The Old Jail Art Center invites you and your art

to go to jail and

in our 2013 Student Art Show

TALK BACK!

That’s right – we want to hear what YOU have to say!

The OJAC is looking for artwork that ‘responds’ to our collection.

Create a work of art that communicates with one of the following pieces.

Tell us what you think about the original art by creating art that reflects your style, idea or opinion.

Autobiography, 1968Robert RauschenbergOffset lithograph on paperGift: Arch H. and Stella Rowan Foundation in Honor of Bob Green2003.004.01-03Collection of The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX

- How could you make a self-portrait without creating an actual picture of yourself?

- What kind of unique signature besides a finger print could you use to create a self-portrait?

- Rauschenberg’s Autobiography is a series of prints. What other images would you use to create your self-portrait?

Spring SnowKANA HARADA, 2012Foam sheet and mixed media39 x 19 x 12 in. Courtesy Talley Dunn Gallery.

Kana Harada uses foam to create art that “reflects the beauty within us all.” For Harada, beauty is best defined by her experiences in wilderness both in Japan and the U.S.A.

-Harada uses foam to create sculptures of natural objects. What other objects from nature could be made from man-made materials?

-Harada defines beauty through her own personal experience. How would you capture your own experience of beauty?

- How could you reverse Harada’s method of making natural objects from man-made materials?

Monkey Series, No. 5Kelly Fearing, 1966Collage on Board18x101985.013

- What kind of story can you tell by placing an animal in an imagined habitat?

- How do different materials effect the story? Does it make it seem more real or more dream-like?

Sounding SculptureHarry BertoiaBrass rods, brass base25 ¼ x 7 x 7Gift of Jewel Nail Bomarand William P. Bomar92.096

-If you created a tonal sculpture, what kind of sound would it make? - What kind of materials would you use to create a sculpture that could make sound?

- How would could you design your sculpture to make it sound differently?

Harry Bertoia was interested in creating movement and bell-like sound through design in his tonal sculptures like Sounding Sculpture.

Four Season II (Transformer)Randy Twaddle, 1993.Charcoal on paper.31 x 22”Rt#174.2

- What objects do you see in everyday but overlook?

- How could you focus or zoom in on an everyday object to make it appear abstract?

-Four Seasons II (Transformer) is part of a series. What objects would you link together to create a series?

• Each participant may submit one work.

•Accepted entry types include: sculpture, drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, graphic art, digital and traditional photography.

•Artists must include an artist statement with each work. The written/typed statement should be no longer than one page and should describe how the artwork ties into the exhibition theme.

• Entries due (artwork, application form and written response) by Monday, February 25th at 5 p.m.

•All entries juried by OJAC Junior Docents and Education Staff

•Chosen entries will be exhibited with original artworks from the OJAC collection on opening night, March 3rd from 3 to 4 PM! Merit certificates awarded.

Student Art Show Guidelines

201 South Second Street, Albany, TX, 76430TEL 325-762-2269

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