Bloomington Watercolor SocietyJUNE Meeting - Monday the 9th, 6:00 p.m.
We are back at the MCPL, Room 1C
This will be our last meeting before the July membership show and Tricia Wente, show coordinator, will be polishing off the finer details. If you cannot come to the meeting, please contact Tricia@Wente.com with questions.
The reception is during Gallery Walk on July 11th from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Nancy Metz is the reception chair. We will need wine and other refreshments, such as cookies, crackers and dip, veggies and other finger foods, so please contact Nancy, nmetz@indiana.edu, or Tricia to let them know what you can bring.
All members are welcome and encouraged to take part in the show! Please let Tricia know immediately if you plan to participate. The Show Guidelines are posted on this blog.
After the business session at Monday's meeting, Jacki Frey will summarize and demonstrate Rod Crossman's approach to painting watercolor abstracts. Bring your paint supplies and dive in - abstracts are fun!
Also, all artists who attended the Rod Crossman workshop, please bring your work - finished or unfinished - to share. (Sammye Smith's painting is hanging at tutto bene - good work, Sammye!)
Reminder three: The Judi Betts workshop is looking like a "go," but we need a few more enrollees to pay the expenses. Please register at the Sunrise Box Office at the Buskirk-Chumley theatre by July 1, or go on-line to BloomingtonArts.info, click "August 4," then "Buy Tickets."
JUNE 6( Tonight!)
CRITTERS opening at Gallery North on the Square. Look for the posters and postcards and Gallery North's ad in Bloom - they all feature BWS member Cathy Korinek's "Study of Black and White in Color." This exhibit runs through June 27 and you don't want to miss it. It's really quite fun!
JUNE 10
Deadline for submitting your entry for "Art for all Seasons," the Sycamore Land Trust juried show. You may find the entry form and all the information at http://www.gallery-north.org/images/slt.pdf
Although many of you are new to the juried show scene, it isn't nearly as intimidating as it may appear to us newbies. It's paint, photograph, submit, and wait. Just follow the details outlined in the prospectus and it will go smoothly. Contact Jeanne Iler at jeanne2@bluemarble.net for information, answers, and encouragement.
JUNE 9, 11, 13
Adult and Child Paint Out
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Fee: $50/couple, which includes one 11 x 14 stretched canvas, one set of acrylic paints and three brushes.
JUNE 14
BWS Paint Out at Kady Lynn Old West Town
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Bring a sack lunch, and your painting and sketching supplies. Please note: the cookout originally planned to follow the paint out has been called off.
Kady Lynn Auctions
5331 W Woodyard Rd
Bloomington, IN 47404-9585
Directions have been posted on this blog and on BloomingtonArts.info; click "June 14" on the calendar.
JUNE 15
Sunday at Home
T.C. Steele 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Traditionally, the Steeles invited visitors into their home on Sundays for music, refreshments, and tours. The site continues this tradition with special tours, old-fashioned games and activities, and live music or storytelling. Admission is free to outdoor activities.
JUNE 21
Fair on the Square in downtown Bloomington, followed by the Taste of Bloomington. Several BWS members will be participating. Stop by their booths and introduce yourself!
JUNE 27-29
Brown County Studio and Garden Tour
BWS members Shelley Frederick and Amanda Mathis are taking part in the tour, opening their studios to visitors. Maps and further information are available at http://www.browncountystudiotour.com/
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTIST
Zoe Dean "Introduction to Calligraphy"
Saturday mornings, June 14, 21, 28, and July 12, 19, 26
10 a.m. to noon
All materials provided.
Fee: $40.00
Pygmalion's Art Store
Jacki Frey Studio Workshop
Wednesday, June 25
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Fee: $35
Bring a half sheet of heavy watercolor paper, preferably 300#. Jacki will supply the dry wall mud for extra texture. (Bet THAT caught your interest, huh?)
Call Jacki at 320-6745 to let her know you are coming by.
Plein Air Painting with Jackie Frey
Friday, June 27
9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Fee: $20
Complete one painting during this class period. Students will provide all materials needed. You choose the medium you like: Watercolor, oils, acrylics, pastels, colored pencils.
This class is sponsored by Pygmalion's which is is offering a 25% discount on any materials needed for this class. (For a complete list of their summer workshops and classes, go to http://makebooks.stores.yahoo.net/woratpyg.html)
CONGRATULATIONS
Gillian Harris, new member of BWS, currently has two paintings in "Focus on Nature X: Natural and Cultural History Illustration" at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY. One of Gillian's watercolors was accepted into the upcoming 64th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition at the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute.
Cathy Korinek also has a work of art which was accepted at the Swope exhibit.
Johnnie Belinda has a one-woman show at Box Car Books, June 5 through June 29. The opening reception is this evening, June 6th, 6:00-8:00 p.m. The show is "Abstracts through the Intutive Mind." For those who are open to the intuitive arts, Johnnie will be giving mini psychic readings at the reception.
Nine - count 'em - Nine! pieces of work by BWS members were accepted into the Couthouse Centennial Exhibit. Congratulations to Tricia Wente, Sammye Smith, Jeanne Iler, Carolyn Rogers Richard, Linda Meyer-Wright, and Jane Jensen.
If you haven't seen this show, come downtown to the Monroe Bank on Kirkwood before the meeting on Monday and take a look. It's really splendid!
Festival of Flowers at T.C. Steele last month brought prizes to four members: Jacki Frey, first in watercolors, Bob Burris, second, and an honorable mention to Donna Kleusner. Sammye Smith won second in pastels.
Carol Rhodes, our lifelong treasurer and computer specialist, has an article about Photoshop use which is published on ArtBistro.com. You can find it at http://www.artbistro.com/training/articles/1946-6-steps-to-using-masks-in-photoshop. Look there for links, also, to I.U. training materials.
WELCOME
to new members Linda Endris and Betty David. Glad to have you joining us!
PHOTO ALBUM
Thanks to Tricia Wente for her photos of the paint out at Stone Head last week. The next one is June 14 - that's next Saturday - hope you all can make it!
Brushstrokes is an (almost) monthly publication of the
Bloomington Watercolor Society
P.O. Box 5236
Bloomington, IN 47407-5236
bloomingtonwatercolor.org
Jeanne Ellen Dutton, editor
members@bloomingtonwatercolor.org
