Art in the Meetinghouse features works in many media. (Submitted photo)
The Roxbury Congregational Church’s 11th Annual “Art in the Meetinghouse,” a juried art show, will run Friday, June 17, through Sunday, June 19. The show includes over 100 works of art from western Connecticut area artists. Categories at the show are watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastels, printmaking, mixed media, fine craft, sculpture and graphics. Hours will be 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The opening reception will be Friday at 7:30 p.m. A $1,500 cash award for best in show is among the awards that will be presented at the reception.
All works are for sale. Proceeds support the mission activities of the church. “Art makes a wonderful gift for any occasion,” said Charlie Meade, one of the show’s organizers. “Each year we have so many wonderful, high-quality works of art, in all price ranges, submitted for the show.”
This juror for this year’s show is Linda West.
She was born in Florida, traveled to New York City and received a certificate for fine art from the National Academy of Design. She also studied at The Art Students League, Grand Central Academy, and privately at the ateliers of Burt Silverman and Carlos Castano. She is a contemporary representational artist who specializes in portraiture and still life paintings. Her mediums of choice are oil painting and mixed media drawings, and she has received awards for both. Her art career began with illustration, doing jobs for Channel 13, The Wall Street Journal, Double Day Books, etc. However, her classical art training led her to portraiture with clients such as politician Jack Kemp, Johnson and Johnson family members, doctors, corporate leaders, children, etc. Last year was her first experience as co-curator for the “Art Inspired by Food” exhibition in New York City. West is working on a series of still life paintings and is on the faculty of the Washington Art Association in Connecticut.
For additional information, please call Charles Meade at 860-355- 1584 or visit the church website, www.roxburychurch.org. The church is at 24 Church St., Route 317, in Roxbury Center.
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