Exhibit

Downeast Sculpture Exhibition

DownEast is an indoor and outdoor juried competition. The indoor exhibition takes place at Emerge Gallery from 
March 1 - 28, 2024 and the outdoor exhibition can be viewed all over Pitt County from March 2024 until February 2025.

Click here to download the Downeast Sculpture Map

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2024 - 2025 Outdoor Sculptures:

For information about purchasing any of these sculptures please email info@pittcountyarts.org.

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 Judran_Muse
Muse #2
1st Place

Hanna Jubran

Grimesland, NC

Location:

ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center
Greenville, NC 27834
 
Sheppard_whatever 
Whatever
2nd Place

Austin Sheppard

St. Pauls, NC

Location:
ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center
Greenville, NC 27834
   
   
Nativo
Gray Wolf Return
3rd Place

John Nativo

Cleveland, OH

Location:

Winterville Fire and Safety
2593 N Railroad Street
Winterville, NC 28590
   
 Bowling_dragon
Dragon
Jonathan Bowling
Greenville, NC

Location:
ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center
Greenville, NC 27834
   
 Sees_Icosahedron
Icosahedron Retro Space Junk Version
Kirk Seese
Lutherville, MD

Location:
Winterville Library
2613 N Railroad Street
Winterville, NC 28590
   
Black and Red
Black and Red
David Skora
New Hartford, CT

Location: 

Winterville Town Hall
2571 Railroad Street
Winterville, NC 28590
   
   
Wall_Radial
Radial
Adam Walls
Tryon, NC

Location:
Chico's Mexican Restaurant
521 Cotanche Street
Greenville, NC 27858
   
Chandler
Bouquet of Sunflowers
Jonathan Chandler
Halifax, VA

Location: 
Greenville Town Common
105 E 1st Street
Greenville, NC 27858
   
   
Chirchirillo_Steel
Steel Saguaro
Joe Chirchirillo
North Bennington, VT

Location: 
Greenway at Jarvis Street
Greenville, NC 27858
   
   
Billingsley_Color Tree
Color Tree
Carl Billingsley
Greensboro, NC

Location: 
Greenway at Stancill Drive
Greenville, NC 27858
   
   
Vanek_Reclaimed
Reclaimed Tension
Kevin Vanek
Greensboro, NC

Location: 
Greenway at Harding Street
Greenville, NC 27858
   
Bradsher
Daydreamer in Red
Jessica Bradsher
Greenville, NC

Location: 
Greenville Museum of Art
802 Evans Street
Greenville, NC 27834
   
   
Skora_Whirlwind
WhirlWind
David Skora
New Hartford, NC

Location: 
Wahl-Coates School of the Arts
2200 E 5th Street
Greenville, NC 27858
   
Whitehill_tumbling dice
Tumbling Dice
Richard Whitehill
Earlysville, VA

Location: 
Farmville Community Building
3866 S Main Street
Farmville, NC 27828
   
Whitehill_three little birds
Three Little Birds
Richard Whitehill
Earlysville, VA

Location: 
Ayden Town Hall
4144 West Avenue
Ayden, NC 28513
   
                                                
JUROR

Joni Younkins-Herzog is a sculptor living in Athens, Georgia and a former sculpture professor with a Master of Fine Arts from Indiana University. Younkins-Herzog’s work has been featured in exhibitions across the country, including New York, Fort Lauderdale, San Francisco, the “Art Prize” in Grand Rapids, Michigan; internationally in Pabianice, Poland, Cajabamba, Peru, and Sang Arts Village, Ghana.

Her sculptures combine beauty with absurdity often blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Utilizing many mediums, she lures the viewer in with luscious colors and materials, to contemplate anxious content in proximity.

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2023 - 2024 Outdoor Sculptures:

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Downeast23 Map

JUROR

D. Lance Vickery was raised in Florida. Early, as an aspiring two-dimensional artist, deeply rooted in formalism, Lance attended Florida State University, where he met Charles Hook. Hook changed Lance’s perception of art and sculpture. Hook held the position that all “Sculpture is real, all painting and photography, no matter how realistic is abstract. Two-dimensional work always requires the viewer to imagine the third dimension.”

Lance is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of North Florida and President of the International Conference for Contemporary Cast Iron Art [ICCCIA].

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2022 - 2023 Outdoor Sculptures:

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DownEast22 Map

JUROR

James Matson is a sculptor and set designer living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He started off as a potter but kept sticking chunks of steel and wood into chunks of clay until it wouldn’t fit in the kiln anymore. His work centers around personal narratives seeking to find those universal moments that we share as individuals. His focus on the relationship between space and form is central to all his sculptural work.

He recently retired from teaching after thirty-five years of Sculpture, Ceramics, and Three-Dimensional Design. His work has been seen both here and abroad and is part of several collections.

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