Feb. 13

Come paint with BWS

Bloomington Watercolor Society’s monthly meeting will be the night before Valentine’s Day so the program will feature a painting session following the business meeting. There will be a live floral arrangement to paint; if you prefer, you are invited to bring a sentimental valentine or memento you wish to paint.

The February meeting will be in-person only. BWS will resume the Zoom component for the March meeting.

The business meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the First Christian Church, 205 E. Kirkwood Ave. Enter through the Washington Street door; the door code will be sent by email.

Time for HS seniors to apply

for BWS Art Scholarship

If you know any MCCSC high school seniors planning to pursue a degree in visual fine arts, arts education, architecture or design from an accredited college, university or school of design, encourage them to apply for the BWS Art Scholarship. Application may be made through the Foundation for Monroe County Community Schools (FMCCS) beginning February 2023 at https://mccsfoundation.org/.

January meeting at the McCalla School

BWS started 2023 with a well-attended meeting and a docent tour of the IU University Collections. Housed in the fully renovated McCalla School at 9th Street and Indiana Avenue, the Collections include permanent and temporary exhibits that “span disciplines, time periods, and geography …  [including] many significant art, cultural, historical, and scientific collections from across all nine IU campuses.”

Thanks to Jo Weddle for arranging the meeting place, and to curator Alicia Beard for an excellent docent tour. Find more about the museum at https://mccalla.iu.edu/contact/index.html. Saturday hours are anticipated to start in February.

Viridian Moon’s All Media Winter Art Show

Several BWS members have works hanging in Viridian Moon’s “Let It Snow!” show which will hang until Feb. 25. You can vote for your favorite piece until Feb. 17. Winners will be announced and People’s Choice prizes awarded Saturday, Feb. 18, from 3 to 5 p.m. Current Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, go to https://www.viridianmoon.art/events.

Member News

BWS welcomes two new members: Christine Peterson and Daniel Goebbert.

Jerry Harste has donated a collage called “Picasso’s Sketchbook” to the Franklin G. Burroughs and Simon B. Chapin Art Museum. Each year the museum asks 100 artists in the Myrtle Beach area to donate a painting. Then 100 tickets are sold at $250 each and a drawing is held on Feb. 12. The person whose name gets drawn first, gets first choice, and so on. The event generates $25,000 to support the Museum each year.

Beyond BWS

The Kentucky Watercolor Society invites members and non-members to submit entries for its AquaVenture Show March 17 – April 27 at the Lyric Theater in Lexington, Ky. Gary Edward Jennings, a landscape artists working in soft pastels, oil pastels, charcoal, and watercolor, will serve as juror for the show. Paintings must be water-based media (watercolor, acrylic, gouache) and completed in 2018 – 2023. Artists may enter up to 3 paintings and are strongly encouraged to use the KWS website for AquaVenture 2023 to upload images. The deadline for submitting entries is Feb. 17. For a complete prospectus, go to https://www.kentuckywatercolorsociety.com/aquaventure-2023-events-listing.

Calendar

Feb. 3 “We Paint … Monet and More,” The Vault at Gallery Mortgage.,121 E Sixth St., 5 – 8 p.m.

Feb. 13 BWS monthly meeting, First Christian Church, 205 E. Kirkwood Ave., 6 p.m.

Feb. 17 Deadline for submitting entries to KWS’s AquaVenture Show

Feb. 18 “Let It Snow” reception, Viridian Moon Gallery, 1600 W. Bloomfield Rd., Suite B, 3-5 p.m.