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May Issue 2008
Art League of Hilton Head on Hilton
Head Island, SC, Offers National Juried Exhibition
The Art League of Hilton Head on Hilton Head Island, SC, is presenting the 2008 National Juried Show, on view at the Walter Greer Gallery in the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, from May 2 - 25, 2008. The exhibition is a BravoEvent.
The National Juried Show features some of the finest art from across the nation. For this competitive show the Art League received nearly 800 entries and is pleased to have distinguished artist Patricia San Soucie from Clackamas, OR, as their Juror.
Cindy Chiappetta, the Art League's Special Events Chair, says: "It was truly a marvelous experience receiving and cataloging all of the wonderful work from around the country. It was a privilege to be the first to view all of the entries and an even greater experience to observe the decisions of the juror, who has such a long and illustrious career in the field."
San Soucie specializes in watermedia and is widely traveled. Her list of society memberships is very impressive. Her work is in the collections of seven international museums, museum libraries, and private and corporate foundations. San Soucie has been teaching workshops for thirty-five years, and is featured in ten books and seven magazine articles. She has had work accepted in fourteen shows in 2007 alone, winning awards in four of them. It is an honor to have her act as juror for this event.
Laura O. Lisonbee ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Anne Hakala
The Art League's National Juried Show is one of the premier juried art exhibitions in the Southeast. The Show's awards total $10,000. The Best of Show garnering a $2,500 prize, has been awarded to Laurie O. Lisonbee for her astonishing and eye-catching work titled Pigeon Pose with Spoon (oil & mixed media, 2007). Anne Hakala, an Art League Gallery member, earned the First Prize in the Mixed Media category with her evocative Bird, Tree, Moon creation. Entries have been submitted from 30 states, as well as Canada. The Art League of Hilton Head is one of the leading organizations in promoting the visual arts on the Island and this exhibition offers an excellent selection of contemporary creativity from sacross the nation.
The Art League of Hilton Head is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the visual arts through education, exhibitions and partnerships for the cultural enrichment of the community and its visitors. It operates a Gallery staffed by volunteers for the display and sale of artwork by its members.
On May 3, at noon, there will a Critic's Luncheon at the Arts Center, where Pat San Soucie will outline her criteria in choosing the winners. Tickets are $16 and can be obtained by mailing a check to Art League c/o Cindy Chiappetta, 7 Duck Field Rd., Hilton Head, SC 29928.
For more info check our SC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the Art League at 843/681-5060 or visit
(www.artleaguehhi.org).
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