Brookgreen Gardens to Display New Exhibition Featuring Women Artists

Path to Summertime by Angela Campbell

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Brookgreen Gardens will display a new exhibition titled American Women Artists: Pushing Forward Reaching Back from May 13th to July 23th, 2023, in the Rosen Galleries. This juried show features more than 100 paintings and sculptures by members of American Women Artists (AWA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the inspiration, celebration, and encouragement of women in the visual fine arts. All works in the exhibition will be available for sale.

“Our founder, Anna Hyatt Huntington, was a groundbreaking artist and art collector who was passionate about supporting other women artists,” says Page Kiniry, President of Brookgreen Gardens. “We are pleased to exhibit this collection of works by all women that is organized by a likeminded organization like the AWA, which uses the power of collaboration to connect female artists and provide resources and opportunities to advance their careers.”

American Women Artists: Pushing Forward Reaching Back features works from 105 artists representing 28 states and three provinces in Canada. There are 21 3D works, including bronze, stone, and mixed media, and 84 2D works, including acrylic, oil, pastel, pencil, scratchboard, and mixed media. Selection jurors for Pushing Forward Reaching Back are Michele Marceau, owner of Principle Gallery, Tricia Loscher, PhD, assistant museum director-collections, exhibitions, & research at Western Spirit Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, and Vanessa Rothe, designer, artist, curator, writer, and owner of Vanessa Rothe Fine Art.

La Nina by Paige Bradley

Ahead of the opening, Brookgreen will host an awards ceremony for the artists where a grand prize of $10,000 and additional prizes of cash, merchandise, and media space will be awarded. Brookgreen will also be hosting a symposium with AWA on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Sandra Harris, executive director of American Women Artists, will moderate the Symposium. Other speakers and panelists include Anne Brown, former associate publisher, Streamline Publishing; Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, art historian and AWA board member; A.G. Markel, AWA associate member and sculptor; Cheryl Newby, collector and retired founder of Cheryl Newby Gallery; Brittany Richmond, assistant curator SCAD Museum of Art; Robin Salmon, VP of art and historical collections and curator of sculpture at Brookgreen Gardens; Donna Howell-Sickles, AWA master signature member and early AWA leader, painter, and gallerist; and Michele Marceau, owner of Principle Gallery. To register for this event, please visit https://www.brookgreen.org/events/american-women-artists-artist-symposium.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a full color catalog with introduction by Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD. An online exhibition will accompany the museum show and virtual events will include demonstrations and studio tours.

For more information about this exhibit, visit www.brookgreen.org.

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