HALLOWELL — The Harlow Art Center invites artists to submit artwork to Art2018, the 23rd annual juried show and first annual juried show to be held at the center’s new location, 100 Water St.
Art2018 will be on view May 9 through June 2, and an opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, with an awards ceremony at 6 p.m. Art2018 is open to all Maine artists and to any artist with a strong connection to Maine.
This year’s juror is Bethany Engstrom, a curator, artist and educator living in Belfast. She is associate curator at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland and was previously at the Farnsworth Art Museum. She has taught as an adjunct instructor at Unity College and the Intermedia MFA program at University of Maine.
Engstrom received a BA in art history, her MFA in intermedia and an interdisciplinary PhD in intermedial collaborative practices, all from the University of Maine. She is currently an artist in residence at the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation and she was a 2013 fellow at Mildred’s Lane. For more information, go to harlowgallery.org/annual-juried-show/juror/.
The deadline for electronic submissions is 11:59 p.m. Sunday, April 1. Original fine art in any media may be submitted, including hand pulled prints, photography and sculpture and fine crafts, including ceramics, glass and fiber art. Jewelry and clothing are not eligible. Each artist may submit up to three works of art, which must be the artist’s own original work created within the last three years.
Visit the following URL for complete entry rules and instructions to submit work to Art2018: harlowgallery.org/call-for-art-art2017/. For more information, call 207-622-3813 or email kvaa@harlowgallery.org.
Harrison Walker, winner of Art2017 Best in Show, is pictured.
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