Call for Artists :: RIWS

Call for Artists Announcement

 The following announcement is a press release from the RIWS:

The Rhode Island Watercolor Society (RIWS) is seeking artists for the following upcoming open, juried shows. Works selected for the shows will be on display and for sale at the Society’s Gallery, located at the J. C. Potter Casino (Boat House) in Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Boulevard, Pawtucket, RI.  Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 AM to 4 PM and Sunday from 1 to 5 PM. 

l                    July 22 - August 9: “Water”. Hand delivery of entries to RIWS July 9  – 15 during gallery hours. Juror: Nancy Friese - Leading Rhode Island landscape painter and printmaker who also teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design.

l                    October 21 - 8, “18th Annual National Watermedia Competition”. Digital entries on CD only – deadline July 15.  Juror: Internationally acclaimed watercolorist, author, and instructor, Alvaro Castagnet, AWS.

Entry forms for both shows are available at www.riws.org. For more information on the Rhode Island Watercolor Society and its programs and activities, contact Alyssa Wood, Gallery Director, at (401) 726-1876 and riwsgallery@verizon.net or visit the Society's web site at www.riws.org.

Publicity Contact: Rick Cardoza, (508) 883-8250 or riwsgallery@verizon.net

Franklin Art Center:: Calendar Project

The following is an announcement from the Franklin Art Center: 2013 Artist Calendar Project Open Call The Franklin Art Center is looking for  local artists who have done work based  on the Town of Franklin. We are accepting  all mediums and will be working with a  professional photographer to capture  high quality imagery for the calendar. More information:   email franklinartcenter@gmail.com.  Or call Linda at  508 887-2797.

May Demonstrator :: Christine Bodnar

At the FAA May meeting, Christine Bodnar was our demonstrator, and she showed us step-by-step her process to make a loose, expressionist, pastel landscape painting. 

She started with a drawing in three colors. For a landscape she said she often focuses on magentas and purples for her underpainting colors. 

The drawing complete and Christine Bodnar lays in her underpainting tones. 

Christine uses PastelMat which has been dry mounted. After her drawing is complete, she uses water and a big brush from the hardware store. She wets the pastel, and the pastel becomes a loose watercolor underpainting of the wet pastel pigment.

Christine Bodnar's completed underpainting

Christine worked quickly and efficiently. The members were interested in watching the piece develop, asking pertinent questions about the work and the pastel medium. 

Members watch in rapt attention

 

Christine's demonstration at the end of her demo wasn't complete because she had left some of her required colors at home. Even without those select color notes, this painting is a wonderful example of the medium and her preferred technique. 

Christine Bodnar's demonstration painting at meeting's end

Christine's smaller pastel study

Some of Christine Bodnar's supplies, imagery, and her pastel study

Discussing her work with her pastel demonstration on easel

Christine Bodnar's demo piece

Christine Bodnar's small pastel sketch 

Christine mentioned she was going to rework her piece. When she does, I'll be sure to post it here as a follow up. 

Thanks for reading!

Kim Morin Weineck 

New Officers Elected

The Foxboro Art Association have elected new officers for the year September 2012-May 2013: After a one year hiatus, the "new" president is Kathy Hutchinson; Jack Gannon returns as Vice President and Paula DePierro as Treasurer (for the 9th year!); the new Secretary is Lisa Bloom. Outgoing president Frank Quinn and former secretary Haydi Hurley promise to stay involved in Association activiities.

Meeting Tuesday May 8

The last meeting for this [school] year is this Tuesday evening May 8 at 7 pm. We will elect new officers for next year and transition back to meeting on the the second Wednesdays of the month, starting on September 12. The meetings will continue at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 116 South Street, Foxboro (next door to Foxboro High School) until completion of the "new" Boyden Library, which is scheduled to be finished by the spring/summer of 2013.

April Notes & Deadlines

Here is some info for those of you who missed our April meeting:
(1) We must elect officers at our next (May 8) meeting. And since we are switching our meeting days back to Wednesdays next Fall, Frank Quinn will be stepping down and Kathy Hutchinson has agreed to return as president -- unless somebody else wants to vie for the position. Also stepping down after 3 years as our secretary is Haydi Hurley. But she plans to remain active and help whoever replaces her. Karole Nicholson, our intrepid demonstrator-scheduler will also be stepping down. To replace her might require two volunteers. Finally, we are hoping to find one or more volunteers to arrange for our monthly refreshments, a sort of "Martha Stewart Committee". We hope you will consider getting involved in one of these positions and adding new blood to our activities. Afterall, we are only as good as our members.
(2) For those who participated in our exhibition at the Walpole Library, you can pick up your art (or ask someone to do it for you) on Monday April 30, 4-7 pm. Thanks to all who participated in the new Library's first show. The official dedication of the new building is Saturday, April 28, 10:30 am. All are invited.
(3) Every year the Art Association awards 2 scholarships under the name of David Withers, an active member who passed away about 11 years ago. One scholarship of $600 is awarded to a graduating student from Foxboro High School who is pursuing further education in the visual arts. The other is for $200 which is awarded to an active member for a workshop or similar educational experience. The deadline for both applications is April 30. The application should be mailed to our Association, PO Box 440, Foxboro, MA 02035. The recipients will be announced at our next meeting, May 8. Please try to attend. After May, our next meeting will be in September.
Questions? Contact Frank Quinn at fxquinn@yahoo.com or (508) 668-7031.

Watercolor Exhibition April 19-May 12

The New England Watercolor Society is holding ita 13th Biennial North American Open Show at the Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park St., Attleboro, Aprril 19-May 12. The opening reception and awards presentation is Saturday April 28 2-4 pm. Free and open to the public. For more information consult www.attleboroartsmuseum.org.

Mass Audubon Reception April 12

Mass Audubon will hold an art reception and gallery talk for its new exhibit at 293 Moose Hill St., Sharon, on Thursday evening, April 12, 6-8 pm featuring the work of 5 artists: Sherrill Hannon, Katrina Kirkland-Cornia, Katrina Majkut, Sheila Pallay and Mary Wilkas. The exhibit is entitled “Captivating Landscapes – Visions and Views”. View their compelling work executed in oil, photography, monoprint and mixed media. The exhibit runs April 12 - June 19.

April Show at Walpole Library

Members are now exhibiting their work at the brand new Walpole Public Library during the month of April. Members dropped off their work Saturday, March 31, and thanks to Haydi Hurley, Paula DePierro and Ellen Goetz, the work was immediately hung in the Community Room. The official dedication of the new library will be Saturday morning at 10:30, April 28, and our members work will be on display for all to see.

Pick Up & Drop Off

Members are reminded to pick up their pieces at the Patriot Place Gallery this Sunday, March 25 between 6 and 7 pm or the next day, Monday, March 26 between 4 and 8pm. Also, you can exhibit 2 pieces at the new Walpole Public Library, 143 School Street, Walpole (one block from the center of town and adjacent to town hall). The drop off is Saturday, March 31, 10 am-noon. The exhibit is free and will remain up until Saturday, May 5. You can sign the library waiver and provide title information when you drop off your piece(s). Because of space limitations, you can only submit 2 pieces which are smaller than 16x20 or one piece if it is 16x20 (excluding the frame). There is no room for pieces larger than 16x20.

2 Receptions Saturday

There will be two back-to-back receptions this Saturday March 24 for exhibiting members of the Foxboro Art Association in Mansfield, MA. The first one is at the Morini Gallery/Black Box Theater, 377 North Main St., 5-7 pm (for the Breakout Exhibit)and the second one is afterwards, 7-9 pm down the street at the Next Door Gallery, 250 North Main Street. Once again free food and music for all of us art lovers!

Pastel workshop overview :: Deb Quinn-Munson

Saturday, St Patrick's Day, Foxboro Art Association offered a pastel workshop with Deb Quinn-Munson. The focus was on underpainting and Deb demonstrated the technique of underpainting with oil for a pastel painting. Very interesting and vibrant!

Cindy Kerr listens to Deb's demo

Those in attendance were privy to a plethora of helpful information about painting, composition, underpainting options, etc. Deb even provided each participating artist with a sample piece of Ampersand PastelBord. How wonderful free gifts are! 

Deb mixes her underpainting colors in oil. 

Deb is an acclaimed artist and was well-known to many workshop participants. She's been the cover artist for the Artist's magazine and will be featured in an article in the same magazine this coming fall. 

The cover was beautiful and only the light on the water
and the boater is done in pastel - the rest is oil underpaiting! 

Deb is a consummate professional and came to the workshop thoroughly prepared with examples of her planned demonstration. Watching her develop her sheet of blank Wallis paper to nearly the level of completed pastel she brought to show us was a wonderful learning experience for everyone there.

Deb's pastel demo on easel and the completed piece near the window. 

Personally I was so busy working I didn't get to take photos of everyone working or their individual pieces except for this one of Kathy working on her successful venture and mine below. 

Kathy Hutchinson's successful workshop creation. 

Kim Weineck's workshop creation. What fun this was! 

Some pearls of wisdom from the workshop:

Put as little pastel on the piece as you can. 

Use a light touch at the beginning.

Flirt with applying the pastel at the onset. 

To remove a mistaken application of pastel, just brush it off. 

No color exists in a vacuum. 

Something is appealing about lighter colors on top of darker ones. 

Skies are good places to experiment with color. 

Always watch shapes and marks you create. 

Museum glass is wonderful but expensive. 

Think about the re-doing something as losing it and finding it again. 

Move around the painting so things develop at a consistent pace. 

Go for it and don't be afraid!

Blue tape can adversely affect your color decisions. 

Remove the wrappers to your pastels and break them up!

Color gets all the glory. Value does all the work. 

Start with the focal point. Don't paint yourself into a corner. 

Thank you, Nancy Bacevich, for organizing this fantastic day! 

Becky Haletky Demonstrates

Professional watercolorist Becky Haletky demonstrated her painting techniques at the monthly meeting of the Foxboro Art Association on Tuesday evening, March 13. Aided by a demonstration mirror designed by our own Tony Donovan, Becky was able to display for everyone how she achieves her award-winning paintings -- all the while entertaining the audience with colorful anecdotes of her development as an artist. The painting she produced of a foggy coastline in the Pacific Northwest was raffled off to the delight of the winner, Daydre Hamilton. Our next meeting, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for the second Tuesday in April, April 10.

Bill St. George Workshop Mar. 24

Copley artist Bill St. George will conduct another one-day workshop for oil and/or acrylic painters at the East Walpole Community Center on Saturday March 24 10-4.
Titled "Painting Outside the Lines", this fun and energetic session is perfect for painters of all levels, from beginners to professionals, although a basic understanding of drawing would be helpful. St. George conducted a similar workshop in the Fall for many members of the Foxboro Art Association and is returning by popular demand. The cost is $50 for residents of Walpole and only $55 for non-residents. To register contact the Walpole Recreation Committee at 508 660-7353.The Rec Committee's office is located in Blackburn Hall, 135 School St., (downtown) Walpole. The East Walpole Community Center is located at 5 Wolcott Ave, on the corner of Union St. & Wolcott Ave., near the Walpole Mall.

Spring Show Ribbons

The judge, Eli Cedrone,had a tough job deciding among the 100 works which deserved ribbons. Here is what she finally came up with:

Best Of Show: “Chioggia, Italy” Margaret DeVito

Watercolor
1st “Out of the Rough” Jackie Canna
2nd “Look Who’s Coming to Dinner” Donna MacLure
3rd “Eggstravaganza” Donna MacLure
HM “Memories” Elaine Levin
HM “Newfoundland” Vera Cross
HM “Filtered Light” Lisa Bailey
HM “Rendezvous” Jackie Canna

Oil & Acrylic
1st “Manitou River” Dick Fotland
2nd “Family Beach Day” Ann Gorbett
3rd “Winter Walk” Laura Zanghetti
HM “Twilight” Kim Weineck
HM “Cone Flower” Vania Noverca
HM “Memory Maker” Ellen Little
HM “China, Pumpkin & Berries” Tatiana Roulin
HM “Peeling Potatoes” Dick Fotland

Pastel
1st “Eastside Engagement” Karole Nicholson
2nd “Seat of Good Tidings” Patricia Lloyd
3rd “Garden’s Gift” Karole Nicholson
HM “Autumn Stroll” Kim Weineck
HM “Waiting to be Seeded” Claire Norris

Mixed Media
1st “Once” Nancy Pacelli
2nd “L’Opera de Paris” Nancy Antico
3rd “Asian Tranquility” Steve Cross
HM “Desolate Farm in Iceland” Dorann Wallrapp

Reception Saturday 2-5

There will be a reception for the Spring Members Show at the Artists Studio & Gallery at Patriot Place (2 doors down from Dunkin Donuts) Saturday, March 10, 2-5 pm. All are welcome. This is a good opportunity to see who received ribbons in this year's show. Pictured above is this year's judge Eli Cedrone, standing in front of her selection as the "Best In Show", a watercolor painted by Margaret DeVito titled "Chioggia, Italy". Congratulations to Margaret and to the other 49 members of the Foxboro Art Association who submitted 100 works of art for display in the Gallery through March 25. Because of so many wonderful works, the judge had an extremely difficult time deciding who to give ribbons to. Visit the Gallery and see if you agree with her choices.

Call for Entries :: Next Door Gallery, Mansfield

CALL FOR ENTRIES!

City Views: A Visual Interpretation of Boston - - The Next Door Gallery at Happy Hollow Frame Shop in Mansfield, MA announces a call to artists for a juried exhibition, May 12 – June 2, 2012.  Cash prizes to be awarded.    Jurors: Candace Walters and Leah Niederstadt.  

Happy Hollow Frame shop and Next Door Gallery
storefront (Mansfield Patch photo)

Artists age 18 and over.  Only original paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, pencil, pen, photography or a mixture of any of the above media are accepted.  All submitted work must be created within the last 2 years. The work must be properly framed and wired, no saw tooth hangers.  $20.00 for up to 2 entries.  Deadline: April 24, 2012.  Works previously exhibited at The Next Door Gallery are not eligible for entry.  To get a prospectus send a SASE to: 250 N. Main Street, Mansfield, MA 02048.  Questions?  Please contact Ellen or Charlie atnextdoorgallery.happyhollow@gmail.com or call 508-339-1234.

Spring Show set up

When I popped into the Art Gallery at Patriot Place I found four people diligently working toward hanging all the beautiful submitted work.

Frank Quinn, FAA president, and FAA member
Steve Cross hang the pastel section of the show

What a talented membership we have!

Please excuse the blurry photo of Paula dePierro, FAA treasurer,
and FAA member Nancy Bacevich. They were moving so fast hanging
labels and getting things in order this was the best I could get! 

Our reception is this Saturday, March 10, 2012 from 2-5pm. Will you join us?

Spring Members Show March 2-25

The Artist's Studio & Gallery at Patriot Place will display our Spring Members' Show for four consecutive weekends in March. To make room, the Gallery had to strip the walls bare by 4 pm Thursday, March 1, (top photo) because this was when 50 of our members were scheduled to drop off 2 pieces each, all of which had to be hung in time for the Gallery to open on schedule at 5 pm the next day. Thanks to the help of many volunteers, the mission was accomplished. As a result, starting Friday March 2, patrons of Patriot Place can view the work of our talented members through March 25 (lower photo). Next week Copley artist Eli Cedrone will award ribbons in each medium and the Foxboro Art Asssociation will host a reception Saturday, March 10, 2-5 pm. But then it all has to be taken down to make room for the next show, the Franklin Art Association Spring Show, which will be on display March 30-April 7. Gallery hours are Friday 5-9, Saturday 1-9, and Sunday 11-6.

For Die-Hards

FAA member Claire Norris did an oil painting of Fenway Park.  It is an 18 x 24 oil painting of a game between the New York Yankees and the Red Sox with Tim Wakefield pitching.  The game was June of 2009 and they won!! 

The Morini Gallery in Mansfield which is part of the MMAS is showing giclee reproductions of this painting.  They are For Sale and the giclees are available in three different sizes with a black frame included. The sizes are:  9 x 12,  12 x 16 and 18 x 24.  If anyone is interested in purchasing a giclee reproduction, theycan be seen at the Morini Gallery.  The Gallery is located at 377 North Main Street in downtown Mansfield near the train station.   Visit www.mmas.org or call 508-339-2822 for more information. 

ERRATA NOTE: the March newsletter you received in the mail had this painting incorrectly attributed. Claire Norris should have been attributed as the artist of this Fenway Park painting.