Featured Artist: SALLY HESTON
JUNE 2010
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
Award winning artist, Sally Heston, is a native of western Pennsylvania, living now in Broadview Heights, Ohio. Working primarily in watercolor and pastels, her work reflects her interest in a variety of subject matter including still life, landscape, florals, animals, and architectural structures. Her body of work includes a significant amount of commissioned illustration, graphic design as well as paintings done for pleasure. Her career as an artist and art teacher spans over 4 decades and includes work experience in a variety of media and content She holds a BS degree in Art Education (cum laude) from Indiana University of PA (IUP) and a Master of Education degree in Art from the University of Pittsburgh with a concentration in painting. She has studied with many artists, including Frank Webb, Judi Betts, Don Andrews, Catherine Liu, Cheng Khee Chee, Mel Stabin and Frederick Graff.
She currently serves as a member of the faculty at Virginia Marti College of Art and Design in Lakewood,OH and also teaches drawing and painting classes at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center. She has been part of numerous group art exhibits and has won many awards for her work. She is a curator at both the MD Garage Are Gallery in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and at the Richfield Church Gathering Room Gallery. She has had several one-person exhibits and her work is included in private collections locally and throughout the United States and Europe. Her biography is included in Who’s Who in American Women. Her work is also included in the book Splash 8: Watercolor Discoveries, published by North Light Books. Sally and husband, Newt, are the parents of two grown children and one small dog.
Sally Heston
WWW.SALLYHESTON.COM
sally@sallyheston.com
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Professional Memberships:
Delta Phi Delta (National Art Honorary)
Whiskey Painters of America (WPA)- signature member
Transparent Watercolor Society of America
Ohio Watercolor Society-active(signature)member
Pittsburgh (PA) Watercolor Society
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH – president Board of Directors - 2007-2010
Medina County (OH) Art League
Hudson (OH) Society of Artists
Akron (OH) Women’s Art League-signature member
Crooked River Gang of Artists – (co-curator: MD Garage Art Gallery-Cuyahoga Valley National Park)
American Watercolor society - associate member
Exhibits and Awards:
2010 CVAC Members Show - Best of Show
2010 Butler Museum of American Art - Mid-Year Show
Akron Women's Art League - Spring Show-First Place
2010 Hudson Society of Artists Juried Show- Honorable Mention
2009 AAAA Kaleidoscope Show - Akron - Second Place
Fall 2009 Northeast Ohio REgional Painting Show - Third Place
2009 Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Aqueous Show
October 2009 Gallery 732 - Solo Show - Akron
2009 Plein Air Painting - 3 Person Exhibit - St Paul's Art Gallery, Akron
2009 CVAC Still Life Show - Honorable Mention
2009 CVAC Plein Air Painting Competition - Third Place
2009 CVAC Floral Painting and Still Life Shows - Honorable Mention
2009 Women's Art League of Akron - Akrona Galleries Show - First Place
2009 Medina County Aquarius Show - First Place
2009 CVAC Friends, Figures, Faces Show -Honorable Mention
2009 CVAC Landscape Show-Honorable Mention
2008 CVAC Member's Show - Honorable Mention
2008 CVAC REgional Painting Show - First Place
2008 Women's Art League of Akron - First Place
2008 Ohio Watercolor Society annual juried exhibit
2008 CVAC Landscape Show - Second Place Award
2008 Medina Oh Aquarius Show - Best of Show
2008 Akron Women's Art League - 3rd Place
2007 Northeast Ohio Regional Paint Show-First Place and Honorable Mention
2007 Pittsburgh Aqueous Watercolor Show (Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Annual)
Whiskey Painters of America- Spring 2007 Show at CVAC - Best of Show
Akron Women's Art League - 2007 Small Art Show - Honorable Mention
CVAC 2007 Member's Show - Honorable Mention
Hudson Society of Artists – 2007 juried show – first place
CVAC June 2006 show – (2) second place awards in painting
Transparent Watercolor Society of America - 2005 and 2006 Juried Shows
Medina, Ohio Aquarius Exhibit 2006 – Honorable mention
Laurel Lake Retirement Center, Hudson, Ohio – solo show January, 2006
Gallery 732, Akron, Ohio – solo show – November 2005
2005 Cuyahoga Valley Art Center Members’ Show – First Place
RUCC gallery – solo show – January 2005
2004 NE Ohio Regional Painting Show – Best of Show
Women’s Art League of Akron 2004 show- Best of Show
Solo Exhibit – St. Paul’s Gallery – Akron, OH - September, 2004
Butler Art Institute Mid-Year Show - 2004
Arts Alliance Kaleidoscope Exhibit – 2003, 2004
OWS annual juried exhibit – 2003
Women’s Art League of Akron annual exhibit 2002 – First Place
Medina County Paint Historic Medina contest 2003 – first place
Hudson Society of Artists 2003 member show – honorable mention
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center (CVAC)
2003 Member show – Juror’s Choice award
2003 Regional Floral Exhibit – Honorable Mention
Eat’n Park Gold Sable Award for Watercolor – 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996
National Council of State Garden Clubs – 1992 National Poster contest -First Place
South Hills Art League – Pittsburgh, PA – first place –1987
McMurray (PA) Art League – Annual Juried exhibits-Best of Show – 1989
Eight Solo exhibits - various locations 1990-1999
Past Exhibits