HerStory: Honoring The Women in Our Lives and In History
February 29 – March 29, 2020
Reception: Saturday, February 29, 3-5pm

VIEW THE HERSTORY EXHIBIT ONLINE

“HerStory: Honoring The Women in Our Lives and In History” a Juried Competition and Exhibition. March is Women’s History Month and we will celebrate the women who have influenced our lives both personally and throughout history – the nurturers, the influencers, the trailblazers, the rebels. Depictions of female purpose and significance can include portraits, still lives and landscapes. All styles from abstract to realism are welcome.

CRITERIA All styles from abstract to realism are welcome. All works must be original, and have been created in the last five years. References used in the creation of the submitted work must be the artist’s own, or copyright-released for use in this work. The selection committee’s decision is final. The selection committee’s decision is final. Works to be included in this exhibition must be available from February 24 through March 29, 2020.

MEDIUMS Including but not limited to acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, collage, encaustic, etching/prints, or sculpture with pedestal. (NO COPIES, PHOTOGRAPHY, DIGITAL MANIPULATIONS, REPRODUCTIONS OR GICLEES.)

JUROR Susan Goetz Zwirn is the Director and Professor of Art Education at Hofstra University.  Susan teaches courses in arts education, studio art, museums, and research on the brain and learning.  She grew up in Port Washington and is honored to have raised and educated her children there.
As a painter, Susan’s art encompasses the realistic and abstract in both landscape and figurative images. Her work reflects a strong sense of place and mood, having been inspired by travel as well as her local surroundings of Long Island, NY. Susan’s paintings have been exhibited nationally and received many awards; much of her art can be found in personal and corporate collections in the US and abroad.
Susan received her undergraduate degree from Clark University and her graduate degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and Columbia University.

Congratulations to the artists listed below!
Your name and the piece(s) accepted are listed. 

Marceil Kazickas, Conversation with Helen

Michael Kopetic*, Billie

Randy Kraft, Old Meets New

Susan LaGuardia, Madeline and Frida

Bruce Laird, Homage to Hedy

Lucy Lebowitz*, Bliss

Hantian Lin*, Maternal Autumn

Linda Louis, Moon Mother

Julie Mason, Aisha

John Pulinat, Portrait of Georgia O’Keefe

Alice Riordan, Old World Grace and Grief

Eleanor Schroll*, Värdens Räddare (Savior of The World)

Stacey Schuman, Amelia Earhart and Anne Frank

Ilene Silberstein, Things My Mother Left Me

Barbara  Silbert, Minnie from Minsk

Barbara Stein, Woman, Xiahe, Gansu Province China

Joan Stevens, Audrey Munson and Working Nights

Kay Vickers, Recovery and Look Out

Tani Shaesta Waheed, Two Women

Taylor Wang*, Homage to His Daughter Wendy

Helena Weber, Elsie

Marcia Weisman, Dorothy

SIZE AND FRAMING Size, with frame, must not exceed 36” on the longest side. Work should be cleanly matted and/or framed (if appropriate), wired securely for hanging, with the wire attached via screw eyes or D-rings to the frame, not the backboard. (Gallery wraps are acceptable BUT they must be at least 1” thick with all edges painted and no staples showing.) No saw tooth hangers, no tape or string on the back. Work must be labeled with the title, artist’s name, phone number, and email address.

FINALISTS The Selection Committee will review all entries and notify each artist as to the acceptance of the submitted work. The Art Guild has the right, in its sole discretion, to choose which eligible entries will be accepted to be exhibited. All decisions are final. Artists whose work has been selected will be notified after February 13.

DELIVERY OF ARTWORK Selected artwork, (ready for display), is to be delivered on the dates indicated below. Please provide a typed bio or artist statement, printed on one side of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of white paper.

*** OUT OF TOWN ENTRIES, PLEASE NOTE: If accepted, artwork may be delivered to The Art Guild by hand (200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030) or mailed to Port Washington Mailroom, 191 Main Street, Port Washington, NY 11050. If you are unable to retrieve your artwork, provide a self-addressed, pre-paid shipping label and packaging if necessary. It must arrive on or before February 24. Artwork must be framed according to the rules in the prospectus. NO GLASS! 

AWARDS 1st Place $300 • 2nd Place $200 • 3rd Place $100 • Honorable Mention certificates and Student Award/s (if applicable) will also be awarded.

SALES Artwork may be sold directly by the artist with a suggested donation of 20% of the selling price from the artist to The Art Guild. Note, however, that sales may not be made at the exhibition. All work must remain on view for the duration of the exhibit.

LIABILITY & INSURANCE The Liability Waiver on the entry form must be signed by the artist submitting images for consideration. It is the responsibility of the participating artist to insure or self-insure any work submitted for inclusion in this exhibit.

QUESTIONS Call 516-304-5797 or email artshow@TheArtGuild.org with “HerStory” in the subject line. 

Fill out the form below, upload your images as per the instructions above, and pay with your credit card via PayPal. (PayPal is our credit card processor. You do not need a PayPal account to use your credit card.) Images MUST be smaller than 3MB.

If you have problems with the uploader, please email your images to artshow@TheArtGuild.org  – with ALL contact information, image titles and mediums. You may download the form here.

CALENDAR

DEADLINE: Monday, February 10  Application & images must be received.
ACCEPTANCE/REJECTION NOTIFICATION: After February 13

DROP OFF  Entries must be delivered to The Art Guild,
200 Port Washington Blvd, Manhasset, NY 11030, at these times.
• SUNDAY, February 23: 3:00 – 5:00 pm
• MONDAY, February 24: 1:00 – 7:00 pm

EXHIBIT
• Saturday, February 29 – Sunday, March 29, 2020
Gallery open Saturdays & Sundays 1:00 – 5:00 pm & by appointment

Artist’s Reception & Awards Ceremony
• Saturday, February 29, 3-5 pm (Free & open to the public. All Welcome.)

PICK UP
• Sunday, March 29: 3:00 – 5:00 pm (Exhibit Closes)
• Monday, March 30: 1:00 – 7:00 pm

Works not picked up within eight weeks of the final day of the exhibit will become property of The Art Guild.