The Woodmere Annual: 76th Juried Exhibition
About the Exhibition
The Woodmere Annual: 76th Juried Exhibition
June 3 – September 4, 2017
Harry Philbrick, juror
Woodmere Art Museum invited artists to submit work that contends with the importance of art in an era of heightened political uncertainty. Work in all media addressing contemporary challenges to our civil liberties, moral fabric, social compacts, political institutions, and environment were considered by juror Harry Philbrick. Philadelphia’s Quaker roots give resonance to the phrase “Speaking truth to power.” Work reflecting the conviction that the truth is beautiful, elusive, confounding, and eternally important are privileged.
The exhibition featured works in a wide variety of media from artists living within 50 miles of the Museum.
The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated digital catalogue. Recent examples of Woodmere digital exhibition catalogues can be found by following the link below.
http://issuu.com/woodmereartmuseum
About the Juror
Harry Philbrick is Founding Director of Philadelphia Contemporary, a nonprofit visual and performance art space currently in initial development.
From 2011–2016 he was Director of the Museum at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He spearheaded a revived engagement with contemporary art at PAFA, creating a substantial endowment to rekindle the Museum’s program of actively collecting contemporary art, and leading an ambitious program of contemporary exhibitions.
He was Director of The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum from 1996–2010.
Philbrick was leader of The Aldrich’s exhibition program, mounting significant projects with artists including pioneering video artist Beryl Korot, Robert Gober, Ann Hamilton, Janine Antoni, Fred Wilson, and Peggy Preheim, and installations by artists including Kate Clark, Robert Lazzarini, Sol Lewitt, Catherine Opie, Enoc Perez, James Proseck, and Shahzia Sikander. Group exhibitions included Contemporary Erotic Drawing; Faith: The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Contemporary Art; HERE, a gathering of ten site-specific installations; Pop Surrealism; Living With Contemporary Art, a 1996 exhibition pioneering community participation, and Family.
Philbrick trained as an artist. Following study at Brown, RISD, and Columbia he received his MFA from Goldsmiths College, University of London. He lived and worked in Tokyo, London, New York, and Connecticut before coming to Philadelphia.
Congratulations to the following artists who were selected for inclusion in the Woodmere Annual: 76th Juried Exhbition
Linda Lee Alter
Emily Belshaw
Mariel Capanna
Jacintha Clark
Francesca Costanzo
Emily Erb
Terrence Gore
Susan Hagen
Charles Hall
Theodore A. Harris
Nishat Hossain
Sascha Hughes-Caley
Jane Irish
Liz Johnson and Warren Bass
Melissa Joseph
Melissa Maddonni Haims
Tilda Mann
Marie Manski
Anne Minich
Oscar Page
Tim Portlock
Matthew Pring
Jack Ramsdale
Ana Vizcarra Rankin
Mia Rosenthal
Tim Rusterholz
Rosalind Sutkowski
Jacques-Jean Tiziou
Mat Tomezsko
Kukuli Velarde
Hilary Wang
Virginia Leigh Werrell
Ashley Wick
Rachel Winslow
Meg Wolensky
Rachel Zimmerman
Exhibiton Programming
Prizes
10 prizes totaling over $2000 will be awarded by the juror.
Eligibility
Artists must currently reside within 50 miles of the Museum. Works by undergraduate students are ineligible for submission. Works made before 2015 will not be considered.
Works in the exhibition will NOT be listed for sale.
Only artworks that have not been exhibited at Woodmere Art Museum are eligible for submission.
Artists submitting must have no relation to Woodmere Art Museum staff or Board of Trustees.
Woodmere Art Museum reserves the right to reject any accepted artwork that does not meet the standards for display, eligibility rules listed above, is deemed unsafe, differs from artist's photo(s) and/or description, or for any other reason.
