the DownStairs Studio - Betsy Hughes

FABRIC & FIBER ART
Exhibits & Shows
*National Association of Women Artists - SC Chapter
Spring Fusion Exhibit
Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, SC
March 31 - May 6, 2022
*Craft Hilton Head 2022
Art League Gallery
Hilton Head, SC
2nd Place
*Augusta University Health
Healing Arts Gallery
May - June 2022
*ArtFields 2022
Lake City, SC
*Best of the East Coast
311 Gallery
Raleigh, NC
*SpringFest 2022
Arts & Heritage Center of North Augusta
North Augusta, SC
3rd Place
*Vibrant Landscapes
Online Exhibit
The Red Bluff Art Gallery
California
Honorable Mention
*Best of the East Coast
311 Gallery
Raleigh, NC
​* NAWA 132nd Annual Exhibition
One Art Space Gallery
New York, NY
* Artists Collective Annual Juried Exhibition
Spartanburg, SC
*The Second Half (50 & Older) 2021
Las Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
* Real People 2021
Old Courthouse Arts Center
Woodstock, IL
*2021 Aiken Artist Guild Member Show
Aiken Center for the Arts
1st Place -Organic Category
Honorable Mention-Entire Show
*2021 SpringFest Art Competition
North Augusta Cultural Arts Council
North Augusta, SC
1st Place
* 2021 Faces & Places of the South
Aiken Artist Guild Members
Aiken Center for the Arts
*2020 Real People International Show
Old Courthouse Arts Center
Woodstock, IL
* 2020 Botanical
Las Laguna Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
Oct. 1 - Oct. 31, 2020
* Craft Hilton Head 2020
7th national Juried Fine Art Craft Guild Exhibition
Art League Gallery
Hilton Head, SC
Oct. 6 - Oct. 31, 2020
*Artist of the Month 2020 - Month of June
Aiken Co. Visitors Center
Aiken, SC
*Aiken 2020 Artist Guild Member Show
Aiken Center for the Arts
Aiken, SC
5/26 - 6/19
Best in Show award
* Southworks National Juried Art Exhibition 2020
Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation
Online Exhibit
4/17 - 5/29
*SHE - 2020
Art & Soul of Aiken Gallery
Aiken, SC
*Animalz - 2020
Las laguna Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
*2019 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibition
City Gallery
Charleston, SC
*2019 Aiken Artist Guild Member Show
Aiken Center for the Arts
Aiken, SC
1st place in Figurative
People's Choice Award
*2019 Botanik
Las Laguna Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
*2019 Women's Works
Old Court House Arts Center
Woodstock, IL
*2018 Endless Possibilities
Las Laguna Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
*Women in Art 2018
Las Laguna Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
*2017 BotaniK Show
Las Laguna Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
*Figures and Faces 2017
Las Laguna Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
*2017 Westmoreland Art Nationals
Westmoreland Co.Community College
Youngwood, PA
* 52nd Annual TAG Juried Art Exhibit-2016
Trumbull Art Gallery - Warren, OH
(Received 2 Juror's Merit Awards)
* Decatur Arts Festival Fine Arts Exhibition - 2016
Decatur, GA
*Real People 2015 - Old Court House Art Center
Woodstock, IL
(1st Place Winner)
*51st TAG Annual Juried Show
Trumbull Art Gallery
Warren, OH
*Cranberry Artists Network Members Show 2015
Cranberry Twp., PA
( Honorable Mention Award)
*Decatur Fine Arts Exhibit 2015
Decatur, GA
*Isn't it Romantic" 2015- Cranberry Artists Network
Cranberry Twp., PA
( Merit Award)
*50th TAG Annual 2014
Trumbull Art Gallery - Warren, OH
(2 Honorable Mention Awards)
*Arts on the Riverwalk Art Competition 2014
New Castle, PA
( Merit Award)
*2014 Westmoreland Art Nationals
Westmoreland Community College
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival
Youngwood, PA
*49th TAG Annual Juried Exhibition
Trumbull Art Gallery- Warren, OH
*Real People Faces & Figures 2013
Woodstock, IL
*The Hoyt InstituteJuried Exhibition 2013
New Castle Arts Festival - 2nd place winner
*First Annual Fall Penn-Ohio
Juried Art Show 2012-Hermitage, PA
*48th TAG Annual Juried Art Show
Trumbull Art Gallery-Warren, OH
*Lily Festival Juried Art Show 2012
Campbell Pottery-Cambridge Springs, PA
*2012 Westmoreland Art Nationals
Westmoreland Co.Community College
*Best of the USA exhibit 2012
Art Affair Gallery-Sanford, FL
*12x12 Exhibit 2011-2012
James Harper Fine Arts Gallery
Ormond Beach ,FL
*12x12 Exhibit 2011-2012
Art Affair Gallery-Sanford,FL
*12 x 12 Exhibit 2011
Art Affair Gallery- Sanford, FL
*Across the USA 2010
Art Affair Gallery -Sanford, FL
*March - December 2010 gallery shows
the Mac Worthington Galerie -Columbus, OH
*Clarion Autumn Leaf 2010 Juried Art Show
Clarion, PA
*Clarion Autumn Leaf 2009 Juried Art Show
Clarion, PA (2nd place ribbon)
*Cobblestone Village 2009 - solo show
the Blue Heron Gallery-Volant, PA
*Hot Pink 2008 Exhibit - solo show
The Art Center-Butler, PA
*THREADS 2007 featured artist
The Art Center -Butler, PA
*Publications
Aiken Standard
Fig Aiken
Art Doll Quartly Spring 2008
Butler Eagle
The Globe Leader
Views & Voices
New Castle News
*Shops and Galleries
Art & Soul of Aiken
*Organizations
Aiken Artist Guild - Membership Director
National Association of Women Artists
Aiken Center for the Arts