Activities & Learning
Sponsors
The PJCC Community Art Show was made possible by the many talented artists who have shared their work and The Eva Chernov Lokey Endowment for Programs.
Special thanks to the following Category Award
Sponsors: Cheap Pete’s, San Mateo
Pacific Art League • University Art, Palo Alto
Questions?
Do you have a question about events or exhibits? If so, please contact:
Cultural Arts Coordinator
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Phone: 650.378.2751
Community Art Show
PJCC Art Gallery
July 2 - August 29, 2010
Clockwise from upper left: Rita Sklar, Barbara Nevins, Paul Six, and Alan Leon.
Congratulations to our 10 PJCC Community Art Show Award Recipients:
Mixed Media Category Award Winners
1st Place – Rita Sklar
Allen’s Hummingbird
2nd Place – Amy Da-Peng King
Lacey Purple Curtain
3rd Place – Marian Yap
Float
Photography Category Award Winners
1st Place - Barbara Nevins
Son & Father
2nd Place – Doron Hanoch
(e) motion 17
3rd Place – Andrew Scheiner
Huge Surf
3-Dimensional Category Award Winners
1st Place – Alan Leon
Azurite and Cyanite Mezuzah
2nd Place – Jerry Lewis
Hippy
3rd Place – Lucille Coleman
In My Reveries
Community Choice Award
Paul Six
Yosemite Fall
Participating Artists :
Awards, Categories and Prizes
1st Place Mixed Media: $500
Painting • Drawing • Textile • Collage
1st Place Three Dimensional Work: $500
Ceramic • Metal • Glass • Wood
1st Place Photography: $500
2nd and 3rd Place: non-cash awards
Mixed Media • Three Dimensional Work
Photography
Community Choice Award: 3 Month PJCC Membership
Jurors
Lyle Gomes
Photography Department Head - College of San Mateo
Mr. Gormes received both his BA and MA in Art from San Francisco State University. His long-term study of idealized human-made landscapes, Imagining Eden: Connecting Landscapes, has been supported by both a Fulbright Scholar Award (Britain) and a Rockefeller Foundation residency, Bellagio, Italy. His work can be found in numerous museums that include: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; San Jose Museum of Art; Stanford Museum; and Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.
Betty Friedman
Art Department Chair, NDNU
Ms. Friedman has taught at NDNU from 1994 to the present, at Laney College in Oakland and the San Francisco Art Institute. She received her MFA in printmaking from California College for the Arts. Ms. Friedman’s studio is in Oakland where she makes paper and prints that are exhibited internationally. Her work is included in the art collections of Adobe Systems, Apple Computers, The Oakland Museum, the Bank of California, and UBS.
Jeff Downing
Associate Professor, Ceramics SFSU
Jeff Downing discovered clay while studying music composition at the State University of New York at Purchase. His first ceramics class there changed the course of his career. Drawn by its reputation for experimentation in the arts, he moved to California where he began to explore hand-built clay sculpture under the tutelage of the artists Stephen DeStaebler and Bill Albright. He went on to receive his MFA from SFSU in 1992.
Dates to Remember
Monday, May 3
CD and entry forms with fees must be postmarked by this date.
Monday, June 7
Notification of acceptance or rejection will be mailed on this date. No phone calls please.
Monday, June 28 & Tuesday, June 29
Accepted art work must be hand-delivered to the Peninsula Jewish Community Center (address on reverse side). Time periods for drop-off will be mailed with acceptance forms.
Sunday, July 25 • 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Art reception and awards presentation.
Monday, August 30 & Tuesday, August 31*
Pick up art work at the PJCC.
*Art not picked up by Tuesday, August 31 will incur a $5 per day storage fee. Works will only be held until September 29, 2010.
Eligibility
Entries must be original works by the artist, who must be at least 18 years of age and live within 60 miles of the PJCC. Two-dimensional works may not exceed 30” x 40” in either direction. Three-dimensional works will be displayed in curio cabinets and therefore may not exceed the dimensions of 10” h x 10” w x 7” d.
Eligible works include Paintings, Drawings, Photography, Collage, Tapestry/Wall Hangings, Ceramic, Glass, Metal and Wood.
Entry Fees
A non-refundable fee of $15 for one, $25 for two and $30 for three submissions must be submitted with application (please make checks payable to the PJCC). There is a maximum number of three submissions per artist. Only one application form allowed per artist.
Submission Guidelines
A CD must be submitted in a sleeve with the artist’s name printed clearly on both the CD and the sleeve. Images on CD must be in jpg format and a minimum of 300 dpi. Each jpg file name should consist of the artist’s full name, last name first, followed by the title of the work, media and entry number, e.g.:
- Chagal, Marc – Exodus #1.jpg
- Chagal, Marc – The Bride #2.jpg
The size of each file should not exceed one megabyte. Entries in the Three-Dimensional category are permitted to include a second image of the work to demonstrate an alternate view of the piece.
Entry forms must be submitted together with labeled CD, entry fee and must be postmarked no later than May 3, 2010.
Selection and Award Jury Processes
Selection for the show will be at the discretion of the PJCC Community Art Show Selection Committee, who will have complete discretion as to the number of works to be exhibited and may eliminate any entry at any stage in the judging process. The Award Jury will be comprised of members of our local art community. Additionally, there will also be one “Community Choice” award, which will be decided by visitors to the gallery from July 2 – July 25. Any accepted works delivered that differ from submitted images will be disqualified.
Sales and Commissions
All works of art must be for sale. The PJCC receives a 20% commission on all works sold. Please keep this in mind when pricing your entries. If a work is sold the artist will receive the dollar value listed on the entry form less the PJCC’s commission. The PJCC does not guarantee sales
Publicity
Submission of art images constitutes an agreement to exhibit any and all selected works. The PJCC will have permission to photograph or reproduce any and all works in the exhibit, together with the artist’s name and picture, for the purpose of publicity and reporting without compensation.
Framing
All two-dimensional works must be delivered to the PJCC ready to hang.
Liability
It is suggested that artists carry their own insurance. Every reasonable care will be taken in handling work, but no responsibility will be assumed by the PJCC for any loss or damage incurred in transit. Items will be insured for 80% of the dollar value written on entry form by the PJCC under its “all-risk” wall-to-wall policy. Submission of work(s) constitutes agreement to terms and condition in this application.
Thank you.
We appreciate your interest and participation in the PJCC Community Art Show!
Peninsula Jewish Community Center
800 Foster City Blvd., Foster City, CA 94404
650.212.PJCC (7522) • www.pjcc.org
Art Reception & Presentation with Edward Serotta of Centropa
Jewish Witness to a Polish Century
Pictures and stories from the Centropa interviews in Poland, 2001-2008
Centropa spent seven years interviewing the oldest Jews still living in Poland about all aspects of twentieth century life. Centropa digitized 1,600 privately-held family snapshots, and every picture has been uploaded into a searchable database, accompanied by the story that goes with it. Select stories and photographs appear in the form of 6-foot-tall banners that line the PJCC gallery walls.
Made possible by the Koret-Taube Initiative for Jewish Peoplehood, and the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.
