THE DETROIT SOCIETY OF
WOMEN
PAINTERS
& SCULPTORS
ESTABLISHED
1903
The Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors aims for high
achievement among its many members by holding juried exhibitions,
presenting interesting and informative programs and encouraging art
students.
DSWPS HISTORY - According to records stored at the Burton Memorial
Library in Detroit, the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors
is one the oldest self-sustaining women's art organizations in the USA.
It was organized on February 23, 1903.
The MISSION of the DSWPS today is, as it was at it's inception in 1903, to
quicken interest in the art movements of the day, to stimulate active
work and mutual helpfulness among its members and to award an
annual scholarship to a qualified woman student attending art
classes in an accredited college.
Meetings are generally held on the third Thursday of the month from
September to May. Meeting locations are rotated about the Detroit
Metropolitan Area. Meetings include a business meeting and an edu-
cational or inspirational program.
DSWPS welcomes new members who are interested in the promotion
of art and who wish to participate in the society's activities.
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734.675.7243
Annual Shows
The Detroit Museum of
Arts
Ella Sharp Museum
Honorary Scroll
from Paris
Salon
Founding Members:
Mary
Chase Stratton,
Lillian Meeser,
Lettie
Carpo
exhibited
at Paris Salon,
Chicago
Art Institute,
Pennsylvania
Academy of Arts,
Venice,The
Louvre,The Hague,
National Academy of
Arts
Joined
National Federation
of Arts
National Academy,
Washington, D.C.
in Michigan since 2000
Smithsonian
Collection
Washington, D.C.
Air and Space Museum
Cleveland, OH
Lorraine Chambers
McCarty
Art in America
Guide of Museums,
Galleries & Artists
Barbara Eko Murphy
Linda Sterns
Alice Allhoff
Northlight's
Strokes of Genius 2
'the Best of Drawing
Light & Shadow'
Norma Boekler
Bio in
Marquis Who's Who of
American Women
Barbara Reich
Fine Art Book
Best of America Pastel Volume II
The
Artist Magazine
Regina Dunne
American
Artists Magazine
Lily Dudgeon
Carol LaChiusa
Gwen Tomkow
NWS
Artistic
Touch I, II, III, IV
Lily Dudgeon
Edee Joppich
Barbara Eko Murphy
Gwen Tomkow, NWS
Chris Unwin, NWS
Art
News
Carol LaChiusa
Art
of Paper Collage
Edee Joppich
Best
of Michigan
Artists
& Artisans
Barbara J. Reich
Edee
Joppich
Encyclopedia
of Living
American Artists
Carol Lachuisa
Marquis Who's Who
in the
Midwest, World and
American Woman
Dorothea Kreig
Gwen Tomkow, NWS
Michigan Bar Journal
(covers)
Lily Dudgeon
Jerrine Habsburg
Constance Powell
Northlight Publications
Jacquelyn Fleming
Carol Lachuisa
Gwen Tomkow, NWS
Chris Unwin, NWS
Splash 3 (cover) Splash
4
Gwen Tomkow, NWS
Strut Magazine
Lily Dudgeon
Jacqueline Hoats-Shields
Barbara J. Reich
Elizabeth Yorgen
Two Thousand
Artists
and Designers
Carol LaChisa
The
Anton Art Center
Mt. Clemens
Michigan
Women's
Historical Center and
Hall
of
Fame Lansing
The
Scarab Club,
Detroit
Oakland County Galleria
Pontiac
Starkweather Gallery
Romeo
Alfred
Berkowitz Gallery
U.of M. Dearborn
Downriver
Council
for the Arts
Home Gallery
Taylor
Shiawassee
Arts Council
Owosso
Pewabic
Pottery
Detroit
Fisher
Building,
Detroit
Village
Theater
at Cherry
Hill
Canton
Livonia
Fine Arts Gallery
Livonia
Besser Museum for
Northeast
Michigan
Alpena
Flint Institute of Art
Flint
Padzieski
Art Gallery
Ford Community &
Performing
Arts Center
Dearboron
Outstanding Pastel
Award 2010
Bold Brush National
Painting Competition
Barbara Reich
Helen
Cartmell
Henry Clews Art
Foundation
Fellowship
LaNapoule, France
Fellowship Project,
Savannah, GA
Network for Countinuing
Medical Ed. (HESKA)
Graphics.
"Through the Ages"
from
Creation to Death.
Johnson, Vermont
Art in the Embassies,
25 yrs. Dept. of
state.
Edee Joppich
International
society of
Experimental
Artists Award
Gwen Tomkow
NWS, Signature member
Watercolor USA
Purchase Award
Elizabeth
Yorgen
Butler Museum of
American Art Purchase
Award
National Art Museum
of Sport,
Indianapolis, Indiana