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Krystii Melaine, Flowing (triptych)
Award Winners Announced for Expanding Horizons: American Women Artists Juried Exhibition
AWA is thrilled to announce the award winners for the Master Signature & Heritage member exhibition that opened on September 13 and runs through November 10 at the Loveland Museum. This juried exhibition features 126 paintings, drawings, original prints, and...
Newsletter – September 2024
Autumn, 21.75 x 18, Oil by Nanette Fluhr Click here to read our September 2024 Newsletter!
Newsletter – August 2024
Harmony II, 29 x 17, Soft Pastel by Barbara J Mason Click here to read our August 2024 Newsletter!
MARJORIE ACKER PHILLIPS (1894-1985) “We loved art in the same way.”
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member When Duncan and Marjorie Phillips were collecting the works of French Nabis artist, Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), he visited the couple in their Washington, DC, home/gallery in 1926. Later in his correspondence with Duncan,...
Newsletter – July 2024
Mending, 30 x 24, Oil by Jane Manco Click here to read our July 2024 Newsletter!
MARGUERITE “PEGGY” GUGGENHEIM AVANT-GARDE PATRONESS
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) was a character—not only an heiress but known best for her lifestyle. She was the daughter of Florette and Ben Guggenheim and her uncle, Solomon R. Guggenheim, established the New York...
Newsletter – June 2024
Promise, 24 x 30, Oil by Dyan J. Padgett Click here to read our June 2024 Newsletter!
Newsletter – May 2024
Daniel's Angel, 12x36, Acrylic by Vie Dunn-Harr Click here to read our May 2024 Newsletter! (Cover image: Nevertheless, She Persisted 6x6x11, Bronze by Esperanza Alzona)
Newsletter – April 2024
Cosmos from Chaos Southwestern Cosmos, South Fork, Little Colorado River, AZ, 28hx22, Oil by Dyana Hesson Click here to read our April 2024 Newsletter! (Cover image: Summer Monsoon 24x30, Oil by Linda Glover Gooch)
MYRTLE JONES SAVANNAH ARTIST OF THE LOCAL SCENE
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member As it is often said, “politics is local”. The same can be said about artists who portray their surroundings and the people who inhabit them. Such is the case of Myrtle Jones (1913-2005) who recorded through her art the...
Newsletter – March 2024
Sky High, 24x10, Watercolor by Sandy Delehanty Click here to read our March 2024 Newsletter! (Cover image: Churchyard Chickens 18x18, Oil by Elizabeth Pollie)
Award Winners Announced for Master Signature Exhibition in Tubac
AWA is thrilled to announce the award winners for the Master Signature & Heritage member exhibition that opened on March 1 and runs through April 14 at Tubac Center of the Arts. Many thanks to Awards juror Christine C. Brindza, Senior Curator and James and Louise...
Newsletter – February 2024
Click here to read our February 2024 Newsletter! (Cover image: Churchyard Chickens 18x18, Oil by Elizabeth Pollie)
ANNE WILSON GOLDTHWAITE (1869-1944) WORLDLY ARTIST
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member It is a delight to write about Anne Goldthwaite, a rare Southern woman artist who lived on a world stage experiencing the birth of Modernism in Paris in the early 20th century, teaching art in New York City, and becoming...
Newsletter – January 2024
Mountain Horse Dragonfly, 12x12, Encaustic by Kathleen Roman Happy New Year! Click here to read our January 2024 Newsletter! (Cover image: That's Close Enough, 11x9, Oil by Candace X. Moore)
Newsletter – December 2023
Birds Eye View, 9.5x14x5.5, Sculpture by Liz Wolf Click here to read our December 2023 Newsletter! (Cover image: Held, 20x20x8, Sculpture by Feral Nifty)
Marguerite Thompson Zorach: Multi-Task Artist
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Greetings this holiday season! It is a delight to write about a marriage of two artists who enjoyed a true working partnership, Marguerite and William Zorach (1889-1966); and to focus on Marguerite (1887-1968) who ably...
Newsletter – November 2023
Something Special, 12 x 9, Mixed Media by Linda Harrison Parsons Click here to read our November 2023 Newsletter! (Cover image: Zeta, 10.5 x 9.5 x 5, Sculpture by Anna Kasabian)
Newsletter – October 2023
Layers, 23 x 22, Watercolor by Irena Roman Click here to read our October 2023 Newsletter! (Cover image: The Flightless Bird, 18x24, Mixed Media by Barbara Dahlstedt)
Mary Millicent Rogers (1902-1953) Glamorous Patroness
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Late in life, Millicent Rogers was called the Patroness of Northern New Mexico and the progenitor of “Southwestern Style,” after she moved to New Mexico in 1948. She was the granddaughter of Henry Huttleston Rogers, who...
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
