Artist Recognition

Our Artist of the Month for June is Pine Needle Artist Beth Lane Williams.   Beth combined her degrees in Fine Art and Counseling by teaching developmentally disabled adults new ways to express themselves through art.  She has been influenced by the native Indian culture and crafts and by her love of native animals and plants. Beth incorporates old basketry techniques with contemporary ideas for unique interpretations of nature.

Congratulations to Barbara Albin, who received Third Place  for her watercolor collage "'The  Pier," in the Visual Art Center's June, 2025 Reimagine Show. Judge's comment: "This is my favorite true abstract.  What a beautiful balance of shape, color, and value.  I absolutely love the feeling."

Congratulations to Barbara Albin, who received a Merit Award for "Subtropical Terrain," in the Visual Art Center's May, 2025 Walk in Nature Show.

Congratulations to Beth Williams, whose pine needle sculpture, "Yellow Crown Heron," won First Place at the Englewood Art Center's Community Threads: Fiber Art show, March, 2025.

Congratulations to Bev Yankwitt,  who won First Place in the January, 2025 "Black & White" exhibit at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda with her abstract painting, "Where the Light Fades."

Congratulations to Barbara Albin whose abstract painting, "Moving Back," won Second Place in the Visual Arts Center's "Color" show, January, 2025.