Gallery Highlights...

Transcription

1 September 2018 Art for all ages in the heart of the Ouachitas Gallery Highlights... Sustaining Memberships We now have in place a way for you to contribute small amounts to the gallery monthly much easier on the budget than writing a sizeable check! Check with our Executive Director, Whitney Espinoza, for how to do it. Ouachita Expression Show Attendance was great and the reception was Award winning for many. Mena Art Gallery Store See our Gift Shop for your unique gift experience. Sept. Artist of the Month Jolynn Vacca! Pottery artist Jolynn and her wonderful whimsical, garden designs never disappoint. Current Show This guy is waiting for his forever home in our Gift Shop. Fur, Fins and Feathers -Aug. 28 th /Sept 22 nd We look forward to seeing you at the reception on Saturday, September 1st, from 1 to 3 pm. This year we will be teaming up with the Humane Society of the Ouachitas to help our local Fur, Fins and Feathered friends. Come by and pick up your 2019 HSO Calendar and see what s hanging around, 100% goes to help HSO. P. O. Box Mena Street, Mena, AR @menaartgallery.org Gallery Hours: Tue. 11-2; Wed. Sat. 10-3; or by appointment call Workshop Highlights Sept 1 st. Deadline to enter Michael Cate s Photography Classes begins September 9 th. Complete course , single class September 22nd, 3:00pm Linda Ostman will be giving a workshop on animal Felting for materials and instruction. Contact gallery for enrollment fee. Sept. 30 th Deadline to enter Tina Garrett Painting Workshop. Course dates are Oct. 19 th through 21 st. Keep up to date on Workshops via our Facebook, Webpage and Newsletter. You are cordially invited to the private Awards reception for our Premier show, THE ART OF THE HEARTLAND NATIIONAL COMPETITION. Join us at the gallery, Saturday, September 29, 6 pm. for this very special event.

2 Page 2 HeArt of the Ouachitas Don t forget we always need Gallery Ambassadors (volunteers) to staff the gallery. Please check the calendar on. If you can work as Gallery Ambassador on any of the days marked, you may call Whitney and let her save the day for you. All our Gallery Ambassadors are appreciated and valued. Thank you so much for your time and dedication to making our gallery a success. Please note that your commitment as Gallery Ambassador is for three hours: usually that is from noon to 3 p.m. on Wednesday through Saturday, but if mornings are more convenient for you, call Whitney at the gallery, , and see if she can switch hours for you. September 2018 Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Winners and Workshops MAG has something for everyone 331 Gilda Myers & Robin Carpenter 1 Fur, Fin & Feather. Reception. 1 to 3 pm OAC Meeting 5: Children & Adult 10 & Up Juried Show Meeting 5: Board Meeting 5:30 pm Children s Art 1 pm 3 pm Felting Workshop 3:00 5: Fur, Fins & Feather Pick-Up Art of the Heartland National Juried Show on display Art of the Heartland Reception-Night at the Gallery 6:00pm

3 What s Going On? Call the gallery at for more details, or contact the person listed under the activity you are interested in. Don t see something you would like to be involved in? Call the gallery to find out how it can be started. This is open to anyone working in a media that is portable enough to bring to the classroom. Artists come and go between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. each Tuesday. Come and bring your current project or just come to watch and talk. Page For 3 more information, contact Gilda Meyers HeArt at of ladyhawke95@gmail.com the Ouachitas or call her at Meeting on Saturdays The is meeting at the gallery every Saturday from noon until 3 p.m. Bring whatever project you are working on and join us! If you have questions about the group call Whitney at Special Interest The 2018 Ouachita Expression Memorial Artist Spotlight Tyrone Lewis Raised in a family of artist his maternal grandfather, Hans Hubbard, a respected Fort Worth artist settled near Mena, Arkansas and always welcomed his grandson in to his studio. Thus, did Tyrone learn to appreciate and create art. Desiring to pursue an artistic career, he graduated with a B.F.A. degree from the Memphis College of the Arts, and then worked as an interior designer for residential and commercial properties and as a fashion coordinator for Federated Department Stores. Always He painted. Tyrone has been featured in multiple regional juried shows throughout the United States. Galleries in Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Georgia, Arizona and New Mexico, and others. He can also be found in the Arkansas Encyclopedia of Arts and Culture. Of his work Tyrone says, Having been influenced by my grandfather, I found my first endeavors in the visual arts, were portrayals of the landscape SPECIAL NOTES: 1. All MAG monthly Board Minutes will hereby be sent separately, after MAG Board approval. 2. For past and current events check out our Facebook page and website also see our Facebook Store Page. 3. We are currently looking for donations of any and all types of Arts and Craft book both for Children and Adults, as well as a sturdy book case. We are working on building our MAG Library and will be announcing our unveiling date soon.

4 Membership in Mena Art Gallery is available at several levels: Student: $10:00 Individual: $20.00 Family: $35.00 Sustaining: $5 Monthly Membership forms are available at the Gallery or on the website We encourage you to become a member in this progressive artistic community and hope you will remember Mena Art Gallery in your Estate Planning by Leaving a Legacy for the Arts within the community for future generations. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Lorraine Timmerman, Chair (2019) David Maddox (2019) Diane Warren (2020) Barbara Tobias (2020) Jan Wennberg (2018) Sandra Thomas (2018) Tiffany Lane (2018) Barbara Lewis Vice-Chair (2018) Dorothy Stevenson (2020) The Executive Director of the gallery is Whitney Espinoza. She is available at during regular business hours to answer your questions and assist with your artistic endeavors. Mena Art Gallery is owned and operated by SouthWest Artists, Inc., a non-profit corporation, and support is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts, and several local businesses and individuals. Donations are tax deductible and help ensure the continuing work of bringing art to the community of Mena and the surrounding area. Sponsorships and donations can be made on our website at you prefer to have your name removed from our mailing list or would like to be removed from our list please send an to: @menaartgallery.org or call WE

5