Current and Upcoming Exhibitions:
Collectors Choice, Inside the Hearts and Minds of Collectors:
The Gadsden Arts Center & Museum, Quincy, FL, July 15 – October 1, 2016
I am proud to announce that my assemblage, “Dance on Pier Tonite”, was selected for this current exhibition. Purchased by a private collector shortly after I completed this work in 1990, it is one of my earliest cut paper works.
Dance on Pier Tonite, 1990, Cut Paper Assemblage by B. Appleton
Collector’s Choice is a fascinating exhibit and showcases a diversity of works created by artists Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro as well as Dale Chihuly, Bill Thursby, Yvonne Tucker, William Walmsley, Ruth Dryden Deshaies and many more. Follow this link for directions and gallery hours.
One day only! You are invited! St. George Island, Florida will host its first Art & Wine Splash. During this fun island event, I will be at at Century 21 Collins Realty, 60 East Gulf Beach Drive to greet and exhibit my art Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016.
Mark your calendar for October 8th, noon – 6:00 pm. Many artists will be showing and selling their works on the island that day and I am happy to say I will be one of them! This St. George Island Business Association event will be a fun way to meet local artists and visit area businesses. I am honored my works have been selected to exhibit inside the spacious Century 21 Collins Realty office located at 60 East Gulf Beach Drive. Pease drop by and visit us there! Artists will begin exhibiting at noon at many different island locations (list is available online) and the wine tasting event wIll take place from 3:00-6:00 pm. Tickets for the wine tasting event are $20. Look for more information at sgisplash.com and check out the St. George Island Art and Wine Splash Facebook page.
Here is what the organizers say about the Art and Wine Splash:
Read More...“This event takes place during what many locals consider their favorite month on the island, when temperatures are a bit cooler and the annual monarch migration brings beautiful butterflies to our shores.”
The festival features talented artists and craftsmen offering original and unique items. Beginning at noon, artists will be showing, selling, and demonstrating their talents at various Island locations. Setting this event apart from other arts and crafts shows is the special Wine Walk which will take place from 3:00-6:00 p.m.
The Art & Wine Splash will be held in the business district on St. George Island and the wine tasting will span seven locations on the Island. Transportation will be provided via complimentary golf cart shuttle service. Visitors will have convenient access to local shops, vendors, arts, food, and much more. The event is sponsored by the St. George Island Business Association and funded in part by the Franklin County Tourist Development Council.
Join us for a fun day on the Island, take a stroll around the Lighthouse Park, walk our white sand beaches, and enjoy this one-of-a-kind event on beautiful St. George Island!”
28th Art in Gadsden Regional Exhibition of Fine Art:
The Gadsden Arts Center & Museum, Quincy, Florida
Sara May Love Gallery, Zoe Golloway Gallery, Munroe Family Community Gallery
October 14-December 23, 2016
Rising Tide, Cut Paper Assemblage, B.Appleton
I hope to see you at this upcoming group exhibition, Art in Gadsden. My husband, David, and I founded this exhibition in 1989 and since that time we have seen the arts in this community grow way beyond our initial contribution as Zoe Golloway, Grace Robinson, Museum Shop manager Rebecca Reep, and volunteers too many to mention continue this mission forward. I am very proud that two of my works, Rising Tide and Diatomorama will exhibit at the Center. For more information, please follow this link.
Music As Muse Exhibition: Council on Culture & Arts (COCA)
Opens Friday, Oct 14, 2016 from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm. Exhibition on display from September 28 – November 14, 2016.
Purple Rain: A Tribute, is a cut paper assemblage created by Beth Appleton. It will exhibit as part of the group show, Music as Muse, opening at City Hall in Tallahassee, FL, October 14, 2016.
COCA’s Amanda Karioth Thompson writes:
For more than 35,000 years, humans have relied on music and art to tell stories, celebrate momentous occasions, and connect to one another. We have a primal inclination to create and we are moved by the creations of others. Like our earliest ancestors, we continue to use these art forms to express abstract ideas, share information, reflect on our identity, and cope with life’s mysteries. Read More...
Art and music share an aesthetic language. Terms like rhythm, harmony, texture, improvisation, and tonality are equally descriptive in both disciplines. There is a synergy between these methods of creative expression and the Music as Muse exhibition will showcase how music can serve as inspiration for works of art.
If you can’t make it to the opening reception, feel free to see the exhibition anytime during the gallery hours. It will be on display at the City Hall Gallery from September 28-November 14, 2016.
This exhibition is one of more than a dozen curated by the Council on Culture & Arts for the Art in Public Places Program on behalf of the City of Tallahassee. For more information about this program, this exhibition, upcoming exhibitions, or the Art in Public Places program, contact Amanda Karioth Thompson at COCA, (850) 224-2500 or amanda@tallahasseearts.org. I
Highlighted in this multi-media, juried exhibition are more than 40 paintings, drawings, photographs, textiles, and sculptures created by the following 36 artists:
Rael Ali, Beth Appleton, Lucrezia Bieler, Marina Brown, Jennifer Buerkle, Leslie Cohen, Terrie Corbett, Kira Derryberry, Rosemary Ferguson, Allison Finn, Phil Gleason, Danny Goddard, Gerald Grow, Robert Howard, Bill Humphries, Michael Hunnewell, Sherryl Lapping, Mary Sterner Lawson, Nan Liu, Mary Jane Lord, Caroline Manuel, Alvin McBean, Matthew McCarron, Art McConnell, Ruth Nickens, Grant Peeples, Susan Richardson, David Ritchey, Ahmad Rivera, Joe Roache, Bob Rubanowice, Stephen Bennett Smith, Mikiko Tanaka, Dan Taylor, Ron Thomson, and Mary Liz Tippin-Moody.
The City Hall Art Gallery is located on the second floor of City Hall at 300 South Adams Street and is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. All exhibitions in this space are free and open to the public.
More information about this exhibit can be found on the COCA website.