River Arts’ call to artists for ‘Interiors’

Wed, 04/17/2019 - 11:15am

River Arts invites submissions for the exhibition "Interiors." Juror for this show will be Joël LeVasseur, artist, instructor and gallery curator.

“Interiors” is open to the artists' interpretations of all types of interiors: rooms, emotions, inner spaces of all sorts will be included in this show. All mediums including photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, and fiber arts will be accepted as well as styles including abstraction and representational.

Artists may submit up to three works for this show. Entry fee covers up to three entries: $15/members, $25/non-members. Works must be dropped off at River Arts for jurying no later than Saturday, April 27 at 4 p.m.

Entry forms are available at riverartsme.org and at the gallery: 241 Route 1, Damariscotta. Call the gallery for more information: 563-1507.

Artists will be notified by email or phone of the juror’s decision.

Juror Joël LeVasseur was born in the St. John Valley in northern Maine. His art has included printmaking, painting, sculpting, installations, and collaborations; teaching and curating.

He has taught classes at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, and related workshops in The Allagash, on Monhegan Island, and Quebec City, and other workshops at Freshwater Arts, Husson University, and Maine College of Art. Most recently, in fall 2018, LeVasseur was invited to be Artist-in-Residence at Husson University, where he led several workshops in printmaking and sculpting, related to his show “Into the Wonder: Cabinet of Curiosities” in the Robert E. White Gallery and W. Tom and Bonnie Sawyer Library.

As a curator, he has directed the Backroads Gallery, in Damariscotta, off and on, with annual summer shows, and pop-ups since 1998.

The opening reception for “Interiors” is scheduled for Friday, May 3 from 5-7 p.m. The show will run from May 3 to June 1.