DIA Associate Curator, Rebecca Hart, Juries 2009 Kreft Competition
ANN ARBOR, Mich., February 4, 2009 - Resident Rebecca Hart, associate curator and acting head of contemporary art for the Detroit Institute of Art, served as juror for the 2009 Kreft Juried Exhibition. The exhibit, to be displayed in the Kreft Center Gallery on Concordia University Ann Arbor’s campus, will run February 17 – March 22. The opening reception will be on Friday, February 20 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Artists from around the nation submitted prints, drawings, photographs, digital/video, paintings, and sculptures. The 2009 Kreft Juried Exhibition will display the very best in the visual arts that incorporates various meanings and potential approaches to the idea of reconciliation: a sense of connection or re-connection between people and communities, a sense of making on thing compatible with another; of bringing together disparate elements into an harmonious whole or a momentary sense of completion and/or fulfillment.
Rebecca Hart received the Mary Kirk Haggerty Award for Art Historical research from Wayne State University, a merit award for “Paper/Fiber XIV, Iowa City, and the Contemporary Award, “Basket Weave,” Athens, OH. She has held numerous positions teaching fiber arts. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and Rebecca is a respected artist, curator, critic and community volunteer.
A $1,000 prize will go to the “Best of Show” recipient, a $500 award will go to 2nd place, and a $250 award will go the 3rd place. The artist chosen as “Best of Show” will receive a solo exhibition in the Kreft Gallery at Concordia University Ann Arbor in the fall of 2009.
Concordia University is located at 4090 Geddes Road in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Kreft Center Gallery is open M-F from noon to 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact Professor Beth Steinkellner at steinb@cuaa.edu or Professor Chris Niemiec at niemic@cuaa.edu for more information about the gallery.
Concordia University Ann Arbor is a private, Christian liberal arts institution of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Concordia offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in an environment focused on the individual student. Concordia is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) and by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Concordia’s Family Life Program is approved by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). The athletics program has helped Concordia receive the recognition of a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Champions of Character institution. Concordia is located at 4090 Geddes Road in Ann Arbor, MI. For more information, visit: www.cuaa.edu.
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