From the oceans surrounding it to the mountains dividing it, this land is home to some of the world’s most powerful landscapes. Whether urban, rural, or suburban, landscapes are always changing. Show us the landscapes of your life. Open to all media following exhibition guidelines, MFA will showcase any original 2D or 3D work depicting a landscape from the Americas (North America, Hawaii, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America). Works selected by the juror will be exhibited in MFA’s Circle Gallery from August 30 – September 23, 2023. Click this icon to view and print the downloadable prospectus. Nora Sturges is Area Head of Painting and Drawing in the Department of Art + Design, Art History, and Art Education at Towson University in Maryland. She has exhibited her paintings in numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and has been recognized numerous times for her thought provoking work by the Maryland State Arts Council and in the publication New American Paintings. She received her B.A., Magna Cum Laude in Studio Art from Bowdoin College, Maine, and an M.F.A. in painting from Ohio University. See her work at norasturges.com.
Choosing work for this show caused me to reflect on how the idea of landscape is different from the idea of wilderness – landscape suggests the subjectivity of a human viewpoint, a person seeing the landscape. Landscape is all around us, and is infinite in terms of providing imagery for art. What do these artists choose to take from the outside world and present as an artwork for others to contemplate? Some single out moments of natural beauty where we can believe we are alone in the landscape, while others confront the reality of cars and strip malls, and still others address the range of interaction between humans and the natural world. By choosing a particular moment in time to represent, or a particular quality of light, or viewpoint, the artist makes us stop and reflect and see things anew. Art brings reality into focus, providing context and frame. Moreover, as we view these representations and iterations of the outside world, perhaps we also open a window onto our own inner landscapes. Juror’s Choice Honorable Mentions
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Introducing American Landscapes: Scenes from the Americas
Juror: Nora Sturges, Area Head of Painting and Drawing at Towson University
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