MIDLAND, PA – Area artists age 17 and older may submit up to three works for the 20th Summer Gallery, a juried art show and competition scheduled for the July 4th week in the atrium of the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center.

Entry forms are available at the Museum of Ceramics in East Liverpool, Ohio.

Show sponsor Midland Arts Council will accept two-dimensional works on June 14, between noon and 2 p.m. at the front entrance of Lincoln Park. Works should be recent, must not exceed 36 inches in width or height, must weigh less than 50 pounds, and be ready to hang. Fees are $10 per piece, or $25 for three. The Council assists artists in selling their works and does not take a commission.

The exhibition, timed to coincide with Midland’s well-known July 4th celebrations, will be free and open to the public. Daily hours are 6 to 8 p.m. July 2-6, with the exception of July 4, when the public may visit from 1 to 7 p.m.

An opening night reception for artists and guests with announcement of awards is to be held 7 to 9 p.m. July 1. The public is welcome to attend, according to Evelyn Adams, Arts Council president. She may be reached at 724.643.9968.

Artists are to pick up their works July 7, 4 to 6 p.m.

Joyce Beatty of Chester, W.Va., this year’s featured artist, began entering works in the Summer Gallery four years ago. She was last year’s best of show winner with her colorful street scene painting titled “South of France.”

“I have to create something every day,” she said, “whether it is painting or cooking or whatever. Creating feeds my soul.”
Beatty took a serious interest in painting a number of years ago, working in oils and acrylics. She characterizes her style as “somewhere between realism and impressionism.” Old buildings are among her favorite subjects. She said the changing colors of the seasons excites her imagination; “Seasons” will be the theme of her featured exhibit. A founding member of the Top of WV Arts Council, she is a hanging artist in the Summit Art Gallery in Weirton and a member of the Steubenville Art Association. Among previous honors was having her works featured at the Hancock-Brooke Art Hop and Martha’s Gallery and the Sarah Miller House in Wellsburg, W.Va.
An interest in sculpting with air-dry and oil-based clays led her to use the media to create the heads of foot-hlgh Santa Claus figures that she produces for the Christmas season, each one unique in facial expression and costume.
Joyce Beatty shares her enthusiasm for art with a sister, Nancy Wright, who also exhibits her artwork and won an honorable mention in last year’s Summer Gallery.