Call for EntryTHE GILDA SNOWDEN EXHIBITIONDeadline: Sunday, January 27, 2019, MidnightThe Scarab Club invites submissions for its Snowden Exhibition (formerly known as the Silver Medal Exhibition), an unthemed, all media exhibition which is open to all artists. The exhibition is named for the late artist and educator, Gilda Snowden. The purpose of the exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students. JUROR: SUE CARMAN-VIANSue Carman-Vian has had a thirty-year career as a painter, performance artist and film and video maker. She received an MFA from Wayne State University in 1984. She received the Michigan Council for the Arts Grant in 1986 for the Public Billboard Project, and was an award winner in the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1991. Sue has written, directed, produced and performed in nine productions from 1984- 2008. Some of these productions were sponsored by Marygrove College. She has written, directed, produced and performed in eleven films/videos from 1986-2009. Most of these were made in conjunction with her performance art pieces. Sue has exhibited in numerous one and two person exhibitions and many group shows from 1986 to the present. She has taught performance art at Wayne State University and Marygrove college in Detroit, MI. Since 2010 she has collaborated on a public arts billboard project and continues to perform her pieces in group performance events.
IMPORTANT DATES Deadline: Sunday, January 27, 2019, Midnight Exhibition: February 22-March 30, 2019 Reception: Friday, February 22, 5-8 pm Gallery Talk, Thursday, March 7, 6 pm Intake: Sunday, February 17, noon-4 pmPick-up: Sunday, March 31, noon-4 pm
Image by Donita Simpson, 2014
The Scarab Club is supported in part by awards from the Kresge Foundation, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.