Watercolor Award: Taneisha

Taneisha Watercolor 2015 NBMiller

I was honored to receive Best Transparent Watercolor Award for my painting Taneisha at the Philadelphia Sketch Club’s 2016 Annual Works on Paper Exhibition.
• On view: Jan 2-24, 2016
• Reception: Sunday Jan 10, 2016 2-4 PM
• The Philadelphia Sketch Club
235 S. Camac Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5608
215-545-9298
www.sketchclub.org

Receiving the medal  photo credit: Molly Bolger Jenssen

The 2016 award winners line-up  

Many thanks to the judges, and to the Philadelphia Sketch Club, and most of all to my model Taneisha Shaw whose inner and outer beauty inspired my painting.

Dormant Things project

Bruce's Bunny watercolor 7 x 11inches 2015 NBMiller

My bunny painting is busy! It's in the Studio Cats show at Ellipsis Gallery right now and was just added to the "Dormant Things" project out of the University of Manchester in England:
 http://projects.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/dormant-things/?p=218

The Last Picture Show at Newman Saunders!

It's going to be a heck of a goodbye party Saturday...hope to see you there! 3-6 pm Sat Jan 2, Wayne, PA: http://www.dailylocal.com/general-news/20151226/newman-saunders-gallery-to-hold-last-picture-show-before-closing 
A warm wonderful short video commemorating the close of this wonderful gallery, made by filmmaker John Thornton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hem2aRDpF64&feature=youtu.be

Ellipsis Gallery Group Show

Sunny Sketch watercolor 9 x 5 inches 2015 NBMiller

I have two watercolor paintings in "Studio Cats & Friends" at Ellipsis Gallery. 
Opening Reception 12/3/2015, 5-9 pm.
Ellipsis Gallery

5009 Florence Ave Philadelphia, PA 19143

phone: 267-664-7939

https://www.facebook.com/PreGallery/shop?rid=10153729650792978&rt=8&location=group&actor_id=669647977&story_id=0&ad_id=0&_ft_"Flesh")

Article - "We Speak"

Just out: my article in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine on the "We Speak" show currently at the Woodmere Art Museum. Take a look if you can get hold of one. The reproductions are so beautiful. And go see this show if you're in the Philadelphia area. It's truly amazing, humbling, and inspiring!

We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s

Woodmere Art Museum

September 26, 2015 - January 24, 2016

Judging

Artists Eliza Auth (l) and Nancy Bea Miller (r) judging "100 Years of Art" at Harcum College  photo credit: Amy Shumoski

I was delighted to be invited to judge Harcum College's exhibition, 100 Years of Art, along with artist Eliza Auth. The work was extremely varied in every way making this a tough judging challenge! I especially appreciated having a co-judge to discuss the choices with. I've been invited to judge several other shows this past year, solo, so this colleague process made a nice change!

The show looks wonderful in the Marlo Little Theatre, which has been turned into a light-filled chapel of art with the help of perfectly proportioned temporary walls. It looks like it was meant to be an art gallery, although we were told it usually is used for lectures, musical recitals and yoga classes!

100 Years of Art
September 17 - October 22, 2015
Kevin D. Marlo Little Theatre
Opening Reception & Awards - Thursday, September 17, 5:45pm - 9pm
Exhibit Open for Self-Guided Tours - Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11am - 1pm and Wednesdays, 5-7pm through October 22

The jurors were requested to exhibit a piece of their own, and here is mine:

Big Magnolia, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, 2012

For more information on the show:  http://www.harcum.edu/s/1044/edu/social.aspx?pgid=2055&gid=1

Panel at PAFA

Life & Work and & Art & Family: Is a Balance Possible?
A Panel Discussion with Michael Kowbuz, Nancy Bea Miller and Susan White

Wednesday, July 15, 6-8 p.m.
Hamilton Auditorium
PAFA The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Presence  oil on canvas  2014  24 x 30 inches   Nancy Bea Miller

This panel discussion will range over the issues artists confront when they integrate their studio practice into a life that may include work obligations, the pull of close relationships, and the everyday distractions of Netflix, yard work and answering emails. We’ll discuss time management, studio set-ups, and maintaining supportive connections with art communities.

Michael Kowbuz is the co-founder of Cerulean Arts Gallery & Studio and the Director of Continuing Education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Nancy Bea Miller is a painter, photographer, and author. She currently teaches art at Montgomery County Community College and the Main Line Art Center.

Susan White lives in Philadelphia and currently teaches Non-Toxic Printmaking Methods in the Book Arts/Printmaking Department at The University of the Arts and in the Visual Studies Department at Drexel University where she teaches
Space/Time and Printmaking. Susan White has also served as the Assistant Director of The Print Center; a non-profit arts organization which focuses on printmaking and photography.

Wednesday, July 15, 6-8 p.m.
Hamilton Auditorium
PAFA The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts