CAVA @ Beverly Arts app

April 22–June 4, 2022
Beverly Arts Center
2407 West 111 Street, Chicago, IL 60655
Artists' Reception: April 29, 6:00–8:00 p.m.Beverly Arts Center Gallery Hours:
Mondays–Thursdays, 2:00–7:00 p.m.
Fridays, 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Saturdays, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.​
Juror: 
Sally Wolff - Curator, Artist Development, & Art Licensing
Awards:
Best of Show — $300
Special Awards (3) — $100
Honorable Mentions (3)
The Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists (CAVA) is pleased to present Collective Awakenings, a juried show of individual perspectives. Even though we are all going through those same times together, we each have our own separate understanding of the events and how they affect us. Each of us has had to face the questions and struggles brought forward by this turbulent time in our nation's history. Our hope is that your eyes will be opened as you see what we have discovered. Works in all media, and springing from all inspiration, are welcome!
Media Accepted: Drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, collage, photography, fiber art, and 3D objects (sculpture, and ceramics) that can be wall hung or displayed on pedestals.

Non-members may enter for $30, but must also join CAVA via our JOIN page, and pay the annual membership fee of $50.​
ARTWORK SALES AND COMMISSIONS:
The Beverly Arts Center (BAC) will take a commission of 30%. Price your art accordingly.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Artists should submit a short statement of up to 530 characters total for both works, describing how the pieces fit the theme of Collective Awakenings. Statements will be displayed with the work..

MEDIA REQUIREMENTS:

1. All work must meet professional presentation standards.
2.  2-D work must be framed or gallery wrapped, wired, and ready for wall mounting. No sawtooth/alligator style hangers are permitted.
3. must not exceed 40 inches in either direction, INCLUDING the frame.
4. 3-D work must be wired and ready for wall mounting or fit on pedestals. A limited number
   of pedestals are available on site, or artists can provide their own pedestals.
5. Work may not have been shown in any previous CAVA art shows.

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Use CAVA's EntryThingy online application below.
2. Digital images should be a minimum of 2000 pixels wide in the longer dimension in jpg format.
3. List the file name for your work on the entry form.
4. Online submission deadline: Wednesday, March 30, 11:59 p.m.

​IMPORTANT DATES:
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT:    March 30, 2022, 11:59 p.m.
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTED ARTWORK:    April 8, 2022, 11:59 p.m.
ARTWORK DROP OFF:    April 20, 2022, 11:00 a.m._1:00 p.m.
EXHIBIT OPENS:    April 22, 2022
ARTISTS' RECEPTION:    Friday, April 29, 2022 6:00–8:00 p.m.
ARTWORK PICK UP:    June 4, 2022 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Artists are responsible for on-time delivery and pick up. 
All work left beyond the pick up date is subject to a $10 daily storage fee.

​Art Drop-off and Pick-up location: Beverly Arts Center
2407 W. 111 Street Chicago, IL 60655
Artists are responsible for on-time delivery and pick up. 
All work left beyond the pick up date is subject to a $10 daily storage fee.

From my profile in EntryThingy:
 
Artist Statement

For the past few years, I have been creating woven bead mosaics in 2D and 3D, and bead installations. Beads allow me the ability to paint with a myriad of colors, transparencies, textures and lusters of light. My work straddles many categories of decorative craft and fine art. 

I hope that those who view my work will enjoy the sensuous optical, dimensional, and tactile stimuli that I am presenting in them and experience a sense of wonder. 

My work often celebrates artists of any media, nature, climate change, science, space exploration, and visionary art.

Artist Resume

EDUCATION
BFA 1991 School of the Art Institute of Chicago

RECENT EXHIBITION HISTORY
April 6 - April 29, 2022 - Addison Art Guild Spring Members' Show 2022. Hosted by the Addison Center for the Arts. Exhibiting artist.
Feb. 19 - March 15, 2022 - Expressions: Art & Verse hosted by the Addison Center for the Arts. Organizer & exhibiting artist.
October - December 2021 - Elmhurst Artists' Guild Fall Member Show, exhibiting artist
November - December 2021, Addison Art Guild Fall Members' Show at the Addison Center for the Arts, exhibiting artist. Awarded Best in Show.
September 30, 2021 - October 31, 2021, Gallery Seven, exhibiting artist, awarded 2nd place
July 29 - August 21, 2021 - Union Street Gallery Invitational, exhibiting artist
August 2021 - "Off the Wall" at Side Street Studio Arts, exhibiting artist
June - August, 2021 - "Our Planet: Ourselves" at ARC Gallery jurored by Jane Stevens, exhibiting artist.
March 26 - May 15, 2021 - "Very Well, Thank You" Northern Illinois University Museum, exhibiting artist. Virtual Artist Talk, "A Look on the Bright Side: The Sunny Side of Art"-- Sunday April 18, 2021, 2 pm CST.
March 26 - May 8, 2021 "Sculpture at the Kavanagh," Kavanagh Gallery at Fine Line Arts Center, exhibiting artist.
January 2020 Visual Harmony Juried Group Exhibition at Norris Cultural Arts Center
September 2019 Elmhurst Artists' Guild Winter Members Show - "Solar Panels" awarded 3rd place
September 2019 Elmhurst Artists' Guild Fall Member Show - "Graf" awarded an Honorable Mention
September 2019 Elgin Fringe Festival Exhibiting Artist
July - August 2019 Julie Mars at the Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL - Solo show
July 2019 Oddball Art Labs - Saturday Morning Cartoons group show
June 2019 Elmhurst Artists' Guild Summer Member Show
1/2019-9/2019 Peace of Art Gallery
1/12/19-2/17/19 "Up Close and Personal" at Norris Cultural Art Center
12/2/18-1/4/19 "Winter Members Show  at Elmhurst Artist Guild (Honorable Mention for "Hapless Missionaries Arrive at the Ravenous ExoMoon")
10/4/2018-10/27/2018 "Cabinet of Curiosities" Union Street Studios
7/2018-8/2018 "In and Around" Fine Line Art Center (First Place in Vessels for ("Bijou")
7/13/2018-7/21/2018 "Strange Imaginations and Perplexing Wonders" Oddall Art Labs @Elgin Artspace
9/14/2018-10/7/2018 "9th Anniversary Exhibition" Waters Street Studios
3/2018-4/2018-"Creative Insights" Addison Center for the Arts (Second Place for "Odilon")
DuPage Art League, March 2018        Once in a Blue Moon    2nd Place    ?Cosmos?
DuPage Art League, June 2018        Golden Days        3rd Place    "Odilon"
OddBall Art Labs                Strange Imaginations            "ExoMoon"
DuPage Art League, August 2018        Purple Prose        3rd Place    "ExoMoon"
Kavanagh Art Gallery, June 2018        In and Around        1st Place    "Bijou"
Union Street Studios, October 2018        Cabinet of Curiosities            "Specimen" 

Collective Awakenings Statement
For “Collective Awakenings,” I chose to enter “Goldilocks Panopticon” and “Enchanted Spring,” two of my most optimistic and revitalizing pieces. This is the time for everybody to emerge after sheltering and masking from contagion. It is time to get out into the sun and enjoy each other’s company. Finally together, our shared delight is enhanced in the beauty and wonder of the natural world.
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