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June Issue 2004
South Carolina Watercolor Society Hosts 27th Annual Exhibition in Aiken, SC - Show Winners Announced
The South Carolina Watercolor Society's 27th Annual Awards Exhibition is on display at the Aiken Center for the Arts in Aiken, SC, through June 26, 2004. From the 192 entries submitted by society members statewide and guest artists from the Augusta, GA, area, the juror, Warren Taylor, AWS, NWS, selected 80 paintings for the exhibition and $10,000 in artist awards were presented to the top 30 artists.
Taylor, who teaches at Midlands College, Texas, has had his work included in Watercolor USA, American Watercolor Society, and National Watercolor Society exhibits and has earned signature memberships in each of these organizations. He continues to lecture and teach workshops at universities including Midwestern State, Ball State, Cal-Poly, and Baylor. He taught at Chautauqua Institution in NY, Texas Tech and Springmaid Beach Workshops. His work is part of numerous prominent pubic and private collections nationally as well as included in many books and periodicals featuring 20th Century American watercolor.
After the jury process, Taylor said, "It's a pleasure to see the rich swath of creativity showcased in this year's South Carolina Watercolor Society Exhibition. This wonderful diversity must surely come from the loveliest gifts we Americans have: Freedom of expression. But with this freedom and space, comes the conviction that it be a landscape traversed and not observed from a stationary place. Artists who really sense this freedom must search for originality and those sparks of creativity that stem from our uniqueness as individuals. The departure point is there, and we need only start moving through the wonderful realm of ideas and opportunities that come differently to us. Our paths only start somewhat the same. We each go into a differing terrain both in life experience and also in our inner thinking. It is in the arts that our unique dignity as individuals becomes the jewel of our civilization. Thanks to the SCWS for this opportunity, both to artists and to the viewing public."
Del Holt
Award winners include: Best in Show - Arthur State Bank Award of $1,000 went to Del Holt from Aiken; the Friends of the President Award of $800 went to Anne Hightower Patterson from Columbia; the Stephen R. McCrae, Sr. Memorial Award of $700 was given to Liisa Salosaari Jasinski from Newberry; the Husband & Wives of Artists Award of $600 went to Peter Kaniaris from Anderson; the Caroline Swanson Award of $500 was awarded to Steve R. Garner from Simpsonville; the Wyman Trotti Memorial Award of $400 went to Carrie Burns Brown from Greenville; the SCWS Past Presidents Award of $400 went to Daniel Cromer from Spartanburg; the Ernest Velardi Award of $400 went to Lynn Greer from Greenville; and the Steve McCrae Memorial Award of $400 was given to Alex Powers from Myrtle Beach.
JoAnne
Anderson
The Barbara Cheetham Award of $350 went to
Rose Metz from Sumter; The Great Frame Up Award of $300 went to
Chet Goff from Columbia; the BellSouth Award of $300 went to Jennifer
Hamilton from Rock Hill; the Zoltan Szabo Memorial Award of $250
was given to Tom Ratcliffe from Hilton Head; the Peoples Community
Bank of SC Award of $250 went to Rosemary Moore from Honea Path;
the Gallery 5 Award of $250 went to Patricia Adelman from Camden;
the Terminix Service, Inc. Award of $250 went to Patti C. Rivers
from Pickens; the Cherry, Bekaert & Holland Award of $250
went to Carole Knudson Tinsley from Greenville; and the Lena Massara
Memorial Award of $200 went to JoAnne Anderson from Belton.
Lynn B. Parrott
Other winners include: Art Xpress/City Art Award of $200 went to Alice D. Bachman from Spartanburg; the Mary A Ratcliff & Allen Armstrong, Jr. Award of $200 went to Arnold Carrouth from Fort Mill; the Barbara Cheetham Award of $200 went to Wyn Foland from Simpsonville; the Toni M. & Sam Elkins Award of $200 went to Russell Jewell from Easley; the Beaufort Art Association Award of $200 went to Lynn B. Parrott from Hilton Head; the Justine Milliken Memorial Award of $200 went to Betty H. Robinson from Georgetown; the Hord Stubblefield Award of $200 went to Pat Roddy from Knoxville, TN; the R.L. Bryan Co. Award of $200 was given to Anna Kay Singley from Prosperity; the Crooked Creek Art League & Georgetown Co. Watercolor Society Award of $200 went to Barbara Stitt from Simpsonville; the Cameo Art Gallery & James Wedding Award of $200 went to Betty K. Walker from Clinton; the Stafford Nut & Bolt Award of $200 went to Lucy Weigle from Augusta, GA: and the Eleanor Spruill Memorial & Guy Lipscomb Award of $200 went to Harrell Whittington from Greenville.
In addition to the award winners, the following were juried into the exhibition (listed in alphabetical order). Angela Bradburn (Columbia), Betty Bramlett (Spartanburg), Lynn Brown (St. Helena Island), Jane Todd Butcher (Greer), Dennis Clevenger (Ladson), Gail Cunningham (Columbia), Barbara O'Neal Davis (York), Laura Dickson (Lexington), Cecilia Durst (Evans, GA), Vicki Bailey Ebbers (Hilton Head), Toni M. Elkins (Columbia), Beth Fitch (Spartanburg), Isabel Forbes (Mt. Pleasant), Steven J. Harrison (Augusta, GA), Ann Heard (Anderson), Ingrid Hofer (McCormick), Erica Hoyt (Columbia), Vickie Jourdan (Hilton Head), Jennie LaFreniere (St. Matthews), Nanette Langner (Aiken), Suzann Marchin (Tega Cay), Cecile L.K. Martin (Seneca), Mary Jane Martin (Beaufort), Barbie Mathis (Lexington), Larry A. Mauldin (Spartanburg), William H. McCall (Union), Meg McLean (Columbia), Norma McIntire (Loveland, OH), Ester Melton (Blythewood), Sybil P. Mitchell (Tega Cay), Joyce Netzler (Rock Hill), Betty Proctor (Greer), Martha Radcliff (Surfside Beach), Pam Scurry (Greenville), Michael Slattery (Taylors), Patricia M. Spear (Columbia), Jill Noel Stafford (Augusta, GA), Lori Starnes (Columbia), Barbara St. Denis (Easley), Al Stine (Anderson), Terrell Stone (Greenville), Beti Strobeck (Seneca), Mary Ellen Suitt (Spartanburg), Tom D. Thompson (Chapin), Caroline Swanson (Augusta, GA), Frances Wells (Augusta, GA), Cynthia L. Wilson (Hendersonville, NC), Barbara Yon (Ridge Spring), Suzanne Zoole (Spartanburg), and Nita Yancey (Columbia).
There is a juror's critique video, funded in
part by the Carolina First Bank, that features a critical review
of the top thirty paintings in the exhibition. It is an excellent
visual arts educational film (VHS or DVD) and is available for
purchase or loan through the society. After the opening exhibition
at the Art Center, the award winners comprise the 2004 SCWS
Traveling Exhibition, sponsored by First Citizens Bank, and
it tours the state through the SC State Museum's Traveling Art
Program through April 2005.
Hammond's Ferry - North Augusta Riverfront Company sponsored the
exhibition's full color catalogue and additional project support
was contributed by the City of Aiken Accommodations Tax, Milliken
Foundation, Woodside Plantation, SC Arts Commission, and many
other businesses and individual donors.
The South Carolina Watercolor Society (SCWS), the largest statewide visual arts guild, is an active presenting and arts service organization. The Society nurtures and promotes South Carolina artists by providing exhibition opportunities and educational programs. They also provide the public with many quality art experiences. In addition to the annual juried exhibition, they organize special exhibits with other art facilities. This year they have worked with Aiken and Augusta area galleries and museums to present a plethora of visual art exhibits that showcase watermedia. Sites included: Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art - Alex Powers Exhibit, Rabold Gallery - Harriet Marshall Goode Exhibit, Jackson Gallery - Rose Metz, Steve Garner & Toni Elkins Exhibit, on view through June 18, Arnold Gallery - Judy Adamick, Trish Arnold, Al Beyer, Del Holt, Ingrid Hofer, Sherie Koenig, Barbara Yon and University of SC -Aiken - Barbara Cheetham and Cecile Martin Exhibit.
The top 30 award-winning paintings from the 2004 exhibition will travel throughout South Carolina as part of the SC State Museum's Traveling Art Program. The program is sponsored by First Citizens Bank.
The schedule is as follows: July 2004, Burroughs-Chapin Museum of Art in Myrtle Beach; Aug. 2004, Abbeville Chamber of Commerce in Abbeville; Sept. 2004, Barnwell County Museum in Barnwell; Oct. 2004, Black Creek Arts Center in Hartsville; Nov. 2004, Beaufort Art Association Gallery in Beaufort; Dec. 2004, Marion County Museum in Marion; Jan. 2005, Sumter Gallery of Art in Sumter; Feb. 2005, Florence Museum in Florence; and Mar. 2005, Center for the Arts in Rock Hill. For further info about the traveling exhibit call Tondia Harrison at 803/898-4982.
For more information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, contact the Art Center at 803/641-0194 or SCWS at (scws@adelphia.net). To view the Traveling Exhibit on the internet, go to (www.fineartsemporium.com).
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