FIRST STREET GALLERY presents our 2013 MFA NATIONAL COMPETITION, the third in a series of annual exhibitions open exclusively to current MFA students throughout the United States.

Juried by PHONG BUI -- critic, artist, teacher, independent curator and co-founder, editor and publisher of The Brooklyn Rail. This exciting exhibition contains a diverse range of styles and execution; it includes paintings, drawings, photographs, mixed media and sculptural constructions from 20 artists.

ARTISTS: Kathy Akey, Laurie D. D'Alessandro, Jenny De Laughter, Sarah Dineen, Lindsey Jane Dunnagan, Erin Elizabeth, Nick Foster, Elisa Gabor, Crystal Gregory, Yunsung Jang, Ryota Kajita, Edmund J. Merricle II, Nicolai Nickson, Paula Abreu Pita, Evie Woltil Richner, Harry William Sidebotham II, Polixeni Theodorou, Stephanie D. Wallace, Jaclyn Wright and Heui Tae Yoon.