Focus on Figures is our annual celebration of the art of the figure. This is an open show invite to all artists to submit work in any medium to be exhibited in our historic GAR Hall. A series of events including a two-day workshop, a drop-in figure session and a portrait demonstration have been scheduled during the run of this exhibit. 

Awards:

• Best in Show $250 plus ribbon
• Second Place Ribbon and a $100 Gift Card to NRAS, applicable to any North River Arts Class or Workshop 
• Third Place Ribbon
• Honorable Mentions (5) Ribbon

Important Dates

• March 5 @ Midnight - Deadline for Entries
• March 12 - Acceptance Notifications 
• March 27, 6-8pm OR March 30, 11am-2pm - Drop Off Artwork 
• April 6, 6-8pm - Opening and Awards Ceremony, awards at 7:30PM. 
• April 6 - May 2 - Exhibition Dates, Exhibition posted online to NorthRiverArts.org
• April 6 and 7, 9am-4pm/Daily - Workshop with Diane Rappisi
• May 4, 11am-2pm, OR May 6, 6-8pm - Pick Up Artwork

Sales: Members charged a 40% commission and non-members charged 50%. Payment to artists will be within 30 days of exhibition closing. All artwork must remain hung until close of show.

Hand Delivery and Shipping: Information will be provided to artists upon acceptance into the Awards Show.

Judge of Selection and Awards: Diane Rappisi 

Diane Rappisi is a contemporary realist painter whose work fuses the light and chroma of the Cape Cod colorists with the form and structure of the traditional Italian and French academies. She works in oil, pastel, charcoal, and graphite. 

Diane is a member of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) Masters Circle and served on its Board of Directors from 2016-2021.  She is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America and the Maryland Pastel Society, and also holds memberships in the Salmagundi Club in New York, the Oil Painters of America, and the Pastel Society of Colorado.  Her work resides in numerous private and public collections across the US, in New Zealand, Australia and the Netherlands, and selected pieces have been published for the National Park Service in Glen Echo, MD.

Focus on Figures Education