FCCA homepage Connie Canby, juror of February Regional Art Exhibit
Connie Canby is currently owner and director of WideRiver Gallery in Colonial Beach and Vice President of Colonial Beach Art Guild. She has attended the Corcoran School of Art and the Maryland School of Art and Design.  She has  a long history of teaching including Nova in Sterling VA., and Loudoun Academy of the Arts in Leesburg.  She has been Artist in Residence for Clarke County ART REACH program and has a permanent mural in Boyce elementary school.  She developed a program for teaching Alzheimer victims the joy of painting with watercolor and implemented the program at various adult day care centers around the beltway.  She has additional background in photography.
 
Connie has juried shows for Sheperdstown College, AOL headquarters, Loudoun Academy shows, Loudoun Sketch Club shows, Colonial Beach Art Guild, and Colonial Beach Museum.  And juror of FCCA's February Regional Art Exhibit '09.
 
One person shows include George Washington University, The Brazilian American Cultural institute, Middle Street Gallery in Little Washington, Eloquent Objects in Martinsburg WVA, and The Arts Center in Orange VA.

 

Recognitions:
Profiled in Washington Post Loudoun Section
Blue Ridge Arts Council awarded 1st place for pastels
Loudoun Arts Council, "Body Electric Show" for drawing
Loudoun Sketch Club, several ribbons
Rockville Art League Stafford Hall juried show 1st place drawing
Waterford Fair Juried Shows, several ribbons