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ART OF THE STATE®: Pennsylvania 2009
Juried exhibition open to Pennsylvania's established and emerging artists
creating paintings, photographs, sculpture, craft or works on paper.

The State Museum of Pennsylvania
300 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120
June 28 – September 20, 2009
Entry forms will soon be mailed for the 2009 exhibition. Meanwhile, Entry Forms are available for download from The State Museum of Pennsylvania web site at www.statemuseumpa.org,
OR to be added to the mailing list, contact Lee Stevens, Curator, Art Collections, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, 717-783-9904, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ,
OR contact The Greater Harrisburg Arts Council (Exhibition Co-sponsor) at 717-238-5180, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Deadline: March 1, 2009 (postmarked)

2009 Jurors

PAINTING & WORKS ON PAPER:
Patricia Bellan-Gillen, Painter and Printmaker
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University; 1995 Pittsburgh Artist of the Year and twice Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship recipient. Exhibits nationally and internationally with work in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.

PHOTOGRAPHY:
David Graham, Photographer
Professor, Media Arts, Photo, Film, Animation, The University of the Arts; NEA and PCA grant recipient. Graham’s work is represented in the collections of MOMA, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others.

SCULPTURE AND CRAFT - 3-DIMENSIONAL:
H. Theodore Hallman, Jr., Fiber Artist
Former Chairman, Textiles, Moore College of Art and the Ontario College of Art and Design. Hallman’s work is represented in the collections of the Museum of Art and Design, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others.

AWARDS Juror:
(awards are selected after accepted art has been delivered to The State Museum)
Corinne Topper, Director Susquehanna Art Museum

Exhibition Sponsors:
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
and
The Greater Harrisburg Arts Council