Exhibit for women artists
The Ingrid Nickelsen Trust, in partnership with the Humboldt Arts Council, has announced a call for entries for the Ingrid Nickelsen Trust Juried Exhibition: Celebrating 15 Years of the Ingrid Nickelsen Trust.
All Humboldt County women artists are invited to submit one piece of artwork for consideration to be included in this exhibition presented at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. Work can be from the visual arts disciplines — drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, fiber arts and mixed media. Entries will be accepted in person at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka, on July 27 from moon to 5 p.m. The exhibition opens Aug. 6 and runs through Sept. 18. Entry forms are available at the museum and online at www.humboldtarts.org.
The juror for this exhibition is Humboldt Countybased, Brooklyn-born abstract painter Joan Gold. Gold received her art education at The Cooper Union and The Brooklyn Museum in New York City, and at The Escuela de Bellas Artes in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1955, she was awarded a U.S. State Department fellowship to paint and study in Venezuela where she remained for the next 24 years. She retired as an associate professor at the Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, and received awards for her service to the country as an educator. In 1990, she received a Yaddo Fellowship in Saratoga Springs, New York. She has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad. Most recently, she received a Pollack-Krasner Grant.
Gold will be selecting the work for inclusion in the exhibition as well as one Juror’s Choice Award for $1,000 and 10 Ingrid Nickelsen Trust Awards for $500 each. Awards will be presented on Aug. 6 at 5:30 p.m., prior to Arts Alive! The public is invited to attend.
As an artist, Nickelsen was influenced by her creative family heritage and immediate environment, especially the vast wilderness of the North Coast.
As an artist, Nickelsen was influenced by her creative family heritage and immediate environment, especially the vast wilderness of the North Coast. An investigation of different media led Nickelsen down a path of visual exploration, beginning with rustic ceramics featuring utilitarian tools in a traditional form. These explorations ultimately resulted in vibrant, expressive plein air paintings executed from her intimate connection to the environment. It was this instinctive need to work with the elements of nature that led her on a final expedition, which has left a large void in the artistic community of the North Coast, even a decade and a half later.
The Ingrid Nickelsen Trust was established by the estate of the artist for the purpose of providing annual support through grants to women artists in Humboldt County and the trust has supported countless individual artists and arts organizations to continue the legacy Nickelsen left on the community. The museum-wide exhibition will highlight the history of the trust as well original work by Nickelsen.