Saturday, August 15, 2009

Strange And Beautiful - Call for Artist Submissions by Sept. 10, 2009

Tay River Gallery is accepting submissions from Ontario and Quebec artists for an upcoming juried show,"Strange and Beautiful". Deadline for submissions is Sept 10th. Quality artwork in your choice of media, of an illustrative, painterly or abstract nature with the emphasis on the Strange "the unusual,different, eccentric, unfamiliar, peculiar, fantastic, bizarre, mystifying, perplexing" art that can at the same time be viewed as Beautiful " having beauty; having qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind". The focus is on compositions where either content (subject matter) or perspective taken (interpretation) is particularly unique, imaginative and arresting.

Submission by email to lbrown@tayrivergallery.com. Include Artist Statement, Biography and Resume. 4 - 6 images (low resolution jpg)and description of works (size,media,etc). and reference to personal website if available. We will acknowledge submissions as received, so if you do not hear within a few days, please resubmit. Selection mid- September.

Tay River Gallery is a commercial contemporary fine art gallery in Perth Ontario established in 2002 and representing many noted artists from Ontario and Quebec. The gallery is located west of Ottawa (45 minutes from Kanata) and north of Kingston ( approx 1 hr.)

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