ARTISTS INVITED TO ENTER 7TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION
Arts Council, College, Festival to Collaborate on June Show

Artists throughout the mid-Atlantic region are invited to submit works into the Adams County Arts Council’s 7th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, being planned in partnership with Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, and the Gettysburg Festival, June 18-27, 2010.  The deadline for submission is April 9.

“Thanks to the dynamic affiliation with Gettysburg College and Gettysburg Festival, which began in 2009, the exhibit is quickly gaining a regional reputation as a competitive, quality show,” said Adams County Arts Council Executive Director Christina Glatfelter.  “Artists’ works are showcased within prime gallery space—Schmucker Art Gallery—and featured within an award-winning cultural arts festival—Gettysburg Festival.”

Any person over the age of 18 who is an Adams County resident or an Arts Council member is eligible to submit work for consideration by juror Gerald Ross, Director of Exhibitions, Maryland Institute College of Art.  Ross, a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute’s School of Painting and a Yale painting scholar, has worked as a preparator for exhibits at Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; The Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; The National Gallery, Washington, DC; and The American Craft Museum, New York.  He has also garnered five major art awards for murals created in Baltimore and Hagerstown, Maryland.

There is a $25 entry fee.  Awards include:

For more information contact the Adams County Arts Council office (aa@adamsarts.org,  717-334-5006).
 

Incorporated in 1993, the Adams County Arts Council has evolved from a small group of optimistic organizers into a nonprofit arts agency with a membership of 550. The mission of ACAC is to cultivate an arts-rich community. Providing high quality arts in education opportunities and support to local arts presenters and schools are ACAC’s primary goals. ACAC's Arts in Education initiative, Roots & Wings, brings musicians, actors, dancers, and artists into every county school district. Its Imagination Station arts learning center offers classes to children and adults in a wide range of artistic disciplines.  In 2009, ACAC programs served an audience of more than 41,500 people.

The 1,600-square-foot Schmucker Art Gallery is a lively art space that displays six to seven different exhibitions each year. Included in the gallery calendar are shows by local, national, and international contemporary artists.  Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.  For more information:   www.gettysburg.edu.