VWS News and Announcements

VWS announcements 10-23-08
Hello again- a few announcements that slipped by the last newsletter:

SHOWS: Southern Vermont Art Center: If you were accepted into this show, you are being asked to please send a bio to :
Jocelyn Grayson
Southern Vermont Arts Center
West Road
Manchester, Vermont 05254
802-362-1405
Please indicate that this is for the Vermont Watercolor Show.
Southern Vermont Art Center successful entries must be delivered on Oct. 29 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Opening reception is on Saturday Nov. 1 from 2-4 PM.

OPPORTUNITIES:

The Pegasus Gallery, owned by member Sheryl Trainor, who has hosted several shows with us, is having a gallery closing party on Friday, November 7 from 5-7 PM. There will also be a final show there with works by Sheryl Trainor and Annette Compton, our former President, opening on Friday, Oct. 24, 5-7 PM.
(Normally I don’t announce individual shows, but this is in conjunction with the Gallery closing event…).

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I also got this note from Barbara McAdam afrom the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.:

Dear Ms. Crawford,

I don't know if you have an easy way to access your members, but I thought next Wednesday's lecture at the Hood might be of particular interest to your group. If you are able to spread the word, I'd be grateful.
On Wed., October 29, at 5:30 pm at the Loew Auditorium of the Hood Museum of Art, Judith C. Walsh will present a lecture entitled "Watercolor Technique from Winslow Homer to John Marin: Methods and Mentors Shaping the California-Style Watercolorists."

This is presented in conjunction with our current exhibition "Coastline to Skyline: The Philip H. Greene Gift of California Watercolors, 1930-1960," on view through January 4.

Judith C. Walsh is Associate Professor in Paper Conservation at Buffalo State College and a dynamic speaker with deep expertise in her field. She was for many years a paper conservator at the National Gallery of Art and is one of the foremost authorities on American watercolors. For more details on her biography, please see the following link:

http://www.buffalostate.edu/depts/artconservation/FacPgJW.htm

Thanks so much.

Bonnie

Barbara J. MacAdam
Jonathan L. Cohen Curator of American Art
Hood Museum of Art
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755

603/646-2179
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And from member JoAnn Pippin:


APPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR 2009 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
Applications for the program are accepted beginning November and must be received by
January 5 for consideration for the following season. Notification will be made by April.
There is a $25 non-refundable application fee for applying to the residency.

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM AT ACADIA
The Artist-In-Residence Program offers professional writers, composers,
and all visual and performing artists the opportunity to pursue their
particular art form while surrounded by the inspiring landscape of the park.
In the spring and fall, the park provides housing to participants for two-week
to four-week periods. No additional stipend is available.
In return, participating artists are asked to donate to the park collection
a piece of work representative of their style and their stay. These creative works
will be displayed on a rotating schedule or shared with the public through other
appropriate means during the upcoming seasons. Artists are also asked to participate
in one public program per week of their residency such as demonstrations, talks,
exploratory hikes, or performances. In the fall, artists work with fourth--eighth
grade students. Programs can be tailored to your medium, interests, and experiences,
and only consume a few hours of your stay.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION at www.nps.gov/acad/supportyourpark/artistinresidence.htm


REMINDERS:

VWS ANNUAL MEETING: Sunday Nov. 16, 2008 at the Middlebury Inn in Middlebury, Vt.. You will be receiving a postal newsletter very son with all the information and a sign-up form. If you want t sign up now, please use the form published on our website: http://vermontwatercolor.blogspot.com/
Look in the Oct. 14 newsletter.
I look forward to seeing many of you there- this will be my last meeting, after three wonderful years as your President.

Submitted by Cynthia Crawford
VWS President 2006-2008