Three local area artists and members of the North Central Arkansas Artist League, received recognition for their achievements by the Mid-Southern Watercolorists at a Holiday Luncheon at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock on Saturday, December 12. They were awarded signature status and pins to commemorate their having had paintings accepted into three or four annual, juried exhibitions prior to the 2016 exhibition, and are pictured (from left) Sandra Marson, Jacksonville, 3 exhibits; Charlotte Rierson, Fairfield Bay, 3 exhibits; and Joyce Hartmann, Choctaw, 4 exhibits.
Some of their work can be seen locally at exhibits in the NCA Gallery in Fairfield Bay and at Ozark Health Medical Center in Clinton. The NCA Artist League meets each Monday morning in Fairfield Bay to paint together and plan other arts’ events.