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Lisa Qualls grew up in Louisiana and has spent much of her adult life traveling across the South, between Texas and Florida, making many stops and meeting many people in-between. She is driven by curiosity and a desire to discover the new while uncovering the old. She is especially interested in identity and culture – these essential human elements that define individuals and develop groups. This exhibit features 22 of Lisa’s exquisite graphite portraits on a white clay board recently donated by the artist to the Masur Museum’s permanent collection.

Reception with Juror’s Talk and Prize Announcements: Friday, February 28th, 5:30-7:30 pm

The Masur Museum of Art’s Annual Juried Competition showcases contemporary artists throughout the United States of America working in any medium. Over $3,000 in prizes is awarded to artists every year. Last year’s Best in Show prize went to Gabi Magaly, of San Antonio, TX, for her photographic tapestry Santa Catherine De Siena.
This long-running competition also showcases some of America’s best curatorial talent. The juror for the 57th Annual Juried Competition is Allison Glenn, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, AR).

Past jurors include Catherine Futter, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Joel Parsons, Cough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College; Daniel Stetson, LSU Museum of Art; Gia Hamilton, Joan Mitchell Center; Holly Hughes, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Sandra Firmin, Colorado University Art Museum; Kelly Shindler, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; George Shackelford, Kimbell Art Museum; Liza Simone, Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles; Alison Greene, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; David Houston, currently Bo Bartlett Center; and Miranda Lash, currently Speed Art Museum.

Selected Artists:
Gerald Alderman (GA), Jenny E. Balisle (CA), Nancy Barbosa (GA), Stephanie Cobb (LA), Brandon Crist (LA), Bill Davis (MI), Drek Davis (LA), Brooks Dierdorff (FL), William Dooley (AL), David Gardner (CA), Annette Giaco (SC), Southerly Gold (LA), Camila Franco Ribeiro Gomide (MD), Robert Gordon (AR), Anna Grevenitis (NY), Kevin B. Jones (CA), Bette Kauffman (LA), Jaime Knight (CA), Ann Kozeliski (FL), Marcia Mahoney (LA), John Moore (AL), Arely Morales (TX), Armin Mühsam (MO), Lake Roberson Newton (TN), Steve Novick (MA), Raymond Padron (TN), Sung Eun Park (OR), Linden Pohland (WI), Ziba Rajabi (AR), Roz Ritter (CA), Jennifer Robison (LA), Rossana Romero (CA), Tokie Rome-Taylor (GA), Sarah G. Sharp (NY), Martina Shenal (AZ), Ginger Sisco-Cook (TX), Shyun Song (NY), Bradley Dever Treadaway (NY), Vadis Turner (TN), Jiawei Zhao (NY)

As our technology advances it is easy to believe that we have grown very far from our natural selves. Many people fear the state of our Post-Digital world, consumed by screens and overwhelmed by targeted advertisements and social media, as technology becomes more completely integrated into our everyday lives. The artists in this exhibition look past the blip of the digital screen and into the future – a future in which the boundaries between nature and technology blur completely.

Featuring work by 26 artists from around the globe, this exhibition includes 3D printed sculpture, Virtual Reality, special effects animation, interactive smartphone filters, digital painting, and traditional media.

Programs of the Twin City Art Foundation are supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council as administered by the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment of the Arts, ArtWorks.