Exhibition Dates: March 13 – May 1, 2010
Opening Reception: First Friday Gallery Walk, April 2, 6-10pm – Awards, 8pm

New Works is an annual juried exhibition for members of the Artspace Artists Association. The Artspace Artists Association is a professional artist membership organization. Artists are accepted into the membership through a jury process that occurs twice per year. The exhibit represents work created within the past twelve months. It is an opportunity for Artspace Artists to present their most current and innovative work.

Harriett Green is the Visual Arts Director of the South Carolina Arts Commission. She received her BA degree in Art History from the University of South Carolina in Columbia in 1980. From 1980-1988, she was the Registrar and in 1998 Assistant Curator at the Columbia Museum of Art. As former Assistant Curator of the Columbia Museum of Art, and in her current position as the Visual Arts Director since 1993 of the South Carolina Arts Commission, Green has curated numerous exhibitions. She is also the Curator of the South Carolina Arts Commission State Art Collection. Green was appointed to the National Register of Peer Professionals by the General Services Administration in Washington, DC, for its Art-in-Architecture Program. She is a former board member of the Alternative Museum in New York City and has served on the Charlotte Area Transit System’s (CATS) Art-in-Transit program as a member of the Oversight Committee, the selection panel for the North Carolina Freedom Monument project, fellowship panels for the Kentucky Arts Council, and the Idaho Commission on the Arts. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Penland School of Crafts, the Artist Selection Committee for CATS Art-in-Transit project, and the 2010 Windgate Fellowship panel.

Green will be selecting work for exhibition as well as award recipients. The Award Presentation will begin at 8pm in Gallery 1 during the First Friday Gallery Walk reception, April 2.