CENTERFOLD CONTEST

Artscope 58, September/October: Costume Design

Your work could be Artscope magazine’s next centerfold. Work by established and emerging artists welcome.For the September/October issue, we will be accepting submissions of Costume Design. Please send up to three digital still images (if chosen, minimum for the images must be reproduced at 300dpi). Also include your statement. Send submissions to: [email protected], no later than August 10, 2015. Though smaller files may be submitted, images must be available to be reproduced up to 9″ x 12″ at 300 dpi dependent on your work selected by the jurors. Entries not following these specifications will not be considered.

No resumes please; the cover piece will be selected based on visual and/or
conceptual quality, by a jury of one Artscope staff member, and two New England
art professionals.

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CENTERFOLD CONTEST
Artscope 70, September/October 2017: Typography

Your work could be Artscope Magazine‘s next centerfold. Work by established and emerging artists welcome.For the September/October 2017 issue, we will be accepting submissions of in the category of TYPOGRAPHY medium. Please send up to three digital still images (if chosen, minimum for the images must be reproduced at 300dpi). Also include your statement. Send submissions to: [email protected], no later than August 15, 2017. Though smaller files may be submitted, images must be available to be reproduced up to 9″ x 12″ at 300 dpi dependent on your work selected by the jurors. Entries not following these specifications will not be considered.

No resumes please; the cover piece will be selected based on visual and/or conceptual quality, by a jury of one Artscope staff member, and two New England art professionals.

Past Centerfolds: 2009

artscope 18, January/Feruary 2009
Art: Flush

Artist: Joyce McDaniel

Medium: Aluminum and Handmade Paper

Artist Statement: Suspended high overhead, tension exists between lightness and weight, between attempts to overcome gravity and the inevitable succumbing to it. Flush is going nowhere, yet dwells in the realm of possibility, speaking of passage into uncharted and unexpected space. Sculpture says, for me, what words cannot.

Judges:
Thomas Bruhn, of the William Benton Museum of Art
Susan Hendricks, of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Taryn Plumb, artscope writer

artscope 19, March/April 2009

Art: Cycle of Growth

Artist: Tracy Spadafora

Medium: mixed media encaustic on braced luan

Artist Statement: Obscuring and burying images within layers of wax and paint helps to extend their meaning into the realms of memory and intuition. In these works, natural structures and man-made structures converge and collide, creating a dialogue between these opposing forces. The natural environment has suffered greatly as a result of commercial, residential, and industrial development. Nature struggles to survive and find new life within the continuous sprawl of these manmade environments.

With these paintings I intend to convey a sense of the poetry and endurance of nature as a force — a force that seems to persist in spite of man’s actions. In this work I seek to address larger questions concerning the lineage of our natural and man-made environments.

Judges:
Joanne Mattera, Author of “The Art of Encaustic Painting” and Director of the Encaustic Conference at Monserrat College of Art
Barbara O’Brien, former Director of the Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons College and keynote speaker for the 2009 Encaustic Conference at Montserrat College of Art
Hope Stockman, artscope writer

artscope 20, May/June 2009

Art, left: Untitled (Open); Art, right: Untitled (Undone)

Artist: Brian Bishop

Medium: charcoal on paper

Artist Statement: The principle interest of my studio practice is the exploration of the fine line between the forgotten or over-looked moment and the fetishized memory as seen through the filters of portraiture in the west, snapshot photography and the rhetoric of surveillance. Through this work I mine the landscape of the common, the mundane, the banal and the fragmented as they are resented in the context of notation, documentation and memory. My work navigates the intersection of the overabundant surveilled image and the poignancy of the intimate vignette or home movie. Implied narratives and contexts are generated on the margins, between the images and outside the frame. The resulting images appear disjunctive and out-of-context, alluding to the “lost” images on a roll of film, the in-between moments and the “throwaway” image – the mistake.

More of Bishop’s work may be seen at www.brianbishop.com.

Judges:
Candice Smith Corby, Director of the Cushing-Martin Gallery at Stonehill College
Lisa Lynch, Director of the arts at Brandeis University’s Women’s Studies Research Center
Sarah E. Fagan, artscope writer and editor of the artscope email blast!

artscope 21, July/August 2009

Art: Flowering of the Buddha Mind: Transcendence Over Life and Death

Artist: Beverly Sky

Medium: fabric collage on canvas

Artist Statement: Fabric collage consists of using innate qualities of fabric – the images, colors, textures and patterns – to create an alternative image. Essentially, the technique is painting with fabric. Fabric is cut, layered and glued onto a sub surface such as cotton, canvas or board. I was introduced to this medium by collaborating with Clara Wainwright, the renowned “free quilter,” through her inspiring work as leader of “The Faith Quilts Project” (www.faithquilts.org). This new medium is a natural evolution of my work as a fiber artist.

More of Sky’s work may be seen at www.beverlysky.com.

Judges:
Connie Colom, executive director of the New England Quilt Museum
Karen Herbaugh, curator at the American Textile Museum
James Foritano, artscope writer

artscope 22, September/October 2009

Art: Reading Time with Spot

Artist: Liza Abelson

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Artist Statement: My paintings reflect my fascination with the beauty, complexity and spirit in everyday things, situations and people. I am inspired by old buildings, interesting, faces, comical scenarios, expressive gestures and the beauty of the figure.

More of Abelson’s work may be seen at www.lizaabelson.com.

Judges:
Ron Crusan, Director of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art
Anne B. Zill, Director of the University of New England Art Gallery
Elena Sarni, artscope writer

artscope 23, November/December 2009

Art: Silent Sounds

Artist: Laurie Alpert

Medium: polyester plate lithograph, handmade book. (Photo by Clements-Howcroft Photography)

Artist Statement: I recently traveled to Israel. Spirituality and religion never entered into my work until I saw the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. What intrigues me about the content of the scrolls is the fact that the text is both biblical and cultural. The manuscripts give us insight into behavior,military regulations, customs, political persecution and spiritual life, something that has always fascinated me. I was also struck by the complexity of the political situation there. While visiting the Golan Heights, I photographed a sculpture of a kneeling soldier pointing a gun. This image has become a haunting motif in my work and creates a political edge to the otherwise unbiased nature of the work. Another significant element in my work is my mother’s music. She was a professional violinist whose career had a great impact on my life. This represents my personal history; the scrolls represent my past history. The ancient Hebrew text coexists with the music while the music transcends language.

More of Alpert’s work may be seen at www.lauriealpert.com.

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