Photo by Hillary Odom

Women on Paper | Artists

Caroline Swanson, Karen Banker, Lauren Kerbelis, Lillie Morris, Gail Smith, Nancy Schultz, Ingrid Hofer, and Frances Wells (not pictured) encourage, support, and practice their combined artistic talents. For 20 years, Women on Paper have met on Wednesday mornings to share ideas, create art, critique one another’s work, and have lunch. While the location changes each week, from Lake Olmstead, to Hopelands Gardens, Bedford Nursery, and even local residents’ gardens, the sisterhood and original four members have remained constant. Through the years, they’ve seen each other through births, deaths, illness and rejection, and have grown as individual artists and as a group, now totaling eight members. “We don’t want to get too big,” Nancy, the group’s founder says. “Then, we couldn’t fit around a lunch table.” Meet the Women on Paper at the Opening Reception for their exhibit at the Aiken Center for the Arts on October 2, 6-8pm.

3 ONLINE EXTRAS ABOUT WOMEN ON PAPER:

1.  The original four members include: Nancy, Caroline, Karen and Lauren.

2. Women on Paper have exhibited at the Governor’s Office in Atlanta, The Anderson Art Center, the Gainesville Art Center, The State Botanical Gardens in Athens, Barnes and Noble, the Partridge Inn, MCG, and the Columbia County Library (just to name a few).

3. Three of the Women on Paper are members of the American Watercolor Society.