NPAA 2021 Juried Biennial
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NPAA 2021 Juried Biennial
Erie Art Museum Custom House October 1 - December 22, 2021 The Northwestern Pennsylvania Art Association’s (NPAA) Seventh Biennial marks the second edition of this exhibition to appear at the Erie Art Museum. The NPAA has gone through extraordinary change during extraordinary times, seeking to redefine its role and establish itself as the home for all professional artists and arts professionals in the region, including traditional arts, allied professions and academics. Paolo Ventura, a noted Italian multimedia artist, is the 2021 biennial juror, chosen for his broad range of work and determination to maintain his creative output during the confines of a strict lockdown. He chose 54 works from 40 artists and recognized several for their outstanding merit — "In this complicated period of our lives art is really something that we can rely on. It was a pleasure for me to take part in this and get the chance to share feelings and thoughts with artists on the other side of the world.” The Seventh NPAA Biennial is supported by generous contributions from Anonymous Glass Growers Gallery Lauder and Abigail Greenway Cole and Kathy Stearns Nancy B. Potter |
Congratulations to the NPAA 2021 Juried Biennial award winners!
Best in Show
Deborah Sementelli, Gesture in Thread
Best in Mixed Media
Deborah Sementelli, Gesture in Thread
Best in Photo
Gary Cardot, Lower Parade Street
Best in Sculpture
Kathy Umlauf, What’s Up
Best in Painting
Thomas Ferraro, Coast to Coast
Honorable Mention
Bryan Toy, Make Peace
Rachael J. Burke, Arboretum #1
Best in Show
Deborah Sementelli, Gesture in Thread
Best in Mixed Media
Deborah Sementelli, Gesture in Thread
Best in Photo
Gary Cardot, Lower Parade Street
Best in Sculpture
Kathy Umlauf, What’s Up
Best in Painting
Thomas Ferraro, Coast to Coast
Honorable Mention
Bryan Toy, Make Peace
Rachael J. Burke, Arboretum #1
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NPAA Artist Spotlight
Rachael J. Burke
Rachael J. Burke
Rachael J. Burke was born Rachael Deborah Jacobs in Pottstown, PA in 1954. In 2016 she retired and is now Professor Emeritus of Art at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where she began teaching full-time in 1990. Burke received her MFA in Painting from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1983 and a BFA from Western Kentucky University in 1977. Before 1990, she taught part-time at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and Miami University.
She has had numerous solo exhibitions in galleries, museums and universities, including the following: The Erie Art Museum, Erie PA; The LOWE Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Gallery 937, Pittsburgh, PA; Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY; Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. and Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA.
Her exhibition list also includes participation in shows at The Butler Institute of American Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, The Chautauqua Art Institute, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, J.B. Speed Museum, Owensboro Museum of Fine art, Headley Whitney Museum, and The Museum of Art of Ogunquit, Maine. She has received numerous awards and honors and her work is in many public and private collections.
You can view more of Rachael's work during her online exhibit at the Patterson Library here.
She has had numerous solo exhibitions in galleries, museums and universities, including the following: The Erie Art Museum, Erie PA; The LOWE Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Gallery 937, Pittsburgh, PA; Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY; Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. and Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA.
Her exhibition list also includes participation in shows at The Butler Institute of American Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, The Chautauqua Art Institute, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, J.B. Speed Museum, Owensboro Museum of Fine art, Headley Whitney Museum, and The Museum of Art of Ogunquit, Maine. She has received numerous awards and honors and her work is in many public and private collections.
You can view more of Rachael's work during her online exhibit at the Patterson Library here.
