HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL

ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION

at the Morris Graves Museum of Art

Open to HAC Members or Join on Entry Day!

ENTRY DATE: November 10, Noon to 5 p.m.

EXHIBITION DATES: November 19, 2023 thru January 7, 2024

PICK-UP UNACCEPTED WORK: Wed, Nov. 15, Noon to 5 p.m.

PICK-UP ACCEPTED WORK: Wed, January 10, Noon to 5 p.m.

Submission Guidelines

$15 Per Entry. One entry per Artist. Must be a current HAC Member. Work from the visual arts disciplines, including drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, fiber arts, and mixed media, are all welcome. Work cannot exceed 3 feet in any direction. All work must be installation ready; cannot hang from the ceiling. All submitted work must have not been exhibited in Humboldt County in the past year. Sales are encouraged. Humboldt Arts Council will retain 40% commission on all sales. HAC reserves the right to reproduce images of artwork from this exhibition. Proof of insurance value must be provided if requested. HAC does not assume responsibility for pieces left beyond the designated pick-up dates.

AWARDS

Best of Show: $200

First Place: $150 Second Place: $100

Third Place: $50

JUROR

JIM MCVICKER

At the age of 21, upon seeing 19th century French landscape paintings, Jim McVicker had an awakening to art. The beauty and sensitivity he saw in those works changed his perception of the world.

After attending art classes at Chaffey Community College in Southern California, in 1975 – at 24 years old – McVicker decided to become a full time painter. He moved from Ontario, CA, where he was born and raised, in order to start a fresh life as a painter. He ultimately settled in Humboldt County, drawn here by the beauty of the North Coast, the art community, and the chance to live a quieter, rural life.

With the exception of a couple adventures elsewhere, McVicker has remained in Humboldt since 1977 and it is where his education and growth as a painter flourished. Painting from life, in both a studio on his property and outdoors, he oeuvre contains landscapes, still lifes and figure paintings. He paintings capture the light, atmosphere, space, and mysterious beauty all around us.

Junque Arte 2023

Entry Date: Wednesday, September 13th, Noon to 5 p.m.

Exhibition Dates: September 20th through November 5th, 2023

Museum Hours:  Wednesday - Sunday Noon to 5 p.m.

ACCEPTED ENTRY NOTIFICATION: Friday September 15 at 5 p.m. at the MGMA and on www.humboldtarts.org

Pick up Un-Accepted Entries: Saturday, September 16th, Noon to 5 p.m.

Pick up Accepted Entries: Wednesday, November 8th, Noon to 5 p.m.

Awards will be presented to this year’s winners October 7th at 5:30 p.m., prior to the First Saturday Night Arts Alive!

Calling all artists! The Humboldt Arts Council will be accepting entries for the 27th Annual Junque Arte Competition and Exhibition at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. We look forward to seeing our community of artists on Wednesday, September 13th from noon to 5 p.m. for the submission of works. The exhibition will run from September 20th to November 5th in the Thonson Gallery. An opening reception will be held October 7th, from 6 to 9 p.m. during First Saturday Night Arts Alive! The exhibition is sponsored by Recology Humboldt County.

Eureka artist and long-time Junque Arte participant Tom Herd has been selected as the 2023 juror. Tom Herd attended the Arts Students League in NY, Valparaiso University in Indiana and Webster University in Missouri, obtaining a B.A. in Art Education and Master’s Degree in Communication Arts. During a stint in Chicago, Tom took classes in natural dyes at the Chicago Botanic Gardens that led him into the challenges of batik, which he practiced in the ensuing years. Having taught art in K through 12 public schools in the Midwest, his relocation to Eureka has allowed Tom to focus his artistic skills on batik, watercolor and assemblage. His work has been included in exhibitions at St. Louis University and Jefferson College, as well as many consecutive years in the Junque Arte Competition & Exhibition at the Morris Graves Museum of Art.

To be eligible, art works must be made of 100% recycled materials. Adult, Youth, and Group submissions will be accepted, and awards are given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place within each category as well as a Best of Show Award. Awards will be presented to this year’s winners October 7th at 5:30 p.m., prior to the First Saturday Night Arts Alive! The public is invited to attend.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!!

All work must be created from 100% recycled and scrap materials, including found and scavenged objects, with the exception of new adhesives and/or paint. 2-D work must have attached hardware for hanging. Sculptural work must be freestanding and stable, and installation ready. All work submitted for inclusion in the exhibition must fit through an 80"x 31" doorway unless the work can go outdoors. Artworks cannot have been previously exhibited in a HAC Junque Arte competition. All entries selected by the juror will be accepted unless deemed inappropriate by the HAC. If requested, proof of insurance value must be provided. The HAC retains the right to reproduce the image for its own archival records and/or to publicize and promote this exhibition. The HAC is not responsible for artwork left beyond the designated pick-up dates.

Juror: Tom Herd

Tom Herd attended the Arts Students League in NY, Valparaiso University in Indiana and Webster University in Missouri, obtaining a B.A. in Art Education and Master’s Degree in Communication Arts. During a stint in Chicago, Tom took classes in natural dyes at the Chicago Botanic Gardens that led him into the challenges of batik, which he practiced in the ensuing years. Having taught art in K through 12 public schools in the Midwest, his relocation to Eureka has allowed Tom to focus his artistic skills on batik, watercolor and assemblage. His work has been included in exhibitions at St. Louis University and Jefferson College, as well as many consecutive years in the Junque Arte Competition & Exhibition at the Morris Graves Museum of Art.

Junque Arte 2023 Accepted Entries:

Agnes DeLucchi  Sewing Fairy, 2023

Agnes DeLucchi  Octopurse, 2022/23

Allison Sanborn My Other Side, 2023

Antoinette Magyar  Monarchs & Mill Ends 

Asaf Kastel Belly of the Beast, 2023

Barbara Pulliam  AI-psuedo.prototype 

Beetle Use Your Words, 2023

Carey Morris  Garden Variety Catfish 

Christopher Grimes What Is Real 

Duncan Robins (aka Artful Drifter)  Splast o' Trash, 2023

Duncan Robins (aka Artful Drifter)  Junk King, 2023

Elaine Joan Fasano Lost Coast, California 

Elaine Joan Fasano In Flight

Georgia Long Boomerang, 2023 

Janet Winzler  A Little Bird Told Me, 2023

Janet Winzler  Tower of BaBBle On 

Joe Mateer  Praise the Cow, 2023

Karen Barr Mast  Blinde Injustice, 2023 

Kathryn Selleck  Blue Moon, 2021

Kjerstine Jennings  Common Oil Fowl, 2023

Kjerstine Jennings  Sailing Through, 2023

Kjerstine Jennings  Under the Waves, 2023

Ladi Ladines Mess Nest

Louise Bacon-Ogden Glassine Christmas Tree

Mairead Dodd  The Elephant in the Room, 2023 

Mare Johnston  Shampoo, 2023

Mari Persson  Eureka Gothic, 2023

Marlene Smith  Imagine, 2023

Marlene Smith  Dali!, 2023

Melissa Mack Barker It Stings, 2022

Melissa Mack Barker Restorying, 2023

Nancy Resnick Face What You're Made Of, 2023

Reuben Mayes  Music Box, 2023 

Sarah Wellington Untitled, 2023 

Sean Powers Street Art, 2023

Sean Powers Star Child, 2023

Sean Powers Oscar, 2023

Shoshanna  Clockwork Fairy House, 2023

Snick Farkas Ballcock

Snick Farkas  Golf Trophy

Sylvia Allen Tie, 2023

Sylvia Allen Best Christmas Wishes Barbie, 2023

Tammy Holland Night Watch, 2023 

Theodore Jones  Q.R. Code, 2023

Todd Kruper  Pin, 2023

Todd Kruper  Untitled, 2023 

Trinidad School's 5th Grade Class Wasted Zones, 2023

Winifred Creamer Roman Holiday, 2017

Winifred Creamer  Earthquake Parure, 2023 

Yashushi Matsui Glowin' Deer, 2023

Zak Shea  Moon Series #1, 2023

Zak Shea  Moon Series #2, 2023

Arupa In Memory of Joan Stevens: 1933-2015, 2023