BRUSHSTROKES

September 2010

"Sunflower Trio" by Nancy Davis Metz

DATES and UPDATES
First monthly meeting of the fall
September 13, Monday, 6:00 pm
First Christian Church, corner of Kirkwood and Washington in Bloomington.
After the monthly business meeting, Bob Talbot and Carol Rhodes will present an educational session on “Planning your Composition.”
Also, the BWS Greeting Cards will be available for sale. We are using an adapted "Girl Scout Cookie model" for sales. Members will buy the cards upfront and resell them for $12 a packet. It's a fund-raising project for Bloomington Watercolor Society. These packets will make great birthday and hostess gifts. Thank you to Nancy Davis Metz and her team for making this project possible.

For your quick reference, here is the BWS fall calendar of events. Stay tuned for all the details on all the events.
September 11, Saturday
TC Steele Great American Paint Out (this doubles as our BWS September paint out).
September 13, Monday
BWS Monthly Meeting
October 3, Sunday
BWS End of Season Paint Out at Story, Indiana
Families Welcome!
October 17, Sunday
BWS Field Trip
Watercolor Society of Indiana Opening Reception
Indianapolis Museum of Art
November 8, Monday
BWS Monthly Meeting
December 6, Monday
BWS Holiday Party at Meadowood Terrace Room





Meredith Metz, BWS' youngest member, with cousins Ashley and Kate at Talbot's 1800s cabin shown in photo at left. Many thanks to Bob Talbot for hosting BWS in this beautiful setting.




September 11
Great Outdoor Art Contest at TC Steele
7:00 am– 3:30 pm
FREE to the public; artists $10 per person, $5 per child
Celebrate T.C. Steele’s birthday by painting outdoors in the open air, inspired by the same surroundings that inspired Steele 100 years ago. An Artist-in-Residence will give a public workshop prior to the contest and then a public demonstration during the event. NEW this year: art exhibitors and vendors! Enjoy live music during the judging process. Artists must register in advance; call 812.988.2785 or email Catherine Atkinson at catkinson@dnr.in.gov

WELCOME, NEW MEMBERS
We sincerely welcome our newest artist members, Carolyn Carlyle, Sheri Curry, Bess Lee, and DraSan’ Nitti. You’re gonna love being a part of the best organization in town!

GOOD NEWS and KUDOS
The show continues! Paintings from the April Paint Out and Reception at the Columbus (Indiana) Learning Center are now on display in a “mini” show at the CLC. Many thanks to those artists who participated in the paint out and submitted their artwork.

• Bob Burris, "BWS Show Reception"
• Jeanne Iler, "Pansies"
• Charlotte Griffin, “Geraniums"
• Nancy Metz, "CLC Geometry"
• Cathy Korinek, "Sweet Music"
• Betty Wagoner, "Planter 1" (watercolor); "Planter ll " (pencil); "Planter lll" (colored pencil).
• Tricia Wente, "CLC Plein Air" and "Windows"

Congratulations to two BWS artists, Nancy Davis Metz and Sara Steffey McQueen. They both were juried into the annual exhibit of the Watercolor Society of Indiana. Nancy’s painting, “Sunflower Trio,” is featured as our opening work of art. Sarah’s piece is titled "Rock Series #6.” (Editor’s Note: Only 52 of 167 paintings from artists around Indiana were selected.)

Nancy Davis Metz just received word that two paintings, "Tombi" and "Santa Fe Chapel" were juried into the Kentucky Watercolor Society's Aquaventure 2010 exhibit. The show runs from September 18 to October 17 at The Kentucky Museum on the campus of Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green. The Awards Reception is Saturday, September 18, 2:30 - 3:30 EST. The juror was Mike Nichols, an associate professor of art at WKU.

Tricia Wente will be exhibiting her acrylic paintings in the juried Penrod Arts Fair on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Saturday, September 11, 9:00 am- 5:00 pm. Her booth assignment is # 95 in the "yellow" section of the grounds. For more information regarding this beautiful event, please go to www.penrod.org. Purchase advance tickets for Penrod from Marsh for $12, or gate price is $17. Children under 10 are free.

Kriste Lindberg was selected to represent the Fine Arts Salon of the National Speleological Society as a judge at the 2010 NSS convention in Burlington, Vermont during the first week in August. Also during the convention, she formed a steering committee for the newly created Outreach through the Arts Committee, which is part of the NSS Education Division. This committee will serve as a bridge between the arts and education in order to promote cave and karst conservation across the country.

Karen Naber took 2nd Place at the Indianapolis State Fair's juried competition for a drawing she entered in the non-professional category.

Sara Steffey-McQueen’s “Recent Works” will be hanging at By Hand Gallery for the month of September. The opening reception is Friday evening, September 3.

BWS’ friend and super artist, Judi Betts, recently received a special international honor. Her work was selected to hang in the Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Watercolour Biennial Exhibition in China. There were more than 2300 paintings submitted from around the world, and an international panel of judges from the United States, Australia, England, and Singapore chose 230 to exhibit.

LYNN DIAMENTE WORKSHOP
By Kriste Lindberg, Workshop Coordinator
“Ten BWS artists and guests enjoyed an artful day of painting with Lynn Diamente of Columbia City, Indiana, during our second workshop of the year on Saturday, August 21st. While the rain fell outside, we applied water and paint to the paper inside of the First Christian Church.
“Lynn does outstanding floral paintings and her teachings were truly inspirational. She shared many insights on her sunflower painting techniques, which can also be transferred over to other applications in painting and more.
“Her instruction about negative painting, or the painting of what's just on the outside of an image rather than the image itself, was especially helpful; it added a lot of depth to the background of the paintings, creating a three-dimensional effect.
“Later that evening, I was sitting outside and writing in my journal. While doing so, I couldn't help but notice that negative painting would work well for nightscapes, such as the glowing outline of the citronella torch that was burning just off my back deck. I was inspired to sketch out a little image of it, too.
“It'll be fun and productive to see where the teachings of the workshop take us.”

(Editor’s Note: We were pleased to welcome visiting artists Lijun Zhang, a graduate student in Folklore from China; Linda Trowbridge from Indianapolis; and Carolyn Waldman to the workshop. Glad you could join us!)

























Photos: Left, Lynn Diamente demonstrates a technique;
Above, Carolyn and Charlotte watch as Lynn shows how to do sunflower centers, artfully and creatively.

OPPORTUNITIES

“We Paint…PARKS!”
The Bloomington Watercolor Society is partnering with Parks and Recreation for a theme-based show in November 2011. Artists will draw for their own assigned park for a year of painting. This drawing will take place at our first meeting of the fall on September 13th. Artists will have an entire year to create their painting, with the ultimate goal of hanging their painting in the membership show to be held in the Showers Plaza Atrium.
Tricia will provide preliminary details at the meeting, also, so please plan to be present for the “lottery” drawing and, if you cannot attend, please designate a member to act as your proxy.

All Day Watercolor Workshop
Jacki Frey Studio
A Watercolor Workshop will take place Saturday, September 18 from 9:00 – 3:00 pm. Jacki will demonstrate painting a face of a pioneer man with a beard. Bring paint supplies, a brown bag lunch, and a 1/4 sheet size paper. Please RSVP to Jacki if you would like to attend: 876-7200 or email jackifrey@hotmail.com

Gallery North: “Special Offer”
Starting September 1st, artists can join Bloomington’s leading fine arts gallery at a reduced rate. The joining fee of $150.00 has been dropped. Their monthly fee is now only $50.00 for the first three months with a 30% commission on sales.
Some of the benefits include having a solo or joint show after six months, a friendly atmosphere that promotes a “club” feeling, and a professional art gallery in which to display and promote your work.
Applications can also be obtained at www.gallery-north.org or call 812-339-5729.

Mitchell, Indiana Persimmon Festival
Call for Entries
The annual Persimmon Festival , September 18-25, includes an art exhibit in the Mitchell Public Library. For complete details, contact Dottie Sherwood at 812-849-3508. The exhibit is divided into six categories: landscape, waterscape, still life, portrait/people, animals/birds, and abstract/non-objective/fantasy. No advance registration is necessary, and paintings must be delivered to the library basement on September 20, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm. To take part in the judging portion of the exhibit, there is an entry fee of $5.00 per piece.


Below: Kriste Lindberg, Activities Chairwoman, and Jo Weddle, BWS President 2010, share a pleasant moment at the Meadowood Paint Out Exhibit.

Meri Reinhold discusses the exhibit with BWS friends who attended.






Many thanks to Tricia Wente and Connie Brorson for their work in putting this show together!






CLASSES and CONTINUING EDUCATION
It’s August and time to go back to school! The following classes are being offered by BWS members at IVTC and People’s University.

IVTC CENTER for LIFELONG LEARNING
Beginning Watercolor, Part I
Jeanne Ellen Dutton
Thursdays, September 16-October 14, 9:30am-12 Noon, Waldron Large Classroom
OR
Tuesdays, September 14-October 12, 6-8:30pm

Creative Ways with Watercolor
Jeanne Iler
Wednesdays, October 27-November17, 6-8pm

Animals in Art
Jeanne Iler
Thursdays, October 7-28, 6-8pm

Stretch Your Wings in Watercolor: Find Your Voice in Paint, Part I
Linda Meyer-Wright
Mondays, September 13-October 11, 12:30-3pm

Mixed Media Collage Exploration, Part I
Linda Meyer-Wright
Thursdays, September 16-October 14, 6:30-9pm

For full details and descriptions, please link to http://www.ivytech.edu/bloomington/cll/enrichment.html

PEOPLE'S UNIVERSITY, PARKS and RECREATION
Jewelry with a Flair
Jeanne Iler
Tuesdays, October 12 – November 2, 6-8 pm

Neighborhood Greening Toolkit
Kriste Lindberg
Tuesdays, October 5-26, 6:30-8:00 pm

Please link for full description and information to http://bloomington.in.gov/arts-and-crafts

Kentucky Watercolor Society - our neighbors to the south!
The Kentucky Watercolor Society opens its Aqueous USA 2010 exhibit on September 29 and continues through October 30. The opening reception takes place on Friday, October 8 at 5:30 pm. This is the 33rd national, juried exhibition and is considered to be one of the most prestigious watercolor events in the country.

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Bloomington (Indiana) Watercolor Society.
Editor, Jeanne Ellen Dutton
President 2010, Joanne Weddle
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