Selected artwork, resume, and artist’s statement must be delivered to 127 Strand Agriculture Hall on the Oregon State University campus no later than 4:00 p. m., Thursday, February 21, 2008. Artwork must be submitted in a sturdy, reusable packing container. DO NOT USE PACKAGING ‘PEANUTS’ or other loose fill materials. After completion of Tour 2008 unclaimed art becomes the property of the Art About Agriculture program.
Part one (preliminary jurying)
Part two (finals) from original art
Beyond those artists selected by the jurors, the directing curator of Art About Agriculture may invite one or more additional artists to participate in the 2008 tour exhibitions.
Art About Agriculture reserves the right to refuse artwork that does not meet the competition standards, or artwork that is beyond the scope or specification of the competition.
Karin Clarke is the owner and proprietor of the Karin Clarke Gallery, established in 2002, and nearby Karin Clarke Gallery Annex, both in Eugene. The galleries feature changing solo exhibitions of contemporary Northwest artists working in a variety of mediums, with an emphasis on painting. Clarke curates group shows and special exhibits from the estates of Oregon’s most renowned twentieth-century artists. Clarke’s involvement in the visual arts began early, inspired by her parents, painters Margaret Coe and Mark Clarke of Eugene. Clarke is a painter who regularly exhibits in many Oregon galleries. She is a graphic designer and illustrator, painting teacher, and art juror. In 2006 Clarke served as juror for ArtCentric’s All Around Oregon Annual in Corvallis. Clarke travels extensively in Europe, and to New Mexico, to paint the landscape and to study the world’s major museum collections.
Painter Margaret Coe received her art training at the University of Oregon where she studied with David McCosh and Frank Okada. Coe was commissioned to paint the River Vision Series for the Eugene Conference Center and has received several state, city, and county “percent for art” awards. She participated in such notable exhibitions as the Portland Art Museum’s Oregon Annual and in the Oregon Pavilion at the World’s Fair in Vancouver, BC. Coe’s teaching career, which began in 1966, included twenty years at the University of Oregon as adjunct assistant professor in the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, as well as teaching art classes for the Maude Kerns Art Center, and Lane Community College in Eugene. Coe retired from teaching in 1999 to paint full time. Since then she has traveled six times to paint in France and Italy. Coe received the Alfred and Trafford Klots Painting Residency Award to paint in Brittany in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Among Coe's many art awards, she recently shared with her husband Mark Clarke the 2006 Eugene Bishop Award for the Arts.
Yuji Hiratsuka, who was born in Osaka, Japan, is professor of art at Oregon State University, Corvallis, where he teaches printmaking. Hiratsuka received a MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington, a MA from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, and a BS in art education from Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan. He works primarily in four-color intaglio printed on Japanese washi paper with chine collé technique. His images combine traditional Ukiyo-e portraiture with trappings of present-day western culture and contemporary fashion. The result is attractive, humorous, satirical, and compelling. Hiratsuka’s graphic work has been exhibited in the Americas, Europe, and Asia and has received numerous awards in national and international competition. His works are in The British Museum, Tokyo Central Museum, New York Public Library, and Portland Art Museum, among many other collections.
