CALL TO ARTISTS - DEADLINE EXTENDED!

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CALL TO ARTISTS - DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Roseville Arts Invites Artists to Enter its Juried Member Exhibition
Opening at the Blue Line Gallery in March

ROSEVILLE, CA, January 11, 2011—Roseville Arts invites visual artists to enter its 2011 Juried Membership Exhibition, scheduled to open at the Blue Line Gallery on March 1, 2010.

The deadline has been extended to January 29, 2011, for new and renewing members of Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery to enter the exhibit for FREE. Juror Elaine O’Brien, professor of modern and contemporary art history and criticism at California State University at Sacramento, will select artwork for the exhibit, which will open to the public on March 1. Membership options and the complete exhibit prospectus with online submission are available at www.rosevillearts.org. Questions call 916.783.4117.

With membership the Blue Line Gallery offers its artists exciting benefits, including free exhibiting opportunities; a webpage on the online Directory of Artists; higher commissions on sales; discounts on national juried show entry, workshops, lectures and programs; monthly artist e-news and more.

WHO: Visual Artists
WHAT: CALL TO ARTISTS – Juried Membership Exhibition at Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery
WHEN: Entry deadline extended to January 29, 2011. Exhibiting March 1 - April 2, 2011
WHERE: Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA 95678
WHY: To offer exhibition and sales opportunities for Roseville Arts Member Artists
FEE: FREE to member artists

ABOUT ELAINE O’BRIEN
Elaine O’Brien has served as professor of modern and contemporary art history and criticism in the Art Department at California State University at Sacramento since 1998. She earned her Ph.D. in Art History at City University of New York in 1997 and holds B.A.’s in studio art and art history and her M. A. in Art History from San Diego State. O’Brien taught contemporary art history and criticism at New York’s School of Visual Arts and City University before arriving at CSUS. She is currently editing a non-Western modern art anthology textbook and lectures widely on subjects in her area of expertise. She has served as director of the CSUS Festival of the Arts annual art history symposia since 2004; has been awarded multiple research grants; and has served as juror for the California Art Council Fellowship Award, Humboldt State University Student Exhibition and the California State Fair.

ALSO AT THE BLUE LINE IN March
2011 High School Student Show opens March 15

ABOUT ROSEVILLE ARTS BLUE LINE GALLERY - 2010 VOTED BEST OF THE BEST, PRESS TRIBUNE
2010 VOTED READERS' CHOICE BEST GALLERY, ROSEVILLE STYLE MAGAZINE
Roseville Arts’ Blue Line Gallery is a non-profit community center for the arts. Further information can be found on the website: www.rosevillearts.org or by calling (916) 783-4117.