The recent 2×2 Quimby Gallery exhibit marks the 5th annual Community Art Event hosted on the Northern Vermont University – Lyndon campus. Illustration professor and Quimby Gallery advisor The Quimby Gallery is Still Accepting 2×2 SubmissionsBarclay Tucker first started this tradition back in the spring of 2016 where he requested artists to created work on a 4×6 inch canvas. Since then, Tucker’s themes have ranged from changes in the dimensions of canvases to last year’s theme where submitted art must relate to the letter “B.”
According to Tucker, the most submissions received for a Community Art Event was around 1,000 for the 2×31/2 inch gallery. There is no maximum amount of submissions for artists; Barclay even stated that one student had submitted 300 pieces of their artwork to one of the art events. Although last year’s “Letter B” had received the fewest submissions, the 2×2 Gallery hit the 400-submission mark in a little over two months. On average, Tucker and the gallery assistances expect around 800 submissions for each of these events.
Submissions are also open to anyone, even people not enrolled or employed by Northern Vermont University. This year’s gallery has received artwork from highschools, nursing homes, and various other artists. Tucker states, “I love seeing it up on the wall and how it all works together. I think it’s really a metaphor for life.” Submissions will be accepted up until March 17.
The gallery mandates that artwork for this gallery exhibit must be 2 inches by 2 inches in size. Subsequently, an artist can not have multiple works hanging next to each other and no two similar works, even if by different artists, can be hung next to each other since that would ruin the “2×2” illusion. The gallery asks that artists bear these rules in mind when submitting artwork.
On March 17, the Quimby Gallery will be hosting a closing event at 6:00 pm. There will be snacks and beverages provided by Sodexo and an opportunity to chat with other artists in the gallery. Following the closing event, the gallery will remain open until March 19 where the art will be taken down and returned to its creators.