VCUarts Anderson Gallery
2000-2001 EXHIBITIONS
VIRTUAL HISTORY

VIRGINIA
WATERCOLOR
SOCIETY EXHIBITION XXII
JUNE 2001

Virginia Commonwealth University will offer the annual Virginia Watercolor Society Exhibition XXII at the Anderson Gallery, 907 1/2 W. Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23284. The exhibition will open to the public on Sunday, June 10, from noon until 4:00 p.m. and will continue through August 11, Tuesday through Saturday, from noon until 4:00 p.m.

Eleanor Cox. Trastevere Street, 2000 Acrylic 20 1/2" x 15"

The juror of this year’s Exhibition XXII is California artist, Katherine Chang Lui, an internationally known painter and teacher. She holds an MS degree from the University of California at Berkley, has been a recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and has served as Chairman of Jury Selection for the National Watercolor Society. Ms. Chang Liu states, "In jurying my only criteria is quality. But "quality" is a very difficult word to define. I suppose what matters to me, as a viewer of an artist’s work, is his/her commitment to it."

Leon Gehorsam. Tide’s Out, 2000. Watercolor 27" x 35"

The Virginia Watercolor Society is the only statewide organization for artists in Virginia. The annual members’ exhibit travels and is hosted by different locales throughout the state. This year the exhibition will be hosted by the Richmond Region of the VWS and will include around 120 paintings selected from over 700 slides submitted by 344 members. Approximately twenty-five cash awards are presented. The award winning artworks will become part of a traveling exhibition to Williamsburg during the month of September.

Pat Angevine. Nowhere is Far Away Anymore, 2001. Watercolor and ink. 28" x 35"

The Virginia Watercolor Society was founded in 1979 by Roanoke artists, John Will Creasy and Earnest Johnson, to foster the advancement of the art of watermedia. The organization seeks to cultivate interest and participation in the exciting world of watercolor through the active programming of publications, demonstrations, annual jurored exhibitions and social activities. The current President of the VWS is Midlothian artist, Jill Chafin. In addition to the Anderson Gallery exhibit, the Virginia Watercolor Society will be conducting a workshop as well as holding its annual meeting and Annual Awards Banquet.

Best In Show

Sally Mook
Blacksburg, Virginia
$1500 prize provided by the Virginia
Watercolor Society

Mook, Sally. Granting Royal Wishes, 2000. Medium: Acrylic

For more information on the Virginia Watercolor Society Exhibit XXII, please contact Jill Chafin, VWS President at (804) 379 8980, or Sue Stuller, VWS Vice-President at (804) 379 1477. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Further information can be obtained from the Anderson Gallery at (804) 828 1522.

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