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The 2008 Westmoreland Juried Biennial
Sunday May 11, 2008 - Sunday June 08, 2008
Free w/ museum admission
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art has a strong commitment to regional artists, both in the context of history and in our own time. The Westmoreland Juried Biennial features 80 artists from within a 125-mile radius of Greensburg.
Juror Statement: For my selections of The Westmoreland Biennial, I wanted to embrace a variety of styles, subject matter and media. Out of this mixture, it is no surprise that a fair amount of representational works have emerged, particularly landscape. Pennsylvania artists have a long tradition of choosing their state as subject matter. Some of the earliest landscapes created in the young United States, for example, were views of Philadelphia; while artists soon embraced the views stretching to the west, towards Pittsburgh and points farther afield. I am gratified to see that contemporary Pennsylvania artists still find the state’s rural and urban imagery of interest. Portraiture and abstraction also make strong showings in this year’s Biennial. Indeed, a lively mixture of styles characterizes the state’s contemporary art and should be a source of pride for all Pennsylvanians. It certainly is for this former Pennsylvanian.
---William Rudolph, The Pauline Gill Sullivan Associate Curator of American Art, Dallas Museum of Art
FEATURED ARTISTS
Skip Allen (Ligonier), Marjorie Arnett (Leetsdale), Maggy Aston (Greensboro), Martha Chaney Ball (Pittsburgh), Rachel Barnyak (Washington), Ruthanne F. Bauerle (Pittsburgh), Kenneth Beer (Vandergrift), Carol Begley (Beaver), Dean Bennett (Verona), Paul Binai (Indiana), Edda Blume (Pittsburgh), Daniel Bolick (Export), Carolyn Carson (Pittsburgh), William S. Cook, Jr. (Sewickley), Henry Craig (Wilkins Twp.), Adam Davies (Pittsburgh), Jennifer Dinovitz (Pittsburgh), Kathleen Dlugos (Greensburg), Jean English (Perryopolis), Wayne Forbes (Pittsburgh), Dorothy Forman (Pittsburgh), Patty Gallagher (Pittsburgh), Will Giannotti (Pittsburgh), Kathleen Gilbert (Pittsburgh), Dave Hammaker (East Freedom), Passle Helminski (Erie), Lori Hepner (Pittsburgh), Gloria Hersch (Export), Janese Hexon (Pittsburgh), Sandra Jackson (Ligonier), Robert A. Jones (Bridgeville), Jeffery Katrencik (Houston), Gregory Kavalec (Monongahela), George Kollar (Pittsburgh), Jackie Kresak (Pittsburgh), Eleanor J. Krick (N. Huntingdon), Stephen Lai (Pittsburgh), Anna Marie Legler (Pittsburgh), David Ludwig (Greensburg), Marianne Marino (Allison Park), Daniel Marsula (Pittsburgh), Carl McGrady (Butler), Dan Mohan (Allison Park), Elaine Morris (Oakmont), Stefanie Moser (Pittsburgh), Chris Mozley (Jeannette), Laura Mustio (Pittsburgh), Gabrielle Nastuck (Latrobe), Alison Newman (Export), Ronald Nigro (Trafford), Thomas Norulak, Jr. (Pittsburgh), Jane Ogren (Pittsburgh), Kevin O’Toole (S. Greensburg), Charlotte Palmer (Canonsburg), Angela Pasquale (Pittsburgh), John Patrick (Canonsburg), Kit Paulsen (Washington), Joyce W. Perry (Pittsburgh), William D. Pfahl (Pittsburgh), James Rettinger (Coraopolis), Ronald Romano (Monongahela), Philip Rostek (Pittsburgh), Patrick Ruane (Glenshaw), Elise Rugolo (Pittsburgh), Joseph Ryznar (Lower Burrell),
Bernadine Saint-Auguste (Pittsburgh), Raymond J. Sokolowski (Pittsburgh), Rita Lee Spalding (Pittsburgh), Richard Stoner (Latrobe), Kathryn Strutz (Mars), Nora Thompson (Whitney), J. D. Titzel (Greenville), Melissa Vertosick (Delmont), Mary Weidner (Pittsburgh), Jack Weiss (Pittsburgh), Jeremiah D. Welsh (Somerset), Ralph C. Welsh, III (Somerset), Douglas Wynn (Aliquippa), Gary Zak (West Mifflin), Kathleen Zimbicki (Carnegie)
ABOUT THE JUROR
William Keyse Rudolph has served as The Pauline Gill Sullivan Associate Curator of American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art since 2004. Formerly at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, his research interests include 18th and 19th century American painting and American modernism. Dr. Rudolph earned his Masters of Art in Art History from the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. in the History of Art from Bryn Mawr College, in addition to post-graduate study at the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London. For the Dallas Museum of Art, he has organized such exhibitions as “Charles Sheeler’s Power Series;” “Town and Country: The Beginnings of the American Landscape Collection;” “Lone Star Legacy: The Barrett Collection of Early Texas Art;” and “Bluebonnets and Beyond: Julian Onderdonk, American Impressionist” forthcoming in 2008, among others. His publication Julian Onderdonk: American Impressionist is due in 2008, and he was a contributing author to 200 Years of Excellence: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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CALENDAR
Exhibition dates: May 11- June 8, 2008
Entry postmark deadline: January 25
Notification: Week of March 31
Delivery: Thursday, May 1, 11 AM to 9 PM or Friday, May 2, 11 AM to 5 PM
Opening reception: Saturday, May 10, 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Pick up work: Monday, June 9, 11 AM to 5 PM or Tuesday, June 10, 11 AM to 5 PM
For more information call 724/837-1500 ext. 29 or info@wmuseumaa.org
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