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Art Spark Texas 2021 Exhibition

virtual exhibit “To Be Seen” from October 15- November 15, 2021
Lucy Miller-Downing
Theater & Events Coordinator
Dougherty Arts Center | Zilker Hillside Theater
City of Austin Parks and Recreation
1110 Barton Springs Rd. 78704 (512) 974-4045
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Quarantine Figures

I don’t have any right to scientifically analyze what has happened to us this past year and a half. I have had a ground level reaction to it as a painter and a poet that may be of some interest because the best thinking I do comes from my hands.

Like most artists I have an introverted side that needs feeding with three course meals of isolated time. Like Most artists, I got enough of that during the quarantine. The figures that resulted from this are Half length portraits of the intimate innards of people I talked to, Observed and thought about. The figures I painted didn’t just have one reaction to the isolation. Some went outward, others inward. I used Haloes to explore the kinesthetic auras that people emitted. There are some things that fans of haloes will recognize such as crown motifs, vines and plants, some may even look like electric wires. We gardened, we anointed ourselves kings and queens of our tiny domains, we wondered if we could go back out into the world and would the world in its altered state be there in some way for us.

I hope that the colorful poetic reactions I have had will find an audience and maybe even give some comfort with their humor or unblinkered honesty.

Joshua Kight

Judith,

Thank you for entering the 12th Annual Distinguished Artist Veteran exhibition. We are excited to announce that we are accepting the following works of art for exhibit:

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Pensando (Contemplating), 2020, Oil on Cradle Board $4,000 48" x 36" (first green one?)
Relajar, 2020, Oil on Cradle Board $4,000 48" x 36" (if it is the green one)
Aztec Princess, 2021, Oil on Wrapped Canvas $200 20" x 24" (if it is the one with the bee)

Please confirm all information above is correct about your work and send me any edits. Remember, we take a 40% commission, so price accordingly.

Make sure art is ready to hang with wire across the back, framed if needed, and if not framed, the edges of the canvas are painted if necessary.

Getting Artwork to us
If you are hand delivering your art it needs to be delivered between 3-5 pm on Saturday, October 2nd to The Hive at Bee Cave, in the Hill Country Galleria (across from Barnes and Noble) at 12700 HILL COUNTRY BLVD SUITE T125 BEE CAVE, TX.

If you are shipping art, it must arrive before October 2nd so that I can take it over to the gallery. Ship to:
April Sullivan
Art Spark Texas
3710 Cedar Street
Box 7, Suite 126
Austin, TX 78705

If other arrangements for art delivery need to be made, let me know ASAP.

Exhibition & Reception
The exhibit will be on display at the Hive by the Bee Cave Arts Foundation. The exhibition will run from October 8 – December 3, 2021. An opening reception (limited to artists and friends and family, due to Covid-19) will be held on Friday, October 8th from 6-8 pm.

A free visual art workshop for all participating artists is being planned for October 30th and more information will be sent out about that.

Let me know if you have any questions and congratulations!

April

April Sullivan
Artworks Director
april@artsparktx.org
(512) 454-9912
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