Finalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery,March 23, 2013 - February 23, 2014

I am so happy to announce that my painting, "Legacy: Portrait of Val" is a finalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and will be included in the OBPC exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington D.C. The show runs a full 11 months, March 23, 2013 - February 23, 2014. Please come and enjoy this magnificent museum and, to judge from the 2006 and 2009 interations of this competition, it will be very audience-friendly and full of amazingly competent and sympathetic work.

The museum's permanent collection is full of wonderful art about notable personages throughout the history of our country. I am honored to have my work hang in the National Portrait Gallery among all the wonderful and historical images that I love and learn from.

An 80-page publication illustrating each of the 48 finalists’ works will be available in the museum store Saturday, March 23. It includes an essay by Mary Sheriff, the W.R. Kenan, Jr. distinguished Professor of Art History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 

Tour the exhibition, listen to interviews, get inside information, and vote for your favorite portrait for the People's Choice Award with the OBPC mobile app! Available for iOS and Android. Download the app at npg.si.edu/app.

Read about the rules, the process, and the jury for this year's competition.

Here is the press release for the exhibit, including a list of all the finalists.

Portrait Painting in Orvieto, Italy, 2012

I will be teaching a course in portrait painting in the beautiful city of Orvieto, Italy, October 29 through November 24. The course is part of an art-intensive semester abroad through Gordon College. I'll post some pictures on Facebook. Please feel free to friend me at Catherine Prescott.

CIVA SEEN Journal "Face to Face": An Exploration of the Portrait

 

This spring Crystal Downing, Distinguished Professor in English and Film Studies at Messiah College, wrote a very nice article about me and my work which was published in CIVA Seen, XII:1 2012 "Face to Face" issue, P. 2. The article is called "Catherine Prescott: Behind the Face".

In the same issue I reviewed Robert A. Sobieszek's terrific book, Ghost in the Shell: Photography and the Human Soul, 1850-2000, about a very influential exhibit of the same name at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, published by the museum and MIT press, 1999. I highly recommend it for anyone working in art about human expression, psychology, narrative, emotional content, and yes, just plain humanness. 

If you would like to get a copy of the Journal, it is free for CIVA members and available for purchase here

Hersh Fine Art Interior, Exterior: Paintings by Catherine Prescott

I am pleased to announce that I will have a one-person exhibit at Hersh Fine Art in Glen Cove, Long Island from June 8 to July 29, 2012.  

The opening reception will be Friday, June 15, 6-8 PM.
Hersh Fine Art will now represent my work as well.

View the ad for my show (Please note: the date of the artist's reception has been changed to Friday June 15) in the June issue of American Art Collector, available at Barnes and Noble and other book stores.   In that same issue there will be a short editorial with more images of my work.

Workshop at LIAFA

I will be teaching a three-day portrait-painting workshop at LIAFA, (Long Island Academy of Fine Art) June 22-24.  You can look up the details at www.liafa.com or contact flora@liafa.com  LIAFA shares a space with Hersh Fine Art in Glen Cove, NY, so the workshop will include discussions in the gallery.

Workshops at Mechanicsburg Art Center

Mechanicsburg Art Center School and Galleries

I will be teaching three all-day portrait-painting workshops:

July 21, 9 Am - 3:30 PM

July 28, 9 AM - 3:30 PM

August 11, 9 AM - 3:30 PM

These workshops will have similar goals but expand on the three I taught last winter.  We will work with models, but the second pose will be two days long.  Check with the art center, information below, for what size canvases to bring. 

Please email me with questions, cprescot@prescottpaintings.com, or art.center@verizon.netfor a brochure including the class schedule, a materials list, and prices. You can also call the director of the art center at 717-697-2072.

Acceptance into Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2012

My painting The History of Gold   has been accepted in the Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2012 exhibit held at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. You are invited to the gala opening reception which will be held on Saturday June 16 and the show will the featured event at the State Museum duringHarrisburg's Annual Gallery Walk on September 9th.  The exhibit closes September 9.