Call to Artists for 2010 Venus Envy Exhibition at Baton Rouge Gallery

Baton Rouge Gallery (BRG) hosts the 12th Annual Venus Envy-Baton Rouge (VEBR10) exhibition from April 13-29. The exhibition is a multi-media juried showcase featuring the work of female artists living within a 300-mile radius of Baton Rouge.  The gallery is accepting applications from eligible female artists interested in taking part in this year’s VEBR10.

Diane Hanson, a gallery artist member, is the juror for VEBR10.  Hanson's own work takes fragmented pieces of remembered events and places and creates nonlinear narratives that revolve around one idea or place. Her work is a reflection on rural America and is influenced by the relationship between rural and urban communities, the development of ethanol and genetically modified organisms (GMO), and misconceptions and stereotypes of rural living mixed in with her own experience of being raised on a farm.

Venus Envy is a St. Louis, Mo.-based non-profit organization driven by women that positively affects everyone by empowering women through the arts, according to their mission statement.  In addition to VEBR10, Venus Envy also hosts events in St. Louis, Mo.; Memphis, Tenn.; and Davenport, Iowa.

To be considered for Venus Envy 2010 exhibition, all entries must be received (not postmarked) by 6 p.m. on March 18, 2010.

For more information on the Venus Envy 2010 prospectus and application, please click the link below or visit the gallery in person at 1442 City Park Avenue.For more information on the event, please contact Baton Rouge Gallery at 225.383.1470.

Venus Envy 2010 Prospectus/Application

Probe Celebrity Infatuation with this Year’s Flatscape!

At 8 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 27, Baton Rouge Gallery’s Flatscape Video Art Series will round out its 2010 season with the final installment of this year’s program: I’ll Be Watching You: Tales of Celebrity Obsession. Flatscape will conclude its 2010 run by contrasting two distinct films that mock and/or venerate celebrity and youth culture.

click on the image above for more info on this year's program

Baton Rouge Gallery delights with Surreal Salon Soirée

click image above for more pics from the night's fun:

On Sat. Jan. 23, Baton Rouge Gallery, was packed with unicorns, mermen, big pigs, a band of superheroes, tree nymphs and almost any other dreamlike creature one can imagine (and then some). These fantastical parties were all present for one reason: the Second Annual Surreal Salon Soiree.

This one-night celebration of BRG’s month-long Surreal Salon exhibition featured the work of 35 contemporary artists from across the country. Juried by San Francisco-based artist David Ball, the exhibition shed light on the lasting effects of Surrealism – one of the most intriguing movements of the 20th century – on the way that contemporary art is created in the 21st century.

The exhibition was punctuated by the Soiree: an out-of-this-world evening filled with art, exciting live music and costumed attendees that wowed and amazed all in attendance. Kicking off the night, DJ OttO’s spins earned him many rave reviews from the crowd while Jebidiah Goodstuff’s Pyromaniacal Olde-Thyme Traveling Sideshow (JGPOTTS) greeted attendees by lighting up the City Park skyline with their flame juggling, blowing and other special pyrotechnic performances. The audience of roughly 500 was then treated to a joint performance between OttO and JGPOTTS which featured more than a half-dozen individual performances by fire artists.

The Lafayette-based band, GIVERS, offered a captivating set to cap off the evening. With songs like “Ceiling of Plankton” and “Saw You First,” the quintet proved why their colorful chemistry has made them one of Louisiana’s most vibrant and quickly rising musical acts.

Throughout the night, all were invited to view and celebrate the more than 50 works of original art included in the Surreal Salon. More than $1,000 in prize monies were awarded during the Soiree to those pieces selected as this year’s winners.

Winners included: “Dream Under Construction” by Michael Yankowski (Natchitoches, LA) which took home Honorable Mention; “XI Justice” by Tamara Straser-Meltzer (Petalvma, CA) which took home $200 for third place; “Prisoners of Time Web” by Victoria Goro-Rappoport (Kearney, NE) took second place and $300. Russ Revock, a Cleveland, OH-based artist, was named the Grand Prize winner (which carried a $500 award) for his striking work, “Comfortable Oppression within the Imaginary Inside.”

Baton Rouge Gallery is very proud to announce the success of this fun and lighthearted extravaganza and will continue to provide quality contemporary art and events to the Capital Region.

Click below for a video of the Second Annual Surreal Salon: