For Immediate Release:
CONTACT: Jared Latimer
Central Utah Art Center
86 South Main
Ephraim, UT 84627
435-283-5110
www.cuartcenter.org
2011 Utah Ties Juried Exhibit The Central Utah Art Center is pleased to announce it’s 7th Annual Utah Ties Juried Art Exhibition. Artists with ties to Utah, as well as all Utah residents, are welcome to submit work.
The Utah Ties Exhibition, which has become a yearly tradition at the Central Utah Art Center, began as a way to showcase the work of exceptional artists in and around the state. The Art Center has been very careful to select jurors with world-class qualifications, and the Utah Ties exhibit becomes a valuable way to connect them with local artists at a critical level.
This year’s juror is Michelle Pobar, director of the prestigious Honor Fraser Gallery in Los Angeles.
The Utah Ties exhibit is always a strong show full of interesting and innovative work from artists working in Utah and artists that are tied to the state. Last year’s winners were Van Chu, Tiana Birell and Allan Ludwig.
Artsts are encouraged to apply online.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: February 28, 2011
Artist Notification March 4, 2011
Opening Reception: March 11th at 6 p.m
Delivery of accepted work: March 9, 2011
Pick up of exhibited work: April 1, 2011
Other Information Entry Fee: $20 for 3 images and $5 per each additional image
Prizes: 1st $500/$200/$100
Juror’s Bio
Michelle Pobar is the director of Honor Fraser Gallery in Los Angeles. For a number of years Ms. Pobar worked for Gagosian Gallery in New York until 2008 when she relocated to Los Angeles to work at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills. She has been the director of Honor Fraser since 2009 and works with a number of international, local, emerging and established artists including Rosson Crow, Kenny Scharf, Alexandra Grant, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Robert Lazzarini and the Jeremy Blake Estate. Receiving her BA in Art History from the University of Minnesota, Ms. Pobar then went on to receive her masters degree in Modern Art History, Connoisseurship and the History of the Art Market from Christie’s Education in New York. With work experience at contemporary art galleries, museums and the auction house, she has had her hand in nearly every aspect of the art world and has curated and managed a number of noteworthy exhibitions in New York and Los Angeles.
2004 BA, Art History University of Minnesota
2006 MA, Modern Art History, Connoisseurship and the History of the Art Market Christie’s Education, New York