Spring Into Art Exhibition

Going on currently at the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts in Valdosta is the annual Spring Into Art Exhibition. What is the Spring into Art exhibition? Each year the Turner Center holds this event to exhibit work from local and regional artists and to help raise money for the center. Each artist may enter up to 2 pieces of work. All of the art work is for sell and a portion of the purchase price goes to the Turner Center. They also have a great opening for the show with drinks and all sorts of food, which they sell tickets for. This year there were over 400 entries from over 200 artists. The exhibition is also a competition. 12 of the 400 entries are selected to be on the pages of the Colson Printing Company calender, and 45 of the 400 are juried, which means they are selected to be a part of another show called Best of Spring Into Art. There are also prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and several honorable mentions awarded. The winners of these awards will announced at the Best of Spring Into Art show which opens in June.

The opening for the show was held this Monday. It was alot of fun. My Dad was my date and we had a great time. Many of my friends, professors, and fellow artists were there. As I browsed the gallery looking for my work I was thrilled to see that one of my entries "Pool Sharks" was juried into the Best of Spring into Art. This is exciting because it was selected out of 400 as one of the best. What makes it even more exciting for me is that this particular photo is from a wedding, which helps to prove that wedding photography is art. This was also my first time being juried into the "Best of".

Here is my piece titled Pool Sharks.

My good photographer friend Jill Higgins was also juried into the "Best of" show. Check out her blog to see her juried photo and also a few funny photos of us from the opening.

If you were not able to attended the opening of the show, no worries, the show runs untill the end of May and admission is free. Be sure to check it out!

Thanks for looking!

Lindsi