{"id":8883,"date":"2024-01-04T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=8883"},"modified":"2023-12-31T15:33:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T23:33:31","slug":"the-deyoung-open-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/the-deyoung-open-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The deYoung Open 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In June of 2023 I was notified of this local and rather prestigious call for art. An open call to the second triennial juried community art exhibition, the 2023 de Young Open<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Building on the tremendous success of the inaugural de Young Open<\/em> in 2020, the second triennial of this juried community art exhibition celebrates the voices and visions of Bay Area artists. The 883 works on view were created by artists who live in the nine counties surrounding San Francisco Bay: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. This year, 7,766 talented artists each submitted an artwork. Submissions were juried by eight curators, along with distinguished Bay Area artists Clare Rojas, Sunny Smith, Stephanie Syjuco, and Xiaoze Xie. Artworks are hung \u201csalon style\u201d \u2014 installed nearly edge to edge and floor to ceiling \u2014 and grouped by theme: political and social issues, the urban environment, the human figure, nature, abstraction, as well as surreal imagery. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Designed to support local arts communities<\/a>, this exhibition allows artists to offer their works for sale and retain the proceeds. As in 2020, The museum also acquired a selection of exhibition artworks for their permanent collection. Artists from diverse backgrounds, ranging from self-taught amateurs to trained professionals, were encouraged to apply, and their work was juried anonymously and solely on the merits of the work itself. The Museums provided participants the opportunity to offer their works for sale and retain the proceeds, as a gesture of support for the Bay Area\u2019s artist communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Submitted. . . <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It was very exciting to consider and conceive of such a large piece: 42 x 84 inches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drawn from the pages of the 2022 MAKE MORE COMICS arts grant winning graphic novel A TIGER\u2019S TALE volume 1 this triptych translates the Buddhist parable \u201cTaming the Tiger\u201d as interpreted by a martial lyric of the same name and taught in many traditional Kung Fu styles. As art director to the iconic Bay Area publication KUNG FU TAI CHI<\/em> magazine along side a career\u2019s work of research, I received oral history and lore passed through generations of martial arts masters and monks. These pieces represent my understanding of the conveyance of those lessons as seen through the pop-art filter of modern young reader comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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The exhibit runs from September 30, 2023 to January 7, 2024. Had my piece been accepted I would have made room in my schedule to promote and attend its opening. Looking back, there’s a hidden blessing in not having had to do so. It’s been a very full year as it is, and while there’s no doubt I would have embraced the prestige that would accompany acceptance into this show, it’s not like I haven’t had plenty to do in 2023. Besides, rejections like these build character and a thicker skin \u2013 both essential qualities to a working artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In June of 2023 I participated in an open call to the second triennial juried community art exhibition. Hosted by the de Young Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco in its historic Golen Gate Park. 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