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Open Call for Artists: (art made with) Found Objects - An EEA Art Show

John Mitty Thursday, May 31, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press contact: Stephanie Smith
631-727-0900
Stephanie.Smith@eastendarts.org

Call for Artists

(art made with) FOUND OBJECTS
An East End Arts Gallery Show
Show Dates: July 20 – August 24, 2012

(RIVERHEAD, NY, May 31, 2012) –– The East End Arts Gallery is pleased to announce an open call for artist participation in the upcoming juried, all media art show, (art made with) Found Objects, at the East End Arts’ Gallery, which will open on Friday, July 20 and run through August 24, 2012. The call is open to all artists to submit work made with found objects. The guest juror for this show will be artist Jonathan Pearlman, a master of making art from found objects. The East End Arts’ Gallery is located at 133 East Main Street in Riverhead, NY.

Gallery Director Jane Kirkwood encourages artists to “incorporate one or more found objects into your art and see what it leads you to create.” Original works in all media that incorporate found objects into the work of art may be submitted. A bin of found objects is available at the East End Arts Gallery for artists looking for inspiration. Poetry about found objects will also be accepted. Each artist may submit up to three entries. Entries will be accepted on

Thursday, July 12; Friday, July 13; and Saturday, July 14 from 10AM to 4PM at the East End Arts Gallery. For all size and entry requirements and details, view the full prospectus at: http://eastendarts.org/TEMPfiles2012/FoundObjectsProsp.pdf.

The “Best in Show” winner will be one of several artists who will participate in the East End Arts Gallery’s Winners’ Show in the Fall of 2013. First, Second, Third Place, and Honorable Mentions will also be awarded.

An Opening Reception will be held on Friday, July 20 from 5PM to 7PM, where guests will have an opportunity to meet the artists. This free event is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

The Found Objects Show is one of six juried shows of 2012, under the umbrella theme of “Life as Art”. For the full 2012 Gallery Schedule and more details, visit http://eastendarts.org/gallery/PDF/2012GALLERYSched.pdf.

For more information, contact Gallery Director Jane Kirkwood at 631-727-0900 or gallery@eastendarts.org.

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