WILLIAMSBURG — The Junior Girl’s Membership of Williamsburg (JWCW) will maintain its 58th annual Artwork on the Sq. on Sunday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to five p.m. in downtown Williamsburg.
Artwork on the Sq. will function over 80 artists and a wide range of native distributors providing works starting from pottery and work to jewellery and ceramics.
JWCW mentioned it’s thrilled to welcome featured artist Gulay Berryman who created an authentic oil portray for Artwork on the Sq. that might be raffled off on the occasion. Attendees can buy raffle tickets on the JWCW tent for the chance to win, and it’ll additionally promote commemorative poster prints of the unique portray at its tent.
Proceeds from artist sales space charges, in addition to raffle ticket and poster gross sales, are donated to visible and performing arts organizations all through the better Williamsburg space, together with JWCW’s Richard DePaul Memorial Scholarship for Visible and Performing Arts.
“This 12 months’s Artwork on the Sq. is particular as we introduce featured artist, Gulay Berryman, whereas additionally remembering our previous artist by means of the Richard DePaul Memorial Scholarship,” mentioned Ali Blankinship, president of JWCW. “DePaul was our featured artist for greater than 20 years. Due to him and his spouse Janet, we’ve been in a position to award greater than $3,000 in scholarships yearly to native highschool seniors persevering with their schooling on the faculty stage within the arts in pursuit of an arts-related profession. Berryman, a household buddy of DePaul, is honored to be carrying on his legacy.”
Gulay Berryman acquired her artwork coaching on the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Versailles in France, the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, and the Ecole du Louvre, Paris. She has exhibited her work in lots of international locations internationally, been commissioned to color portraits by a Royal Household, received the American Embassy Paris Artwork Present twice, been invited to the distinguished biennial in Florence, Italy, and been accepted into a number of artwork associations. She owned and operated the Williamsburg Artwork Gallery from 2015-18.
Nora Bartlett of Partitions Alive might be providing particular framing pricing for posters, and a portion of body gross sales might be donated to JWCW from clients who go to the shop and point out the membership.
Artwork on the Sq. is free and open to the general public. For extra details about the present and 2023 Artwork on the Sq. artists, go to the JWCW web site.
