Final call for art show
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SCERBO DRUSIANO is one of the judges for the 34th annual Frank Stick Memorial Art Show
FINAL CALL to Artists for submission to 34th Annual Frank Stick Memorial Art Show. This Call for Entry is open to all artists who are residents of Dare County or who are members of the Dare County Arts Council and are 18 years of age or older. Artists can join the Dare County Arts Council at the time of delivery. A non-refundable fee of $20 per artist ($35 for non-arts council members) is due upon delivery of work. All artwork must be received at Glenn Eure’s Ghost Fleet Gallery between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on January 24th or 25 th. The gallery is located at 210 E. Driftwood Street in Nags Head. For information visit www.darearts.org or call 473-5558.
For a complete prospectus, please stop by Dare County Arts Council’s interim gallery space at MP 41/2 on the bypass between Trio Wine Bar and Diamonds and Dunes. A prospectus is also available on line at www.darearts.org.
This year more than $1,500 in cash awards will be offered, including “Best in Show”, “Excellence”, and “Honorable Mention”. A “People’s Choice” award winner will be selected by public ballot during the opening reception. All other cash award winners will be selected by the judges based solely on merit without regard to media. The 2012 judges are Drusiano Scerbo and Caitlin Cartwright.
Drusiano earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting with minors in both drawing and art history and a MFA from Old Dominion University. In addition to working as a professional artist, he is currently a professor of art at Elizabeth City State University, where he supports the quests of other aspiring artists. His body of work comprises representations of the human figure placed within targeted settings and panoramic landscapes that fill both physical and psychological space. His artistic content has evolved over time from that of social realism to that of implied existential realism, while endeavoring to evoke emotions and images inspired by his childhood memories of Italy.
Cartwright is the artist in residency at Pocosin Arts. After graduating with a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, Cartwright moved to Madagascar and worked in an orphanage with young women to produce arts and develop sustainable businesses. While there she also taught art, English and spear-headed a mural project. After returning to the States,Cartwright continued to paint and began working with inner city youth development. In 2008 she joined the U.S. Peace Corps and traveled to Namibia, Africa and co-founded Nambula Girls Club, an organization focused on girls’ empowerment, education and health. After returning from Namibia, she refocused on her painting and joined Pocosin Arts in October 2011.”
The opening reception and awards ceremony for the 34th Annual Frank Stick Memorial Art Show will be January 28, from 6-8 p.m. at Glenn Eure’s Ghost Fleet Gallery. The exhibition dates are Sunday, Jan. 29h through Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Gallery hours are 10 – 5 , Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m.p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.