From the submitted works, the jury selected 31 pieces from 28 artists. Results will be announced in the next few days – we’re still working out the awards.
Forty artists sent us work. Here’s a map of where they were from: Click Here
The Art Is In!
The deadline just passed, and we have submissions from 40 Ontario artists – not bad for the pandemic year! We’re happy!
The artists sent in 111 pieces of work – painting, sculpture (2 in glass!), photography and pottery/ceramics.
Geographically, the artists are from 27 different communities.
Now – on to the jurying – September 16!
COVID-19 & practical creativity
Has your ability to get what you need for your creativity been affected by Covid-19?
Many of us have, at some point in the past few months, been unable or unwilling to head out to get the supplies we need. Even as a photographer, I have had to wait to get ink for my printer, as my store was closed, and my printer’s manufacturer was unable to get supplies.
Have the costs of your supplies gone up, possibly due to Covid-induced shortages? A jeweler here in Newmarket got a shock when she saw the higher price of the silver she uses to make her pieces.
For some of us, the emotional stress has sapped the inner resources we need to be creative. creativity. For others, Covid-19 has spurred new creativity of its own.
Please use the comment space below to tell you story. I moderate all comments, so it’s a safe space.
Dave
Meet Our Jurists
I think that you will be excited to meet our 2020 jurists, Jeff Nye, Pat Dumas-Hudecki and Sarah Burtscher.
Jeff Nye is a Newmarket-based artist, writer, teacher and curator. Jeff has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with Distinction from Concordia University in Montreal (1998) and a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Regina (2007). His paintings and multimedia installations have been exhibited in public galleries across the country. He has curated exhibitions for the Mackenzie Art Gallery, Dunlop Art Gallery, and Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre. He has also instructed studio and art history classes at First Nations University of Canada, University of Regina and Georgian College. Jeff has received several distinctions and awards for his work, including grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
http://www.livestudio.ca/
Pat Dumas-Hudecki is an Ontario artist who has been in many solo and group exhibitions, and has won many awards. She sends this statement:
Through my different painting series I want to chronicle how the everyday objects around us transform and convey their own unique narratives. My realistic acrylic paintings pay homage to the sweet disorder and chaos that surrounds us; they are an integral part of our living spaces-indoors and out.
When I paint the visual chaos of my interior spaces I capture the domestic wilderness of activity and play that is too often tidied up and civilized before it can be appreciated for its beauty and meaning.
When I paint urban and rural utility poles I show how they have developed unique personalities as they alter through time and purpose.
I enjoy creating art that makes people take a second look at their everyday surroundings and transforms their perceptions of it.
http://www.dumas-hudecki.com/
Sarah Burtscher is the Gallery Director at Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto’s leading commercial photography gallery for historical and contemporary work from Canadian and international artists. Sarah has curated exhibitions including Open Call 2019 for the Exposure Festival in Calgary; MYTORONTO, an exhibition through which participants affected by homelessness connect with their community; and SNAP!, an annual photographic fundraiser in support of programs and services provided by the Aids Committee of Toronto. She has also been on several exhibition juries including THE FENCE 2018 and RMG Exposed in 2017 and 2018.
Sarah holds a BFA in Photography Studies from Ryerson University’s Image Arts program.
COVID-19 Statement from NJAS
We hope that the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic will be over before our show starts in October, not just for our show, but for all of us on this precious planet.
There is a chance that the pandemic will still be going on, though. For that reason, we have altered our refund policy: If the Old Town Hall is still closed in October due to the pandemic, artists’ jurying fees will be refunded in full.
We will also refund our sponsors and financial supporters.
We, the Co-Directors, are able to absorb any expenditures that will have been made by that point, and will start planning the 2021 Newmarket Juried Art Show then. (Actually, we have already :))
Until then, be well, stay well, pay attention to what the medical experts tell you. And let’s all spend time on our Art as we hunker down!
Survey Results
Here are some results from our followup survey of artists.
Stats 2019
There were 607 visits to the first annual Newmarket Juried Art Show (NJAS 2019). There were 83 at the reception, and a troop of Brownies.
Starting from no mailing list, we got 81 artists sending 223 pieces of work.
We can’t wait to see what NJAS 2020 is like!
Award Winners 2019
| Award | Artist | Title | Sponsor |
| Jurors’ Choice | Bob Tunnoch | In session, Carnivorous Plant Choir | Co-Directors |
| Best Painting | Anita Niemeyer-Archibald | Oblivion | Jackie Playter |
| Best Photograph | Natalia Shields | Juxtaposed | Chris Williams/Fuse Chamber |
| Best Sculpture | Fariba Kalantari | (group of 3 pieces) | Steve Whitfield/R A Woods Property Management |
| Best Mixed Media | Dave Schembri | Tectonic Shift | Jackie Playter |
| Best Pottery or Ceramic | Teresa Dunlop | Reaching | Linda Kempton |
| Art Gate | Bob Tunnoch | Brendon McNaughton/Art Gate | |
| Honourable Mention | Kaitlyn Sproule | Anchors | Robins IDA |
| Honourable Mention | Sibernie James-Bosch | We’re Listening . . . | Bike Sports |
| Honourable Mention | Elayne Windsor | Landscape with Bubbles | Stirred Interiors |
| Honourable Mention | Cathy Harris | Luscious | Robins IDA |
In session, Carnivorous Plant Choir-Jurors’ Choice & Art Gate Award
Oblivion – Best Painting
Juxtaposed – Best Photography
(3 small sculptures) – Best Sculpture
Tectonic Shift – Best Mixed Media
Reaching 2 – Best Pottery / Ceramics
Anchors – Honourable Mention
We’re Listening – Honourable Mention
Landscape with Bubbles 1 – Honourable Mention
Luscious – Honourable Mention
2019 Show Artists
There were 223 works sent in by 81 artists. Congratulations to all the artists who landed a spot in the first annual Newmarket Juried Art Show.
Here are the artists who will be in the 2019 NJAS. For a preview, click here.
| Natalia Shields | Fonthill |
| Irene Hurdle | Newmarket |
| Kaitlyn Sproule | Keswick |
| Jenny West | Aurora |
| Sibernie James-Bosch | Aurora |
| Teresa Dunlop | Newmarket |
| Andrew Kulin | Pickering |
| Dave Schembri | Newmarket |
| Karen L Bowen | Newmarket |
| Lesley Pettigrew | Aurora |
| Kathleen Pistor | Windsor |
| Anita Giancola | Newmarket |
| Cathy Harris | Aurora |
| Tanya Petruk | Whitby |
| Bob Tunnoch | Marmora |
| Fariba Kalantari | Toronto |
| Kate Greenway | Stouffville |
| Zahra Nasrin | Richmond Hill |
| Anitta Hamming | Orillia |
| Cathy Groulx | Woodstock |
| Sheila Dantzer | Guelph |
| Linda Chen | Unionville |
| Elayne Windsor | Reaboro |
| Caitlin Sabean-Untermann | Ajax |
| Kevin McBean | Aurora |
| Denise Lini | Oakville |
| Sheila Romard | Vaughan |
| Donna Fegan | Newmarket |
| Anita Niemeyer-Archibald | Aurora |
Geography
We put out our call to artists back in the Spring by contacting various
Arts groups, associations and Arts & Culture divisions in as many
towns & cities as we could find.
This map shows where our entrants came from. Each town or city has just one pin; many had more than one artist send us work.
Click image for full interactive version.