After studies in Canada, Melanie Daniel completed her BFA and MFA at Bezalel Academy, Israel. Daniel has had numerous exhibitions in Israel and abroad, including solo exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv; Ashod Museum of Art, Israel; Shulamit Gallery, Los Angeles; Kelowna Art Gallery, BC, Canada; and Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv; among others. Her work is included in collections such as the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Harvard Business School, and the Brandes Family Art Collection. She has received press in publications such as Maake Magazine, Artnet, Newsweek, Frieze, Haaretz, CBC/Radio Canada, The Huffington Post, Beautiful Decay, and the Artists Magazine.

Melanie Daniel is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant, the 2009 Rappaport Prize for a Young Israeli Painter, a Creative Capital Grant, and the NARS Foundation Residency in New York City. She is currently the Padnos Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at Grand Valley State University, MI.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Monday, March 9, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Works must be dropped off at the Halsey Institute (in Cato Center for the Arts, 161 Calhoun Street) during this time. You must be present with your artwork in order to sign off on the Conditions for Submitting contract.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

CofC Fall 2019/Spring 2020 Students including December 2019 graduates.

HOW TO REGISTER

Original artwork completed between April 2019 – March 2020. Students may submit up to three pieces per artist, per medium (prints, sculptures, etc.).

Students must obtain yellow labels from the Studio Art Office (Simons Center, 4th Floor) or by downloading it from our website here.)

Fill out labels legibly and attach to the back of EVERY artwork submitted.

Indicate on the label if there are any special installation instructions.

Bring eligible work to the Halsey Institute on Monday, March 9, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM. You must bring your own work yourself.

Oversized work must also be registered at this time, even if it will be delivered later. Indicate on the registration form if you have oversized work, where it is located, and attach a picture or photocopy of it.

ALL WORK MUST BE DRY!

IMPORTANT DATES

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Monday, March 9, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM, Halsey Institute

JUROR’S LECTURE 

Wednesday, March 11, 6:00 PM, Simons Center, Room 309

Juror: Melanie Daniel

Free and open to the public

ACCEPTED WORKS ANNOUNCED

Thursday, March 12, Halsey Institute

OPENING RECEPTION AND ARTIST AWARDS CEREMONY

Friday, March 27, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Artist awards ceremony at 6:00 PM

EXHIBITION DATES

March 27 – April 25, 2020

QUESTIONS?

Contact Bryan Granger, Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs, at grangerbw@cofc.edu.

For labels to affix to your artwork, click here.