BWS Monthly Meeting
Monday, October 86:00 p.m.
First Christian Church
Washington and Kirkwood in Bloomington, IN
Important items on the meeting agenda are the summary of the conference at French Lick Resort, and the upcoming membership show. Tricia Wente, Show Chair, will provide all the information needed for you to participate in the annual BWS Membership show. This year it's titled, "We Paint...the Springs and Other Things."
After the business meeting, Signature member Connie Brorson will lead us in a creativity exercise. Bring your paint supplies and plan to have some fun and Halloween goodies!
(Members, please read over the September minutes posted previously on this blog.)
Paint-Out at Oliver Winery
Saturday, October 13 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Hosts: Kriste Lindberg and Betty Wagoner
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| The mums at Oliver Winery. Photo by Barton Images. |
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| Jeanne Iler, Signature Member, paints at Oliver Winery 2009. Photo by Barton Images. |
The beautiful grounds of the Oliver Winery is backdrop for our
next paint-out and annual chili carry-in.
Bring your paint supplies and a side dish, bread/cornbread, dessert or
snacks to share and join us for a day of painting and a sumptuous picnic. Bowls, spoons and napkins will be
provided. Of course, Oliver wine will be
available for purchase. Layer your
clothing as the weather may be on the cool side. Come, rain or shine, and spend the day with
good companions, food, wine, and painting.
Paint a Cemetery Project
BWS has been invited by the Monroe County Historical Society to
produce paintings of Monroe County cemeteries.
Thirteen of the paintings will be selected for publication in the 2014
calendar and, yes, appropriate attributions will be applied.
The paintings are due by July of 2013, so this gives you several months
and seasons to produce your painting.
More information and a signup sheet will be available at the next BWS meeting
on October 8. Some of the Monroe County
Cemeteries can be found on the Monroe County Website: http://monroehistory.org Look for “Cemetery
of the Month” where you will find photos and driving instructions. Also check out the archive of cemeteries
featured in previous months.
If you have questions or cannot come to the next BWS meeting,
contact Betty Wagoner at 812-323-3869 or blw89@yahoo.com.
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| "Draft Horse" by Meri Reinhold |
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| Bob Burris with his 3rd Place painting at T.C. Steele's Great American Paintout. |
We Paint…the Springs!
Wow! What a weekend! The compliments just keep pouring in! Participants came from California, Illinois, St. Louis, Louisville, and all over Indiana. Thanks to everyone who worked, who participated, and helped spread the word. Special thanks to Susie Graham at Ivy Tech’s Center for Lifelong Learning for her enthusiastic collaboration, and to our friends at French Lick Resort. |
| Painting the Springs at French Lick Gardens. Photo by Barton Images. |
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| The Gallery at French Lick. Photo by Barton Images. |
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| Nancy Metz teaches the Beginners how to paint a barn. |
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Beginning Intermediate Winners L-R, Meri Reinhold, Honorable Mention; Teresa Sterneman, 3rd Place; Phyllis Taylor, Honorable Mention; Cyndi Currie, 1st Place; Feryn Summers, 2nd Place; and Diana Hastings, Honorable Mention.
Gift certificates for the top three winners were sponsored by Blick Art Materials. Photo by Barton Images. |
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| Advanced Professional Winners L-R, Honorable Mention, Kathie Rice, Bob Burris; Jeanne Iler, 2nd Place $100; Honorable Mention, Cassidy Young; Deborah Rush, 1st Place $200; and Candi Bailey, 3rd Place, $75. Cash awards sponsored by the Venue Fine Art and Gifts, Bloomington, Indiana. Photo by Barton Images. |
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| Luci Mistratova won Best of Show and an overnight stay with breakfast for two, sponsored by French Lick Resort. |
Outside BWS
Anabel Hopkins of Nashville, IN is featured in a solo show of acrylic abstract paintings at the Chateau Thomas Winery in Nashville during October. She will exhibit new works including her “Cosmic” series.Anabel currently has abstract paintings in the Hoosier Salon annual exhibition and the Midwest National Abstract Show, both in Indianapolis. She also has an abstracted landscape hanging at the new Glick Eye Center at IUPUI.
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| Abstract by Anabel Hopkins 2012 |
Peggy Brown has been accepted into four juried exhibits this month. Rocky Mountain Watermedia Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO; National Watercolor Society Annual Exhibit, San Pedro, CA, Watercolor Society of Indiana Annual, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, and SALI National Abstract Exhibit, Indianapolis, IN.
Brown County and Autumn
It’s October - already! Here's the web site for the Brown
County Open Studio Tour that takes place all month long. When
the leaves turn to their glorious golds, reds and yellows of autumn, there
is no place more beautiful than southern Indiana. www.BrownCountyStudioTour.comBroad Ripple Gallery Tour
At Hoosier Salon, Broad Ripple: Mark your calendars for the 2012 Fall Broad Ripple Gallery Tour! Check out the Hoosier Salon as well as many other creative locations. The Tour will take place on Friday, October 12th from 5-9 p.m. Our current exhibit "Variations on the Figure" will be on display.
Friends of T.C. Steele
MEMBER ART SHOW
NOVEMBER 2-30, 2012
The inaugural Member Art Show will be on view in T. C. Steele's Large Studio from November 2 - 30, 2012, with an opening reception Friday, November 2, from 6-8 pm, featuring wine and hors d'oeuvres, along with live musical entertainment. Instead of a juried show, the Member Art Show is an inclusive exhibition, offering artists at all stages in their career a chance to take their place within the proud artistic tradition launched at the House of the Singing Winds over a century ago.Submissions may be in any medium, and applications must be received by October 15, 2012. You may download a PDF of the application form from the Friends website, at ww.tcsteele.org/programs.
If you're not already a Member of the Friends, but would like to exhibit in the Member Art Show, this is an excellent time to join. When you become a Member at the $25 individual level or above by October 15, your $10 show registration fee will be waived.
Artwork exhibited in the Member Art Show will be for sale, with 80% of the sale price returning to the artist and 20% benefiting programming at the T. C. Steele State Historic Site, designed to inspire yet others through our shared cultural heritage. Plesae take this special opportunity to share your art with those who'll be visiting the T. C. Steele State Site this November, while making or renewing your connection with the flagship location of the Art Colony of the Midwest.
Words of Wisdom
"When a painting fails, I no longer owe that piece of paper
anything, nor does it owe me something. Then I am free to play and experiment.
Instead of struggling to 'fix' some offending area, I can ignore my original
theme and begin again. The old painting may become a background for a new one.
Sometimes I turn the paper upside down or turn a horizontal into a
vertical." -- Barbara
Nechis, from her book, Watercolor From the Heart. Shared by Jacki Frey.
Guest Editor, Jeanne Ellen Dutton
Bloomington Watercolor Society
PO Box 5236
Bloomington, IN 47407
website: www.BloomingtonWatercolor.org
