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September Issue 2007
SC Watermedia Society Offers Exhibits at Spartanburg Art Museum and Carolina Gallery in Spartanburg, SC
Suzanne Zoole
Randolph New Armstrong
In conjunction with the South Carolina Watermedia Society's (SCWS) 30th Annual Exhibition, Carolina Gallery in Spartanburg, SC, will feature a special exhibit entitled, Watermedia Showcase at Carolina Gallery, featuring works by 29 selected members. Artists include: Randolph New Armstrong, Jane Todd Butcher, Joyce Casey, Kathy Casey, Kathy Caudill, Daniel Cromer, Diane Dean, Carolyn Epperly, Claire Farrell, Bonnie Goldberg, Harriet Goode, Susan Goodman, Gary Johnson, Jean Souther Jones, Lynda Macaluso, Suzann Marchin, Esther Melton, Sybil Mitchell, Marcia Murray, Sandra Roper, Liz Smith-Cox, Rhea Stephenson, Beti Strobeck, Mary Ellen Suitt, June Tucarella, Bill Updegraff, Betty Walker, Nita Yancey and Suzanne Zoole. The exhibit opens on Sept. 28 and continues through Oct. 31, 2007.
Jean Souther Jones
Continuing the weekend festivities, SCWS opens its 30th Annual Juried Exhibition on Sept. 29 at the Spartanburg Art Museum in the new Chapman Cultural Arts Center, 200 East St. John Street, in downtown Spartanburg.
Jane Todd Butcher
This is the first event for the new art museum. Award winners will be selected by the juror, John T. Salminen, signature member of America Watercolor Society & Dolphin Fellow and National Wateroclor Society. The exhibit will be on display through Nov. 4, 2007.
Hal P. Moore
Bonnie Goldberg
Kim Richards, SCWS Executive Director said,
"SCWS is the only statewide visual arts organization in SC,
which may sound simple enough but the state has seen a few organizations
come and go. SCWS has not only survived for 30 years but also
thrived because it has been more than one exhibition per year."
In addition to its annual juried exhibition, which is a large
production, they also present educational programs such as the
annual Regional Gatherings, workshops and other exhibits and art
events that are coordinated in cooperation with private businesses
and public art facilities. The public has enjoyed and supported
the SCWS events with more than 26,000 participants last year.
They don't have a facility of their own so they have learned to
work successfully with others. Each year, the annual exhibition
is presented in a different SC city so it's not just the same
old format but it evolves around the unique offerings and opportunities
of its host community.
Jane Carter
Joyce Netzler
Recently, SCWS made a slight name change from using the word watercolor to watermedia, which more accurately reflects the organization and its members. Though the wording change may seem minimal, it reaches out to a broader group of artists. For more than 20 years, SCWS has accepted acrylics into the annual exhibition and most recently, they dropped the surface requirement, which historically has linked watercolor to paper. Yet many artists, museum directors and the public do not connect the organization with anything but watercolor. Yes, they represent watercolor and they embrace that rich history but they are also representing artists who paint in acrylic and other water based mediums with mixed media on various surfaces.
Mary Jane Cunningham
On Sept. 29, from 11am-3pm, the South Carolina Watermedia Society will conduct a business meeting and awards luncheon at The Piedmont Club in Spartanburg. Reservations are required at $26/person. Following the luncheon, the juror's critique of paintings on DVD will be shown at Carolina Gallery from 3:30-5:30pm.
For more information, contact Carolina Gallery
at 864/585-3335; the Spartanburg Art Museum at 864/582-7616 or
visit (www.spartanburgartmuseum.org); and SCWS by calling Kim
Richards at 678/721-2506, e-mail at (scws@comcast.net) or visit
(www.fineartsemporium.com).
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