Last week Susan joined Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, the Founder of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and Dr. Susan Fisher Sterling, the Alice West Director of the museum, in celebrating its 25^th Anniversary. At the gala event under the Patronage of Ambassador and Mrs. L’Hélias-Delattre of France, the museum honored Isabel Allende with the Award for Excellence in the Arts. The Chilean American writer’s works of fiction and memoirs pay homage to lives of women, and have sold over 56 million copies worldwide.

Gentle Morning 30 x 30

The NMWA is the only major museum in the world solely dedicated to recognizing women’s creative contributions. By bringing to light remarkable women artists of the past while also promoting the best of women artists working today, the museum directly addresses the gender imbalance in the

presentation of art in the U.S. and abroad, thus assuring great women artists a place of honor now and into the future. Susan is a member of the National Advisory Board.

Dr. Sterling was pleased to unveil Gentle Morning, Susan’s painting purchased by the museum following her solo exhibition susan swartz: seasons of the soul in 2011.

“…was a painting by Susan Swartz, Autumn Blaze II” says Kristie Aronow of Gulfshore Live in her review of Thursday night’s opening of the Naples International Art & Antique Fair.

“You feel the emotion, the heat, of the forest,” said another patron who also was taken with the painting, “you can feel the oncoming winter and the last hurrah of fall.”

Susan is humbled by another fantastic reception in Florida this season! Here’s Kristie’s complete article.

If you stroll into the the Naples International Art & Antique Fair this weekend, guess who’s painting will be the first to welcome you? Susan’s of course! Autumn Blaze II, a Swartz signature piece, graces the opening of the pavilion.  Gallery Director Michael James is proud to bring Susan’s work to the Florida Gulf Coast for a second year. As Yohana de la Torre, Chief Editor of The Gulf Coast Times wrote, Swartz’s “color constructions are mesmerizing. And the composition astounding.” Visit Susan’s website to read the entire article and please be our guests this weekend in Naples. Complimentary tickets at “will call” under Michael James Fine Art.

Autumn Blaze II 48 x 60

Naples International Art & Antique Fair

Friday to Sunday, February 24 to 26, 11 am to 7 pm

Monday and Tuesday, February 27 and 28, 11am to 5 pm

Naples International Pavilion, 4835 Immokalee Road, Naples, FL 34110

Talk about excess baggage charges—Susan and lots of her recent paintings traveled to New York City this week for a very special event. A collection of  Susan’s available paintings opens today at The Carlyle Hotel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Exhibited alongside estate silver specialist, The Silver Fund, and luxury jeweler, YVEL, Susan’s work includes several pieces from her recent solo exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, as well as a selection of brand new paintings.

Avenue, Manhattan’s oldest society magazine, promoted the three-day event in its November 2011 issue, calling the triple-threat exhibition a “Trove of Treasures.” Says the publication, “New Yorkers are on the prowl for unique, exquisite and memorable pieces to gift…[now] holiday shoppers will have the chance to feast their eyes on the remarkable collections [offered by this trio.]”

In New York this weekend? Stop by The Carlyle from 10am-8pm today or tomorrow,  Saturday, December 10^th or Sunday, December 11^th from 10am-4pm.

Susan is stunned and grateful to have been lauded so thoroughly by friends and supporters at a celebration on October 15 in the extraordinary Zions Bank Founders Room in downtown Salt Lake City.

In a room packed with admirers, peers and friends, Susan was honored as national treasure who sheds a flattering light on the state of Utah. Hosts Scott Anderson (president and CEO, Zions Bank), Geralyn Dreyfous (founder and chair, Utah Film Center and Impact Partners) and Byron Russell (Byron Russell LLC) celebrated not only Susan’s artistic talents, but also her life-changing generosity and her gift of deep and abiding friendship.

A Zions Bank-commissioned painting and other private collection works by Susan were on display to enhance the special video screening of the opening reception of her recently-concluded National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) exhibition, Seasons of the Soul.

Remarks Susan about the evening:

With the preparation and opening of any exhibition of paintings, there is so much work, anticipation and excitement for the artist. One continues to bask in the glow throughout its life in the gallery. What one is less prepared for are those wistful and bittersweet feelings at its quiet closure—a very private end to a public experience. For me, this celebration brought an unexpectedly joyful conclusion to my NMWA exhibition. To celebrate with good friends and so many new friends was a glorious benediction.

And see Presidential Candidate Jon Huntman’s special message to Susan on her website.