current and upcoming exhibitions |
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| 2010 |
June 20 - July 29 20th Annual Juried Student Exhibition Silvermine Guild Arts Center 1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan, CT Opening Reception Sunday, June 27, 2-4pm Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 12-5pm Sunday: 1-5pm Monday, Tuesday: By Appointment 203.966.5617 Ext. 3 or www.silvermineart.org June 20 - July 11 Our Town - Paint Rowayton Rowayton Arts Center 145 Rowayton Ave, Rowayton, CT Opening Reception Sunday, June 20, 4-6pm Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 12-5pm Sunday: 1-4pm 203.866.2744 or www.rowaytonartscenter.org July 1 - July 23 Texture & Pattern The Flinn Gallery - Greenwich Library 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT Opening Reception Thursday, July 1, 6-8pm Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday 10-5pm Thursday 10-8pm Sunday: 1-5pm 203.622-7947 September 10 - November 13 The Classics Lockwood Mathews Mansion Mathews Park 295 West Avenue Norwalk, CT 06850 www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com or 203.838.9799 September 24 - October 24 Art at the Coach Barn Coach Barn - Shelburne Farms 1611 Harbor Road Shelburne, VT 05482 802.985.8686 or www.shelburnefarms.org |
selected recent exhibitions |
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| 2010 |
"Art of the Northeast" Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan CT Juried Show "CCNS Annual Art Show" Rowayton CT Invitational "Color Within Color" The Gallery at Greenwich Tavern, Old Greenwich CT Solo Show "Color and Curve" Pierce Ball Gallery, Stamford CT Two Person Show |
| 2009 |
"A Common Thread" Pierce Ball Gallery, Stamford CT Invitational "Mavis Fenner Memorial Show" Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton CT Juried "Rural Remembrances" Darien Historical Society, Darien CT Juried "In the Mood for Color" The Flinn Gallery, Greenwich CT Juried "Annual Members Show" Westport Arts Center Gallery Members Show, Westport CT Invitational "Annual Juried Show" Art Society of Old Greenwich, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich CT Juried "Purchase Award Show" Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich CT "CCNS Annual Art Show" Rowayton CT Invitational "These Lands Are Your Lands" Darien Land Trust, Darien CT Invitational "Darien Arts Council" Annual Show, Darien CT Award Winner |
| 2008 |
"Oil and Acrylic Show" Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton CT Juried "Annual Members Show" Westport Arts Center, Westport CT Invitational The Inn at National Hall, Westport, CT Solo Show "Annual Juried Show" Art Society of Old Greenwich, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich CT Juried "Purchase Award Show" Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich CT "CCNS Annual Art Show" Rowayton CT Invitational "Harmony" Rockwell Gallery, Wilton CT Two-Person Show |
| 2007 |
"Coast. Countryside. City." Pequot Library, Southport, CT "Annual Members Show" Westport Arts Center, Westport CT Invitational "CCNS Annual Art Show" Rowayton, CT Invitational "Oil and Acrylics Show" Rowayton Arts Center Gallery, Rowayton, CT Juried |
| 2006 |
"Annual Members Show" Westport Arts Center, Westport CT Invitational "Paint the Town" Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton CT Juried "Annual Student Show" Silvermine Guild Art Gallery, New Canaan CT Juried "Annual Juried Show" Art Society of Old Greenwich, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich CT Juried |
selected awards |
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| 2010 |
Third Place and Honorable Mention - Pastels, "Texture and Pattern", The Flinn Gallery, Greenwich CT The Pastel Award, "Annual Student Exhibition, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT Second Place, "Paint Rowayton", Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT Honorable Mention, "Drawings, Prints, Pastels", Rowayton, CT |
| 2009 |
Second Place Pastels, "Mavis Fenner Memorial Show", Rowayton, CT Third Place Pastels, "Annual Juried Show", Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT Third Place Pastels, "Darien Arts Council Annual Show", Darien, CT |
| 2008 |
Honorable Mention, "Annual Juried Show", Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT |
| 2006 |
First Place Pastels, "Annual Juried Show", Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT Viewer’s Choice Award, "Paint the Town", Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT |
| 1978- 1988 |
Graphic Design Awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts, DESi, the Connecticut Art Director's Club, and the NY Art Directors Club; and published in Graphis Magazine, Print Magazine, NY Art Directors Annual, AIGA Annual and Graphis Annual |
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biography Betty was born in Charleston, West Virginia, but has lived most of her life in the northeast. She has been working professionally as a designer and, most recently, as a fine artist since 1978. Currently working with paint or pastel, she is creating landscape and still life compositions either on location or in her Rowayton studio. Betty’s work is represented in private collections in the US. She exhibits at local galleries in the northeast, and has won numerous awards for her paintings and pastels. Her life as a fine artist developed following a successful career as a graphic designer. After receiving her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, Betty worked as a designer and art director for George Tscherny, Inc. (NY), Pellegrini & Associates (NY) and Meyer Design Associates (CT). Her work was recognized with awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts, DESi, the Connecticut Art Director's Club, and the NY Art Directors Club; and published in Graphis Magazine, Print Magazine, NY Art Directors Annual, AIGA Annual and Graphis Annual. She lives with her family in Rowayton, Connecticut. |
