Artistic Visions: Women in the Visual Arts
Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, 601 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth
August 20 through October 1, 2016
Women In The Visual Arts (WITVA) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support professional women artists in South Florida. Founded in 1989, WITVA strives to share the Visual Arts with our community and to sponsor student artists with scholarships and awards. This juried exhibition will feature 24 current members and will include oil paintings, photography, mixed media, acrylics, pastel, watercolors and jewelry. A portion of all sales will go to benefit the WITVA college scholarship fund.
Jim Rigg served as juror for this exhibition. Mr. Rigg is a graduate of Wichita State University with a Fine Arts degree in Graphics and currently teaches at the Lighthouse ArtCenter in Tequesta.
The Cultural Council is the official support agency for arts and culture for Palm Beach County serving non-profit organizations, individual artists and arts districts. The Council promotes the county’s cultural experiences through an integrated program of advertising, public relations and marketing activities to both visitors and residents. Each year, the Council administers more than $3.6 million in grants, supports arts and cultural education, provides capacity building training and advocates for funding and arts-friendly policies. Located in the historic Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. building in downtown Lake Worth, the Council mounts a series of group and solo exhibitions featuring Palm Beach County artists and provides other programming.
Connect with the Council: (561) 471-2901 or palmbeachculture.com
Gallery hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.