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Jacob Kainen: Works on Paper from the Collection of William Strydesky and Sharon Willick
Sally Bowen Prange: Exploring the Vessel
JoAnne Anderson: Letting the Painting Lead

March 2 - April 23, 2006

Opening reception: Thursday, March 2, 2006 from 5:30-7:30pm

Gallery Talk at 6:30pm

The works of three noteworthy artists, Jacob Kainen, Sally Bowen Prange and JoAnne Anderson, merge in this engaging exhibit to form a collage of color, form and texture.

Jacob Kainen (1909-2001) began his career as a printmaker, working in a Depression-era graphic arts program of the New York City Works Progress Administration (WPA). He later became known as one of the first abstract artists working in Washington, D.C., where he later assumed the post of curator of the Division of Graphic Arts at the Smithsonian's US National Museum.

Kainen is credited for his vision in building the Smithsonian’s collection of modern artists, including Daumier, Bonnard, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, The German Expressionists and Jasper Johns. Following his tenure at the National Museum, Kainen was hired as curator of the department of Prints and Drawings at the Smithsonian's National Collection of Fine Arts from 1966 to 1969.

Jacob Kainen created primarily abstract mixed-media work, and this exhibit, on loan from local residents William and Sharon Strydesky, will consist primarily of woodcuts and prints.

JACOB KAINEN Coeur de Vey I

Sally Bowen Prange, a ceramist, works with porcelain to create a kind of “manmade nature.” Using porcelain because it allows for truer colors and elaborate textures, Prange creates by whim and theme using nature as an inspiration. 

Prange has been called one of the foremost practitioners of her craft in the southeastern U.S., known for her innovative surfaces and re-edged sculptural forms. Largely self-taught in ceramics, the Illinois native’s works have been exhibited extensively throughout the US, Europe and Japan. She is also a recognized teacher and lecturer in the art form with academic affiliations at numerous prestigious institutions.

SALLY BOWEN PRANGE Spring Glory

South Carolina native JoAnne Anderson is an award-winning painter whose extensive training ranges from the University of South Carolina to the prestigious Parsons School of Art and Design in Manhattan, NY. Her works are displayed in corporate and private collections from Australia and Japan to the US Congress.

JoAnne Anderson's main body of work focuses on interpretive figure work executed in watercolor, graphite and charcoal. Anderson works to capture a sense of mystery using muted colors and having a variety of lost and found edges.  In addition to a prolific body of work, Anderson has contributed to the advancement of the art of painting through teaching, jurying and presenting art programs at national and regional levels for over 30 years. In her home state, Anderson has served on numerous art boards and commissions, including the Arts Advocacy Committee of the SC Arts Commission.

JOANNE ANDERSON  Zenobia