ABOUT
FEED 2011
FEED is a national juried biennial exhibition organized by 1708 Gallery in Richmond, Virginia. There are two tiers to the jurying process. The submissions will first be narrowed down to a list of semi-finalists. Out of this list, five finalists will be selected for the exhibition. Each of the five finalists will be invited to exhibit multiple works and will receive an honorarium of $1000.
To see the FEED 2009 Finalists, click HERE.
JURORS
LAUREN MARINARO is the Assistant Director at Zach Feuer Gallery, New York where she works with the program of young emerging and mid-career artists. The gallery is not media specific and in the last three years has exhibited audio works, video, painting, works on paper, photography, performance, installation, sculpture, conceptual work and painting. She is an adjunct professor at New York University where she most recently taught "Understanding Contemporary Art: The Essential Guide to New Art and New Media". She completed her BA in Art History at the University of Richmond and received her Master's degree in Contemporary Art from Sotheby's Institute of Art in London.
ELIZABETH SCHLATTER is Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions at the University of Richmond Museums, Virginia, where she has curated more than 20 exhibitions, including recent exhibitions of art by Carl Chiarenza, Andreas Feininger, Hans Friedrich Grohs, Sue Johnson, and Fiona Ross, and the exhibitions “LEADED: the Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite” and “Form & Story: Narration in Recent Painting.” As an independent curator and writer, she has organized exhibitions for contemporary art spaces in the mid-Atlantic region, and has authored several articles and reviews for Focus and Photovision magazines, the National Women in the Arts Bulletin, and the American National Biography (Oxford University Press), among others. She is also author of Museum Careers: A Practical Guide for Novices and Students (Left Coast Press, Inc.) and the on-line publication Become An Art Curator (fabjob.com). Prior to working at the University of Richmond she was an exhibitions project director for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in Washington, D.C. She has a B.A. in art history from Southwestern University in Texas, and an M.A. in art history from George Washington University.
1708 GALLERY
1708 Gallery is a non-profit arts organization founded by artists in 1978. Our mission is to present exceptional new art. 1708 Gallery is committed to providing opportunities for artistic innovation for emerging and established artists and to expanding the understanding and appreciation of new art for the public.
1708 Gallery | PO Box 12520 | Richmond, VA 23241 | 804.643.1708 | info@1708gallery.org
SPONSORS
AWARD SPONSORS
To be announced.
IN-KIND SPONSORS
Matt Klimas, print and logo designer