SEPTEMBER MEETING
Monday, September 12, 6:00 pm at First Christian Church
It’s Show-and-Share! There will be a business meeting to catch up, but the program is simply sharing your summer paintings (framed or unframed), your travel journals, whatever you’d like to share. Receive free critiques, kindly suggestions, and many accolades.
At the meeting, you can pick up your BWS refrigerator calendar with the many, many events coming up this Autumn.
Haven’t paid your dues that were due in June? Bring your $25 annual dues to the meeting or go on-line to BloomingtonWatercolor.org.
Kriste Lindberg’s bicycle sketch, Italy, 2013
Table Sale Two!
It’s time for another Table Sale with art books, papers of various kinds, and miscellaneous supplies. Clean out that studio and bring your things to the meeting…just price it beforehand and add it to the other treasures for sale. 100% goes to support the BWS Scholarship! Sale starts at 5:30 and will be open before and after the meeting. Cash or check gladly accepted.
MEMBER ACTIVITIES
“We Paint…the Bicentennial!”
BWS’ annual membership show will be held starting in December at the History Center, across the alley from the church where we meet. The full prospectus will be distributed by Show Co-chairs Tricia Wente and Anne-Karine Bley at the September meeting. Please remember, space is limited and the largest size allowed is a half-sheet. This is a great opportunity for BWS to participate in Indiana’s 200th birthday celebration and I hope you’ll be part of it!
WSI Juried Show
Three BWS members have paintings in the Watercolor Society of Indiana (WSI) juried show. Congratulations to Jacki Frey, Joanne Shank, and Donna Whitsitt. See the show beginning October 9 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
“Summer Street”, watercolor on paper, Jacki Frey, BWS
“Autumn Chickadee”, watercolor on paper, Joanne Shank
Miscellaneous Good News
Tricia Wente, BWS Signature Member, received a commission to paint a triple portrait of the founders of MB&G Natural Resource Consultants, David Mason, Donald Bruce, and Jim Girard. The painting will hang in the MB&G Building in Portland, Oregon, and be unveiled in December in honor of the firm’s 1921 founding.
Don Geyra’s paintings are on exhibit at the John Waldron Arts Center now through September 24.
Jacki Frey, BWS Signature Member, has two paintings on display at the Hoosier Salon Gallery in New Harmony. That show is up through September 25. Jacki also has another painting at the Indiana Artist Club show at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, September 23 through November 27.
PEDEN CHILDREN’S FARM FESTIVAL
The 28th annual festival anticipates 2,000 children and teachers and parents will attend. BWS has a “booth” with a watercolor activity and volunteers are needed to host. Three people per shift are needed, approximately 8:00-10:30 and 10:30- about 1:00 pm. Times are flexible!
Check-in starts at 8:00 am and, if you arrive early, you can unload your equipment and supplies close to the Big Barn. After that, cars are parked in the field. Shuttle service is available during peak hours.
School busses – LOTS of school busses – start arriving at 9:00 so it’s good to be set up and ready early.
Plein air painters: register to participate on either day by sending an email to jeanne@bloomingtonwatercolor.org no later than SEPTEMBER 22.
NOTE: Pre-registration is required! Volunteers must check in at the festival and receive their identifying tag.
Many thanks to Anne-Karine for her help in organizing the activities!
Terry Youngman, Anne-Karine Bley and son Nico at Peden Farm
Cassidy Young’s painting at TC Steele
BWS Upland Painters
This fall, the weekly paint outs take place on Tuesdays at 10 am. Note that BWS participates and supports other plein air activities in the area and those days are listed. Kitty Garlock is the season coordinator.
Details for these events become available on the Sunday prior. To receive details, please email upland@bloomingtonwatercolor.org. Every BWS member is encouraged to come to the paint outs and may join Upland at any time. The only requirement is to host at least one painting event each year.
Here is the schedule for Autumn so far:
Tuesday, September 6, Babette Ballinger at her sister’s place
Saturday, September 10, T.C. Steele Great Outdoor Art Contest at the Steele State Historic Site
Tuesday, September 13, Spring Mill State Park, hosted by Nancy Davis Metz
Tuesday, September 20, Champs Barn, Sande Nitti, host
Thursday and Friday, September 29 & 30, Peden Children’s Farm Festival. BWS members must pre-register by September 22, and participation is limited to 12 artists per day.
Tuesday, October 4, Limestone Quarry, hosted by Claude Cookman
Saturday, October 8, T.C. Steele Bicentennial ART OUT in downtown Bloomington and on the IU campus (Open to all artists – watch your email for further details.)
Tuesday, October 11, Moody Farm, hosted by Sande Nitti
OPPORTUNITIES
Studio Space
Kathy Barton and Joanne Shank are looking into the possibility of renting a studio space together on the square above Caveat Emptor. Great location! Sharing space could cost as little as $50 a month. Please contact Kathy or Joanne if you are interested.
Watercolor Workshop
Internationally known artist Joseph Fettingis will be teaching a watercolor workshop October 21 and 22, 9 am-4pm each day. The workshop will be conducted at the Art Sanctuary in Martinsville, Indiana. The class fee is $160. Breakfast snacks will be provided, contact Sarah Hedges 765-792-0328 for additional details or mail $80 deposit to Sarah at 2645 Burton Lane, Martinsville, IN 4615.
Brown County Art Guild
On Sunday, September 11, 2016 the historic Brown County Art Guild will host the 2nd Annual Villagescape Plein Air Paint Out. The day begins with Breakfast with the Artists 7:30 to 8:30 am Artists Colony Inn. Admission $20, free for artists participating in the Villagescape Plein Air Paint Out. The Villagescape Plein Air Paint Out will take place from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. The entry fee is $15 for Guild member artists and $20 for others (includes breakfast and one free drink at the Playhouse during judging.)
Artists at the Playhouse 2:30 to 3:30 pm. Benefit Concert for the Brown County Art Guild featuring The Hungarian Slacks. Admission is free for Villagescape Plein Air Paint Out artists and $20 for others. Closing Reception and Awards Ceremony 4:00 to 5:00 pm at the Brown County Art Guild.
Prizes include $1,000 for First Place, $500 for Second Place, $250 for Third Place, and $125 for Peoples Choice Award. Here’s the link:
browncountyartguild.org/upcoming_events
Persimmon Festival
The annual Persimmon Festival in Mitchell, Indiana provides an opportunity for artists to exhibit their work. Here are all the pertinent details.
Venue: Mitchell Community Public Library, 9th and Main Streets, Mitchell, Indiana
Entry Deadline is Saturday, September 17, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm.
Exhibit Dates: September 19-23, 2016
Pick Up Date: Saturday, September 24, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Entry Fee: $5 per painting. Maximum three, space permitting.
Here’s the link: persimmonfestival.org
IPAPA
The delivery date for entries into the IPAPA member show at the Brown County Art Gallery is November 5. Two entries can be shown. Fee for members is $35 and anyone can become a member of IPAPA. All mediums are accepted. Go to www.inpainters.org or contact, 317.508.0667 to join and have label forms mailed to you. Show dates are November 12 to November 26. $5,000 in award money is presented.
CLASSES
BWS Signature Member Nancy Metz will lead the class, “Watercolor: Playing with Color.” It’s a five-week course which starts on Friday, October 7, 2:15-4:45. It’s all about the “unlimited color possibilities of a limited palette.”
Another Signature Member, Linda Meyer-Wright, offers two classes. The first, “Experimental and Intuitive Mixed Media,” focuses on the process of painting rather than the results. Offered Wednesday afternoons beginning October 26.
Linda’s second offering is “Painting in the Abstract – A Mixed Media Class.” “Students will work…intuitively, making marks, splattering, pouring, dripping, and spritzing.” This class starts October 25 and takes place every Tuesday for seven weeks.
Your editor (that’s me!) offers Beginning Watercolor II on Thursday afternoons starting October 27. Experience painting on various surfaces, learning new techniques, and generally having a fun time with students at your skill level.
All classes take place through Ivy Tech’s Center for Lifelong Learning at the Waldron Arts Center in beautiful downtown Bloomington. To register and review the complete catalog, go to ivytech.edu/bloomington/cll
“Sun Dancing,” watercolor by Char Dapena.
