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(Page last updated Feb. 17, 2010)
Another sale!
Jeannine also has learned that a fourth painting from the WVWS anniversary exhibit has sold (see the news note below for the earlier sales' announcement). Rita Montrosse's "Where Once We Lived" is the latest.
WVWS Gala a success!
Jeannine has shared a report about the Jan. 28 WVWS Gala at the Culture Center in Charleston:
"We had a Fabulous time in Charleston on the 28th! While first lady Gayle Manchin was unable to attend, we did get word from Commissioner Randall Reid-Smith that "It's a girl!" Congratulations to the Manchins on their new granddaughter.
The reception went well, and the folks at the Culture Center said there have been many positive remarks about the show.
Marilyn Hughey Phillis' presentation was highlighted with anecdotes about her family and her creative process. Secretary of State Natalie Tennant presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Marilyn.
Also, the grand total of votes revealed that Linda J.C. Turner's "Come on, Grammy" won the People's Choice Award. Congratulations to ALL of our award winners!
Thanks to all members who were able to attend (and brought friends and family).
The pick-up for this show will be at the Culture Center on Saturday, March 6, from 1-3 p.m.
We also willl have a general meeting in the Library Training Room of the Culture Center on that day. Please make plans to stay for the meeting, so we can discuss upcoming events and also work on the creation of a scholarship program. Instructions are to go to the front desk at the Culture Center and check in, and then they will show you how to get to the training room (to the left and down the escalator).
I will post an agenda for everyone to go over prior to the meeting. If anyone has anything for discussion, let me know by emailing me at jrmm26385[-at-]aol.com."
Upcoming WVWS Meeting
The next WVWS meeting will be March 6, 2010, in Charleston, and will correspond with the 25th Anniversary Show painting pick-up. Time and location will be posted soon.
Show purchases
Jeannine Romano is reporting that three of the Anniversary Show's paintings have sold.
Congratulations to Lee Fritch, Lou Riffe Gates, and Debbie Sisson.
Also, a hearty thanks to Abbey Hayhurst at the Parkersburg Art Center and Brad Johnson at the Stifel Gallery for their efforts that led to the sales.
Juried membership selections
Selections have been made by the committee for new juried and signature membership status in WVWS.
The following have received Juried Membership status:
Donell McCoy
Libby Cagle
Monica Wilkins
Rose Dobbins
The following have received Signature Membership status:
Pat Anderson
Congratulations to Donnell, Libby, Monica, Rose, and Pat!
25th Anniversary Exhibit Online
The 25th Anniversary Exhibit can be viewed online through a Web slide show. To see the paintings included in the juried show, click here.
25th Anniversary Show Award Winners
| Best of Show Katherine M. Crim, "Maddie, Down for the Count" |
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Awards of Excellence Awards of Merit |
Honorable Mention David Springston Award |
The 25th Anniversary Show is traveling to several galleries
around West Virginia. From Aug. 29 to Sept. 26, the
Parkersburg Art Center in downtown Parkersburg hosted the show.
WVWS members look over the 25th Anniversary exhibit at the
Parkersburg Art Center during the reception on Aug. 30
For more about the Parkersburg Art Center, click here.
Thanks to WVWS signature member George Harper
for providing these photographs of the Parkersburg reception.
25th Anniversary Traveling Show Schedule
>> Jan. 4, 2010 thru Feb. 28, 2010
The Culture Center, WV State Capitol Complex, Charleston, W.Va.
25th Anniversary Traveling Show publicity
>> Staff writer Brett Dunlap of the Parkersburg (W.Va.) News and Sentinel wrote about the WVWS show while it was hanging at the Parkersburg Art Center. To read his story, click here.
>> Staff at the Oglebay Institute's Stifel Fine Art Center discuss the WVWS exhibit. To read, click here.
>> Member Laurie Goldstein-Warren's painting "Welcome to Helena" was chosen as a Top 100 painting for the Paint America Exhibit. This is a traveling exhibit that will tour the United States for the next year beginning the end of April 2010. You can visit the Web site and view the Top 100 painting exhibit at www.paintamerica.org. This is Laurie's second acceptance into Paint America. In 2008, Laurie's painting "A Hunter's Eyes", was also in Paint America's "Paint the Parks" Top 100 traveling exhibit.
>> Member Janet Hart has agreed to serve as the WVWS Region 5 coordinator. To see more of this Wheeling-based artist's work, click here.
Linda
J.C. Turner's watercolor, "Monday by the Sea of Ionia,"
has been awarded a Merit Award at the
biennial West Virginia Juried Exhibition for 2009
>> Charter WVWS member Linda J.C. Turner has won a Merit Award at the 2009 West Virginia Juried Exhibition, now on display through Jan. 17, 2010, at the Huntington Museum of Art.
The biennial exhibition, which began in 1975, showcases some of the best work by a wide array of West Virginia artists. Top winners (three Governor's Awards and seven Awards of Excellence) are purchase awards ($5,000 and $2,000, respectively) and become part of the West Virginia State Museum contemporary art collection. Also recognized are eight Merit Award winners, who receive a cash prize of $500. Six non-monetary Honorary Mention awards are also selected.
Jurors for the exhibition were Julie Taggart, professor, dean, fine arts and foundation studies at Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, and Vince Torano, professor at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich. The pair evaulated 375 entries before selecting 89 works by 74 artists for show inclusion. The pieces range from painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, mixed media and crafts.
Other WVWS members who had works accepted into the exhibition were Jerry Birdsong for "Together," Linda Elmer for "Shiny City," George Harper for "Steeple at Alma," and Betty Neely for "Beartown."
>> Congratulations to member Anna Hogbin for winning Best in Show and Best Watercolor at the 2009 Hampshire County Arts Council's Fall Fine Arts Show. The exhibit was juried by Christina Collins-Smith, an arts advocate, artist, poet, educator, and cultural events coordinator, as well as adjunct faculty member of the Division of Fine and Performing Arts at Carroll Community College.
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