Brushstrokes

December 2010
DATES and UPDATES
BWS Holiday Party
Monday, December 6
6:00 – 9:00
Meadowood
Share your Artist Trading Cards, win a door prize, just have fun with your paint pals as we close 2010 BWS activities. See you there!
(P.S. Reservations are closed.)

In this photo, Ellen Willibey admires the BWS ornaments on the
top-selling Christmas tree at the Waldron, 2009.

December 3, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Tonight is Gallery Walk!
Come downtown and wander under the canopy of lights. What a great time to browse the local galleries and pick up some unique gifts, plus enjoy a glass of wine, Christmas cookies and other munchies.

At Gallery North on the Square: Annual Holiday Art Boutique, now through the month of December. Local artists offer a wide array of creative gift options from fine art and craft to garden art and jewelry. Choose from ceramics and fused glass as well as holiday decor and cards.
You'll find something fun for most everyone on your list.
116 W. 6th Street in The Wicks Building, next to Wandering Turtle.

At By Hand Gallery: Holiday shopping with an incredible variety of art by painters and Indiana artisans. Located in Fountain Square.

At Bellevue Gallery: It’s a Renovation Celebration. Come see the new look of the Bellevue Gallery located in the lobby of the Bloomington Playwrights Project Theater, 107 W. 9th Street. The celebration will be followed by Artiface at 8 pm, a theater performance about an artist.

Bellevue is planning its 2011 schedule. While there, ask how you can be a featured artist. If you can't attend, but are interested in displaying art, contact Joanne Shank at 824-9681.

December 10, Saturday
Winter Watercolor Workshop
Jacki Frey Studio
9:00 – 3:30
RSVP to Jacki at jackifrey@hotmail.com, 320-6745
Jacki has put together a snowscape featuring the farm on Kent Road near T.C. Steele - two barns, a winter sky and trees. But you’ll stay warm in her studio! Bring a Brown Bag Lunch; coffee provided. Cost is $40. Bring an old toothbrush for spattering and a half-size sheet of w/c paper.

Get this date on your brand new calendar:
January 10, 6:00 p.m.
BWS Meeting at First Christian Church

Welcome and thanks to our newly elected Executive Board:
Kriste Lindberg, president
Jo Weddle, 1st vice president
Betty Wagoner, 2nd vice president
Carol Rhodes, treasurer,and
Charlotte Griffin, secretary.

And many thanks to the new committee chairs who will keep the ball rolling on activities. You will meet them at the January meeting, where you can thank them in person.

OPPORTUNITIES
The Art of Chocolate benefits the Options for Better Living, an organization that helps people with disabilities. Artists are invited to submit art for an on-line auction and juried show. More details and an entry form can be found at http://www.weekofchocolate.com/index.htm

January 18, 7:00 p.m.
The Visual Arts Guild will meet upstairs at the Irish Lion. Representatives from various visual arts groups are invited to share information about their organization and talk about networking benefits. For questions or more information, contact Joanne at joanneshank@juno.com.

The Ivy Tech Center for Lifelong Learning will publish its 2011 Spring Catalog the first week of January. There will be lots of watercolor classes offered, including those taught by Jeanne Iler, Linda Meyer-Wright, and yours truly. Nancy Metz will teach a class in Orleans, and also one here in Bloomington for Parks and Recreation. Lots coming up in the new year!

Transition
With a touch of regret, I want you to know that this will be my last time as your Brushstrokes editor. The keyboard is being passed to a very accomplished, professional journalist, Nancy Davis Metz. My heartfelt thanks to her for taking on the job while I become understudy to Carol Rhodes, helping her with the web management and learning the treasurer’s tasks.

Brushstrokes has been a delightful experience for me, and I thank BWS for the opportunity. Best wishes to Nancy, and best wishes to all of you for a delightful holiday and the very happiest of new years.

Jeanne

Brushstrokes is an (almost) monthly
publication of the
Bloomington (Indiana) Watercolor Society.
Editor, Jeanne Ellen Dutton
President 2010, Joanne Weddle
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Bloomington, Indiana
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