Tour of York Art Association Exhibits: Open Juried Exhibit

Tour | Registration opens 8/12/2024 8:00 AM EDT

220 S. Marshall St. York, PA 17402 United States

York Art Association

Members only

11/14/2024 (one day)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM EDT on Th

$20.00

$8.00

York Art Association’s November exhibition is their most prestigious event of the year. Artists from the Northeast region apply online with images of their work. A juror preselects up to 110 nonfunctional pieces of fine art to qualify for the exhibit. A large variety of genres and mediums are exhibited, including sculpture, acrylic, oil, fabric, watercolor, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and mixed media. Chris Gold, the Gallery Committee’s chairperson and member of the Board of Directors for YAA will provide an informational tour of this exhibit to OLLI members including the juried exhibit process, what a judge looks for in a piece of artwork when determining prizes, discussion of all winning pieces in the exhibit, a brief history of the artists, various mediums used in 2D and 3D art and examples of each on display, and various genres of art and examples of each on display. The physical activity level for the course is one sneaker.  The gallery is on one floor, no stairs and is accessible to those with walkers or wheelchairs. York Art Association has a large parking lot and some street parking. Address: 220S. Marshall St., York, PA, 17402

Roth Preap, a York College Community Opportunity Scholarship Program Scholar, received a bachelor’s degree in music industry recording technology from York College of Pennsylvania. Before being appointed as executive director of the York Art Association, Roth worked for several organizations, including the York County Community Foundation, York Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the York Junior Symphony Orchestra. In 2022, Roth was inducted as an honoree for the Central Penn Business Journal Forty under 40 and, in 2023, received the Ignite Young Professional Award from York County Economic Alliance. Outside of his work with the York Art Association, Roth is a senior consultant for Maneval Consulting and an accompanist for the York County's Junior Honors Choir and Elementary Choir programs.