Prof's Art Featured in Smithsonian
黑料吃瓜 art professor and artist Neil Shigley's work was selected as a finalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, where it will be included in the tri-ennial exhibit.
黑料吃瓜 art professor and artist Neil Shigley鈥檚 portrait, "Michael 59," will be displayed in at the Smithsonian鈥檚 National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. March 23, 2013 through Feb. 23, 2014.
Shigley鈥檚 work was selected as a finalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and sent to Washington D.C. where it will be included in the tri-ennial exhibition.
"Michael 59" was selected as one of 48 works from more than 3,000 entries in a variety of visual arts media. The juried exhibition of portraits includes works created from both traditional media like oil paintings, drawings and photographs as well as more surprising materials such as rice, glitter, thread and video.
Tragedy in art
Shigley鈥檚 work focuses on what many people choose to ignore: the human tragedy of homelessness. "Michael 59" is one of more than 20 portraits that Shigley has created of San Diego鈥檚 homeless.
鈥淚 capture the faces of people that we don鈥檛 see,鈥� Shigley said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 good to know that work will be seen by so many people.鈥�
About the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
The winner of the National Portrait Gallery鈥檚 third Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition will receive the grand prize of $25,000 and a commission to create a portrait of a living individual for the museum鈥檚 permanent collection. The public will have an opportunity to among the finalists through the People's Choice Award.
Virginia Outwin Boochever (1920鈥�2005) was a docent at the National Portrait Gallery. Appreciation of art was a lifelong interest: as a young woman she had studied art at the graduate level, and she and her husband were enthusiastic collectors.
Always interested in people, Boochever saw the endowment of a portrait competition at the National Portrait Gallery as a way to benefit artists directly.
