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2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: 2009-08-27
Contact: Kim Wall
Public Relations Program Coordinator
Marketing and Community Relations Office
University of New Hampshire, Manchester
(603) 641-4306
kim.wall@unh.edu
Art in the Mill: Watercolor Delight
Paintings by four local watercolorists
Manchester, NH – UNH Manchester will feature the work of four New Hampshire artists in an exhibit that will run from August 31 through December 10, 2009. The artists include Bill Childs of Exeter; Becky Darling of Warner; Ethel Hills of Hampton; and Fran Mallon of Rye. The exhibit is offered in collaboration with the NH Art Association (NHAA) located in Portsmouth, NH. The NHAA, founded in 1940, is a non-profit, educational, and professional association which promotes the arts and the work of local artists. The NHAA is one of the oldest statewide art associations in the country and has members in Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts as well as New Hampshire.
Stop by for light refreshments and a conversation with the artists on Thursday, September 17 from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. The artist reception will be held on the second floor of UNH Manchester at 400 Commercial Street. If you are interested in learning more about the artists’ work, contact the NHAA in Portsmouth, NH at (603) 431-4230.
About the Artists:
Becky Darling is an artist/educator who lives in Warner, NH. She holds a degree in art education from Salem College, N.C. and has taught art to all ages from preschool to adult. She teaches adult watercolor painting classes and has taught numerous watercolor workshops through New England. She is an exhibiting member of the NHAA and is represented by McGowan Fine Arts in Concord, NH.
Ethel Hills fell in love with the marshes and beaches of the seacoast region while completing her B.A. at the University of New Hampshire and eventually settled in Hampton, NH. Hills has been painting for more than nine years and is an active member of many local arts organizations and has exhibited in numerous juried shows in the New England area. She specializes in colorful abstract landscapes in both watercolor and collage.
Artist Fran Mallon works in watercolor and oil, is widely known for her vibrant and attentive renderings of New Hampshire's colonial buildings, as well as the northern New England seacoast. She paints and does most of her own framing in a cottage studio in Portsmouth, NH where she also maintains her own gallery, the Fran Mallon Art Gallery.
With his home in Exeter, NH artist Bill Childs explores the landscape of the seacoast, its fields, marshes and towns in all four seasons. Primarily a watercolorist, he has also worked with the monotype process and pen and ink. Childs is a working member of the NHAA, the Exeter Arts Committee, the members gallery of the Sharon Arts Center in Peterborough, NH and displays his work regularly at, A Pictures Worth in Exeter, NH.
UNH Manchester, UNH's urban campus, offers liberal arts and applied majors in business, science, and technology, all with an urban focus. UNH Manchester is UNH. Learn more at www.unhm.unh.edu.
