CALL TO ARTISTS

PAC presents:

2021 FALL UNTHEMED JURIED SHOW

September 9th, 2021, through November 4th, 2021.

PAC would like to welcome guest juror Taleen Batalian to curate our Fall 2021 Unthemed Show.  

This is an unthemed, all medium exhibition. The Pawtucket area is positively overflowing with talented artists from all skill levels and walks of life. Show us what you’ve been working on Rhode Island!  $500 for 1st Place, $250 for 2nd, and $100 for 3rd. The PAC Gallery Committee will also award a $75 prize as well. 

Please read the entire announcement before entering. 

This year, we are thrilled to also be included in the 23rd Annual Pawtucket Arts Festival’s Gallery Tour on Sunday, September 12th! Visit their website for more details and schedule events: https://www.pawtucketartsfestival.org/

Digital submissions are open now and run through midnight of 8/15/21. To register, click on this link: https://pawtucketartscollaborative.wildapricot.org/event-4400633

Max 2 pieces. Please also include a statement about the work(s) submitted, as opposed to a bio, to attach with your digital submission. We find that people respond to what the artist says about the work more than a straight artist bio.

SUBMISSION FEE: PAC Members $15 for 1 entry and $20 for 2. Non-member entry fees are  $20 for 1 and $25 for 2. Interested in becoming a member? Join or renew https://pawtucketartscollaborative.wildapricot.org/Join-or-Renew

We prefer that entry fees are paid via the website. If entrants have difficulties using the credit card function, please contact Lin at membershippac@gmail.com. If absolutely necessary, we will accept checks or PayPal. No checks will be accepted after 8/1.

DO NOT SEND PHOTOS TO MEMBERSHIPPAC@GMAIL.COM UNLESS YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY UPLOADING PHOTOS. CONTACT LIN FIRST AT MEMBERSHIPPAC@GMAIL.COM

WAIT UNTIL YOU RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION

EMAIL WHICH WILL GIVE YOU THE LINK

TO UPLOAD A PHOTO OF EACH OF YOUR WORKS. 

You will receive the confirmation email

ONLY after fees are paid.

Confirmations may take up to 4 hours to arrive

·       Max 2 pieces. Please also send a brief artist statement to attach with your digital submission to membershippac@gmail.com If possible, this statement should discuss the work that you have submitted.

·       SUBMISSION FEE: PAC Members $15 for 1 entry and $20 for 2/ Non-members $20 for 1 and $25 for 2. Interested in becoming a member? Join or renew   https://pawtucketartscollaborative.wildapricot.org/Join-or-Renew

·       NO Price on Request or Not for Sale entries. ALL entries MUST be priced.

·       Accepted work must be dropped off at the PAC Gallery 560 Mineral Spring Ave. Pawtucket, RI on Friday 9/3  between 4-7 and Saturday 9/4 from 10/12. You may send a representative to drop off your work. Special arrangements are discouraged unless absolutely necessary.

·       We ask you to include written instructions if your work has specific hanging/display needs or to consider attending the art installation on Saturday 9/4 from 12-3. 

Some restrictions apply. 

·       Work in any medium must not exceed 60” on all sides.

·       Work to be on the walls must be properly wired to hang.

·       PAC does have pedestals for 3-D work but they are limited.

·       Digital and multimedia work must be insured separately from the gallery.

·       PAC reserves the right to reject work that does not follow gallery standards.

·       Visit our prospectus  for more details    https://pawtucketartscollaborative.wildapricot.org/Exhibition-Policy-And-Framing-Guidelines

Accepted work must be dropped off at the PAC Gallery 560 Mineral Spring Ave. Pawtucket, RI on Friday 9/3 between 4-7 and Saturday 9/4 from 10-12pm. We ask you to include written instructions if your work has specific hanging/display needs or to consider attending the art installation on Saturday 9/4 from 12-3 to assist. 

*Some restrictions apply.  Work in any medium must not exceed 60” on all sides. 2D work that will hang on the walls must be properly wired to hang. PAC does have pedestals for 3-D work, but they are limited in size and height. Digital and multimedia work must be insured separately from the gallery. PAC reserves the right to reject work that does not follow gallery standards. 

ABOUT THE JUROR: Taleen Batalian is an artist and educator. She manages an independent studio practice and exhibits her work nationally. Among her recent projects: Waves  and Shadows: a collaborative video installation; Disassemble, a performance  installation at RISD Museum; and a solo exhibition, Graft, a site-specific  installation of sculptural garments, paintings and video at Wheaton College.  She has received grants from Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)  and The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Newport County. Taleen was named the  2020-21 Teacher of Excellence at Rhode Island School of Design, Continuing  Education where she has been a faculty member for more than 10 years. In  addition, she teaches and serves as a visiting artist at colleges, art museums  and arts organizations including Providence College, Wheaton College and  Newport Art Museum. Previously, she served as Director of Education for  Providence CityArts for Youth. 

ABOUT THE PAWTUCKET ARTS COLLABORATIVE

The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative is a member-driven, fully volunteer-run organization dedicated to supporting, promoting and developing the highest level of the arts for the community and its artists by creating awareness, education, and involvement with our members and the public-at-large.

www.pawtucketartscollaborative.org

PAC MILL GALLERY:

560 Mineral Spring Avenue, Pawtucket RI 02860 in the Lorraine Mills Complex. It is on the first floor and is handicapped accessible from the front entrance beside the Miss Lorraine Diner. For all others visiting the gallery, please park in the side parking lot (with the sculpture garden in back and Save A Lot across the street) and enter the side entrance and go up one flight of stairs. Follow the signs. 

Mailing address: Pawtucket Arts Collaborative PO Box # 966 

Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02862

Questions? Comments? Want to volunteer?  volunteerpawtucketartsc@gmail.com

Contact membershippac@gmail.com with online submission/ payment/ or membership renewal questions. 

Drum Roll Please!

We Have Winners!

The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative is delighted to announce the winners of prizes in our Transformation Show. There were 170 entries submitted, 57 were accepted by juror Francoise McAree and four artists were chosen for prizes of $1000, $500, $250 and $100.

Patrick Steele is the First Place winner with his painting "Salt Dock, Charlestown." It presents two views of an industrial building under the Tobin Bridge. Patrick used the bottom of a reclaimed door as the support to use its mass in service to the scenes. He is an admirer of the work of Charles Sheeler that feature steel mills in Erie, Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

Second Place has been awarded to Noah Olsen for his self-portrait called "Overgrown" which combines his own image with that of an abandoned building that trees and vines have dismantled and claimed. His recent work has been a series of paintings that study the transiency of life. Due to the losses of his mother and grandfather, he sees death in a different light than many people. His work explores how birth, life and death are interconnected, intentionally blurring their boundaries.

Kelly Lee has been awarded Third Place for her diptych "I Am Not a Teacher." She says "In my piece presented here I express the intense anxiety and sleepless nights I experienced as a new educator... This pair of paintings marks my initiation into the world of education, at the beginning of a difficult journey to relate to myself and others in a more compassionate way."

                                 A. Bones                                                                     B. Skin

And last, but certainly not least, Honorable Mention goes to Deborah Baldizar for her ceramic piece "Ubuntu." Of it, Deborah says "The African way of Ubuntu means, 'I am, because you are.' ... Like trees that grow around, in and through each other, who lean on and create shade for one another, I try to remember that I both need help and can provide it. When I am present, and acknowledge a connection to all those around me, I feel transformed."

Congratulations to Patrick, Noah, Kelly and Deborah for their achievements. We hope that you will enjoy their work in person as well as through our website.

While the gallery will not be open during formerly scheduled hours, visitors can contact David at davidaschiffer@mac.com to arrange a visit. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. Transformation runs from April 22 through June 3.

Please click on the links below to navigate between pages

Ba-Bo  Br-Da  De-Ge  Ja-Le  Lo-Nu  Ol-Sa  Sc-Sp St-Vo

Transformation Artists

 We are delighted to announce the artists who are part of the Transformation Juried Show:

Deborah Baldizar, Jillian Barber, Whitney Bates, Sharon Bibeault, Roxanne Blackmore, Dan Borden, Chelsea Bradway, Diane Brown, Peter Campbell, Laura Carpenter, Victoria Dalpe, Angel Dean, Joanne DeLomba, Cynthia DiDonato, Devin Dugan, Eran Fraenkel, Jan Gendron, Bonnie Jaffe, Marc Jaffe, Dave Kendrick, Kelly Lee, Melyssa Lentini, George Lowell, Catherine Mansell, Melanie Medeiros, Tom Monahan, Todd Monjar, Nugent, Noah Olson, Zach Prosser, Max Reinhard, Betsy Ritz, Amy Salomone, Jan Schusswohl, Lee Ann Scotto Adams, Beverly Silva, Robert Snowden, Alexandra Spano, Patrick Steele, Quincy Struss, Elinor Thompson, Beverly Tinklenberg and Barbara Von Eckardt.

Transformation is defined as a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance. Landscapes and weather transform, people transform, everything is changing all the time. For PAC’s 2021 hybrid show (online and in gallery) we invite all artists, PAC members and non-members, in all mediums*, to submit works for TRANSFORMATION. 
 
You may view the works on display via these links: Ba-Bo  Br-Da  De-Ge  Ja-Le  Lo-Nu  Ol-Sa  Sc-Sp  St-Vo

Winter Show Prize Winners

The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative is delighted to announce the winners of this year's Winter Show. They are:

Marjorie Ball, Farm in Winter, First Prize

Tim McCarthy, Make Denali Great Again, Second Prize

Susan Graseck, Waning Light, Third Prize

Beverly Silva, Stocking Stuffers, PAC Prize/Honorable Mention

Congratulations!

WINTER MEMBER SHOW

runs Thursday 1/14/21 thru 2/25/21

This year has been unexpected to say the least. Political upheaval, economic strain, and a relentless pandemic have been pushing people to their breaking point. PAC knows that art-making and the art community can be a healing salve during these hard times. PAC artists responded to the call; four won prizes of: $500 1st prize; $250 2nd prize; $100 3rd prize and $100 PAC Prize.

PAC Members’ Show: WINTER from the old Germanic meaning ‘The time of water’. Other notable elements of the coldest season: Winter Equinox aka the shortest day of the year, the Vernal Equinox where the day and night are equal in length. Cold and darkness. Rest and renewal. It’s a season of dormancy, of hibernation. Aurora Borealis. Yuletide greetings. The frozen worlds of Norse mythology. Yeti. Krampus. Migration. Hanukkah. Persephone and Hades. Scandanavian Hygge and coziness. Death and Rebirth. The Japanese snow ghost Yuki-onna. Gingerbread and Evergreens. Blizzards and ice skating. Snow days! The list goes on and on.

You can see the works entered into this wonderful exhibition at: https://pawtucketartscollaborative.wildapricot.org/page-18177

GALLERY HOURS FOR THE SHOW: Gallery will be open by appointment only. Contact davidaschiffer@mac.com to schedule viewing times. All guests must follow strict Covid guidelines including masking, social distance, and no more than 5 people in the gallery at one time.  

Jerry Aissis, Wendy Anctil, Bradley Bailey, Marjorie Ball, Dan Borden, Mary Belden Brown, Peter Campbell, Barbara Canning, Kate Chute, Victoria Dalpe, Cynthia DiDonato, Devin Dugan, Robert Easton, Maureen Eckert, Jan Gendron, Ann-Marie Gillett, Susan Graseck, Marguerite De Lucia Hall, Carol Hansen, Joan Hausrath, Wendy Ingram, Bonnie Jaffe, Marc Jaffe, Frank Lally, George Lowell, Eveline Luppi, Michael Luzzi, Tim McCarthy, Joan McConaghy, Melanie Medeiros, Joanne Morrissey, Sara Nugent, Sophia Paliotti, Elvira Para, Mimo Gordon Riley, Frank Robertson, Joan Rollins, Ann Rozhon, Beverly Silva, Robert Snowden, Thomas Terceira, James Therieau, Elinor Thompson and Roberta Uhlmann

ABOUT THE JUROR- Founder & Executive Director, The Avenue Concept inc

https://theavenueconcept.org/

Restorative – Adaptability – Deliberative – Self-Assurance – Responsibility

Founder and Executive Director Yarrow Thorne developed his passion for art and design in urban spaces growing up in a design-based family in Northampton, Massachusetts. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and for the last ten years has been learning how to support public art programming in the urban environment. While a student, Yarrow established RISD’s first public art policy to create revolving walls for artists to showcase their work.

In 2012, he was selected to receive one of twenty SEED Grants from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, which he used to found The Avenue Concept, a platform for a scalable and sustainable public art programming in Providence, Rhode Island. Yarrow’s vision for The Avenue Concept is a private organization that leverages support for public art projects to get off the ground, to jump-start excitement and recognition for art and its value in Providence and everyday life.

Yarrow believes his dyslexia is his greatest asset because through it he has developed his ability to work outside the box in many venues, particularly in finding creative solutions to urban challenges using public art. Yarrow has installed over 150 pieces of public art since 2012.