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2011 Southern Tier Biennial
September 17-October 22, 2011

Best of Show:
David Higgins,
Termite Heads

Best of Mixed & New Media:
Lindsey Glover,
Floating Fields No.2

Best of Painting:
Bridget Bossart Van Otterloo,
To Sparkle

Best of Drawings & Prints:
Mark Kirsch,
Niagara Falls Visitors Center,
Niagara Falls, ON

Best of 3D Work:
Eric Serritella,
Birch Bough Teapot

ARTISTS
Doug Baird, Lansing, NY, dougabaird@earthlink.net
Courtney Blackmon, Olean, NY, clblackmon@gmail.com
Bridget Bossart Van Otterloo, bbvanotterloo@yahoo.com
James Colby, Lakewood, NY, jimcolby@mail.sunyjcc.edu
Lynn Crossfield, Jamestown, NY, lynncrossfield@yahoo.com
Alexander Derwick, Olean, NY, asderwic@buffalo.edu
Hannah (Scout) Dunbar, Ithaca, NY, scoutdunbar@gmail.com
Tracy Fiegl, Fillmore, NY, tracyfiegl@yahoo.com
Lindsey Glover, Ithaca, NY, lindsey.glvr@gmail.com
Amelia Harnas, Corning, NY, ameliaharnas@gmail.com
Richard Harrington, Endwell, NY, rs_harrington@yahoo.com
David Higgins, Corning, NY, higgins@corning-cc.edu
Nance Jackson, Little Valley, NY, nljackson209@yahoo.com
Mark Kirsch, Jamestown, NY, brothrmark@gmail.com


Claire Lesemann, Ithaca, NY, info@clairelesemann.com
Joanna Manousis, Philadelphia, PA, joharafifi@hotmail.com
James McCarthy, Painted Post, NY, jbmac08@hotmail.com
Paul McKinley, Bath, NY, roguesart10@yahoo.com
Barbara Mink, Ithaca, NY, barbara.mink@gmail.com
Yvonne Piburn, Ithaca, NY, y2pie@fltg.net
Eric Serritella, Newfield, NY, eric@ericserritella.com
Jillian Sokso, Houghton, NY, jillian.sokso@houghton.edu
Carla Stetson, Willseyville, NY, cstetson@ithaca.edu
Christine Sullivan, Elmira, NY, chris@yellowfishcafe.com
Chris Boyd Taylor, Alfred, NY, chrisboydtaylor@gmail.com
Angie To, Hornell, NY, toay@alfred.edu
Thomas Wilcox, Williamsville, NY, thomasedwardwilcox@gmail.com
Hope Zaccagni, Alfred Station, NY, hope@hopezaccagni.com
JUROR STATEMENTS
For two decades, I organized the regional juried exhibition at Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, but it was not until I began
serving as a juror for other institutions that I fully appreciated how challenging it is to select the best work, especially from projected images rather than the actual objects. Can concept ever trump craftsmanship, and vice versa? What is that surface texture really like? Do the colors on the screen remain true? Should we select a broad cross-section of the submissions or confine ourselves to work that we’d include without hesitation in a curated show? As I reflect on our choices, I feel that one quality present in all the work is “heart.” The commitment of the artists living in the Southern Tier is clear. Whether abstract, figural, or conceptual, this work is deeply felt. By turns joyous or melancholy or comical or dream-like, it gives us pleasure precisely because we can imagine the artists creating it. I would like to thank Gerald Mead, my partner in the jurying process, for making a melding of our separate visions so easy. And to the Southern Tier Biennial staff: you were organized, supportive, and gracious in the extreme. It will be exciting to see the show in the flesh and to meet some of the artists who made it possible. My congratulations to you all!

Marie Via
Director of Exhibitions
Memorial Art Gallery

It has been a pleasure and a privilege to jury the 2011 Southern Tier Biennial. Juried exhibitions such as these are exciting opportunities for both artists and the arts professionals who select the artwork. Artists are afforded the promise that a larger public will experience their work through both the exhibition and its accompanying illustrated catalog (that has a life after the exhibition). The jurors, through their task of selecting the work that will comprise the exhibition, have the invaluable opportunity to become acquainted with artists they may not know and to see the most recent efforts of artists familiar to them. I was impressed by the overall quality of the entries and wide representative spectrum of both approaches and media. As a result, I feel confident that the assiduously selected final choices provide an exceptional sampling of the best artistic achievements of the artists of the Southern Tier. The broad range of the work in this exhibition - from abstraction to realism and many points in between – firmly indicates that
contemporary artists in this region truly embrace all forms of artistic expression in their practices. While the forms of that expression may vary, the level of excellence remains high. Among the many strengths of this eclectic exhibition are its diversity and the fact that it honors the innovation, creativity, ingenuity and dedication of the artists whose work it contains. I am grateful for the efficient efforts of the team that organized the exhibition and also extend thanks to my co-juror Marie Via for her insight and spirit of collegiality throughout the jurying and judging process. It has been an honor to work with all of you. Finally, I urge you - the viewer - to visit both venues of this dual site exhibition to get the full benefit of the rich array of work. Each of the artists in the exhibition has found and perfected their voice and your maximum appreciation will come from “hearing” those voices together in concert.

Gerald Mead
Independent Curator and Arts Writer
Lecturer in Design, Buffalo State College

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