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Artist Talk with Benjamin Swallow Duke and Esther Randall
Saturday, May 18, 1 – 2:30 pm, FREE

Join Rosewood Gallery artists Benjamin Swallow Duke and Esther Randall as they discuss their exhibitions on view in Rosewood Gallery.

Getting in the Game: Professional Development Series for Artists

Saturday, June 1, 1:00 – 5:30 pm

THIS EVENT IS NOW BEING HELD AT THE ROSEWOOD ARTS CENTRE

$5 per person

This one-day event will focus on various aspects of getting artwork out of the studio and into the public sphere through mini-sessions, critiques, and resource exploration.  Geared for artists at all stages in their careers, topics include digitizing artwork, pricing, navigating taxes, and more!  A complete schedule will be available at rosewood.ketteringoh.org. This event is organized by the Dayton Visual Arts Center, Rosewood Gallery with the City of Kettering, and the Springfield Museum of Art, with support from Dayton Power and Light.

HWD: A Regional Sculpture Competition
COMPETITION INFORMATION AND ENTRY FORM

2013 DEADLINE: Saturday, June 29th. Open to artists living in OH, IN, KY, MI, WV and PA. Juried from digital files.

$1,100 in Art and Education Awards.

2013 Juror: Hunter Stamps, Assistant Professor of Ceramic Sculpture at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.

The View 2013
Juried Landscape Competition
June 10 – July 12, 2013
opening reception Sunday, June 9, 2 – 4 pm

Yoga in the Gallery

April 5 - May 17 (no class April 19)

Noon - 1 pm

Fee: $4 residents; $8 non-residents

ART LUNCH is an ongoing opportunity to share your artwork and meet other artists. Bring a lunch. Meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday. 5/23, 6/13, 6/27, 7/11, 7/25. FREE! Join us on Facebook.

JURIED COMPETITIONS Rosewood Gallery presents three juried competitions and one curated competition each year: The Dayton Area Works on Paper (for artists living within a 40-mile radius of Dayton, Ohio, working on or in paper), The View Juried Landscape Competition (for Ohio artists working with landscape imagery or environmental themes), Art Ed (for Art Educators in the Dayton area), and HWD Juried Sculpture Competition (for artists from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, West Virginia and Pennsylvania who are working in any sculptural medium). Entry forms are required for all competitions; same-size photocopies are acceptable.

Deadlines for entering the competitions are as follows:

Dayton Area Works on Paper

COMPETITION INFORMATION AND ENTRY FORM
2013 DEADLINE: Saturday, January 5, 11 a.m.– 2 p.m. and Monday, January 7, noon – 7 p.m. Open to artists living within a 40-mile radius of Dayton. To view eligible areas, click here. Juried from actual work. $1,100 in United Art and Education Awards.

2013 Juror: Rob Robbins, Artist and Art Educator, Columbus, OH.

The View: Juried Landscape Competition

COMPETITION INFORMATION AND ENTRY FORM
2013 DEADLINE: Friday, April 12th Open to artists living in Ohio. Juried from digital files. $1,100 in Juror Awards. 

2013 Juror: Ann Taulbee, Director of Hiestand Galleries at Miami University

Art Ed: An Art Educators Exhibition

COMPETITION INFORMATION AND ENTRY FORM
2012 DEADLINE: Friday, June 29th Open to current Art Education professionals. $300 in People's Choice Awards. 

HWD: A Regional Sculpture Competition
COMPETITION INFORMATION AND ENTRY FORM

2013 DEADLINE: Saturday, June 29th. Open to artists living in OH, IN, KY, MI, WV and PA. Juried from digital files.

$1,100 in Art and Education Awards.

2013 Juror: Hunter Stamps, Assistant Professor of Ceramic Sculpture at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.

SOLO EXHIBITIONSThe deadline for entering a proposal for a solo exhibition is February 1, 2013, for exhibition in 2014.  View gallery proposal guidelines

The 2014 Exhibition Panel:

Alexandra Otte - Youth and Family Programs Coordinator, Dayton Art Institute

Meghan Dillon - Art Educator

Mary Sanders- Kettering Arts Council Member

The Kettering Arts Council Corridor Gallery

The Corridor Gallery, formally the Rosewood Student Gallery, was created in 2006 to showcase the artwork of the Rosewood students, instructors, and visiting artists.  In 2011, the Kettering Arts Council expanded the space to accommodate more artwork, and now coordinates showings and installations of the space. The Corridor Gallery is located in the Rosewood Arts Centre lobby and features dark brick walls. This is a great opportunity for local artists to showcase their work in front of a new group of patrons.  Since the gallery is located in a central meeting area, we are not able to display work that contains profanity or nudity.  Please contact Rosewood for more information.

Documenting Your Artwork

The best light for photographing artwork is overcast or indirect natural light. Resist the urge to resort to flash unless you absolutely have to (if the day is really dark and dreary, your images may pick up a blue cast). If your pieces are small (less than 10" x 14"), then you may be able to lay them flat on the ground and shoot from above. Larger work will be more easily shot if you lean it up against the wall. Either way, you may also find it beneficial to place a large piece of white cardboard or foam core behind your painting. This will eliminate any distracting background and allow the viewer to focus on your artwork. You will find this helpful especially if you are shooting slides, since your cropping options will be limited. Whether you lay the art flat or lean it up against the wall, your challenge will be to shoot the artwork straight on, without skewing the frame or edges by leaning one way or the other. Imagine the plane your film is occupying in space and try to keep it completely parallel to your painting. Your goal is to hold the camera as if you were to lay the film flat against the painting. Use a tripod if you have a hard time keeping the film plane parallel or keeping the camera steady.  These are the basics of documenting your artwork, this information and more specific details are available at http://www.betterphoto.com.

For more information, entry forms or exhibition proposal guidelines, please contact:

Amy K. Anderson, Coordinator
Rosewood Gallery
2655 Olson Drive
Kettering, OH 45420
Phone: (937) 296-0294
Fax: (937) 296-3289
amy.anderson@ketteringoh.org