Flower Power opens on May 2nd to help celebrate Wildflower Days in Johnson City!
Come out and see the latest exhibition of 53 images by 43 photographic and digital artists from Texas, the USA, England, Hungary, Canada and Australia. This exhibit will open on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 with a public and artists reception from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. Come out and see these beautiful floral images and support the talented photographers! You'll also get a chance to see all images entered in the juried show as they cycle through on the ArtPOD, an flatscreen HDTV in the gallery.
The artists who's work will be featured during this exhibition include:
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Lynn Baldwin - Houston, TX
M. Bishop Bastien - Roseville, CA
Phil Bebbington - Bath, England
Jennifer Bong - Minneapolis, MN
Carl Bromberg - Cedar Rapids, IA
Chris Child - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Gerald Currier - San Francisco, CA
Adrian Davis - Fort Collins, CO
Tom Delaney - Austin, TX
Cynthia Densmore - Wimberley, TX
John Diephouse - Lansing, MI
Lucy Durfee - Austin, TX
Noel Elliot - Culburra Beach, Australia
Rose Epps - Austin, TX
Isabel Gomes - Sherman Oaks, CA
Jane Guerin - Austin, TX
Richard Hamilton - Fort Collins, CO
Deborah Harrison - Kerrville, TX
LaJuan Hollis - Bullard, TX
Wilson Hurst - Warrensburg, MO
Gábor Illés - Debrecen, Hungary
Hugh Jones - Arlington, VA
Sherry Justus - Johnson City, TX
Elizabeth Lautner - New Braunfels, TX
Mary A. Lee - Wimberley, TX
Susan Lukas - Cudahy, WI
Larry Mart - Georgetown, TX
Kathy McCall - Spicewood, TX
Linda Merkel - Whitefish Bay, WI
Cora Miller - Keller, TX
Judith Nicholls - Wimberley, TX
Greta Olivas - Austin, TX
Alexandria Penshorn - Blanco, TX
Peter Pusztai - Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada
Becky Ramotowski - Tijeras, NM
Kay Reinke - New Braunfels, TX
Lois Schubert - Austin, TX
Winifred Simon - Wimberley, TX
Robert Slachta - Dunmore, PA
Kathy Van Torne - Austin, TX
William Waldron - Canyon Lake, TX
Joseph Walsh - Blanco, TX
Carolyn Whiteside - San Marcos, TX |
The reception will be held on Saturday, May 2nd (from 4pm to 8pm). Other activities in Johnson City on that Saturday include an opening at Kirchman Gallery and othe Wildflower Days events.
About the Jurors:
 Laura Pickett Calfee liked to take pictures as a child but gradually began a serious pursuit of photography in the late 1980s. Since then her work has been included in a number of prestigious collections, such as the Museum of Fine Art Houston, The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas, the Paul Simon and Edie Brickell Collection, the White House and the Wittliff Collection of Southwestern & Mexican Photographers. Her first solo exhibitions were in 1995 and most recently at the Kohler Arts Center in Kohler, Wisconsin. Her ongoing (and long-going) project documenting the homes held by the same families for fifty years or more, Of A Place, has been exhibited in museums throughout Texas and galleries throughout the US and Europe.
She is the recipient of numerous awards including four awards from the International Photography Awards (the Lucies, 2006), Best of Show in the Governor’s Exhibition (1996) and was the recipient of an artist residency at Yaddo in 2008. In addition to photography, she is the co-author of Chick Tawk, a dance/theater piece performed at Dia Center for the Arts in New York.
Although principally self taught, she has studied with John Szarkowski, Larry Fink, Sam Abell and Duane Michals. She holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas and has served on the boards of the Texas Photographic Society and the Center for Women and Their Works in Austin, Texas.
More about Ms. Calfee can be found at her website http://lauracalfee.com
Carol Watson is the Director of Watson Studio Gallery and an award-winning photographer in her own right. Carol’s work has been displayed throughout the US and the world. Her work has appeared in various books and magazines including World’s Greatest Black and White Photography and National Geographic Traveler. Carol was awarded the Lucie Award for New Discovery of the Year in 2005 by the International Photography Awards and has been selected to appear in two IPA Best of Show traveling exhibitions.
The exhibition will run until May 23, 2009. All images in the exhibition are available to purchase.
Young Guns exhibition closes with a Silent Auction to benefit the Blanco County Cat Coalition
Several young photographers participating in the Young Guns exhbition kindly donated their prints to be auctioned off during our Silent Print Auction. You can view the auction images hanging in the gallery from 4:00pm to 7:00pm on Saturday, April 25th at the gallery located at 105 N. Nugent Ave. in Johnson City, TX.
You can also view the auction images and BID ON-LINE! Simply visit the Auction Gallery to view all participating images and minimum bids. Click on the image to enter your bid, your contact information and submit your bid. We'll contact you if you're the successful bidder to arrange for payment and pick-up or shipping. The auction is currently open for early-bird bidding on-line by going to the link below.
All of the gallery's proceeds from the auction will benefit a new local charity, Blanco County Cat Coalition. You can find out more about this organization by visiting their website.
The artists have set the minimum bids as low as 40% of the retail price so you'll have a chance to own a work of art and support these young photographers! Plus, you'll help out this great organization that also needs your support! Come out (or bid on-line) and catch the final day of the Young Guns exhibition!
Bid on an Auction Image
Watson Studio Gallery is on Facebook -- Become a Fan!
Watson Studio Gallery has entered into the wild world of social networking by creating a Facebook page for the gallery. If you're a Facebook user, you can become a fan of the gallery by browsing to our page here. You can also browse through the gallery's photos and videos, add comments or reviews and sign up for our events. If you're not a Facebook user, sign up and get in on all the social networking action!
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