So You Think I’m Too Old To…

So You Think I’m Too Old to….
A National Juried Exhibition

 

A look at how older artists and older citizens excel as the years progress.

Exhibition: February 2-May 3:

 

So You Think I Am Too Old to….
A National Juried Exhibition

 

A look at how older artists and older citizens excel as the years progress.

Exhibition: February 2-May 3:

 

There is a story, not sufficiently touted, of artists finding their best creative energy as they enter their senior years. Arguably, Louise Bourgeois created her best works, her spiders and cells, well into her 80’s, after leaving behind the totemic works that so mimicked her male counterparts. Is it the freedom offered by a lifetime of observation and integration of the interior psyche with outer data? Is it the freedom that age offers to be introspective, to not bow to external critique and judgement? 

 

HVMOCA is an institution first to show over a hundred artists who then came to renown, mostly, of course, younger artists. But it has also taken great pride in championing the work of artists who came to the fore much later, such as Phyllida Barlow, hitting her stride in her late 60’s.

 

Now, in its 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, HVMOCA seeks to feature works by artists 62 and older, culled from an open RFP on CAFE, and placed within the context of art history.  We are especially interested in the works by artists who reached their prime in their more advanced years.

 

Consider Georgia O’Keefe, dubbed the Mother of American Modernism, looked to the beauty of a blossom, to a desert for inspiration, Joan Jonas, still going strong at 88 with her pioneering performance and video works, Roz Schneider who at 91 gave her last lecture and presentation here at Hudson Valley MOCA, speaking to her nature based films and paintings.

 

And now you!!!

 

As artists, how can you address this overarching topic, bring attention to the varied innuendos, personal, political, real and imagined?  It can be through painting, installation, and photography, whatever your choice of platform

We look forward to hearing from you and to launching an exhibition that touches all        Below: Louise Bourgeoise

 

Application: Artist Name, address, website, e-mail, mobile

$50.00 per HVMOCA Artist member application

$75 per non-member application

Applications thru CaFE only: 
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14458
No mail in applications accepted.

 

DATES:

Submission Deadline: Dec. 6

Notification to artists: Jan 6, 2025 both accepted and declined works

Delivery dates: Jan.16-20, 2025

Opening Reception: February 1, 3-5

Exhibition Dates:  Feb 1- May 3, 2025.

 

Questions contact: Joann.Brody@hudsonvalleymoca.org. 

 

Eligibility Criteria

Artists from across the United States, 62 years or older. Original works only, 
executed during the past three years that have never been exhibited at Hudson Valley MOCA.