The Philadelphia Sketch Club's 145th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Exhibitions at The Philadelphia Sketch Club

Painting, Rebecca Saylor Sack, Midden , oil on canvas

PRESS RELEASE

The Philadelphia Sketch Club's 145th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings

The 145th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings presented by the Philadelphia Sketch Club represents one of the longest running exhibitions in the country. This year's show runs from April 6 through April 27 with a reception on April 6 from 2 to 5 PM. The exhibition will feature over 150 works by prominent and emerging artists. Traditionally, the exhibition also features a work by each of the three jurors. This year's Jurors are Alan Fetterman, Alex Kanevsky and Rebecca Saylor Sack. Images of their works are attached. In addition to awards for the best works in the exhibition, there will also be special awards for the best landscape, still life, portrait and abstract. Gallery hours at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, 235 S. Camac St., are Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday from 1 to 5 PM.

Founded in 1860, the Sketch Club is America 's oldest artists club. Originally, the show was founded so that artists could display a number of small examples of their works with the hope that a patron would order a larger painting. The size limitation on the paintings is no larger than 20” x 20”. Prior award winners in this exhibition have included Paulette Van Roekens, John Folinsbee, Alice Kent Stoddard, Arthur Meltzer, Antonio Martino, Dorothy Van Loan, Doris Silk and Al Gury.

Running concurrent with this exhibition in the Sketch Club's first floor gallery will be a photographic exhibition by Bonnie Schorske entitled Visual Voyages . The prints, which are in the realist tradition of photography, are from images gathered from around the world.

Further information is available online at: www.sketchclub.org or by calling 215-545-9298.

For further information or questions concerning this News Release please contact Barbara Murray, Executive Director, at 215-545-7140

Attached images:

Alan Fetterman, Spring on the Canal , oil on linen

Alex Kanevsky, L. G. 2 , oil on mylar

Rebecca Saylor Sack, Midden , oil on canvas

The Philadelphia Sketch Club, 235 S. Camac St. (between 12th & 13th, Locust & Spruce Sts)
is located in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. 215-545-9298.