Current Exhibit
Exhibit of Excellence
The purpose of this exhibit is to display the BEST artwork from Suffolk’s 9-12th grade students. The Exhibit of Excellence will recognize the talent of these students, encourage them, and promote them and their work.
Eligible students: 9th - 12th-grade students who live or attend school in Suffolk for the ‘24-’25 School Year including Homeschool students. Students do not need to be enrolled in art classes to be eligible.
Awards:
Best in Show: $200/ given in honor of Dana Adams
First Place: $150
Second Place: $100
Third Place: $75
Honorable Mention: $20/each
Rules:
1. All artwork must be original and created by the participant--NO FAN ART or reproductions from other artworks. No copies, or prints from original works will be accepted.
2. Students may submit up to 2 artworks for the show. Not all artwork will be accepted. All artwork accepted in the show will be at the juror’s discretion. For insurance purposes, we are asking for a reasonable value of your artwork. If you would like to offer your artwork for sale, please include a 10% consignment fee in the price.
3. Artwork must be ready for exhibition: No Sawtooth hangers.
All non-framed 2-D pieces MUST be matted/wrapped in acetate with hanging wire on the back. The artwork must have a label attached to the back giving the title of the work, medium, your name, and school name.
Some mat board and acetate will be available through the Suffolk Art League please inquire before the drop-off date if needed.
4. Examples of acceptable media are drawings, graphic design, original prints, photography, painting, mixed media, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, weaving, or woodcarving.
POC: Hillarey Breedlove [email protected] or (757)925-0448
Juror
Christina Rupsch
As a resident of Suffolk for the past twenty-five years Christina Rupsch has enjoyed participating in the local and regional art community. She moved to Virginia after she earned her B.S. in Visual Art from the University of Wisconsin, a Ed.M. in Special Education from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and finally earned her M.F.A. in Drawing and Painting at Southern Illinois at Carbondale. She has taught at most of the institutions of higher learning in this region including Norfolk State University, Old Dominion University, The Governor’s School of Fine Arts, and served as the Director of the Visual Arts Center and Program at TCC for seven years. Additionally, she spent many years serving as the Chair of the Visual Arts Department at Chowan University and most recently served as the Dean of Fine and Applied Arts at Chowan before her retirement. Chris has been a member of the Suffolk Art League since 1994 and currently serves on the Suffolk Fine Arts Commission. As a 2D artist, she works primarily in painting, printmaking, and mixed media.
Work must be dropped off at the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. Suffolk, VA 23434
January 23
9 am- 5 pm
Work not selected for the show must be picked up
January 30
9 am-5 pm
Opening Reception Award Presentation:
February 4
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Artwork will be on display for the duration of the show and must be picked up by March 4, 2025
The purpose of this exhibit is to display the BEST artwork from Suffolk’s 9-12th grade students. The Exhibit of Excellence will recognize the talent of these students, encourage them, and promote them and their work.
Eligible students: 9th - 12th-grade students who live or attend school in Suffolk for the ‘24-’25 School Year including Homeschool students. Students do not need to be enrolled in art classes to be eligible.
Awards:
Best in Show: $200/ given in honor of Dana Adams
First Place: $150
Second Place: $100
Third Place: $75
Honorable Mention: $20/each
Rules:
1. All artwork must be original and created by the participant--NO FAN ART or reproductions from other artworks. No copies, or prints from original works will be accepted.
2. Students may submit up to 2 artworks for the show. Not all artwork will be accepted. All artwork accepted in the show will be at the juror’s discretion. For insurance purposes, we are asking for a reasonable value of your artwork. If you would like to offer your artwork for sale, please include a 10% consignment fee in the price.
3. Artwork must be ready for exhibition: No Sawtooth hangers.
All non-framed 2-D pieces MUST be matted/wrapped in acetate with hanging wire on the back. The artwork must have a label attached to the back giving the title of the work, medium, your name, and school name.
Some mat board and acetate will be available through the Suffolk Art League please inquire before the drop-off date if needed.
4. Examples of acceptable media are drawings, graphic design, original prints, photography, painting, mixed media, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, weaving, or woodcarving.
POC: Hillarey Breedlove [email protected] or (757)925-0448
Juror
Christina Rupsch
As a resident of Suffolk for the past twenty-five years Christina Rupsch has enjoyed participating in the local and regional art community. She moved to Virginia after she earned her B.S. in Visual Art from the University of Wisconsin, a Ed.M. in Special Education from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and finally earned her M.F.A. in Drawing and Painting at Southern Illinois at Carbondale. She has taught at most of the institutions of higher learning in this region including Norfolk State University, Old Dominion University, The Governor’s School of Fine Arts, and served as the Director of the Visual Arts Center and Program at TCC for seven years. Additionally, she spent many years serving as the Chair of the Visual Arts Department at Chowan University and most recently served as the Dean of Fine and Applied Arts at Chowan before her retirement. Chris has been a member of the Suffolk Art League since 1994 and currently serves on the Suffolk Fine Arts Commission. As a 2D artist, she works primarily in painting, printmaking, and mixed media.
Work must be dropped off at the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. Suffolk, VA 23434
January 23
9 am- 5 pm
Work not selected for the show must be picked up
January 30
9 am-5 pm
Opening Reception Award Presentation:
February 4
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Artwork will be on display for the duration of the show and must be picked up by March 4, 2025
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