Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Happy New Year from Gerrie: 2014 Wrap-up Newsletter

With art exhibits across the state, wonderful painting trips, and lots of great work created by students and colleagues, 2014 has been a great year!  Here are a few highlights:

During the month of March three of Gerrie's pieces were exhibited as part of She: The Female in Image and Form.



In April, Gerrie's piece, Angela, was honored with a judge's award in the 82nd Annual Juried Exhibition of The Indiana Artists Club, Inc at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.



In May, two of Gerrie's pieces, Enchanted and Touch of Spring, were accepted into Art Barn's 21st Annual Juried Art Exhibition.


In June, this piece by Gerrie was displayed as part of the Indiana Heritage Arts 36th Annual Exhibition at Brown County Art Gallery.



2014 marked the 5th consecutive year that Gerrie's work was accepted into Chesterton Woman’s club Annual Art Show.  This 63rd annual installment of the show took place during the month of June. 


August saw the beginning of the Hoosier Salon's 90th Anniversary Exhibition!  Gerrie's piece, October Table, was on display at the Indiana History Center until August 24th, when the piece joined 100 other gorgeous pieces on the traveling tour.

  
In October, Gerrie's piece, Entwined, received the Marcia Price Memorial Fund First Prize Award in the Heartland Artists' 26th Annual Juried Regional Art Show.  The event's judge, Jamie Ball, who works as an instructor at Culver Academies said, "First, second, and third places all went to artists who chose a botanical theme, but each approached the subject in a completely different media and approach, all masterfully."  


In November, Gerrie donated this beautiful painting of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore to Lakeshore Public Media's annual holiday gift auction.  Thanks to a donation from someone known as "Cookiedune," this lovely seascape brought in hundreds of dollars in support of local, arts-focused, public broadcasting!


Wrapping up 2014, Gerrie's piece, Into the Light, was accepted into the latest installment of the Elkhart Juried Regional Art Exhibit on display at the Midwest Museum of Art from October to December.


Gerrie's winter/spring art classes kick off at the South Shore Arts Center on January 13th, 2015 (For more information visit Gerrie's website, or the South Shore Arts website).  Ongoing classes at Hobart Arts League begin January 15th.  With several new solo exhibitions on the horizon, 2015 looks like it will be a great follow up to the magnificent 2014.  Happy New Year!

-Gerrie 

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