Body Eclectic 2024 Call for Entry

The Body Eclectic 2024  Lawrence Street Gallery

The Body Eclectic '24 An All Media Juried Exhibit Featuring the Figure

Are you ready?  2024 and the first competition of the new year!  The Body Eclectic '24 -an All Media, 2D and 3D Juried Show at Lawrence Street Gallery.  The theme of this annual show is...the human body, in all its shapes and forms and feelings.

 

The juror for this exhibit will be Jeff Cancelosi.

Jeff Cancelosi is an artist, curator and photographer who is widely recognized for his ongoing creation of photographic portraits of artists -- national, regional and local -- working or showing work in southeast Michigan. His artworks have been juried into shows across the United States by curators from the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the dia Art Foundation of New York, the Berkeley Art Museum, and Cranbrook Academy of Art, as well as by artists such as Jim Dine, Brian Rutenberg, Andres Serrano, Mel Chin and Charles McGee. Before turning to fine art, Jeff worked as a graphic designer, including as art director of JCPenney.com. He has curated numerous shows in the Detroit area and served for a number of years as chair of the Exhibitions Committee chair and as a board member of the Detroit Artists Market (DAM), the oldest non-profit art gallery in Detroit. He is an active volunteer with ArtWorks Detroit, serving on the board and recognized in 2020 by Matrix Human Services with a Distinguished Volunteer award. Jeff is also an adjunct faculty member at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Jeff holds a B.F.A. in graphic design from the University of Cincinnati School of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning, as well as a B.A. in radio/television, with a minor in photography, from Southern Methodist University.

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Key Dates:

  • Exhibition:  January 31 - March 1, 2024.
  • Entries accepted:  Until January 7, 2024
  • Notification of invited or declined will be on January 14th.
    (via email from Laura Host and posting on the website)
  • Drop off at the gallery will be January 24-27, during gallery hours.
  • Opening Reception:  Sunday, February 4th, 2023, 2:00 - 4:30pm
  • Mid-Month Reception:  Sunday, February 18th, 2:00 - 4:30pm.
    NOTE: RECEPTIONS ARE NOW ON SUNDAYS TO ALLEVIATE PARKING CONCERNS. Parking is free on Sundays in Ferndale.
  • Pick up unsold work:  Saturday, March 2nd, 2023.

The monetary awards (Best in Show $150, 2nd Place $100, Honorable Mentions $25 each) will be determined in person by the juror, Jeff Cancelosi, and announced at the Opening Reception. The Gallery will also award a People's Choice Award ($75), based on the highest number of visitor votes received between the Opening Reception and the Mid-Month Reception, with this announcement at the mid-month reception.

ACCEPTED ARTISTS:  

Barbara Baker Best Friends Watercolor
Sylvia Bandyke Power of Home PT digital photography
Danna Bowersox Freedom Copper Repousse with patina
Candace Brancik Determination Oil
Kathie Bugajski James Charcoal on Roma paper
Marta Carvajal My dada family Mixed media on canvas and resin
Cory Converse Dream Pencil on paper
Jud Coveyou Grounded Oil
Robert du Nord Odalisque on striped pillows oil on panel
Pat Duff Finished Mortality Oil
Diane Duvall Menage a Trois Collage
Terry Ford-Holcomb Anarchists’ Convention Oil on canvas
Espacia Fotiu Untitled 2 Encaustic, pen, ink, watercolor
Liz Frankland 1977 Oil on Canvas
Christopheer Gene Cupid's Fatality Photography
Marke Gilbert Untitled #1 Archival Inkjet
Garth Glazier Ghost of the Plains Adobe Illustrator
Dennis Gordon Field Pose Woodcut
Richard Halprin Tall, Tall Tasks Of Love acrylic, ink and pencil on canvas, wood
Hailey Hayward Sovereign Soma Photography
Deborah Hecht Homebodies ceramic and found object sculpture
Eve Hyde The Beautiful Life She Wanted Mixed media, vintage photo, found objects, vintage cigar box.
Andrea Laker Figure in Blue Acrylic on Canvas
Ann Loveland The Firebird watercolor
Martine MacDonald Return to Fibonacci: The Golden Spiral paper mounted on board, graphite, 24K gold leaf, wax
Loretta Markell Don't Hold Me Back watercolor & collage on paper
Rebecca Markus EveryBody Acrylic on canvas
Robert Perrish Sunkissed Oil on linen
Tim Pewe Major Index reclaimed barn beams
Kathryn Poremski Sorry, daughters. Oil on Canvas
cecilia proulx glorious sponge cake mixed media
Laura Reed Nighttown Oil on board
Johnna Rhone Two Photography
jeanne ruzzin Long Winter's Nap Oil
Lawrence Saenz Reflections of the Last Dance Oil
Brett Sauve The weight of the crown Raku fired Ceramic
Steven Schoeberlein Man. Arms Over Head on Gold Background oil on canvas
Fran Seikaly Yve and Amy Oil on canvas
Matruka Sherman Cracking Open Composite Photograph taken and edited on iPhone
Ellen Stone Lady With Long Torso Acylric, paper, wood, on wood panel
Leonid Tikh Solitude Amidst the Crowd Oil on Canvas
Andii Valentine Gaze Mixed media
Anna van Schaap Below the Surface Oil on Canvas
Pat Vartanian Shhh Photo weaving on canvas
Calvin Waterman Reverberating Influence Acrylic Mixed media On Wood Panel

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