The Monthly Newsletter of the Wilmington Art Association

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1 The Monthly Newsletter of the Wilmington Art Association P.O. Box 3033, Azalea Station, Wilmington, N.C March 2011 Calendar of Events Mar 7 Life Drawing Group 3:00 Mar 8 WAA Board Meeting 12:00 Mar 9 WSNC Eastern Region Exhibit Mar 10 General WAA meeting 6:30 Arboretum Mar 10 Spring Show Committee Meeting at 3:00 Mar 11 Postmark Deadline for Spring Show Advanced Registration Mar 11 OIAG Watercolor Workshop Mar 12 Airlie Garden Green Day Mar 13 DREAMS Fundraiser Mar 15 Membership fee deadline to have your name in the WAA 2011 Membership Directory Mar 24 Spring Show Committee Meeting at Gallery 3:00 Mar 24 Spot Festival Wine Label Deadline 2011 Officers and Chairpersons President: Cheryl McGraw Vice President: David Toppin Secretary: Connie Houser Treasurer: Betsy Heckethorn Membership: Gayle Harvey Outreach: Erika Lawrence Education : Kirah Van Sickle Finance : Pete Paterson Web Site: Derick Crenshaw Publicity : Steve Logan Gordon Web Gallery : Kathleen McLeod Newsletter : Gale Smith Spring Show: Kathleen McLeod Barbara Jamison Message from our 2011 President Cheryl McGraw Dear Members, You may all be getting very busy with the Spring Show and your own creative and life commitments, but I d like to invite you all to step up and take on a little piece of what would make this exciting time for the WAA a little easier and less challenging for the board and committee heads. Please look around you in the Wilmington area for a likely high traffic area for a new location for the Gallery. me or someone else on the Location Search Committee ( list is below ) and let us know if you see a spot worth exploring. Also, we are committed to growing our membership in both the WAA and the Gallery and are looking for new members for each. Please ask your fellow artists to join the WAA. Ask people you know who would like to learn about art to join. An invitation may be what s missing that would make a big difference to someone who wants to learn to express themselves visually. If you are not currently on a committee or are not doing much on the committee you are on, please join another committee or ask around to see what needs to be done that you might help with. Our new web site is coming soon. You will be proud of the new image we are projecting. We will have new conveniences on the website which will make being a member easier and fun! You will also have greater exposure for your art to the public eventually. Thank you, all of you, for what you make available for artists in the Cape Fear region. You are really appreciated. Cheryl Location Search Committee: Jackie Malpass Alouise Fenstermacher Erika Lawrence Cheryl McGraw Page 1 of 7 Business Plan Committee: John Parker Steve Logan Cheryl McGraw Betsy Hecketrorn Gayle Harvey Maryann Dixon Hogue Joan Croft-Jones

2 Luke Black Dorothy Daughtry Becky Romulus Jie Ma New Members Judy Pawinski Elaine Cooper Tricia Shelton DID YOU FORGET TO RENEW YOUR WAA MEMBERSHIP? Do it NOW to have your name in the WAA 2011 Membership Directory. Deadline to have your fee in is March 15. Think about what you'll be missing if you don't renew your membership: Monthly meetings with exciting speakers and presentations Discounts on entry fees for exhibitions like the Spring Show and for workshops and classes Opportunities to spend time with like-minded artists Some of the exciting things in store for 2011 include: a new, up-to-date WAA website...the best Spring Show & Sale ever.. a stronger presence in the Wilmington area through expanded outreach programs... and lots more. Please renew today by sending your $35 check payable to WAA to Gayle Harvey, WAA Membership 109 White Heron Cove Rd Hampstead, NC Marsha Carr carrlambert@frontiernet.net Karen Wiles wkaren12@aol.com Toni Radcliffe tonirad@optonline.net Allie Lull allielull@ec.rr.com Ann Hair ahair51@aol.com Ann Brooks cissie623@ec.rr.com Camden Boggs camden.boggs@gmail.com Page 3 of 6 Kay Ashbaugh kasbau@yahoo.com Paul Kraus pgkrunch@ec.rr.com More New Members Kristine Pierce krisgentrypierce@gmail.com Marian Williams mwillfont@aol.com Georgia Reese I am sure there may be names not listed. Our membership dues are being submitted to Gayle Harvey on a daily basis so you may not be listed this month. Page 2 of 6 Sunshine Committee Barbara Tuzzeo Barbara Tuzzeo mailed cards to Connie Houser and Helen Killman letting them know that we are thinking of them and their families. Helen is recuperating from surgery. Pat Dennis is under the care of Hospice at her home and Barbara has made several calls to check on her. Don Millar died on Feb 8, 2011 at the age of 68. Don was a great artist and he will be missed by all that knew him. * If you have any Members news, please that information to: galesmithart@gmail.com

3 COMMITTEE REPORTS Education, Gallery, Outreach, Membership, Publicity Spring Show, Special Events, Finance *EDUCATION REPORT Kirah Van Sickle Committee Chairperson Thanks to fellow member, Anita Jacques for sharing her amazing fabric art at the February member meeting. What a treat to get insight on such a beautiful and unique medium. If you missed it, check out Anita s website at The Miriam Pinkerton s encaustic workshop held on Feb 11 and 12 th was a lot of fun and a great introduction to this fascinating medium. March Meeting: We are looking forward to welcoming Anne Brennan, acting director of the Cameron Art Museum, present a program on all the educational opportunities and events happening at the museum. There have been a lot of changes and this will be a great opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with the wonderful resource here in our backyard! Spring Show Workshop with Mike Rooney We are excited that our 2011 Spring Show Judge, Mike Rooney, will be conducting a three-day plein air workshop. There is only one spot available so contact Kirah at kirahart@yahoo.com or to reserve your spot. You may also sign up to be placed on the waiting list. April 11, 12 & 13th 9:00 4:00 pm $250 for members, $300 for non-members $100 deposit required to hold a spot. Please include a deposit of $100 to hold your space. Make checks payable to "WAA" and mail with reservation form to: Kirah Van Sickle, 931 Royal Bonnet Dr., Wilmington, NC Spring Show Workshop Reservation Form: Name: Address: Telephone: Contact Kirah with all workshop questions and correspondence kirahart@yahoo.com or Page 3 of 6

4 Committee reports continues GALLERY REPORT Kathleen McLeod Committee Chairperson The Wilmington Art Gallery 616 Castle St. Wilmington, N.C A decision has been made to close the Wilmington Art Association Gallery on Castle St. and to re-open it at another location. The input of the WAA members is vital at this time so that an effective business plan for the gallery can be developed and implemented. You will find a survey attached with this newsletter. I have sent the Survey in Word format so you may your responses to Kathleen ( kmcleod1950@hotmail.com ) or you may mail the survey to her at: Kathleen McLeod 1818 Vincennes Pl. Wilmington, N.C Instructions are on the last page of this for those of you that may need assistance with ing the completed word document back to Kathleen. *COMMUNITY RELATIONS REPORT Erika Lawrence Committee Chairperson erika7law@aol.com OUTREACH SPECIAL EVENT AT THE GALLERY Laney High School Art Competition Please come and support our talented Laney High School students this Friday at their Opening Night Reception and exhibition of their art work. This is our first WAA Outreach to the Community for this year. We are running it as the Special Event for the Gallery for March. This is a student Art Competition within Laney High only for this year and hopefully extending the invitation to the rest of the High Schools in the coming years. Both 2D pottery and iron work along with 3D art work and photography will be exhibited. Awards will be given in both categories. Reception: Friday, February 25th Time: 6PM-8PM Award Presentation: 7PM We look forward to seeing you this Friday as we celebrate all of our young and talented artist. The March newsletter was published after the reception, however, the information was in the February newsletter. Art of the Camellia Show Everyone who participated in the Art of the Camellia show is asked to try to pick up their art work from the Gallery by this Friday. * PUBLICITY REPORT Gordon Webb and Steve Logan Committee Chairpersons Gordon Webb (webb@ithaca.edu ) Steve Logan (loganartstudio@gmail.com ) The publicity team wants to help promote your W.A.A. event... and to do so effectively we need LOTS of lead time. On top of the advanced notice required by most mass media outlets is the time required for us to prepare and distribute your information. This means we need the details of your event at least six weeks prior to the event. Think of it this way: if you have an event starting March we needed to know about it by today (February 2). That's the way it works... we're all volunteers and need to schedule W.A.A. business around our own personal schedules. It also helps to have your detailed information in writing -- preferably on our "publicity request form" (attached to this newsletterl). Almost everything is handled through electronically these days and this streamlines our work -- allowing us to cut-and-paste, rewrite and get the information out quickly. Please don't assume ANYTHING... even regular events, like the Spring Show require a publicity plan -- and the sooner we know what you need, the better. Thanks from your publicity "co-chairs," Gordon C. Webb Steve Logan webb@ithaca.edu loganartstudio@gmail.com Page 4 of 6

5 Committee reports continues FINANCE COMMITTEE Pete Paterson Committee Chairperson Pete is in pursuit of members who wish to help with developing grants. We have been missing all manner of opportunities over the years. The grants we seek are in the $5000 to $10,000 range. If any of you have the inclination to assist, we will hang a plaque over the door to our new future gallery as a legacy. *SPRING SHOW COMMITTEE Kathleen McLeod and Barbara Jamison Committee Chairpersons Kathleen McLeod (kmcleod1950@hotmail.com ) Barbara Jamison (bbearjamison@gmail.com ) The Spring Art Show and Sale for 2011 is around the corner and all the committees are hard at work. We look forward to hosting this wonderful show for the 29th year with two fabulous judges, one in 2D, Mike Rooney, and one in photography, Brownie Harris. They will be giving a "walkabout" during the time they are here, so look for that information. It will be posted at the show and is a grand opportunity to hear their thoughts as artists and judges. Please sign up for helping during the show, to bring your favorite wine, appetizer, or dessert on Thursday night - to help during check-in, display,etc - the lists for volunteering to help are in the Gallery kitchen on the frig door and also at our monthly meetings, or contact Kathleen McLeod and Barbara Jamison with your request. Most importantly we hope you are all enjoying creating fabulous pieces for entering! The prospectus is attached in this newsletter. Please note # 10 BIN WORK revision. *SPRING SHOW DONOR/SPONSOR COMMITTEE Elaine Cooper elaine.cooper33@yahoo.com Spring Art Show Fundraising Once again, we wish to thank all of you who have already generously donated to our fundraising efforts! AND, we wish to thank all of you who so kindly sent new prospect information. Because of your efforts, we have been able to send letters to approximately 75 new possible donors! Thank you so much!! BUT, it is not too late for any of you who wish donate a small cash gift, OR provide possible prospect names and addresses! We still have time to get letters out in a timely fashion, and of course, it is never too late to receive a small donation! Many thanks to everyone! Members Making News Congratulations to Martha Meskauskas Martha Meskauskas has recently joined Village Gallery in Oriental, N.C. and her works are currently on display. Martha makes her home in Wilmington, but spends much time in Oriental on her boat. Congratulation Ginny Wagner Ginny Wagner has 10 of her paintings on display at Davidson Community College in Lexington, N.C. They will be hanging until May 6. Congratulations to Pete Paterson Pete Paterson has an exhibit of his paintings at Big Sky Designs on Masonboro Sound Road until May. Page 5 of 6

6 No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. -Edward Hooper American Realist Painter ( ) Upcoming Opportunities and Events that may interest you Call for Artists : 48th Annual NC Spot Festival September 24th and 25th, 2011 Spot Festival Wine Label Design The NC Spot Festival (NCSF) is inviting local artists to create an original artwork for the 2011 wine label. The winning artwork will be reproduced on 6,000 bottles of wine and the artist will have a free exhibition booth at the Hampstead, N.C. festival to be held September 24-25, They introduced their first festival wine in 2010, and they plan to feature the artwork of a new artist every year. Artists whose paintings have been selected as finalists will have their artwork displayed on a board at the festival. Their custom wine has been named White Pearl and will be produced by Duplin Winery in Rose Hill, N.C. For additional information and to print a copy of the Rules and Entry form, you may go to Note: Entries must be received by Thursday, March 24, * Annual Artist s Workshop with Betty Brown It s that time again.the Spring Artists Week Workshop at Sea View Inn in Pawleys Island with Betty Brown. The Sea View Inn is charming and serves three low county meals a day. Betty has scouted out wonderful spots around Pawley s Island, Brookgreen Gardens and Atalaya for your plein air painting experiences. For additional information you may contact Betty at bbbstudio@ec.rr.com. * The Oak Island Art Guild is sponsoring the following: Layering Shapes, Colors and Textures in Watercolor When: March 11, 2011 Where: Oak Island Rec. Center, Oak Island Dr. Time : 9-1pm, the workshop will start after the OIAG monthly meeting. Instructor: Nancy Wickstrom Nancy Wickstrom will teach a workshop on Layering Shapes, Colors and Textures in Watercolor. Using a variety of drawing materials and paints, participants will develop the surface of their paintings to establish layers that become an enriched finished painting with subtle shapes, colors and textures. Participants may choose to do a nonobjective abstract, realistic landscape or still life. Supply list is available on the OIAG website The workshop is open to members and nonmembers free of charge and co-sponsored by the Brunswick County Arts Council. Contact: otyler@ec.rr.com Page 6 of 7

7 *Call to Sculpture Artists Harbor Island Arts presents a Sculpture Exhibition to be held in the Arboretum Gardens March 22 thru Sept 1. Titles of all art work need to be submitted by March 15. You may contact: NiKi at Harbor Island Arts harborislandarts@hotmail.com *WSNC Eastern Region Exhibit Gifts of Spring April 1 April 29, 2011 Watermedia only. Juried exhibition to be held at the Turnage Theater, Washington, N.C. Deadline : March 9, 2011 You may contact: Holly Cook at bodholly@suddenlink.net or Carol Mann at chezchigoe@yahoo.com for additional information. * Sandra Ihly and Katherine Wolf-Webb are exhibiting their works on the subject of Women s Laundry. Women s Lib, and Women s Life at Acme Art, Inc. The show is called Laughing at Laundry. This past Friday, 4 th Friday, was the opening. It s a terrific show! Acme Art is located at 711 N. 5 th Ave. Wilmington, N.C. *DREAMS Center for Arts Education DREAMS invites you to join their fundraiser on March 13, 2011, 1:00-3:00 at Ten Pin Alley located in the Market Place Mall in Wilmington. Please see the attached flyer for additional information. Spread the word- Pass along the attached flyer to everyone you know. This is a great event for families! Tell everyone there will be prizes and awards! You may contact: Carol Crate Program Administrator Dreams Center for Arts Education dreamscenter@ec.rr.com ELAINE S HERB & CHEESE CRACKERS Elaine Cooper has kindly shared her recipe for the Herb and Cheese Crackers. If you didn t taste one or two of these crackers at the last two meetings, you really missed out! They were wonderful and so many people asked Elaine for the recipe. I have attached her recipe to this newsletter. Enjoy! Elaine, thanks for sharing. For those of you that may need assistance with ing the WAA Members Survey document to Kathleen: - Click on the WAA Members Survey document in the attached box of this --- this will open the document - Once the document is opened, you may type within the document - When you have completed your responses, go to File and Save As this will open a list of folders for you to save the document in - Open your program and prepare your new to Kathleen and click Insert file.this will open your documents folders - Locate the folder that you saved the document in and click on the saved document - This will attach the file to your new message to Kathleen - Now you may now send the document out into the unknown world of internet clusters Page 7 of 7