FARMINGTON – Sugarwood Galley in downtown Farmington has announced that Kathi Smith with the be Artist of the Month through August.
An artist reception to meet Smith will be held at Sugarwood Gallery from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3. The public is invited and refreshments will be served.
Born in Maine and raised in Wilton, Kathi Smith is a New England artist and educator. Smith’s work reflects her landscape, in which she invites close observation of familiar-seeming places and their narratives. Smith’s reputation and career are rapidly growing. In the past three years, she has participated in many regional and national exhibitions, and four prestigious residencies. She received a full fellowship supported by the Joan Mitchell Foundation to the Vermont Studio Center and has been a Fellow and Artist-in-Residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut, and the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation in Maine. In July 2014 she participated in a 7 week Artist in Residency program in Brittany France, sponsored by Maryland Institute College of Art. In July 2013 Artscope Magazine featured her in Kathi Smith’s New England. She maintains her studio practice in Ashland, New Hampshire and has taught at Plymouth State University for the past 5 years. This fall she will begin as the Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Husson University in Bangor, Maine. She holds a BFA in Painting & Drawing from the University of Southern Maine, and a MFA in Painting from the University of New Hampshire.
Smith’s work will remain on display and available for sale through the month of August.
SugarWood Gallery is located at 248 Broadway in Farmington. Store hours are 10 to 5:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday and 10 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
