AUGUST 23, 2018 // 3
Artists: Reveal your ‘Naturel’ talents
COURTESY CLATSOP COMMTUNITY COLLEGE
Ashley Stull Meyers, the 2019 ‘Au Naturel’ juror.
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ASTORIA — Clatsop Commu-
nity College invites artists to
submit their work to the 2019
International Juried Exhibi-
tion “Au Naturel: The Nude in
the 21st Century.”
The “Au Naturel” competi-
tion is open to all artists from
around the globe working in
two-dimensional drawing,
painting or printmaking media
with a focus on the nude
human figure as subject matter
in any form — from repre-
sentational to abstract — and
in which the handmade mark
is employed as the primary
means of image-making.
There is a $40 fee for sub-
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mitting up to three images, $5
for each additional image.
Applications are now
being accepted online via
the CaFÉ™ website at call-
forentry.org. Applications
must be received on CaFÉ™
by midnight (11:59:59 p.m.)
Mountain Time on Wednesday,
Nov. 7.
Entrants must be 18 years
or older, and submitted art-
work must have been executed
in the last three years and
available for the duration of
the exhibit. Visit the exhibit
website to view artwork from
previous “Au Naturel” exhibi-
tions and for more information
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about the show at aunaturelart.
com/
The 2019 “Au Naturel” ex-
hibit will be open for viewing
at the Royal Nebeker Art
Gallery from Jan. 24 through
March 14, 2019, with a special
community reception at 6 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 7.
The exhibit awards include
$1,000 in cash prizes and up
to $2,000 in purchase awards.
A select number of Visiting
Artist Workshop awards will
also be granted. Additionally,
one artist will be featured in
a solo show for the following
exhibition season (2019-2020)
at the Clatsop Community
College Royal Nebeker Art
Gallery.
The juror for the 2019
exhibit is Ashley Stull Meyers,
who has curated exhibitions
and public programming for a
diverse set of arts institutions
along the West Coast.
For a prospectus, download
the document from the “Au
Naturel” website or pro-
vide your mailing address at
503-338-2472 or kshauck@
clatsopcc.edu.
For more information about
the “Au Naturel” exhibition,
contact Kristin Shauck at
503-338-2472 or kshauck@
clatsopcc.edu.