The St. Bernard Art Guild 2017 Open Show

Calling all artists! The St. Bernard Art Guild will hold its’ Annual Open Show on June 10th at the Nunez Fine Arts Center, at 209  West Magnolia Drive, Chalmette, LA, located on the Nunez Community College campus. Registration begins on Friday, June 9th between 5-7pm and Saturday, June 10th from 9-11am. Doors will open at 4:30 pm and reception will begin at 5 pm on Saturday. Awards will be presented starting at 6 pm. All entries will be displayed until 7 pm and must be picked up at the end of the show.

The Judge for the SBAG 2017 Open Show will be Maurice Alvarado, owner of Studio 520 in Uptown New Orleans, who studied at Tulane University and Corning Glass in New York. Alvarado studied under Italian Glass Master Pino Signoretto and many others. His skills lie in exquisite execution of 10” to 24” tall glass figures, which are hand tooled glass. These can take as long as three hours to create at temperatures of 1000 to 2000 degrees. He has annual shows in Chicago, Cincinnati, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans where his work is in great demand. His work is also part of the New Orleans Museum of Art. Maurice’s glass sculptures are elegant, meticulously crafted and evoke a sense of the spiritual. Although idealized versions of the human torso, his sculptures clearly embody a spiritual presence. His goal is “to capture, in clear and multi-colored glass the essence of the human and angelic figures, inspired by the dreams I’ve had and emotional impressions I have of people and events in my life”.

The categories for the show are as follows: Art Under Glass, Art Not Under Glass, Photography and Three Dimensional.  Awards include Chalmette Refining, LLC Best of Show Award & $125.  In each category there will be an award for 1st Place ($100 & ribbon), 2nd Place ($75 & ribbon), 3rd Place, ($50 & ribbon) plus 3 Honorable Mention ribbons in each category.  Medallions will be given for Specialty Awards which includes the best: Landscape, Maritime, Spiritual, Children’s Theme, Floral, Portrait, Wildlife, Abstract, Still Life and St. Bernard Theme. All entries must be the original creation of the artist.

Entry Fee:  $5 (members) and $10 (non-members) each piece.  No limit on entries.  Artist may join the St. Bernard Art Guild ($25) at the Show for member discount.  Membership forms will be available at the registration table at the show.  Artists must be 18 or older by June 10th, 2017 to enter the show.  Please contact Linda Lopez, Art Guild President at paintindaparish@cox.net or 504-884-1843 for a registration form or further information. Forms and guidelines are also available on the Art Guild’s Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/St.BernardArtGuild/

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