BRUNSWICK ARTS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES FALL ART SHOW at LCAC

New Teen Category for 2022!

Brunswick Arts Council will present its 22nd Annual Fall Art Show and Sale September 26th through October 8th at the Leland Cultural Arts Center located at 1212 Magnolia Village Way, Leland, NC 28451. The show will be on display in the multi-purpose/exhibition space of the arts center.

The annual art show will include works by adults members and non-members of Brunswick Arts Council and other arts groups (including Art League of Leland, Waterway Arts Association, Oak Island Art Guild, Art Association of Southport, Coastal Camera Club) and will include 2 -dimensional works in oils, watercolor, pastel and mixed media as well as 3-dimensional works.

New this year, we are encouraging the submission of 2- dimensional and 3-dimensional works from our local youth artists ages 13-18.

Artists who are interested in participating are asked to visit the Brunswick Arts Council web site brunswickartscouncil.org for details and a prospectus. All entry information and fees must be received by September 23rd mailed to: Mary Beth Livers, Fall Art Show, 3651 Heron Circle, Southport NC 28461 and received by that date OR hand delivered to Brunswick Arts Council on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at Leland Cultural Arts Center.

The show is open to the public with free admission from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 pm Friday and Saturday keeping the hours of Leland Cultural Arts Centers. The show is juried and an awards reception will be held on Friday, October 7th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Awards

There will be over $3000 awarded for a variety of categories, including new categories for our teen entries and a new one-time award for this year only: Best Oil Award. This is being given by family in honor of Ramona Batsford Bendin.

Until her death in 2013, oil painter Ramona Batsford Bendin was one of the area’s most prominent artists. Originally from New York, she had lived in coastal North Carolina since 1990, finding much of her inspiration from the local coastline and marshlands. She was a lifetime member of the American Artist Professional League and was elected to New York’s Hudson Valley Art Association. Locally, she was a member of Brunswick Arts Council, Wilmington Art Association, Associated Artists of Southport, and Waterway Art Association. Throughout her career, her peers awarded her many prestigious honors, including the Award of Excellence, National League of American Pen Women; Mrs. John Newington Portrait Award, Hudson Valley Art Assoc; Best In Show, National League of American Pen Women; and First Place, Associated Artists of Southport Spring Show.

Art Show Judge

Each year a prominent regional artist is asked the serve as judge for the show. This year, Sharon Wozniak Spencer, an award-winning artist, painter, educator, exhibitor and instructor at the Cameron Art Museum and Cape Fear Community will serve as judge. Sharon earned her BFA in art school at The University of Maryland (1990); an MA in art education at The Ohio State University (1996) and her MFA at the San Francisco Academy of Art University (2017). Sharon was an artist in resident for the Hope Center in Wilmington, NC where she created a series of paintings about those in need and Sharon was an intern for the Cameron Museum of Art, where she had a show and discussion on “Faces of Courage”.

Art with Heart Donations

This year, we are asking artists to donate a piece of their work to the “ART with HEART” Art Auction Event to benefit New Hope Clinic. New Hope Clinic is a volunteer driven non-profit organization that provides free health care (medical, dental, eye and pharmacy services) to low-income, uninsured individuals across the county. The ART with HEART Event will be held on October 23rd in Southport. For your convenience, please bring your donation of artwork to LCAC on September 24 when you are dropping off your Art Show entry pieces. We will have a separate take-in table with forms for donations. www.newhopeclinicfree.org

Art Show Team

Coordinator of this year’s exhibit is Lee Selbe with assistance from Joeli Franks (LCAC), Ricardo Perez (ALL), Shane Miller (Visual Arts Coordinator for BCSD), Jamie Lynn Robinson (BAC Board Member) and Mary Beth Livers (BAC).

Art Show Reception October 7

There will be a reception and awards presentation during the show on Friday, October 7 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Leland Cultural Arts Center. The public is invited to attend the show anytime during the week and to attend the reception on Friday.

Additional Information

For additional information about the Brunswick Arts Council itself, membership information and further details about the Annual Exhibit and Sale, visit the website- www.brunswickartscouncil.org the Facebook page- Facebook.com/brunswickartscouncil.
For questions or more information, contact Mary Beth at Brunswick Arts Council at 910.448.1016 or email execdir.brunswickartscouncil@gmail.com.

About the Brunswick Arts Council

The mission of Brunswick Arts Council (BAC) is to support, sustain, enhance, and cultivate the arts in Brunswick County making cultural events, arts education, and appreciation of the arts available to the diverse range of county residents. Formed in 1981, BAC is the designated community partner with NC Arts Council, helping to subgrant more than $1,120,000 in grants into Brunswick arts organizations, groups, and programs across the county. Additionally, we partner with other agencies, including Brunswick County to provide other programs, events, awards, grants, project development and additional support to organizations and artists living and working in the county. www.brunswickartscouncil.org

About the North Carolina Arts Council

The North Carolina Arts Council builds on our state’s longstanding love of the arts, leading the way to a more vibrant future. The Arts Council is an economic catalyst, fueling a thriving nonprofit creative sector that generates $2.12 billion in annual direct economic activity. The Arts Council also sustains diverse arts expression and traditions while investing in innovative approaches to art-making. The North Carolina Arts Council has proven to be a champion for youth by cultivating tomorrow’s creative citizens through arts education. www.NCArts.org

Sharon Wozniak Spencer

Judge Artist Bio

Sharon Wozniak-Spencer grew up in the metropolitan area of Washington D.C., she was influenced heavily by her mother’s interest in art and frequent trips to museums. This created a desire for Sharon to earn her BFA in art school at The University of Maryland, where she graduated in 1990. Sharon continued to pursue an MA in art education at The Ohio State University where she completed her MA in 1996. The degree offered Sharon opportunities to teach at OSU as a teaching assistant and at local galleries.

Sharon continued to be heavily involved in pursuing her own art career, through shows at Cameron Art Museum, Land Fall Art Show, and the Arboretum Art Show, as well as others in Connecticut and Ohio. In order to develop her career further, she decided to pursue her MFA at the San Francisco Academy of Art University, where she graduated in 2017. While at AAU, Sharon was an artist in resident for the Hope Center in Wilmington, NC where she created a series of paintings about those in need and Sharon was an intern for the Cameron Museum of Art, where she had a show and discussion on “Faces of Courage”.

Her current group show: Eden Village a Collective Exhibition, that she put together through the Wilson Center and the Wilma Daniels Gallery at CFCC is a benefit show for Eden Village of Wilmington. Eden Village is creating 31 tiny homes for Wilmington’s chronically homeless. Sharon is very excited to put this show together as it will outlive the show and benefit. She helped coordinate other CFCC departments from Dental, Nursing, OT, EWD, and Phi Theta Kappa to help Eden Village’s community and residents. This to Sharon is a show well done as the community at large is involved in the benefit, students from CFCC and departments will be involved in bettering the community, and the community at large will be able to see the benefit of helping others in need.