Artists from across the Commonwealth of Virginia will be represented in the 6th Annual Juried Art Show at Riverviews Artspace. The exhibition will open on Friday, November 7st at 5:30 pm — awards of $1,000, $500, and $250 will be announced. The exhibition will be on view through Friday, December 14th.
The Artists:
Jo Ansah
Randy Bill
Deliece Blanchard
Inez Berinson Blanks
Karen Bowden
John Gregory Brown
Allison Church
Ryan Compton
Michael Creed
Kathy Cudlin
Madison Davis
Ed Dolinger
Laura Dreyer
Tarver Harris
Jill Jensen
Heather Meyer
Lavely Miller
Amy Nichols
Dave Ovenshire
Andy Puttagio
Chloë Rain
Jeannine Barton Regan
Susan Saandholland
John Shuptrine
Nancy Stark
Jeffery Stockberger
Kim Lashley Sutliff
Cindy Vener
Russell Voelker
Melinda Wheeler
Michael Woodward
Award Winners:
1st Place — Lavely Miller, Brent #1, acrylic on wood, 72″ x 36″ and Brent #2, acrylic on wood, 72″ x 48″
2nd Place — Ed Dolinger, Quantum Cargo, mixed media and acrylic on board, 24″ x 24″ and Wassily Wiggle, welded steel and wood, 59″ x 45″ x 130″
3rd Place — Jeannine Barton Regan, A Little Night Music, encaustic and oil on panel, 28″ x 24″ x 2″
Honorable Mentions:
John Gregory Brown, Barn, manipulated photograph, 6″ x 6″
Madison Davis, Next to the Vase, oil on canvas, 16″ x 20″
Amy Nichols, Just An Egg, photograph, 15″ x 15″
Dave Ovenshire, Lines Overlapping, raku pottery, 5″ x 8″
John Shuptrine, Bonair Hotel 2, silver gelatin balck and white photograph, 16″ x 20″
Jeffery Stockberger, Strand, oil on canvas, 42″ x 54″ x 2″
Kim Lashley Sutliff, An Ethical Tragedy, mixed media, 31.5″ x 4″ x 3″
Russell Voelker, Red Line, oil and mixed media, 22″ x 22″ x 2″
THE JUROR
Laura Roulet is an independent curator and writer, specializing in contemporary and Latin American art. She was one of five international curators chosen for the initial 5×5, a major public art initiative in Washington DC. Her recent exhibits include CSA: Forty Years of Community-Sourced Art (Arlington Arts Center, VA), Frances Gallardo: Meteorology (Torpedo Factory, VA), Wilmer Wilson IV: the FOREVER Aftermath with the programming “Performance: Aftermath” (Artisphere,VA), and Sculpting Outside the Lines in Foggy Bottom. Exhibits focused on international artists include several exhibits at the Art Museum of the Americas as well as exhibits in Mexico City and Puerto Rico. Her publications include articles in American Art, Art Journal, Art Nexus, Sculpture, and the book Contemporary Puerto Rican Installation Art, the Guagua Aerea, the Trojan Horse and the Termite. She worked on the Ana Mendieta retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum in 2004, and contributed to that catalogue.