ROSALIE MARKS ATKINS ART SHOW

The Vault @1930 welcomes locally and nationally recognized artist who was one of the first members of the U.S. Department of State’s Artist in Embassies program – her painting went to Upper Volta in the 1950s.

Cocktail Reception Friday  June 22nd from  5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Art will also be available to view on Saturday 23rd from 10am-3pm  at The Vault at 1930 Art Gallery

About Rosalie Marks Atkins

Rosalie Atkins studied at Mason College of Music and Fine Arts and Morris Harvey College. She spent many summers at the Provincetown Workshop and the Truro Art Center in Massachusetts where she studied with Leo Manso, Victor Candell, and Bud Hopkins. She also had workshops in west Virginia with Herbert Olds, John O”Conner, John Clarkson, Joe Moss, Elliot O’Hara, and Alfred Stine.

Rosalie was one of the first members of the US Department of State’s “Artists in Embassies” Program – her paintings were displayed in Upper Volta in the 1950’s

Awards 

Allied Artist of West Virginia- Purchase Award (WV Arts and Humanities Council). Exhibition 280, Huntington Galleries- Purchase Award (WV Arts and Humanities Council). Allied Artist of West Virginia Exhibits-Several Awards. Rhododendron State Art & Craft Festivals- Several Awards. Focus on Florida- Lighthouse Gallery, Jupiter, Fl Purchase Award.

She has been a member in the Art Category of the National League of American Pen Women for more than 70 years.