This is a Call for Artists to participate in the Island Art Gallery’s Spring Show to be held this April.  Our shows are meant to encourage awareness of the arts in our community and provide an opportunity for artists to not only show their work but to challenge themselves. 

This year's Opening Day Event will be held on Friday, April 21st, 2023 and our theme is Earth Day.    Artwork should be submitted by Monday, April 17th, 2023.  The show will be judged and we will be awarding prize money for first, second and third place. The artwork will hang in the gallery through the month of May and will be posted on our website.  One entry per person. 
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Requirements: 

1. Format –  Maximum painting size will be 20x24 including frame, if not framed must be 1 1/2" gallery wrapped canvas. 3D pieces are also accepted as long as they do not exceed 24" height, width or depth.  Please make sure that the artwork is ready to hang with proper wire.
2. All work must be original, not created in a class or workshop, created in the past year, and not previously shown in Georgetown County, SC. 
3. Artist must submit 3-4 sentences, on the application form, on your creative process.  Did you paint plein art, from a photograph (your own or one with permission), any use of computers, or apps, or is it totally from your imagination, etc.  The process should be transparent.  
4. Work must be for sale and your price should reflect  a 25% gallery commission. 
5. Please securely attach a tag to the back of the canvas with your name and contact information. 
6. Entry fee is $20.
7. Entry forms will be available at the gallery and can be completed when you deliver the painting.  You may also email us at [email protected] and we will be glad to send you one.      

We look forward to seeing your work!
Island Art Gallery

We are so excited that we have been voted #1 Gallery for 2022 Best of the Beach Annual competition hosted by the Sun News of Myrtle Beach.  Thank you to all who have supported us through the years-we are so honored to be chosen! 

Happy to announce that two of our gallery artists had paintings juried in to the SCWS 45th Annual National Exhibition!  Congratulations to Maura Kenny, "Paul Steaming Oysters" and Kelly Atkinson, "Dance of the Dragonfly" for their winning entries--both can be seen at the SC State Museum as a part of the SCWS Show and will be a part of the Traveling Show throughout SC in 2023.  You can view the SCWS show in it's entirety here.     You can also learn more about the show through the South Carolina State Museum where the show is currently on display.

​How sweet is it was to be able to join together in person this year for our annual spring show.   Thanks to all who
showed up to celebrate the event and to all who participated. We are so grateful for the input of our three judges as well--allowing this to be an opportunity for all artists to learn and grow as artists. 

Vida Miller Award

​I found myself wanting to go emotionally into Carol Russell's painting, "Washed in Morning Light". The painting itself contains the elements of a well thought out abstract – 5 primary shapes, but with a very well-integrated 6th shape of the circle. It is a very strong shape painting with an interesting application of texture and color.  The use of complimentary colors in the foreground and background keeps you in the painting and invites you to enjoy all of the elements in between.   The hard edges are very nicely positioned and draw the viewer into the painting.  It reminded me of my view out of my window with the moon setting over my garage. The strong light takes you beyond the building shape to wonderment behind.  The large circular shape is a relief to the hard edges and welcomes the viewer to ponder on a day well spent or a new day to enjoy. The implied foliage in the background is a nice contrast to the dark hard foreground of concrete – or whatever you may see. This non-objective painting can be viewed from many perspectives and is ever evolving.  Congratulations Carol!

​Maura Kenny Award

One painting in particular ‘swept me off my feet’, “Separation Panes” by Meredith Boos held me captive immediately. The concept hit me emotionally, in that it related to the limitations of personal physical
contact that we have all endured during the past few years of this pandemic. So many of us reverting to visiting through a window pane with friends and loved ones. But how she employed the elements of art and her own personal voice and style to execute the emotion was breathtaking and dynamic.
Congratulations Meredith, for receiving this award and for sharing your art with us all.

Calk-Havens Award

After much deliberation, our choice for the Calk/Havens  Award for the “Outside My Window” Spring Show is “A Glimpse Into the Past”, encaustic by Kathleen LaCasse.  We are drawn to this piece for the artist’s out-of-the-box approach—-very avant garde.  The composition created through the artist’s process is so unique and evokes much emotion. She not only interpreted the theme literally but also figuratively. Congratulations Kathleen!

Betsy Havens and Jim Calk