April 27 2020: The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach announces its first virtual exhibition to be held this spring. The exhibition titled “Virtual Spring Exhibition” will focus on new works being developed by artists while home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deadline to submit entrees is Friday May 1st. All artists are welcome to participate. Entry fee: $15 Members, $20 general public per submission. High quality and high resolution photos are required and should be sent via email to jjordan@ccpvb.org.

Artwork may be made available for sale to benefit both the artist and exhibitions at the Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach. The exhibition will be held throughout the month of May. Artists are encouraged to submit new work that has not been exhibited in the past. The exhibition will be juried for awards.

Submission Guidelines

LIMITATIONS

All works must be originals; no reproductions will be allowed. All media is eligible. High quality and high resolution images and/or videos must be submitted. Images submitted must be 300 dpi or higher. Works should be created at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Art submissions may NOT in any way:

Be worked on by another artist or art instructor
Be a copy of any other artists’ work
Be based upon photographs, other than those that are the right and legal property of the entrant
Be previously submitted for any exhibitions held at the Cultural Center

ENTRY FEES

Artists can submit an unlimited amount of work. Each submission will require a $20 non-refundable fee.

Artist Members of the Cultural Center whose membership is valid through May, 2020 will require a $15 non-refundable fee. For membership information, visit the Cultural Center website at www.ccpvb.org.

PRIZE

The juror will select one artist to receive a first place award. The award winner will also be offered a solo exhibition at the Cultural Center during the 2021 exhibition year. Second place, third place, and honorable mentions will also be awarded. There will be no cash awards for this exhibition.

SALES

Work not for sale should be noted as such (NFS). Artists will receive a 60% commission on all works sold during the exhibition.

QUESTIONS
If you have any questions regarding the exhibition, please contact Jennifer Jordan, 904-280-0614 ext. 1202, or at jjordan@ccpvb.org.

About The Juror

Ashley G. Garner is a photographer and video artist based in Brooklyn, NY.

She spent most of her childhood between Georgia and Eastern North Carolina. In high school her family moved to Florida, where she attended college in Miami, completing a Bachelor Degree’s in Fine Art Photo and Art History at FIU. During her time there, she developed her photography work in editorial and self-portraiture while working as a freelance model.

In 2014, she moved to New York and began to incorporate video and art therapy into her process. She uses photo and video to capture narratives that examine sound and color therapy, the environment, mythology, and the self.

All the work she creates is informed by symbolism, psychology, art history, and scientific research. Her style has been described as “elegantly provocative."

In 2017, she founded the nature wellness collective ÆSTHESIA with electronic musician Juan Correa Lopez, aka ALURIA. They have since had their multi-sensory work installed in rehab clinics, hotels, galleries, museums, social clubs, film festivals, and even once on a broken-down tug boat in Brooklyn.

ÆSTHESIA is an ongoing project partnering with health centers, plant shops, educational institutions, and tech wellness companies. You can learn more about this work Here and @theAesthesiaExperience.