Responding to Rhythms:
2022 Chicago Sculpture International Juried Exhibition
Simmerling Art Gallery at Beverly Arts Center
November 11 – December 2, 2022
The Beverly Art Center Invites all current members of Chicago Sculpture International to submit work for a November Exhibition titled Responding to Rhythms. Members are encouraged to interpret the theme directly or indirectly. Work will be selected for exhibition at the Beverly Arts Center’s Simmerling Art Gallery by Professor Nathan Peck.
Responding to Rhythms
The music that I choose to have in my studio has always impacted the things that I create. When I was in school the first one in the studio after dinner got to choose the music for the night. I learned quickly how significant the role of music was in my creative production. I make entirely different work with speed metal than with smooth jazz.
In Grad school I shared a studio with a stone carver. The consistent tap of his hammer and chisel created a background beat for the studio. As I was sanding my wooden sculpture I would often slide into a rhythm with that tapping. It was the rhythm of the room.
Rhythms are just repeated patterns in motion or sound.
How do rhythms drive your creativity?
How do these patterns express themselves in your forms?
How is your work responding to rhythms?
- Nathan Peck
About the Juror:
Professor Nathan Peck, MFA
Nathan has taught sculpture and multimedia courses at Saint Xavier University for over 20 years. His works, built from recycled materials and obsolete technology, often explore the interplay of object and sound.
Submission Guidelines
All entries should arrive via email. profpeck@gmail.com
The subject of the email should be CSI at BAC
Each artist can submit up to 3 sculptures.
Include up to 3 detail photos per sculpture.
All images should be .JPEG files only
Title of files must be as Artist-Name-Title.jpg
The artist's submission should contain (in the body of the email) each sculpture's title, media, dimensions, weight, and price / insurance value.
Size Limitations
The elevator that services the Simmerling Gallery has limits. Therefore we must control the size of the work to 6’6” X 4” X 150lbs in order to ensure safe delivery of your work upon drop off.
Timeline:
Entry deadline: October 7
Notification of acceptance: October 14
Delivery of accepted work: November 4-8
Exhibition opening: November 11
Exhibition closes: December 2
Last day to pick up work: December 8
Please email profpeck@gmail.com questions regarding the submissions.