A Fresh Look Regional Artist Exhibit and Competition

June 4 – July 31, 2025

View the Winners of A Fresh Look 2025 here

A Fresh Look art exhibit and competition opened last week at Southern Arts Society in Kings Mountain. Artists from around the region have submitted seventy works of art to be judged for cash prizes. Artists were asked to show their most recent work taking a fresh look at the world around them. The theme for this show is very open, allowing for a wide variety of subject matter to be entered.
 
Participating Artists are Susan Arrowood, Todd Baxter, Kristen Blank, Ellen Devenny, Pat Edwards, Joan Fogle, Darlene Godfrey, Noah Hartley, Timmy Hord, Kimberlye Joyce, Janet Littlejohn Kaufman, Corrine Kay, Jackie Laine, Emma Kay Lewis, Bonita Lowe, Bertie McClain, Kathleen McDermott, Leonor Demori Neisler, Alex Pietersen, Patricia Pietersen, Danielle Ryan, Ron Shepard, Jean Wilder Smith, Taylor Stump, Pam Underwood, and Austin Walker. Artists have entered work in a variety of media: oil, acrylic and pastel paintings, photography, and mixed media.

 

About the Judge 

Judging this year’s show is Wil Bosbyshell. Wil Bosbyshell received a BFA and MBA from the University of Georgia and spent six years as an officer in the US Army following his undergraduate education. After a successful business career in the private sector, Bosbyshell was awarded a residency at the Hungarian Multicultural Center in Budapest, which set the course for his artistic career. He has been a studio artist and a longtime member of the Charlotte Art League. For close to two decades, he has been an arts professor at both the former Art Institute of Charlotte and Rowan/Cabarrus Community College.
 
His work has been shown in numerous galleries and community exhibitions, including The McColl Center, Shain Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, and Elder Gallery, where his participation in the 2018 group exhibition Vicarious received critical acclaim from the New York Times. His work can be found in dozens of private and corporate collections locally and nationally. He resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.
 
The public is invited to meet participating artists at a public reception on Saturday June 14th from 6-8 pm. Awards will be presented at 7 pm. This is a Free event and dress is casual. Winners will then be posted on Southern Arts Society’s website and Facebook page. The