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Exhibitions 2009-2010
WINTER

 SunTrust Bank Presents
Strength in Unity: Celebrating the bonds that bring
artist and community together

November 20, 2009 - February 13, 2010

             
Public Reception: Friday, December 4, 2009, 6-8pm 

Phyllis Steimel -- Appalachians: End to End, landscape oils on canvas

ARPA 10 --
 Abundance/Abundance Lost, 10 artists, group show; featuring: J. Michael Simpson, Alyssa Wood, David Edgar, Charles McMurray, Paula Smith, Amy Sanders, Jennifer Parham Gilomen, Laura Alma McCarthy, Linda Luise Brown, Felicia van Bork

Collection of Katharine W. Osborne
, selected 2D and 3D work from the late Katharine W. Osborne's personal collection

2009 Artists' Invitational Exhibition and Sale,
featuring: Ellen Turner Christian, Adele Goodman, Glenn Yost, Joshua Cross, Kirsten Reynolds, Emily Clare, Saleef Kafajouffe, Theresa Glisson, Julie Joslin, Cheri Simmons


Artists' Invitational Exhibition
A Selection from the Katharine W. Osborne Collection
Celebrating Rowan County's Young Artists
February 26 - May 22, 2010

Independent/Home Schools:
Feb. 26 - March 17, 2010
Reception: Thurs., Mar 4, 5-6:30pm

Elementary Schools:
March 20 - April 7
Reception: Thurs., Mar 25, 5-6:30pm

Middle Schools:
April 10 - April 28
Reception: Thurs., April 15, 5-6:30pm

High Schools
May 1 - May 22;
Reception: Thurs., May 6, 5-6:30pm

SPRING 2010

Better Than Real:  Four painters energize everyday surroundings with imagination, fantasy, and mystery, proving the transformative powers of creativity and talent
  February 26 - May 22, 2010                    
Public Reception:  Friday, March 5, 2010, 6-8pm


Elizabeth Bradford
-- TBD, acrylic and gouache paintings

Joy Moser
-- Landscapes, acrylics on canvas

Lisa Weiss
-- New Work, mixed media 2D work

Emily Eve Weinstein
-- Saving Magic Places, paintings

SUMMER 2010
  

Being There:  Contextualizing figuration; approaching the complexity of
the figure from historical, material, and metaphorical viewpoints
June 4 - August 12, 2010
Public Reception: Friday, June 11, 2010, 6-8pm

Carmella Jarvi -- New Work, pastels on board/paper, oils on canvas

John W. Simms, Jr.
-- Paintings, portraits, oils/acrylics on canvas, drawings, watercolors

Rick Sorensen
 -- Awakened Wood, carved wood figurative folk art

Ben Martin
-- Getting There is Half the Story,photography

2010 Dare to Imagine Award Winner
-- solo exhibition

A Special Thank You to the Waterworks Advocates:
F&M Bank
The Late Katharine W. Osborne
James G. and The Late Christine P. Whitton

Waterworks Visual Arts Center    123 East Liberty Street    Salisbury, NC  28144    704.636.1882

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