Exhibitions at The Philadelphia Sketch Club

THE PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUB

PRESS RELEASE

THE 23RD ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ART EXHIBITION

The Philadelphia Sketch Club in partnership with the Philadelphia School District presents the 23rd Annual High School Student Art Exhibition at its historic center city location from February 4 through February 18, 2007. A closing Artists' Reception will be held on Sunday, February 18, from 2 to 5 PM. This invitational exhibition will feature works by the best artists in the School District of Philadelphia as selected by the art instructors at the various schools. The exhibition will contain a number of mediums to include oils, watercolors, prints, photographs, collage and sculpture. Prizes will be awarded as selected by a Juror from the Philadelphia Sketch Club.

Gallery hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 PM. Admission is free. The Sketch Club is located at 235 S. Camac St. , between 12th & 13th and Locust and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia , PA. For information call (215) 545-9298 or visit www.sketchclub.org.

Founded in 1860, the Philadelphia Sketch Club is America 's oldest artists club. Supporting young and emerging artists has always been an important part of the Club's mission. The High School Student Art Exhibition at the Philadelphia Sketch Club is in its 23rd year.

Complementing this exhibition, The Twelve Labors of Hercules, woodblock
prints by Idaherma Williams, will be exhibited in the Sketch Club's first
floor gallery. These woodblock prints were first exhibited at the Lennox
Gallery in London in December 2005.

For questions or verification of this press release, please call Barbara
Murray, Executive Director, at (215) 545-7140.

Below is an image of the Best in Show award winner from last year's
competition

Timothy Robinson, Overbrook High School , Portrait
2006 Best in Show Award, mixed media

The Philadelphia Sketch Club, 235 S. Camac St. (between 12th & 13th, Locust & Spruce Sts)
is located in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. 215-545-9298.