Preliminary Event Schedule for Brookgreen Gardens Released
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Member & Donor Appreciation
Thank you to all who have renewed their membership and made donations in the past few months! We appreciate your patience as we transitioned to a new system which will provide more flexibility and ease of managing your membership and gift information. Please be sure your contact information stays current, and you fill in the fields about your medium and demographic information. We have loved the entries for a requested “Six Word Artist Statement”. A few to ponder:
“Art is portraying a personal feeling.” – Jane Skaar Coleman, Associate “Art is my form of communicating.”- Barbara J. Mason, Associate with Distinction “I need to create visual emotion.” – Bonnie J. Brentz, Signature "I paint because of flowers." – Elizabeth Robbins, Master Signature
Image: Tubes of the Trade, 17x23, watercolor by Brenda Swenson
108 pieces out of 858 entries were chosen by the Selection Jurors to exhibit at Brookgreen Gardens May 13-July 23. Many thanks to the Selection Jurors Tricia Loscher, PhD, Assistant Museum Director-Collections, Exhibitions, & Research at Western Spirit Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, Michele Marceau, owner of Principle Gallery, and Vanessa Rothe, designer, artist, curator, writer, and owner of Vanessa Rothe Fine Art who had the challenging task of reviewing and selecting.
We invite you to preview the exhibition onlineby clicking the image below:
Generous Sponsorship for
Pushing Forward Reaching Back
AWA is thrilled with the leading gifts received from sponsors in support of our Brookgreen Gardens exhibition. Special thanks are extended to:
Presenting Sponsors Edmund S. Twining III for the 2023 Women in the Arts Symposium - $15,000 Edmund S. Twining III for the Grand Prize Award - $10,000 Janet & Robert Lee Family Fund for the exhibition catalog - $7,500
Award Sponsors Christine Graefe Drewyer, AWA President and Master Signature member to fund the AWA President’s Award Angela Mia de La Vega, Master Signature member & Family to fund the Kathleen J. Smith Humanity in Art Award Cathy Trachok, Signature member & Family, to fund the Frances Trachok Memorial Award of Excellence
More opportunities to support the exhibition and awards can be found on the exhibition website at this link. Every contribution helps AWA offset costs and award more to our members!
Image: In the Company of Friends, 24x30, Oil by Heather Arenas
We hope to see as many AWA members as possible in South Carolina! Now is the time to reserve rooms if you want to stay at the host resort Litchfield by the Sea. Details for how to book are on the exhibition page here.
AWA Events Preliminary Schedule with more details to follow:
Images: Top - Moonlight Serenade, 30x19, soft pastel by LisaGleim; Middle - Wander, 21x13, Linocut Relief Printmaking, by Monique Wales; Bottom - Aria, 19x10x6, Bronze, by Amanda Markel
AWA is Proud to Honor Black History Month
Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States during February since 1976 to raise awareness of and pay homage to the experiences and contributions of Black people throughout our nation’s history. The intersectionality of racism and sexism can challenge Black women artists personally and professionally as they pursue their passions.
Image: Ella the Fierce, 15x21, Pastel and Charcoal Pencil with Washi by Mika Denny
Member News: Joni Falk
AWA Heritage member Joni Falk was recently honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Heart of the West Gala at Desert Caballeros Western Museumin Arizona, where she has been a participant in the all-women exhibition Cowgirl Up! since it began in 2006. The Museum has given her a solo show Joni Falk: A Painter’s Western Vision, from December 17, 2022, through March 5, 2023. A realist painter of Western still-life and landscapes, Joni has lived in Phoenix, Arizona since 1960. She grew up in Chicago and is a graduate of Marquette University in Milwaukee. Joni will celebrate her 90th birthday in May. Congratulations, Joni!
Image Caption: Joni Falk with sculptor Doug Hyde also honored in January 2023 courtesy of Desert Caballeros Western Museum
Happy Valentine's Day!
We wish you a day full of love with the special people in your life!
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