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"Pigeon Cove," Sue Casey, 2023 Best in Show

Members Show 2024

Exhibit Dates - October 5 - 31

Deadline for Entry: September 11, 2024 at Midnight


Online Entry: The entry form, digital image and payment of entry fee must be submitted to Show Submit. NRAS suggests that you go to showsubmit.com in advance to set up an account, if you don’t already have one, and familiarize yourself with the entry process. It is really quite easy. You may enter ONE piece of work, the entry fee is $20. Acceptable media include: oil, acrylics, watercolor, drawing, pastel, graphics, mixed media, photography, computer generated art, and sculpture.

Eligibility: Open to all current North River Arts members. Entries will be checked with current members list and nonmember entries will be denied unless membership is current. A list of current members can be seen at the link here: northriverarts.org/Directory. If you have any questions on your membership status, please email the office at NorthRiverArts@gmail.com. Memberships can be renewed online at northriverarts.org.

All forms of artwork are allowed. Artwork may be sold through this exhibit, with a 30% commission to NRAS. Work must not have been previously exhibited in a North River Arts exhibition.

All works must be original. Compositions based on published material or other artist’s work are NOT considered original and are not eligible. Work executed in a workshop or under another artist’s supervision or based on another person’s photograph (even if a royalty/copyright free image or permission

has been granted by the artist owning the copyright of the image) are NOT eligible. Work must not have been exhibited in any previous NRAS exhibit. NRAS reserves the right to reject work deemed unsuitable or that does not meet entry criteria. Prints (reproduced from original artwork) are not acceptable.

IMPORTANT! Due to our large membership, and the size constraints of the gallery, we must strictly enforce a size limit for artwork to be hung on the walls. The total of height (one side) + width (one side) must not exceed 48” - including the frame.

Awards

  • Best in Show $200 and ribbon
    Winning Artwork will also be used to advertise the next year’s Members Show. 
  • Phyllis Howard Award for Floral Composition $100 and ribbon
  • Marian Atkinson Award for Soft Pastel $100 and ribbon
  • 5 Awards of Excellence $50 each and ribbon
  • 4 Honorable Mentions and ribbon
  • NEW! Emerging Artist Award and ribbon

Important Dates:

  • September 11 at Midnight - Deadline for entries
  • September 26, 6-8pm or September 28, 10am-12pm- Artwork Drop off at G.A.R. Hall
  • October 5, 6pm - 8pm, Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony
  • November 1, 5-7pm or November 2, 10am-12pm - Artwork pick up from G.A.R. Hall

Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony October 5, 6 - 8pm
Awards presentation held at 7:30 p.m.

About the Juror: Michael Evans

Michael Evans is an award-winning artist who returned to art as a means of expression after spending over 25 years in the financial services industry.  In 1999 Michael started taking painting classes at the Attleboro Arts Museum.  He has also taken part in a number of workshops.

Michael is a past member of the Board of the Pastel Painter’s Society of Cape Cod, where he served as Treasurer. He also served on the Board of Trustees of the Attleboro Arts Museum for 12 years and has chaired the annual fundraising auction committee since 2006.

He maintains a studio in Pawtucket, RI and has taught a variety of art classes at Hunakai Studio of Fine Arts in Foxboro, MA.

Michael was selected as an “8 Visions” artist at the Attleboro Arts Museum in 2020.  In 2023 he had a solo show at True Grit Art Gallery in Middleboro, MA

Michael is represented by Three Wheel Studio in Providence, RI, True Grit Art Gallery in Middleboro, MA, and The Next Door Gallery in Mansfield, MA.

michaelaevans.com

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