I Am Woman 2022

Exhibit on View March 3 – April 22, 2022

Public Reception Saturday, March 12, 2022
6 – 8 pm • Awards presented 7 pm


See Winners for I Am Woman Art Contest here

Southern Arts Society’s I Am Woman art exhibit and competition is on view now through April 22, 2022. Artists from around the region have entered over sixty works of art dedicated to the feminine or the essence of being a woman. Artists have created works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, photography, sculpture, fiber and mixed media to interpret their view of I Am Woman. Many pieces in this year’s show reflect both the strength and the serenity that women exude over the course of their lives, in good times and bad. Women are shown as the mother figure – hardworking and resilient throughout all the trials and pain that life brings. And some pieces show that women are still girls who just want to have fun.
 
Artwork in this exhibit will be judged with prizes awarded for first, second and third place prizes along with three merit awards. Judging this year’s show is Susan Carlisle Bell, former Professor of Art at Gardner Webb University.

The public is invited to attend a reception for I Am Woman on Saturday March 12 from 6-8 pm to meet the artists. Presentation of awards to the artists will be at 7 pm. This is a free event and dress is casual. Photos of the exhibit and a list of the winners will be posted on their website and other social media. Artwork in the exhibit is available for sale.
 
In addition to gallery exhibits, Southern Arts Society represents over 75 regional artists offering fine arts and fine crafts in their Gift Shop where you will find a large array of jewelry, textiles, paintings, pottery, glass, metal, and paper for home décor and gifts. The Gift Shop will be open during the reception.

Collage of sewing patterns and a woman’s portrait with predominantly yellow gold background.
Colored silhouettes of three women dancing.
Cube with swirling acrylic colors on each cube face.
Red center block with gold filigree designs on a dark green ground.
Abstract swirling blue marbleized shape on a swirling red background with gold drops.
African-American woman in long dress and head scarf in front of a brick building and rural field.
A woman in a red bustier style top on a yellow-green back ground.
A puffy felt shape of a woman with her arms raised in a circle above her head against a dark blue sky.
Three smiling women against a red background.
African-American woman in a yellow shirt against a red background.
The left side of a headless female torso rendered in wax and gold shined accents over a wire support.
Wire support view of a headless female torso rendered in wax and gold shined accents over a wire frame.
Young woman with dark hair sitting pensively with her arm propped on her knee.
A woman in a red dress looking down at a young boy.
Sepia watercolor of a woman facing up into falling waterdrops.
An old woman sitting in her garden.
Silhouette of a woman against a red and gray background.
Oval portrait of a woman in pearls.
A woman greeting a llama nose to nose.
A woman in 18th century period clothes mending fabric.
Two older woman playing cards at a green table.
A silhouette of a woman falling down towards her bed.
Portrait of a brunette woman in 1930s hair and clothing styles.
Young, brown haired woman in leather jacket and driving gloves sitting in front of an antique clock.
Symmetric ink shape similar to a Rorschach test image.
Found object asseblage age of a green-clad woman in gardening gloves.
Found object asseblage age of a pink-clad woman in crochet wearing a fish.
Found object asseblage age of a pink and red-clad woman with arms made of forks.
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A woman’s hand holding up an antique mirror reflecting blue and white shapes.
A pair of 1920s black shoes with a metallic gold metallic background.
A celadon green teapot and blue plastic mirror on a black lacquer tea tray.
A woman in a long dress with Proverbs 31 quotation written at the lower left.
Portrait of a red haired young woman.
Two white speckled pieces of pottery - one cylindrical the other teardrop shaped.
A woman on the left panel is holding a sleeping baby while the woman on the right holds a dead child.
Red lips and earrings against a background of red and white flowers.
A young woman reading while on a stool watched by her cat.
A woman reading while on her couch with her cat.
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Red and copper cover fabric with round shapes of wrapped wire in the forefront.
A red gourd crowned by a woven purple circle.
A green woman with a brightly colored mandala of energetic shapes behind her.
A green woman with flowing blue hair and a pink flower behind her ear.
A woman's hand holding a pomegranate.
A nude woman dancing under the moon and stars.
A seated nude woman.
A woman in a kimono with up-swept hair.
A woman in a kimono against a black background.
Two pink flowers and one green flower.
Three round flowers.
Seated nude woman with arm propped on her knee.
Abstract lines resembling a mastectomy scar.
A bright red tree under a bright sun.
Bright fabric collage with the words hope, empathy, kindness and charity.
A rural scene with a row of decorative birdhouses.
African-American woman in a red headscarf and black drool earrings.
Three woman earring red head scarves.
Rural scene of farm life with the house, bard, silos, and horses.
African-American man holding a white dog in a sweater.