Roberta Tucci
Artist and longtime art educator Roberta Tucci served as juror for CAMP Rehoboth’s FEST ART 2023! exhibit. We talked with her about that experience, as well as what she’s working on these days in her own studio.
CAMP Rehoboth: What did you most enjoy about being juror for the FEST ART 2023! exhibit?
Roberta Tucci: It was great to connect with artwork being created in and around Delaware. I think it’s so important to document—and celebrate—work being done locally. I think FEST ART 2023! does that.
CR: What—if anything—surprised you about the submissions?
RT: The sheer diversity of the submissions, which was just fantastic! They were so diverse, in so many different ways. They represented all levels of experience, different intentions, different media, and a wide variety of styles. We all benefit from those diverse interactions.
CR: What advice would you give an artist who is thinking about submitting something to the FEST ART 2024! exhibit?
RT: I’d tell them that anytime they submit a piece—for consideration for any exhibit—they need to be sure it fully represents their unique and authentic point of view. It should be their very best work.
And, they should submit the very best—the clearest, the sharpest—photograph of that work they possibly can. Artwork most often is submitted, reviewed, and selected via the internet these days, so there can be an enormous number of submissions for each exhibit. Images of the work need to be as good as they can possibly be, showing the piece to its very best advantage.
CR: What are you working on yourself just now?
RT: I retired from teaching at Delaware State University a little less than a year ago, so I’m now able to really focus on my studio work. It’s been a very busy time, as I have multiple exhibits this spring and summer.
CR: Wonderful! Tell us about those.
RT: I have a solo exhibit at The Delaware Contemporary in May, and a solo exhibit at 919 Market Street in Wilmington that runs May till July. I have botanical work exhibited at the Riverfront Bakery in Wilmington right now, and my work will be included in The Woodmere Annual: 81st Juried Exhibition, on view June 3–August 27, 2023.
CR: Congratulations! And thanks so much—in the midst of all that—for serving as juror for our show! ▼