Art Shows

Monson Arts Councils' 2009 Art Show - GAIA

Monson Arts Council's 16th Annual
Art Exhibition and Sale!

April 17th - May 3rd, 2009

Listing of Accepted Works

The listing of accepted works is available by clicking this link. The following documents will also be needed by those participating:

Meet Our Jurors for 2009!

Gloria Russell - From 1995 to 2007, Gloria served as art critic for the Springfield Union-News and Sunday Republican, the major newspapers of Western Massachusetts. She received her master's degree in art history from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1983. Since 1991, Ms. Russell has been researching and writing on the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts' 20th-century American collection. From 1984 to 1991, she developed and taught various art history classes, especially on American art, at Springfield College and Western New England College.

Stu Wetherbe - Stu Wetherbe was a professional photographer for many years before co-founding the Comcolor commercial photolab of Springfield, MA in l986. Since leaving Comcolor in 2004, Stu has been a group instructor and private consultant on Photoshop, Lightroom and digital color management to individual and business clients throughout the northeast.

Bruce MacDonald -artist and illustrator who resides in Adams, MA, Bruce has been a longtime exhibitor in Monson Arts Council art exhibitions, winning both first and second prizes in past shows. His work is widely exhibited throughout the region in area galleries. He is a popular donor to Channel 57's auctions. Bruce's illustrations have also appeared in many local magazines and newspapers, including Upcountry Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and in many children's books.

In choosing to highlight GAiA, primal Greek Goddess, personification of Earth, we are hoping you will be inspired to create and to send to us your works of art which honor the earth, our home. Full Entry Guidelines, and online application forms are available here.

Prizes:

We will offer cash prizes as follows:
Best of Show * $1200 Cash Award
First Place * $500 Cash Award
Second Place * $400 Cash Award
President's Award * $300 Cash Award
Committee Choice * $200 Cash Award
Emerging Artist * Award: Giclée Print
Viewers' Choice * Voted at the reception, no cash prize.

To learn more about "Gaia", see this link (opens in a new window):
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia

For more info on the show, email macartshow@earthlink.net.

Directions

For complete directions and links to Google Maps for directions and maps from your specific location, please see the directions on our Contact Page.

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