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Welcome to ARTSPACE Gallery
Member Artists:SHARON COSGROVE
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___Born in Washington DC, the artist Sharon Cosgrove is a Professor of Art based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania where she maintains a private studio and teaches undergraduate courses in painting and printmaking. She holds a BFA, MA, and MFA from the University of New Mexico and a BA from Shepherd College. Her paintings and prints have been exhibited in over fifty invitational, solo, and juried shows, nationally and internationally and can be found in both public and private collections. Serving in an “ambassadorial” role for cross-cultural exchange, Sharon’s work has been selected for the Art in Embassies Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and will be displayed at the U.S. Embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan. As part of this program, she also traveled to Kazakhstan in March 2012 to offer presentations and master classes in conjunction with women’s history month. Sharon is the recipient of the Medici Award in Painting from the International Biennale Exhibition of Contemporary Art, in Florence, Italy, and has been Visiting Artist at the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia, The International School of Art in Umbria Italy, and The American Academy in Rome. By student nomination, Sharon received the Non-Traditional and Innovative Teaching Award at Wilkes University where she has served as professor of art for more than two decades. Additionally, she has been awarded faculty development grants and sabbaticals to further her studio practice and commitment to teaching art. Sharon has taught in Florence, Italy and facilitated group painting and mural projects with international artists, students, and victims of domestic violence. Her work has been the catalyst for personal, professional, and community transformations.
Joan Sayer
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___Joan was born in the Bangor/Roseto area of Pennsylvania. Robert Doney was her first real art teacher at Bangor High School and and he inspired her to major in Art Education at Kutztown University. After graduating from Kutztown, Joan moved to Germany with her husband and became a teacher for the Department of Defense Dependents School System where she worked for a total of thirty one years.
While in Europe, Joan took advantage of the many wonderful museums there. She learned to observe the various styles of many famous (and some not so famous) artists. She also studied Folk Art in Germany and Switzerland.
Since retiring and moving back to Pennsylvania, Joan joined several area art organizations and became regularly involved in painting, mostly with watercolor. Joan has had her work on display in shows in Monroe, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties and also North Carolina. She has won a number of awards for her paintings, including, a “Best of Show” in a Nazareth Paintbox Club Members’ Show.
Recently Joan has added photography to her art interests and displays. Joan’s paintings and photography reflect her interest in a variety of subject mattter, including places and people she knew while living in Europe.
Clarissa Jan Ward
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___ Using brush and palette knife I portray nature in my paintings, conveying the atmosphere and mood of each scene in watercolor or oil paint.
Clarissa Jan Ward was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and studied drawing and painting at Bowling Green and Ohio State Universities. She lived in Atlanta for several years, completing a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education at North Georgia College and State University and her Master’s in Art Education at Georgia State University in 2000. Ward was an art teacher for the Fulton County School System in Atlanta for 12 years, then moved to Tannersville, Pennsylvania in 2005. She teaches art for East Stroudsburg Area School District, and is completing a Master of Arts degree in painting in 2012 at Marywood University.
Ward’s paintings have been displayed at the Capitol Building in Atlanta, Georgia, and numerous juried art exhibits. Her oil painting/collage Birch Forest was awarded the Purchase Price Award in the 2003 Juried Exhibit at the Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts in Atlanta and made part of their permanent collection. She has won several awards including 1st prize for her oil painting Swiftwater Creek in the 2009 Pocono Arts Members Show, 1st prize for watercolors for Let the Earth be Glad in the Pocono Mountain Arts Council 2010 Juried Exhibit, and 3rd prize in the North Fulton Regional Juried Exhibit in Atlanta. She has also had solo shows at the Pocono Community Theater, Philip Hone Gallery, and Findings Jewelry and Art Gallery, and been featured in Artscene magazine and The Weekender.
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