This Thursday Night in the Gallery: NSAL Water Media on Paper Opening

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Nevin Kelly Gallery to host National Tour of Works by 2007 NSAL Water
Media on Paper Competition Winners. Please join us for an opening
reception on Thursday, February 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.

LOCAL ARTIST JENNY DAVIS CAPTURED TOP PRIZE

Show runs from February 27 thru March 23, 2008; Opening Reception
Thursday, February 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.

See invitation here: http://www.nevinkellygallery.com/pdf/Water.Media.Invite.pdf

Washington DC's Nevin Kelly Gallery will host a traveling exhibition
of works by the winners of The National Society of Arts and Letters'
2007 arts competition. The 2007 competition was open to young artists
ages 18 to 29 working in water media on paper. Local artist Jenny
Davis, a previous exhibitor at the gallery, won this year's $10,000
national first prize for her watercolor "Portrait of Tess." The
winning painting and works by the winners of 18 other local chapter
competitions who competed for the top prize will be on display. The
gallery will host an opening reception at 1517 U Street, NW on
Thursday, February 28, from 5:30 until 7:30 pm. The public is invited.

The NSAL was established in 1944 as a non-profit, philanthropic,
volunteer organization of art professionals, art educators and patrons
of the arts. Its mission is to encourage and assist promising young
artists through scholarships, career support and arts competitions.
NSAL's competitions rotate annually through six categories: fine art,
dance, drama, literature, music and musical theater. The 2007
competition was NSAL's first painting competition in 20 years (the
2008 competition will focus on voice). As winner of the Washington,
DC Chapter's local competition, Ms. Davis, was invited to Tempe, AZ in
May 2007 to compete with other regional winners for the top prize: the
$10,000 Nicholson-Nielsen Memorial Award. Jenny's watercolor
"Portrait of Tess" captured the award.

"We are very pleased to have been asked to host this very impressive
exhibition and to welcome Jenny Davis back to our gallery," says
gallery director Nevin J. Kelly. "This exhibition provides an ideal
fit with our goal of introducing talented emerging artists to the
local art community."

Other regional winners whose works will be on display (and the NSAL
chapters whose competitions they won) include Carrie Tompkins,
(Birmingham), Maureen Forman (Bloomington), Vanessa Monot (Boca
Raton), Ryan Rocha (Central Illinois); Erin Saladino (Clearwater-Tampa
Bay), Alfred Perez (El Paso), Tawni Shuler (Greater Arizona), Morgan
Canavan (Greater Chicago), Danielle Trejo (Evanston), Will Anderson
(Kansas City), Gerren Dugger (Kentucky), Amber Carraway (Little Rock),
Adrian Lyjak (Mid-Michigan) Mattias Lanas (New Jersey), Kelsey Berkley
(North Florida), Mark Bush (Ohio River Valley), Thommy Controy
(Pittsburgh) and Timothy Rusterholz (Virginia-North Carolina).

For additional information contact:

Nevin J. Kelly: in...@nevinkellygallery.com
Nevin Kelly Gallery
1517 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: 202-232-3464
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