Submitted by Central Pennsylvania of the Arts
STATE COLLEGE — The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has issued the call for entries for its popular juried fine art exhibition, “Images 2024.” The exhibition runs from July 1 to 31 at Schlow Centre Region Library.
“Images 2024” is open to artists 16 and older whose primary residence is in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Eligible 2D media include drawings, paintings, pastels, mixed media, photography, hand-pulled prints, watercolors, fiber, paper and digital art. Digital images of original work produced after Jan. 1, 2021, are eligible for submission. The deadline to apply is Friday, May 3.
Danny Volk, assistant curator of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, will be the juror for this year’s exhibition. Previously, Volk was the Terra Foundation for American Art Curatorial Fellow at the Westmoreland, where he organized “Breaking Ground: Landscape and Labor in Southwestern Pennsylvania” in 2023. Previous curatorial projects include “Made-Up with Danny Volk” at Screen Share at the University of Chicago; “The Baby Gap” at Outhaus in Urbana, Illinois; “Submissive Exhibitions” at The Mission’s Sub-Mission in Chicago; and “The News Gallery” at Spaces in Cleveland.
Volk has received grants from the Knight Art Challenge Grant through the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Akron Community Foundation Grant, Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Individual Artist Program Creative Project Grant, Propeller Fund Grant and the Mary E. Hofstetter Legacy Scholarship for Excellence in the Visual Arts from the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada. He completed a master’s in fine arts from the University of Chicago in 2014.
Volk will award a total of $1,800 in cash prizes, which include $500 for best of show, $200 for best painting, $200 for best pastel, $200 for best photograph and four merit awards for $150 each. There is also a $100 award for best student submission. Winners will be announced at an awards reception during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts on July 11.