GALLERY C OPENS IN REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE

RECEPTION : 6 pm - 9 pm, SATURDAY JUNE 27th, 2009
meet the artists and enjoy complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres
(Courtesy of Lupo Di Mare, OVATIONS restaraunt & lounge, and others)












for more information contact gallery curator Michael Sprouse at
302.227.7303 or via email at director@galleryc.org

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Located at 20 Baltimore Avenue in the heart of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware's thriving Arts District, GALLERY C is the area's latest contemporary, fine art display space. Our 775 square foot gallery is host to monthly exhibtions featuring original works of contemporary, fine art by regional, national, and international artists.

Gallery exhibitions will be curated by visual artist Michael Sprouse who is also Executive Director of the gallery, as well as BASE (www.BASEartists.com). Sprouse is also Associate Director and Publicist for of the Rehoboth Beach Theatre of the Arts as well as Secretary and Marketing & Advertising Director for the Delaware Charitable Music, Inc. – a 501C3 corporation (www.demusic.org). Sprouse was owner and curator for the acclaimed Eklektikos Gallery of Art in Washington, DC for 11 years prior to moving to the Rehoboth Beach area in 2002. A visual artist for over 25 years, Sprouse’s award winning works can be found in private and public collections across the United States, Europe, Canada, and South America.

The initial exhibition for Gallery C will consist of recent works by Sprouse (www.sprouseart.com) as well as works by the award winning Philadelphia based husband & wife team, artists Michael Scotko (www. michaelscotko.com)and Karen Kiick (www.karenkiick.com). Scotko specializes in miniature, contemporary landscape pastel paintings and Kiick creates mixed-media collage and Venetian plaster works on board and tile.

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Also highlighting the event will be the free performance and Glenn Miller style dance event on the Rehoboth Beach Theatre of the Arts’ stage by the Milford Community Smooth Sound Dance Band (www.milfordcommunityband.org) courtesy of the Delaware Charitable Music, Inc. from 8 to 10 PM.

It's a fantatsic opportunity to see all that the Rehoboth Beach Theatre of the Arts has to offer our area. This is a free event and a perfect way to dance to the smooth, Big Band stlye sounds by such great artists as Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Cab Calloway, Les Brown, and much more!