The 25th Regional Art Exhibit at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly (ACGOW) features works by three HopArts artists – Cathy Mansell, Nina Briggs, and Susan Shaw. This exhibit us on view until May 27th at ACGOW, 7 Canal Street, Westerly, RI www.westerlyarts.org.
Shown below is Tree Reflections, ink and wax, 16”x12” by HopArts artist Cathy Mansell, one of three works by Cathy included in ACGOW’s  juried exhibit.
Nina Briggs received the Alice Clark Hubbard Award for Fine Craft for her piece Rhumba Line. Shown below.
Nina forms each half of the pendant (front and back) individually, then joins them together. The pendant is then glazed and fired to 2200 degrees. Next, Nina lusters the hollow form and fires it once again. The silver applique is sculpted onto the surface of the pendant and fired for a third time, fusing the silver to the porcelain.
Also on exhibit at ACGOW is an oil by Susan Shaw, Estuary Elegance, 17”x17”. Susan’s painting captures the striking stance of the Great White Egret in its environs.
HopArts artist Rae Ferguson will show her work Summer Marsh, pictured below, in the Wild and Still exhibit with two West Coast artists at the Siskiyou Arts Museum in Dunsmuir, California this summer.
Featured in a poster for the federal “Wild and Scenic” designation of Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed (WPWA) is a watercolor painting by HopArts artist Susan Shaw. The Wood-Pawcatuck watershed is an area encompassing a large part of Rhode Island and adjacent Connecticut. Photo below shows Susan Shaw presenting RI representative Jim Langevin with a signed poster at a press conference this past week to announce the formal application, with RI Representatives Jim Langevin, David Cicilline, and Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse in attendance.
