Holiday Party
Dec. 11, Monday, 6 p.m., Meadowood
2455 Tamarack Trail
Bloomington
Put on your holiday best and come to the annual BWS dinner party! Meadowood always provides a beautiful setting and delicious food to enjoy with your paint pals. There will be a greeting card exchange, a bring-one-take-one event. Any greeting is perfect! It does not have to be a holiday card.
The menu includes:
- Elegant Chopped Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette
- Chicken Marsala
- Rice Pilaf
- Lemon Broccoli
- Holiday parfait
- Rolls
- Coffee, Tea, Wine
Please note on the reservation if you prefer a vegetarian option.
$20 per member or guest.
Reservation deadline is Sunday, Dec. 3. Cancellation deadline is Sunday, Dec. 3.
You can reserve your spot online by clicking the link below to make your reservation:
https://bloomingtonwatercolor.org/home/activities/bws-holiday-party-2023/
Annual online auction is up and running
Up for bids to support the BWS Scholarship can be found under the categories of
Art – an original painting by Lynne Gilliatt
Services – gutter cleaning from Marci LeMaster
Watercolor Society:
- printed greeting cards from Meri Reinhold
- a pet portrait from Linda Branstetter
- a handcrafted and painted soprano ukulele from Denise Lessow
- hand-painted Holiday cards
- a watercolor class from Jeanne Dutton
The BWS Scholarship receives 50 percent of our items sold.
Place your bid at the link below before Dec. 5! And be sure to check out all the other terrific items offered that support the Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools.
https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/auctionhome.action?auctionId=341726210
Zain Mackey demonstrates abstract watercolor techniques
November’s meeting featured a fun demonstration of how to create abstract watercolor art using plastic pieces. Any kind of heavy plastic, e.g., credit or debit cards, cut up in different sizes, provide a variety of sides and points to spread the color. Thanks to Zain Mackey for sharing her techniques!
Charlotte Griffin (left) and Daniel Goebbert (right) share their abstract paintings from the November meeting.
Viridian Moon invites BWS to its current show
of works by Middle School students
The 7th and 8th-grade artists’ show is back for the third time! This is a potluck effort from five local Middle Schools: Jackson Creek, Batchelor, St. Charles, Edgewood, and Bedford. This a unique opportunity to see young artists experimenting with different media and styles from collages to drawings, painting to digital arts, with guidance from their most supportive art teachers. The level of art skills, creativity, and boldness of the students’ art pieces make us, grown-up artists, rethink many aspects of our own works. This show inspires great interest in the Bloomington art society as well as the general public, and fosters bonds between creative people of all ages. Come support our wonderful young artists, and get inspired by the fruits of their hard work!
Until Dec. 9, come vote for your favorite work! The top 8 People’s Choices will receive awards!
The Gallery’s address is 1600 W Bloomfield Road, Bloomington, IN 47403 (the entrance from the lower parking lot)
Follow Viridian Moon on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/www.viridianmoon.art for updates.
Member News
“Devonian Dawn” by Tim Lewis
Tim Lewis‘s newest watercolor, “Devonian Dawn,” is from a recent visit to the fossil beds at Falls of The Ohio State Park in Jeffersonville, Ind. Tim’s watercolor, “Darling Oyster Bar,” was awarded the John and Karry Hansberry Merit Award at the Richmond Art Museum Annual Exhibition by Indiana and Ohio Artists. This show runs through Jan. 6.
Susan Savastuk will be showing her work at the Cancer Support Community Gallery during January-February 2024. The Opening Reception is Friday, Jan. 12 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Joanna Samorow-Merzer was commissioned to paint a small watercolor painting of two cats. The photo on the left depicts the playful cats and on the right you see the finished painting. She writes: “Since I had a limitation of the size of the painting, I had to maneuver the cats in order to get what matters most. So, here are watercolor cats 9 x 12 on Arches 140#, titled ‘Want to Join Us?'”
Andy Roberts sends “just a little holiday card” he created recently. He hopes everyone has a wonderful Christmas and New Year.
Joe and Bess Lee will be showing their work together as Animalia.2 Save the Animals = Save Ourselves in January ay the Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington. The show will hang at the Arts Alliance Center in Bloomington’s College Mall next to the Foot Locker. The hours are Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday noon to 6 p.m.
Beyond BWS
The Watercolor Society of Indiana is moving its Annual Membership Exhibit to Gallery Forty – Two in downtown Indianapolis. The show will run from June 14 to July 26 on the first and second floors of the Gallery at 42 E. Washington Street.
This exhibit allows for flexibility in medium and surface. For example, glass and plexiglass are not required (sealed surfaces only), canvas is allowed, wood surface is allowed, mixed-media and other types of water media are allowed. All paintings must be ready to hang with wire (D-rings are preferred).
All WSI members are accepted into the annual membership exhibit. Registration for this exhibit is $20. You may submit your painting NFS; however, a sales price is encouraged. This exhibit will reach a new audience with lots of exposure and opportunities to gain a new fan.
The Opening Reception is Friday, June 14, at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The Prospectuses for this exhibit at Gallery Forty-Two and for the Juried Exhibit at Newfield’s IMA will be released early next year.
Calendar
Now – Dec. 5 Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools online auction
Now – Dec. 9 Viridian Moon Middle School Art Show
Dec. 3 Deadline to reserve or cancel for Holiday Party
Dec. 11 Holiday Party at Meadowood, 6 p.m.
January Animalia.2 by Joe and Bess Lee at Arts Alliance Center in College Mall
January – February Susan Savastuk art show at Cancer Support Community Center Gallery
