WRHS Art Night Lock-In Fundraiser for the Blue Print Student Show

One Night Only!
During the March First Friday Art Walk
WRHS Art Night Lock-In Silent Auction Fundraiser for the Blue Print Student Show

This is the third consecutive year that SouthWind Gallery has hosted a Washburn Rural student exhibit. Proceeds from this year's silent auction will benefit the WRHS "Blue Print" project, an art exhibition showcasing student work that was created throughout the school year. The 2009-2010 Blue Print show is a juried show that helps with cash awards for college bound students.

Prior to the show and auction at SouthWind Gallery.

In preparation for the Lock-In, a local artist is invited by the WRHS art department to spend some time painting alongside the students at the Lock-In. This year's artist was one of SouthWind Gallery's master artists Barbara Waterman Peters.  In addition, she also be conducted a two and half hour workshop on Friday, February 19th where she will demonstrated painting techniques and helped students generate ideas for the paintings they created on the night of the Lock-In.

About Barbara Waterman-Peters

Barbara Waterman-Peters received her BFA from Washburn University, her MFA from Kansas State University, taught drawing and painting at both institutions, and has been active in many arts organizations.  Her award-winning work has been shown nationally, internationally, and is in museum, corporate, and private collections, including the Beach Museum of Art, the Spencer Museum of Art, the Mulvane Art Museum and the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery at Topeka & Shawnee County Library.  

She was invited to show in both the Kansas Inaugural and the Kansas Masters Exhibitions.  In 2007 her work for the Washburn University Theater was exhibited at the Mulvane Art Museum.  In 2003 she was awarded a Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to the State of Kansas; in 2005 she was asked to design the governor’s Christmas card.  Waterman-Peters has been nominated twice for a Governor’s Arts Award. In 2008 she was invited to design the image for the Sunflower Music Festival.  She received an invitation to participate in the 2009 Florence, Italy, Biennale and will be featured in the next issue of STUDIO VISIT Magazine. She is also a writer, currently for TOPEKA Magazine.  Also in 2009 she received the Lilla Day Monroe Award from Washburn University Alumni Association and won Best of Show in the KU Plein Air Event sponsored jointly by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and South Wind Gallery.

Several of Barbara's works are currently available at SouthWind Gallery. Some come on in and see her work too!

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