215 | 610 CONTEMPORARY Juried Exhibition

2022 Exhibition On View November 14–December 16, 2022

Juror's portrait image credit: Sarah Liz

Juror's Talk & Opening Reception Thursday, November 17, 2022
All events are free and open to the public.

Juror's Talk featuring Alex Klein 4–5 p.m.
Large Auditorium | Streaming Online

Exhibition Reception 5–7 p.m.
Art Gallery | Room 2305 | Academic Building

About the Exhibition

The Gallery at Delaware County Community College presents the annual 215|610 CONTEMPORARY Juried Exhibition, featuring 39 pieces from regional emerging artists living and working in and around the Philadelphia region. The 2022 exhibition is juried by Alex Klein, Dorothy and Stephen R. Weber (CHE ‘60) Senior Curator at the ICA Philadelphia, and will be presented in-person in the Art Gallery November 14–December 16, 2022. The purpose of this juried exhibition is to showcase local emerging contemporary artists, create a platform for critical discourse through an exchange of ideas, and to push the boundaries of an age-old practice. In addition to the exhibition, we invite the juror to lecture about their personal work and practice. The juror's talk is free and open to the public, and is presented in the large auditorium on the College’s Marple Campus.

Featured Artists

Awards

Juror’s Choice: Henry Morales, Descansando (Resting), 2022, Dirt from my parents front yard mixed with acrylic and oil paint and junk newsprint ads we got in the mail on canvas.
First Place: Julianna Foster, Geographical Lore, sal mountain, 2022, archival digital print.
Second Place: Chelsey Luster, Mama's Bathroom, 2019, oil on canvas.
Third Place: Sean Starowitz, The Wood Began to Move, 2022, sculpture/installation.

2022 Juror: Alex Klein

Alex Klein is the Dorothy and Stephen R. Weber (CHE ‘60) Senior Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where she has organized numerous exhibitions since 2011 with artists including Linda Goode Bryant, Ane Graff, Barbara Kasten, Michelle Lopez, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Sondra Perry, Suki Seokyeong Kang, and Trevor Shimizu. She is currently engaged in a collaborative research initiative, I is for Institute (2016 - present) which invites individuals working within arts organizations to reflect on the potential to enact structural change within institutions. The project website archives a podcast and over 50 conversations with an international group of curators, directors, and educators. In addition to her role at ICA, she has published and lectured widely. She has served as an agent in the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Hillman Photography Initiative and has held positions in the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Roski School of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California (USC), and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. She received her BA in Art History from Columbia University, New York, an MA in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London and an MFA from UCLA, Los Angeles.

This exhibition is sponsored by the Communication, Arts & Humanities division of Delaware County Community College.

Previous Jurors

2021, Juror: Christina Vassallo
2020, No Exhibition
2019, Juror: Jodi Throckmorton (PAFA Curator)
2018, Juror: Jean Shin
2017, Juror: Odili Donald Odita (Painter)
2016, Juror: Pepon Osorio (Installation Artist, Sculptor)
2015, No Exhibition
2014, Juror: Luis Gispert (Photographer, Sculptor)
2013, Juror: Sid Sachs (UARTS Curator)
2012, Juror: Donald Kuspit (Art Critic, Author, Art Historian)
2011, Juror: Kate Kraczon (ICA curator)