RBJSE 2021
In 2008 the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum at Saginaw Valley State University held its first Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition. Although there are many venues that host juried exhibitions, this one is unique because it is entirely devoted to three-dimensional artworks. The exhibition was initiated to support living artists working in sculpture. It is open to artists living within 200 miles from Saginaw, Michigan.
The exhibition, which over the years has displayed the work of some of Michigan and Northern Indiana’s finest sculptors, has provided the Great Lakes Bay Region with the quality artwork usually seen in large metropolitan areas. Sculptures are representational, abstract and non-representational created in a wide variety of media and styles. The artists themselves represent a range of unique careers and backgrounds. Overall the exhibition boasts a wide unique variety of sculptural forms.
The exhibition was originally scheduled to occur in 2020 but with the pandemic it was rescheduled to 2021. We are excited to hold it again in both in person and online formats with programming that offers in person, hybrid and online formats. With the online format it will allow the museum to host recorded images, statements, programs and information indefinitely for the public to enjoy.
The exhibition, which over the years has displayed the work of some of Michigan and Northern Indiana’s finest sculptors, has provided the Great Lakes Bay Region with the quality artwork usually seen in large metropolitan areas. Sculptures are representational, abstract and non-representational created in a wide variety of media and styles. The artists themselves represent a range of unique careers and backgrounds. Overall the exhibition boasts a wide unique variety of sculptural forms.
The exhibition was originally scheduled to occur in 2020 but with the pandemic it was rescheduled to 2021. We are excited to hold it again in both in person and online formats with programming that offers in person, hybrid and online formats. With the online format it will allow the museum to host recorded images, statements, programs and information indefinitely for the public to enjoy.
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View the exhibition virtually
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Meet the Juror
Stephanie James is a curator of modern and contemporary art with a focus on art of the African diaspora. She is the Curator and Collection Educator of the Mott-Warsh Collection—a privately owned, publicly shared collection of fine art—and Director of their MW Gallery, based in Flint, Michigan. Ms. James has worked on numerous projects with the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of African American History and Culture and previously served as assistant curator of the General Motors Center for African American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. She has organized numerous exhibitions, most recently “First Look: Recent Acquisitions and Rarely Seen Gems” on view at MW Gallery through August 21, 2021. She is a frequent participant in arts programming in the Midwest region and has authored essays on American artists. Ms. James is a native of Detroit, where she currently resides.
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