2021 MOJA Arts Festival Juried Art Exhibition

This annual juried art exhibition highlights the recent work of artists across South Carolina featuring painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, and photography. Artworks receiving prizes are presented alongside a limited selection of pieces identified by the juror as meriting display. This year’s juror is Andrea Hazel.

Hazel was born in Charleston, SC where she still resides. After years of teaching and running her own business, Andrea Hazel Photography, she began painting in 2001 and has been immersed in watercolors ever since. Her latest series entitled “How It Was…Charleston in 1963,” depicts scenes of homes and communities that have been demolished and displaced in the wake of Charleston’s rapid growth and development. “The idea was not to point a finger and blame, but to show what happened, and to remember these places,” she has said. Hazel is a member of the Southern Watercolor Society, the South Carolina Watermedia Society, and the Charleston Artist Guild. Her work is currently on view at the Charleston Artist Guild Gallery.

Invited artists for this year’s exhibition include: Kelly Atkinson, Kelvin Blufton, Maxine Brown, Julie Byrd Diana, Andrea Capers, Alfred Casciato, Jeleata Nicole Davis, Sonny Dugal, Lynda English, Kerri Forrest, LySandra Gathers, Rosemary Giusti Dillon, Alvin Glen, Bob Graham, Raven Greene, Malik Hayward, Katie Heatley, Shannon Hopkins, Ann Igoe, Lori Isom, Caseline Jenkins, Anne M. Jennings, Christine Johnson, Rachel Jones, Christopher Kyle, Cynthia Male, Robert Maniscalco, Ervin McDaniel, Harry McFadden, Zaire McPhearson, Robert B. Reed, Addelle Sanders, Gloria Smith, Stuart Tessler, La Toya Thompson, Simone Voelker, and Marvin Youngblood.

City Gallery will be open every day of the festival – September 30 through October 10 – from noon until 5pm.

Due to COVID-19, City Gallery will reopen with limited capacity and increased sanitation protocols.   Entry will be based on advanced ticket reservations and come with an entry time.

Things You Should Know

1. Face masks or coverings are required of all guests and staff.
2. In order to allow for safe physical distancing, City Gallery is limiting the number of tickets offered each hour.
3. Reservations online are limited to groups of 10 or less.
4. If you do not make reservation in advance you can reserve the next available time at the door.
5. Once inside of the gallery you will have as much time as you need to browse the exhibit, provided you remain masked and respect social distancing of 6 ft.

General Guidelines

1. If you do not feel well, especially with any flu-like symptoms please delay your visit until you are feeling better or have been cleared by a doctor.
2. Maintain a distance of 6ft from groups that are not your own and be courteous of others’ comfort levels.

What We Are Doing to Protect You

1. Sanitizing all surfaces upon opening and closing, focusing on door handles, staircase railings, and bathrooms.
2. Hourly rounds when everything will be wiped down again.