In this issue
BWS news
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Judy Moore Mudd
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April meeting
- Judy Moore Mudd’s “Portraits in Watercolor” workshop
- Donate supplies to Henryville schools’ art departments
- BWS scholarship approved
Member news
- Wildflower Foray
- Road trips
- Village Artwalk
- Oldham County’s “Animal Attraction”
Opportunities
- 88th Hoosier Salon Show
- Plein Air Show in Oldham County
- First Brush of Spring
BWS news
Sample watercolor mediums at April meeting
Johannah Silva, an artist and art educator working in Winsor & Newton’s Artist Outreach Program, will be doing a demonstration on Winsor & Newton’s Watercolors Monday, April 9, at 7 p.m. Topics will include a short history of pigments, characteristics of color, watercolor mediums and brushes. Attendees will receive free paint samples as well as informative literature. The hands-on component of the demo will include sampling some of the mediums. Bring some watercolor paper, brushes and a palette. Ms. Silva’s work can be viewed at her website, www.johannahsilva.com .
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Judy Moore Mudd demonstrates how she chooses which colors will
create the best flesh tone for each portrait. She often works from photos
saved
on her iPad.
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Show and share your paintings
from the portrait workshop
If you attended Judy Moore Mudd’s “Portraits in Watercolor” workshop last weekend, bring your painting to the April meeting. It will be a great opportunity to share a little of what you learned about portraits.
Judy combined demos, handouts and individual instruction to help even the complete novice portrait painter produce a respectable piece. If everyone shares just one newly learned technique or piece of advice, everyone can benefit from the workshop.
Spring cleaning?
Donate art supplies to Henryville schools
BWS will be collecting new and gently used art supplies for the Henryville schools affected by the March 2 tornado. Take your donations to the City Hall Atrium, 401 N. Morton St., Wednesday, April 4, from 4 to 7 p.m. or Saturday, April 7, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Specific needs include: black construction paper, colored pencils, oil and tempera paints, brushes, canvases, drawing pencils, erasers, sketchbooks, printmaking materials, glue, rubber cement and ceramics materials.
“The Bloomington Arts Commission is delighted to help make the Showers Atrium available to help facilitate this important community effort," said Scott Jones, BAC chair. "We’re hopeful that providing needed supplies to displaced students will help them resume their arts education.”
Henryville’s schools remains closed. Temporary elementary classrooms have been setup in a nearby church in New Albany, and high school students returned to their studies just this week in a temporary facility in Scottsburg.
For more information on the Henryville Arts Supply Collection efforts, contact Miah Michaelsen, Assistant Economic Development Director for the Arts, at michaelm@bloomington.in.gov or 812-349-3534 or Kriste Lindberg, Bloomington Watercolor Society at kriste.lindberg@gmail.com.
BWS to present first Art Scholarship in 2013
BWS members approved last month a BWS Art Scholarship to be presented to an MCCSC graduating senior who is pursuing a degree in visual fine arts, arts education, architecture or design from an accredited college, university, or school of design.
The $300 scholarship is to be used to purchase art supplies necessary for the curriculum for which he or she is enrolled.
The Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools will administer the annual scholarship program. Donor cards will be distributed at the April meeting.
Member news
Two BWS members will play important roles in the 27th Annual Wildflower Foray. The event takes place at T.C. Steele State Historic Site and other locations in Brown and Monroe counties April 27 to 29.
Betty Wagoner and naturalist Susan Douglas will lead “Art Trek,” a sketching walk at the T.C. Steele State Historic Site April 28 at 10 a.m. Bring a sketchbook and your choice of drawing media for an easy two-hour sketching walk. Meet at the T.C. Steele upper parking lot, located 1.5 miles south of SR 46 from Belmont. The GPS coordinates are 39.130560 N, 86.348848 W. For information about the “Art Trek,” contact Betty Wagoner at 812-323-3869 or blw89@yahoo.com.
Gillian Harris, BWS Signature member and botanical illustrator, will join "Moment of Science" radio personality Don Glass and Susan Douglas for an easy, 1.5-hour walk along a stream in the Schooner Valley watershed April 28 at 3:30 p.m. You will identify wildflowers that flourish in and around the Brown County Park's creeks and valleys. Meet at Brown County State Park’s Ogle Lake parking lot. The GPS coordinates are 39.16103 N, 86.24928 W.
For more information, call T.C. Steele Historic Site at 812-988-2785. For a list of Wildflower Foray events and schedule, go to: www.tcsteele.org/links.asp and click on “Wildflower Foray.”
Road trip!
Second Saturdays in Nashville are a great time to enjoy the galleries. Hoosier Artist, Gallery North (at their new location), Brown County Art Gallery, and Brown County Art Guild are all exhibiting works by BWS members and friends. You can also pick up registration brochures for We Paint...the Springs at any of those locations and, at the Guild, see work Bill Borden, who will be a workshop instructor at We Paint … the Springs. The next Village Art Walk is Saturday, April 14, from 5 to 8 p.m.
“Animal Attraction,” a multimedia show featuring regional artists’ renditions of favorite animals, will continue through May 12 at Gallery 104 in LaGrange, Ky. Partial sales proceeds from the show, sponsored by The Arts Association of Oldham County, will benefit the Oldham County Humane Society.
Opportunities
More than $6,000 in awards will be presented for artwork created at the 2012 First Brush of Spring. This IPAPA event, also known as the 14th Annual New Harmony Paint-Out, takes place April 19 to 21 in New Harmony, Ind. Awards include $2,500 Best of Show and $1,000 each for outstanding oil, watercolor and pastel. Email inpleinair@yahoo.com or call 317-508-0667.
Plan now to enter the 88th Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibition, which will run from Aug. 11 to Sept. 8. The entry deadline is May 18, with actual artwork delivery June 21 or June 22 with notification of acceptance beginning June 28. To download a PDF of the prospectus, go to http://www.hoosiersalon.org/images/Call%20for%20entry%20final%20pdf.pdf.
The Arts Association of Oldham County is calling all Plein Air artists to enter our 2nd annual Plein Air Show May 15 through July 7 at Gallery 104 in LaGrange, Ky. The show will feature paintings of scenes in and around Oldham County. The entry deadline is midnight Sunday, May 6, and the awards reception is Thursday, May 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. For a prospectus or additional information, call Sharon L. Grave at 502-347-0967, or email slgraves6@gmail.com or execdir@aaooc.org .
