This is the Archive of the Vermont Watercolor Society online newsletters from the old web site. It is for reference only.

Monday, June 25, 2007

VWS News 6/25/07 Miller Gallery

Great news from our Show Co-ordinator, Rob O'Brien:

> Hello everyone,
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> The 2007 VWS Summer Open Members Show is up!
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> There are 45 paintings hung. Most are in the main gallery room and the rest are in the entrance hall with a few on the wall to the left of the stairs leading up to the second floor. Every piece is in good viewing range.
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> The show looks great and thanks to all of the artists who participated. It is a very diverse show with various sized work and subject matter.
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> A special thank you to Mary Fran Lloyd and Nancy Ball who helped me with the challenging job of hanging the artwork. I am very pleased with the look of the exhibit. Thank you again Mary Fran and Nancy!! and thanks to Claire Hatch of the MAC for helping with sign ins and making the cards.
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>> We will have musical entertainment provided by George Ainley and friends.
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>> Hope to see everyone at the opening.
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>> Rob

The Details:

Miller Arts Center

Show dates: June 27- August 10 2007

Address: 9 Elm Hill
Springfield, Vermont
Phone: 802-885-2415

OPENING: Sunday, June 30 3-5 PM with refreshments and music!

Gallery Hours:
Wed. and Fri 11 AM 6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM-8 PM
Saturday 11 AM-5 PM

There is another opening that same day at the VAULT gallery, 68 Main St. in Springfield. They will have a silent auction from 5:30 to 7:15, and a live auction at 7:30. Call 802-885-7111 for details.

SEE YOU THERE!!

Cynthia Crawford
VWS President 2006-2007
cynthia.crawford@gmail.com

Thursday, June 21, 2007

VWS Newsletter 6-21-07

Greetings, Vermont Watercolor Society watercolorists!

SPRING MEETING

There are wonderful and promising things afoot in our Society. I will try to give you a brief overview of our Spring Meeting with more details to follow in a future newsletter.
We had an excellent presentation by our Vice President, Jan Olmstead, bringing us up to speed on the results of the VWS survey done earlier this year. Highlights of the results include:

1. A strong desire from the membership to have more social contact with each other by various means, the most commonly suggested being regional gatherings of some sort.
2. Members are quite happy with our shows and the opportunities they bring to all of us. It is one of the main reasons for joining.
3. There was some discussion about the question of volunteering for office and/or other functions/opportunities within the Society. This brought up further questions about job definitions, time and distances issues. Clearly people are willing to help out, but need some structure to work with.

We also saw a very interesting slide show of current works from the American Watercolor Society compliments of Rob O’Brien, who is a member. There were paint samples donated by M. Graham to try- these paints (watercolor and gouache) are made with honey and have an interesting texture. Some people brought painted squares and some made them with the sample paints, which we put together into a little mosaic.

We had a lot of new members at the Spring Meeting. It was wonderful to meet you all, as well as enjoy old friends. Several people joined right after the meeting!

Please extend a big welcome to:

Nancy Ball from Tinmouth, Vt.
Peter/Paedra Bramhall from Bridgewater Vt.
Ann Clark from Mendon, Vt.
Isobel Cochran from Hanover, N.H.
Chase Delaney from Sharon, Vt.
Sarah Drown from Georgia Ctr. Vt.
Sandra Ershow from Waterbury, Vt.
Sue Houchens from Jericho, Vt.
Louise Pfaelzer from Morrisville, Vt.
Ann Semprebon from Hanover, N.H.

All were at the meeting. In addition, a new member just signed up:

Catherine Finnegan from Quechee, Vt.




Our membership has grown to about 128 members!



After the presentation we divided up into 6 discussion groups to address various issues generated from the answers to the survey. Each group then gave excellent reports on their findings, and it was especially noteworthy that most people found this process very satisfactory. It gave everyone an opportunity to meet other members and have a meaningful and productive dialogue. And it helped people to feel more like participants in the doings of VWS.

As a result of this process, the Board and some of the more active Committee members met this past Monday evening to come up with a plan of action and a vision which we hope will set up the Society for long-term success. A small group of us will be meeting regularly to work out the details and make some revisions to the structure of the Board in particular, as it is quite clear that the election and volunteer process has been quite unstable at times and this has created some problems such as:

1. Burned-out/overworked leadership
2. A certain apprehension about voulunteering, because….. well, see above!

We hope to change that in very significant ways. Just to give you a hint-we will try to make volunteer jobs be well-defined, time limited and well-suited to your skills and social needs. We hope to have more workshops and social events in the future. The leadership workload will be better distributed and manageable. Communications will improve, both formally (via the newsletters) and informally via networking.

And, of course, our shows are blossoming into 2009!


With that in mind, here’s a reminder about our upcoming open (un-juried) show:

UPCOMING SHOW:

Bring ONE well-framed work to the Miller Art Center in Springfield, Vermont, on Saturday June 23, 2007, between the hours of 12 noon to 5 PM. PLEASE NOTE A SLIGHT TIME CHANGE IN DELIVERY HOURS. Formerly it was 11AM, but there will be a parade in town that day, and you will not be able to get through to the gallery until 12 PM.

Details: Framing-high quality wood frames with white or off-white mats. Use proper hanging wire- NO hooks.
Labels: name, address phone, title and price please!

Show dates: June 27- August 10 2007

Address: 9 Elm Hill
Phone: 802-885-2415

OPENING: Sunday, June 30 3-5 PM with refreshments and music!

Gallery Hours:
Wed. and Fri 11 AM 6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM-8 PM
Saturday 11 AM-5 PM

There is another opening that same day at the VAULT gallery, 68 Main St. in Springfield. They will have a silent auction from 5:30 to 7:15, and a live auction at 7:30. Call 802-885-7111 for details.

VWS CALENDAR:

SHOWS:

Miller Arts Center open show, Springfield, Vt. June 27- August 10. Delivery June 23 12-5 PM
Opening June 30 3-5 PM
Artisan’s Gallery- juried and open show, Waitsfield Vt.: August 3- Sept. 9. Delivery July 29 & 30, 10:30 AM to 5 PM. Opening August 11, 4-7 PM

Reed Gallery, Chester, Vermont open show- opens Sept. 12
Southern Vermont Fine Arts Center, Manchester, Vermont juried show in December



WORKSHOPS:

John Lynch one day workshop, Queechee, Vt . Sponsored by Pegasus Gallery. Sunday August 12 from 11 AM to 4 Pm. Cost $30.00. Limit 15 people. Contact Sheryl Trainor if you are interested: strai6098@aol.com 802-296-7693 (see below for a description of John Lynch’s style. Etc. under Annette Compton’s announcement).
John will also have a show at the Pegasus Gallery Aug. 10- Sept. 3.

NEW!!! Our own Rob O’Brien will give a fall workshop as follows:

Robert O’Brien VWS will conduct a one day workshop at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Woodstock Vt. Oct 27th 2007 from 9:30 am to 4 pm.
The course will focus on landscape painting with a focus on painting the colors of autumn. General watercolor techniques will be reviewed with an emphasis on values and composition. There will be a demonstration by the instructor to start with class painting to follow. A critique will be held at the end of class. Students are encouraged to provide their own photographs for reference material. A materials list will be furnished upon request.
The cost of the workshop is $65 for members, $70 for non-members.

OTHER NEWS AND WORKSHOPS:

HELEN DAY ART CENTER-Stowe, Vt. :



Members Annelein Beuchencamp and Lisa Beach are giving classes and workshops- go here for info:

http://www.helenday.com/classes.HTM

SOUTHERN VERMONT ART CENTER, Manchester Vermont;

VWS Member Rob O’Brien is teaching here as well as many other well-known artists:

http://www.svac.org/workshops/obrien_robert.html


From Annette Compton:

JOHN LYNCH RETURNS!

John approaches watercolor differently: in thick, joyous
blobs of color. Join him on location for his third summer—

• Watercolor in Woodstock

August 1 through 5, 2007
Wednesday evening at 6:00 pm
4 days 9 am - 4 pm, with an hour lunch break
Monday Critique 9 am - 12 noon
$390.00 per person

Enjoy Vermont during our beautiful summer while studying with this effervescent and talented artist from London. We go to many local gardens and farms to enjoy painting on site. John says, “This watercolor workshop on location in beautiful Woodstock, Vermont will have a strong focus on shadow and light and will favour an impressionistic approach towards painting. Those attending will be encouraged to find their own individual style and spirit, and to create their own reality from the world they see around them. Techniques in colour theory should not be forgotten, but should also not get in the way of risk-taking and experimentation with the medium. Mark making, splash effects, colour bleeding and unconventional colour usage including gouache and white paint will be covered in each of the four painting days on location. This is the workshop for painters who want to create vibrant watercolors and works of art that transcend the everyday and release their spirits through painting.” You’ll enjoy John’s relaxed approach as have many others. This is his third summer teaching for Compton ART.

A maximum of 12 people will be at the workshop each day. There is a possibility that we will take people on a daily basis unless the workshop fills. As the workshop gets closer, we'll post the materials list here on the website.

HEINEBERG SENIOR CENTER

It is with great pleasure that the Burlington, Vermont, Heineberg Senior and
Community Center announces the opening of IMAGERY, our exciting new program
for artists and poets. Our first artist-and-poet-of-the-month, beginning
Friday, September 7, 2007 at 7:00 p.m., in the HSCC Gallery at 14 Heineberg
Road, Burlington, will be a very talented husband and wife team.

Victoria Shalvah Herzberg came to Vermont from Houston,Texas. She was
selected to attend Vermont Artist's Week at Vermont Studio Center in 2005.
Victoria joined Two Rivers Print Making Studio that same year. Two of her
paintings were selected for postcard announcements of Vermont Watercolor
Society exhibit openings, and in 2006, she became a signature member of VWS.
Victoria's work has been shown in many local venues as well as state-wide
with VWS.

Don Herzberg was born in Los Angeles and raised in Houston, Texas. He
received his MD in 1968 from Washington University School of Medicine in St.
Louis. While practicing medicine in the early 90's he began studying
poetry, and eventually came here to Burlington College to study with Dana
Levin. In February 2002, Don was a resident at Vermont Studio Center and
that fall entered the New England College Creative Writing Program in
Poetry, receiving his MFA in 2004. He has published poems in the "Northern
New England Review", the "Alembic" and, in collaboration with his wife,
published a collection entitled, "Our Land: Prints and Poems".

We happily invite all of you organization presidents, and your members to
mark your calenders and join us in this celebration of art and poetry. In
the meantime, go to hscenter@verizon.net for a copy of our IMAGERY Proposal, follow
the instructions, and be a part of this breakthrough adventure.

Thanks to all of you for helping get IMAGERY started,

Regina Murray
Brault

NOTE: This is an invitation to submit your work for future pairings with poets as well as to attend this event. Congratulations, Vickie and Don. They responded to Regina’s initial invitation to VWS members.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Peter Jeziorski has alerted us to a juried show at the Hunter Gallery in Grafton, Vt. (where he is currently showing). Entries are due July 13. Go here for information:

http://www.hunterartworks.com/exhibition/callforentries2007.html

Please remember that this newsletter is posted on the Vermont Watercolor Society website under “this Just In. Please bookmark the site- you can refer back to archived newsletters from March 2006.

www.vermontwatercolorsociety.com

Submitted by Cynthia Crawford
VWS president 2006-2007