2017
James K. Johnson - The Seeker - Charleston, IL
Carl Billingsley - Eyes of Dawn - Ayden, NC
Jillian Springer- Grandiloquence -Murphysboro, IL
Tommy Riefe- Portal - St. Louis, MO
Richard Herzog - Urban Forest - Athena, GA
Jeff Boshart- T.H.E.B. Caution - Charleston, IL
Andrew Arvantes- Bird House - Dekalb, IL
JUROR STATEMENT-Jennifer Torres-I was honored and excited to act as juror for this year’s outdoor exhibition. The large number of quality works and varied materials made the decisions very challenging. Added on was the inherent difficulty related to having no knowledge of the landscape in which they would be placed. In some ways this made things a bit more straightforward as my role in judging the works became one of looking solely at the quality of the formal compositions and fabrication, and the role the viewer would have in correlation to the work. A few works that really standout are James Johnson’s, The Seeker, as it strives to draw the viewer into its architectural landscape with its surrealism-like bending of forms. Another would be Jillian Springer’s, Grandiloquence, with its playful disposition and interactive notion, allowing the viewer to get on and go along for the ride. And finally, Andrew Arvanetes, Bird House, is intriguing for its nod to the well-known homogeneous birdhouse, but yet throws in an impression of an industrialized environment that seems becoming of our modern times.
ABOUT the 2016 JUROR-Jennifer Torres was born in Queens, NY and spent her childhood in Teaneck, NJ. She did her first four years of studio training as a teenager at the Arts Students League in New York City and received her BFA at the Cooper Union, also in NYC. After graduating from cooper she trained as a fine cabinetmaker in New England, and then received her MFA in Sculpture at the University of Georgia in Athens. Ms. Torres has lived in Hattiesburg, MS for 17 years where she has her studio and teaches sculpture at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS. She has had many exhibitions of her sculptures and installations around the country and has won a number of awards and commissions.
“As a sculptor I build what I imagine, and there's a lot going on in there, so I'll be busy for a while."
THANK YOU
Promotional Design-The Wright Group
Exhibition Sponsors-
City of Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau
Reception Sponsor-Port Cape Girardeau
Additional Community Partners-
Old Town Cape
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce
Southeast Missouri State University
Special Thanks To
Annie Laurie's Antiques
Vasterling Suites
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