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30 Grove Street Peterborough, NH 03458 Sharon Arts Center Exhibition Gallery: WORK BY N.H. VISUAL ARTS FELLOWS: A Gathering of New Hampshire Visual Arts Fellows: 1999-2009 The first exhibition of State Arts Council Visual Arts Fellows in over 15 years October 3 - November 29, 2008 Opening Reception Friday, October 3, 2008 5-7 PM, Public invited |
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Video installation artist Amy Jenkins filled the Peterborough Historical Society with virtual water. Francestown filmmaker and screenwriter Hilary Weisman Graham whipped up short films as a contestant on the Fox reality TV show "On the Lot." Conceptual eco-artist Tim Gaudreau photographed everything he threw away over the course of a year. Painter Clifford Smith is known for his hyper-realistic renditions of water.
Those are just four of the 25 artists whose works will be featured in a group show that highlights the best New Hampshire has to offer in the way of visual and media arts. The exhibit, opening Oct. 3 at the Sharon Arts Center Exhibition Gallery, brings together for the first time work by visual artists who have received fellowships from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts during the last decade. "A Gathering of New Hampshire Visual Arts Fellows: 1999-2009" will be showing in the Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery in downtown Peterborough from Oct. 3 through Nov. 29. The artists work in a wide variety of mediums, including painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, installation art and film. Individual Artist Fellows have been selected annually by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts since 1981. They represent the range of artists living and working in New Hampshire who have a proven professional commitment and produce works of high artistic quality, as judged by a panel of their peers from anonymous applications. Fellowships are awarded in three categories, Visual and Media Arts, Performing Arts, and Literature, and are highly competitive; usually only two artists are chosen in each category each year from more than a hundred applicants. Fellowships provide recipients with funding and opportunities to further their artistic careers. There has been only one other exhibition featuring the work of Visual Arts Fellows in the history of the program, more than 15 years ago. This is a unique opportunity for gallery visitors, from the local community as well as from out of state, to see the work of artists from across New Hampshire who have been honored for their talent.
Visual Arts Fellows who will be exhibiting their work:
Megan Bogonovich - Concord Jon Brooks - New Boston (Lifetime fellow) Gordon Carlisle - Berwick, Maine (formerly of Portsmouth) Kimberllyn Casey - Dover Alexandra de Steiguer - Farmington Katherine Doyle -- Portsmouth Brenda Garand - Enfield Tim Gaudreau - Portsmouth Jacqueline Goss - Center Conway Hilary Weisman Graham - Francestown Richard Haynes Jr. - Portsmouth Amy Jenkins - Peterborough Debra Kam - Hampton Falls Susan Lirakis - Center Sandwich Kathy Seward MacKay - Nashua Brian Miller - Orford Hideaki Miyamura - Kensington (formerly of Rindge) Christopher Nitsche - Swanzey Kirsten Reynolds - Newmarket Thomas Scoon - Northwood Clifford Smith - Henniker Gary Haven Smith - Northwood (Lifetime fellow) Ronald Smith - Bethlehem Susan Pratt Smith - Northwood Craig Stockwell - Keene Although the exhibition will focus on recipients of Visual Arts Fellowships, the gallery will also offer presentations by Artist Fellows in Performing Arts and Literature in specially scheduled events during the run of the exhibition. A schedule of events will be posted on the website (www.sharonarts.org). The media will also be notified as events are scheduled. The Opening Reception will be held Friday, Oct. 3 from 5-7 p.m. Public is welcome, admission is free. Refreshments will be provided, an there is ample parking in Depot Square. For more information on the exhibit and Opening Reception, call (603) 924-7676 or e-mail kendra@sharonarts.org. Hi-res images of the artwork are available - please contact Kendra. The Sharon Arts Center Exhibition Gallery is located at 30 Grove St. Exhibition Gallery hours are Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. For more information, call (603) 924-7676, or visit the website at www.sharonarts.org. Contact:æ Kendra McGhee 603.924.7676 kendra@sharonarts.org The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to support and serve artists and craftspeople, to engage the community in the artistic process, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special programs and events. Sharon Arts offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH, and has an Artists' Resource Center (selling art supplies), a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Member Artist Gallery, and an Exhibition gallery in the Depot Square facility. For more information on Sharon Arts, and current exhibitions and events, please visit www.sharonarts.org. Sharon Arts is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation. |
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