A signature event of the Mitchell Gallery
St. John's College, Annapolis, MD
May 29 to June 19, 2013

The Mitchell Gallery brings world-renowned art to the Mid-Atlantic region and serves as a center of learning for the visual arts in Anne Arundel County. Its recent accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) places the Mitchell Gallery among the top 4.5% of art museums in the United States. The Mitchell Gallery is the only state-of-the-art, secure and climate-controlled fine art museum in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Less is More is a new juried exhibit featuring small works in the great space of the Mitchell Gallery. It is open to all artists over the age of 18 residing in the United States and Puerto Rico. All media are eligible, including fine jewelry, ceramics, and more. Features of the exhibition include:

  • Distinguished jurors
  • Cash prizes
  • Preview reception for artists, members, collectors, dealers and friends
  • Sales gallery during the exhibit
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    Artists may enter Less is More using the link at the bottom of this page.

    Juror Joann G. Moser has been senior curator of Graphic Arts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum since 1986. Her research interests include 20th-century American prints and drawings, and American monotypes. She has served as a juror for numerous national and regional exhibitions.

    Juror Jack Rasmussen is the director and curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, DC. His several AU credentials include master's degrees in painting (1975), arts management (1983) and anthropology (1991), and a PhD in anthropological linguistics (1994). In addition he has taught painting, curatorial practice, and arts programming, and worked as the university's associate director of development from 1983 to 1987. He served as the executive director of the di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature in Northern California, and from 1992 to 2002 he was the executive director of Maryland Art Place in Baltimore.

    Schedule

    10/1/12Online entry opens.
    2/28/13Online entry closes. Deadline for entries and payment for juror consideration.
    4/1/13Notification by e-mail to all artists.
    5/1/13Deadline for receipt of accepted work. Mail well ahead of deadline to: The Mitchell Gallery St. John's College, PO Box 2800, Annapolis, MD 21404-2800
    5/29/13Preview party for Artists, Members, Collectors, Dealers and Friends. Awards presented.
    5/30-
    6/19/13    		Exhibition and sales open to the general public.
    6/20/13Local artists may pick up unsold work at the Mitchell Gallery.
    6/20-
    6/27/13    		Unsold works mailed to artists. Remittance for sold works, less Mitchell Gallery commission mailed to artists.

    Enter the exhibit through the Terms of Entry.

    Contact:
    Pamela McKee, exhibit administrator:
    pmckee7@verizon.net or 410-263-2610;

    or

    Hydee Schaller, director of the Mitchell Gallery:
    hydee.schaller@sjca.edu or 410-626-2556;

    Return to The Mitchell Gallery web site.

    (Download the prospectus PDF)