"The Dogwood Tree" has received the honor of being juried into the Top100 of the PaintAmerica National Juried Competition.  A showing of this exhibit will be held in Oklahoma City on April 23rd and 24th during Oklahoma City's annual Art Festival.  There will also be a PaintAmerica Art Aution that same weekend.  "The Dogwood Tree" will be shown on the PaintAmerica website for the coming year and will also be included in the 2009 PaintAmerica Top100 full-color viewbook which will be available for purchase.  The Top100 will go on tour for one year nationally.  You may view the paintings of Paint America's Top100 at www.paintamerica.org

Paint the Parks is a much sought after national competition.  Paintings entered must be done from one of the national parks in the United States and must be done in representational style.  To be included in the Top100 is a great honor.  You may visit Paint The Parks website at www.paintamerica.org to visit the Top100 works.  The following is the Exhibition Tour Schedule for the Top100 in the United States: 

October 1 - December 1, 2010 at the Old Courthouse Gallery, St. Louis, MO

April 15 - June 15, 2011 at the Kolb Studio Gallery, Grand Canyon, AZ

November 19, 2011 - February 19, 2012 at the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center, Longmont, CO

The exhibition of "New Orleans:  A Celebration of the Senses" celebrates the five senses New Orleans style:  sight, taste, touch, hear and smell.  The public is invited to attend.

The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club one of the oldest women's art clubs in the country was founded in 1896 in honor of Miss Wolfe, a prominent New York philanthropist and art collector.  She was the only woman among the 106 founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  The club's home is the historic Grace Church on Broadway in New York City.  The club's original function was to provide aid and counsel to women art students who found life in New York a struggle.  In the 1950's the club's focus shifted to serving women artists of professional standing.  Today the board meets monthly at the Grace Church Parish House.  It organizes exhibitions, plans for lectures, and other activities where the membership can meet and share ideas.  Today's members are represented in museums, gallereies, and prestigious art collections all over the world.  Elayne is so pleased to be included in the 114th Open Annual Competition. The Benefit Reception is Oct. 15 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm at the National Arts Club.  A minimum $25 donation benefits the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Travel and Research Fund.

This exhibition of works in a variety of media by women artists from all over the United States was by juried admission and was not limited to members only.  The exhibition is open to the publice from Oct. 5 - 29, 2010.

The public is invited to attend the reception and view the NOAFA Annual Miniature exhibition during regular academy hours.