As part of Central Ohio's celebration of Peace Corps' 50th Anniversary, CORVA is hosting an exhibit “Peace Corps at 50: Memories” at the Northwood Artspace (2231 North High Street – north campus area) September 27-October 29, 2011 

 What we are looking for:

ñOriginal artworks by CORVA members, RPCVs living in Centeral Ohio or volunteers recruited by the Peace Corps recruiter at OSU who are currently serving  depicting – or inspired by – scenes and thoughts about their country of service. 

These can be abstract or representational paintings, drawings, fiber art, 3-D sculptural or ceramic (for this latter category there is limited gallery space available);

ñPhotos of scenes from your volunteer service – village life, family, work, travel.

2-D artwork should be ready to hang – frames, wires, rings/rods (for fiber works). For 3-D work, the Artspace has a jewelry-style display case which will hold items up to ~9” high. 

In general, photos should be high quality. If photos have faded a bit because of age, don’t let that deter you if the image is interesting.  Also, this may be a time to see if you can restore them. 

 Ideally, photos should be at least 8” X 10” for the exhibit.  They can be matted and framed, or mounted on foam core as single images or in a photo montage.

The Artspace has a limited number of 16” X 20” Plexiglas covers for mounted photos.

To be considered for the exhibition, please e-mail Jamie Rhein, CORVA president at info@corvpc.org

with the following information:

ñ  Ideally, a jpeg image (150 -  350 kb image size) of each work to be considered - we're initially limiting each person to 5 items until we get a preliminary count.

*If providing a jpg image is daunting, just bring the pieces  the day of take in.

But, we do need the descriptive text by Sept. 19

(Copy and paste this section and write in answers underneath):

ñ  Your name:

ñ  Country of Peace Corps Service and your job title.

ñ  Years of Service

ñ  Include the title of your work if there is one

ñ  When the piece was created.

ñ  For artwork include medium (e.g., oil, watercolor, photography, macramé)

ñ  Dimensions

ñ  A brief description of the circumstances of the photo or artwork.

Important dates to remember:

Exhibition dates  – September 27 – October 29

Regular Gallery Hours:
Fridays & First Saturdays 4-7
Plus any time Room 100 is not holding a scheduled event.

Reception September 30^th, 5 – 8 PM

Readings, also at the gallery: October 21, 6:30-8:00

An evening of readings: poetry, journal entries, letters home, essays and short stories  *see below for how to become involved

Take-down October 29^th

 The reception will work sort of like a potluck with CORVA members contributing. Again, details coming.

***For the writers among you, we will have a 3-ring binder available if you would like to share letters, poems, journal pages, short stories related to your service. 

* CORVA members can participate in the evening of readings by a reading excerpt from journal entries, poems, short stories, essays and/or letters home. 

Work needs to be inspired by your Peace Corps service. If you want to read, please let Jamie know.