The members of the Delta Artists Association will be back in their first in-person showing since 2019 this week at the Malkin Gallery at the E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center.
The exhibition opens Friday, Nov. 19 with a reception from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. During the reception, attendants will be asked to vote for the People’s Choice Award.
The award is one of several recognitions for members of DAA included a peer-elected award and juried awards.
Pat Brown, exhibition coordinator, said the show will include mostly paintings but also metal-based work and fiber-based work as well.
Last year was the 20th year for the DAA member exhibit but was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose of Delta Artists Association is to support and promote visual artists in the Greenville area, but their scope is not limited only to Greenville. Artists who live in the Mississippi and Arkansas Delta or have strong Delta connections may join the Delta Artists Association and enter work in an exhibit by contacting Mary Catherine Brooks at delta.artists@gmail.com to receive a membership form; annual dues are only $35.
The Delta Artists Association was founded in the year 2000 under the aegis of the Greenville Arts Council, and is filled with talented painters, potters, photographers, printmakers, woodturners, and visual artists at every skill level.
Charter members who have remained active these past twenty years include Janice “Honey” Dean, Roy Meeks, Lilly Iris Mitchell, Lynda Trammell, Martha Virden, and founding members Juanita Gray and Jamie Tate; the group has since added many new members over the years while bidding goodbye to old friends who have passed on.
