Paper '08 -- Exhibitions at The Philadelphia Sketch Club

Patrick Monaghan, The Yellow Vase, oil on paper.

THE PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUB

PRESS RELEASE

PAPER ’08 at the Philadelphia Sketch Club

The Philadelphia Sketch Club presents Paper ’08, a juried works on paper exhibition, at its historic center city location from January 11 through January 26, 2008. An Artists’ Reception will be held on Sunday, January 13, from 2 to 5 PM. The exhibition will feature works on paper by many of the prominent artists of the region in a variety of mediums to include transparent watercolor, gouache, acrylics, prints and collage. The Juror for this exhibition is R. B. Strauss, art critic and columnist for several local publications.

Complementing and in conjunction with this exhibition, Paintings by Joanne Barraclough Kunz, will be exhibited in the Sketch Club’s first floor gallery.

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. Works on paper have always been of keen interest to Sketch Club members. Members who have presented works on paper there have included Thomas Eakins, Daniel Garber, Earl Horter, John Geiszel, Ranulph Bye and Sam Maitin.

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

Attached are the following images by artists who will participate in the juried competition:

Patrick Monaghan, The Yellow Vase, oil on paper.

Joyce McAfee, Shadows Grow Long, watercolor.

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.