What's Going On With Betty Refour

What's Going On

Ok, so I apologize. I am months behind in updating this. But I wanted to invite everyone to stop by my Etsy shop for "Mad Monday". Every Monday get FREE Worldwide Shipping on all paintings. Be sure and contact me with any questions.

My solo show Seeing Red will begin on July 2, 2007 at L.JiElle. L.JiElle is located at 2924 Paseo in the Paseo Arts District in Oklahoma City. Opening reception will be during the Paseo Gallery Walk on Friday July 6th from 6 - 10 pm. Take a look at a slide show of my work for the show. The show runs through September 2, 2007.

Two of my paintings will be part of the show Small Works Small Wonders at Gallery One from July 6th - 29th. Opening reception is July 6th from 6 - 8 pm. Gallery One is located at 2927 Paseo. Take a look a the paintings here.

Two of my paintings will be part of the show Seven at the Irving Arts Center from July 14 - September 2, 2007. The Irving Arts Center is located at 3333 N MacArthur in Irving, Texas. Take a look at the paintings here.

My Note Cards can now be found at the Authenticity Gallery. The gallery is located at 910 Congress Ave, Ste. 100, Austin, Texas. Gallery Hours: Mon-Thursday 10a.m.-6:00 p.m. Friday 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. and Saturday noon-5:00 p.m

My painting Untitled #127, will be a part of the Celebration Of Life And Art exhibit from June 1, 2007 - July 13, 2007 at the Troy and Dollie Smith Cancer Center. Read more here.

Take a look at my interview of Shawn Marie Hardy for Dreamish.com

My work will be a part of the Light The Night Art Show - Fort Worth Community Arts Center - 1300 Gendy Street - Fort Worth, Texas April 17 - 28, 2007 (please note: The show was a huge success. $30,000 was raised in the fight against Blood Cancer. The show was sponsored by the North Texas Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.)

Please note that my art will remain at Taina's Art Gallery through October 2007so if you miss the opening you can still visit the gallery to see my work as well as that of the other talented artists.

Gallery Opening Press Release

Taina’s Art Gallery announces the ribbon cutting* and opening reception for the

Inaugural Exhibition, which will be held at 2055 Carter Hill Road, Montgomery, AL

36106 from 4:00pm-8:00pm on May 4, 2007. Taina’s Art Gallery is Montgomery,

Alabama’s newest fine art gallery established to provide a structured supportive

environment that will increase representation of artists of the African Diaspora.

Kenneth Davis brings his experience as the Curator of Exhibitions at the Birmingham

Civil Rights Institute (2004-2006), to the Montgomery area. He states, “There is a

need for representation of artists of the African Diaspora. When you go into

museums and galleries, a lot of the time you do not see fine art created by Black

artists.” The Gallery Director, Karina Polen-Davis, is a native of Puerto Rico where

she gained an appreciation for Afro-Caribbean art and she expresses that, “My

husband and I plan to expose the many contemporary artists from across the world

that all have a story to tell through their artistic creativity.” Through exhibition

workshops and outreach activities, these Tuskegee University alumni plan to

increase awareness of talented artists through Taina’s Art Gallery.

The Inaugural Exhibition will feature twelve artists whose styles are diverse and who

work with a variety of media which include oil on canvass, acrylic on wood, print

making, sculpture and chalk pastels. The show will feature a broad range of original

artwork from the following artists: Ahmad Austin - Birmingham, AL; Al Blackman -

Tuskegee, AL; Amy Bryan - New Orleans, LA; Cicely Carew - Brooklyn, NY; Shaun

Coffman - Rosenberg, TX; Shanequa Gay - Atlanta, GA; Miguel Hernandez -

Santurce, Puerto Rico; Bayunga Nsimba Kialeuka - Kinshasa, Congo (DRC); Janie

McGee - Columbia, MD; Betty Refour - Oklahoma City, OK; Akeem Wayne Scott -

Niceville, FL; and Jerome White - Cleveland, OH.

Taina’s Art Gallery schedule for the remainder of the year will consist of solo and

themed exhibitions. The opening reception and continuing exhibition (May 4, 2007 –

May 26, 2007) are open to the public and admission is free.

*Ribbon Cutting: Sponsored and performed by the Montgomery Area Chamber of

Commerce.

Taina’s Art Gallery operating hours: Tuesday-Saturday: 1pm-6pm; May 4, 2007:

4pm-8pm; May 12, 2007 1pm-8pm; Closed Sunday-Monday. Call 787.564.2172 to

schedule an appointment during non-operating hours.

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