Artists Open Call — Waterline ~ Timeline April 5th, 2012 Deadline

Open Call for Entries

Waterline~Timeline Juried Exhibition
Reflect upon the waterline ~ contemplate the timeline Download Application from the Orillia Museum Art and History website: http://www.orilliamuseum.org/

Simcoe Watershed Art Project/Artists Afloat invites you to participate in a juried exhibition at the Orillia Museum of Art and History, May 14 to June 30. 2012.
Please submit up to two works in any medium that reference the historic, social, geographic, and/or economic development of Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching watersheds, marking significant place and time within an environmental context.

Deadline for Entries is April 5, 2012

Visit the  OMAH website for entry guidelines and form.  www.oriliamuseum.org
Jurors:
Anik Glaude, Curator, The Varley Art Gallery of Markham, Unionville, Ontario
Ted Fullerton, SDVA Co-ordinator, Georgian College

Simcoe Watershed Art Project/Artists Afloat involves regional artists within the Lake Simcoe and Couchiching watersheds in the expression and documentation of the unique aspects of this ecosystem, culturally, environmentally and aesthetically through exhibitions and events.

Please contact Jennie or Karen at watershedart1@gmail.com for more information.

‘Ripples’ – ‘Think about Water’… Art Exhibition Brings Awareness

The Simcoe Watershed Art Project: Artists Afloat presents ‘Ripples’ an exhibition of art that brings together local, regional, and international artists residing within the Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching watershed to raise their voice in expression and documentation of the diversity, beauty, and fragility of life within our watershed region.
This exhibition simply asks all to think about water!

Participating Artists:

Patti Agapi, Andre Beneteau, Rachel Bradbury, Marlene Bulas, Kimberley Campbell, Michael Coughlin, Deborah Colvin, Jennie Clark, Carol Deimling, Janice Gittings, Rosemarie Gordon, Jeanette Luchese, Claudia Mandler  McKnight, Margaret McClellan, Joanna McEwen, Peter Miehm, ML Ogilvie, Laura Allison Polischuik, Liz Schamehorn, Kat Sumpton, Eileen E. Sweeney, Melissa Wakefield, and Karen Wild.
Opening Reception: Saturday May 14, 2011

Time: 12 - 4 p.m.

Location: Double Door Studios and Gallery
4004 Horseshoe Valley Road West, Anten Mills, Ontario, Canada L0L 1Y0

Exhibition Duration: May 14 - May 29, 2011
Gallery is open weekends 12- 4 pm.
Admission: Free
Directions: Tel.: 705-734-9856 http://www.ddsag.com/                                         

Presented by: The Simcoe Watershed Art Project : Artists Afloat, an ad hoc art group initiated by Jennie Clark, Mary Cellucci, Carol Deimling, Jeanette Luchese and Karen Wild, promoting environmental awareness through visual art. Continuing with the theme of the inaugural exhibition ‘The Ripple Effect’: reflecting on the very nature of affecting change: how one small stone tossed into a body of water causes a ripple effect with an almost never ending forward motion. http://simcoewatershedartproject.blogspot.com