Mar 28, 2017

Artists Who Teach Exhibition is Now On Display!

It’s that time of year again! The Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition is on display and available for your enjoyment through April 30!

“As a fellow teaching artist, I know well the challenge, the satisfaction, and the absolute necessity of maintaining one’s own serious studio practice while simultaneously devoting oneself completely to the learning and achievement of students. It is with respect for your dual professions that I entered into the process of selecting work for special recognition. And despite my best attempts at consistency and objectivity—as when scoring student work—elements of capriciousness slip in to every act of jurying. But I will try to, at the very least, be transparent, yet brief, about my thought process.” – Betsy DiJulio

Meet the Juror

Betsy DiJulio is an award-winning artist working primarily in acrylic and mixed media. She earned her BA in Philosophy with a minor in Art from the University of Southern Mississippi, an MA in Art History from Vanderbilt University, and an ED.S. in Curriculum and Instruction from George Washington University. She is a full-time Nation Board Certified art teacher and Princess Ann High School in Virginia Beach, where she was chosen as the 2010 Citywide Teacher of the Year. She served for 11 years as the education director of the Contemporary Art Museum of Virginia (now MOCA) during which she published and presented at the local, state, regional and national levels on topics of museums and art education, and was selected in 1996-97 as the Museum Art Educator of the Year by the VA Art Education Association.

This year’s juror, Betsy DiJulio, speaks on her experience and expectation from the exhibition.

Congratulations to all of the participants in this year’s Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition!

Awards

First Place – Hanging in the Balance by Barbara Stephenson

Second Place – Bonodo 1 by Ampofo-Anti

Third Place – Yellow Hurricane Sky by Anne Bousquet

Award of Merit – Five Friends by Holland Wentz Etheridge

Award of Merit – Greener Grass by Dianne Hottenstein

Award of Merit – The Red Queen’s Garden by Christi Harris

Award of Merit – East and West by Mark E. Miltz

Award of Merit – Shadow by Madeline Brewer

Honorable Mention – Chips off the Old Block by Clay McGlamory

Honorable Mention – Between Us by Eloise Shelton-Mayo

Honorable Mention – Cupcake by Heather Marconi

Honorable Mention – Punt by Jimi Whiteside

Honorable Mention – Mole by Barbara Kobylinska

Don’t miss the wonderful works of art in this year’s Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition at The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center! It will be on display through April 30!