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REQUIREMENTS: Images - Minimum: 3 , Maximum: 15 Entry Fee (Texas National 2010): $35.00 Image Fee (per image over minimum): $5.00 TEXAS NATIONAL 2010, April 10 - May 22, 2010 Juror: Judy Pfaff The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House 329 E. Main St. Nacogdoches, TX Annually since 1995, TEXAS NATIONAL Art Competition and Exhibition has been hosted by the School of Art in the College of Fine Arts at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA). The juror for 2010 is Judy Pfaff. The Juror: Judy Pfaff was born in London, England in 1946. She received a BFA from Washington University, Saint Louis (1971) and an MFA from Yale University (1973). Balancing intense planning with improvisational decision-making, Pfaff creates exuberant, sprawling sculptures and installations that weave landscape, architecture, and color into a tense yet organic whole. A pioneer of installation art in the 1970s, Pfaff synthesizes sculpture, painting, and architecture into dynamic environments in which space seems to expand and collapse, fluctuating between the two- and three-dimensional. She has extended her interest in natural motifs in a series of prints integrating vegetation, maps, and medical illustrations, and has developed her dramatic sculptural materials into set designs for several theatrical stage productions. Pfaff has received many awards, including a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Award (2004); a Bessie (1984); and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1983) and the National Endowment for the Arts (1986). She has had major exhibitions at the Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2002); Denver Art Museum (1994); St. Louis Art Museum (1989); and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (1982). Pfaff represented the United States in the 1998 São Paolo Bienal. Pfaff lives and works in Kingston and Tivoli, New York. More information about Judy Pfaff and her work. Awards: 1st - $2000; 2nd - $1000; 3rd - $500; Honorable Mentions. Illustrated catalog. Eligibility: TEXAS NATIONAL 2010 is open to all artists working in the United States. Works may be of any medium (except video or performance). All works must be original and completed in the past two years. No previously submitted works will be accepted. All works must be available though the entire run of the show. Do not submit works for jury that might be sold before or shown during the TEXAS NATIONAL 2010 show time-frame. Size Limitations: Two-dimensional works, when displayed, cannot exceed 48" in height or width, including frame. Three-dimensional works cannot exceed 60" in height, 24" in width, and 24" in depth. If a separate pedestal is sent with the work, the total height, including the pedestal, must not exceed 60"; return shipment of the pedestal, if shipped separately from the work, will be at the artist’s expense. The weight limitation of each crated or packaged work must not exceed 50 lbs. Entry Fee and Procedures: One, two, or three digital images may be submitted via CaFÉ per $35 entry. Additional entries may be submitted for $5 each. Secure credit card payments can be made through CaFÉ. Personal checks or money orders will be accepted via mail payable to TEXAS NATIONAL. Mailed payments must be postmarked no later than February 1, 2010, and mailed to TEXAS NATIONAL, P.O. Box 13041, SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3041. Submitting Images for Jurying: All entries (information and images) will be accepted through the CaFÉ website. 1. Each entrant may submit up to three digital images of up to three works for jurying per $35 entry fee. Additional images of additional works may be submitted for $5 each. 2. Each work must be represented by only one image (no detail views or duplicates). Instructions on how to format images to CaFÉ specifications can be found at Image Prep. If you require additional help with your images, TEXAS NATIONAL can recommend an independent consultant to you. Email texasnational@sfasu.edu for information. Shipping: Accepted work must be sent at the artist’s expense, well-packed in a single reusable carton or crate (without Styrofoam peanuts) to TEXAS NATIONAL. Works must be shipped ready for installation. All 2-D works must have hangers or be wired for hanging. Plexiglas must be used instead of glass in framing. Works must arrive prior to April 1, 2010. The cost of return shipment (one crate for each work), not including insurance, will be paid by TEXAS NATIONAL. Artists wishing to have return shipment insurance must provide payment to TEXAS NATIONAL. Detailed instructions will be sent to those artists whose works are accepted by the juror. SFA Galleries: The SFA Galleries present exhibitions of regional, national, and international art to an expanding audience centered in East Texas. It maintains high security with a guard always present during gallery hours. The gallery facilitates sales but takes no commission. The gallery does not profit from the entry fees of TEXAS NATIONAL. All monies collected pay for the entire exhibition, artist fees, awards, postage, return shipment and catalogs. |
