JUNQUE ARTE COMPETITION & EXHIBITION

SPONSORED BY

RECOLOGY HUMBOLDT

AND

NORTH COAST CO-OP

OCTOBER 30TH-DECEMBER 8TH IN THE THONSON GALLERY

Designed to celebrate artistic creativity on the North Coast, and heighten the awareness of renewable resources in the art making process, each artwork in this juried exhibition is made from 100% recycled materials…reclaimed, reused, recovered, secondhand, salvaged, anything un-new!

Judge: Karen Barr Mast

Entry Day: Wednesday, October 23rd, Noon to 5pm at the MGMA

Accepted Entry Notification: Friday October 25th, 5pm, at the MGMA and online @ humboldtarts.org

Pick Up Unaccepted Entries: Saturday, October 26th, Noon-5pm

Awards Presented: Saturday, November 2nd, 5:30pm

Pick Up Accepted Entries: Wednesday, December 11th, Noon-5pm

ELISEO CASIANO:

HOW TO DRAW FIRE

NOVEMBER 2 THROUGH DECEMBER 15

Eliseo Casiano is a painter focused on portraiture and personal narrative. He is interested in color, light and pattern to create a spectrum of potentialities that reflect a cultural aesthetic centered in his lived experience. Casiano reconfigures family photographs and oral histories into heavily saturated and adorned paintings with free associations and indefinite resolution.

In his upcoming exhibition titled "How to Draw Fire" at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, Casiano has redirected his painting practice from personal symbolism to drawing inspiration from the vibrant landscapes and inhabitants of Humboldt County. His latest paintings capture the interplay of light and darkness over the land during twilight, dawn, and dusk.

Eliseo earned his Bachelor in Fine Arts degree in painting from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, and his Master in Fine Arts degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. His paintings have been shown widely across the United States, including at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Historic Arkansas Museum, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and the Vermont Studio Center. He is an Assistant Professor in Art + Film at Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata, CA.

RONALD WALKER:

MUSINGS FROM THE SUBURBS

NOVEMBER 2 THROUGH DECEMBER 15

Ronald Walker works in a style he calls "Suburban Primitive” which combines his interest in the origins and functions of art along with life in the suburbs. For Walker, the draw of art lies not in the depiction of physical reality but rather the representation of my emotional, psychological and intellectual reactions to the environment in which he lives. He sees painting as visual thinking--a way of making sense, finding connections and organizing the seemingly incongruent thoughts that bounce around within his head. Ultimately, he holds the belief that all things, within our existence, are somehow tied together and his task, as an artist, is to find and explore these ties. Ron is a retired art educator with a MA in painting from the University of Central Missouri as well as a MFA degree from the University of Kansas.