Summer Art Explosion Show

Stanly Arts Guild is calling all artists to bring in your art for the Annual Summer Art explosion Show. It starts on July 16, 2019 and ends on August 10, 2019 with a reception from 6pm – 8pm on the 10th.  Art entries will be accepted on Friday, July 12 between noon and 5pm, and on Saturday, July 13 between 10am and 4pm.  Accepted art forms are two dimensional (including photography) and 3 dimensional.  Participating artists must be 18 or over.  Entry fees are as follows:

Guild Members – $35 for two pieces and $10 each for up to two additional entries. (4 total entries allowed)

Non – Guild Members – $40 for two pieces and $15 for up to two additional pieces. (4 total entries allowed)

Please call Stanly Arts Guild at 704-983-4278 if you have any additional questions.

Our judge for this year’s show will be Mark Stephenson.  He is a full time artist, based in Salisbury, NC.  He is a graduate of Pfeiffer University, NC State University, and UNC-Greensboro, where he earned degrees in Civil Engineering and Vocal Performance.  In the 1990’s he studied art in the prestigious Art Student League with noted painters and sculptors Frank O’Cain, Leonid Lerman, and Ron Sherr.  Success at the Art League ushered in awards and commissions, including acceptance at the Metropolitan Museum of copyists program.  He returned to North Carolina in 2006 and has devoted much of his time to commissioned portraits. Mark lives in Salisbury with his wife, and has two children, James and Emma.