November 2011

City Gallery at Waterfront Park in Charleston, SC, Features Annual SC Watermedia Society Exhibition

The City Gallery at Waterfront Park in Charleston, SC, will host the SC Watermedia Society’s 34th Annual Exhibition, on view from Nov. 5 through Dec. 31, 2011. A reception will be held on Nov. 5, from 5:30-7:30pm.

The exhibit features original paintings from 62 award winning artists, members of the SC Watermedia Society (SCWS), from across the state and neighboring states, consisting of watercolor, acrylic, colored pencil and any water-based media. This year’s artwork will be curated by a panel at the City Gallery, and then 30 artists will win awards, which will be judged by Florida artist Mary Alice Braukman.

Artists selected for the exhibition include: Al Beyer, Ann Heard, Anna Schalk, Anne Hightower Patterson, Anne Hill Barry, Barbara St. Denis, Barbara Stitt, Barbie Mathis, Bill Updegraff, Brenda Gilliam, Carole Kundson-Tinsley, Caroline Swanson, Carolyn Epperly, Claire Farrell, Colleen Wiessmann, Constance McKeown, Denise L. Greer, Donna Lynn Gore, Dwight Rose, Gary Johnson, Harriet Goode, Heather Noe, Helen Beacham, Holly Fister, Ingrid Carson, Jaclyn Wukela, Jane Jackson, Jane Todd Butcher, JoAnne Anderson, Joe Farmer, Judy Adamick, Judy Bolton Jarrett, Kathy Caudill, Laverne Ferguson, Lee Monts, Linda Beazley, Linda Hood, Lynda English, Lynn Greer, M. C. Churchill-Nash, Marcia Murray, Mary Ann Brock, Mary Jane Martin, Melony Stuckey, Monique Wolfe, Nancy Perry, Nita Yancey, Patricia Givens, Patrick Faile, Patsy Tidwell-Painton, Randolph New Armstrong, Rebecca Zdybel, Renea Eshleman, Renee Kahn, Rose Metz, Rosie Phillips, Steve Garner, Susan Schuhmacher, Suzanne Zoole, Terry Laughlin, Toni Elkins, and Vickie Bailey Ebbers.

SCWS is also planning a sale of original art on Nov. 4, 2011, at the Lowcountry Artists Ltd., located at 148 East Bay Street in Charleston, from 10:30am to 8pm, featuring special original artworks (postcard size) and all $75 each, by award winning artists such as: Lynda English, Carolyn Epperly, Renee Kahn, Jackie Wukela, Ann Marie McKay, Lynne Hardwick, Joyce Hall-Ahrens, Patsy Tidwell-Painton, Jim Finch, Jeny McCullough, Randolph New Armstrong and many, many more!

The Society will also produce a DVD of the judge’s critique of paintings, which will be available to artists, schools, universities and community groups. The DVD will debut at the Harbor Club on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. When the exhibit ends on December 31, the 30 award winning paintings will travel to different venues throughout the state through the SC State Museum’s traveling art program.

The SC Watermedia Society is the only statewide visual arts organization in South Carolina and nurtures and promotes artists who work in watermedia (i.e. watercolor, acrylic, gouache, casein and mixed media in conjunction with watermedia on any surface) by providing exhibition opportunities, professional development and educational programs. The public is provided with many quality art experiences including exhibitions and art education in the form of lectures, demonstrations and workshops. In addition to the annual exhibition, SCWS has organized major curated exhibitions including, South Carolina Collects Watercolors at the SC State Museum and Masters of the American Watercolor at the Columbia Museum of Art. For more than 25 years, the Annual Traveling Exhibition has been a popular touring exhibit, appearing in cities across the state and drawing more than 20,000 visitors last year alone.

For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call Erin Glaze at 843/958-6484 or visit (http://citygalleryatwaterfrontpark.com/). For more information about SCWS, go to (www.scwatermedia.com) or e-mail to (scwatermediasociety@gmail.com).

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