February 2000 Issue
Rock Hill Arts Council Hosts Exhibits in Rock Hill, SC
Brighten your day with the exhibit, Celebration
of Color, by Joyce Netzler on view through Feb. 11 at Piedmont
Healthcare System Gallery. Then check out an exhibit at the Center
for the Arts of artwork created by students from eight Rock Hill
School District Three elementary schools. This exhibit will be
on view through Feb. 14.
In Celebration of Color, visitors may enjoy the colorful
watercolor paintings of local Rock Hill artist Joyce Netzler.
The colors and shapes in nature and the desire to capture and
reveal the beauty around us inspire Netzler. Her paintings are
done in transparent watercolor with attention given to clear,
clean color. She interprets her subject in a realistic statement
often zeroing in and enlarging them.
Netzler said, "I am a transplant to this beautiful state and everywhere I look I see something new and exciting to paint." Netzler, a member of the SC Watercolor Society and Piedmont Artists taught art for 14 years at a Cincinnati high school before retiring in 1989.
In 1998 and 1999, Netzler received merit and purchase awards from the SC State Fair Exhibition in Columbia, SC. Her work is held in private and corporate collections in Rock Hill, Columbia, Cincinnati and Minneapolis.
The second exhibit offered by the Rock Hill
Arts Council features works by students from eight Rock Hill School
District Three elementary schools.
Originally created for ARTS etc.'s Millennium Magic New
Year's Eve fundraiser, contest rules required entries to highlight
a specific decade throughout the past century. Schools participating
were Ebinport, Finley Road, Independence, Mt. Gallant, Northside,
Oakdale, Richmond Drive and York Road. Entries became party decorations
for Millennium Magic, a Taste of the Arts event sponsored
by ARTS etc., to raise funds for arts-in-education programming
in York County.
To encourage participation and highlight local student artists, ARTS etc. sponsored the contest. A panel of judges awarded $250 to the Best of the Show. The arts program from Mount Gallant Elementary School, under the direction of art teacher Kim Ham, received the $250 cash award from ARTS etc.
The winning entry, a quilt comprised of over 100 individual squares, exemplifies Cubism, breaking down a subject by its basic geometric design, often resulting in a semi -abstract work. This technique, often used by Pablo Picasso, was popular in the early nineteenth century.
For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings or call the Rock Hill Arts Council (RHAC) at 803/328-2787.
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