June Art Exhibitions Unveiled

Panama City Center for the Arts Opens Three New Exhibitions for Month of June

Cheryl Fausel, Sorrow – Best of Show, Southern Watercolor Society, 46th Annual Exhibition, 2023

PANAMA CITY, FL – The Panama City Center for the Arts opens three new exhibitions for the month of June, including the Southern Watercolor Society’s 47th Annual Exhibition in the Main Gallery. Tim Gagnon is featured in the Miller Gallery. The public is invited to the opening reception on Friday, June 7 from 5-7pm.

Approximately watercolor artists from the Southeast will be featured in the Southern Watercolor Society’s 46th annual exhibition, juried this year by Lynn D. Pratt. “This prestigious exhibition will have some of the best watercolor artists in the region competing for top honors,” said Jayson Kretzer, Executive Director of Bay Arts Alliance, “but our community is the real winner since we’ll get to have this show on display for nearly two months, free to the public in the Center for the Arts.”

The Main Gallery will open on Friday, June 7 – Visitors are welcome to meet the artists and view this juried exhibition at the opening reception on Friday, June 7 from 5-7pm. This is the second year in a row that the Center for the Arts has hosted this exhibition.

Student works for Gagnon Atelier exhibition

Tim Gagnon and his students (Laura Tuvyana, Debra Makar, Stephanie Bloyd and Mary Ellen Rice) will be featured in our Miller Gallery in a show titled Gagnon Atelier: The Instructor & Students. 

The Classical Atelier training method is an art educational tradition that originated in 19th-century France. The word, “Atelier” means, “Artist’s Workshop/Studio”. During the Renaissance, Master Artists would house several apprentices training under them from age six to twenty. Today, this tradition continues as Artists from beginners to professionals enroll in Atelier programs to develop their skills and mentor under professional Artists. The artworks on display (40 in total) are examples of the instructor and his students’ work from various training lessons.

Illustrative works by Maya Walls, a student of Tammy Marinuzzi at Gulf Coast State College, will be on display in the Café Gallery. This will be Maya’s first exhibition at the Center for the Arts.

The Center for the Arts is open Tuesday–Thursday 10am–5pm, Friday 10am-7pm, and Saturday 10am-5pm.

About Lynn D. Pratt

Lynn D. Pratt lives in small-town Vermont with her husband and two children. She paints in a very photorealistic style which she adopted from her background in architecture and her love for detail. In college, Lynn studied architecture at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts graduating cum laude, third in her class. Lynn is an international award-winning artist, demonstrator, juror, and watercolor instructor and showcases her work in solo shows and international exhibitions. She is a signature member in the American Watercolor Society, Vermont Watercolor Society and North East Watercolor Society. She has been featured on television and in many magazines and books including Splash, Watercolor Artist, Artscope and The Artists Magazine.

Lynn has a deep passion for teaching watercolor and finds inspiration from sharing her love of the medium with others through her in-person classes and online school. She currently has over 130 full length video tutorial classes available in her Patreon online school. In 2020 Lynn started Women in Watercolor and runs the International Women’s Organization. The first International Juried Competition was a huge success, and it has grown significantly since then and now WIW has a membership option as well. You can see more of Lynn’s work, details about her online school and information on Women in Watercolor on her website at www.LynnDPratt.com.

Tim Gagnon Headshot

About Tim Gagnon

Tim Gagnon is an award winning Artist, Author, Speaker, and Instructor. For nearly two decades, he has performed and exhibited in galleries, churches, conferences, schools, and stadiums across the country. In 2008 he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Theology from the Christian Life School of Theology in Columbus, GA and a Master’s in Fine Art (Painting) from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA in May of 2015.

Tim founded the Gagnon Atelier in 2019 to assist churches and civic organizations to reach their communities through the Visual Arts. In 2022, Tim completed the Illuminated Messiah Bible, a collection of 66 original portraits of Jesus the Messiah. The Artwork is currently on a traveling art exhibit and the Bible is published by Broadstreet Publishing company.

An Air Force Veteran, Tim proudly serves with the Patriot Art Foundation, teaching Veterans to share their stories through the arts. He serves on the board, teaches online classes for VA hospitals and is the Host of the Patriot Arts Podcast.

Bay Arts Alliance

Since 1978, Bay Arts Alliance has served as the local arts agency for Bay County and provides opportunities for cultural enrichment through broad based educational experiences, music and arts programs, exhibitions, and events. Bay Arts Alliance has brought countless national touring performances to the area and provides many cultural opportunities for Bay County schools and non-profit organizations.

Panama City Center for the Arts

Panama City Center for the Arts in downtown Panama City is housed in the beautiful 1925 historic City Hall building. Panama City Center for the Arts is managed by Bay Arts Alliance. In the Center for the Arts, Bay Arts Alliance provides visitors and the local community with creative enrichment through monthly art shows and exhibitions, films, concerts, educational art classes for all ages, and special focus classes for Bay County school trips. The facility and grounds are under the ownership of the City of Panama City.