The Huntington Arts Council, Main Street Gallery if making a call to artists for the upcoming “Artie Techie” juried art show.
The show will run from July 3 through July 18, with an opening reception slated for Friday, July 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Main Street Gallery, 213 Main Street, Huntington. Entries are due June 6.
Juried by Barbara Jaffe, professor of Fine Arts, department head, Fine Arts, Design, Art History – Hofstra University, “Artie Techie” is a show for artist who produce unique and “out there” computer art, including computer generated art, computer embellished art and photography, video animation stills and more.
As head of the Fine Art program at Hofstra, Jaffe has created a curriculum that offers courses in both film and digital. As a fine-art photographer her work is in the collections of museums and corporations around the world including the Museum of Modern Art and Brooklyn Museum, Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland, Bibliothéque Nationale in Paris, and corporations such as IBM.
Awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, she has also received grants from Polaroid and Kodak.
The show is open to all artists, including full time students of any age. Work must be original. No artwork previously shown in the Main Street Gallery will be accepted. No submission materials will be returned.
Only professionally presented pieces up to 36” in width including frame and wired for hanging will be accepted. No saw tooth hangers. No more than two works per artist will be selected.
All submissions must be received at Huntington Arts Council, 213 Main St., Huntington by June 6. For more information go to www.huntingtonarts.org
Entry Fee: First two entries – Artist members: $25; Full-time students: $25; Non-members: $35. Additional entries $5 each.
