The art reception for The 2024 North East Watercolor Society Members’ Exhibition  (NEWS) is scheduled for this Saturday, February 3 (snowdate Sunday, February 4) from 1 to 4:15pm. Come enjoy the refreshments and comradery while viewing the 74 works by 45 artist-members.in Orange Hall Gallery. In addition, 37 works by the show’s judge, Hema Gupta, are on display on the gallery Fringe wall.  

Awards will be presented at 1:15pm by Janet Campbell, president of NEWS and Tom Hedderich, exhibit chair. Music will be provided by Geoff Hamburg, pianist.

Promptly, at 2:30pm, award-winning watercolorist and exhibit judge, Hema Gupta, will give an hour-long demonstration, Painting a Street Scene En Plein Air.  As she paints, she will explain her “goal of capturing the mood and essence of a place or person in a manner that evokes an emotional response from the viewer.” Her plein air paintings show a loose, free, very transparent use of the medium.

Please note: the reception and demonstration and exhibits are free and open to the public. Free parking is available in lot #1 which is adjacent to Orange Hall and located at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, (GPS: 24 Grandview Ave.) on the Middletown campus of SUNY Orange. Questions may be addressed to Cultural Affairs at cultural@sunyorange.edu.  

Art credit: House at the Edge of the Woods by K. Hyden, Essex by C. Semolic, Bison by E.J. Trayer