Marian Beach Fortunati, 14x11Bruce Muirhead, 20x16

Perry Kapsch, 12x12 C A T A L O G

August 22 - september 21, 2019 Juror: JAck rAsmussen, Director AnD curAtor,

AmericAn university museum At the kAtzen Arts center

19th annual

American Landscapes:Scenes from the Americas

JUROR’S STATEMENT

Thank you for asking me to be your juror.

For this exhibition I was determined not to be seduced by digital photography. A beautiful subject (another pretty face) was not going to be enough. Intelligence and heart would be required, but also surprise. I don’t want to be flattered or bored, and I bet you don’t either.

So, after several days pouring over almost 800 images, I think we have arrived at a good show. Each of the artists represented here have mastered their medium. They all have something to say whether it is a haiku or an acronym. There is great variety, and there is great fun, and quite a few wonderful digital images besides. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I enjoyed the jurying process.

Jack Rasmussen, Director and CuratorAmerican University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

JUROR Jack Rasmussen earned his MFA in Painting, MA in Arts Management, and his MA and PhD in Anthropology at American University. He worked at the National Gallery of Art before becoming the assistant director of the Washington Project for the Arts when it opened in 1975. He opened the Jack Rasmussen Gallery, one of the first commercial galleries to move to downtown Washington, and then helped launch Rockville Arts Place (now VisArts). He served for ten years as the executive director of Maryland Art Place in Baltimore and three years as executive director of di Rosa, a contemporary art museum and sculpture garden in Napa, California. Rasmus-sen has been director and curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center since it opened in 2005. He also currently serves as chair of the Maryland State Arts Council.

AWARDSCash awards by the juror total $1000

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Exhibition Chair: Richard Niewerth Exhibition Assistance: Sharon Arsenault, David Diaz, Chris Fowler,Mike McSorley, Kate Stillwell.MFA appreciates the support of the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, and Maryland State Arts Council

MFA Board President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David DiazExecutive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joann VaughanExhibitions Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elana HarrisGallery Interns: Martha Campbell, Kristina Dover, Abigail Goodman

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Rick Fox, 20x24

MFA (Maryland Federation of Art) invited all artists residing in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico to enter its 19th annual American Landscapes competition. Following entry guidelines, any original 2-D or 3-D artwork depicting a landscape from one of the Americas* was considered (*North America, Hawaii, Central America, Caribbean & South America). Final submissions representing 30 states, Washington D.C. and Canada totaled 797 arworks by 230 artists. Of the 69 artworks by 64 artists selected by the juror, 66 works by 60 artist were available for display. The exhibition at MFA Circle Gallery is open from August 22 through September 21, 2019.

American Landscapes:scenes from the AmericAs

Online Sales Gallery: The sales gallery is available on MFA’s website during the dates of exhibition. Images of the artwork are by the artists at time of entry.

1. Linda Agar-Hendrix (Ijamsville,MD)Zabriski Point digitalphotography $275

2. Linda Agar-Hendrix (Ijamsville,MD)Salt Flat Temporary Stream digitalphotography $275

3. Kenneth L. Bachman (Bethesda,MD)Menemsha Harbor oil $700

4. Bruno Baran (Nottingham,MD)Work Day is Completed oil $2500

5. Norman Bell (Oxford,MD)Abandoned digitalphotograph-archivalprint $400

6. Eva Keller Carson (Baltimore,MD)Pink Sky #3 oil $1200

7. Mark C Cassino (Kalamazoo,MI)Expectation archivalInkjetprin,digitalInfraredphotograph $200

8. Elizabeth Courtney (Vernon,CT)Lake Chautauqua oilandacryliconcanvas $300

9. Elizabeth Courtney (Vernon,CT)Coleman Rd oilandacryliconcanvas $300

10.David Diaz (Annapolis,MD)Line Camp Barn oil $1200

11.David Diaz (Annapolis,MD)Still Standing oil $1050

12.gaetana D ebbole (Arlington,VA)Sunset on the Dunes photography $175

13.Steve Ember (Springfield,VA)Enchanted Forest archivalpigmentprintonBrytafineartpaper,framedwithmuseumglass $475

14.Stacy Smith Evans (Centreville,VA)Wonderland digitalphotography/archivalprint $225

15.Rosemary Fallon (SilverSpring,MD)Water and Light II, 2018, Ocracoke Island, NC originalpolaroid,scannedandprintedonJapanesekozopaper. $125

16.Marian Beach Fortunati (Tarzana,CA)Lyrical Point Lobos oil/linenpanel $850

17.Rick Fox (Kittery,ME)End of March, Kittery, Maine oiloncanvas $2500

18.Philip Friedman (ShadySide,MD)Expired Tree archivalprintonpaper $500

19.Laurie Kriss Hewitt (Annapolis,MD)Old Florida pastel $350

20.Paul J Hitchen (Somerset,MA)Looking for America-Queens acryliconcanvas $1050

21.Debra Howard (Crisfield,MD)“The Cypress Dome” Big Cypress National Preserve Everglades oil $2800

22.Jenny Johnson (Reston,MD)Desolation watercolor $425

23.Perry Kapsch (Poolesville,MD)Abandoned Plant In Pennsylvania oil $600

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24.Leslie S Kiefer (Washington,DC)Vine Circle digitalphotograph $750

25.Kathleen Gilbert Kotarba (Baltimore,MD)Ghost Ranch Casita oil $450

26.Kathleen Gilbert Kotarba (Baltimore,MD)Legacy oil $600

27.Michael Kotarba (Baltimore,MD)Side to Side watercolor $1050

28.Anna Lancaster (Wilsonville,OR)Washington County After the Down Pour oilonlinenpanel $1100

29.J. (Jie) Li (Brooklyn,NY)Fire and Desire IX watercoloronArchespaper $2800

30.Sharon Littig (Annapolis,MD)Main Street Morning, Annapolis oilonpanel $2300

31.Duane Lutsko (Woodstock,MD)Storm at Water Tower oiloncanvas $2000

32.Joan B. Machinchick (Arnold,MD)Oak Creek Canyon watercoloronpaper $350

33.Ronnie McClure (Canterbury,NH)Tenuous Link pigmentedinksonrag $1195

34.Jessica Ann McKinney-Land (Baltimore,MD)In Like A Lion oiloncanvaspanel $155

35.Cam Miller (NewMarket,MD)You Smell It Before You See It digitalphotography $200

36.Claudia Ann Minicozzi (Washington,DC)Blossoming Beach Plums, Lewes acryliconpaper POR

37.Claudia Ann Minicozzi (Washington,DC)Winter Stream acryliconpaper POR

38.Tyler Andrew Mitchell (Davidsonville,MD)Rio Celeste rawdigitalphotograph $220

39.Kathryn Mohrman (ChevyChase,MD)Viewing the Golden Gate Bridge photography $300

40.Kathy A. Moore (Casstown,OH)Path Near Glen Helen Park oilonhardboard $1000

41.Bruce Muirhead (Clinton,NY)Aqueduct on the Erie Canal intaglio $800

42.Jessica Cathryn Neverman (Baltimore,MD)Swamp oiloncanvas $3900

43.Allen E Neyman (Rockville,MD)Game of Thornbush archivaldigitalphotoprint $450

44.Charlene Nield (Alexandrai,VA)Rosebriar Lane acrylicwithmixedmedia $800

45.Richard Niewerth (SevernaPark,MD)Utility Trucks oil-canvas $650

46.Mary D. Ott (SilverSpring,MD)Unicorn Glacier, Tatoosh Range, WA etchingwithaquatintanddrypoint $475

47.Sally Virginia Parker (FortWashington,MD)Beach, Eastern Puerto Rico oil $485

48.Robert Vance Pulley (Mclean,VA)Death Valley Undulation photography $275

49.Allison M Ramsey (Laurel,MD)Mau’umae Trail photography1/1edition $600

50.Nicolas Raymond (Bethesda,MD)Swirling Bushkill Fall Stream digitalphotography/archivalInk $150

51.Lori Niland Rounds (Frederick,MD)Summer Storm on Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Santa Fe, New Mexico encausticoncopper POR

52.Clint Alan Samples (VillaRica,GA)Foggy Morning, Great Smokey Mountains National Park watercolor $1500

53.Ronald Jeffrey Saunders (Reno,NV)The Happy Cactus inkjetprintonEpsonpremiumglossypaper $595

54.David John Showalter (Baltimore,MD)The marina oiloncanvas $1500

55.Denis Sivack (Brooklyn,NY)All the King\’s Horses, All the King\’s Men photography,digitalcapture,archivalpigmentprint. $800

56.Kathy Strouss (Annapolis,MD)Sunshine Village photography $425

57.Nancy Trippe (Easton,MD)Along 301 archivaldigitalphotograph $195

58.Daniel van Benthuysen (Huntington,NY)Toward the River oilonlinen $1800

59.Geoffrey B. Voigt (Annapolis,MD)Lonely ... an abandoned tobacco barn in southern Maryland photography $500

60.Greg Watson (Chicago,IL)Folded Ground-01 digitalcollageofanalogueimage,watercolor,acrylic,penandink POR

61.Chuck Williams (Alexandria,VA)Case Thresher C.1919 oiloncanvas $1600

62.Ellen V. Winkler (Kensington,MD)Overhang, Etchison Warfield oilonboard $500

63.Larry Witham (Laurel,MD)By Hoover Dam oilonlinen $475

64.Larry Witham (Laurel,MD)Maryland Dusk oilonlinen $475

65.Robin Wolfgang (Annapolis,MD)Autumn on the Severn oiloncanvas $875

66.Peilian Wu (Athens,OH)Winter Ohio Hill oiloncanvas $1169

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