Gallery A3 Will Host 8th Annual Juried Show In August
"Nobody," painting by Martha Brouwer. Photo: Gallery A3
Source: Gallery A3
Gallery A3 will present its 8th Annual Juried Show from August 3 through September 2.
“This year, for the first time, our Juried Show focuses on a theme,” noted exhibit co-coordinator Rebecca Muller. With the title of undercurrents: Art that Reveals the Underseen, the exhibit showcases art that illuminates the rarely seen and overlooked, reveals mysteries, or introduces us to new views of our natural world, human relationships, unknown histories, or crucial issues of today. The juror, Amanda Herman, is a multi-media artist and visual arts education curator at the University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMass). The art forum, led by Ms. Herman, on August 17th will delve into the theme more deeply.
“Gallery A3’s Annual Juried Show offers local and regional artists an opportunity to exhibit their work in an active downtown Amherst gallery,” said co-coordinator Paula Hite, who recently joined the gallery after participating in the juried show for several years. “At the same time, it gives our western Massachusetts community a chance to discover artists who may be living just around the corner or working in a neighboring county or state,” added John Krifka, the third member of the Juried Show coordinating team, who also first engaged with the gallery through participation in juried shows.
The opening reception is on Thursday, August 3, from 5-8 pm and an Art Forum Online, free and open to the public, is scheduled for Thursday, August 17, at 7:30 p.m. Register for the forum here. Gallery A3 is located at 28 Amity Street 1D. Gallery hours are 2-7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. An opening reception will be held on Thursday August 3 from 5-8 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
JUROR BIOGRAPHY
Amanda Herman is a multi-media artist who works directly with communities and individuals to create films, photos, and public interactions that address complex social issues. She is the Education Curator of Visual Arts at the University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA) at UMass Amherst, where she designs educational programs with faculty across disciplines, trains students to be educators in the museum, advises graduate students in an annual fellowship exhibition, and plans the museum’s public events.
ABOUT GALLERY A3
A cooperative, contemporary fine arts gallery located in downtown Amherst, Gallery A3 is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year. Current members include painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers, and mixed media artists. Over its two-decade history, A3 has been home to over 60 member-artists, mounting monthly exhibits and offering cultural events and community collaborations. The Gallery’s opening receptions take place on the first Thursday of every month; community outreach Art Forums, free and open to the public, are scheduled on the third Thursday. This Art in Community outreach program is supported in part by grants from the Amherst Cultural Council, Pelham Cultural Council, and Springfield Cultural Council, all local agencies, which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
