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October 11, 2024 through January 5, 2025 Arts Barn and Kentlands Mansion Galleries Reception and Awards Presentation: |
The exhibition opens Friday, October 11, 2024
The exhibition is in two gallery buildings, the Kentlands Mansion (south) and the Arts Barn (north) separated by the quiet Kent Square Road. The gallery location does not lend itself to a simple set of driving directions, so it is recommended that you let your GPS do the work, using the following address:
320 Kent Square Road
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
In general, Interstate-270 gets you to the Gaithersburg region from Washington, DC or Frederick, Maryland. Maryland 200 (toll) which continues to I-370 may be used from Columbia, Maryland. For some visiting from Virginia, the US-15 crossing into Maryland may be a better option than the I-495 crossing on the Capital Beltway.
There is plenty of on-street parking on the quiet streets around the gallery. Both gallery buildings as well as the path between the buildings are fully handicapped accessible.
The two facilities have different hours:
So the overlap hours of Tues-Fri, 1-4pm are the simplest times to visit to see the entire exhibition. If a visitor would like to come at a time both buildings are not officially open, they may email artgalleries@gaithersburgmd.gov for an appointment and one of the gallery managers will be happy to meet them.
Both facilities will be open for the November 10 reception. The awards ceremony will be held in the auditorium on the second floor of the Arts Barn.
The gallery is a few blocks away from the Kentlands shopping area (along Kentlands Blvd off the Great Seneca Highway) with many good restaurant options, for those wishing to make a day of it.
The exhibition will remain open through Sunday, January 5, 2025.
Award | Artist | Painting |
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BWS Gold Medal in Memory of David Churchill, Donated by Susan Churchill and Michael Eddy | Kathy Daywalt | Daddy's Naptime |
BWS Silver Medal in Memory of Frederic Schuler Briggs | Susan Stuller | Whiskey Reflections |
BWS Bronze Medal in Memory of Alice Webb, Donated by Glen Webb | Stacy Lund Levy | Dream In Green |
Special Award for Creativity in Watercolor, in Memory of Skip Lawrence | Joanna Barnum | The Poet is a Funnel (Portrait of Grace Cavalieri) |
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award for Swann Harvey Beacham | Stephen Hanks | The Admiral's Favorite Medal |
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award for Christiana Bond | Theresa Kubert | Fire and Ice |
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award for Gabrielle de Veaux Clements | Anne Cordes | Twilight Dreaming |
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award for Lulu Neilson Ford | Frank Spino | Crystal & Grapes |
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award for Dora Louise Murdoch | Rachel Collins | Rose Backlit VI |
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award for Louisa Steuart | J. M. Littleton | See Me In the Light Of The Sun |
Merit Award | Christine Heyse | A Little Light Reading |
Merit Award | Angela Lacy | Bike Chaos |
Merit Award | Jeannine Swartz | Who's Watching |
Merit Award | Pam Wenger | Concerto in Piazza |
Merit Award | Sandy Yagel | Spent |
Frank Perdue Memorial Award | Jean K. Gill | Shadoconuts |
Ginny (Virginia) Baier Memorial Award, Donated by Rebecca Rothey | Nancy Stark | Step Right Up |
Don Hilderbrandt Memorial Award | Theresa Kurtz | Finger Lakes’ Farmland |
Bill Kreitlow Memorial Award | Noreen Brunini | Twilight Magic |
Edward Longley Memorial Award, Donated by Sharon Longley | Kristin Herzog | Jazz I |
Denny Bond Memorial Award | Jane McElvany-Coonce | Resting Among Kindred Spirits |
Honorable Mention Award | Robert Coe | View From the Orchard |
Honorable Mention Award | Michael Kotarba | Noontime Stroll |
Honorable Mention Award | Anni Matsick | Dreamscape with Rabbit |
Honorable Mention Award | Laura Pooler | Luminescence |
Honorable Mention Award | Vicky Zhou | Bath in Sunlight |
We are excited to announce Russell Jewell (AWS, NWS, TWSA, ED.D) as the juror and workshop instructor for the BWS 2024 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition.
Russell is an internationally recognized plein air painter with signature memberships in the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society and The Transparent Watercolor Society of America. His work has traveled with the American Watercolor Society exhibition. Russell’s accomplishments include a doctorate in Art Education from the University of Georgia and a Fulbright Memorial fund scholarship to Japan. His most recent awards include: 2023 Best of Show at Edisto Island Plein Air, 2023 First Place at Quick Draw Mountain Maryland Plein Air, and 2023 Best Boat Painting at Gloucester Arts Festival. In October 2023 Jewell judged the Georgia Color Plein Air Competition sponsored by Olmsted Plein Air. Russell is represented by Wells Gallery at the Sanctuary on Kiawah Island, SC. His art and writing were published in a feature article, “Under the Sicilian Sun” in Plein Air Magazine, October/November 2023.
Additional information can be seen at: www.russelljewell.com.
Selection of the entries for the 2024 exhibition is now complete.
"I would like to thank the Baltimore Watercolor Society for the opportunity to judge its 2024 Regional Exhibition. There were nearly 400 entries from which to choose and the task was to discern a top 100 show. Judging such an elite show is very daunting. When taking on such a monumental task one has to ask oneself, “Why do artists do it?” Why do we feel it necessary to bare our souls to the viewing public and take a chance on one person’s opinion? I think the key word is “validation.” Art is communication, art is made to be seen and when art is seen it is seen in the context of every other work of art ever created.
"When I teach workshops, I often begin with an illustration of people floating on inner-tubes down a lazy river. This image, for me, represents a 'River of Art.' Some people are floating ahead of others and some are just getting their feet wet for the first time, but simply by the sole act of creating we are choosing to place ourselves in the river of art. Baltimore Watercolor Society entrusted me to uphold a methodic form of validation, one that navigates today’s artistic currents through experience and education. I commend each artist for your willingness to communicate your voice to the viewing public. I congratulate those who find yourselves in the top 100. At the same time, I want to embolden the artists that were not chosen to continue to visually speak your truth. Showing your work is a safe process. Stay in the river and keep your brushes wet. I look forward to the next phase of judging and visually coming in contact with the cream of the crop. The 2024 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition will certainly prove to be a feast for the soul."
Russell Jewell (AWS, NWS, TWSA, ED.D)
The following 100 paintings and artists have been selected for the 2024 exhibition.
Painting Title | Artist | Artist Location |
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New Glasses | Candy Aaron | Westminster, MD |
The Breadmaker | MaryLou Andrews | Virginia Beach, VA |
Connected Roots | Sara Azzam | Alexandria, VA |
The Cat Whisperer | Leslie Baldwin | McKees Rocks, PA |
The Poet is a Funnel (Portrait of Grace Cavalieri) | Joanna Barnum | Abingdon, MD |
Folds Flying | Janet Belich | Germantown, MD |
Hot Dog! | Donna Berk Barlup | Mechanicsburg, PA |
Stained | John Bierley | Pennsdale, PA |
Chesapeake Pride | Matthew Bird | Sykesville, MD |
Bagged Peppers | Diana Bozza | Falls Church, VA |
Twilight Magic | Noreen Brunini | Centreville, VA |
Song of the Lark | Cecilia Capestany | Alexandria, VA |
Winter's Glory | Marshall Carolus | Alexandria, VA |
Captured Fantasy | Lizabeth Castellano-King | Stafford, VA |
Hello Ryanne | Nanette Catigbe | Herndon, VA |
View From the Orchard | Robert Coe | Falston, MD |
Meiko, Meiko | Deborah Cohan | N. Potomac, MD |
Rose Backlit VI | Rachel Collins | Alexandria, VA |
Nothing Up My Sleeves! | Deborah Conn | Falls Church, VA |
Twilight Dreaming | Anne Cordes | Ashburn, VA |
Reclaiming The Forest | Stephen Crooks | Halethorpe, MD |
Fall Sunburst | Nancy Jean Davis | Laurel, MD |
Daddy's Naptime | Kathy Daywalt | Glen Burnie, MD |
Lemon LIft | Jane deGruchy | Mohnton, PA |
At Ease | Theresa Denney | Woodbine, MD |
Fabrications: Crab | Kathleen Dodson | Alexandria , VA |
Twilight in the Garden of the Innocents | Chris Duke | Winchester, VA |
Howard Street Bridge | Matthew Fenton | Columbia, MD |
Root to Blossom | Gloria Tseng Fischer | Takoma Park, MD |
Les Libellules - Dragonflies | Constance Fisher | Berryville, VA |
I'm Two Tired Deere | Charlie Frances | Virginia Beach, VA |
Hat-notize | Cheryl Frisby | Greenwood, DE |
Grand Canyon Lookout Studio | Sharon Fuller | Columbia, MD |
Welcome Home | Kathleen Ryan Gardiner | Arnold, MD |
Shadoconuts | Jean K. Gill | Oak Hill, VA |
Resting | Stephanie Gustavson | Darnestown, MD |
Berry Blues | Debra Halprin | Rockville, MD |
Seagull Dance | Margitta Hanff | Alexandria, VA |
The Admiral's Favorite Medal | Stephen Hanks | Silver Spring, MD |
It Must Be Spring | Nancy Hannans | Columbia, MD |
Summer Leftovers | Janice Hendra | Severna Park, MD |
Jazz I | Kristin Herzog | Estero, FL |
A Little Light Reading | Christine Heyse | Silver Spring, MD |
Up Is Down and Down Is Up | Catherine Hillis | Locust Grove, VA |
Conversing | Nancy Kautz | Harpers Ferry , WV |
Utres | Lela King | Mechanicsburg, PA |
Noontime Stroll | Michael Kotarba | Baltimore, MD |
Majesty | Jennifer Koury | East Aurora, NY |
Fire and Ice | Theresa Kubert | Burbank, CA |
Bercode | Jim Kuhlman | Fallston, MD |
Finger Lakes’ Farmland | Theresa Kurtz | Beallsville, MD |
Bike Chaos | Angela Lacy | Rockville , MD |
Look Up | Ruth Lampi | Chevy Chase, MD |
Table Or Booth | Ruth Lefko | Christiansburg, VA |
Light Through a Veil of Flowers | Laura Lin | Frederick, MD |
See Me In The Light Of The Sun | J. M. Littleton | Towson, MD |
Dream In Green | Stacy Lund Levy | Owings Mills, MD |
Personification of Canada - Statue on Ottawa Parliament Hill | Makarand Magare | Edison, NJ |
Gator and Bird | Kathleen Maling | Havre de Grace, MD |
Morning in Giverny | Carolyn Marshall Wright | McLean, VA |
Dreamscape with Rabbit | Anni Matsick | Boalsburg, PA |
Cascade | Yoshimi Matsukata | Bethesda, MD |
Adirondack Dreams | Mick McAndrews | Downingtown, PA |
Resting Among Kindred Spirits | Jane McElvany-Coonce | Arlington, VA |
Shore View | Deborah McFarlin | Easton, MD |
Trusting Hands | Charlotte Mehosky | North East, MD |
With Love to Adel Rootstein | Jennifer Murtha | Towson, MD |
Deflection | Karen Norman | Silver Spring, MD |
Reflections - Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York | David Outhwaite | Brooklyn, NY |
Friends House | Beth Palser | Oxford, PA |
Contemplation | Ann Pember | Keeseville, NY |
Thanksgiving Market | Luis F. Perez | Baltimore, MD |
“Hula Kahiko”: A Bronze | Deidre Pistochini | Springfield, VA |
John & Nancy | Scott Ponemone | Baltimore, MD |
Luminescence | Laura Pooler | Penn Laird, VA |
Pears | JoAnne Ramsey | Bethesda, MD |
Transition Rush Hour at Grand Central Station | Dorrie Rifkin | Englewood, NJ |
Fish Market Choreography | Ken Ritter | Washington, DC |
Pocketful of Posies | Linda Roberts | Beverly, WV |
Truchas Vista | Rebecca Rothey | Laurel, MD |
The Shape of the Nation | Linda Slattery Sherman | Montgomery Village, MD |
Crystal & Grapes | Frank Spino | Havre de Grace, MD |
Step Right Up | Nancy Stark | Roanoke, VA |
Settling In | Jim Starr | Stewartstown, PA |
River Arts Pastels | Al Steinbach | New Market, MD |
Pat Sea | E. Jane Stoddard | East Amherst, NY |
Lady Palm in France | Kathy Strouss | Annapolis, MD |
Whiskey Reflections | Susan Stuller | Midlothian, VA |
Radishes All | Katherine Sullivan | Arlington, VA |
In Tune | Kathleen Sullivan | Alexandria, VA |
Who's Watching | Jeannine Swartz | Mechanicsburg, PA |
It's Raining - Time For My Yellow Mug | Joan Tarbell-Plato | Woodstock, MD |
Street in Chinatown | Paul Tooley | Braddock Heights, MD |
Upward Bound | Jeffrey Turner | Columbia, MD |
Frozen Flowers Melt - Rivers Run | Annette Uroskie | Annapolis, MD |
Concerto in Piazza | Pam Wenger | Dillsburg, PA |
Honey Do List | Lois Wolford | Towson, MD |
Spent | Sandy Yagel | Olney, MD |
Mid-Day in Manhattan | Harold Zabady | Camp Hill, PA |
Bath in Sunlight | Vicky Zhou | Oakton, VA |