Archive Mode. Call NMWS-SC Members Only Juried Spring 2022 Exhibition ended on 1/19/22, 6:00 PM. Call settings are read only. See Current Open Calls
Juror: Lynn McLain
Lynn McLain traces his artist's passion back to his childhood. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture from Texas Tech in 1971, and has been painting and teaching watercolor professionally since 1978. He is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, past president and signature member of the Southwestern Watercolor Society, past president and signature member of the New Mexico Watercolor Society, and present member of the Taos National Society of Watercolorists. Lynn founded and remains active in the Wet Brush Critique Group, which consists of 18 dedicated watercolor artists in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area.
Lynn's artwork has been included in many American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Southwestern Watercolor Society, New Mexico Watercolor Society, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, and Arts for the Parks exhibitions. Also, they can be found in many collections, such as The Tucson Museum of Art, and the personal collection of Fred & Marita Hackl.
In addition to his painting and his association activities, Lynn finds time to conduct annual workshops at Tres Ritos, New Mexico. He also does demos and teaches workshops for different art organizations around the country.
http://lynnmclain.com
Judge (Placements): Joy Miller
Joy Miller has had a long career working with New Mexico art and artists. From 1997-1999, Miller was the chief preparator of the New Mexico State University Art Gallery (now the University Museum of Art) and the director of exhibition design and installation. In 2000, she began a curatorial career at the newly opened Las Cruces Museum of Art, where she would spend the next eighteen years. As Curator, Miller’s central focus was art of New Mexico and the Southwest, both contemporary and historic. Among prominent regional artists featured in solo exhibitions were Luis Jimenez, Gustave Baumann, Michael Naranjo, and Patrick Nagatani. Miller curated group exhibitions specific to New Mexico including New Mexico: 100 Years of Art; Elemental New Mexico; and the Here & Now Regional Triennial Exhibition. In addition to curation, Miller contributed to the development of educational programming at the museum. She assisted in building the museum’s studio programs and created core interpretive materials for Museum of Art exhibitions.
In 2018, Miller left her position at the Las Cruces Museum of Art to pursue independent work in the fields of both visual art and writing, including freelance writing and editing, critical writing in the arts, and the conceptualization of alternative art venues during the Covid shutdown. She resides in Mesilla, New Mexico.
Miller attended Thiel College, a liberal arts school in Greenville, PA, earning a BA in art and art history in 1990 and earned her MFA from Kent State University in 1996.
