SCOPE '17
June 2 -22
SCOPE is a survey of the southern landscape. While being bold, beautiful, provocative, and enticing the landscape is also set in histories, cultures, and people. These histories, cultures, and people affect and are affected by the political and societal landscapes, that make the South as we see it and talk about it today.
ACCEPTED WORKS
Randy Akers Emit Grove
Phoebe Alicia Art is Everywhere
Rick Bennett Last Light
William Breazeale Shopping Center
Larry Brown Evolution of Strange Fruit
Edde Burgess Edge of the field, Where the light comes in
Lisa Ellis Sailaway
Melinda Fine The eyes have it
Gina Franco "Life's a Drag"
Leif Gann-Matzen Idol
Ursula Gullow Night Terrorscape
Dawn Hummer Makin Hay
Brian Imfeld Our Vantage Point Because The Destination
Judy Jones Virgin Pines, Reconstruction: Fine Food
Carolyn Kerecman Appalachia, Paradise Lost
Randy McNamara Beach Blanket Bingo
Joan Meade Set Rock Creek Falls
Colin Murasko The Velvet Cloak Inn (d. 2017) Raleigh, NC
Libby O'Daniel Mehlynn
Eric Raddatz Kittrell Farm
Eric Saunders Not Quite Frozen No. 2
Austin Sheppard Forefathers' Guise
Matthew Smith Lava Flow
Emily Smith Grandmother's Mantel, Sweet One
Maggie Snoke Joey
Mary Starke On the Ground, Gloves Don't Matter
Sterling Stevens After the Tempest
Richard Stickney Soul Food
JP Trostle State of the Nation
Chris Vitiello The ability to sustain damage by choice
Anne Willson Open Vine
AWARDS
The Brancato Award - 1st - Erin Ethridge Baptism
The Brancato Award is given each year to an artist whose work has a unique take on landscapes. The Brancato Award is the First Place award for VAE's annual SCOPE exhibition. Kathy Brancato was a valued member of the VAE community who painted innovative landscapes. Kathy was also very supportive of her fellow artists and this award will allow her creative spirit to encourage other artists.
2nd - Tricia McKellar Landscape + Memory
3rd - Jeff Murphy Pier