Loggerhead Marinelife Center Earth Day Art Contest Guidelines

Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) is pleased to announce its first annual Student Art Contest. Winners will be revealed and artwork will be showcased at our 9th Annual Turtlefest Celebration.

With its emphases on culture and children, a juried Student Art Contest is the perfect addition to TurtleFest.   The event will be held on April 21, 2012, which is Earth Day weekend as well as the first weekend following FCAT blackout.  Winners will receive recognition on the TurtleFest stage and on the center’s website.  Select pieces will also be featured in the center’s Earth Day Art Contest Exhibit at LMC’s campus throughout the summer.  Certain award categories will include additional benefits.

THEME: All artwork should center on the theme of ocean conservation, how we can help the ocean, and/or the importance of the organisms in it.  With this theme, we hope to integrate science, learning and exploration into the art contest.

AGE SUBMISSION CATEGORIES: Elementary (Grades 4- 5) Middle (Grades 6-8) High School (Grades 9-12) .

ARTWORK CATEGORIES :First, Second, and Third-Place for each age submission category, Best In Show, Best Environmental Interpretation, Best Artistic Interpretation, Honorable Mention(s).

 ARTWORK SPECIFICATIONS:  Only artwork submitted within the following guidelines will be considered.  2-D 24” x 36” maximum size Ready to hang with student name, school, grade, and title on the back of the artwork All entries must be accompanied by an LMC inventory sheet complete with student and school contact information.

JUDGING CRITERIA :All awards will be based on the following criteria: Environmental Relevance (observation, vision, relevance, imagination) and Artistic Expression (creativity, composition, overall impression)

JURY GUIDELINES:

The jury will consist of members drawn from both the artistic and environmental communities. Each judge will independently evaluate and score each project and the sum of all scores will be tallied. In the event of a tie, the judges will make an executive decision.

DEADLINES:

Teachers should submit the top-five pieces from each classroom (to be determined by the teacher).  Artwork can be submitted any time prior to 5:00 p.m. February 17, 2012 at LMC (14200 US Highway One, Juno Beach, FL).

Special pick up arrangements may be possible in extenuating circumstances (call for details).  Artwork that has not been selected to be displayed at TurtleFest or the campus exhibit must be picked up at LMC between March 15-21, 2012.  Award winning artwork will be on exhibit throughout the summer at the LMC campus.

Loggerhead Marinelife Center is not liable for damages to artwork including but not limited to damages associated with transportation or display.

CONTACT:  For all forms and more information:

Nikki Costanzo, Education Administrator

www.artcontest@marinelife.org

Loggerhead Marinelife Center, a non-profit organization, is committed to the preservation of Florida’s coastal ecosystems through public education, research and rehabilitation with a focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles.  The center features an on-site campus hospital, learning exhibits and aquariums.  Loggerhead Marinelife Center is open daily and provides free conservation education to over 214,000 visitors each year.

TurtleFest is the center’s largest annual educational event.  The day long festival features music, art, shopping and educational programs for the entire family to enjoy.  Visitors will also experience up-close interactions with threatened and endangered sea turtles.  In its ninth year, TurtleFest 2012 is being held the weekend before Earth Day.  For more information, visit

www.marinelife.org or call 561-627-8280.

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ArtPalmBeach Lecture Series Features Famous Muses, Artistic Figures and Renowned Experts

In celebration of ArtPalmBeach’s 15th Anniversary the fair’s lecture program focuses on collecting, artistic processes, museum practices, art criticism, history and today’s art practices.  The fair has invited internationally acclaimed art historians, critics, collectors, museum directors, curators and artists to engage in dynamic conversations and presentations to create an informed dialogue with ArtPalmBeach attendees.  There will be time for the audience to meet the presenters personally after each session series. All lectures are free and open to the public. The schedule follows.

Behind The Lens of William John Kennedy

Friday, January 20th | Fair Hours: 12-7pm

“Full Circle: Before They Were Famous”  Video Presentation, 12:30 PM-1:30PM

Presented by Ultra Violet, Artist and Warhol “superstar” Video by William John Kennedy represented by KIWI Arts Group

A 40 minute video presentation shot in the early 1960s when fine art photographer William John Kennedy forged a friendship with both Robert Indiana and Andy Warhol, these images capture the two artists and their soon-to-be iconic works at the seminal point of their careers and the birth of the Pop Art Movement.

“In Between”     Lecture, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM 

By Jun Kaneko, Artist and ArtPalmBeach 2012 Visionary Award Recipient

Jun Kaneko will give a visual and informative talk about his artwork, philosophy and designs for opera.

“Glass as Art: The First Century”      Panel Discussion, 3:30 PM-4:30 PM

               Moderated by Bill Warmus, former curator at the Corning Glass Museum

               Panel Participants: Mary Shaffer, Mark Peiser, Beth Lipman, and Lino Tagliapietra

This panel celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Studio Glass movement. We begin with the historic workshops at the Toledo Museum of Art in 1962, explore the first major contemporary glass exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1980, and conclude by speculating wildly about the next 50 years.

Landscapes: Ceramics in a Non-Traditional Format Fired   Lecture, 5:00 -6:00 PM                By Margie Hughto represented by Loveed Fine Art

               Margie Hughto is an internationally recognized mixed-media artist who has examined ceramics in a non-traditional contemporary format.  Peter Doroshenko, executive Director of Dallas Contemporary called Hughto, “a unique and paradoxical artist. Her works are alternatively monumental and intimate in scale, mute and garish in color, objectively descriptive and purely abstract in subject matter.”

Saturday, January 21st | Fair Hours: 12-7pm

Jewish Identity & Intensity in the Work of George Wardlaw  Lecture, 1:30-2:30

            By Ori Z. Soltes, Professorial Lecturer in Theology and Fine Arts at Georgetown University and former director of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.

               George Wardlaw has never allowed his work to stay confined by categories—his painting is sculptural, his sculpture is both painterly and architectural, his early small-scale metalsmithing resonate within his later gargantuan artworks.  Wardlaw’s work reflects art history in both its universal concerns and, in a varied array of works, in the questions that art history raises for contemporary Jewish artists.  His work is a dazzling expression of diversely shaped identity and intensity.

The View from Over There, Over Here     Lecture, 3:00 PM-4:00 PM  

By Michael Kimmelman, Chief Architecture Critic and Former Chief Art Critic of the New York Times

Michael Kimmelman shares his experience studying art and architecture in Europe as an overseas correspondent for the New York Times.  This lecture will discuss art, architecture and culture, and the differences in perspective between Europe and the United States.

Ceramics as Art: Not a New Idea?    Lecture, 4:30 PM-5:30 PM

               By Ulysses Dietz, Curator of Decorative Arts at the Newark Museum

Dietz has been working with both contemporary and historic decorative arts at the Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey for over 30 years. This lecture will examine how ceramics have been interpreted in the past and in today’s generation.

Sunday, January 22nd | Fair Hours: 12-7pm

Life with Warhol: Then and Now    Panel Discussion, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM

                Moderated by Bruce Heander, Editor-and-Chief, The Art Economist                Panel Participants: Warhol “superstars” Ultra Violet and Jane Holzer

               In the late 1960s, Andy Warhol and his “Factory” epitomized the fusion of high society and art.  Both Ultra Violet and Baby Jane Holzer were once the “superstars” who served as muses, subject matter, and company in the New York City social circuit.  This conversation will discuss the connection each woman had with Warhol during the Factory era, and how that experience has influenced their lives today.

Collecting in 2012: Various Voices of Palm Beach  Panel Discussion, 3:00-4:00 PM

Moderated by Dr. Rodger Ward, Independent Scholar and Adjunct Curator of Collectors, The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach

Panel Participants: Sylvia Karman Cubina, Director and Chief Curator of the Bass Museum, Miami Beach; Michael Mezzatesta, Private Art Advisor, Director Emeritus of the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University and James Swope, Owner, Fine Arts Conservation Inc, West Palm Beach Collecting in Palm Beach has never been more representative of a wide range of age groups, interests, and priorities. Join Roger Ward and several active collectors for a lively discussion representing different spheres of engagement with the contemporary market.

The New Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art:

Directions in Contemporary Art    Lecture, 4:30 PM-5:30 PM

By Mark Leach, Director of SECCA

               Mark Leach will discuss the new direction the Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art has headed towards since he was named Director in 2007.  The diverse array of recent acquisitions, programming, and development has helped to transform the arts center and continue its distinguished legacy.

Monday, January 23rd | Fair Hours: 12-6pm

Full Circle: Before They Were Famous Video Presentation, 12:30 PM-1:30PM

 Presented by Ultra Violet, Artist and Warhol “superstar” Video by William John Kennedy represented by KIWI Arts Group

               A 40 minute video presentation shot in the early 1960s when fine art photographer William John Kennedy forged a friendship with both Robert Indiana and Andy Warhol, these images capture the two artists and their soon-to-be iconic works at the seminal point of their careers and the birth of the Pop Art Movement.

The ICP Legacy and New Directions in Photography   Lecture, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM

By Willis “Buzz” Hartshorn, Director of the International Center for Photography

               Hartshorn traces the legacy of the International Center of Photography and how the collection has transformed over the years.

Whitespace: The Impact of Private Collections on Community Programming

Panel  Discussion, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM   

Moderated by Elayne Mordes, Owner and Director of Whitespace: The Mordes Collection. Panel Participants: Nathalia Edenmont, Artist and John J. McGurk, Curator

               Owner and Director, Elayne Mordes leads a conversation on what’s to come for Whitespace and its future relevance within the community.  Nathalia Edenmont, mid-career artist, will speak about her exhibition at Whitespace and John J. McGurk, previous independent curator at Whitebox, will speak of his experience, goals and thoughts concerning the program.

For more information on ArtPalmBeach programming and for a full schedule of events, please visit www.artpalmbeach.com. All changes will be online.

For coverage of your events, listing of announcements in our events section, to place an advertisement, or speak to Rickie about appearing in The Rickie Report, contact The Rickie Report at:

Rickie Leiter, Publisher

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