Clatsop Community College
1653 Jerome, Astoria OR 97103
For immediate release
Contact: Kristin Shauck (503) 338-2472
Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century- Now Accepting Submissions For
CCC s First Juried International Art Exhibition
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the prospectus here (.pdf, 1MB)
Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery is proud to host Au Naturel:
The Nude in the 21st Century, the first exhibition of its kind to be
held at a community college in Oregon.
The exhibition, to be held April 2-27, 2007, is open to all artists working
in any drawing, painting or printmaking media. It will include a wide
range of interpretations of the nude human figure, from representational
to abstract. The submission deadline is February 12, 2007.
Serving as juror for the exhibition is Royal Nebeker, a painter and printmaker
whose work appears in both the US and Europe. He was recently included
in a contemporary survey of European gallery artists at the Louvre in
Paris. In 2004, Nebeker was invited to give the inaugural address for
the new fine arts campus at the National School of Fine Arts in Oslo,
Norway. In May of 2006, he was appointed by Governor Ted Kulongoski to
serve on the Oregon Arts Commission, and is currently represented by
Augen Gallery of Portland and Lisa Harris Gallery of Seattle, Washington.
Clatsop Community College continues to have one of the best visual art programs
in the Northwest, says Nebeker, now an adjunct instructor at CCC, who also played
an intrinsic role in developing the emphasis on the nude figure at college.
“This is a particularly significant accomplishment when one realizes the
relatively remote geographic area served by the facility,” he continued. “Bringing
this quality of artwork to the campus will be educational and greatly enjoyed
by the student body and local community. It is an example of the vision and
leadership the art faculty constantly provides for our region.”
Clatsop Community College has a rich tradition of using the nude figure as the
focal point of the Art Department. When the department first started using the
nude figure in about 1980, it was one of the first community colleges in Oregon
work with nude models for studies of human figures in its studio classes.
“We really feel that having access to the nude figure is very important
to our students, especially in drawing, painting and sculpture,” said
CCC Art Department Founder Roy Garrison, who taught art classes at the college
from
1969 until his retirement in the spring of 2006. The figure is fundamental
to art we need that information to understand form.”
Kristin Shauck, who instructs drawing, painting and basic design at CCC, said
that she feels fortunate to be teaching at Clatsop, where there is such a vibrant
community of artists and exceptionally dedicated art students.
“I strongly believe that for the developing artist, the study of the human
figure is imperative, and one of the most challenging and potentially rewarding
subjects
to explore,” Shauck said. “I am passionate about the human figure
as a focus in my own creative work; I love how the artist Wayne Thiebaud has
described the nude as ‘the touchstone to the poetry of form.’ We
are excited about bringing in figurative artwork from all over the world to
our very own campus gallery as inspiration for the students and the art community
as a whole.”
Submissions must be received by the CCC Art Center Gallery (last day to postmark)
by February 12, 2007. Notification of acceptance/non-acceptance will be mailed
by March 1, 2007. Exhibition dates will be April 2-27, with an artist s reception
on April 3, 2007. A prospectus containing specifications on media requirements,
fees, and terms is available online at www.clatsopcc.edu.
For more information please contact Kristin Shauck at (503) 338-2472.