October, 2009Good News, Fun News, and Kudos
The September Paint Out on the Clear Creek Trail provided some beautiful sites for painting, for sure! Six members attended along with one guest, and we could not have asked for a more beautiful day!
Farm near the Clear Creek Trail (Left);
Clear Creek in the morning(Below);
Wild Flowers on the Trail (Lower Left).
Photos courtesy of the editor.
MEMBERSHIP SHOW
The 2009 BWS Membership Show will take place November 6 -29 at the Bloomington City Hall Atrium. The opening reception will take place from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6. Don’t be shy! ALL members are heartily encouraged to submit one new painting, not shown before. For complete information, please email members@bloomingtonwatercolor.org or contact the Show Chair, Tricia Wente, at tricia@wente.com.
PERSIMMON FESTIVAL
T.C. STEELE
BWS members also did very well at the T.C. Steele Great Outdoor Paint Out on September 12. Bob Burris took the Blue Ribbon in watercolor, while Jacki Frey and Sammye Dina Smith both won Honorable Mention.
HOOSIER SALON
Tricia Wente had her recent landscape painting accepted into the Hoosier Salon show, which will take place at the One America Building in downtown Indianapolis October 14th through the 29th.
SPIRIT and PLACE FESTIVAL ART SHOW
Tricia also has a painting included in a show sponsored by the Central Indiana Land Trust. Named the "Nature Awakens Creativity" project for the Spirit and Place Festival, the paintings were to be inspired by one of the Central Indiana preserves. Tricia chose the Blue Bluff Nature Preserve in Morgan County for her subject.
The show will be on display at the Indianapolis Art Center library from October 1 through November 14.
Other BWS friends exhibiting in this show are William Borden, Ratcliff Forest; Rena Brouwer, Portal to the Heavens; Jeanne McLeish, Summer, Mossy Point; and Jerry Smith, Hajji Hollow Transition.
This exhibit will not have an opening reception, but on November 10 at 7:00 p.m., the Spirit and Place Festival’s literary and music winners will perform in the IAC auditorium. Attendees will be invited to view the exhibition at that time. If you would like to attend this function, please contact Eric MacDougall at eandjmacdougall@comcast.net or (317) 340-0903. Full details of this year’s event can be found at www.spiritandplace.org. The festival is sponsored in part by the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.
DATES and UPDATES
OCTOBER 2, Friday
Gallery Walk
Opening Reception
Gallery Walk
Opening Reception
406 Gallery
Bob Talbot, a member of BWS, exhibits his photographic art at the 406 Gallery, 406 South Walnut Street, during the month of October. This show is a retrospective of his 50 year career as a photographer. The opening reception takes place during Gallery Walk, Friday October 2, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Bob presented a program last spring to BWS about photographing your artwork, and would like to visit with his watercolor friends during this opening.
Opening Reception
Bob Talbot, a member of BWS, exhibits his photographic art at the 406 Gallery, 406 South Walnut Street, during the month of October. This show is a retrospective of his 50 year career as a photographer. The opening reception takes place during Gallery Walk, Friday October 2, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Bob presented a program last spring to BWS about photographing your artwork, and would like to visit with his watercolor friends during this opening.
Opening Reception
Glorious Moments Gallery
Shel Ritter, BWS 2nd vice president and abstract expressionist artist, is exhibiting at Glorious Moments, a new gallery to Bloomington. It is located at 109 East Kirkwood, across from Farm Bloomington restaurant. The opening reception for this month-long exhibit is during Gallery Walk, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
OCTOBER 11, Sunday
Paint Out and Carry In Luncheon
Sycamore Shelter at Lower Cascades Park
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Lunch at 1:00
The 2009 season draws to a close this day, and everyone is invited to bring your family, friends, and a covered dish! And don't forget your paints and camera!
A pot of chili and homemade cornbread will be provided along with lemonade and tableware. Just bring something delicious and join in for a pleasant afternoon.
OCTOBER 12, Monday, COLUMBUS DAY
BWS Meeting
6:00 p.m.
First Christian Church
Grab your own Santa Maria and sail on down to the BWS meeting!
After a short business session, Nancy Metz will present a program about the latest international rage - Artist Trading Cards. This is a fun and fanciful way to share your art and start your collection of famous artists’ work, right here in Bloomington! Bring your paint supplies and have an evening of fun.
AND - if you are painting, have painted, or are planning to paint a picture with a Halloween theme, bring it along to share!
OCTOBER 15, Thursday
Open Painting Studio at the Jacki Frey Studio
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Still life inside or plein air on the deck, weather permitting. Cost is $5.00.
Please RSVP to JackiFrey@hotmail.com or 320-6745.
OCTOBER 18, Sunday
Opening Reception and Awards Presentations
Watercolor Society of Indiana Annual Juried Exhibition
Indianapolis Museum of Art
2:00 p.m.
BWS members Linda Meyer-Wright and Sue Kim both have art work accepted into this juried exhibit, and we are hoping for great news about their awards!
The reception if free and open to the public.
OCTOBER 29, Thursday
FREE Mural Painting Workshop
9:00 a.m. – all day
Brown County Public Library
The Art Alliance of Brown County is holding a Mural Workshop. Brett Volpp will explain the mural design process, use of a grid, what to use on what surfaces, etc. The Art Alliance will work with Brett’s landscape design to set up the mural and then proceed to begin painting it on the back and side walls of the Ordinary Restaurant in downtown Nashville. The Art Alliance will provide all paint and materials (bring a drop cloth if you can and your own brush if you prefer). We hope you will learn skills that will qualify you to pursue lucrative public art project commissions or murals for fun. The workshop will be postponed in case of rain. RSVP to Anabel Hopkins at (812) 340-8781.
OCTOBER 31, Saturday
BWS Autumn Workshop
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Monroe County Public Library
Visiting Instructor will be well-known Hoosier artist, Rena Brouwer, http://www.renabrouwer.com/ Cost is $50 per member; $60 per non-member. Registration will be opened to non-members on October 13. Registration fee must be received by October 17. Reservations not paid by that time will be cancelled and the space opened to those on the waiting list. Class size is strictly limited to 20, so don’t delay! Contact Jeanne Dutton at members@BloomingtonWatercolor.org to register; or Jacki Frey at JackiFrey@hotmail.com for details.
NOVEMBER 13, Friday
Indiana Public Art Conference
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Art Alliance of Brown County
Season’s Lodge and Conference Center in Nashville
If you have any interest in pursuing public art, you need to learn how to do it from the experts! We have the best here, including Lynn Basa from the Art Institute of Chicago, a major national expert and author of a book on the subject. She will take us through the actual process of writing a public art application. Local public artists will also speak. This conference applies to a variety of mediums.
Fee is $75, lunch and snacks included. To register, please go to http://www.artalliancebrowncounty.com/ Questions? Call Anabel Hopkins at (812) 340-8781.
Shel Ritter, BWS 2nd vice president and abstract expressionist artist, is exhibiting at Glorious Moments, a new gallery to Bloomington. It is located at 109 East Kirkwood, across from Farm Bloomington restaurant. The opening reception for this month-long exhibit is during Gallery Walk, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
OCTOBER 11, Sunday
Paint Out and Carry In Luncheon
Sycamore Shelter at Lower Cascades Park
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Lunch at 1:00
The 2009 season draws to a close this day, and everyone is invited to bring your family, friends, and a covered dish! And don't forget your paints and camera!
A pot of chili and homemade cornbread will be provided along with lemonade and tableware. Just bring something delicious and join in for a pleasant afternoon.
OCTOBER 12, Monday, COLUMBUS DAY
BWS Meeting
6:00 p.m.
First Christian Church
Grab your own Santa Maria and sail on down to the BWS meeting!
After a short business session, Nancy Metz will present a program about the latest international rage - Artist Trading Cards. This is a fun and fanciful way to share your art and start your collection of famous artists’ work, right here in Bloomington! Bring your paint supplies and have an evening of fun.
AND - if you are painting, have painted, or are planning to paint a picture with a Halloween theme, bring it along to share!
OCTOBER 15, Thursday
Open Painting Studio at the Jacki Frey Studio
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Still life inside or plein air on the deck, weather permitting. Cost is $5.00.
Please RSVP to JackiFrey@hotmail.com or 320-6745.
OCTOBER 18, Sunday
Opening Reception and Awards Presentations
Watercolor Society of Indiana Annual Juried Exhibition
Indianapolis Museum of Art
2:00 p.m.
BWS members Linda Meyer-Wright and Sue Kim both have art work accepted into this juried exhibit, and we are hoping for great news about their awards!
The reception if free and open to the public.
OCTOBER 29, Thursday
FREE Mural Painting Workshop
9:00 a.m. – all day
Brown County Public Library
The Art Alliance of Brown County is holding a Mural Workshop. Brett Volpp will explain the mural design process, use of a grid, what to use on what surfaces, etc. The Art Alliance will work with Brett’s landscape design to set up the mural and then proceed to begin painting it on the back and side walls of the Ordinary Restaurant in downtown Nashville. The Art Alliance will provide all paint and materials (bring a drop cloth if you can and your own brush if you prefer). We hope you will learn skills that will qualify you to pursue lucrative public art project commissions or murals for fun. The workshop will be postponed in case of rain. RSVP to Anabel Hopkins at (812) 340-8781.
OCTOBER 31, Saturday
BWS Autumn Workshop
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Monroe County Public Library
Visiting Instructor will be well-known Hoosier artist, Rena Brouwer, http://www.renabrouwer.com/ Cost is $50 per member; $60 per non-member. Registration will be opened to non-members on October 13. Registration fee must be received by October 17. Reservations not paid by that time will be cancelled and the space opened to those on the waiting list. Class size is strictly limited to 20, so don’t delay! Contact Jeanne Dutton at members@BloomingtonWatercolor.org to register; or Jacki Frey at JackiFrey@hotmail.com for details.
NOVEMBER 13, Friday
Indiana Public Art Conference
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Art Alliance of Brown County
Season’s Lodge and Conference Center in Nashville
If you have any interest in pursuing public art, you need to learn how to do it from the experts! We have the best here, including Lynn Basa from the Art Institute of Chicago, a major national expert and author of a book on the subject. She will take us through the actual process of writing a public art application. Local public artists will also speak. This conference applies to a variety of mediums.
Fee is $75, lunch and snacks included. To register, please go to http://www.artalliancebrowncounty.com/ Questions? Call Anabel Hopkins at (812) 340-8781.
OPPORTUNITIES
Washington County Courthouse Competition
Salem, Indiana
The Washington County Bar Association is soliciting original pieces of artwork in oils, watercolor, pen and ink, or other media of art depicting the Washington County Courthouse.
The contest entries will be judged by Washington County Bar Association members. First Place will receive $450, and the piece will be displayed in the Indiana Bar Association Office located in Indianapolis, along with the donations provided by other counties.
Second- and third-place winners will receive $300 and $200, respectively, and will remain property of the Washington County Bar Association and be displayed in the circuit and superior courts.
Deadline for entries: 4:00 p.m., Monday, November 30. All entries must be submitted to the clerk's office located on the first floor of the Washington County Courthouse. Include the name, address and contact information of the artist. Artists are asked not to sign their works of art until after the judging is complete as the bar association wants all entries to be anonymous before being judged.
Prize winners will be announced in the Washington County Circuit Courtroom on Monday, December 14, at 10:00 a.m.
CLASSES OFFERED by BWS MEMBERS
At IVTC’s Center for Lifelong Learning
http://cll.bloomington.ivytech.edu/classes/art.html
Beginning Watercolor, Part II
Jeanne Ellen Dutton, Instructor
Tuesdays, October 20 - November 17, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Watercolor painting is fun! This course is designed specifically as a continuing introduction to this relaxing medium. Students will explore new techniques and styles, and discussion of the basics of perspective, composition, and color will continue. Students will be asked to work on projects outside the classroom, and gentle critiques and advice will be provided. Note: If students have some experience in watercolor, it is not necessary to have taken Part I. Previous students may follow the instructor or bring their own paintings.
Basic Jewelry and More!
Jeanne Iler, Instructor
Wednesdays, October 28 – November 18, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Learn the essential skills to design and make your own jewelry. You will learn how to bend wire and add beads to make jewelry to either wear or give as gifts. Classes will include: drop earrings, tiger tail bracelets, memory wire bracelet and earring, chandelier earrings using a jeweler’s jig, twisted wire jewelry, and wire-wrapped pendants.
At Peoples University
http://bloomington.in.gov/arts-and-crafts
Watercolors and More!
Jeanne Iler, Instructor
Taught at the Allison-Jukebox Community Center
Tuesdays, October 20 – November 3, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
The introductory class in mixed media painting provides creative ideas and technical knowledge for watercolorists. Projects include textures, soft pastels, and collage.
At the Waldron Art Center
http://www.artlives.org/
Watercolor for the Beginning and Intermediate Painter
Jacki Frey, Instructor
Tuesdays, October 27 – December 1, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Beginners and intermediate students welcomed! Explore watercolor techniques and styles through painting the still life, scenery, floral and abstract subject matters. Bring your choice of photos to use for a favorite painting as well.
Stretch Your Wings in Watercolor
Linda Meyer-Wright, Instructor
Mondays, October 26 – Dec. 7, 1:00 – 3:30pm
Fridays, October 30 – Dec.18 (no class November 27), 1:00 – 3:30pm
Explore your creativity through watercolor. This class offers alternatives and individual instruction for anyone working in watercolor. Are you a beginner? You will learn basic techniques and create work you didn’t know you had in you.
Been at it awhile but looking for something new? Tired of painting tight? This class will loosen you up and open you up to something different. Experience what paint can do with and without brushes – we will work with pouring, spraying, printing, and collage.
Cartooning and Caricatures
Dan Alexander, Instructor
Tuesdays, October 27 – December 8, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Anyone can learn to draw sharp and cool caricatures presented in an entertaining style. The easy-to-learn techniques and basic processes will make the art of visual narrative and comic portrait drawing simple, even for young beginners. The course will cover the basics of cartooning and fundamentals of caricature. Perspective, layout, character design, and writing or following a script or gag will be just some of the topics covered in the course. Enjoy!
Mixed Media Collage Exploration
Linda Meyer-Wright
Thursdays, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
October 29 – December 17 (no class November 26)
Take a collage safari to unvisited places where you will learn to work with traditional and unexpected materials. Collage art is green art – you will learn to recycle many of the unsuspecting collage materials you already have. We will also work with image transfers, your photographs, and wax collage to create art that is not limited by labels or boundaries. This is an opportunity for you to create personal art that speaks to you and the viewer.
Acrylic Portrait Painting
Dan Alexander
Thursday evenings, 7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
October 29 – December 17 (no class November 26)
Portrait painting with acrylics is a safe and affordable technique that provides great enjoyment with suitable challenge. Students will learn prep, color theory, composition, use of media, and framing of a finished piece. This class is recommended for adults or teens with a strong interest in painting.
Basic Jewelry and More!
Jeanne Iler, Instructor
Wednesdays, October 28 – November 18, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Learn the essential skills to design and make your own jewelry. You will learn how to bend wire and add beads to make jewelry to either wear or give as gifts. Classes will include: drop earrings, tiger tail bracelets, memory wire bracelet and earring, chandelier earrings using a jeweler’s jig, twisted wire jewelry, and wire-wrapped pendants.
At Peoples University
http://bloomington.in.gov/arts-and-crafts
Watercolors and More!
Jeanne Iler, Instructor
Taught at the Allison-Jukebox Community Center
Tuesdays, October 20 – November 3, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
The introductory class in mixed media painting provides creative ideas and technical knowledge for watercolorists. Projects include textures, soft pastels, and collage.
At the Waldron Art Center
http://www.artlives.org/
Watercolor for the Beginning and Intermediate Painter
Jacki Frey, Instructor
Tuesdays, October 27 – December 1, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Beginners and intermediate students welcomed! Explore watercolor techniques and styles through painting the still life, scenery, floral and abstract subject matters. Bring your choice of photos to use for a favorite painting as well.
Stretch Your Wings in Watercolor
Linda Meyer-Wright, Instructor
Mondays, October 26 – Dec. 7, 1:00 – 3:30pm
Fridays, October 30 – Dec.18 (no class November 27), 1:00 – 3:30pm
Explore your creativity through watercolor. This class offers alternatives and individual instruction for anyone working in watercolor. Are you a beginner? You will learn basic techniques and create work you didn’t know you had in you.
Been at it awhile but looking for something new? Tired of painting tight? This class will loosen you up and open you up to something different. Experience what paint can do with and without brushes – we will work with pouring, spraying, printing, and collage.
Cartooning and Caricatures
Dan Alexander, Instructor
Tuesdays, October 27 – December 8, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Anyone can learn to draw sharp and cool caricatures presented in an entertaining style. The easy-to-learn techniques and basic processes will make the art of visual narrative and comic portrait drawing simple, even for young beginners. The course will cover the basics of cartooning and fundamentals of caricature. Perspective, layout, character design, and writing or following a script or gag will be just some of the topics covered in the course. Enjoy!
Mixed Media Collage Exploration
Linda Meyer-Wright
Thursdays, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
October 29 – December 17 (no class November 26)
Take a collage safari to unvisited places where you will learn to work with traditional and unexpected materials. Collage art is green art – you will learn to recycle many of the unsuspecting collage materials you already have. We will also work with image transfers, your photographs, and wax collage to create art that is not limited by labels or boundaries. This is an opportunity for you to create personal art that speaks to you and the viewer.
Acrylic Portrait Painting
Dan Alexander
Thursday evenings, 7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
October 29 – December 17 (no class November 26)
Portrait painting with acrylics is a safe and affordable technique that provides great enjoyment with suitable challenge. Students will learn prep, color theory, composition, use of media, and framing of a finished piece. This class is recommended for adults or teens with a strong interest in painting.
SIGNATURE STATUS
Although applications for Signature Status will not be called for until late 2010, the BWS Board will try to provide information, through Brushstrokes, regarding possible juried shows. By being accepted into juried shows, BWS artists who wish to apply for Signature Status will up the points required to achieve this status. Information is included in the by-laws which are accessible through our home page, http://www.bloomingtonwatercolor.org/.
If you receive information regarding calls for entry into shows, please forward that information to members@bloomingtonwatercolor.org.
notBig: A Small Works Competition in the Chicago Arts District
The Logsdon 1909 Gallery in Chicago, Illinois announces a call to artists for a juried show, December 11, 2009 to January 2, 2010, that is open to all individual artists working in the contemporary arts. $500 first. $200 for second. $100 for third. +Purchase Awards. Juror: Doug Stapleton. This is an open call for any medium including painting, sculpture, ceramics, collage, mixed media, photography and glass. There is no intended theme for the work; it just needs to fit the criteria of being "small art." No works over 12 inches in any direction.
Entry fee is $20 for 3 images. Deadline: October 31, 2009. Visit http://www.logsdongallery.jimdo.com/ for prospectus.
Questions? Please contact Marco Logsdon at logsdongallery@gmail.com or call 312-666-8966.
Brushstrokes is an (almost) monthly
publication of the
Bloomington (Indiana) Watercolor Society.
Nancy Davis Metz, President 2009
Jeanne Ellen Dutton, Editor
PO Box 5236
Bloomington IN 47407-5236
members@bloomingtonwatercolor.org
http://www.bloomingtonwatercolor.org
