The Sketch Club’s 2015 Art of the Flower Exhibition Opens this Friday March 6th and runs thorough March 28th

Presented In Memory of Donald C. Meyer

Plan to attend the Reception in the Upstairs Gallery

• See the Online Gallery : 2015 AoF online Gallery
• Sunday March 8, 2015, 2 – 4 PM
• PSC Medals and Cash Awards handed out at 3:00 PM
• Refreshments will be served

Gallery hours: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 1 PM to 5 PM

Please join for a solo exhibition of works by one our members in our downstairs gallery.

Free and open to the public.

New works by Lauren Sweeney

March 7-30, 2015

Reception: March 7, 2015 and a Second Reception on Saturday March 21, 2015 2-4 PM at PSC. Open to all.

“Apple Sextet”, watercolor

• April 17 – May 9, 2015
• View the  Online Gallery
• Entry Deadline: Sat.  March 28, 2015 at Midnight
• See Prospectus: 152nd Small Oils Prospectus
• Online Assistance Day: Sat. March 28, 2015 from 1-5 PM at PSC
• Jury Notification: March 31, 2015
• Eligibility:
  This is an open, juried competition for paintings under 20×20 inches, where the principal medium is oil paint, acrylic, casein, tempera or other mediums used to represent oil painting.
• Delivery of Accepted Works: Friday and Sat. April 10,11, 2015, 1:00 – 5:00 at PSC or ship to PSC with return postage.
• Reception: Sunday April 19, 2015, 2 – 4 PM at PSC

• Jurors:
  • Dale O. Roberts has worked primarily in the encaustic medium for over 30 years with a significant portion of work carried out in gouache, graphite and a variety of other techniques.  He has paintings in many public and private collections including Rutgers University Museum.
    
  • Rita Siemienski Smith is an imaginative artist who uses color and line to produce surface patterns and textures that convey nature, abstracted or suggested, in her paintings. Rita received her BFA from Moore College of Art and Design and also studied at the Philadelphia College of Art.
    
  • Elizabeth Wilson graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and attended the Corcoran School of Art and the University of Pennsylvania. In 2009 Rosemont College held a retrospective of her work.

• Co-Chair: Bill Patterson ( 267-664-2434)
• Co-Chair: Joe Winter

Maria Kurtzman, ‘Canatlope’, 2014 SOS Best in Show, Oil

Please join for an open reception of works by one our members.

Free and open to the public.

New works by Steve Iwanczuk 

Feb 1-28, 2015

Opening Reception: Sunday Feb. 22, 2015 2-4 PM

This is a juried exhibition open to Philadelphia High School Students.

• Feb. 2- 22, 2015  

Please join us at a reception at the PSC.

• Sunday February 22, 2015
• 2:00 to 4:00 PM
• Refreshments will be served

This is the 4th year the PSC has presented this juried exhibition open to Philadelphia High School Students.

See the work in this exhibition HERE

Our Next Members’ Dinner Meeting is Scheduled for Friday, February 13th, 2015. The Schedule for the evening will be:

5:30-Social Period Begins
6:15- Speaker
7:15- Dinner

On the Menu:

• Beef Tips Burgundy
• Pasta Primavera Vegetarian Dish
• Buttered String Beans
• Tossed Salad
• Rolls & Butter
• Assorted Cheese Cakes

Please RSVP by Wednesday, February 11 to executivedirector@sketchclub.org or by calling 215-545-9298. We hope to see you there!

Art of the Flower – March 6-28, 2015

• This exhibition is presented In Memory of Donald C. Meyer
• See List ACCEPTED Works :  AoF_accepted
• Entry Deadline: Sunday Feb 15, 2015 at Midnight
• Online Assistance Day: Sunday Feb 15, 2015 from 1-5 PM at PSC
• Jury Notification: Feb 18, 2015
• Eligibility: See prospectus for details
• Prospectus: AOF Prospectus 2015_4
• Jurors:–
  • Al Gury is the Chair of the Painting Department of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
  • Lauren Sweeney has had a dual career as a scientific illustrator and biologist; in time this evolved into a full-time focus on painting. She holds a Ph.D in biology and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
  • Marylyn Waltzer holds membership in the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, the American Society of Botanical Artists and the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators, where she is a member of the Board of Directors.
• Delivery of Accepted Works: Friday Feb. 27 and 28, 2015, 1:00 – 5:00 at PSC or ship to PSC with return postage.
• Reception: Sunday March 8, 2015, 2 – 4 PM at PSC
• Prizes: Jurors will select works for exhibition and awards. Cash awards and PSC and Donald C. Meyer medals will be awarded at the reception at 3 PM.
• Exhibition Chair: Richard Harrington rharrington@moore.edu
• Co-Chair: Marilyn Foehrenbach

2015 AoF First Place Winner – Carolyn Goodman, “Wishing for a Garden”, Oil

Despite a bitter cold January evening, more then 35 PSC members and friends attended the 1st dinner meeting of the year.

The evening started with beverages and munchies accompanied by good conversation and company

Refreshments, meet and greet.

Refreshments, meet and greet.

Then everyone moved to the Upstairs Gallery for an hour-long interactive discussion on the use of the PSC website, Twitter and Facebook by artists to reach a wider audience.

Discussing social media.

After the discussion, an enjoyable dinner was served in the ratskeller.

PSC President Rich Harrington talks about upcoming events.

Dinner is Served