Damariscotta gallery seeks summary artwork for juried present

Celeste Henriquez Submitted picture

DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts invitations artists to submit work for a juried present of all summary artwork; Celeste Henriquez would be the juror.

A painter and illustrator, Henriquez creates summary narrative work from private expertise and reminiscence. Her gestural work use drawing and oil to inform inside and exterior tales of relationships and environments, in line with a information launch from the gallery.

Henriquez acquired her Bachelor of Fantastic Arts diploma from the Philadelphia School of Artwork in Illustration. After graduating from the school she labored nationally as a contract illustrator in promoting, editorial and youngsters’s books. Exhibitions have included Portland Museum of Artwork, Maine Artwork Gallery, George Marshall Retailer Gallery, Stonewall Gallery, River Arts Gallery, Frank Brockman Gallery, Harlow Gallery, and Zero Station. She lives and works in Portland, and is a member of SEVEN Artists Collective. To be taught extra go to, celestejunehenriquez.com.

This present is open to all media together with however not restricted to portray, sculpture, fiber, images and blended media. Artists could enter two items with a dimension restrict of 24 inches (in any course) together with body. Or artists could enter one bigger piece with a dimension restrict of 48 inches together with body.

Entries should be delivered in particular person earlier than 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, to the gallery at 36 Elm St.

Varieties can be found within the gallery or may be downloaded from the web site riverartsme.org. For members the entry payment is $15 and for nonmembers it’s $30.

“Summary” will run from Sept. 6 via Oct. 15. The general public will probably be invited to a gap reception set for 2-4 p.m. Sept. 10.

The common hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday via Saturday.

For extra data, name the gallery at 207-563-6868.