1708 Gallery

1708 Gallery is pleased to present the graduate student FORUM on October 14th, beginning at 5pm at 1708 Gallery. This year, for the first time, the event will be open to the public.

The Virginia Invitational Forum for Art Students (THE FORUM) is a newly expanded semi-annual invitational for graduate and undergraduate art students from Virginia¹s colleges and universities. Students are nominated by their departments and invited to present their most recent work for critique by their peers, professional artists, curators and community members.

THE FORUM on October 14, will feature nominated students from James Madison University, University of Virginia, and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Participating students include:
From UVA: Maggie Sullivan and Britta Bielak
From JMU: Dave Bascom and Daniel Robinson
From VCU: Painting and Printmaking: Amy Chan and Valerie Molnar
From VCU: Photography: Amanda Sauer and Vita Litvak.

THE FORUM seeks to honor emerging artists with the opportunity to engage in critical art dialogue with members of the art community. This promises to be an extraordinary slide show and discussion where each student will show work and speak about processes and influences. This year¹s event will be moderated by Professor Carole Garmon from the University of Mary Washington and by N. Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions, University of Richmond Museums. Ms. Garmon is a practicing artist who helped start the Slide Slam tradition that grew into THE FORUM. Ms. Schlatter will co-curate the exhibition Plane Text at 1708 Gallery in June-July 2007.

1708 Gallery is especially pleased to offer this year¹s FORUM students a group show at
Capital One Headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. This is the first time the gallery has been able to specifically offer FORUM participants the opportunity to be in a show. 1708 is grateful to Capital One for offering this exciting partnership.

1708 Gallery’ Education & Outreach is chaired by Fiona Donaghey Ross.

Click here to see a slide show of 1708 teamwork during the installation of
Craig Wedderspoon’s sculpture.

There is also a new sidebar link under the 1708 Archive (to your left) which can be updated regularly with photos that document 1708′s teamwork, volunteers and members.

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3 things you need to know!

1. ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED
The deadline for entry submission has been extended to Friday, October 20th.
Please use the attached entry form to send us your Uber ideas.
The Jury Session is scheduled for Wednesday, October 25th, at 5:30 p.m. at VCU’s
Fishbowl -Room 301, 1000 West Broad Street (3rd floor.)
2. ENTRY FEE UNDERWRITTEN
Due to the gracious generosity of several donors, the entry fee has been
underwritten for student entries to this year’s event. Students who have
already submitted entries will be credited. Please contact the gallery at
804/643-1708 for further information.

3. IMPORTANT DATES
October 20th: Entries due to 1708 Gallery
October 25th: Jury Session at VCU Fish Bowl
October 27th: Students notified about participation
November 1: Dress Rehearsal at The Valentine Museum
November 11: Wearable 9

We look forward to hearing from you over the next several weeks and meeting
you at the Jury Session on October 25th. Best of luck on your creative
journeys.

Vaughn Garland Says: YOUR VOTES COUNT!

The 2006 Richmond Outdoor Sculpture exhibition has added

a new twist to this year’s event!

Our panel has met.

We started with seventeen sculptures and narrowed it down to three sculptures.
This outdoor exhibition is done for the community, so this year we decided it should be the community who decides this year’s winner of the

2006 Richmond Outdoor Sculpture exhibition.

All you have to do is go to

www.richmondoutdoorsculpture.blogspot.com

to cast your vote.

Select one sculpture from the three listed
and tell us who should be this year’s winner.
You have until October 15, 2006 to cast your vote.
The selected artist of the 2006 Richmond Outdoor Sculpture exhibition receives a solo show at artspace in the main gallery in 2007.
Let us know which sculpture you think is the strongest and why.

1708 Gallery opens the windows to large sculptures!

Two of sculptor Craig Wedderspoon’s pieces needed to come through the gallery’s front window because they were too big for any of our doors. Richmond Glass removed the glass, ten people helped bring in one 1000 pound sculpture (!!) and another aluminum piece.
At the same time, our neighbors at Quirk had a lift out in front of their gallery putting a “tree sweater” on their tree. Things are happening on our block. Weird, graceful and dangerous things. And that is why we are here.
Craig will exhibit three pieces of sculpture on the gallery’s floor, Eleanor Rufty will have the walls, and together the work has a vibrant elegance that you will just have to experience in person…
The opening is on Friday. See you there.

Drawings: Eleanor Rufty – Large Drawings
Bent: Craig Wedderspoon- Large Sculpture

OPENING: Friday, October 6, from 7-10pm
OCTOBER 6 – NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Eleanor Rufty’s large-scale drawings are based on fictional figurative imagery set in an elusive interior space, a motif consistent in Rufty’s work since 1980. Drawing from memory, Rufty explores the nature of visual memory; it is gradual, amorphous and fallible. Rufty’s charcoal drawings emphasize the linear element. Lines are made directly and repeatedly, establishing a mood derived through erasure.

The sculpture of Craig Wedderspoon is a cycle of asking and discovering solutions to a problem. Wedderspoon’s sculpture is activated with the dialogue of visual problem solving. His work represents a visual philosophy, constantly issuing aesthetic challenges toward interpretation, perspective, and approach.

Craig Wedderspoon, Shimmy (above)

Eleanor Rufty, Untitled No. 93 (right)