NEW YORK - s4story -- Nashville artist Loretta Ana Kaufman has had her acrylic painting Animated Forms XII: Environment Series chosen for the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club's 129th Anniversary Small Works Exhibition 2026. The show is open to members and non-members alike, and this year it brings together 45 pieces by women artists from across the country, working in oil, acrylic, watercolor, drawing, graphics, collage, mixed media, and sculpture.

Every piece is small, with no dimension over 14 inches, whether flat or sculptural. The exhibition runs October 27 through November 13, 2026, in the Moran Gallery of the Salmagundi Club, 7 Fifth Avenue, New York. The gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 pm. A closing reception takes place November 13 at 7 pm. For more information, call 212-255-7740 or visit www.CLWAC.org.

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The prestigious Salmagundi Club has been a home for artists and collectors since 1871, hosting classes, demonstrations, auctions, and many other events. It's listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. The Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, founded in 1896 and based in New York City, is a national organization dedicated to exhibiting and promoting the work of professional women artists.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Loretta Ana Kaufman, a multidisciplinary artist living in Nashville, Tennessee, has worked for more than fifty years in both two and three dimensions. Her materials include clay, fiber, paint, paper, metal, wood, photography, and collage.

In 2018, her oil painting Gate Posts With No Gate—The Leg Paint Project appeared in a book by poet Peter Waldor, which was endorsed by Sean Hemingway, curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

From February to April 2020, the Gallery of the Tennessee Arts Commission in Nashville presented a curated survey of her work. It covered thirty years of her practice, from 1988 to 2018, and included sculpture, works on paper, painting, and mixed media.

To learn more about Loretta, visit https://tnartscommission.org/permanentcollection/loretta-ana-kaufman