Back in the Saddle

Hey, we're back! After a much needed rest, post show we're getting ready to get things moving with the club again. Check back for updates on the next meeting and some excellent events that will be coming up in July as well. For the time being however, please enjoy some photos from the opening. More to come as well....

Outside looking in

We were packed...

Paintings by Neal Iwan (bronze medal winner "Swampdogg" on left)

Apparently Ghostprint was the busiest gallery all evening...

More lovely work (paintings by Shaun Yu - first 3 on the left)

It's almost time! Juried Show opening info and winners

Hey all,

It's been quite a while since we posted, and as you might imagine, that has everything to do with the Juried Show. Though truly a labor of love, it is indeed, quite laborious. What with having to do such inconvenient things such as go to work, we have spent a whole lot of free time planning this thing.

On that note however, I do want to say that there are three people that we never could have done this without, and they are our jurors: Anita Kunz, Greg Swearingen and Josh George. They were so incredibly helpful and fast to boot. I also have a feeling that they may have helped us attract entrants.... Also in that camp are Elizabeth and Libby Meggs, daughter and wife of the late Phillip B. Meggs and our jurors for the Phillip B. Meggs award for excellence in design.

The hardest process for the jurors was choosing the winners, but they narrowed it down to some pieces that completely floor us.

Gold - Barry Bruner (again!?)




Silver - Brooke Olivares




Bronze - Neal Iwan




Phillip B. Meggs award for excellence in Design - Thea Duskin




Congratulations to all of our award winners!

Be sure to join us for the show opening, June 6th (First Friday) from 7pm-10pm at Ghostprint Gallery, 220 w. Broad St. ,Richmond VA 23220.

Directions to Ghostprint
From the North (D.C., Md, etc.)
- 95 S
- Exit 76 B towards Belvidere st./US 301/US 1
- Turn Left onto Leigh st. (get into the right lane)
- Turn Right onto Belvidere st. (the first light)
- Turn Left onto Broad st.
- Ghostprint Gallery is on the left side of the street between Madison and Jefferson streets.

From the South
- 95 N
- Exit 76 A Chamberlayne Ave.
- Left on Chamberlayne Ave.
- Chamberlayne turns onto Adams at the light at Leigh st. (stay straight)
- Right onto Broad st.
- Ghostprint Gallery is on the right side of the street between Madison and Jefferson streets.

From the West
- 64 E
- Merge onto 95 S (Richmond/Petersburg Turnpike)
- Exit 76 B towards Belvidere st./US 301/US 1
- Turn Left onto Leigh st. (get into the right lane)
- Turn Right onto Belvidere st. (the first light)
- Turn Left onto Broad st.
- Ghostprint Gallery is on the left side of the street between Madison and Jefferson streets.

From the East
- 64 W
- Exit 76 A Chamberlayne Ave.
- Left on Chamberlayne Ave.
- Chamberlayne turns onto Adams at the light at Leigh st. (stay straight)
- Right onto Broad st.
- Ghostprint Gallery is on the right side of the street between Madison and Jefferson streets.


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In the coming weeks look for an article about the show in RVA magazine.
I also realized we never posted a link to the article in Brick about the club, so here it is.

Brick

Just a heads up to check out this week's upcoming issue of Brick. There will be a story about the club, with much mention of the Juried Show and the extended deadline, as well as info on how to join the club and what exactly it is we do.

Deadline Extension!

Hey y'all! We're extending the deadline to [postmarked] April 19th!
Click the link on the left to download the entry form and get your entries in.

Last Years Winners

As the deadline to the second annual juried show approaches, we just wanted to remind you all of our winners from last year.


Gold - Barry Bruner


Silver - Tin Salmunic


Bronze - Danny Robbins





The Phil Meggs award - Neal Iwan (top) and Steven Walker (bottom)

Official Press Release

Richmond Illustrators Club Second Annual Juried Show - Press release

The deadline to submit entries to this year's juried show is Saturday, April 5th.

We have fantastic jurors this year - Anita Kunz, Greg Swearingen and Josh George - who run the gamut from conceptual editorial to children's book to gallery work.

The show opens June 6th at Ghostprint gallery, at the heart of the Broad Street First Fridays art walk and provides an excellent opportunity to expose your work to art buyers, art directors, gallery owners and other creative professionals.

Last year's show was a great success and helped several members get gallery representation as well as other opportunities.

Entry fees start at $20 for the first piece and $5 for each subsequent piece.

Go to http://richmondillustratorsclub.blogspot.com/2008/01/call-for-entries.html to see the call for entries or http://www.stevenwalkerstudios.com/ric08entryform.pdf to download the pdf entry form.
Also, visit our blog at http://richmondillustratorsclub.blogspot.com to read club news, for membership information, to find links to members work and see last years winners.
Also to watch a video from the Richmond Times Dispatch online go to http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/entertainment/mashup.html

Members Show

We also have a members show coming up the first Friday of April (the 4th) at the Richmond Public Library.
This is always a nice low-key show and we just wanted to put out the reminder (hey members, have your work there by April 2.... or else!).

Entry Form update and Mash Up video

So, thanks to Steven, we now have the entry form hosted as a PDF, so link will take you directly to a printable PDF, not a um... low res jpeg. Yes!

In other news we have a less-awkward-than-anticipated video interview with Holly and I on the Richmond Times Dispatch site (InRich.com). It's fairly brief, but has some info about the club and the show/call for entries and hey, you can't argue with free promotion. Thanks dudes!

Download the Entry Form!

Ok, so it's really really official now, we have the entry form posted (see link at left). Unfortunately, due to my, um, poor internet skills it is a jpeg, not a pdf, so there maybe a little rasterization, but hopefully it'll still work for everyone.
Just click on the link and when it takes you to the Picasa page, just click the link halfway down on the right side of the page that says "download photo" and you'll get an 8.5" x 11" version.

Also look in this upcoming issue of Brick for an article on Ghostprint Gallery!

Call for Entries

It's official! Download an entry form and get your entries in right away!
Any work created between April 5 2007 and April 5 2008 is eligible.
Entries may be submitted either by disk, by 8.5 x 11 print or tearsheet.
The show opens June 6th at Ghostprint Gallery.

Second Annual Juried Show News

We have confirmed our Jurors for the Second Annual Juried show. They are:

Anita Kunz
Greg Swearingen
Josh George

We will be putting out our official call for entries soon, as well as a link to a PDF entry form on the site.

The show will open June 6th at Ghostprint gallery

Stay tuned....

For the time being

Hey folks,

So apparently our richmondillustrators.com site has gone down. This is unfortunate, as the call for entries for our Second Annual Juried Show will soon be going out and we definitely need a place for people to go to for info. This is my stop gap solution, but it does have the advantage of being connected to our richmond.illustrators@gmail.com email.
I will link all members websites to the blog, though I know it's not quite the same as having a members gallery. This most definitely highlights our need for a web person.... just in case anyone's up for it.
Anyway, this is here and I'll do my best to keep it updated and thorough.

Cheers,

Katie