Exhibit of Excellence: Suffolk Student Art 2023
Call for Artists:
The Suffolk Art League, in cooperation with the Suffolk Fine Arts Commission, will present The Exhibit of Excellence: Suffolk Student Art 2023 at the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. January 31 – 24, 2023. This juried exhibit will feature artwork by Suffolk’s 10th, 11th and 12th grade students. Over $600 in cash awards are given for Best in Show, First, Second and Third Place and Honorable Mentions.
To be eligible, students must either live in or attend school in Suffolk, whether public, private or home schooled. They must be in grades 10, 11 or 12 but do not have to be taking an art class. They may enter up to two artworks for jurying.
Artwork must be original, that is, not copied from other artists’ paintings, illustrations, photographs, etc. They must be ready for exhibition. Works to be hung must be framed or matted and backed with heavy cardboard and covered with acetate, with a wire for hanging attached to or through the back if not framed. Paint must be dry and work finished. Pedestals will be provided for 3-dimensional artworks. All work should have a label attached to the back giving the student’s name, title of artwork, medium used and school attending.
Examples of acceptable art mediums are: drawing, painting, collage, graphic design, original prints, photography, sculpture, pottery, crafts such as jewelry, weaving, or woodcarving.
This year’s juror is Clay McGlamory. McGlamory is an artist working in glass, neon, printmaking, mixed media and public art. He has taught printmaking and public art for over 30 years at the Governor’s School for the Arts and as an Adjunct Professor at Old Dominion University from 1999-2017, He holds a BFA with emphasis in printmaking and photography, and a MFA in Printmaking and Mixed Media from ODU. He has had over 25 solo and small group exhibitions and been included in over 300 national and international juried and invitation exhibitions. He has artwork in numerous public and private collections in the USA, Belgium, Japan, and the UK.
To enter, students must bring their artwork to the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. on Thursday, January 19 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. They also must have a completed and signed entry form. Form must be signed by a teacher or parent.
Complete entry rules and entry form are available by clicking the button below. To receive entry information by email, send an email to suffolkartleague@verizon.net and request an Exhibit of Excellence Entry Form.
For more information about the Exhibit of Excellence and other programs offered by Suffolk Art League, call 757-925-0448 or email suffolkartleague@verizon.net
The Suffolk Art League, in cooperation with the Suffolk Fine Arts Commission, will present The Exhibit of Excellence: Suffolk Student Art 2023 at the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. January 31 – 24, 2023. This juried exhibit will feature artwork by Suffolk’s 10th, 11th and 12th grade students. Over $600 in cash awards are given for Best in Show, First, Second and Third Place and Honorable Mentions.
To be eligible, students must either live in or attend school in Suffolk, whether public, private or home schooled. They must be in grades 10, 11 or 12 but do not have to be taking an art class. They may enter up to two artworks for jurying.
Artwork must be original, that is, not copied from other artists’ paintings, illustrations, photographs, etc. They must be ready for exhibition. Works to be hung must be framed or matted and backed with heavy cardboard and covered with acetate, with a wire for hanging attached to or through the back if not framed. Paint must be dry and work finished. Pedestals will be provided for 3-dimensional artworks. All work should have a label attached to the back giving the student’s name, title of artwork, medium used and school attending.
Examples of acceptable art mediums are: drawing, painting, collage, graphic design, original prints, photography, sculpture, pottery, crafts such as jewelry, weaving, or woodcarving.
This year’s juror is Clay McGlamory. McGlamory is an artist working in glass, neon, printmaking, mixed media and public art. He has taught printmaking and public art for over 30 years at the Governor’s School for the Arts and as an Adjunct Professor at Old Dominion University from 1999-2017, He holds a BFA with emphasis in printmaking and photography, and a MFA in Printmaking and Mixed Media from ODU. He has had over 25 solo and small group exhibitions and been included in over 300 national and international juried and invitation exhibitions. He has artwork in numerous public and private collections in the USA, Belgium, Japan, and the UK.
To enter, students must bring their artwork to the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. on Thursday, January 19 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. They also must have a completed and signed entry form. Form must be signed by a teacher or parent.
Complete entry rules and entry form are available by clicking the button below. To receive entry information by email, send an email to suffolkartleague@verizon.net and request an Exhibit of Excellence Entry Form.
For more information about the Exhibit of Excellence and other programs offered by Suffolk Art League, call 757-925-0448 or email suffolkartleague@verizon.net
2022 ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION
October 22 through December 2, 2022
Congratulations to the 2022 Juried Exhibition Award Winners:
First Place, which includes a one person exhibit in 2023, Russell Schools, Jr., Rock Formation #2, Oil
Second Place: Sheila Holland, Frost Light, Acrylic
Third Place: Larry Suttle, The Last Tree, Oil
Jane Butler Memorial Award: Nancy Sanders, Resting Pandemic Face, Pastel
Everett & Miriam Birdsong Award: Jim Dees, Emergence, Water Media collage
Award in Honor of Dana Adams: Gary Hess, Lady in Red, Photography
Sary/Rudy Award: Tracey Pouncie, Trapped in a Box, Oil on Canvas
Judy Oswald Memorial Award: Lynne Hundley, Starting Over, Acrylic
Betty Glasscock Memorial Award: Nicole Benson, Cosmos, Acrylic on Canvas
Sharon, Julien & Chip Picot Memorial Award: Carlton Abbott, Divine Sparks #2, Acrylic & Wood
Momma Jo & Poppa Jo Memorial Award: Stephen Grunnet, Dark Clouds Forming Over Inky Seas, Carbon Flame Soot, Watercolor & Graphite
Suffolk News Herald Award: Paula Morse, Smiling All the Way, Acrylic
Richardson Award: Sherry Willis-Littlepage, Close to the Edge, Encaustic & Found Objects
Rountree Award for 3-D: Jan Southard, Great Wave, Porcelain
Embroidery Etc. Award: James Willman, II, The Ricky, Sharpie Markers
JUROR: Beth Hinderliter is the director of the Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art and associate professor of art history at James Madison University. As a curator, she works inclusively to curate contemporary art exhibitions engaged in the care of new possible worlds and social relations. Previous exhibitions include Colonial Wounds/Postcolonial Repair, Skeena Reece, and Exuberance: Dialogues in African American Abstract Painting. She is the co-editor of More than Our Pain: Affect and Emotion in the Era of Black Lives Matter (SUNY Press, 2021), and Antagonizing White Feminism: Intersectionality's Critique of Women's Studies and the Academy (Lexington, 2019). She lives in Charlottesville with her family.
First Place, which includes a one person exhibit in 2023, Russell Schools, Jr., Rock Formation #2, Oil
Second Place: Sheila Holland, Frost Light, Acrylic
Third Place: Larry Suttle, The Last Tree, Oil
Jane Butler Memorial Award: Nancy Sanders, Resting Pandemic Face, Pastel
Everett & Miriam Birdsong Award: Jim Dees, Emergence, Water Media collage
Award in Honor of Dana Adams: Gary Hess, Lady in Red, Photography
Sary/Rudy Award: Tracey Pouncie, Trapped in a Box, Oil on Canvas
Judy Oswald Memorial Award: Lynne Hundley, Starting Over, Acrylic
Betty Glasscock Memorial Award: Nicole Benson, Cosmos, Acrylic on Canvas
Sharon, Julien & Chip Picot Memorial Award: Carlton Abbott, Divine Sparks #2, Acrylic & Wood
Momma Jo & Poppa Jo Memorial Award: Stephen Grunnet, Dark Clouds Forming Over Inky Seas, Carbon Flame Soot, Watercolor & Graphite
Suffolk News Herald Award: Paula Morse, Smiling All the Way, Acrylic
Richardson Award: Sherry Willis-Littlepage, Close to the Edge, Encaustic & Found Objects
Rountree Award for 3-D: Jan Southard, Great Wave, Porcelain
Embroidery Etc. Award: James Willman, II, The Ricky, Sharpie Markers
JUROR: Beth Hinderliter is the director of the Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art and associate professor of art history at James Madison University. As a curator, she works inclusively to curate contemporary art exhibitions engaged in the care of new possible worlds and social relations. Previous exhibitions include Colonial Wounds/Postcolonial Repair, Skeena Reece, and Exuberance: Dialogues in African American Abstract Painting. She is the co-editor of More than Our Pain: Affect and Emotion in the Era of Black Lives Matter (SUNY Press, 2021), and Antagonizing White Feminism: Intersectionality's Critique of Women's Studies and the Academy (Lexington, 2019). She lives in Charlottesville with her family.
As juror for this exhibition, I would like to express my appreciation for this opportunity to engage with all the artists who submitted works to this show. I thank Linda Bunch, who I greatly enjoyed getting to know during the process of jurying. I learned a lot too about Suffolk, a neighbor in Virginia not too far away from Charlottesville where I live. I was delighted to see work by established artists, as well as younger artists who are just starting their journey. To narrow the submissions to the ones included was challenging, but ultimately, this exhibition bristles with the energy that keeps me engaged and committed to contemporary art. I was stunned by the work of Russell Schools. The light that falls upon the rock formations in his work, selected for the First Place Award, is both sensitive and dramatic. His use of color, unrivaled. I loved the range of media in the show. Gary Hess shows exceptional use of color with a constrained restraint that brings the audience into his work. Larry Suttle’s work, The Last Tree, which received 3rd place is a deep dive into complex emotions regarding our current climate chaos. I appreciated seeing work that challenged this time of our pandemic isolation- and I regret to not be with you tonight for the opening. How important it is for us to be together and celebrate the arts. I appreciate all the work in this show and hope all our paths cross again in the future. From James Madison University, I send my greatest appreciation of the creativity showcased here in this exhibition.
Dr. Beth Hinderliter
Director of the Duke Gallery of Fine Art, JMU
Associate Professor of Art History
Dr. Beth Hinderliter
Director of the Duke Gallery of Fine Art, JMU
Associate Professor of Art History
2021 JURIED EXHIBITION WINNER'S SHOW
Mindscapes, a one-person exhibit featuring works by John Alan Stock, winner of the 2021 Annual Juried Exhibition was on display July 22 to August 19, 2022.
Mindscapes will bring together works from several series that Stock has been working on. All are derivative of the brain/mind/sensing.
Artist Statement:
A tragic fall at age twelve damaged the spatial intelligence center of my brain. It was 1957, the Neuroscientist at that time believed this complex function could not be restored. But a medical therapist, ahead of her time, took-on my case, and over 4 years, I regained 90% of visual acuity, albeit re-established in another part of my brain.
I went on to become both an Architect and an Artist. My journey to rebuild my spatial intelligence significantly broadened my perspective on my journey and I learned to understand the potential of what is possible. And as a result, my creative instincts evolved, let's say, in an abstract way.
As an Architect, there was always a client's needs to serve. As an Artist, I have always been, the initial client. Art is first and foremost a selfish journey.
The Suffolk Art Gallery is located at 118 Bosley Lane, Suffolk, VA.
The exhibit will be on display from July 22 to August 19, 2022.
Mindscapes will bring together works from several series that Stock has been working on. All are derivative of the brain/mind/sensing.
Artist Statement:
A tragic fall at age twelve damaged the spatial intelligence center of my brain. It was 1957, the Neuroscientist at that time believed this complex function could not be restored. But a medical therapist, ahead of her time, took-on my case, and over 4 years, I regained 90% of visual acuity, albeit re-established in another part of my brain.
I went on to become both an Architect and an Artist. My journey to rebuild my spatial intelligence significantly broadened my perspective on my journey and I learned to understand the potential of what is possible. And as a result, my creative instincts evolved, let's say, in an abstract way.
As an Architect, there was always a client's needs to serve. As an Artist, I have always been, the initial client. Art is first and foremost a selfish journey.
The Suffolk Art Gallery is located at 118 Bosley Lane, Suffolk, VA.
The exhibit will be on display from July 22 to August 19, 2022.
2022 Suffolk Art League's Open Members' Show
The Suffolk Art League's Open Members' Show was held June 14 - July 15, 2022 at the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave., Suffolk.
Come and view the original works done in various media by our incredible members of the Suffolk Art League.
Come and view the original works done in various media by our incredible members of the Suffolk Art League.
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Just a simple walk through of the exhibit in case you cannot make it to the gallery. At the end of the walk through each piece of artwork is featured by artist with dimensions, media, and price. If you are interested in purchasing any of the artwork contact Linda Bunch at 757-925-0448 Tue - Thur or email suffolkartleague@verizon.net.
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