H2O Exhibition 

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum and the Alliance for the Arts are partnering to create an exhibition focused on water. Water is the source of all life and has been an inspiration for artists, writers and philosophers around the world for thousands of years. This exhibit will bring together scientists, artists of many different media, as well as historians and authors for an extended conversation regarding humans’ relationship and dependence upon water in all its forms.

 

Exhibit Dates: February 09 – April 30, 2021
Awards: $1000 for Best in Show, 2nd Place- $250, 3rd Place-$100, Museum Staff Choice Award- $50

-1st Place: Mila Bridger and Pamela Beckman. Heteromorphic Baptism.
-2nd Place: Mary Voytek. Oh, Precious Roots of the Sea, How Thy Nourishes the Life of the Oceans.
-3rd Place: Kristin Herzog. Light on the Water I.
-Museum Staff Choice: Suzanne G. Bennett. Tide Going Out at Blind Pass.

 

Participating Artists:

Dan Abrahamsson, Cynthia Barbanera-Wedel, Michelle Becker, Suzanne G Bennett, Della Boynton, Danielle Branchaud, Stephen Brewer, Pamela Brodersen, Eric Brown, Deborah Butler, Stewart Clayton, Carol Coates, Elodie Cotton, Megan Dalziel, Katy Danca Galli, Nancy Dillen, Lori H. Ersolmaz, Laura Galbato, Muffy Clark Gill, Bradford Goldman, Nancy Green, Shah Hadjebi, Steph Hargrove, Kristin Herzog, Mary Klunk, Marie Laforge, JoAnn LaPadula, Pam Lowe, Diane Lublinski, Sionna Macleish, Inna Malostovker, Anita Force Marshall, Deborah Martin, John Merchant, Adorable Monique, Ryan Moralevitz, Melissa Miller Nece, Rachel Niesman, Julie Obney, Lynn Ondercin, Mila Bridger and Pamela Beckman, Patricia Payzant, Caren Pearson, Lawrence Phillips, Myra Roberts, Thomas Roth, Rita Schwab, Yevgeniy Shurakov, Howard Spielman, Angela Stone, Kathleen Taylor, Patricia A. Turner, Christopher Tuscan, Mary Voytek, Buck Ward, Dale Weber, Fredric Witkin, and Roseline Young

 

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For purchase inquiries, please contact the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum at (239) 395-2233

ABOUT THE MUSEUM: The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum is a Natural History Museum, and the only museum in the United States devoted solely to shells and mollusks. Our mission is to connect people to the natural world through their love of shells and the marvelous animals that create them.  We use our collections, programs, and expertise to inspire learning, support scientific research, tell the story of mollusks and the ocean that they inhabit.  There are more mollusks in the oceans than all marine mammals and fish species combined, and mollusks are becoming extinct faster than we can name them due to climate change, ocean acidification, and pollution.

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT SPACE: Artworks will be installed at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum located on Sanibel Island, FL, a top tourist destination.  Sanibel receives 3.3 million visitors each year.  The Museum expects 100,000 visitors this year.  The exhibit space is a multi-use exhibition space with moderate security.  There are also indoor and outdoor alternative installation spaces available for proposal.  (See images below)  Artists should fully conceptualize and articulate their installation requirements if proposing any of these locations.

ABOUT ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS: The Alliance for the Arts is a vibrant and welcoming nonprofit visual and performing arts center located in the heart of southwest Florida. Since the 1970s, we’ve been transforming lives and improving community through the arts. Our year-round schedule of events has become a staple for our community to connect with each other and to the arts during engaging gallery exhibitions, inspiring art classes and stimulating theatre productions. The Alliance is creative space that spurs and supports self-expression, imagination and equity.

For additional questions, contact [email protected].