The 50@50 Art Show is back
North Central Louisiana Arts Council is excited to announce this year’s 50@50 Small Works Exhibition. Beginning Friday, April 2nd at 12pm, viewers are able to browse and purchase artwork on The NCLAC Gallery website at nclacgallery.org. The show features 50 pieces of local and regional artwork each sold for $50. Styles of art range from painting, photography, sculpture, collage, and more.
The public is invited to purchase the 50@50 artworks from April 2 – 14 online. Though this year’s exhibition is all virtual, the work will be on sale from 2 weeks instead of the usual one-day event. Artists from different regions of Louisiana, including Ruston, Monroe, and Lafayette, are featured in the exhibition. Sales from this event will go to the artists to support their talents and profession.
The 50@50 exhibition draws art patrons of all levels. It is a great way to purchase small works of art created by at accomplished artists at an affordable price. If you are new to collecting art or you’re looking for some new artwork to spruce up your home or office, why not purchase authentic pieces from talented local artists? The exhibition will be on view for the entire month of April on the NCLAC Gallery site, however sales will end on April 14th. Buyers will be able to pick up their pieces from the Dixie Center for the Arts on April 15th and 16th from 3-5pm
Artists featured in the show are: Missy Maloney, Ginger Briggs, Rae Lynn Tedeton, Keldrick Dunn, Sherryl Guillory, Bette Kauffman, Victoria Smith, Abigail Watson, Alexis Davis, Bailee Golden, Brandi Nava, Brooke Cassady, Chlese Jiles, Dean Dablow, Dianne Douglas, Frank Hamrick, Hooshang Khorasani, Jean DeFreese Moore, Jeff Perot, Khalilah Al-Amin, Madison Wooley, Maggie Jones Boudreaux, Mary Elizabeth Halbrook, Maryam EL-Awadi, Phillip LeBlanc, Teryn Salter, and Tim Smith
NCLAC is greatly appreciative of the exhibition’s juror— Adrienne Domnick, a visual artist and community organizer from Jackson, Mississippi whose work is an exploration of sound, light, and bold colors through paint on a variety of surfaces. She has shown work at the North Midtown Arts Center in Jackson, MS, Offbeat Gallery in Jackson, MS, Peter Street Station in Atlanta, GA, Arts Commission of Mississippi, Millsaps College, and the artist run space co-founded by Domnick, AND Gallery.
Adrienne commented on her enthusiasm for participating as a juror for the 50@50 show stating, “this exhibition brings together a broad range of Ruston’s vibrant artistic community. My approach as a juror is to study quality and the artist’s approach to art. The selection process did not have a predetermined theme but rather with a respect, enthusiasm and appreciation for the artistic process. The works span the mediums of painting, drawing, sculpture, and digital art and move between the abstract and the figurative, the subtle and the vibrant. Each work was selected individually, on its own merit and intrinsic value. The works assembled assert their individual visual presence. What makes this community of artists so compelling is this myriad of approaches and interpretations.” She enjoyed engaging with the Ruston community and its artists.
Visit nclacgallery.org starting April 2nd through April 30th to view the 50@50 Small Works Exhibition online.
Image included: Pistachios. Can't Ever Have Just One — Artist Victoria Smith
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