4th AnnualMASTER PIECESAn International Competitive Juried Exhibit of Works by New Masters
A call for current graduate students
or MFA/MA graduates since July 2009
Postmark Deadline for Entry:
July 2, 2010
Some say there is a glut of artists with MFA degrees in the world - that they are a dime a dozen. Unless academia is conferring this terminal fine art degree on anyone willing to pay the often staggering price for it, this devaluation of the degreed Master is indicative, we feel, of a systemic problem in society. The role of the master artist as cultural observer, intellectual mystic, and social healer is trivialized and misunderstood. Some suggest that an academic degree has no power to establish one's mastery of an art form - that only hard work and trial by fire in the 'real world' can do that. But these critics are, one might guess, those who either did not try, or could not survive the grueling critiques and endless all-nighters in the framework of the academic graduate process. Certainly, to say one is a Master is not to devalue other means of attaining excellence or status. But to have studied in the context of a university or college program, with rigorous requirements, and gained the terminal degree of Master surely warrants some merit. With this in mind this 4th Annual Master Pieces will seek to present the best works by the best new Masters in 2010.
Eligibility: Master Pieces is open to current MFA/MA students or MFA/MA graduates since July 2009. If in doubt of eligibility contact Manifest to inquire. All entries must represent original works of art or design.
Media: Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media, including but not limited to: drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, installation, video, etc.
More info: http://www.manifestgallery.org/masterpieces/
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