At the recent OSAC Art Adjudication Show at the Biggar Museum and Gallery, three artists were chosen to go on to the provincial adjudication level. Of the three, two are local North Battleford artists – Chris Hodge and Lynn Strendin. Michaela Hoppe from Biggar was the third artist chosen.
Ljubica Fa-hardi from Battleford won the People's Choice Award at that same show.
Strendin, an artist whose work is mainly portraits and pencil and charcoal drawings, says the provincial adjudications will be next spring. The work from the show in Biggar will be the work judged provincially, with the possibility of being chosen to tour the province.
Strendin says the artists who took part in the adjudicated show in Biggar submitted five pieces each based on a theme or show.
"If chosen provincially, then that person has to basically put together a 'show' to tour based on what they submitted earlier," Strendin explains. "So, for example, my drawings are done as a project I did for 2015 where I did one drawing per week. For my provincial show, if chosen, I'd have all 52 of my drawings, including the five I submitted to be judged. If Chris was chosen he would include the five he submitted and they would be a part of a larger show based on his theme."
Hodge, known for his metal sculpture, is also a painter. The work he submitted to the Biggar show were acrylics on terraskin.
Fa-hardi is an artist from Battleford. She is a new Canadian originally from the country formally known as Yugoslavia who works with photography that she embellishes with other mediums.
The Battlefords artists were among 11 who submitted entries into the Annual Adjudicated Art Show presented by the Biggar and District Arts Council, OSAC and the Biggar Museum. The adjudicator was Carol Wylie of Saskatoon, who also conducted a workshop following the show.
Wylie has engaged in an active art practice for 25 years, exclusively working with portrait and figuration. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of Saskatchewan.
Throughout the province of Saskatchewan, adjudications are hosted and funded partly by local arts councils,and by the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC) through Saskatchewan Lotteries and SaskCulture. These programs are meant to promote the growth of culture by providing opportunities for emerging visual artists and craftspeople to exhibit their work, participate in informational and hands-on workshops and develop critical skills through participating in group and individual critiques with adjudicators.
Individuals who are noted to be accomplished emerging artists at the adjudication are invited to submit exhibition proposals to OSAC to be considered for a touring exhibition.
Exhibition proposals submitted by adjudicated artists are juried by a committee of arts professionals. The committee may choose artists’ works based on a solo, two-person, three-person or group show. Artists’ works that are chosen by the committee will tour throughout the province in OSAC’s Arts on the Move program for two years. The touring artists will receive exhibition fees based on the CARFAC minimum fee schedule.
Founded in 1968, the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils is a member based provincial cultural organization, funded by Saskatchewan Lotteries, that offers programs and services in the visual arts and performing arts.
