VWS Newsletter 9-8-06

Greetings! Things are warming up for VWS as the weather cools down. We have two excellent shows coming up and our Annual Meeting/Elections.

Reminders:

Bring your work to the Reed gallery this Sunday or Monday Sept. 10-11, 11AM to 4 PM for jurying. Bob Reed wanted me to let you know that plexi-glass is OK for your work if it is clean and un-scratched.

Come to the Reed Gallery opening and painting demo by Robert O’Brien Saturday September 16, at 1 PM. This is also when paintings that are not in the show can be picked up.

Prepare your slides (2) for the SVAC show and send them to Robert O’Brien, postmarked by Oct. 1. If you have forgotten the details , they will be posted on our web site. The Reed Gallery particulars are already there.
http://vermontwatercolorsociety.com/index.php
click on “This Just In”

The Annual Meeting will be on Sunday, November 12. Time and place to be announced.

About ELECTIONS: Time for some reflection on everyone’s part. Can you run for office or serve on a committee? What does VWS mean to you, and how can you help keep it afloat? I will try to send out descriptions of duties in the near future, but meanwhile, please be thinking about what you can best do to help. All executive positions are open, and we currently have three committees: Exhibition, Program, and Nominating. Please contact me if you are interested, and I will pass the word along to the appropriate chair as well as discuss the details.

BY-LAW Changes: Two proposals will be on the table:
1. Open the membership to all watercolorists regardless of residence.
2. Anyone serving as President, past or present would become permanent members of VWS, free of charge.

Please note- this is not necessarily the exact wording of these proposals, just the intent.

Member News:
From Wooden Horse Arts Guild:

A letter from the President of the Wooden Horse Arts Guild.

The following has been sent to all Wooden Horse Arts Guild members. Several other artists have asked for WHAG notices and information. So, here it is:

#1. Applications for membership may be downloaded from www.woodenhorsearts.com . Membership drive is now. NEW members special price til Nov. 1st: $20.00 gives a membership through 2007.
#2. We are actively looking for a fine sculptor, photographer and anyone who creates an unusual art tecnique. Our search for an exceptional potter is on-going. We are also looking for a young person (high school, preferably) who shows promise in the arts: painting, photography, sculpture. Jim Maas has recently joined WHAG with his wonderful bird carvings.
#3. The Village Art Show (in its 10th year) is ONLY ART (no crafts). However, our Dec. 1,2,3 show will be a mix of ARTS and FINE CRAFTS. These will be juried!
#4. Hope to hear from YOU!

Camilla Mead 802-988-4300 or camilla@roseappleacres.com or camilla@woodenhorsearts.com
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Applications and show information are in the mail this week for The Village Art Show (Oct. 6,7,8). When you receive yours, read all information carefully, sign and return with your check by Sept. 15. This 10th year for the Village Art Show is planned to be Xtra special! Be a part of it and help in any way you can. Call Camilla for information about volunteering for some small, but needed jobs.

The following is now ART PROTOCOL with the WOODEN HORSE ARTS GUILD and...Be Sure to read ALL THE WAY TO THE END for the special announcement!


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Showing Art with the Wooden Horse Arts Guild………art protocol. If prints are part of your business, be sure there are at least Two or three original paintings of those prints hanging for the Client to see. Be sure that ALL prints are labeled as such andIf you do not wish to sell the original which is hanging, mark it neatly with a tag noting this. If the originals of some prints have already been sold, say so on the print! ie: “the original of this print is in a private collection…”

Showing with WHAG, continued:

If your work(s) have been shown and are being shown in galleries or places around the area and have been seen regularly for months (and sometimes years), the WHAG will expect no less than two new pieces at the Village Art Show which have never been seen.

New work says, “I am a serious artist!”

Old work will be juried out unless it is freshly matted, framed, cleaned, or whatever it needs to look like it belongs in a class show!

All paintings or photography must be appropriately framed and/or matted.

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The Wooden Horse Arts Guild has a new MINI Gallery!

Kathy at the Buon Amichi Restaurant in North Troy has given the WHAG a 12 foot wall for display of Wooden Horse Arts Guild member artists’ works. A jury committee has been appointed to monitor the paintings or photography which will be displayed at 3 to 4 week intervals. The French style hanging system and track lighting will be installed for best viewing of the works during the dinner hours at the restaurant. You will be notified by the committee regarding your work if you wish to be part of this. There will be a minimal hanging charge, and a small commission to the Buon Amichi upon sale of painting or photograph.

So, get ready to pick out your very best work for viewing!

From Judy Laliberte:

I have just been juried into the Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts and also selected for a Featured Artist's Exhibition to take place from Jan 12 - Feb 18th, 2007.
I also have work at the Woodstock Folk Arts and Antiquities Gallery in Woodstock

From Pegasus gallery: Annelein Beukenkamp is having a show Sept. 15-Oct. 1 Opening reception is Friday Sept. 15 5-8 PM.
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Passed on by Annette Compton:


The Susan K. Black Foundation
" Blossom, the Art of Flowers "
http://susankblackfoundation.org/blossom.htm

Here is an international juried exhibition for the artists paintings floral
compositions. Many mediums and styles accepted. Awards and Prizes : 25,000$
US Best of show, total of 65,000$ cash awards. Jury includes most respected
specialists. Dates to send slides and JPG files are between Aug. 31 and
Sept. 30 , 2006 . Presentation fees are asked. The exhibition will take
place from March 14 until May 15 th 2007 at the Houston Museum of Natural
Science in Texas, USA. Rules and regulations are on the website and a
prospectus is available at this postal address : SKB Foundation, P.O. Box
235, Lake George, CO 80827, USA or by Email at skbfoundation@aol.com

The Susan K. Black Foundation
" Blossom, the Art of Flowers "
http://susankblackfoundation.org/blossom.htm

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Some of you sent me news that is now outdated- sorry- I can’t really keep up with everything.

NEW MEMBER: Please welcome Bert Shapiro from Bondville, Vermont

Posted by Cynthia Crawford, VWS President 2006