44th Annual VAST National Exhibition Update
Elizabeth Dunbar, Juror for 2012 VAST National Exhibition, has made selections and artists have been notified of her decisions. If you did not receive a letter from VAST, please contact Deanna Wood, Assistant to the Executive Director, ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Lynne Cox, Executive Director, ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
Artist contracts will be sent this weekend.
Timeline:
- Apr. 1 - Signed contract and artist statement due
- Apr. 9 - 11 - Shipped work due between these dates
- Apr. 12 - 13 - Hand-delivered work due
- Apr. 26 - Thursday Opening Reception and Awards Presentation 6:30 - 8:30 pm
- June 1 Exhibition closes
- June 3 - 4 Pick up work
NOTE: Please see the full timeline of events (including times) in the exhibition prospectus.
Juror Bio:
Juror for 2012 is Elizabeth Dunbar. Dunbar is an independent curator based in Austin, Texas. Most recently she served as Associate Director and Curator at Arthouse at the Jones Center. Previously she was Curator at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City and Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
One of Dunbar’s core interests is collaborating with artists through the commission and production of new works, such as Graham Hudson Rehearsal at the Astoria, Jason Middlebrook: More Art About Buildings and Food, Matt Stokes: these are the days, Fritz Haeg: Edible Estates Prototype Garden #5,Florian Slotawa: One After the Other, and Ping Pong Diplomacy with Stephen Hendee and Phoebe Washburn. Other notable projects include survey exhibitions for artists Dario Robleto, Gajin Fujita, and Hubbard/Birchler, and debut museum solo projects with Lisa Tan, Jack Strange, Lisa Sanditz, among many others.
Dunbar holds MA degrees in art history and museum studies from the City University of New York.
A more comprehensive list of exhibitions, projects, and publications can be seen here.
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