FOOD
for thought

It is that time of year again.  Time to reflect upon choices made, good and bad, as well as choices to be made, good and bad.  I won’t presume to give you life advice, and there are dozens of sites dedicated to give you advice on how to be a “successful” artist. So, I will only repeat what we all learned in kindergarten.  You are what you eat.  You are given only one life with which to be creative.  Fuel it well and your efforts will be reflected in your work.  This next Call will ask you for even more reflection.  Investigate this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Smithtown Township Arts Council for Reflections to be exhibited at the Mills Pond House Gallery in St. James, NY. This is such a beautiful place to exhibit your work. Take a closer look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Reflections

Reflection can be either a physical or a psychological phenomenon. Together they evoke the interplay between perception and conception.

Entries will be judged on the originality and insight with which they embody this theme visually in traditional as well as new media. A brief explanation such as might be printed on a label along with the artist’s information can be helpful, but the best work will succeed in conveying meaning by itself. Longer explanations will not be considered. The use of mirrors in the work is permissible but neither necessary, nor necessarily desirable.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists/students enrolled in M.F.A. programs

MEDIA:  Open to all media

DEADLINE:  February 1, 2013

NOTIFICATION:  February 22, 2013

ENTRY FEE: $45 for up to 3 entries. $35 for STAC member artists.

JUROR:  James Henry Rubin is an art historian specializing in the history, theory and criticism of nineteenth-century European art, especially that of France.  He teaches at Stony Brook, the State University of New York, at both the graduate and undergraduate level.  His interests are interdisciplinary, with special attention to cultural history and art and politics.  He was educated at Phillips Andover, Yale (B.A.), Harvard (PhD) and the Institut d’Art et d’Archéologie of the Sorbonne in Paris (license-ès-lettres).

Rubin has taught at Harvard University, Boston University and Princeton University.  He is currently Professor of Art History at Stony Brook, where he was department chair for fifteen years.  He also taught part-time for many years at The Cooper Union, New York City.  He has published over fifty articles and essays on subjects ranging from the eighteenth century to the present.

He is the author of ten books.   He has served on the International Committee of the College Art Association and represented the CAA at the United Nations. He is a member and Vice President of the Société Paul Cézanne, based in Aix-en-Provence, France. He is a dual French-U.S. citizen, speaking fluent French and English. He travels frequently and lives in New York City and in Mittelbergheim, Alsace.

AWARDS: 1st Place:  $200 Award of Excellence & winner’s exhibition opportunity.  2nd Place:  $100 Award of Merit

SALES: STAC will receive a 30% gallery commission on all work sold.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!