Main Gallery: 2020 Twin Rivers Artists Association & Craven Community College Annual Judged Exhibition
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Craven Arts Council & Gallery is proud to present the Twin Rivers Artists Association and Craven Community College Judged Exhibition in the Main Gallery at Bank of the Arts for the month of February. This exhibition highlights the talents of local artists in our community and helps to encourage networking and artist participation in the Twin Rivers Artists Association. Craven Arts Council & Gallery will host an opening reception for the exhibition during the downtown New Bern ArtWalk, March 13th, from 5pm-8pm.
The Twin Rivers Artists Association (TRAA) exists to promote and encourage the creation, education, and appreciation of fine art in the region. The over one hundred strong membership meets monthly to learn and discuss techniques, provide feedback, make social connections, and distribute news on the arts in the area. Skill levels range from beginners to professional artists, in an environment that encourages cooperation and mentorship. Once a year the Craven Arts Council hosts an exhibition of the group’s membership, combined with students from the local Craven Community College, in order to encourage the creation and exhibition of local art. Works on display will include painting, photography, sculpture, pottery, and mixed media. This year’s juror for the exhibition will be Gosia Tojza, a Cary based award winning artist. Working with a loose palette knife technique, Tojza’s oils have an impressionist styling of daily life scenes. Her work has been exhibited at the ENO Gallery, the McBride Gallery, and Bank of the Arts. Admission to all galleries at Bank of the Arts is free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm. |
Joyce Alexander
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Director's Gallery: Edna Stewart
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Craven Arts Council & gallery is proud to present the work of Edna Stewart in the Director’s Gallery for the month of March 2020. Edna’s work ranges a gamut of techniques and reflects a narrative approach to art. Craven Arts Council will host an opening reception for the exhibition during the downtown New Bern ArtWalk, March 13th, from 5pm to 8pm.
Edna Stewart’s journey of art begin with inspiration from art teachers and professors in secondary and higher education, culminating in her art degree. She refers to her style as “2½D sketches, with scene texture knowledge, highlights, or shaded areas to provide depth and perception based on 3D/” These pieces are executed through a combination of mediums, including pen & ink, pastel crayon, computer images, and decoupage. Speaking on her work, Stewart say “the art is not mainstream abstract, but episodic and sematic memory takes the person to place time, sense of time of an event intertwined in culture, the event recorded in memory. It helps the person to go back to the place and time to change the response or behavior to internalization with the deepest influence on the viewer, and it will affect them for a long time.” Previous exhibitions include the SCHWA National Juried Exhibition in Greenville, the African American Heritage Show in Jacksonville, and Safe from the Storm: Memories of Florence in New Bern. Admission to all galleries at Bank of the Arts is free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, from 10am to 5pm. |
