The Pictures of Melissa Wharton Artwork Show to be at OzSBI starting January 2023Ozark Radio Information
WEST PLAINS, MO – The West Plains Council on the Arts (WPCA) and Ozarks Small Enterprise Incubator (OzSBI) have partnered to carry quarterly artwork shows to the incubator. Native photographer Melissa Wharton’s works can be featured inside OzSBI’s first flooring December 30 by way of the top of March 2023. Guests could view the show on the incubator throughout OzSBI’s enterprise hours, anytime between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
WPCA Coordinator Janey Hale describes the works, “Capturing the fantastic thing about her environment, Melissa reveals a real understanding of all nature has to supply. Her pictures presents a possibility for the viewer to expertise locations they won’t see in any other case.”
Rising up in West Plains, Wharton has at all times had an curiosity within the Ozarks mills and is derived. Beginning along with her grandparents taking her on frequent visits to Rockbridge Mill, Wharton started photographing journey outings at a younger age. This curiosity led her to a bachelor’s diploma in studio artwork with an emphasis in graphic design and pictures. A profession spanning three many years has at all times included roles the place she might be artistic.
Wharton just lately gained first place within the Individuals Class in a pictures contest in Terrain Journal. The photograph options Wharton’s son, Sawyer Smith, within the wheel at Turner Mill.
Her present place as tourism supervisor for the Metropolis of West Plains embodies all her earlier work into one: graphic design, pictures, writing, public relations, and retail. With the ability to discover the Ozarks and seize its magnificence in pictures is now considered one of her job duties. Sharing the Ozarks with others is only a perk of the job. She is embarrassed to confess that each one her pictures are captured on her cellphone, however it’s the years of coaching and the inventive eye that make the distinction.
Artist Assertion:
“Having grown up and lived within the West Plains space most of my life, I’ve at all times had an curiosity in photographing the Ozarks. Two years in the past, once I was employed by the Metropolis of West Plains, this ardour grew to become part of my job. I now have the glory to {photograph} and promote our lovely space that we get to name residence.”
“For this present, I needed to share a few of my travels from 2022. My husband owns Bartlett Transferring Providers, and I’m fortunate sufficient to tag alongside typically. The present will function just a few pictures of the Ozarks, but additionally will function pictures from a few strikes that I went alongside on: Seattle and Vermont. The journey there may be half the enjoyable (particularly in a transferring truck).”
A Meet-the-Artist occasion can be held on Thursday, January 19, 2-4 p.m. in OzSBI’s foyer at 408 Washington Ave. in West Plains. The general public is invited to attend to fulfill Wharton and consider and focus on the items on show.
For extra details about the exhibit, contact Madison Sutterfield [email protected]
at OzSBI or WPCA Coordinator Janey Hale at [email protected].
