unJURIEDDrop off Dates for artists are March 2nd - 6th at the Arts Council of the Valley from 3pm - 5pm on Monday, 1pm - 3pm on Tuesday, 11am - 1pm on Wednesday, Thursday 9am - 11am, and TBA on Friday. Exhibition opens Friday, March 6th, 5-8pm.

“Any and All ‘Hangable’ Work”

Presented By Jon Henry of the Old Furnace Artist Residency

311 S. Main St, Harrisonburg, VA 22803

more info: valleyarts.org

Call for Artist – unJURIED Exhibition presented by Jon Henry of the Old Furnace Artist Residency

Everyone is an artist. Everything is art. All artists are invited to exhibit their work in the March unJURIED show at the Darrin-McHone Gallery. Part of the submission process involves dropping off work during the times specified below – work submitted at any other time will not be accepted. All work must be exhibition ready and easy to hang. There is no cost to submit, but only one submission per artist, please. Jon Henry of Old Furnace Artist Residency will curate the work as it is submitted-creating stories, surprise, systems, shock, and subtexts. The audience will be presented with many questions and very few answers: What connections, connotations, and conjectures arise through the pairing of a pizza box and quilt? When do objects share functions, forms, or familiarities? Do pairings create new work together? Who is the artist? Why is a pastoral landscape painting next to chicken noodle soup soup can? How isn’t it art? The exhibition will feature a limited print catalog that documents all participants and their drop-off times. Work must be dropped off at the Arts Council of the Valley only during the following times:

Monday, March 2: 3 pm – 5pm Tuesday, March 3: 1 pm – 3pm

Wednesday, March 4: 11 am – 1 pm Thursday, March 5: 9 am – 11am

Friday, March 6: 9- Noon

Number Arrival Time Artist Co- Artists Title Zipcode Price1 3:00pm, March 2 Wellington S. Corbin Peaceful View 22801 NFS2 3:02pm, March 2 Michael Secor Heritage Bakery Staff Colors 22802 NFS3 3:06pm, March 2 Allison Church Fair #1 22401 $185.004 3:39pm, March 2 Cara Walton Tea for One 22802 $75.005 3:55pm, March 2 Jo Ansah Latent 22802 NFS6 4:14pm, March 2 Janet Marshman Fans of Bamboo 22802 $125.007 4:15pm, March 2 Prince Phrog Shepard Boys 22802 $50.008 4:26pm, March 2 Milla Sue Wisecarver Done is Better Than Perfect. 22801 NFS9 4:28pm, March 2 John Schuster Fusion 22801 $850.0010 4:35pm, March 2 Cal Mitchell Eyeclipse 22801 $10.0011 1:08pm, March 3 David Greg Denton Leather Lovers 22841 $250.0012 1:17pm, March 3 Stephaine Williams Greg Stewart Meat Piece 36 22311 POR13 1:19pm, March 3 Greg Stewart Fur Pants & Hot Dog Buns 22801 NFS14 1:22pm, March 3 Tara Ott This is Not Westin 22802 $150.0015 1:36PM, March 3 Gabby Gill Blacks Run Watershed Study 22801 POR16 2:20pm, March 3 Gary Bugg Locomotive 22846 $200.0017 2:33pm, March 3 Jenni Rucinski Girl with a Pearl Breast 22802 NFS18 3:00pm, March 3 Lacey Vilandry It's the Flower 22824 NFS19 3:01pm, March 3 Katie Hoer Califlower 23693 $400.0020 11:10am, March 4 Kathryn Cramer Brown Whose Watching the Watcher 22812 $40.0021 11:12am,'March'4 Lori Curry Magellan's'Gift Dangerous Waters 22840 $20.0022 11:20am,'March'4 Kevin Sabo This Will Pass 22807 $35.0023 11:52am,'March'4 Alysia Davis Clipart 22802 POR24 12:15pm,'March'4 Leah'Jacobs Untitled 20854 NFS25 12:39pm,'March'4 Allison Nickens Growth 22801 NFS26 12:44pm,'March'4 Christa Kiser Charlotte Skyline 22802 $50.0027 12:50pm,'March'4 Corrinne Diop two-dimensions Remix 22801 POR28 9:34am,'March'5 Paul Somers Keep 22802 $175.0029 9:35am,'March'5 Ella Somers Paul'Somers The Fox 22802 NFS30 9:36am,'March'5 BMBPROOF Paul'Somers Tiger Pussy 23328 $750.0031 10:47am,'March'5 Jessica Horting Untitled 22801 $100.0032 9:00am,'March'6 Charles Coleman Jr Untitled 22802 NFS33 10:17am,'March'6 Bill Wightman Madonna del Grandgoogly 22801 NFS34 10:19am,'March'6 Dietrich Maune Woman with a Bird 22801 POR35 10:31am,'March'6 Nava Levenson Untitled 23238 POR36 10:32am,'March'6 Rebecca Hurt Lee County 24108 POR37 10:43am,'March'6 Brandy Somers 4th Grade 22815 $50.0038 11:00am,'March'6 Eve Carter Snowy Day 22801 NFS39 11:01am,'March'6 Eleanor Carter First Snowy Day of School 22801 $5.0040 11:17am,'March'6 Hana Herms The Crow 22815 $20.0041 11:28am,'March'6 Catron Booker USPS 60201 NFS42 11:32am,'March'6 Nathaniel st. Amour Watercolor Waste 22801 $10.0043 11:34am,'March'6 Kasia Burns Magically Delicious 23464 $35.0044 11:36am,'March'6 Jennifer Cottrell ZENdala 22801 $95.0045 11:38am,'March'6 Alex Davenport untitled 22801 NFS46 11:39am,'March'6 Jennifer Trembly Surface Tension 30 22802 $100.0047 11:40am,'March'6 Patricia Drummond Memory Recall 22802 NFS48 11:41am,'March'6 Jeremy Hawkins Prints 22802 NFS49 11:42am,'March'6 Allison Swanson I Am An Elementary School Teacher 22802 NFS50 11:43am,'March'6 Nevin Zehr One Struggle 22840 NFS51 11:45am,'March'6 Manita Benntley Wintery Barn 24486 $450.0052 11:47am,'March'6 Angela Carter Escape 22801 $25.0053 11:48am,'March'6 Chris Weve Burnout 24441 $45.0054 12:00pm,'March'6 Jiayi Yuan USPS Dali 20106 POR55 12:00pm,'March'6 Karen Stinnett USPS Brady Station Sunset, for Grace E 20106 NFS56 12:00pm,'March'6 Jace Alford USPS You Burn 20106 POR57 12:00pm,'March'6 Iris Wang USPS Water Country 20106 POR58 12:00pm,'March'6 Emily Schulz USPS Lacey 20106 POR59 12:01pm,'March'6 Alyssa Casey Subway Sketches 9451360 12:02pm,'March'6 unknown Mark'Finks recipie? 22802 NFS

Juror’s Statement In 1917, the Society of Independent Artists organized an unJURIED exhibition that accepted anything, granted, the artist had to pay $1. Yet, they ended up rejecting Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain”, which radically changed the paradigms of art. Art could be anything – even a urinal!

In 1973, Joseph Beuys furthered Duchamp’s paradigm shift by announcing “Everyone is an Artist!” Thus, we now live in a world where everything is art and everyone is an artist.

These historical quips are the building blocks for this year’s unJURIED exhibition at the Arts Council of the Valley’s Darrin-McHone Gallery in the Smith House. The exhibition is an attempt to shift paradigms, conversations, imaginations, professions, and visions. It is a foray towards igniting new stories, surprises, systems, shocks, and subtexts. It’s an exposure of perspectives, regulations, politics, rules, power, and regimes. I hope this exhibition has a local affect around the potentialities of art and artists.

For this unJURIED exhibition, I attempted to remove as many barriers as possible from the system. The only restraint was the timing of the drop off moments. Time becomes the curator, judge, and juror of the exhibition: how philosophical. When thinking of Time, I couldn’t help but think of Space, hence the zip codes. They tell a story of pilgrimage towards the gallery.

Now it’s time for you to make your own stories

Jon Henry Juror of the unJURIED