BWS Meeting: October 12
6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Business Meeting via Zoom
7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Program via Zoom
The October Program: Printing Greeting Cards – Joanne Shank. Over the past years people have been able to purchase cards of Joanne’s birds and flowers at various sites in our community. During this program, Joanne will share what she has to take to the printer as well as where she has the work done, the costs involved, and the choices she has to make.
Joanne Weddle, BWS Program Chair, says, “It is fun to have your art made into greeting cards to send to friends. Don’t miss this Zoom program. It will inspire you to take this step.”
September’s Program — A Thank You to Kitty Garlock. Kitty was the facilitator for BWS’s September Show and Share program. Each fall BWS’s September program is a Show and Share where members have an opportunity to share examples of paintings they have done over the summer. This program is always a favorite as we enjoy seeing what others have done and view samples of their creativity. Artwork shown included landscapes, portraits, and paintings on a variety of topics including the pandemic. If you missed the September program, you will be able to see what others have done during our upcoming virtual membership show.
Inside BWS
November 1st Deadline
Joanne Weddle, BWS Program Chair, wants to remind you to get your Art Cards (from 1 to 10) and your return envelop with 2 stamps into Cassidy Young by November 1 in order participate in the Christmas Art Card Exchange at our December meeting. Cassidy’s mailing address is 1419 E. Browning Lane, Bloomington, IN 47401. For further details see the August and September BWS Newsletters.
BWS Membership Show
If you missed the virtual celebration of Bloomington Watercolor Society Artists and their paintings on October 2nd, you can still do so by going to: http://bloomingtonwatercolor.smugmug.com. Kathy Barton, the Show Chair, said that paintings can also be viewed through October 29 at The Vault, Gallery Mortgage (121 E. 6th Street, Bloomington) by contacting John LaBella to schedule an appointment (812-334-9700 or John@gallerymortgage.com). Here is just one of the many fabulous paintings in the 2020 Membership Show.
Paint-Out at TC Steele
BWS’s last Paint-Out of the year will be Saturday, October 10, 2020 at the TC Steele State Historic Site. The Paint-Out starts at 10 am and participants may stay as long they like.
Our Paint-Out Chair, Betty Wagoner says, “The site will be a delight at this time of the year. It is on a ridge with buildings, forests, gardens, expanses of grass and a couple of ponds. The TC Steele home and barn-like studio are visually fetching. Many trees will be in color. There is a new Visitor Center with modern restrooms. A fee of $10 or $8 for seniors is required. A tour of the Studio and the House of the Singing Wind is included in the fee. Although we will not have the traditional shared meal due to COVID-19, participants can each bring a lunch and gather with fellow painters, at a safe distance. Masks are required at the site. Happy painting.”
Outside BWS
Art Sanctuary Fall Art Show
Char Dapena shared this announcement from Nancy Maxwell:
Because so many events have been postponed including the Annual Fall Foliage Festival, the Art Sanctuary of Martinsville is having a “No-entry-fee, No-prizes, Art Show” this October.
Youth, amateur and professional artists are welcome as is all media and craft. Art drop off is Sunday, October 5, from 2 to 6 p.m. and October 6, from 3 to 7 p.m. at 190 N. Sycamore St., Martinsville. Contact Mlika Power, the Show Coordinator (mikalvus2scrap@yahoo.com) for more information.
Burris Family Show, “A Look at Relative Art,” which opened last January, is being held over and will run through Spring 2021. Bob Burris says to let him know when you come to Columbus to see the show as he would love act as your personal guide.
Betty Wagoner shared a picture that she painted at the Great Outdoor Art Contest (GOAC) which took place at TC Steele on Sept. 9-12, 2020. Betty also sent a picture of the oil painting by Donna Shortt that was declared the winner of the Great Outdoor Art Contest.
Other Area Shows
The Hoosier Salon 95th Juried Show at the Indiana State Museum runs from now until October 15.
The Desiderata Art Show at the Arts Illiana Gallery in Terra Haute runs from now until November 20.
The deadline for submitting artwork to the Richmond Art Museum’s 122nd Annual Exhibition by Indiana and Ohio Artist is October 9. The show itself will from November 5th to January 9.
The Terra Haute Swope Art Museum’s 76th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition runs from November 6 to January 10th.
Member News
Cassidy Young shares an article she read that contains an important part of the history of art:
Fearful that the occupying Nazi forces in Prague could confiscate a lifetime’s worth of artwork, Jewish painter Gertrud Kauders decided in 1939 to hide her vast array of paintings and drawings.
Nearly 80 years later, in the summer of 2018, Michal Ulvr was leading a demolition team tearing down a decrepit house south of Prague when “about 30 paintings tumbled out and fell onto my head.”
As the day wore on, the crew turned up more stashes of strikingly beautiful artwork as they dismantled the house — some were under floorboards, others behind walls. By the end of the day some 700 paintings and sketches lay out in the open on the worksite as summer rain clouds gathered over Prague.
To read the rest of the article go to: https://www.rferl.org/a/murdered-jewish-artist-paintings-kauders-nazis-prague/30858168.html?fbclid=IwAR1dznmmwbJ0t2oyPPDnQs8nwlo9m39DVKmmbFl56Mgy8a3ePCVOwPxbNew
Meri Reinhold announced that her painting “Maasai Jeweler” was accepted in the 76th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Show to be held at the Swope Art Museum (25 S 7th St., Terre Haute) from November 6th through January 10, 2021.
Bob Burris shared his latest painting, “Florida House.”
Jerry Harste annually donates a picture to support the Simon-Burroughs Art Museum in Myrtle Beach. This year the Museum’s 10th Annual Collectors Event is scheduled for Valentine’s Day, February 14. All artwork donated must be valued at at least $200 dollars. Patrons buy $200 tickets to attend the event and then select a piece of art to add to their private collections. Donated artwork will be on display on the Museum’s website and on display in one of the Museum’s galleries from January 5 to February 13.
October’s Calendar
October 1 to November 1 — Deadline to get from 1 to 10 Art Cards in to Cassidy Young (1419 E. Browning Lane) in order to participate in the December Art Card Exchange. Don’t Put This Off!!!
October 1 through Spring, 2021, Burris Family Show in Columbus.
October 1 to October 15, Hosier Salon 95th Juried Show at the Indiana State Museum.
October 1 to November 20, Desiderata Art Show at the Arts Illiana Gallery in Terra Haute.
October 2 to October 29, BWS Membership Show, Online and at The Vault.
October 5 and October 6, Drop off of painting at Art Sanctuary of Martinsville.
October 10, TCSteele Paint-Out, starting time 10 a.m.
October 15, deadline for submitting artwork to the Richmond Art Museum’s 122nd Annual Exhibition.
October 12, BWS Business Meeting (6 p..m.) and Program (7 p.m.) over Zoom.
November 6 to January 10, Terra Haute Swope Art Museum’s 76th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition.
