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Deadline Approaching for 2011 Southern Tier Biennial Art Exhibition

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Article | Thu, 05/19/2011 - 10:07

Robin Zefers Clark, Birchwalk, Watercolor

A June 10 deadline is approaching for artists to enter the prestigious Southern Tier Biennial (STB), a nine-county professionally juried contemporary art exhibition. Professional jurors from Rochester and Buffalo will review entered artwork on June 20, and artists will be notified of acceptance beginning July 1. Applicants can submit a traditional paper application (available by request at stb@myartscouncil.net or 716-372-7455) or can apply online at www.myartscouncil.net.

The Cattaraugus County Arts Council's executive director, Anne Conroy-Baiter said, “The STB is a wonderful opportunity for artists to experience a professionally juried show. The entry fees are very low, and yet the cash prizes, stipends, and inclusion in a four color catalog are especially generous and can be a key resume-builder for any artist.”
Each artist accepted into the show will receive a $100 stipend to help defray costs associated with travel, shipping, and production. In addition, five cash awards totaling $3,000 will be presented: $500 for Best of Category in each of four categories and $1,000 to the Best of Show winner. The Best of Show winner will receive a solo show from Sept. 29 to Nov. 3, 2012, at the Olean Public Library Gallery, their own four-color catalog, a $1,000 honorarium, up to $1,000 for professional development, and up to $1,000 for show expenses.
The 2011 STB will be juried by two out-of-area art professionals. Juror Marie Via is the Director of Exhibitions at Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, N.Y. Since 1983, she has developed many exhibitions for the gallery, and is committed to making art, especially contemporary art, less intimidating to people than it often seems. Juror Gerald Mead is an independent curator and arts writer who teaches in the Design Department at Buffalo State College. A former longtime curator at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, where he organized over 150 exhibitions, Meade is a leading authority on Western New York art. He is also an appointed member of the Buffalo Arts Commission, serves on several art committees and boards in the region, and frequently juries local and national art exhibitions and competitions. His own artwork has been in museum and gallery exhibitions throughout the U.S. and in Australia, England, Poland, Russia and Canada.
Eligible visual media categories include paintings, drawings and prints, three-dimensional works, and mixed and new media. The exhibition is open to all artists, 18 years of age or older, who are currently residing in New York State’s Southern Tier (Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Steuben, Schuyler, Tioga and Tompkins counties).
A two-part artists’ reception will take place on September 17. Part one will take place at Olean Public Library Gallery at 3 p.m., with part two at JCC’s Center Gallery at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The STB show will hang through October 22, 2011.
The Cattaraugus County Arts Council (CCAC) founded STB in 2005 through a generous endowment from the F. Donald Kenney estate. The exhibition is produced by CCAC in collaboration with the Olean Public Library Gallery, Jamestown Community College and the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation. For more information, contact Anne Conroy-Baiter at CCAC by calling 716-372–7455 or by emailing stb@myartscouncil.net. Find general information at www.myartscouncil.net.Â