Artist Elizabeth Yarosz-Ash Presentation at VAST Oct. 6 (watercolor)

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You are invited to join the Visual Arts Society of Texas (VAST), for a presentation by Artist Elizabeth Yaroz-Ash on Wednesday, October 6th from 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center (PAAC), 400 East Hickory St, Denton, TX.

Elizabeth Yarosz-Ash is a nationally recognized and award-winning artist, teacher, and juror. She has shown in over 388 exhibitions and has received over 86 exhibition awards. Yarosz-Ash is Professor Emeritus at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX. In 1991, she was selected for the University’s Hardin Professor Award and was a full professor since 1992.

From 2002 – 2004, Yarosz-Ash served as President of the Watercolor U.S.A. Honor Society.  In 2011, Yarosz-Ash was selected as a finalist for the Hunting Art Prize, a prestigious annual $50,000 award competition open to Texas artists. She served as a Fulbright Specialist to Grenada, West Indies in 2013. She is the recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Texas Artist Award, was a finalist for the Santo Foundation 2015 Individual Artist Awards, and a 2016 finalist for a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Washington, DC.  In 2017 she served as a Visiting Instructor at the Professional High of Visual Art in Holguin, Cuba.  Her work is in over 90 corporate, institutional, and private collections.

To see more of Liz Yarosz-Ash’s art: https://www.lizashgallery.com/
The presentation is free for VAST Members, and $5 for guests.

*Note to attendees:  The PAAC will have socially distanced seating and they require that you wear a face covering.  If you cannot attend in person, the meeting will be streamed on the VAST’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Visual-Arts-Society-of-Texas-155238136675

For more about VAST see https://vastarts.org

Submitted by Rebecca Barham. Email: info@vastarts.org Website: https://vastarts.org/

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