Call for Art:
GUEST JUROR EXHIBIT – Deborahmae Broad
Calling all artists of all disciplines for the next juried exhibition at Lake Region Arts Council Main Gallery titled, "Guest Juror –Deborahmae Broad".
This exhibition will run July 8th – September 26th, 2024.
Public reception will be held on Tuesday, 5:30-7 pm, September 17th, 2024.
Maxine Adams, LRAC Executive Director, explains why this exhibit generates so much interest, “The Guest Juror Exhibit is always very popular with regional artists and gallery guests. Each year we invite a well-known regional artist to select the very best work from over a 100 submissions. It is a feather in an artist’s cap to be included.”
The Call for Art opens April 1st, 2024 to apply for the "Guest Juror - Deborahmae Broad " and the deadline is April 29th, 2024 by 5pm. Selected artists will be notified by Monday, May 27th, 2024.
This call is open to all artists living in the 9 counties that Lake Region Arts Council serves: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse and Wilkin in west central Minnesota.
About the Guest Juror:
Our guest juror Deborahmae Broad graduated from Southern Seminary Junior College in Buena Vista Virginia in 1975 with an Equitation Studies Certificate. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia in 1977 and then a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1980. Deborahmae taught Printmaking, Drawing and Bronze casting at Minnesota State University Moorhead (then Moorhead State University) from 1982-2003 when she retired to be a full-time working artist.
Deborahmae Broad at her press.
She attends two national art fairs a year to show and sell her wood engravings and etchings. Deborahmae’s wood engravings are cut by hand in the traditional manner and are printed with screen printed colors on her lithographic press in her restored studio. She uses screen printed colors in her under the key plate in her etchings, and most of her wood engravings are large scale, rather than the typical small size of the medium.
Her chosen subjects are animals, mostly domestic. She has a strong interest in the emotional and social lives of animals, and their place in the world. She has worked in her studio on a 240- acre farm above the Wild Rice River near Twin Valley, MN since 2018. The granary/chicken house studio which was her studio for 23 years was also moved to the new property, where she actively farms as well as creates her art.
Details for call for art:
Artists can submit up to 1-3 pieces of art for consideration.
All Artwork needs to be framed and/or ready to hang for 2D pieces. We have pedestals for 3D artwork Please fill out this online application located on the LRAC Gallery website page.
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