2010 May ECAG Newsletter
 

MAY MEETING
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Shoney's Restaurant, Wetumpka, Alabama
Come at 11:30 a.m. to eat.
Visitors are welcome.
The business meeting will begin at 12:00 p.m.

Our guest speaker will be Barry Chrietzberg.
Barry is a well-known photographer and instructor
at AUM.  He will be speaking to us about photographing artwork.

ECAG BOARD MEETING
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
11:00 a.m.
Shoney’s Restaurant, Wetumpka, Alabama
 

EXHIBITS

Wetumpka Depot Theater  -  May 13^th thru May 23^rd
Bring your paintings to the Wetumpka Depot Theater on Wednesday, May 12^th between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.  Pick up paintings on May 24^th between 12:00 and 1:00 p.m.
Paintings must be for sale…there is a 20 percent commission on each sale.
Size must not exceed 36 inches in height or width.

Wetumpka, Public Library – May and June – Barbara Moody
July and August – Rhonda Sims

Adams Drugs – May and June - Bobby Carr, Barbara Fitzgerald, Alice Jo Hendrix, Manjular Kumar, Dottie Nottingham Kendrick, Judy Lea, Doris Bell

2010 FIRST ANNUAL ECAG RIVERFEST ART SHOW

The RiverFest Art Show was one of our best yet with  a total of 82 entries.  We are planning to make this an annual event, so be preparing something for this show for April 2011.  Remember, it must have a water theme and preferably local scenes.  Next year we will go back to our rule of nothing more than two years old since you will have a year to plan for this exhibit.

The winners of this show are:  First Place – Suellen Young; Second Place – Donna Cantrell; Third Place ~ Peggy Milburn Brown; Honorable Mentions – Shirley Esco and Adelia Turner

Suellen Young ~ First Place


Donna Cantrell ~ Second Place

Peggy M. Brown ~ Third Place

Shirley Esco ~ Honorable Mention

Adelia Turner ~ Honorable Mention

The judge for this show was Russell Everett and he did a very good  job of choosing the winners.  (See judge’s
comments below.)

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JUDGE’S COMMENTS:  I was very honored to judge this exhibition….I have always loved Wetumpka and I knew I would see some good landscape paintings.  (I am a very poor landscape painter.)  When I evaluate an art work, I am always drawn first to the concept of the piece….the idea; what song is the artist trying to sing; what story is being told; or what music is depicted by the colors.  Sometimes this aesthetic order is turned upside down.  I usually notice the techniques or style of an artist secondly, but sometimes the work is “done so well,” concept or image becomes secondary.  And even though I am a trained artist, I always look for the personal “opinion” or “secret” imagery presented in a work.

Well, thanks again to the Elmore County Art Guild for having me.  I am always ready to help them in everything they do!

                                                                                           ---Russell Everett

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THANK YOU, RUSSELL EVERETT FOR JUDGING THIS SHOW FOR US AND FOR YOUR VERY KIND COMMENTS!!
 

THANK YOU NOTE FROM EVE PERRY

Dear Elmore County Art Guild Members, thank you for your kind thoughts and sympathy.

Fondly,
Eve
 

ECAG Officers
President:  Carol Barksdale, bdaleart@aol.com
Vice President:  Doris Bell, artbydoris@elmore.rr.com
Secretary:  Barbara Fitzgerald
Treasurer:  Shirley Esco
Parliamentarian:  Barbara Bennett

Elmore County Art Guild
PO Box 65
Wetumpka, AL 36092

Website:  www.elmorecountyartguild.com