Past Exhibition | Global impact
August 14 - september 25
THE EXHIBITION
Global Impact: The Wake of Covid is an all media exhibition focusing on what artists have been working on with the global impact of COVID-19. We are asking artists “What have you been creating in response? How has your work shifted due to self-isolation and quarantine? How have your perspectives changed?”
AWARDS
[1] "Going Solo " Exhibition
Rachel Ferguson, Companion
[2] $150 Juror's Choice Awards
Randy Simmons, You and the Clouds
Julian Foley, Downward Spiral
[2] Honorable Mentions
Sukanya Mani, Together / Apart
Joanne Stremsterfer, Stay Home
[1] Community Choice Award
Katherine Alexander, A Millimeter of a Difference
Timeline
Entries Due - July 6
Notification of Accepted Work - July 17
Deadline for Receipt of Shipped Work - August 7
Deadline for Receipt of Hand-Delivered Work - August 9
Exhibition Opens - August 14
Closing Reception - September 25th, 5:30pm - 7pm
Pick-Up of Artwork - September 26 & 27
Artwork Shipped - Week of September 28
Artists
Elizabeth Conn
Robert Esau
Rachel Ferguson
Janis Kanter
Alexandra Miklos
Fatemeh Nichols
Marceline Saphian
Carlotte Schmid-Maybach
Maria Sinatra
Joanne Stremsterfer
Claudia Svoboda
Paul Vo
“Strong pieces in this show. Isolation is powerful here.”
“Love these pictures, Great place”
“I loved “Sewn Zippers” and many others. Great Exhibition!”
juror
Robin Hirsch-Steinhoff
about the juror
A St. Louis native, Robin Hirsch-Steinhoff holds a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute (1985). Since 1989, Robin has served as Artistic Director of Art Saint Louis, a non-profit visual art organization & Gallery in downtown St. Louis. Her full-time work with Art Saint Louis includes curating and presenting juried and curated exhibitions, creating opportunities for artists, and working to exhibit and promote the work of St. Louis regional artists.
Since 1997, Robin has served as juror and/or awards judge for over 70 local & Midwest regional art exhibitions. She served as a grants reader for Regional Arts Commission’s Artist Fellowships (2017 & 2020), grants panelist for Regional Arts Commission (2018), grants panelist for Missouri Arts Council (2008-2012), and has participated in numerous volunteer community activities for regional non-profit organizations including Chesterfield Arts, Circus Flora, Regional Arts Commission (Arts Commandos), and Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts. She is past-President of the St. Louis chapter of the National Women’s Caucus for Art for which she also served as Vice President, Newsletter Writer/Editor, and Board Advisor. Robin has served on the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Gallery Association and as Exhibitions Consultant for Chesterfield Arts.
As an independent curator, she curated the two-artist photography exhibit “Pausing for Reflection: A Reflection on Pausing,” presented at Regional Arts Commission (2011). As an artist, her photographic work was included in the “Holga Polka” exhibition at the Gallery at Regional Arts Commission (2009) and in two “Thirteen Squared” exhibits at Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis (2010 and 2012).
EXHIBITION SPACE
The Foundry Art Centre is a dynamic community art center dedicated to the creation and presentation of contemporary visual arts. Our mission is to connect everyday people with the arts through our studio artists, educational classes, special events, and exhibitions. Featuring a state-of-the-art gallery space, the Foundry hosts national and international juried fine art exhibitions and curated traveling exhibitions.
PUBLICITY
The Foundry Art Centre reserves the right to photograph and reproduce, in color or black and white, all artwork accepted for this exhibition (regardless of copyright) for educational and publicity purposes.
SALES, LIABILITY, AND INSURANCE
The Foundry Art Centre will retain a 35% commission on all sales directly attributed to the exhibition. All prices include the frame and matte, are set by the artist at the time of entry, and should include 35% commission. The price will remain the same price for the duration of the exhibition. Foundry Art Centre provides standard insurance at 50% of retail on all exhibited works while on premises. Artist is responsible for work in transit.
DELIVERY & PICK-UP
Accepted works are to be hand-delivered or shipped in reusable crate(s) or carton(s). Included with each work, one 3” x 5” card listing Name, Address, Phone, Title, Media, Dimensions, and Price. Attach card to the back of the 2D work or base of 3D work. Work is shipped at the artist’s expense to the Foundry Art Centre. Accepted artists shipping their work must include a prepaid return label for return shipping. If submitted artwork comes without prepaid label it becomes the property of the FAC at the close of the exhibition. All hand-delivered work must be picked up at the close of the exhibition or work becomes the property of the FAC to dispose of as it sees fit. Accepted works must remain for the duration of the exhibition.
SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS
Provided by Madeline Cameron
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL, A STATE AGENCY