On Display May 1 – May 25, 2024

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In Person Reception will be on Saturday, May 25 from 4 – 6 at Circle Gallery

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Introducing the Spring Member Show

Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) invited all MFA Members residing in any of the states or territories of the US, Canada, and Mexico to enter our Spring Member Show 2024. Any original 2D or 3D work was considered. Works selected by the juror will be exhibited in MFA’s Circle Gallery from May 1 – 25, 2024.

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Juror: Mïa Vollkommer: Former Program Coordinator for Smithsonian Studio Arts

Mïa Vollkommer is a jeweler, small-business woman, teacher, cat lady, and a lover of pho and Kung Fu movies. She has been teaching beading and jewelry techniques for 22 years now at venues around the country – most notably for 20 years at the Smithsonian Associates (the Smithsonian Institution’s continuing education program) and will be teaching for the first time at Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft in North Carolina this July. For the last 12 years, Ms. Vollkommer has been making and selling her jewelry with her business 2 dots over the i. When teaching, Ms. Vollkommer derives great pleasure from showing her students that creativity and the maker’s spirit are in each and every one of us, just waiting to be discovered.

Juror’s Statement

From my graduate school days, up until just last week (which is a quite a few years!), I have submitted my own artworks to juried shows and festivals. So, when Amani approached me to jury this year’s MF’s Spring Member Show, I knew that I had been entrusted with a very serious responsibility.

What immediately struck me as I looked at your work is the sheer breadth of subject matter and techniques – both your creativity and craftsmanship are to be commended. The MFA’s criteria of Communal Meaning, Openness, and Stickiness were inspirational and allowed me to spend meaningful time with each piece as I considered it for the show. My award choices reflect both overall excellence, and in part echo my current personal concern of how we identify as individuals, and whether that puts us within, or outside of, the communities we seek to understand and contribute to as best we can. My congratulations to everyone represented in the show, and to the awardees. Thank you so much for sharing your art and passion with me.

Awards

Juror’s Choice

  • Seduced by a Digital World of my Own Making, fiber collage, Jayne Gaskins
  • MUSTAFA, mixed media on canvas, James Hollan
  • War Horse, oil on canvas, Jessica Joern
  • Leda and the Swan, oil on canvas, Georgi
  • VILLA 1.0, mixed media: digital painting, acrylic paint, market, color pencil, and ink on watercolor paper, James McGillan

Honorable Mention

  • Black Roses, digital photography, Graig Bracey
  • Design & Decay (color), photography – metallic surface print, Martin Heaver
  • Vernal Pond, watercolor, Joan Machinchick
  • At the End of the Day, soft pastel on paper, Fang Sullivan
  • Equinox (set of two), freestanding sculpture set of two: acrylic sheets, stainless steel, Lissa Rosenthal-Yoffe

*Award contributors and recipients will also be listed in the exhibition catalog.

Exhibition Schedule

  • Jan 30 Online Entry Opens for Submissions
  • Feb 28 Entry Deadline
  • Mar 26 Notification @ 5 PM
  • Apr 24 – 28 Accepted and Shipped Work Must Arrive at MFA Circle Gallery from 11 AM – 4 PM
  • May 1 Exhibition Opens
  • May 5 Virtual Awards Ceremony from 4 – 5 PM via Zoom
  • May 25 Last Day of the Exhibition; Closing Reception at MFA Circle Gallery from 4 – 6 PM
  • May 26 – 29 Pick-up Hand-Delivered Work from 11 AM – 4 PM
  • May 30 Shipped Work Will Be Sent

NOTE: Should the exhibition space be closed for reasons beyond our control, MFA reserves the right to move a planned physical exhibit to our online gallery.

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General Guidelines

Notification

All artists will receive notification by email. Accepted artists and artwork will also be posted on MFA’s website. Artists who have unsubscribed from MFA’s emails will not receive notification.
The notice to accepted artists will include specific details and may vary from the prospectus.
Please set your email account to recognize notification@mdfedart.org and info@mdfedart.org.