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Susan Walker, Trains
Rediscovered Women Artists: Ann Norton
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member I had not heard of sculptor Ann Weaver Norton (1905-1982) until I traveled in Florida recently and visited her home and gardens in West Palm Beach. My interest was piqued upon learning that she was born in Selma, AL and...
Newsletter – March 2020
Click HERE to read our March newsletter. (Image: Briskly and with Purpose by Helen K. Beacham, watercolor, 22" x 22"; cover image: Moonlight by Kim Kori, bronze, 13" x 5" x 5")
Portfolio Reviews – For AWA Members
Portfolio Reviews - For AWA Members Wednesday, May 27 | 3:00 - 5:00 pm | Reviews will be by phone or teleconferencing. AWA artists will have the opportunity to have their portfolio reviewed by select Master Members of AWA. This review will provide important...
2020 Spring Online Juried Show Jurors Announced
AWA has confirmed three jurors who will be selecting the finalists in the 2020 Spring Online Juried Show! Tonya Turner Carroll | Selection & Awards Juror A 1989 graduate with Honors from the Art History Department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel...
Newsletter – February 2020
Click HERE to read our February newsletter. (Image: Jazz is Jazz by Alisa Shea, watercolor 22" x 20", cover image: Bittersweet by Elizabeth Floyd, oil, 32" x 40")
Booth Museum Exhibition Artists Selected
Congratulations to the artists whose artwork was selected for the 2020 Booth Western Art Museum Exhibition in Cartersville, GA, May 27 - August 23, 2020. Sue deLearie Adair (NY), The Orange Feeder Carol Alleman (AZ), Twilight Stars JaNeil Anderson (NM), Right...
Rediscovered Women Artists: Bruton Sisters
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Sisters Margaret, Helen, and Esther Bruton make up a remarkable story of California-born siblings and artists who worked prolifically from the 1920s to the 1970s. “It is impossible to write about one without the others, as...
The Power of the Group
By Dyana Hesson, AWA Signature and Board Member You are not an island. Grab some artist friends, start a group, and begin to celebrate your successes. I first read about the Algonquin Roundtable in Harpo Marx’s book Harpo Speaks. The group was compiled of New York...
Newsletter – January 2020
Click HERE to read our January 2020 Newsletter. (image above - Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA)
I am thrilled and so honored to receive this award. It is hard to put into words how it makes me feel when I see the caliber of the other entries – amazing work!
— CARLA O’CONNOR
2019 Spring Online Show Grand Prize winner, WA
