PINE BLUFF - Crystal Jennings of Rison has been selected for inclusion in a biennial exhibition showcasing artists in the mid-South.
She is among 35 artists selected for the “2023 Irene Rosenzweig Biennial Juried Exhibition,” organized by The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas (ASC).
Her selected work is “Catalyst,” charcoal drawing, 34 inches by 42 inches, completed 2022.
Jennings is primarily a charcoal artist, with her work focusing on figurative realism with a touch of the unreal.
Recently, her work has been exhibited in Hot Springs, Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Batesville and the Bradbury Art Museum in Jonesboro. It has also toured Arkansas in the Arkansas Arts Council’s Small Works on Paper exhibition. She has received multiple awards in the Pine Bluff Art League’s annual exhibition at The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas. She is represented by M2 Gallery in Little Rock.
She graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in art and design. Bom in Pine Bluff, Jennings lives in Rison with her husband and two daughters.
Follow her on Instagram at instagram. com/crystalj_draws. The Rosenzweig exhibition welcomes submissions from artists in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Artwork in traditional and digital forms are accepted, including paintings, drawings, original prints, fiber art, ceramics, sculpture, photography, video and digital work.
The awards are Best in Show ($1,000), First Place ($500), Second Place ($200), and three Merit Awards ($100 each). Purchase awards are also available, allowing ASC to add works from the exhibition to its permanent collection.
ASC received 594 submissions by 315 artists, from which Trusty chose 35 works.
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