28th
Annual Berks Art Alliance
Open Juried Art Exhibition
June
19 - September 5, 2005
Opening
Reception, Sunday, June 19th from 4 p.m.
– 6 p.m. Reception and Awards
Ceremony. Artists of accepted artwork in
show and Museum and BAA members are admitted
free of charge (must show membership cards)
all other guests $7 adults (18-60) and $5
children/seniors/students (w/ID)
This
year's winners TBA. Stay tuned.....
This
year's juror Elyse Gonzales has been the
Assistant Curator at the Institute of Contemporary
Art, University of Pennsylvania since 2001.
She received her undergraduate degree in
art History from the University of New Mexico
and a Master's from the Williams College
Graduate Program in the History of Art.
She worked at the Williams College Museum
of Art where she co-curated an exhibition
devoted to Assyrian reliefs, assisted with
a Carrie mae Weems exhibition and coordinated
an Edward Hopper symposium. While at the
ICA she has curated an exhibition of drawings
by Amy Cutler and is assisting with exhibitions
devoted to Barry LeVa, Pepon Osorio and
Polly Apfelbaum. She has juried "Art
in Northern Liberties," and annual
exhibition of artists in the Philadelphia
neighborhood; an exhibition program of artists
from inliquid.com; and the "September
11th Retrospective" at Green Eggz Gallery
in Collingswood, NJ.
The
Berks Art Alliance had its beginnings in
November of 1941 as a fellowship of artists,
both professional and amateur, with a common
goal. That goal has always been to encourage
artists by providing workshops, exhibition
opportunities and information to keep the
artistic momentum alive and growing in Berks
County. The Alliance has always actively
reached out to the community by participating
in art demonstrations, collaborating with
other creative groups and supporting charitable
organizations. The organization began as
"The Art Haven Guild of Berks County"
and later changed its name to the "Berks
Art Alliance" in 1947. The first annual
membership exhibition in march 1944 was
held at its studio and gallery at 538 Centre
Ave. Reading. That show continues today
at the BAA's present home at the Institute
of the Arts in Wyomissing, PA. The BAA also
continues to host an annual Juried Art Exhibition,
inaugurated in 1977 by, then president,
Phyllis Staubach, which has been held at
the Reading Public Museum. Today, with over
300 active members, the BAA continues a
legacy of fostering passion for the arts
in Berks County.
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