September 2010 Newsletter
ECAG October Meeting
Shoney’s Restaurant
October 13, 2010
Come at 11:30 a.m. to eat.
Meeting begins at 12:00 p.m.
Each month we will have two of our members bring in samples of their artwork to put on display and talk a little about themselves and their work. For the October meeting Barbara Bryan and Bobby Carr have graciously accepted the invitation to do just this. I know you will enjoy getting to know our members better!
ECAG Board Meeting
Shoney’s Restaurant
October 13, 2010
11:00 a.m.
EXHIBITS
Wetumpka Library
September/October ~ Barbara Fitzgerald
Adams Drugs
September/October ~ Doris Bell, Bobby Carr, Barbara Fitzgerald, Alice Jo
Hendrix, Doti Nottingham Kendrick, Manju Kumar, Judy Lea
Gallery One, 425 Cloverdale Rd., Montgomery ~ Carol
Barksdale
Opening reception: October 14th
Exhibit at Wetumpka Depot Players during the play Dixie Swim Team
Take in artwork, Thurs., Sept. 30th, between 12:30 and 1:00 p.m.
Limit ~ 2 pieces
Nothing larger than 30 inches in any direction.
Must be original and be for sale.
20% commission charged on all sales.
Please have cards (with your name, contact info, name of piece,
medium, and price) on front of each piece.
Pick up work on Monday, Oct. 18th between 12:30 and 1:00 p.m.
Note from Editor: Many thanks to Kristy Meanor and The Wetumpka Depot Players for the support given to ECAG by hosting three of our art shows each year (Sparking the Arts...youth art show; Glimpses of Elmore County...Christmas on the Coosa art show; and RiverFest Art Show...spring art show). In addition, Kristy Meanor welcomes the ECAG members to exhibit their artwork during the performances. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KRISTY!
Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 at 7:30pm - Oct 3 & 10 at 2pm.
Five southern women whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge their relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s lives. The Dixie Swim Club focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years.. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, aging) that life flings at them. And when fate throws a wrench into one of their lives in the second act, these friends, proving the enduring power of ‘teamwork’, rally ‘round their own with the strength and love that takes this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction.
Thank you, Toska Courbron, for volunteering to help Kristy Meanor with the art work on the prop for this show.
Art Teachers, Art Businesses of Our members
Barry Chrietzberg: Teaching photography classes in the continuing education program for AUM.
Photography I in Wetumpka is
an introduction to 35mm film and digital photography. Must have a removable lens
camera. (Digital or SRL)
September 13 - November 1/ 6 - 8 p.m. (Mon)/ Location: Wetumpka Technology
Center/Barry Chrietzberg (8X) $189
Photography II in Wetumpka
will use what you learned in Photography I with an emphasis on location shoots
and studio lighting.
November 8 - January 3/ (classes will not meet Dec. 20 & Dec. 27)/6 - 8 p.m.
(Mon) Creative Arts Center/ Barry Chrietzberg (7X) $189
Info can be found at www.aum.edu.
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Libby Christensen is the Visual Arts Editor for the Arts in Alabama
magazine.
Her current article is about the Selma Art Gallery. Next month her feature is
about the new Village Art Gallery in downtown Montgomery.
Check out Arts In Alabama Magazine:
http://www.ezflipmags.com/Magazines/Arts_In_Alabama_Magazine
You don't have to have a password to view it--it's free. Also the page size can
be increased for easier reading.
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Stephanie Harrison: Jasmine
Hill Art Gallery and Studio, 5659 US Hwy 231, Wetumpka, Alabama 36092
Telephone: (334) 567-9389 E-mail:
jasminehillartgallery@gmail.com
Website: www.jasminehillartgallery.com
Art Classes for Children (K thru 12th Grade) and Adults
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Lauren Hughes: Art Factory
Telephone: (334) 365-9282 E-mail: artfactoryfun@aol.com
Website: www.artfactoryfun.biz
Art Classes for Children/Painting Parties/Cake Decorating
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Rhonda M. Sims: Fine Arts Instructor, Michael's Arts and Crafts
Now teaching Beginners Classes in Acrylic Paintings: Landscape, Still Life,
Seascape and Floral. Learn to paint any subject in one class.
Objectives include: learning to progress from a dark to a lighter color to create depth; Mixing two primary colors to create a third color; learning how to use the brush as a tool to create character, and other techniques.
Classes are held on Saturday Mornings at the Montgomery and Prattville Michael's stores.
Call Montgomery Michaels at 334-260-2846 to get details on the class and dates.
Call Prattville Michaels at 334-361-7411 to get details on the class and dates.
For other information email Rhonda M. Sims at: rmsims08@yahoo.com
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(If you are a member of the Elmore County Art Guild member and are an art teacher and/or have an art-related business, please let me know and I will list you in our next newsletter.)
Coming Soon!
Youth Art Show ~ Sparking the Arts ~ More info soon.
Glimpses of Elmore County ~ Christmas on the Coosa Art Show
This show will be on Saturday, December 11th.
Remember.....only art depicting people, places or things in Elmore County.
More info soon.
Congratulations to These Members!
Peggy Milburn Brown had a watercolor, Fleeting Beauty, juried into the Watercolor Society of Alabama 2010 Alabama Members Showcase. She received a merit award for her watercolor which hangs at the Birmingham Public Library September 14 - October 28, 2010.
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Peggy Milburn Brown received the Third Place Award, Category I, Paintings, Drawings, Printmaking, at the 30th Annual Waterfront Show sponsored by SACS Gallery in Montgomery, AL. Her winning mixed media piece was Marsh, Anno BP, a visual commentary on the recent oil spill disaster in the Gulf. Works will remain on exhibit until September 30, 2010 at the Montgomery Visitors Center located in the old Union Train Station.
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Doti Nottingham Kendrick won an Honorable Mention for a pen and ink drawing in SAC's Waterfront Show.
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Lissa Estes Ledbetter is featured in an article about her mosaic works in the September issue of the magazine, Elmore County Living.
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Suellen Young won an Honorable Mention in the 44th Annual Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank Exhibition. She also won 1st Place in Photography at the 31st Annual Waterfront Show and Competition as well as an Honorable Mention in that show.
Suellen will be featured in the "No Sunday Painter" column in the Montgomery Art Guild September Newsletter.
Our love and sympathy goes out to Alice Jo Hendrix and her
family. Her son passed away as the result of a motorcycle accident.
If you have information for the October ECAG newsletter, please email, call or mail to Doris Bell. Email: artbydoris@lemore.rr.com; Phone: 334 567-7910; Mail: 4348 Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka AL 36093.
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