13th Annual Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show
May 2010
"Fusion", photograph, 2009 award winning entry by Bill Lease
Kick your creativity into gear - you won't want to miss this!
The Annual "Mollies" features an eclectic mix of local art on display at the Gallery at Roanoke Island Festival Park. Held in memory of Mollie Fearing, one of the founders of the root organization from which DCAC arose. In 1975 a group of Dare county residents met at the home of Mollie Fearing where they set about founding an organization that would introduce thousands of school children and adults to music, dance, theatre, painting, sculpture, poetry and literature. The organization would initially be called the Sea and Sounds Arts Council and later, the Dare County Arts Council. Mollie Fearing was elected president of the Arts Council in 1975 and was a vital supporter and advocate of the arts until the time of her death on September 3, 1997. Mollie’s contributions to the community were numerous, from serving as mayor for the Town of Manteo, to serving on the board of the Roanoke Island Historical Association, to her dedication to the arts. Mollie’s legacy in our community remains strong to this day. This show is open to members of the Dare County Arts Council and residents of Dare County. Cash awards and purchase awards.
THE 13th ANNUAL MOLLIE FEARING MEMORIAL ART SHOW
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CALENDAR
Entry fees are $25 for members or $35 for non-members
Drop off of Artwork ................................................... April 29 & 30, 9a.m. – 5p.m.
Exhibition Dates .......................................................... May 2 – 26
Reception and Awards ................................................ May 2, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Pickup of Artwork ...................................................... May 27, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The show will be open to the public on Monday, May 3 at 9:00 a.m. and will close on Wednesday, May 26 at 5:00 p.m. Gallery hours during the show will be Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.– 4p.m., and Sunday 12p.m. – 4p.m.
OPENING RECEPTION
There will be an opening reception for artists, members and the general public on May 2nd from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
AWARDS
$1575 in cash awards will be offered. A $250 “People’s Choice” award winner will be selected by public ballot during the opening reception. All other cash award winners will be selected by the judges based solely on merit without regard to media and will receive “Excellence” awards of $150 or “Merit” awards of $50.
The Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show is funded primarily by corporate and private sponsorships.
JUDGES
Jeffrey York
Jeffrey is currently the Public & Cultural Arts Administrator, for the Town of Chapel Hill, He oversees the Town’s Percent for Art Ordinance (five current projects with budgets ranging from $45,000-$672,000) and coordinates project activities with other Town departments. Past professional accomplishments include: Director of Public Art & Community Design, North Carolina Arts Council, where he facilitated public art and cultural facility design activities and processes to communities statewide through consultation, the creation and presentation of education programs and materials, and web resources. He maintained curatorial responsibility for an 86-piece public art collection located throughout North Carolina and served as Executive Director for the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Director of Education, for the Birmingham Museum of Art and curator of Education/Asst. Curator, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY.
Patricia Monnett Hayes
Patricia is a studio artist and adjunct professor in the Art History Department of the East Carolina University School of Art & Design. During her many travels throughout Europe and Central America she became intrigued by the iconography of the Mother Goddess and its influence not only on women, but also on entire cultures. Patricia constructs large mixed-media installations-shrines to the Mother Goddess, which include imagery from the Maya Moon Goddess to the Greek Aphrodite. Through her artwork Patricia speaks of the connection with her rich and ancient heritage and of her travels in the physical sense but also through the spiritual journey that has taken her from known and recognized places to those unknown and yet undefined.
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