Summer 2016 Issue
NO MEETINGS JULY and AUGUST
BWS will resume gathering together on September 12
First Christian Church, Bloomington
6:00
Brushstrokes will resume in September, too!
September is always a fun meeting, not only because we get to reconnect with our friends, but it’s Show-and-Share! Bring in your summer paintings, travel journals, workshop creations, whatever you want to share. Gentle critiques and suggestions are available along with praise and admiration, so don’t be shy! We are hoping to have the BWS Scholarship recipient, Anne McCoy, stop in to say hello.
The latest membership roster will be distributed as will the Membership Show prospectus, “We Paint…the Bicentennial!” and the Autumn calendar – and is that calendar a full one!
Here’s a brief look so you can mark your date books. Always watch your email and Brushstrokes for details and updates.
September – several art classes, taught by BWS members, begin at the Waldron Arts Center.
September 10 – T.C. Steele’s Great American Paint Out in Brown County
September 12 – BWS Meeting
September 29 and 30 – Peden Children’s Farm Festival (BWS members only, registration required)
October 7-8 – T.C. Steele’s Art Out in Bloomington, an Indiana Bicentennial event
October 10 – BWS Meeting with guest watercolor artist, Grant Wood, all the way from South Africa
November 14 – Monthly Meeting with BWS Signature member Nancy Davis Metz teaching the underpainting technique, “Grisaille.”
December 6 – Holiday Party at Meadowood
December 9 – Membership Show, Opening Reception
Plus there are weekly paint sessions organized by the BWS Upland Painters. So much scenery, so little time…get your smock on, pack up your kit, and get out there and paint! See below under “Opportunities” for the schedule of upcoming mid-week paint outs.
Meanwhile, this summer, there is one more Saturday paint-out directly sponsored by BWS and this time it’s at the Monroe County Fair. How fun is that! Saturday, July 23, 10-2. The rides won’t be open yet, so the crowd count will be down and that gives us plenty of room to sit and paint, or take photos, or just enjoy the day. Lots of colors, cows, kids, and corn…and fair food. Watch your email for complete details coming soon. Thanks to Tricia Wente for helping host!
MEMBERSHIP SHOW
Tricia Wente and Anne-Karine Bley are putting together the prospectus for the show, “We Paint…the Bicentennial!” Doesn’t that name inspire myriad ideas for paintings? Courthouses, Corydon, New Harmony, Pioneer Mothers Forest, French Lick and West Baden, early settlers and Native Americans and right here in Bloomington, Wylie House and Indiana University…the list goes on and on.
NOTE: The show will take place (appropriately!) at the Monroe County History Center and, due to limited space, the largest size allowed is a half sheet, 15×22, preframed. Full details and dates will be distributed in September.
OFFICERS and CHAIRS
The members who attended the June meeting voted in the Executive Board, while others readily agreed to serve as a committee chair or co-chair. Here is your Leadership Team for 2016-2017:
Officers:
Charlotte Griffin, President
Charlotte Griffin, the new BWS President
Nancy Metz, 1st VP
Jeanne Dutton, 2nd VP
Cassidy Young, Secretary
Patty Uffman, Treasurer
Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs:
Activities: Jeanne Dutton
Historian: Candi Bailey
Hospitality: Betty Wagoner, Mary Walker
Programs: Jo Weddle
Publicity: Susie Graham
Scholarship: Jo Weddle, Jeanne Dutton
Shows: Tricia Wente, Anne-Karine Bley
Technology: Carol Rhodes, Charlotte Griffin
Upland Painters: Kristen Stamper
Thanks to Nancy Metz who shared the following photos from June’s program, “Blooming in Bloomington.”
Jeanne shows Kitty Garlock a few brush techniques.
Claire Jenness and Robin Edmundson practice tulips!
Claude Cookman paints while Bob Burris enjoys a cup of coffee.
GARDEN WALK
Kudos to Charlotte Griffin for her work matching BWS members with the annual Garden Walk gardeners. It was hot both days, but the gardens were lovely, the people were friendly, and the artists were made very welcome.
WELCOME and GOOD-BYE
Glad to have Don Geyra join BWS – welcome to the best little art group in B’town!
Good-bye to long time member Julia Ferguson as she heads north with her husband and sweet baby, James. We wish you the very best of luck in your new adventure, Julia!
TABLE SALE
The Table Sale of books and supplies raised a whopping $265 and change for the BWS scholarship fund. Thanks to all who donated supplies and thanks to those who snatched them up. It was such a success, some members have asked us to do it again while others have donated more items to sell. Heads up! It’s happening again at the September meeting. There are art books, paints, sumi-E supplies, and a variety of other items. If you are summer cleaning and run across art supplies you don’t use or want, think about donating them. 100% goes directly to the Foundation for Monroe County Community Schools which oversees the BWS scholarship. Ask Jeanne (that’s me) for details at info@bloomingtonwatercolor.org
LCAA JURIED SHOW
Several BWS members came away with prizes at the juried Lawrence County Art Association show in June. Don Geyra took tops in Still Life and Flowers while Jodi Estell won 3rd. Meri Reinhold won 1st in Portraits and Figures for her “8 Minute Portrait” and, in the Animals and Birds category, won 2nd with her painting, “Draft Horse.”
Linda Endris was awarded 2nd and Jodi Estell 3rd in the Abstracts and Fantasies category. Congratulations to all!
Meri Reinhold’s “8 Minute Portrait.”
BWS Technology
We’re getting a facelift. The BWS technology committee is busy this summer redesigning the web sites and gallery. All members are welcome to submit images of their watercolor work for inclusion in the gallery. Interested? Contact info@BloomingtonWatercolor.org
OPPORTUNITIES
Sara Steffey McQueen, BWS Signature member, has a show opening this August. “With the Elements” will open with a reception on Gallery Walk, First Friday, August 5, 5-8, at the Bloomington Convention Center.
Who is Sara Steffey McQueen? Not only is she a Signature Member of BWS, Sara is a painter, printmaker, and mixed media artist who finds the rural hills of Bloomington her home. She received her Bachelors of Art and Masters of Art for Teachers in Fine Arts at Indiana University. She had the honor of being a public school Art teacher for 30 yrs. in Bloomington. As an artist/teacher, she found working with young artists rewarding, and a continually renewing experience.
Several recognitions during her career include being published in Artistic Touch 6, having her art owned by two Universities, and receiving two Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship Grants. The Lilly Grants afforded her the opportunity to travel throughout the United States and Great Britain, painting along the way.
Sara Steffey McQueen recently retired from Jackson Creek Middle School. She works in her studio, teaches classes, gardens, and enjoys being a grandmother of two beautiful children. Her art reflects her appreciation of Nature through both abstracts and representational paintings.
“Shells” by Sara Steffey McQueen
CREATING a WaterCOLOR JOURNAL
Nancy Metz is leading this fun workshop July 30, 9am – 4pm. $89 includes a journal!
Spend a Saturday starting a journal that can serve as both a reference and inspiration for your painting. Registration includes a 9”X12” watercolor journal, and the day’s activities will help you explore color triads, color mixing, color schemes, and paint properties as well as your personal relationship with color. Bring the watercolor paints you have, brushes, palette, water containers, and paper towels. Link for details is ivytech.edu/bloomington/cll
UPLAND PAINTERS
The BWS Upland Plein Air Painters have announced the July schedule. The regular meeting times are Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. and you can ask for details at Upland@bloomingtonwatercolor.org. Everyone is welcome, but send an email first in case an event changes.
July 12, May Creek, hosted by Meri Reinhold.
July 19, T.C. Steele, Anne-Karine Bley
July 26, Columbus, Bob Burris, BWS.
August 2, Butler Winery
Sande Nitti enjoys a shady spot to paint at May Creek.
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