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Laurel Art Guild Reception

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The Laurel Art Guild’s 41st Open Juried Exhibition opened this past week, with a reception that featured an awards ceremony. The opening had a great turnout, with standing room only during the juror talk about the artwork and the selection process.

Juror Michael Janis awards the first place award to Sylvia Valentino for her work “Walk At The Pond”.


all photos by Natalya Parris

First-place winner was Sylvia L. Valentino for her mixed media work, “Walk at the Pond.” Second place was awarded to Kimberley Bursic for “Cimabue Lived Here,” also mixed media. The third-place honors went to Nic Galloro for the wall-mounted sculpture, “Sorcerer.”

Congratulations to all the artists that were selected to exhibit in the show!

Laurel Art Guild
41st Annual Open Juried Exhibition
Montpelier Arts Center
9652 Muirkirk Road
Laurel, MD 20708
Thru March 28, 2010

* Click HERE for a link to the Gazette.net profile of one of the artists in the exhibition.

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41st Annual Laurel Art Guild Exhibition Open Juried Exhibition

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Each year Montpelier Arts Center hosts an exhibition open to artists aged 18 and older who live in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia. It is chaired by a member of the Laurel Art Guild. This year I was juror, and spent a day going thru the entries. It was a surprisingly hard task to whittle down the selection – a very talented roster of artists submitted art for the competition, and 60 works were chosen for the exhibition. Virtually every medium is represented and the range of work is impressive.

I will be giving a brief gallery talk about the selection process on Sunday March 7 during the reception held from 2 pm -4 pm. The winners will be announced at that time as well. The reception is free and open to the public.

Artists scheduled to be shown:

Celestine Ranney-Howes, Melissa Burley, Jennifer Beinhacker Trisha Coghlan, Natalya Parris, Sharon Godlock, Martin Slater, Ardythe Jolliff, R. Teresa LaRocque, Kimberly Bursic, Carolyn Jackson, Pete Campbell, Christine Jacobs, Jeffrey P Coleman, Hans Guerin, Pauline Clatterbuck, Carol Clatterbuck, Crisley McCarson, Charles Reiher, Russ Little, Yolanda Koh, John Flournoy, Barbara Bell, Emlyn Davies-Cole , Nic Galloro, Thomas Burch, Karen Peacock, Susan Ellis, Emily Tarsell, Tod Renshaw, Mavreen K Veihmeyer, Theresa Harrison, Pat C Wilson, Linda Lawler, Sylvia L Valentino, Stephen Boocks, Ed L Cunnilis, Paul Giguere, Kathy Karlson, Harvey Duze, Linda Diane, Bruce Blum, Jim O’Connor, Meredith Osterman, Ron E Wilder, Beth deLoiselle, Sharon J Burton, Laurence Chandler, Lauren Kotkin, Jesse Berry, Joseph Hamilton, Daniel Bell, Lisa Orton, Joan Tarbell Plato, Jacqui Croetta, Amy Sferra, Lynne Slater, Roxana Sinex, Erin Antognoli

Montpelier Arts Center

9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, MD 20708

41st Annual Laurel Art Guild Open Juried Exhibition

Friday, March 5-Sunday, March 28

Award Ceremony and Reception: Sunday, March 7, 2-4 pm

All ages welcome. FREE

For more information and images, please contact Ruth Schilling Harwood at ruth.harwood@pgparks.com.

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Arts Programs of the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission are supported by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.

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Laurel Art Guild’s Call For Artists

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>41st Annual LAG Open Juried Exhibition
The Laurel Art Guild (located in the grounds of the historic Montpelier Mansion) is a non-profit organization of people interested in the advancement of the fine arts. Each year, the organization has a call for artists to submit entries for their annual juried exhibition of artwork. This year is the 41st Open Juried Exhibition, and I am honored to be the judge for this year’s event.
The membership of the Guild consists of professional and amateur artists expressing themselves through a wide variety of media. The Guild strives to promote public appreciation for the support of its endeavors through community involvement.
For more information on the Laurel Art Guild, including membership and exhibition opportunities – click HERE.

Laurel Art Guild 41st Annual Open Juried Exhibition Eligibility
Any artist who resides in the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Virginia (DMV) over 18 years old may submit two entries, however, only one entry per artist will be exhibited.
Any original two dimensional work in any medium, completed in the last three years and not previously shown at Montpelier Arts Center, is eligible. Framed dimensions must not exceed 48″ high X 36″ wide. Wall mounted three dimensional work that meets the specific hanging requirements will be considered.
Screening will be done by 35mm slides or jpg files on disk.

  • Show Schedule for the exhibitors
    January 29 Postmark Deadline for slides/CD
    February 15 Notifications will be available on website
    March 2 Deliver Art Work; 12-2pm & 6-8pm
    March 5 Exhibit opens to the public
    March 7 Reception 2-4pm
    March 28 Exhibit closes
    March 29 Pick up artwork; 12-2pm & 6-8pm

Questions can be referred to Sherill Anne Gross at: lagopen@laurelartguild.org

Click HERE for complete Call-for-Entry prospectus pdf.

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