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Last Call for Visions of Self Entries

OAKHURST—Time’s a-wastin’.

Ladies, you’ve got just today and tomorrow to get your submissions in for the 4th Annual Visions of Self online art exhibition. The deadline to enter has been extended through February 1, 2024. Visions of Self is an international juried art exhibition for female artists.

Last year’s show featured 100 pieces from nine countries and various parts of the United States. View 2023 entries at MettaGallery.com. This year’s event promises to be equally exciting.

Work submitted may include any media suitable for online display—including video. Subjects include self-portraiture, environment, emotions, world and state of being. Each work must be the artist’s own. Artists may add a Vision Statement which will be displayed along with the piece if the work is accepted.

Awards

  • Best of Show: $200 + Ribbon
  • 1st Place: $100 + Ribbon
  • 2nd Place: $50 + Ribbon
  • 3rd Place: $25 + Ribbon
  • Honorable Mentions: Ribbon

Fees to Enter

2023 Second-Place Winner, “The Watcher,” by Johanna Torbenson, Excelsior, MN.

Fees to enter your work are $15 for Yosemite Sierra Artists members, $20 for non-members’ first entry, $5 for each additional entry. YSA members contact jennifer@YosemiteSierraArtists.org for a PROMOCODE.

Judges

2023’s Best of Show, “Phoenix,” by Tetiana Molchanova of Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

Judges for this year’s exhibition are Carolynne Gamble, MFA and artist, as well as art education Michele Jacoby Chmielewski, MA. Accepted artists will be notified on or before February 10, 2024. Ribbon winners will be announced upon exhibition launch.

2023 Award Winners

Award winners from 2023 include Best of Show entry, “Phoenix,” by Tetiana Molchanova of Kramatorsk, Ukraine. A first-place tie includes “No One Came Here to Hide//207” by Margaret Scott of St. Leonards on the Sea, England as well as “I Am that I Am,” by Sophia Moreau of Golden, Colorado.

Viewing the Exhibitions

An in-person exhibition will run from March 1 through March 30, 2024, at the Oakhurst Spirits gallery in Oakhurst, CA. The online showing commences on March 1, 2024, at MettaGallery.com.

Judi Hussain

Judi Hussain escaped from the big city to the wilds of eastern Madera County over thirty years ago. During her time here she’s worked at selling doors and windows, coordinated Road Scholar adventures at a local conference center and served as visitor center coordinator for Visit Yosemite Madera County. After the COVID shutdown upended her world, she "enjoyed" her first retirement months ever and couldn't wait to get back to work. When offered a position in January 2021 as the chamber administrator for Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce, she grabbed it and held on tight. Her diverse passions include hiking, beading, dog mushing (observer, not participant), travel, writing and languages. The shutdown offered an opportunity to expand on her journeys to Israel in 2016 and 2018, and she’s now studying Hebrew in preparation for a return to the land she uexpectedly grew to love. She’s investigating other travel prospects, as well, targeted toward the end of 2022.

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