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Big News – Hoping for Gallery Opening
April 10 – We are booked in for a two-week show at the Serpa Galleries in Newmarket’s Old Town Hall. Our show will start September 18 and run to October 2, assuming the pandemic numbers are down enough to allow the Town to open the facility.
This will have an effect on our fees, of course, as our expenses will be higher than they were last year. You may recall that last year, for the virtual show, we dropped out fees by over 40%; we actually ran a bit into the red.
We put the question to our followers on Instagram – charge full fee and offer refunds if the show can’t go “live”, or charge the online-only fee and ask for more if it can go “live”. There haven’t been many answers yet, but most (all but one, atm) suggest the former, so we will update the entry page soon.
In either case, we will continue to waive the fee for artists who have been hit hard financially by the pandemic.
So, continue to hope, and to interpret these times through your art (or the arts that keep you going day-to-day). Share and enjoy! Think Globally, Art Locally!
“See you in September”
Winter Mini – My Covid Winter Results
Sunday, March 21: Dave and Peggy thank the artists, who sent us a total of 75 pieces of work. Jurist Brendon McNaughton set up a Google Meet with Peggy & Dave this afternoon, and we made some hard decisions…
Here are the artists and the works that the jury selected. The gallery will be ready in a day or so.
| Artist | Title of Work |
|---|---|
| Aedaa Al-Sammarraie | Water Lillies |
| Amber Lini | Streams of paradise |
| Cheryl Uhrig | Hearty Pine |
| Cheryl Uhrig | Harvest Moon |
| Christine Chin-Fook | Hero Warrior |
| Christine Stewart | Winter Wander |
| Christine Stewart | In the Flow |
| David Kempton | ND Covid Safe Space |
| Denise Lini | Down the Back Roads |
| Denise Lini | Not for the Faint of Heart |
| Donna Greenstein | Calm Before The Storm – Laughing Gull |
| Elayne Windsor | Split Celeste |
| Gordon Reidt | Smooth Landing |
| Helen Agalawatte | Wetlands Walk in Winter |
| Ilja Hup-Warmels | New Horizons |
| Josee Savaria | Dans l’attente de jours meilleurs |
| Josee Savaria | Polka Dot |
| Karen L Bowen | Be Still My Heart |
| Karen L Bowen | No Neighbours |
| Kate Greenway | My Covid Visitors |
| Kate Greenway | Memories of Beaches |
| Kirsty Naray | Midsummer Night’s Dream |
| Lana Soosar | Tiger Swallowtail |
| Laura Higgins | Beauty in the Shadows and the Light |
| Lis Simpson | Exuberance |
| Liz Lasky | Snowed in. |
| Liz Lasky | Winter field |
| Lorraine Moon | The Hide-a-Way |
| Lorraine Moon | Winter’s First Kiss |
| Mark Puigmarti | emertxe-nu |
| Marlene Bulas | The Family Creek |
| MaryLou Hurley | Locked Down Mermaid |
| MaryLou Hurley | Marbella |
| Nicholas Keehn | The Melting Top |
| Paul Williams | GREEN LADY |
| Peter Lauricella | Two Sided Charcuterie Board |
| Rani Satpute | Peace reflects… |
| Rani Satpute | Walking through the memory lane |
| Rosie Sherman | Between the Clouds |
| Rosie Sherman | Home Decor |
| Sera Mohammed | Butterflies |
| Sheila Romard | Tethered |
| shoshana lock | dark winter |
| Stella Capogna | New Wave |
| Stuart Blower | Complicated |
| Stuart Blower | COVID Face |
| Teresa Dunlop | Embracing Solitude |
| Xiao Wen Xu | Ocean Blues |
| Zahra Nasrin | the Rose |
Congratulations to all those who will be in the show. Whether you are in or not, we hope that you will help us by spreading the word about the show, and encouraging sales. Remember – NJAS takes no commission, so all sales go to the artist.
Still time…
There’s still time to apply for the NJAS Winter-Mini show. The deadline is March 20. Click here to apply, or look on the menus under Calls to Artists.
NOTE: There is also still lots of time to apply for the main Newmarket Juried Art Show, coming in October. Check out the 2020 Online Show to see how we did.
Share and Enjoy!
Think Globally, Art Locally!
New Kind of Show From NJAS
There’s something new coming from NJAS! Peggy and Dave will be announcing a new little show tomorrow – March 3.
2021 call To Artists
The 2021 Call To Artists is now open.
Here are the critical dates (Bracketed dates are left in so everyone knows what a normal year looks like):
- Deadline: Saturday, September 14 2020, 5 p.m. Eastern
- Notification: by September 23
Delivery of Accepted Works: October 5(No delivery during pandemic)- Exhibition Dates: October 6 and beyond (since it’s online on our website, and in 3D on ArtGateVR)
- Opening Gala: Oct 6, starting at 14 pm, online – you will be sent an invitation link (Bring your own wine & snacks :^)
- International Virtual 3D Reception on ArtGateVR: October Date TBA
Pick up work: October 23(That pandemic thing again)
SO – Share and Enjoy!
Think Globally, Art Locally!
Hashtags – #NJASArt, #NJAS2021, #NJASArt2021, #OntarioArt, #OntarioArtist, #LocalArt
NJAS2021
Everything is in place. Dates are set. Fees* are set. Submission page & form are set.
So we’re All Set! We’re just waiting for… I dunno, what?
Soon….
*Fees: We wound up a little bit in the red last year due to cutting our fee to $20. This year will be $25. But we will still waive the fee for artists who have been hit hard financially by the pandemic (honour system – we won’t ask).
And as always, no commission!
Did I say Soon?
Share and enjoy
Think Globally, Art Locally
Coming Today!
The second annual Newmarket Juried Art Show will be online this morning, October 7. Can’t wait! We think you will love it.
2020 Awards
We adjusted the awards we gave to respond to work sent in, as well as to the points system we used with the jury panel. For example, we had too few submissions in some categories, and many in Painting & Drawing, so we decided to give two awards in the latter.
Here are the awards. Who got them? Tune in to our online Opening Gala, starting at 7pm on the 15th October to find out.
| Sponsors | Awards |
|---|---|
| The Directors | Jurists’ Choice |
| Jackie Playter | Painting/Drawing (both) |
| Linda Kempton | Sculpture, ceramics, pottery |
| Fuse Chamber | Photography |
| Bike Sports Newmarket | Honourable Mention x 2 |
| Chris Ballard | Honourable Mention |
| Newmarket Public Library | Honourable Mention |
2020 NJAS Artists
Congratulations to all the artists who will be exhibited in the 2020 online version of the Newmarket Juried Art Show. Here are their names, in no particular order:
Karin Foulds, Holly Archer, Jake Deeth, Walter Bauer, David Schembri, Sibernie James-Bosch, Bill Lunshof, Marc Morais, Julie Robb, Zahra Nasrin, Caitlin Sabean-Untermann, Kathy Pistor, Carol Walthers, Natalia Shields, Laura Schembri, Sheila Romard, Maria Petrov, Donna Fegan, Marlene Bulas, Stella Capogna, Donna Greenstein, Elayne Windsor, Nancy Jones, Kaitlyn Sproule, Marion Plaunt, Carol Teal, Anita Niemeyer, Geoff Clarke
The galleries and individual artist pages are all made, and the show will be available here and on ArtGateVR starting October 7.
The Jury Panel is still deliberating over the awards, which will be announced during our October 15 Opening Gala, starting at 7pm Eastern, on YouTube.