Call to Artists!

Media Contacts:

Beth Rohlfes or Barbara Dolder

rosecurator@surewest.net, roseart@surewest.net    

(916) 783-4117

CALL TO ARTISTS

$2000 in prizes at Blue Line Gallery Exhibit

Juror, Shelly Willis, Public Art Administrator, Sacramento

ROSEVILLE, Calif., October 12, 2009— An international call to artists has gone out for Roseville Arts’ 33^rd Annual Open Show, juried by Shelly Willis, Public Art Administrator for the City and County of Sacramento.

Selected artwork will be exhibited at the Blue Line Gallery February 20 – April 9, 2010, and will be eligible for $2000 in cash awards.  Deadline for submission is January 8, 2010. The exhibit is open to all original works of art.  Artists may submit up to five entries, $15 each or discounts on multiples.  All work will be juried from digital images.  Complete information is available in the prospectus, available online at www.rosevillearts.org , at the Blue Line Gallery, or by sending SASE to the Blue Line Gallery,  405 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA 95678.

WHO:                    Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery

WHAT:                  CALL TO ARTISTS -- 33^rd Annual Juried Art Show & Competition

WHEN:                 Deadline for entry, January 8, 2010  

WHERE:                Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA  95678

WHY:                    To give artists the opportunity to exhibit in a juried show with cash awards

FEE:                        $15 per entry; discounts on multiples (see prospectus for details)

ABOUT SHELLY WILLIS

Shelly Willis came to be Public Art Administrator in Sacramento after six years managing the public art program at the University of Minnesota, where she also taught courses in public art.  Before that Willis managed visual arts programming for the City of Fairfield, California, taught at Napa Valley and Solano Community Colleges, served as program coordinator at the California Arts Council, and was the Director of the Institute for Design and Experimental Art, a visual arts center in Sacramento. Willis has a published essay on the state of public art education in the U.S. in Public Art by the Book (Americans for the Arts, 2005) and co-edited the book, Public Art Practice (Routledge New York, 2008).  She holds undergraduate degrees in art history and business administration from California State University, Chico, and is on the advisory board of FORECAST, Public Artworks, a St. Paul non-profit organization that publishes Public Art Review, and supports and advocates for public art nationally. 

ABOUT ROSEVILLE ARTS BLUE LINE GALLERY

2009 VOTED #1 ART GALLERY IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION—KCRA  A-LIST

Roseville Arts’ Blue Line Gallery is a non-profit community center for the arts.  Further information may be obtained on the website:  www.rosevillearts.org or by calling (916) 783-4117. To set up an interview or to request high resolution photography, please contact Veronika Nagy at roseart@surewest.net.

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