events
2021
Racine and Vicinity show 2021:All media juried competition
RAM's Wustum Museum, Racine WI
June 16 - August 14, 2021
RAM's Wustum Museum, Racine WI
June 16 - August 14, 2021
2020
WATERCOLOR WISCONSIN 2020 Racine Art Museum Location: RAM's Wustum Museum, Racine WI
Now in its 54th year, the exhibition was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the State of Wisconsin. This year’s show features 98 works by 78 Wisconsin artists.
Dates: December 16, 2020 – April 24, 2021
Jurors: Kathy Weaver and Victor Armendariz
"Dropped Among Snakes" and "Casualties Under a Crescent Moon" are included in the Exhibition.
Now in its 54th year, the exhibition was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the State of Wisconsin. This year’s show features 98 works by 78 Wisconsin artists.
Dates: December 16, 2020 – April 24, 2021
Jurors: Kathy Weaver and Victor Armendariz
"Dropped Among Snakes" and "Casualties Under a Crescent Moon" are included in the Exhibition.
mar. 2020
GALEX 54 NATIONAL COMPETITION & EXHIBITION, Galesburg Civic Art Center
Opening Reception Friday March 13, 2020 - 5-7pm View the online exhibition and juror Rose Fratzen's comments here: https://www.galesburgarts.org/galex-54-national-competition-exhibition |
"Hard To Swallow"
Soft pastel on Stonehenge paper Winner of the GALEX54 Blick Purchase Award |
nov. 2019
The Freeport Art Museum's16th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition November 16, 2018 - February 15, 2019
Opening Reception Saturday November 16th, 5-8 PM The Annual Regional Juried Exhibition at the Freeport Art Museum features work by artists living in the tri-state region of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Created to encourage contemporary art, this show provides an opportunity for established and emerging artists to debut their latest work. The Regional Juried Exhibition at FAM continues to build momentum each year. A wide variety of media is accepted from traditional materials such as painting and sculpture to conceptual and new techniques including video, interactive media, performance and installation art. FAM has gained the distinguished reputation of displaying a wide range of contemporary art, allowing this exhibition to become a favorite among visitors. Each year, FAM invites a new juror, who selects approximately 50 artworks for inclusion into the exhibition, as well as the artworks to be awarded first, second and third place. Award winners will be announced at the opening reception. This year's juror is Victor Armendariz of Gallery Victor Armendariz in Chicago, Illinois. Launched in 2017, Gallery Victor Armendariz displays compelling contemporary art in a variety of media by an international family of established and emerging artists. Having worked for the venerable Chicago dealer, Ann Nathan, until her retirement in 2016, Victor brings over 20 years of experience creating relationships with artists, collectors and institutions and builds on a reputation for promoting thought-provoking figurative artwork, museum quality works of realism, and studio furniture of exacting detail. |
"Waking the Strangely Overjoyed"
soft pastel on Stonehenge paper (Exhibiting in the 16th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition) |
may- sept 2019
2019 DuMA Biennial
May 18 – September 8, 2019 Founded in 2003, the DUMA Biennial is recognized as a premier juried exhibition opportunity in the heart of the Midwest. The exhibition brings together works by emerging and established artists who are actively producing and presenting new work. This year’s Biennial offers a fresh survey of 60 new works created by 39 regional contemporary artists. Works in a range of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and fabric, are on view along with multi-media installations. A very special thank you to the 2019 DUMA Biennial juror Sarah Humphreville, senior curatorial assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Ms. Humphreville has assembled a unified and compelling selection of works that represent current movements in the art of this region but also embody universal and timely themes that reach well beyond our geographic boundaries. |
"The Disregarded" (Exhibited in the DuMA Biennial
soft pastel on Stonehenge paper |
62nd Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition- June 7, 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Beloit & Vicinity is an annual juried show that attracts many artists from the surrounding region, with more than thirty artists coming to Beloit to participate in the two month long exhibition. The Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition has been recognized as one of the oldest regional juried art shows in Wisconsin and is made possible with support from the Friends of the Wright Museum. 62nd Annual Beloit & Vicinity Judges: Annemarie Sawkins- An independent curator, art historian, and author. Her most recent curatorial project is More on Less: The History of Burlesque in America from Lydia Thompson to Amber Ray at the Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI through July 5, 2015. She is also traveling Afghan War Rugs: The Modern Art of Central Asia and has curated exhibitions on modern Rookwood. In 2013, she wrote catalogue entries for More Love: Art, Politics and Sharing since the 1990s for the Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. From 1999 to 2012, she was a curator at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University. A frequent juror and portfolio reviewer, Annemarie Sawkins has her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She is currently co-authoring a large volume on Wisconsin artists. Rafael Francisco Salas- Rafael Francisco Salas is a Wisconsin based painter. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has described him as "one of the best painters working in Wisconsin today". (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 7, 2009) Using landscape along with narrative and symbolic elements, Salas creates artwork that investigates the Midwestern landscape, portraiture, architecture, abstraction, the legacy of Byzantine iconography and country music. Salas grew up in small towns in Wisconsin and his family owns a grass-fed sheep farm in Burnett, Wisconsin. His work has been exhibited in New York City, San Diego, Boston, as well as many venues in the Midwest including The Neville Public Museum, The Museum of Wisconsin Art, The John Kohler Arts Center, Dean Jensen gallery, Circa Gallery, and Portrait Society Gallery. Salas is also a contributing writer at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He is an Associate Professor or Art at Ripon College in Ripon, WI |
"The Healing Triangle" (Exhibited in the Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition)
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mar. 2019
37th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition
March 9- April 12, 2019
Bradley University, Peoria, IL.
Opening reception: March 9th, 2019, 4-8:30pm
The Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition is the second-longest running juried print and drawing competition in the country. Every two years it features the best contemporary graphic artwork from around the globe. The 37th Bradley International will be juried by Janet Ballweg. Ballweg is currently a Professor of Creative Arts Excellence and the head of the Printmaking program at Bowling Green State University in northwest Ohio.
March 9th – April 12th - This year’s exhibition will be held at seven prominent Peoria Illinois Galleries: Heuser Art Gallery, Hartmann Center Gallery, Illinois Central College Performing Arts Center, Peoria Art Guild, Prairie Center of the Arts, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, and Studios on Sheridan.
March 7th - Lecture, Janet Ballweg - Bradley International Juror
5pm - Horowitz Auditorium, Caterpillar Global Communications Center
March 9th - Reception, staggered between all venues in the Peoria Community
4:00-5:30pm – ICC, Performing Arts Center
4:30-6:30pm – Heuser Art Center & Hartmann Center Gallery on campus
5:00-8:00pm – Studios on Sheridan
5:30-7:30pm – Prairie Center of the Arts
6:00-8:00pm – Peoria Art Guild
6:30-8:30pm – Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
March 9- April 12, 2019
Bradley University, Peoria, IL.
Opening reception: March 9th, 2019, 4-8:30pm
The Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition is the second-longest running juried print and drawing competition in the country. Every two years it features the best contemporary graphic artwork from around the globe. The 37th Bradley International will be juried by Janet Ballweg. Ballweg is currently a Professor of Creative Arts Excellence and the head of the Printmaking program at Bowling Green State University in northwest Ohio.
March 9th – April 12th - This year’s exhibition will be held at seven prominent Peoria Illinois Galleries: Heuser Art Gallery, Hartmann Center Gallery, Illinois Central College Performing Arts Center, Peoria Art Guild, Prairie Center of the Arts, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, and Studios on Sheridan.
March 7th - Lecture, Janet Ballweg - Bradley International Juror
5pm - Horowitz Auditorium, Caterpillar Global Communications Center
March 9th - Reception, staggered between all venues in the Peoria Community
4:00-5:30pm – ICC, Performing Arts Center
4:30-6:30pm – Heuser Art Center & Hartmann Center Gallery on campus
5:00-8:00pm – Studios on Sheridan
5:30-7:30pm – Prairie Center of the Arts
6:00-8:00pm – Peoria Art Guild
6:30-8:30pm – Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
Nov. 2018
15th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
Nov. 17, 2018 - Feb. 16, 2019
Freeport Art Museum
121 N. Harlem Ave., Freeport, IL
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, Nov 17th, 5 - 8pm, 2018
"Queen of Outrageous Fortune" selected for the show.
Nov. 17, 2018 - Feb. 16, 2019
Freeport Art Museum
121 N. Harlem Ave., Freeport, IL
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, Nov 17th, 5 - 8pm, 2018
"Queen of Outrageous Fortune" selected for the show.
Annual Winter Juried Show
Nov. 11, 2018 - Jan. 5, 2019
Anderson Arts Center
6603 3rd Ave, Kenosha WI
OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, Nov 11th, 1:30 - 4pm, 2018
"The Attendants" and "Manipulation Station" selected for the show.
Nov. 11, 2018 - Jan. 5, 2019
Anderson Arts Center
6603 3rd Ave, Kenosha WI
OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, Nov 11th, 1:30 - 4pm, 2018
"The Attendants" and "Manipulation Station" selected for the show.
July 6, 2018
victoria bein: solo exhibition
Pastels & drawings
July 6 - 27, 2018 Beloit Art Center
520 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, WI
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, July 6th, 5 - 8pm, 2018
may- sept., 2018
61st Annual Beloit &Vicinity Exhibition
Wright Museum of Art Beloit College, 700 College St. Beloit, WI 53511 May 26th - July 26, 2018 OPENING RECEPTION: May 26, 4:30-6:30pm "Manipulation Station" (winner of People's Choice Award) exhibited |
"MANIPULATION STATION"
pastel |
The Rockford Midwestern Biennial 2018 June 8th - Sept. 30th, 2018 Rockford Art Museum, 711 N. Main St., Rockford, IL OPENING RECEPTION: June 8th, 2018 ,5-7:30pm (members and artists) 7:30-8:30pm (free and open to public) "The Attendants" exhibited |
"MANIPULATION STATION"
pastel |
Nov, 2017
Two of my drawings, Waxing Pebble Pincher, and Ascension have been accepted into the Anderson Arts Center's Annual Winter Juried Exhibition.
The opening reception is Sunday, November 12 from 1:30-4:00pm. I'LL BE THERE!
The Show ends on January 7th and the gallery is closed Nov. 20-24. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Sunday 1-4 pm.
The Anderson Art Center is located in Kenosha, WI in a very cool Victorian Mansion on Lake Michigan. Hope to see all you art lovers there.
Check out their website :
The opening reception is Sunday, November 12 from 1:30-4:00pm. I'LL BE THERE!
The Show ends on January 7th and the gallery is closed Nov. 20-24. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Sunday 1-4 pm.
The Anderson Art Center is located in Kenosha, WI in a very cool Victorian Mansion on Lake Michigan. Hope to see all you art lovers there.
Check out their website :
may, 2017
My pastel drawing "Ascension" has been accepted into the 60th Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition.
Reception: Saturday May 27th 4:30-6:30pm, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, 700 College St, Beloit, Wisconsin
Beloit & Vicinity is an annual juried show that attracts many artists from the surrounding region, with more than thirty artists coming to Beloit to participate in the two month long exhibition. The Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition has been recognized as one of the oldest regional juried art shows in Wisconsin and is made possible with support from the Friends of the Wright Museum.
This year marks the 60th anniversary, and will be judged by two prominent figures in the Arts: Graeme Reid, Director of Collections & Exhibitions at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (West Bend, WI), and Josie Osborne, a visual artist and Senior Lecturer and Director of the First Year Program in Art and Design at UW-Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts.
Also, to celebrate the 60th, the North Gallery will feature a Beloit & Vicinity Retrospecitve curated by student Hannah Yee'19. The show will feature past participants of Beloit & Vicinity from local collections, as well as from the artists.
Reception: Saturday May 27th 4:30-6:30pm, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, 700 College St, Beloit, Wisconsin
Beloit & Vicinity is an annual juried show that attracts many artists from the surrounding region, with more than thirty artists coming to Beloit to participate in the two month long exhibition. The Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition has been recognized as one of the oldest regional juried art shows in Wisconsin and is made possible with support from the Friends of the Wright Museum.
This year marks the 60th anniversary, and will be judged by two prominent figures in the Arts: Graeme Reid, Director of Collections & Exhibitions at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (West Bend, WI), and Josie Osborne, a visual artist and Senior Lecturer and Director of the First Year Program in Art and Design at UW-Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts.
Also, to celebrate the 60th, the North Gallery will feature a Beloit & Vicinity Retrospecitve curated by student Hannah Yee'19. The show will feature past participants of Beloit & Vicinity from local collections, as well as from the artists.
APRIL, 2017
April-July, 2016
CARBON, COLOR, & CALLIGRAPHY: UNCOVERING THE UNCONSCIOUS
Opening reception: April 15/16th, 2016 during Spring Gallery Night/Day in Milwaukee, WI
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynight.php
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynightparticipants.php
Opening reception: April 15/16th, 2016 during Spring Gallery Night/Day in Milwaukee, WI
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynight.php
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynightparticipants.php