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League Promises an Art-filled July
Written By: Zach Claxton - Highlands-Cashiers Art League | Issue: 2016/07 - July
July arrives with the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers’ season in full swing.
Two exciting events are scheduled. First, the July Art League meeting will be July 25 at 5:00 P.M. in The Bascom atrium (social time at 4:30 P.M.) and will feature local artist Cynthia Kinard.
Ms. Kinard’s career began at age eight, starting with charcoal portraits. She acquired an early love for rendering likenesses, and became an avid student of the Old Masters. Rejecting various art movements, she clung to her passion for realism. After graduating from Western Carolina University with two degrees, one in art, she spent time in Italy, studying 16th and 17th century portrait painting techniques at the Angel Academy of Art under Maestro Michael John Angel. Her art education continued at the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas under fresco artist Ben Long.
Ms. Kinard’s work has been accepted into many juried national and international shows and her awards are many. Although her professional career began as a portrait artist using watercolor, since 2005 she has also worked in oils. While she is primarily a portrait artist, she also enjoys painting still life and misty mountainscapes and has designed a pewter angel pin. Ms Kinard has also authored two books.
She says of her work, “My goal from early on has been to capture those special moments in a person’s life that illustrate joy and happiness.”
Then on Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31, at the Sapphire Valley Community Center, the Art League sponsors its annual Summer Colors Fine Art Show.
More than 30 artists will have on display and for sale original fine art. This is always a well-attended indoor show featuring some of the best regional artists and an abundance of well done art including oils, watercolors, acrylics, mixed media, photography, wood turning, sculpture and one-of-a-kind jewelry. There is abundant free parking and there is no charge to attend the show, although donations, which go to support local arts, are appreciated. The venue is located on US 64 a little over two miles east of Cashiers, and the show runs from 10:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. both days.
Please visit artleaguehighlands-cashiers.com for more information about the Art League.
