MASON CITY – Area Show: 43 opens at 9 a.m. on Friday, July 6, at the Charles H. MacNider Art Museum in Mason City. The exhibit includes a wide variety of artworks created by artists living within a 100-mile radius of Mason City.
The competition for the show was open to all artists above high school age residing within 100 miles of Mason City, encompassing North Central Iowa and Southern Minnesota. Each entrant was eligible to submit up to two artworks for consideration. This year’s show drew a total of 130 entries by 68 artists. The final exhibition includes 51 works by 39 artists.
Entering artists are competing for the opportunity to have their work exhibited and for cash awards. The artist with the entry chosen NSB Bank’s Best in Show will be granted with a solo exhibition at the Charles H. MacNider Art Museum in 2013. Three artists will receive the $250 Excellence Awards, two will received the Merit Awards at $100 each, and a $50 Most Daring Award will be given. In addition, Honorable Mentions will be awarded.
This year’s Area Show will have an awards program and artist reception on Saturday, July 14, beginning at 2 p.m. Awards will be announced and presented at 2:30 p.m. This lively reception celebrating the exhibition will provide a wonderful chance for the public to meet and converse with the artists. The reception is free and open to all those who wish to attend.
The juror for Area Show: 43 is Darrell Taylor. Taylor is Director of the University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art and Overseer at the University of Northern Iowa Permanent Art Collection. Area Show: 43 is sponsored by NSB bank. The exhibition will remain on view in the Museum’s Kinney-Lindstrom Gallery through September 1, 2012. Admission is free and open to the public.
Charles H. MacNider Art Museum hours:
Tuesday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., with extended evening hours Thursday until 9 p.m.
Sunday – Monday, Closed
