JURIED ART SHOW WILL COVER RANGE OF MEDIA.Byline: Romy Jacobson Daily News Staff Writer Abstracts, traditional landscapes, works with a social message - even a life-size mermaid made of plaster and a faux mummy named Seti I Seti I (sē`tī, sā`tē), d. 1290 B.C., king of ancient Egypt, of the XIX dynasty; son and successor of Ramses I. He succeeded to the throne c.1302 B.C. - will be among the artwork to go on display Saturday at the Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery. Works by 85 amateur and professional artists are part of the 13th annual Juried All Media Art Exhibition, which will run through March 8. ``This is the show that started the museum,'' said curator Norma Gurba. ``It's one of our most popular exhibits.'' The show, co-hosted by the Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery and the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Allied Arts Association, was the inaugural show at the museum 13 years ago. Professional juror juror n. any person who actually serves on a jury. Lists of potential jurors are chosen from various sources such as registered voters, automobile registration or telephone directories. Pete Algra, an artist, educator and a trustee-exhibition chairman for the Bakersfield Museum of Art, selected 141 pieces by 85 local artists out of 175 pieces entered by 103 artists for the 13th annual exhibit. Algra also picked the winners of the $875 in cash awards donated by the LMAG LMAG London Motorists Action Group (UK) LMAG London Market Actuaries' Group Associates, the Allied Arts Cedar Community Arts Center, the Lancaster Photography Association, the Palmdale Visual Arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → Program and private donors. A public reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday. The winning artists will be announced at 6 p.m. Free art demonstrations by three local artists will be presented at 3 p.m. Ronald Spees will discuss innovative photographic techniques in the Painterly paint·er·ly adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter; artistic. 2. a. Having qualities unique to the art of painting. b. Photography program, Myron Ropp will discuss color pencil usage, and JoGayle Gerner will present a Florals in Oil program. ``It's interesting to see after 13 years that we still have some of the same artists and a lot of new artists,'' said Gurba. ``It's nice to see such wonderful talent in our valley.'' The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, and is closed Mondays and holidays. Admission is free. The museum is located at 44801 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . For more information, call (805) 723-6250 or 723-6251. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1 -- color) Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery employee Brenda Goodell checks out a mixed-media peace. (2) Employees Brenda Goodell, left, and Maria Smyer hang pictures for the Juried All Media Art Exhibition. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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