Anderson Artists Guild

07/22/2025

Congratulations to the Anderson Artists Guild members who sold artwork during this year's membership show: Armi Tuorila, Sandi Bates, Linda Gordon, Jane List, Peggy Arnett, and Anna McIntosh Gallant.

06/10/2025

The latest Anderson Artists Guild blog post shares highlights of our 2025 Membership Show, which opens Friday, June 13, from 6-8 p.m. at the Anderson Arts Center. Read more at https://www.andersonartistsguild.com/single-post/england-davis-watson-take-top-awards-in-member-show.

The 2025 Anderson Artists Guild Membership Show will open with a reception on Friday, June 13, from 6-8 p.m. at the Anderson Arts Center. The juror was Michael Vatalaro, a ceramicist. The show is comprised of 123 pieces by 66 members: Ellie Alasantra, Teresa Anderson, Peggy Arnett, Elaine W. Bailey,...

06/03/2025

Our juror, Mike Vatalaro, has completed his work judging the Anderson Artists Guild 2025 membership show. A complete list of the 18 members who won awards can be found linked from our homepage at https://www.andersonartistsguild.com/. Also linked is a list of all accepted entries.

The show will open with a reception on Friday, June 13, from 6-8 p.m. Awards will be given out at 7 p.m.

Congratulations to all the artists who are a part of this year's show.

06/03/2025

The latest Anderson Artists Guild blog post shares highlights from member Shea Abramo's year in a local art therapy project. Read more at https://www.andersonartistsguild.com/single-post/art-therapy-project-enters-second-year.

Last year, Anderson Artists Guild member Shea Abramo was approached by staffers from the Clemson Arts Center about participating in a new program to integrate art into a local memory care facility. The year-long residency was supposed to start in January 2024 but was postponed for a month while Abra...

05/28/2025

The latest Anderson Artists Guild blog post profiles new member Beth Seavey. Read more at https://www.andersonartistsguild.com/single-post/beth-seavey-finds-her-bliss.

New Anderson Artists Guild member Beth Seavey has always loved making stuff, especially at the sewing machine. That desire led to a degree in apparel production from Iowa State University, but an internship told her this was not the right career path. Eventually, she found her way to an MBA and jobs...

05/20/2025

The latest Anderson Artists Guild blog post profiles new member Gail Watson. Read more at https://www.andersonartistsguild.com/single-post/gail-watson-found-art-again.

New Anderson Artists Guild member Gail Watson attended art school as a young adult but then stopped. “It didn’t last long,” she said. “I dropped out and didn’t pick up art again until I was almost 30.” During the intervening years, she married and worked mainly at spas teaching aerobics ...

03/25/2025

The latest Anderson Artists Guild blog post profiles new member Kaylee Fair. Read more at https://www.andersonartistsguild.com/single-post/kaylee-fair-is-learning-how-to-sell-her-art.

New Anderson Artists Guild member Kaylee Fair grew up living half the time in Missouri and half in South Dakota as she traveled between her divorced parents’ homes. One steady inspiration was watching her grandmother, a professional artist, paint. Fair’s own creative urges expressed themselves i...

02/24/2025

02/18/2025

The latest Anderson Artists Guild blog post profiles new member Ellie Alasantra. Read more at https://www.andersonartistsguild.com/single-post/ellie-alasantra-goes-where-the-spirit-takes-her.

New Anderson Artists Guild member Ellie Alasantra learned to draw before she could talk or write, according to her parents. So they weren’t surprised when she announced that she was going to college to study art. However, she said, “they thought I wouldn’t make it beyond a semester.” But she...

02/11/2025

The latest Anderson Artists Guild blog post profiles new member Catrina Kennedy. Read more at https://www.andersonartistsguild.com/single-post/catrina-kennedy-is-living-her-dream.

02/04/2025

The latest Anderson Artists Guild blog post profiles new member Anna Gallant McIntosh. Read more at https://www.andersonartistsguild.com/single-post/anna-gallant-mcintosh-follows-her-passions.

New Anderson Artists Guild member Anna Gallant McIntosh isn’t one for sitting still. She has traveled the world and even when home splits her time between two cities. She’s also had several careers.An Anderson native, she was influenced early on by her father, an amateur photographer. She said, ...

02/03/2025

The Anderson Artists Guild will meet on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 2:00 p.m. in our classroom on the first floor of the Anderson Arts Center, located at 110 Federal Street.

The speaker will be Alice Franzella. She will speak about her career in marketing design. You can read more about Alice on our blog at https://www.andersonartistsguild.com/single-post/alice-franzella-s-career-combined-design-promotions-and-fashion.