GULFPORT, FL: The LGBTQ Resource Center of the Gulfport Library announces the CALL for SUBMISSIONS
for ArtOUT, an international juried art show, to be held June 1 – 30 onsite at The James Museum of
Western & Wildlife Art, the Gulfport Public Library and online. This year’s theme is EMERGENCE.
“Last year’s ArtOUT theme was ‘Queering the Pandemic,’ in recognition of the many different ways
COVID impacted artists,” said ArtOUT’s lead organizer, Jana Steinhour. “This year’s multi-media visual
arts show will feature works by LGBTQ artists and allies who are experiencing a different vibe as we
emerge from the pandemic.”
“This is our sixth year for ArtOUT but only the second international, juried show,” explained LGBTQ
Resource Center board president, Susan Gore. “Expanding Resource Center programs online was an
unexpected gift of the COVID pandemic. Last year, ArtOUT attracted more than 70 works, and jurors
accepted 54 works by 35 artists from 8 countries.”
Jurors for ArtOUT 2023 confirmed to date include:
Duncan McClellan, an internationally renowned glass artist, mentor, educator and owner of Duncan
McClellan Gallery in St. Petersburg, Florida. In 2009, he began transforming a 7,800 square foot former
fish and tomato packing plant into a beautiful, multi-functional space that now showcases a unique
contemporary glass art gallery and working hot-shop that features more than 100 acclaimed artists.
Brenda McMahon, an award-winning ceramicist, educator and owner of the Brenda McMahon Gallery in
Gulfport, Florida. Brenda has shown internationally for 28 years and now presents her saggar fired
vessels and tile art along with abstract expressionist, pastels and oil paintings by regional artists. The
Gallery also offers classes in various media. An artist opening on each first Friday of the month celebrates
a featured artist.
Ray Domingo, originally from the Philippines, moved to the US with his family in 1960 at the age of 18,
and soon received a full scholarship from the Cooper School of Art in Cleveland, where he studied
commercial art. He then went on to work for clients like Coca-Cola, Rolling Stone Magazine and
Anheuser-Busch. Today, he manages a thriving personal practice out of his studio in Gulfport, FL focusing
on paintings of oceans and marine life. Domingo is a founding member of Art Jones, a community of
professional artists in Gulfport.
For more information or to submit an entry visit www.artoutfestival.wixsite.com