The 'Call to Artists' had a good response with 240 works being submitted by 95 artists.
Works for the nca21 exhibition were selected by an independent panel: Rosy Gray, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Norwich Castle Museum & Gallery, Lee Grandjean, Sculptor and former Senior Tutor at the Royal College of Art and Carl Rowe, Artist and former Associate Professor in Fine Art at Norwich University of the Arts.
The selection process was anonymous and a total of 52 works by 46 artists were selected. It was good to see several students from NUA had joined ncas and submitted work.
Due to the price increase at The Forum, we had to find a new venue for the members show this time round. The Hostry proved to be an excellent space to host the exhibition, fully supported by Sue Bell, the Exhibitions Volunteer, who was very professional and helpful when hanging and taking down the exhibition.
More than 150 guests attended the Private View, Professor Richard Sawdon-Smith, Dean of Arts and Media at NUA formally opened the exhibition and talked about the growing relationship between NUA and ncas.
The ncas prize of £500 for the most outstanding work was awarded to Maria Pavledis for her work Jacket Woman.
The Adnams prize for the most distinctive work was awarded to Geoffrey Lefever for his work Postwick June 2020.
The footfall in the Hostry was very good with a constant flow of visitors to the Cathedral, many of whom stopped to view the show.
Our thanks to the participating artists and ncas members who kindly volunteered to steward the exhibition for a whole three and a half weeks, and to Janey Bevington for organising this.
We were pleased to sell 12 artworks, including 2 from visitors to the city. A 25% ncas commission was applied to these sales.
