Joseph Alexander Ward
Far From Home
June 30 - August 26
MAG Gallery

Opening Reception at Summer Art Party
June 30 / 6-8pm

Joseph Alexander Ward, from Murray, Kentucky, found glassblowing through unconventional ways. Through music and sport, he has learned the tempo, discipline, and patience needed to work with hot glass; a demanding, ephemeral, and unforgiving art form. Ward received his formal education in glass blowing at Center College in Kentucky, where he became enamored with learning new techniques and letting processes inform his works. Ward has been a practicing artist and production glass blower for four years. His work is shown in galleries around Tennessee and the greater Appalachian area.

Michelle Moode & Woody Leslie
May 9 - June 17
Opening reception Friday, May 12 / 5-7pm

Specimens is a collaborative series of microinstallations by Michelle Moode and Woody Leslie. The artists collaborated on the frameworks and components rather than the artworks themselves. Each piece is framed in an identical 5” x 7” specimen box, and sources material from a shared pool of repurposed prints and handmade paper. Similar themes are explored by both artists, including: making a little home in a big world; storytelling and memory; the use (and misuse) of language; symbology of everyday objects; and the importance of birds, plants, and gardens. The resulting works express the unique voice of each artist, while branching from similar roots.

A REGIONAL, JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT

MURRAY CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU
206 South 4th Street

April 14 - May 6

Awards announced at the Murray Convention & Visitors Bureau @ Art Hop on April 15th.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER/PAY ONLINE!

SCHEDUULE
March 15 / Deadline to enter / digital entries, forms & fees.

March 29 / Notifications sent via email.

April 11 / 10:00am - 4:00pm / Accepted work delivered to Murray Convention & Visitors Bureau

April 20 - May 5 / PROOFS, Murray CVB, 206 S. 4th St, Open Mon-Fri 9-4.

April 15 / Reception and Awards / Art Hop

May 8 / 10:00-4:00 / Pick up work from Murray Convention & Visitors Bureau

ELIGIBILITY & SPECIFICATIONS

Participation is open to all interested, divided into two categories: YOUTH (student artists 18 years and younger) and ADULT.

Only photographic processes will be accepted. Work must be original and have been completed in the past 3 years and not previously exhibited in a juried MAG exhibition.

Work must be ready for gallery presentation. Presentation will be considered as a factor in the awards process. If actual piece does not meet presentation standards of quality of digital expectations, the juror has the right to refuse entry.

Each exhibited piece must be labeled on the back, corresponding to entry form information.

All work must remain in the exhibition for entire length of show.

Artists must be able to deliver and retrieve work on said dates.

JUROR - Glenn Hall

Glenn Hall Photography is based in the Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky area, focusing on commercial advertising, corporate, annual report and editorial portrait, working with a diverse client base while maintaining a consistent vision. Coming from a film based foundation, Glenn brings experience to digital media with a background on location and in the studio. For additional information: 

www.glennhallphotography.com

ENTRY FEES & INSTRUCTIONS

Entry fee is $20 for one or two entries, and $7 for each additional entry.

Youth / student entry fee is $10 for two entries and $5 for each additional entry.

Fees may be paid by check, (delivered to MAG or mail along with entry form to 500 N 4th Street, Murray, KY 42071), cash OR pay & fill out entry form online at our website murrayartguild.org.

Entry fees are non-refundable.

If paying by check, entry form should accompany digital image email, or be included with fee payment.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER/PAY ONLINE!

OR

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORMS TO MAIL

SUBMISSIONS

There is no limit on the number of entries. All entries will be selected from digital images submitted as email attachments. It is to the artist’s advantage to submit high quality images. File format must be JPG, at least 300dpi but not exceed 8MB.

Each file name should contain title, and framed image size (ex: “Night” 24”x 36”).

EMAIL SUBMISSIONS TO:

magentries@gmail.com

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SALES

Sales are encouraged. MAG’s commission is 25% for members and 35% for non members. Please include commission in your sale price. There will be no price changes after acceptance. MAG will process all sales, including sales tax. Payment to artists for artwork sold is made through the Art Market with checks issued at the end of the quarter.

AWARDS

Awards will be assigned by the juror and include the following: Best of Show $300, Second $200, Third $100. For Youth Division: Jr. First Place $50, 2 Honorable Mentions $25.

SELECTION

Juror will make selections from digital images. Awards will be assigned from digital images, or actual work at time of installation based on juror’s discretion.

DISCLAIMER / LIABILITY

Proofs in a juried exhibition. There is no assurance implied that any given entry will be accepted into the show. The Murray Art Guild will take the utmost care in the handling of all artwork but cannot be responsible for loss or damage to any artwork during the exhibition period.

DELIVERY / RETRIEVAL

Accepted, installation ready, work should be delivered to Murray Convention & Visitors Bureau (206 South 4th Street, Murray, KY) (see SCHEDULE for details). Work may be shipped prior to installation date to Murray Art Guild 500 N 4th Street, Murray, KY 42071. Please alert MAG office of intentions. Works may be picked up at the close of the show (see above SCHEDULE for details). Failure to pick up on designated day will result in a penalty of $10/day for 30 days. Any work not picked up after 30 days will be considered abandoned.

EXHIBITION VENUES

This year the exhibit will at the Murray Cultural and Visitors Bureau (206 South 4th St).

ACCESSIBILITY

MAG events and exhibitions are open to all interested persons without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, national origin or disability.

EMAIL SUBMISSIONS TO:

magentries@gmail.com

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Sandy Miller Sasso Artwork Estate Exhibit Fundraiser
MAG Gallery & Murray Convention & Visitors Bureau
March 28 - April 8

While planning her estate, Sandy Miller Sasso generously set much of her artwork aside for the Murray Art Guild. Aside from being an amazing artist and a dedicated educator, Sandy was a community activist who often worked for the community through MAG. She was an artist who inspired many, a tireless volunteer, and an invaluable Board member (when she arrived at a meeting with her clipboard, I knew things would get done!).

It was Sandy’s wish that funds raised from the artwork presented would go into MAG’s building fund. We are currently raising funds for a new facility at our 500 N 4th Street location and are honored to have Sandy’s continued support for this project. 

The artist’s suggested price is included on the exhibition's labels. Please use that amount as a starting point for your donation; said amount, more, less…whatever amount works for you. Bring the exhibition tag to MAG (or call with credit card transaction) for processing your donation. Once donation is complete, you are free to take your new piece home. Thank you!

HOPE IN BLUE
ISAIAH KENNEDY

MAG GALLERY
FEB 28 - AP 22

RECEPTION / April 15 @ Art Hop / 5-8pm

— “A body of work based in collages inspired by American modernist paintings and biographical moments about a variety of topics including growing up poor, hopeful thoughts towards going to graduate school in Kentucky and braking of the traditional square composition.”

Undaunted: Hand formed pottery & paintings
Mary Jane Littleton

JAN 11 - FEB 18

MAG GALLERY

Opening Reception / Saturday / Jan 14 / 1-3

RICK MJOS
AFVN Stories from the R. E. M. F.

NOV 10 - 30
Opening Reception Veterans Day / Friday / Nov 11 / 5-7pm

NEW VENUE!

Murray Convention & Visitors Bureau
206 South 4th Street
Murray, KY 42071

COMMUNITY PORTRAITS & PROSE
OCT 24 - NOV 4

Closing Reception

Friday / Nov 4 / 4-5:30pm

Murray Convention & Visitors Bureau
206 S 4th Street / Murray KY

AMANDA KALER & JUSTINE RILEY
things we almost lost

JULY 1 - AUGUST 20
OPENING RECEPTION / SUMMER ART PARTY
JULY 1 / 6-8PM

things we almost lost

before the storm

I’d been collecting

summer’s skeletons

nature’s leftovers

left over the land

to begin again

the winds came

blew so much away

there was a great pause

I wondered

Why make art if it can all blow away?

but things we almost lost

are just not lost yet

I wanted to make a map

charting this little island

my yard—the largest room in my home

arranging small histories of overlooked scenes

space becoming place

in this living room

-Justine Riley

MURRAY PRIDE POP-UP EXHIBIT
JUNE 10 - 17
MAG NORTH GALLERY

OPENING
FRIDAY / JUNE 10 / 6-9PM

Let Sleeping Truths Lie
LU COLBY

JUNE 1 - 25
OPENING RECEPTION / FRI / JUNE 3 / 6-8PM

Sisters Nurtured by Nature
Annette Mooso Sitton & Dorothy Raymond

MAG GALLERY
MAY 13 - 28
OPENING RECEPTION MAY 13 / 5-7PM

“The landscapes that each sister creates share a special sensibility towards nature and what features we find so alluring, even though we’ve chosen different media for our depictions.”

Tom Jackson / The Unfinished Show…a Journey in progress

March 11 - April 8
Reception / Friday / Mar 11 / 5-7pm
Be the muse! / Friday / March 25 / 10-1

"My intention for this show is to trace the journey which began 15 years ago. It is sort of a letter of appreciation for the influence of the guild and fellow artists.

I am calling the show, “The Unfinished Show,” because it will open with one empty display wall. This wall is to b filled with five minute portrait sketches done live on the night of the opening. I thought it would be a nice touch to enlist the collaboration of the audience in the completion of the “unfinished” show.

At 5pm, March 11th, we open with one display wall left blank. This will be filled, throughout the course of the evening, with quick, five minute sketches of the visiting patrons. The cooperation of community volunteers will be greatly appreciated. “ —-Tom Jackson

MAG GALLERY
Ron Toth: Light or Color
February 4 - 24

Opening reception / Feb 4 / 5-6:30pm

February 1 - March 18
MAG at the Clemens Fine Art Center

In conjunction with Chris Thile Live in Concert on Feb 3rd, MAG artists will be featured at WKCTC’s Clemens Fine Arts Center gallery on Feb 1 to March 18th.

This exhibit will be open for the public, Mon-Fri, 8:30 - 4:30pm on the main campus of WKCTC in Paducah, KY. - 4810 Alben Barkley Dr, Paducah, KY 42001

Murray Art Guild has been selected as one of several venues across Kentucky to host the Kentucky Arts Council’s traveling exhibit, Our Kentucky Home: Hispanic/Latin American Visual Art in the Commonwealth. The exhibit will run from January 5th to 28th at the Murray Convention & Visitors Bureau at 206 S. 4th Street, Murray, KY. Hours are Mon - Fri, 8:30 - 4:30.

Extended hours until 6:30pm will be provided on the closing day, Friday, January 28.

The exhibit features 30+ works by 20 Kentuckians of Hispanic or Latin American heritage. The submitted work was adjudicated by a panel of Hispanic and Latin American artists and cultural specialists for inclusion in the traveling exhibit.

This exhibit also includes pieces by MSU's Assistant Professor of Photography, Cintia Segovia Figueroa.

A slideshow of work in Our Kentucky Home is available online at the KY arts council website, artscouncil.ky.gov.

remnants
Jo Bennett

MAG GALLERY
NOVEMBER 5 - 27

reception / Nov 12 / 5-6:30pm

MAG GALLERY

DIANE SEBENACIO NITITHAM
Emergent SocialScapes
Oct 8 - 30

Reception / Friday / Oct 22 / 5-6:30pm

Diane Sabenacio Nititham (she/her/hers) is a daughter of immigrants and identifies as a Filipina Thai American and scholar mama. She is an associate professor of sociology at Murray State University. Her research interests include home, diaspora, and transnational social communities. Her most recent book, Making Home in Diasporic Communities: Transnational Belonging Amongst Filipina Migrants (2016) highlights the intersections of global labor migration and everyday practices for Filipina migrants in Ireland.

FEMMEnomenal
Outside MAG Patio
Sep 15 - Oct 16

Public Reception / Saturday / Oct 9 / 5-6:30
Bernheim Arts in Nature Curator Jenny Zeller talk
Special music by The Black Eyed Susans
Special food / cash bar by Hop Hound Brew Pub

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is bringing FEMMEnomenal Bluegrass Botanicals, an exhibition by Gabriella Boros celebrating the extraordinary achievements of 10 Kentucky women through the invocation of 10 native Kentucky plants, to the Murray Art Guild (MAG) Community Art Center in Murray. With the support of a 2020 Art Meets Activism grant from the Kentucky Foundation For Women, FEMMEnomenal Bluegrass Botanicals can be seen via a companion exhibit traveling to locations throughout the state in 2021 as well as at its semi-permanent location around the Lake Nevin Loop at Bernheim Forest.

As part of the organization’s Actions Beyond our Borders strategy, Bernheim recognizes that its mission of connecting people with nature extends outside the geographic boundaries of its vast forest and deliberately seeks out opportunities to bring the stories and lessons of nature to people throughout our region and far beyond. Bernheim Arts in Nature Curator Jenny Zeller stated, “We wanted to share the results of this powerful body of work with the region in the hopes of inspiring deep connections to nature while educating the viewer on extraordinary women who have shaped Kentucky’s history.”

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About the Artist: Born in Israel to Holocaust survivors, printmaker and photographer Gabriella Boros immigrated to the United States as a young child. Her love for the narrative was derived from the rich heritage of her European parentage, Israeli childhood and American influences. Her woodblock prints are feminist, often botanical and at times spiritual. Boros’ narrations pique the imagination with a universal appeal. The artist has a BFA from the University of Michigan School of Art and currently lives and works in the Chicago area.

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Executive Director Mark K. Wourms said FEMMEnomenal Bluegrass Botanicals celebrates the collective value women have had in our history. “Much like the native plants in Kentucky, despite all the challenges, women stand strong, tall and beautiful, each in their own way,” Wourms said. “The traveling component of this exhibition will enable Bernheim to extend its reach and mission throughout Kentucky, while providing new and shared experiences of art in nature to those in our surrounding community and beyond our borders.”

The first stop on the exhibition tour was the Harmony Complex Building in downtown Louisville. This location has historical significance as it housed The Louisville Business Women’s Club from 1899 to 1911 and was founded at a time when women started entering the workplace, moving from rural areas to cities to find work and support themselves. The exhibit’s next stop will be in Harlan, Ky. Learn more about this project at Bernheim.org/femmenomenal.

About Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest

Bernheim’s mission is to connect people with nature. Bernheim is the largest privately held contiguous forest block in the eastern United States dedicated to conservation and education. Bourbon maker Isaac Wolfe Bernheim established the arboretum and forest in 1929 as a gift to the people of Kentucky. A 2018 land acquisition brought the total acreage of land that Bernheim protects to 16,140.

For over four decades, Bernheim’s Artist in Residence Program has attracted artists from around the world who seek to use Bernheim as their inspiration. Established in 1980, this internationally renowned program annually awards artists the opportunity to live and create site-specific work inspired by their total immersion experience in the natural environment. This program enhances the visitor experience through interaction with art and artists while fulfilling Bernheim’s mission.

Autumn Brown
Reunion Cancelled

Sep 3 - 26

Every year the MAG presents our “MAGpie Award” at the Murray State University OMAS group’s Annual Student Art exhibition. This award consists of a cash prize, a pie, and the opportunity to exhibit at the MAG in September. Autumn is the 2021 recipient.

MAG GALLERY

Recent Collage Works by Liz Riggs

August 6 - 27

www.lizriggsart.com

MAG GALLERY

CRAIG RHODES

JULY 2 - 30

Opening reception at Summer Art Party / Friday / July 2 / 6-9pm

Ruby Tebelak

Expressions

June 5 - 25