December 10: Holiday Party
DINE and DONATE
and Celebrate the Season at the BWS HOLIDAY PARTY!
Door Prizes! Greeting Card Exchange! Table Favors!
TUESDAY, December 10
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
FARM Bloomington
108 East Kirkwood
Plated Menu
Starter Salad
“Not Yo Mamma’s Meatloaf”
Pork, Beef, and Bison Loaf
Mushroom Gravy – Mashed Potatoes – Sauteed Greens
OR “Baked Ziti”
Penne noodles with Farm made red sauce & Tuscan Vegetables,
baked with a blend of Mozarella and Provolone & topped with Basil
Served with additional Salad
Dessert
Seasonal Cobbler
Drinks and Appetizers may be ordered separately at your table.
Get your reservation Now
Tickets are $35 per person,
$15 of which is donated to the
BWS Art Scholarship!
Send checks to Jeanne Dutton, 621 N. Plymouth Rd, Bloomington, IN 47408
Questions: 812-606-9233
Make sure your check arrives by Wednesday!!!
RESERVATION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 3!!
No Cancellations or Refunds after December 6.
Inside BWS
Painting Winter Scenes
Penny Lulich treated BWS members to an interesting and educational lesson on painting winter scenes using a triad of blues, yellow, and burnt sienna. Many thanks to Penny for preparing us for cold weather and inspiring us to begin our holiday paintings!
Jamie Gonzalez, Laura Brown, & Daniel Goebbert’s master pieces, inspired by Penny Lulich’s presentation, at BWS’ November meeting. Photos compliments of Jeanne Dutton.
BWS Program Line Up
- January 13—Laura Brown will hold a discussion of her Journey in the World of Creating Sketchbooks. Members are encouraged to bring their own examples of sketchbooks they have created.
- Febuary 10—Sara Steffey McQueen will talk about creating and using inks made from nature in your art. Attendees will get a chance to use some of her natural inks.
- March 10—Members will describe some of the unique techniques that they have run across in doing watercolor.
From the Desk of BWS President Laura Brown
Thanks again to everyone that participated in the BWS Membership Show Spaces and Faces at the Gallery Mortgage. The show was officially closed as of November 22nd. We had a lovely evening at the 2nd Gallery Walk on November 1st; a steady stream of visitors, socializing, art and refreshments, truly made the evening memorable.
A FRIENDLY REMINDER: PICK UP DATE AND TIME FOR THE PAINTINGS IS:
DECEMBER 2nd 10AM-NOON Please pick your painting up in this time frame, or arrange with a friend to get it.
Congratulations to Barbara Coffman and Jerry Harste on the sale of their paintings from the show!
“Across Cowden Road I” By Barbara Coffman
“Elephants” by Jerry Harste
Because of holiday get-together we will not have a business meeting in December, but we will go back to our regular schedule on January 13th, 2025. I will be doing a mini-program on my journey through sketchbooks. Following a short presentation, I invite you all to share your own sketchbooks. The new year is a perfect time to get motivated to create art. More information will be provided in the meeting reminder email and January Brushstrokes.
Here is a teaser piece from my “Catvemeber” art challenge that I will talk about in my January presentation.
“Cosmic Cats” by Laura Brown
Happy Holidays to you all, and see you soon!
Monroe County Community Schools Foundation Auction
A huge thank you to BWS members who donated items and cash to the FMCCSC Auction. We earned almost $450 for the BWS Art Scholarship Fund! Each spring we award a graduating MCCSC high school senior, who is pursuing a college degree in the field of art, a $500 scholarship to go towards art supplies needed for classes.
It’s not too late to make a cash donation, which is tax deductible: https://mccsfoundation/contact/
Cancer Support Center
Christine Peterson’s paintings are being showcased at the Cancer Support Community gallery space through December 20. The title for her show is “Creative Freedom.” The address of the gallery is 1719 W 3rd Street in Bloomington. If you want to view the paintings on your own, the gallery is open to the public by appointment only (Tuesdays through Thursdays, 8:30 to 4:30 p.m.) by contacting Emily@cancersupportscin.org or via telephone at 812 233 3286.
BWS’ Long History with the Indiana Daily Student
Linda Branstetter, BWS Historian, wrote to say, “I saw that the Indiana Daily Student was going to do away with publishing a physical newspaper after this year; it will only be online. Here is a run down of some of the articles they published about BWS.
January 11, 2006 was about BWS seeking IU talent for watercolor ideas.
July 13, 2008 was about the downtown gallery walk.
November15, 2012 was about BWS having paintings displayed at City Hall.
November 18, 2014 was about BWS demonstrating painting techniques at the Venue.
February 2, 2015 was BWS at the Vault with a chocolate display. Proceeds went to Life Designs.
March 5, 2015 was BWS artists showing their work at the Wylie house. The focus was on heirlooms.
February 19, 2017 was a Mardis Gras display at the Vault with the proceeds going to charity.”
Outside BWS
Celebrate the Season at the Anderson Museum of Art
The Anderson Museum of Art (located at 32 W 10th Street in Anderson) has three different events going during the holiday season:
December 6: Winterfest, 6-8
December 7, 11-20, 27-28: Elf Art Studio Experience
December 7: Tall, Small, & Disco Ball Party, 6-8.
Hoosier Art Salon
The Hoosier Art Salon presents its first Community Painting Auction. The Hoosier Art Salon in New Harmony provided local and surrounding artists with canvases to create pieces of art, in any medium, to be donated back to the gallery for its first Community Painting Auction! The auction will run through December 8th at 5 p.m. Bidding takes place online. “These works of art make wonderful gifts for the holidays,” says Stacey Kamman at the Hoosier Salon.
Upland Plein Air
Upland Plein Air’s Member Show is scheduled to run January 9 to March 3, 2025, at Lennie’s Brewpub, 514 E. Kirkwood Ave. Drop off and hanging will take place on January 7th from 2 to 5 p.m. The Opening Reception will be January 9, 5 to 7 p.m.
Membership News
Jacki Frey. Both of these oil paintings will be in the Indiana plan air painter association IPAPA show at the Brown County Art Gallery (1 Artist Drive, Nashville). I believe the opening date on that is December 7.
Oil, Brown County Barn by Jacki Frye
Watercolor, Lake, Jackson Hole, Wyoming by Jacki Frey
Timothy Lewis. Lots of news:
New work:
- Barb’s Pumpkins is a 15” x 11” watercolor of three pumpkins and a concrete rabbit displayed on the corner of our front entryway for Halloween 2024. You just have to love autumn colors.(photo 1)
- Final Days is a 6” X 15” watercolor of a few dried out stalks of corn awaiting the final harvest of the year and one of the signs that winter is coming. Corn at this stage is dry and ready to be harvested. The final product is one of the most-used food products in the USA. There’s a stark beauty to the dry stalks. (photo 2)
Shows:
- I have three watercolors in the Hancock County Arts Winter Exhibition at 20 North Gallery in Greenfield, IN. The show runs through January. (photo 3)
- I will have a solo show titled “Radical Realism” at the Jewish Community Center Art Gallery from January 10th through February 23rd. This show is open to the public during normal business hours and there will be a public reception on January 15, details to follow. I will be showing many of my newest watercolors as well as some of my favorites from the past. All works will be for sale. (photo 4)
Andy Roberts. In an attempt to capture the serenity and beauty of nature as well as the cultural influences of the Mongolian Buddhist at their temple grounds, I painted their Prayer Wheel building and Oak tree during a visit earlier this month en plein air. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.
Meri Reinhold. I do have a recent painting….however it is a pastel, not a watercolor.
Zain Mackey. I’ll be teaching a private class on watercolor values and color mixing in abstract painting in December. Fun stuff.
“Tree Sumba” by Zane Mackey
Attached is my hot press watercolor painting “Hibiscus Swears She’s a Visionary.”
I’ve been sketching portraits lately, a wonderful exercise out of the comfort zone for an abstract painter like me.| “Hibiscus” came to me after a long walk. It was meant to be a traditional portrait but then all those floating eyes barged in and well…
“Hibiscus Swears She’s a Visionary” by Zane Mackey
Gene Harrawood. Getting into a Wintery mood with nature.
Nina Ost. I’m still at it only now just painting small. Here is my latest, a small cyclamen painting.
Betty Wagoner. Betty Wagoner has a watercolor painting in the IPAPA (Indiana Plein Air Painter Association) Membership Exhibition at the Brown County Art Gallery in Nashville, Indiana. This watercolor is a rendition of a feeder dam located on the Whiteriver River near Laurel, Indiana. The dam was built to service
the historic canal in Metamora.
Title: Feeder Dam at Laurel; Artist: Betty Wagoner;
Medium: Watercolor).
The IPAPA member show: December 7- December 31, 2024 at the Brown
County Art Gallery, for more information, go to browncountartgalery.org
Also in this gallery, is an exhibit and sale of art by John Mellencamp. Concurrently, is the John Mellencamp exhibit at the IU Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, ending on December 15, 2024.
Calendar
Now through December 20: Make time to visit Christine Peterson’s “Creative Freedom” show at the Cancer Support Center.
Now through January: Hancock County Art Exhibition at 20 North Gallery, Greenfield.
December 2: Pick up your entry to the BWS Membership Show at The Vault, Gallery Mortgage, 10 to 2 p.m.
December 3: Last day to register for BWS Holiday Party.
December 6: Start of Winterfest at Anderson Museum of Art.
December 7: Opening of IPAPA Exhibit at Brown County Art Museum.
December 7: Hoosier Art Salon Online Auction.
December 10: BWS Holiday Party and Greeting Card Exchange at The Farm.
January 7: Plein Air Membership Show painting drop-off at Lennie’s.
January 10 to February 23: Tim Lewis’ Solo Exhibition at the Jewish Community Art Center, Indianapolis.
