The Hoard Historical Museum has announced that the Fort Atkinson museum will host its annual art show in a virtual format in 2021.
“Due to ongoing concerns with COVID-19, our annual art show will be held online this year,” said Merrilee Lee, museum director. “It is our wish to continue the strong tradition of having an annual communitywide art show, even during these unusual times,” said Lee. “We thoroughly enjoy having our annual art show and are looking forward to seeing what our local artists have been creating in the past year.”
The art show will be viewable through the Hoard Historical Museum’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/hoardmuseum.
All adults who live, work, attend classes, or volunteer within Jefferson County and the surrounding communities are welcome to submit art for the show, which will go live on Wednesday, May 5. All art must be uploaded by Monday, May 3.
Images of art may be uploaded to the museum’s Google form: https://bit.ly/39co3pY. The form also is linked on the museum’s website.
Adults may submit art as either a professional (having had two or more years of art classes) or an amateur (fewer than two years of art classes). Art may either be 2-D, 3-D, or local significance.
Artists are welcome to upload up to three pieces of art. There is no fee for participating. All art will be viewable on the museum’s social media. Any art submitted for the 2021 virtual show also may be submitted again for the in-person show in 2022.
Art will remain visible on the museum’s Facebook page until July 1.
Due to the difficulties of judging an all-virtual show, no awards will be presented for this year’s show. No art will be for sale from the museum’s Facebook page; however, the museum will help direct potential buyers to the artists for purchases.
The museum also will be highlighting art from its collection, specifically Mary Hoard’s art.
“Every year, we host an annual community art show which is part of Mary Hoard’s legacy in our town,” said Lee. “Now is an ideal time to showcase Mary’s talents as an artist herself.” The museum has multiple pieces of art by Mary Hoard in the museum’s collection.
The museum plans to return to the traditional Mary Hoard Art Show format in 2022.
Please call the Hoard Historical Museum at (920) 563-7769 for more information.
The Hoard Historical Museum is located at 401 Whitewater Avenue in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The museums are open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. They are closed on Sundays and Mondays.
A rendition of the Fort Atkinson skyline in 1955 by Mary Hoard.
The view of Mary Hoards house as she rendered it in the 1950s.
A piece titled: “For Florence,” by Mary Hoard. The three pieces depicted above will the among pieces featured in the upcoming Hoard Museum Virtual Art Show.
Photos curtesy of the Hoard Historical Museum.
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