConville Bryant

Stacy Cohen

Kim Curinga

Sharon Dowis

Wendy Duboff North

Catherine Etherton

Gertraud Fendler

Mariane Fourie

Polly Gaillard

Anna Garner

Alicia Athena Gifford

Mary Ann Glass

Steffanie Halley

Mary Anne Hensley

Barbara House

Laura Howell

Cassandra Hrapchak

Karen  Hudnall

Jessica Jastrzebski

Karen  Kruger

Claudia Kunin

Emma LeBlanc

Susan Legge

Margaret LeJeune

Nic Lyons

Sheila McHattie

Susan J. Mopsick

Liz Nealon

Jhinryung Oh

Vita Otubova

Katarin Parizek

Donna Pinckley

Brook Reynolds

Donna Roberts

Joy Rosenthal

Esmeralda Ruiz

Cheryl Sheppard

Lyn Slate

Suzanne Spiegoski

Caron Sterling

Donna Swanson

Janine Turner

Theresa Wall Duggan

Marydorsey Wanless

National Juried Photography Exhibition 2009 Finalists

 

Performer | Henrietta Near

Julian Cox, Curator of Photography at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia has selected 50 works by 49 photographers for 12 12 Gallery's National Juried Photography exhibition.

Of the work chosen Mr. Cox writes:

"The photographers selected for this exhibition employ diverse creative strategies.  What they share in common, however, is a desire to test the descriptive and expressive possibilities of the photographic medium in novel ways. I find in their work a curiosity for subject matter, beauty, vision and wit - which are some of the essential ingredients for a memorable photograph".

At Last | Drake Logan & Jean-Claude Nino

We hope you  can join us Sunday, October 4th from 2-5PM for the Artists' Reception and Exhibition opening. A gallery talk and award announcements will be made by the director during the reception.

An online gallery of the images chosen for this exhibition will be available soon! 

Finalists

Amy Fichter ● Andrea Gilkey ●Andrea Land ●Andrew Zimmermann   Barbara Dombach ● Brendan Kingsley Cary Loving ● Chavawn Kelley ● Christine Carr  ●  D. B. Stovall ● Donna Pinckley ● Dorin Todor ● Drake Logan & Jean-Claude Nino ●  Drew Phillips ● Ellen Mahaffey ● Gary Cawood ● George Collier ● Gary Sand ● Harry Giglio ● Henrietta Near   Jacquelyn Siklos ● James Crable ● Jennifer Shaw ● Jessica Gellweiler Jhinryung Oh ● John Murden Jr ● John Murphy Jr  ● Joseph Labate ● Kai Andersen-Guterman ● Katharine Patrick ● Katharyn Addcox  ● Katherine Perry ● Kortney Ballard ● Liz Roth ● Marc Fagan ● Marlene Hawthorne Thomas ● Michael Borek ● Nic Lyons ● Paula Siwek ● Rebecca Finley   Rebecca Peters ●  Robin D. Germany ● Rowan James ● Shannon Aryes   Shannon Johnstone ● Steven Gerlich ● Susan Worsham ● Susana Raab    Yukari Umekawa

The Virginia Collage Society at 12 12 Gallery

Krishanna Spencer, See With Bigger Eyes, Encaustic on wood panel, 18" x 24"

The Virginia Collage Society Exhibition 

Curated by Santa DeHaven

Exhibition dates: August 23rd - September 27th, 2009

Opening Reception: Sunday, August 23rd, 2009  2-5pm

For the majority of the year, 12 12 Gallery reserves its walls for contemporary painters, mixed media artists, and fine art photographers from across the United States and Canada. This summer we are very pleased to announce an exhibition of collages created by members of the Virginia Collage Society, many from the Richmond area. From figurative to mixed media to abstract collage, 12 12 Gallery invites you to explore an eclectic sampling  of Virginia's best collage artists.

Participating Artists:

Dare Boles, Marti Fann, Judy Harris, Faye Henderson, Akere Joseph, Bill Kinsey, Linda LaVigne-Long, Beverly A. Lockwood, Emma Lou Martin, Janice R. McMurray,  Mary Melton, Jane Mohr, Julie Northcott, Ronni Saunders, Lois Shipley, Krishanna Spencer, Gwen Taylor, Gene Mason Toutsi, Rebecca White, and  Stuart White

 

Marti Fann, Mirror Image

The Virginia Collage Society’s mission is to foster the appreciation and interest in the recognized medium of collage as a major art medium and assists in the public education through exhibits and workshops, lectures and publications.

MNJFA 2009 Best-in-Show: Gesche Würfel

"First prize goes to the extremely tight and powerful photographic composition by Gesche Wuerfel. I also admired its conceptual conceit, titled as it was by longitude and latitude."   --Andrea Pollan

N 51°30.806 - W000°00.066 Digital C-Print   Artist's Statement and Bio   Gesche Würfel is a visual artist whose practice is primarily photographic. She engages with spaces in transition through genres of urban, landscape and architectural photography. Her interest lies primarily in the notion of place, the relationship humans have to space, and the methods employed for changing (in)habitable places. Her photographic work is influenced by her experience as an urban planner, and by having lived in diverse settings, from rural to suburban to urban, across Europe and the United States. These background elements contribute to her site-specific photographic approach, which investigates the politics and aims behind developments.     N 51º31.552 - W 000º00.375   The winning image "N 51º30.806 - W 000º00.066" as well as the image "N 51º31.552 - W 000º00.375" are part of the series "London - Luton. The Meridian" (2008-2009) that traces the landscape along the Greenwich Meridian in the Lea Valley, UK. In the 19th century, the Lea Valley provided London with essential raw materials and industrial output that contributed to the power of the British Empire. During this time the Meridian was established as a literal and symbolic expression that this land was the centre of the world. "London - Luton.  The Meridian" explores the evolution of space over time as the Meridian is no longer an important power line. The series shows placid nature, mundane leisure sites, and relics of the industrial past that are no longer teeming with Imperial force. Central to the approach is the concept of Psychogeography, which explores the relationships of place to its social and cultural history.   NW. Takoma Park   Gesche Würfel was born in Bremerhaven in 1976 where she spent her childhood.  After having completed her degree in Spatial Planning from the University of Dortmund, Germany, she worked for several years in the field of regeneration and public participation. She then moved to London to study for an MA in Photography and Urban Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, where she graduated with a distinction. She currently works and lives in Washington, D.C. Her work has been exhibited widely, among others in the Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007 show, which is an exhibition of the most promising new talent to emerge from art schools across the United Kingdom. Her work has recently been included in the publication "Younger Than Jesus: The Artist Directory", co-published by the New Museum and Phaidon, as part of the exhibition "The Generational: Younger Than Jesus" at the New Museum, New York.

The Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition:  Small Works 2009 continues through Sunday, August 2, 2009.  Join us for the Fourth Friday's Artwalk on Friday, July 24th from 7-10PM.  See you then.

Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition 2009: Award Winners

The third annual MNJFAE 2009 opened at 12 12 Gallery on Sunday, June 28th, 2009. The All Media exhibition  features 71 works from 40 artists selected by juror Andrea Pollan, Director and Curator of the Curator's Office, Washington, D.C.  Over 400 entries were submitted by 123 artists from across the US and Canada. In attendance were Jane Vaught (Richmond, VA), Alex Graebic (Farmville, VA), Jordi Williams (Lynchburg, VA), Amy Carmichael Smith (Silver Spring, MD)and Erwin Barona (Ontario, Canada).

Juror Andrea Pollan said of the show:

It is always a pleasure and an honor to be asked to jury an exhibition, particularly a national one as it is impossible to get around the country and see this much work in such a concentrated fashion. Small works carry their own gem-like intensity. The scale of small works calls for particular skill in rendering an image legible. Of the 415 works submitted, I culled it down to the 71 works on view. The last stages of selecting an exhibition are always the most difficult as one inevitably sacrifices some good work. Clearly artistic quality was the primary consideration in my selections. Generally I was trying to avoid work that looked too commercial, prosaic, or clichéd, given my background as a contemporary art curator. 

In addition to painting, drawings, and prints, this exhibition presents quite a bit of photography because there were numerous strong photographic submissions. Actually, almost 2/3 of the show is photography. Some may consider this a bias on my part, although I consider myself an equal opportunity curator for all media. It was clear that this show attracts good photographers, and the medium has taken its place as one of great importance since its inception in the 1830s, but it has had a long art historic battle to get here. 

The awards include works in all media. First prize goes to the extremely tight and powerful photographic composition by Gesche Wuerfel. I also admired its conceptual conceit, titled as it was by longitude and latitude. I awarded Second prize to the witty and eccentric drawings of Art McSweeney, whose work has a its finger on the pulse of a collective anxiety about the mechanization of the world. Third prize goes to the haunting portrait of a sister by Maron Resur. The acidic colors emphasize the internalized melancholic psychological stat of the model. Fourth prize goes to Jane Vaught for her formalist Denkmal series of photographs. These convey the authority of structure and direction with a poetic eye. Honorable mentions go to painters Claire Feng for her simple lush painterly portrait of a man with a beard and Leslie Lusardi for her alternate take on the landscape/cityscape tradition and how we mostly experience these in transit in contemporary life.

We heartily congratulate this year's award winners and feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to show their work along with so many other talented and dedicated artists.  This year's award winners and the work for which they were awarded are listed below.

 

Best In Show($500)

Gesche Wuerfel

"N 51°30.806 - W000°00.066"

Digital C-Print

 

Second Place ($250)

Art McSweeney

"Saint and Dragon"

Graphite, Ink Wash, Watercolor on Paper

 

Third Place ($150)

Maron Resur

"Sister 3"

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

 

Fourth Place ($100)

Jane Vaught

"Denkmal Series"

Inkjet Prints

 

Honorable Mention

Claire Feng

"Maryland Man with Beard"

Oil on Canvas

 

Honorable Mention

Leslie Lusardi

"Cal/Train Commute Series"

Oil on Canvas

To see all the work chosen for the 2009 Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, kindly follow this link.

The exhibition continues through August 1st, 2009 followed by an exhibition of collage and assemblage by The Virginia Collage Society opening August 23, 2009.

12 12 Gallery, South Richmond's Fine Art Gallery, is located at 12 East 12th Street, in the John B Anderson House, just east of Hull Street. Gallery hours are Thursdays and Fridays 12-4, Saturdays 11-6, and by appointment.

Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition: Small Works 2009

12 12 Gallery presents its third annual all-media competition that features 71 works from 40 artists selected by juror Andrea Pollan, Director and Curator of the Curator's Office, Washington, D.C.  Over 400 entries were submitted by 123 artists from across the US and Canada. Awards presentation and artists' reception on Sunday, June 28th, from 2 - 5 pm.

 

The exhibition runs through Sunday, August 2nd.

Sister 3 | Maron Resur                 Saint & Dragon | Arthur Mc Sweeney Natalia Karpinskaia | Water Divisions Eddee Daniel | Alhambra Judith Krone | Northern Lights Virginia artists Alex Grabiec (Farmville), Michael Bednar (Charlottesville), Jason Stick (Norfolk), Jane Vaught (Richmond), and Jordi Williams (Lynchburg) are among the finalists competing for up to $1000 in cash prizes.   Other finalists are Jerry Atnip, Erwin Barona , Therese Brown, Chris Dame, Eddee Daniel, Adrian Davis, Laura Denardo, Barbara Dombach, Claire Feng, Sandra Freeman, Jenny Freestone, Harry Giglio, Suzanne Goldish, Tim Greyhavens, Karla Hackenmiller, Jeffrey Haupt, Esther Hidalgo, Bruce Ho, Petar Iliev, James Ivey, Mary Shannon Johnstone, Natalia Karpinskaia, Judith Krone, Leslie Lusardil, John Math, Brittain McJunkin, Art McSweeney, Marcia Middleton, Susan Mulder, Eric Rennie, Maron Resur, Amy Carmichael Smith, Mare Vaccaro, Megan Van Wagoner, and Gesche Wuerfel. It is not our policy to give out the artist’s current address and telephone number without first asking permission. We are happy to contact the artist on your behalf with a request.

Studio Space Available

"For the past year we have enjoyed the company of Richmond-artist Renee King at 12 12 Gallery Studio 2B. Renee recently joined the atelier of American Tonalist Painter Charles Philip Brooks, located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Consequently, Studio 2B at 12 12 Gallery will be available as soon as June 1st, 2009.

If you or anyone your know is interested in renting this space, please let me know. Here's an opportunity to reclaim your dining room and have a quiet place to work! As part of your affiliation with 12 12 Gallery, you will have a webpage on the 12 12 Gallery website, www.1212galleryrva.com .

See the details below and please let me know if you are interested in being connected with the gallery and having a nice space to work".

Sincerely,

Martin

Studio Space Available

Location: 12 12 Gallery
14 E. 12th Street
Richmond, VA 23224
Second Floor

Size: 200 sq. ft.

Rent: $325 per month

Security Deposit: $325

Includes: Heat and air conditioning, water, sewer, ceiling fan, security system, wi-fi access, kitchen and restroom access, 24-hour access, Fourth Friday events, listing on gallery blog/website, and biannual open studios.

Does Not Include: Telephone services (although lines are in place to provide your own service).

PLEASE NOTE: The studio space is not equipped with sufficient facilities for artists needing a kiln or an in-studio water supply.

Call 1212 Gallery @804.233.9957 or respond via e-mail at info@1212galleryrichmond.com if you are interested or have any questions!