Lewisburg, WV (WVDN) – Carnegie Hall’s October/November/December Exhibits are underway with three galleries featuring the works of regional artists. The Old Stone Room Gallery features the 2024 All-Members Exhibit, “Anything Goes,” by the West Virginia Watercolor Society (WVWS). Exhibit winners were announced during Carnegie Hall’s inaugural Art Walk on Friday, October 4.
Carolyn Light won Best of Show for her painting “End of a Good Day.” Award of Excellence was given to Jeanne Brenneman for her work “The House at the Top of Hill,” and Rita Montrosse for her work “Sepia Seams.” Other awards given included Award of Merit to Patricia Stine (“Buzzes and Brambles”), Memorial Award to Marietta Lyall (A Hoot and a Hollar), and Honorable Mention to Deanna Gullium (Garden) and Deborah Lester (‘Waterfall Dreams”).
The exhibit was judged by Princeton, WV area painter and sculpture Richard Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury attended the Cleveland Institute of Art and Arizona State University. He has his artwork represented in galleries around the United States including Arizona, Atlanta and New York City. He is currently the director of The Holler Gallery in Princeton, WV, where he showcases other Appalachian artists.
The WVWS is celebrating its 40th Anniversary. It was created in 1984 by a group of artists to promote and ensure the high standards of the art of watercolor painting in the state of WV, to guide and assist the student and aspiring watercolor artist in WV, and to encourage within the public the advancement and understanding of the broad scope of watercolor painting. In the years since, the 54-members continue to hold watercolor workshops, publish a newsletter, and by host both juried and non-juried exhibitions.
The Old Stone Room is located on the ground floor of Carnegie Hall. The exhibit runs through the end of December. The exhibits are free and open to the public, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. For more information, please visit carnegiehallwv.org, call (304) 645-7917, or stop by the Hall at 611 Church Street, Lewisburg, WV.
Carnegie Hall programs are presented with financial assistance through a grant from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.
