I have been asked to jury this year’s Spirit of the Horse exhibition, an equine themed, juried exhibition at the Palos Verdes Art Center, a benefit for the Portuguese Bend Pony Club (note - funky website, but a ton of info about their parent organization, the United States Pony Clubs, can be found at their website) an organization that provides opportunities for youth to learn the core skills of horsemanship and to benefit from the discipline and leadership skills learned through that experience. This is a special opportunity for me to work both with PVAC, where I took my first art classes as a child, and also with the Portuguese Pony Club, which is based at the Portuguese Riding Club, where I learned to ride as a child. Learning to care for and ride horses was an incredible experience for me as a youth, I can’t begin to say just how pleased I am to participate as juror in this exhibition.

The show opens June 6, and the deadline for entries is Friday, May 9, either hand delivered before 5PM or postmarked. It’s open to both 2 and 3 dimensional works, and for $25 you can enter as many as three entries. Works must have been completed in the past three years, and you can submit either slides or images on a CD. There are cash prizes for 1st - 3rd prize and honorable mentions, as well. You can download the prospectus here to get all of the details.