Charlotte Rierson is the guest Artist, Community Art Gallery, First Service Bank, Clinton sponsored by the North Central Arkansas Foundation for the Arts & Education (NCAFAE). Her one woman art exhibit is titled "Art Spirit Journey"
Charlotte and husband Don moved to Fairfield Bay in the early 1990's. She immediately became an active member of the North Central Arkansas Foundation for the Arts and education with the encouragement of the Founder, Irene Puckett.
The Foundation was in its beginning stage and Charlotte became the "Volunteer" Executive Director of the Foundation and with the help of "Art Patrons" brought the various art organizations in the community under the umbrella of the NCAFAE. One of the NCAFAE programs she found the most rewarding was getting the schools involved in the three counties of Van Buren, Cleburne, Stone, and surrounding areas. Most of Charlotte's life has been involved with the arts and she has enjoyed being a part of the organizations growth.
Charlotte's love and promotion of the Arts in the area were recognized by the Arkansas Arts Council when she received the Arkansas Art Councils Governor's Art Award in Community Development of the Arts. She grew up in Central Arkansas and a BSE Graduate of the University of Central Arkansas majoring in Art.
Charlotte is Director of the Regional Advisors & Past President of Mid-Southern Watercolorists, member of the Arkansas Artist Registry, North Central Arkansas League of Artists, Arkansas Repertory Theatre Artworks, coordinator of the North Central Arkansas Art Gallery, and board member of other art related organizations. She has won various art awards and she was selected as one of the artists to be featured in Vol. ll "A Gathering of Artists".
In 2008 she had a One Woman Exhibit at Garvan Woodland Gardens-Hot Springs and 2009 Ozark Heritage Art Museum, Leslie. Her paintings have been selected to be in the permanent collection of the Historical Arkansas Museum, University of Central Arkansas, Clinton Presidential Library, Arkansas Art Council's Small Works on Paper and Ozark Medical Health Center. Charlotte had the privilege of having her painting "Old Town Values of Leslie" selected to be exhibited in the Arkansas Art Exhibition that hung in the National Capitol. 2007-08 a painting was juried into the Arkansas Governor Mansion Calendar and 2010 her painting has been selected to hang in the Arkansas Governor's Mansion Exhibit.
To
view the exhibit and more information about Mid Southern Watercolorists
go to the Mid Southern Website www.midsouthernwatercolorists.com.
Charlotte is Past President of Mid Southern Watercolorists and is the Director of the Regional Advisors. She belongs to several artists' organizations including the North Central Arkansas Artist League and is the coordinator of the North Central Arkansas Art Gallery in Fairfield Bay.
Frameworks Art Gallery of Conway represents her artwork.
Please feel free to visit my websites at:
Arts
Spirit Unlimited
www.arkansasarts.com
www.fineartamerica.com
