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Submission Call – Annual November Members’ EXHIBITION 2018

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Dear Member,

Call to Artists: Annual November Members’ EXHIBITION 2018: 19 Nov 2018 – 7 Dec 2019

You are cordially invited to submit works for annual November exhibition which is open to ALL financial members.  There is NO THEME for the November exhibition but members are encouraged to produce works which best represents who they are as an artist. This document contains the guidelines and a timetable for the event.  We look forward to your participation.

A jury has been invited to select works for the 2018 November Members’ Exhibition. They will comprise a cross section of our visual arts community and will be announced separately. For all the IMPORTANT information, please see full document (click here).

Call to members who wish to contribute and/or volunteer to the ASTT’s exhibition team. If interested in joining the team, simply attend the meetings and participate in the required activities. Meeting dates have been listed in the main schedule The 1st Exhibition Committee Meeting will be held at the Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago in Federation Park on Sat 20 Oct – 4pm-6pm.

View Submission Call document  – http://artsocietytt.org/novshow/submissions/

Artists Contribute To Build 3 Storey Classrooms

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Some of our talented member artists as well as several known and admired artists have contributed pieces of work to the Holy Name Convent’s “Art is Life” Auction to be held at Archbishop’s House on Friday 19th October, 2018.

This art auction is In support of the school’s fund to construct a 3-storey building that will not only support the expansion of their 6th Form population but also feature state-of-the-art Classrooms and a multifunctional ground floor space for performances, exhibitions and special events.

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Black Eyes By Wulf Gerstenmaier

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How should artists evolve is an urgent question sought by many and answered by few. With an ever-changing audience in a digital landscape that has essentially changed the game on a global scale. The question now is: “How will artists address the future of art in a story that is still unfolding?”

One artist has taken a bold step forward with a body of work that creates an interesting paradox that can be the entry to answer this question. His name is Wulf Gerstenmaier; a German national residing in Trinidad for eighteen years.  His 2018 exhibition entitled BLACK EYES is scheduled to open on the Tuesday 9th October, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. and will continue to run until the 13th October, 2018 from the12 noon to 6:00 p.m.

BLACK EYES

The new visual experience

Colorful Iridescent. Cool Calm. Light Illuminating

 

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This exhibition is a fictive conversation between the body and soul. Each painting will challenge the viewer to see the world through the enchanted eyes of contemporary art which has thoroughly exploited the creative development of the collection.

Operating seamlessly between fine arts and conservation Wulf embodies the modern Renaissance Man. He accepts fully that we are in a new age of modernism but insists on aesthetic dignity in an era that embraces a staunch primitivism and minimal skill. He is firmly anchored in tradition and training but thinks like a revolutionary. 

His evocative paintings embrace a sense of passionate serenity. Strong but fluid, his work has a through line that speaks to the environments he surrounds himself with, his love for the beauty of the human form and his sense of geometric experimentation. While pushing the boundaries of the expectations of formal sculpture, the work opens up the viewer’s own potential for abstract possibilities.

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Press Release – SouthBound – Group Exhibition

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The Ladybird Picnic has brought together twelve artists from south Trinidad to celebrate in watercolour, oils, sculpture, acrylics, batik, pen and ink, the history, landscape, culture and community of south Trinidad.

Hot on the heels of curating Sarah Beckett’s successful showing in San Fernando last month, The Ladybird Picnic is thrilled to be collaborating with The GD Gallery once again to host another art exhibition in San Fernando. Neala Luna, curator of ‘Southbound’, says, “We are excited about the support we have received, and look forward to hosting more solo and collective exhibitions this year, and to giving artists a space in South Trinidad to exhibit their art, and a platform from which to engage with fellow artists, mentors, students and art enthusiasts.”  

Sharon Burford, a southern artist with a deep love for San Fernando believes that ‘Southbound’ and subsequent exhibitions, are valuable for many reasons. “It is helpful for artists to feel appreciated and empowered in their own environment, and a collective exhibition like this will encourage city tourism by attracting patrons from the more traditional locales. It exposes citizens to more of their country and to perhaps even different ways of thinking.” There are business opportunities too, as ‘Southbound’ has employed the services of caterers, printers, event rental companies in South. 

As exhibiting artist, Reita Antoine, says, “Southerners enjoy a rich landscape filled with unique features of our heritage. To record and embrace our heritage through the arts is to contribute to the fine legacy that they can bring to a people.”

Exhibiting artist, Candice Sankarsingh agrees, “Personally, I believe there is a need for greater visibility of artists and their work throughout the country. There should be regular dialogue between artists and the public. Art is not restricted to a single location, nor is it controlled by one demographic in T&T society. The local art scene is diverse and ready to be engaged. ‘Southbound’ will shine a spotlight on this idea.”

Southbound – Art Exhibition opens at 5pm on Thursday 28th June, continues until 3pm on Sunday 1st July, and includes a Film Screening/Meet the Artists evening on Saturday 30th, and a Coffee/Tea Morning on Sunday 1st.

Our exhibition is open to all art enthusiasts and there is no entrance fee. All works of art are available for purchase.

Follow “Southbound – Art Exhibition” on facebook for previews and exhibitor profiles: https://www.facebook.com/events/1989195884742376/

 

Location: The GD Gallery, Gentle Dentistry Implant Centre, Hilda Lazzari Terrace, San Fernando

Contact: Exhibition Curator: Neala Luna, The Ladybird Picnic 6817576

SOUTHBOUND’s exhibiting artists include:

AJ ROGERS

BUNTY O’CONNOR

CANDICE SANKARSINGH

CHAN, INTROVERTLY BUBBLY

ELANA NATHANIEL

GARETH LEIGH CHAN SING

KEISHA PADILLA

RANDALL GERARD FULCHAN

REITA ANTOINE

RITA RAJKUMAR

SHARON BURFORD

SHINHUEY HO

 

Exhibition hours:

Thurs 28th: Opening Reception 5pm – 8pm

Fri 29th: 10am – 5pm

Sat 30th: 10am to 5pm

Sat 30th: Film Screening / Meet The Artists Lime 5pm – 8pm

Sun 1st: 10am to 3pm (Coffee & Tea Morning)

 

 

 

 

 

Awardees For May 2018 Members’ Group Exhibition

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PAINTING/DRAWING

1st Place – Shalini Seereeram

2nd Place – Deborah Clement

3rd Place – Harold Bryden

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Place – Keith Aqui

2nd Place – Anna Charles Smith 

3rd Place – Christine Norton

 

SCULPTURE/CERAMIC other 3D Works

1st Place – Rachel Lee Young

2nd Place – Shalini Seereeram 

3rd Place – Carol Rafeek 

 

Best New / Emerging Artist – Estevan Dubrisingh

Lifetime Honouree – Harold Bryden

President’s Award – Antonio Figuero 

 

These awards were sponsored by 101 Gallery.