CCAG Spring Art Show April 5 - 7

The CCAG Spring Art Show will be held at the Cheyenne County Community Center - Sidney, NE.  the weekend of April 5-7, 2013.  This year's judge is Peter Youngers.  Stop by to see a REALLY GREAT SHOW!!! with featured artwork from your friends and neighbors - members of the CCAG. The show is open to the public Friday evening (artist reception), Saturday all day, and Sunday afternoon.

Categories include paintings in oil, acrylic, pastel/watercolor, mixed media and colored pencil, photography, sculpture, fiber art and miscellaneous.  Vote for your favorite piece of artwork to receive the "People's Choice" award.  Register to win a door prize by Virg Shumacher and enter the raffle (tickets are 1 for $1.00 or 6 for $5.00) for a chance to win artwork by Paul Adkinson. 

Time Schedule:

April 4 (Thursday)

• 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. CCAG member art entry 

April 5 (Friday)

• Judging  9:00 - 11:30
• Critique 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Rehang art for public show  (committee time - TBA)
• Show Open to the Public and Artist Reception 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

April 6 (Saturday)

• Show Open to the Public  9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

April 7 (Sunday)

• Show Open to the Public 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 
• Artwork released after 4:00 p.m.
• Take down show and clean-up  4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

(photo from the 2012 CCAG Spring Art Show)

Peter Youngers: This Year's CCAG Art Show Judge

Peter L.Youngers has taught art for 36 years at Northeastern Junior College from 1965 until his retirement in 2001.  He also served as Associate Dean for Humanities and Human Services for 17 years.  He has served as juror for local, regional and national exhibits.

 Since coming to NJC, Peter has been actively involved in the leadership of community and state arts councils as well as the Colorado Art Education Association and the Colorado Education Association.

Peter is a painter, printmaker and stained glass artist.  His most recent works have been watercolors, stained glass and woodcuts.  His expressionistic watercolors and woodcuts reflect the landscape images of Colorado with emphasis on the northeastern plains of Colorado, where he has lived since 1965.  The majority of his glass pieces are abstract using light, color and texture to create the visual effects. 

“A large part of my influence as an artist is interpreted through expressionistic renderings of the landscape motif, both vertical and horizontal axes juxtaposed in a relationship to the horizon and ‘real space.’  The conceived motif may appear two-dimensional but through line and color, the space one observes is compressed and refined to display nature both symbolically and in flat planes or fields of activity.”

Mr. Youngers holds a BFA and MFA degree from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas.  His art works are in private and public collections throughout the United States and Europe.

 

Patrick McNabb - March Artist of the Month

(Information update very soon!!!)

ANAC Conference in Alliance June 12 - 15

Looks like the A.N.A.C Conference in June is going to be great.  Here is a link to the web page listing the instructors for the workshops being held.  http://www.nebraskaartclubs.org/instruc1.html  Since the conference is in our neck of the woods this year, it would be a great opportunity to participate in the wonderful workshops and events. 

Art Teasers - Take the Challenge and Run

Art teasers are a great way to get those creative juices flowing.  The idea is to use at least 2 of the items on the list and create a piece of art.  Here is a list of the teasers chosen for the past three months.  Have fun!!!

February 2013:

• Cezzane
• acrylic
• draw with a weed
• Christmas decoration used in 3-d art
• cat
• body

January 2013:

• Howard Terpining
• chalk and buttermilk
• mechanical gears/glass
• pop can
• Earth and stars
• blue

December 2012:

• draw with a stick
• Marjolin Bastelin
• conte
• rusty metal pressed on canvas (print of rust???)
• estimate
• something with wings

Hank Jessen - Artist of the Month

Hank Jessen is a prolific artist sometimes completing as many as 15 artworks in oil, acrylic, and watercolor.  His favorite subject matter is landscape, whether it is landscapes on his farm, his backyard, or the many travels that he and his wife, Joyce, enjoy throughout the year.  Jessen especially likes painting flowers and people.

Hank has been an active member of the CCAG for over twenty years and has exhibited his award-winning artwork at the CCAG Annual Spring Members' Show for many years.  He has also exhibited artwork at the Carnegie Art Center in Alliance, NE, the Holyoke, CO and Yuma, CO Art Shows, the Dalton Fall Festival, and the Cheyenne County Fair as well as the community Center in Sidney, NE and at the ANAC annual conferance, and many other places.

Jessen served as president of the CCAG in 2004-2005 and continues to serve on various art committees and continues to be an enthusiastic, participating member of the CCAG.  Hank also serves as the guild's Historian.

The public is encouraged to view Hank's fine artwork on display at the Cheyenne County Community Center and at the Sidney Public Library through March 11, 2013 .

Artist of the Month: Chuck Borcher

CHUCK BORCHER SELECTED AS ARTIST OF THE MONTH

The Cheyenne County Art Guild announces Chuck Borcher of Sidney as the new Artist of the Month. Borcher's paintings and photographs have received many awards and recognition throughout the years. He has been elected four times "Artist of the Month" by the Cheyenne County Art Guild. He has taken home several Best of Show awards from both the Cheyenne County Fair and the Holyoke Art Show and has had one painting selected by the Associtaion of Nebraska Art Clubs to be included in their annual traveling show, but the award he treasures the most are the two People's Choice awards he has received from the Cheyenne County Art Guild Annual Spring Show. "The People's Choice Award tells me that the general public appreciates my efforts and my vision."

Borcher began drawing and painting while in grade school. Even then he enjoyed the challenge and reward of putting his vision into two-dimensional pictures. During high school his skills were directed and refined by teachers Jan Pippitt and Mildred Elwell. Even though he chose to pursue a college education in Engineering and Computer Science, he still continued to work on drawings and small paintings in his spare time.

It was during college, while attending a college rodeo with some close friends, that Borcher first picked up a camera to record his companions competition efforts. It was an instant love affair that has led to a lucrative secondary career that he likes to call his working summer vacations. Over the year Borcher has been selected three times as the official photographer of the Nebraska High School Rodeo Association Finals Rodeo. He also serves as photographer for the Wyoming Professional Rodeo Association, the Colorado Professional Rodeo Association, and the Nebraska State Rodeo Association.

"Getting to mix my love for rodeo with my love for painting makes a very enjoyable and rewarding experience. I have always chosen to represent the western and cowboy culture in my paintings. With my photography, I get to add another aspect to the creative mix," he said.

Chuck Borcher's oil painting titled "Claudia's Sun" is on display through February 10, 2013, at the Sidney Public Library. The painting was started in a workshop given by Claudia Garber and finished later in her honor. It is the first time the artwork has been shown in public. Twelve other artworks and photographs may be seen at the Cheyenne County Community Center. The public is encouraged to view Borcher's fine artworks.