From life : 8th oil portrait sketching competition
Date
10:00 AM | Competition begins
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Lunch break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Jurying
4:00 PM | Winners announcement
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Viewing for the general public
Location
parlor, skylight, & Hartley gallery
Sponsor
Salmagundi Library Committee
Alexander Katlan
Admission
RSVP required
Limited to 50 artists
Note
About the Competition
This will be a one-day on-site competition, in which artists work from life. Registration is available on a first-come first-serve basis.
Prizes
$4,500 in cash prizes awarded:
1st Prize | $3000 + Chelsea Classical Studio Fine Art Materials certificate
Purchase prize | The painting will enter the Salmagundi Club permanent art collection, subject to SCNY Board of Directors’ approval.
2nd Prize | $1000 + Chelsea Classical Studio Fine Art Materials certificate
3rd Prize | $500 + Chelsea Classical Studio Fine Art Materials certificate
Judging
This competition will follow a blind judging process, which requires artists to not put a signature on their drawing. If a signature is found, the artwork will be disqualified from consideration. Artists may choose to be omitted from being judged for prizes, if they so choose.
Easels
Easels are limited; up to 12 available for +$10
Artists must add the Easel add-on when purchasing their ticket. If easels are no longer available, Alexander Katlan may be contacted prior to the event to be added to the waitlist.
Sketching location
Upon entering the skylight gallery, each artist will draw a lottery number and proceed to the easel spot and model assigned to that number. Easel locations may not be changed or traded.
Medium Limitations
The paintings should be done in oil. No turpentine is allowed; only odorless mineral spirits or non-toxic, odorless turpentine substitute. No painting can be larger than 16” x 20”.
Models
Five models will be participating in three different galleries. 10 to 15 artists will work around each model, thus maintaining the 6 foot separation needed for the safety of the models, participants, and assistants. The models may have a hat or draper for the portrait.
Each model will hold a single pose for five hours (breaking every 20 minutes for 5 minutes). The highly experienced models are Kimmah Jones, Mackenzie Rogers, Freddie Borges, Giovanni Ortiz, Jerusha Crone, and Alisa Ermolaev.
Special Thank you
Special thanks to the following for their assistance:
- Carole Teller
- Anish Souri
- Tahseen Ali Kahn
- Roger Rossi
- Anthony Bellov
- Roberta Belulovich
- Joel Moskowitz
- Jay Barksdale
Panel of Jurors
Three distinguished artists of the New York Metropolitan art scene will serve as jurors:
Steve Forster
Steve Forster was born in Boston but spent most of his life in central Florida. He was educated at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy and the New York Academy of Art, where he received his MFA.
He is Co-Director of the Long Island Academy of Fine Art and also teaches painting at the New York Academy of Art. Steve’s paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows nationally and internationally .
John Varriano
John A. Varriano is an award-winning representational artist for 25 years, exhibiting extensively in juried shows and galleries on the East Coast. John has won numerous awards for his oil paintings, including the 2016 American Artists Professional League ‘Alden Bryan Memorial Award for Traditional Landscape’ among others. In 2006, he was selected to attend an exclusive 10-day painting retreat sponsored by American Artist Magazine at the Forbes Family’s Trinchera Ranch in Colorado.
Jon Brogie
Jon Brogie was awarded the Alma Schapiro Prize in 2017; a biannual affiliated fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. During his residency in Rome he focused his studies on the forms and visual language of the great figurative artists of the Classical and Baroque traditions.
Jon is currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York and teaching in Grand Central Atelier’s Core and Online Programs, as well as privately.