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The 111th Annual Exhibition will be on view starting February 20, 2025 at the Erie Art Museum. Under the curatorial direction of jurors Laura Domencic and Melanie Yugo, the 111th features 74 works of art by 60 artists. The 111th will be a first for the organization: the first anuual hosted by the Erie Art Museum. The 111th Annual will be on view until December 14, 2025.
ARTISTS
Sue Abramson • Sobia Ahmad • Karen Antonelli • Theresa Antonellis • Maggy Aston • Shelle Barron • Ron Bayuzick • Pati Beachley • Heather Brand • Robert Buncher • Daniel Burke • Alan Byrne • Cheryl Capezzuti • Brian Cohen • Natalie Condrac • Casey Connelly • Molly Davis • Dan Droz • Norman Ed • Sarika Goulatia • Henry Winslow Hallet • Sean Hannan • Lori Hepner • Tom Hubert • Scott Hunter • Corrine Jasmin • Renee Keil • Mandy Kendall • Jamie Walters Kessler • Lisa Bergant Koi • Alexandra Lakin • Gadi Leshem • Scott Lloyd • Iggy Lopez • Christine Lorenz • Nancy McNary Smith • Clayton Merrell • Dennis P. Moran • Brent Nakamoto • Morgan Overton • Desiree Matia • Brian Pardini • Jack Puglisi • Michele Randall • Ash Robles • Paul Rosenblatt • Kari Roslund • Christopher Ruane • Nicole Renee Ryan • Ben Schonberger • Centa Schumacher • Libby Scutt • Lisa Seligman • Sarah Simmons • Silvija S Singh • Sukeshi Sondhi • Lisa Toboz • John Tronsor • Michel Demetria Tsouris • Hisham Youssef
MEET THE JURORS
Laura Domencic is an artist, curator, writer and educator who cultivates creative thinking in individuals and communities. She is the Executive Director of the Erie Art Museum and a lead partner and curator with The Documentary Works, a group that produces photo documentary exhibits on social and environmental justice.
Before her appointment to the Museum, she has worked as an independent arts consultant leading successful fundraising efforts for a variety of institutional and individual clients. She directed an artist residency program in Ambialet, France and was the Director of the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts for over a decade.
Domencic received her MFA from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
She organized and exhibited An Unpredictable Time & Place at MassMOCA in North Adams, MA and participated in Wildacres Residency in North Carolina. She teaches at Gannon University and is a mentor for Lesley Art + Design’s MFA program.
Melanie Yugo is a Filipina-Canadian visual artist, educator and multidisciplinary programmer. Moving between personal diasporic storytelling and reimagining institutional systems, she examines issues of representation, participation, cultural identity and the well-being of historically marginalized communities. She aims to promote more inclusive knowledge, methodologies, and forms through publishing, printmaking, research, and the creation of independent art platforms. A social scientist by training, her work combines artistic, public policy, teaching, entrepreneurial, and care practices.
Melanie co-founded and directs Possible Worlds, a community-driven project space, shop, and publisher. The recipient of multiple provincial and municipal arts grants and international residencies, she has presented her artwork, facilitated workshops and led programming across Canada and abroad, including at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Art Gallery, and the Philippines Embassy to Canada.
Melanie holds degrees from McGill University and the London School of Economics, and completed summer studies at the School of Visual Arts. She was born in Toronto and is currently based between Toronto and Ottawa, Canada.
ABOUT THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION
The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibition is one of the nation's longest-running juried exhibitions. Established to celebrate and highlight the diverse creative talents within the region, the first Annual Exhibition opened in 1910 at the Grand Old Opera House in downtown Pittsburgh. Over the years, the Annual has been hosted at esteemed art institutions such as the Carnegie Museum of Art, The Andy Warhol Museum, the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art, and The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Moreover, throughout its history, the Annual Exhibition has showcased numerous Pittsburgh artists who have achieved both national and international acclaim, including Mary Cassatt, Henry Osawa Tanner, Andy Warhol, Philip Pearlstein, Mel Bochner, Henry Koerner, Aaronel deRoy Gruber, and Thaddeus Mosley. The Annual Exhibition is a juried show that welcomes artists over the age of 18 residing in or maintaining a studio within a 150-mile radius of Pittsburgh.
ABOUT THE ERIE ART MUSEUM
The Erie Art Museum’s mission is to maintain an institution of excellence dedicated to the promotion and advancement of the visual arts by developing and maintaining a quality art collection, by encouraging art in all its forms, by fostering lifelong art learning, and by building community among artists, art students and the public. The museum is located at 20 E 5th St., Erie, PA 16507. Learn more at https://www.erieartmuseum.org/.