Dues: $20 this month!!!!
Refreshments: Nancy Dee and Ron Nordyke
Carnegie Arts Center in Alliance is getting ready for its 22nd Anniversary Show March 24-April 25. Entry date is February 20, 2015. Copies of the brochure are available.
I offered a ornament painting class at the Art at Lodgepole Creek Gallery on Saturday, December 13th. Ten children participated. It was pretty fun! Janell Wicht had a card-making class at the same time and had a few participants. Margaret Evans brought some photos down to display during the day. I am planning a try a Tot-Art class (24-36 mo. with an adult) for Wednesday mornings and a class after school for elementary age students (not sure of these details yet).
Thanks
go out to Nancy Dee for giving us a great workshop about pastel!! We
learned a lot about applying pastel, papers, and drew (painted) some
pretty awesome green apples!!
JANUARY
Mini-workshop: Cindi Egging, yours truly, will give you some
information on still-life art (history, things to consider when setting
up a still-life, materials, and art elements and principles to pay
attention to) and she will prepare a still-life for us to work from with
a spotlight to help us see the values. Please bring any drawing
supplies you have: pencils, erasers, colored pencils, charcoal sticks,
and paper. I have enjoyed reading several articles in art magazines
while preparing for this workshop and have learned a lot! Judy’s first
mini-workshop addressed the “draw what you see” concept which is very
important when doing still-life. It’s a great way to improve skills as
you really look at the items before you.
In
December, 8 or 9 of us painted Christmas ornaments which were delivered
to Sloan Estates, Golden Living Center, and Sidney Regional Extended
Care. They were received with gratitude—some were adding trees and were
very glad to have some new ornaments to hang on them.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Artist of the Month: December/January is Judy McElroy. January/February’s artist will be ??
Note Cards: Pat Albers
Brochure: forward photos of your work to Tess Bagnell jpg 300 dpi (3x5 or 4x6)
Poster: Remember to let Margaret know if you need any posters to hang up and she will print some up for you!
Workshops:
At the last meeting, we decided to postpone the workshop with Sue Hart until next year. We also discussed the Patsy Smith workshop in the spring. The
members at the meeting said they would be interested in learning about how to make a landscape into an abstract painting, using
materials, and also to learn more about composition. It was pretty much agreed that we would be happy to learn whatever Patsy wants to teach us! Possible dates are March 21-22 and April 11-12. She would prefer the March date. Any comments?
OLD BUSINESS:
Public Relations Person??
Artist of the Month Chairperson??
Galleries:
Art Tour: At the last meeting we discussed having the tour the end of January? Or should we have it in the summer?
Mystery Painting pieces: Still some pieces left! Ron Nordyke shared his ingenious idea with us!! Awesome!!
NEW BUSINESS:
Program for January 12: Cindi Egging: arrange a paper towel or white cloth with an egg and sketch the arrangement.
NEXT MONTH:
Date: February 9, 2015 at 7:00 p.m./ mini-workshop at 5:15 p.m.
Place: Art at Lodgepole Creek Gallery
Refreshments for February: Margie Surber and Jane Easterly
Program: Janell Wicht: abstract collage mini-workshop and program.
FUN FACTS from the ART ARCHIVES
In
CCAG’s 4th year, October of 1975, they participated in an Art in the
Park for Sidney’s first Oktoberfest!! The big tent was in Legion Park
and the arts and crafts were at the Armory. Twenty artists showed
paintings that were displayed on picnic tables and table easels among
the old cottonwood trees. There was music by a Polka Band, a parade,
school bands and choirs, square dancing, pancake feeds, foreign food
fair, a cultural program at the Junior High School auditorium, a
community sing in the old band shell, adult and children’s games, etc.
