eblast May 31, 2016

Demo from Last Meeting Completed

On May 12th, 2016 Wilmington Art Association welcomed well-known artist and instructor Joanne Geisel as presenter at our monthly Membership Meeting.  Geisel's presentation was titled: "Creating Dynamic Impact with Values". She explained and demonstrated her process as she begins an oil painting. The work below is the finished piece from the demonstration.  She also shared her thoughts on gallery representation including creating a body of work, resume, cover letter, and researching and approaching galleries. Joanne is an award-winning North Carolina artist, and she is often found painting en plein air in Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington. 

Silver Arts Winners

2016 SilverArts

VISUAL ARTS WINNERS 

ACRYLICS:

1^st  Place Name:  Shelby Hanson-Tiziini

Title:  Gerbers

 2^nd Place: Marie Kasper

Title:  Blue Diamonds

3^rd Place Name:   Lew Kurtzman

Title:  Off For A Garden Stroll

Honorable Mention:  Mary Carter

Title:  Water Lilies

Honorable Mention:  Mary Austin

Title:  The Clearing

DRAWING

 1^st Place Name:  Lisa Rojek

Title:   Hope And Circumstance

2^nd Place Name:   David Norris

Title:  Brig “Prince William” in The Cape Fear

MIXED MEDIA

1^st Place:   Jan Lewis 

Title:  Los Fleurs

2^nd Place:  Randy McNamara

Title:  Rambling

3^rd Place:  Gail Guthrie

Title:  Invitation

Honorable Mention:  Alouise Fenstermacher

Title:  Azalea Time

OILS

1^ST Place:  Elizabeth de Sherbinn

Title:   The Point at Broad Creek

2^nd Place:  MJ Cooper

Title:   Majestic Sea

3^rd Place:  Jeri Degener

Title:  Uganda Flower Girls

Honorable Mention:  Jeanne Walker

Title:  Penitent

Honorable Mention:   Janet Sessoms

Title:  Flying Away

Honorable Mention:   Sydney Austin

Title:   The Sound of Sunset

 PASTELS

1^st Place:   Shelby Hanson-Tiziani

Title:   Ripening

2^nd  Place:  Judy Lewis 

Title:  Woods Ablaze

3^rd Place:   Anne Van Blarcom Kurowski

Title:  Riptide

Honorable Mention:  Robert Kuncio-Raleigh  

Title:  Door at La Valetk

PHOTOGRAPY

1^st Place:  John Mehalik

Title:  Sunset Surfer

2^nd  Place:  Paul Schreiber

Title:  Calla Lilly

3^rd Place:  George Chappell

Title:  Freedom 55

Honorable Mention:  John Wilson

Title:  Tumbleweed Toker

SCULPTURE

1^ST Place:    Cathy Johnson

Title:   Wave Rider

2^nd Place:   Elena Wright

Title:  Epiphany

3^rd Place:   Chris Farley

Title:  Six Sister and a Mom

WATECOLOR

1^st  Place:   Marilyn Coyne

Title:  Lounging

2^nd  Place:  Charlie McGee

Title:  Blooming In Purple

3^rd Place:  Joan Croft-Jones

Title:   Blue Frenzy

__________________________________

2016 SilverArts

HERITAGE ARTS WINNERS

JEWELRY:

1^st  Place Name:   Natasha Caine

Title:  Spider

2^nd  Place Name:   Natasha Caine

Title:   Bumble Bee

3^rd    Place Name:   Natasha Caine

Title:   Bumble Bee

KNITTING:

1^st   Place Name:  Alouise Fenstermacher

Title:    Crossover Shawl

2^nd   Place Name:  Louise Giordano

Title:    Azalea Shawl

3^rd Place Name:  Louise Giordano

Title: Holey Cowl

NEEDLE WORK

1^st   Place:   Anita Jacques

Title:  Enchanted Bridge

2^nd   Place:  Anita Jacques

Title:   Ivy in Abundance

3^rd   Place:  Anita Jacques

Title:  Generational Differences

POTTERY:

1^st  Place:  Carl Crutchfield

Title:  Strange Seas

2^nd   Place:   Carl Crutchfield

Title:   Over For The Birds

3^rd    Place:  Yifenn Strickland

Title: To Hold and To Cherish

QUILTING

1^st  Place:  May Moore

Title:   Southport Trawlers

2^nd   Place:  Mary Moore

Title:  Skiff From Stadt

3^rd    Place:  Hope Cusick

Title:  Cars

STAINED GLASS:

1st Place:   Jim Shapley

Title: Taylor Lee

2^nd Place:  Mary Vogelsong

Title:  Mahi

3^rd  Place:  Greg Downs

Title:  Sea Turtle

TOLE DECORATIVE PAINTING:

1^ST Place:  Debb Chiappisi

Title:  Iris Gourd

2^nd Place:  Debb Chiappisi

Title:  Sunflower Gourd

3^rd  Place:  Marie Kasper

Title:  Living In Calabash

WOODWORKING

1^st  Place:  Henry Dozier

Title:  Currituck Lighthouse

2^nd   Place:  Lauren Bonardi

Title: Deco

eblast May 25, 2015

Reminder: Picnic in June

WAA's fun get-together and painting party will be held Thursday June 9 at Hugh MacRae Park,Shelter 5 starting at 5:30 pm.
Hot dogs with trimmings, drinks, and paper products will be provided by WAA.
Attendees - members and their guests - bring contributions for the table: hors d'oeuvres, side dishes and desserts.
We will have a still life set up for all to add their individual touch to a combined painting.
This is great fun and a super way to get to know members, old and new. 

Ann Lees
Education Chair

Women’s Art Guild of Wilmington 

Calling ALL WOMEN ARTISTS to Join Us in...

An Homage to the Women of Wilmington and the Cape Fear Region on July 7-10, 2016

Registration opens May 25

Go to www.womensartguild.com to download prospectus, register and pay fees.

Registration closes on June 25.

Silver Arts in the News

This link will take you to a WHQR interview with Erika Lawrence about the Silver Arts. And more!

http://whqr.org/post/annual-silverarts-exhibit-492-works-sale-theartworks-weekend

The Annual Picnic is June 9

The June Meeting is the Annual Picnic

WAA's fun get-together and painting party will be held Thursday June 9 at Hugh MacRae Park, Shelter 5 starting at 5:30 pm.
Hot dogs with trimmings, drinks, and paper products will be provided by WAA.
Attendees - members and their guests - bring contributions for the table: hors d'oeuvres, side dishes and desserts.
We will have a still life set up for all to add their individual touch to a combined painting.
This is great fun and a super way to get to know members, old and new.

Ann Lees
Education Chair

Pop-Up Market Call for Artists

CALL FOR ARTISTS & ARTISANS 

 

 

DEADLINE for Entry June 5, 2016

 

2^nd Annual Pop-Up Market Benefiting Local Charities

and Benefiting Local Business

 

What: Pop up Market          

When: Saturday, June 18, 2016        

Time: 9:00am to 3:00pm

Where: 2^nd Street, between Greenfield St. & Willard St.  

(near Greenfield Lake & Satellite& theArtWorks™)

 

Contact Jim Knowles at theArtWorks™ for space 

910-352-7077    vision1@bellsouth.net

 

Live Music-Food- 50/50 Raffle

 

Live Music All Day

Food Trucks, LOCAL Vendors.

Fine Art, Arts and Crafts, Pottery, Pottery Demonstrations, Professional Face Painting

 

Sponsors: Satellite Bar and Lounge, South Street Front Apartments & theArtWorks™

 Proceeds go to funding Local charities and the Arts 

eblast May 16, 2016

Help Needed!

Volunteers are needed for the sales desk during the Silver Arts show this weekend.
Please let Gail Guthrie know if you can spare a few hours so it won't fall on just one or two people.
Show hours are:

              Thursday   5-7

              Friday and Saturday   10-4

              Sunday     12-4
Email Gail Guthrie (guthriegh@gmail.com) the day/hours you can help.

2016 Carolina Beach Street Arts Festival: Interactive Festival

“Be Part of the Arts”

The Carolina Beach Street Arts Festival is an all-day event to be held May 21st from 10 am to 5 pm, on Cape Fear Blvd. in Carolina Beach.
This interactive festival celebrates the arts from visual, performing, and culinary arts with over seventy artists from around the region!
The community art project this year is a six foot painting of one of Stephanie Kiker’s coloring book images. Jan Feury is the guest artist who will help guide participants to paint this beautiful community artwork.
Shop fine arts and crafts, participate in the community art project, and join in on a hoop or drum circle. Enjoy performances all day including The Broccoli Brothers Circus at noon.
Learn to line dance or shag, too.


Lifetime Membership Awards

The Board would like to recognize those members who have have given generously of their time and talents through the years to the WAA.
If you would like to submit the name of someone who meets these requirements, please contact
Kay Billisoly at kzart@bellsouth.net or Connie Houser at jhouser1@ec.rr.com

The Board has agreed to these requirements.

1. A candidate must be a long-standing member of WAA and age 75 or older.
2. A candidate must have made significant contributions to the growth and development of WAA over an extended period of time, whether as an officer and board member or chair of a critical association committee.
3. A candidate must be an ongoing ambassador promoting WAA in the arts community.
4. Any WAA member in good standing can submit a written recommendation detailing the nominee's accomplishments. The award will be voted upon by the WAA Board of Directors. A limit of two persons per year can be selected.
5. The sole benefit of this award is that the recipient will be considered to be a full-fledged member of the WAA without paying dues for as long as he/she desires.

Willard Green Pop-Up Market

Collage Artists

Reception is scheduled for June 9

eblast May 10, 2016

Meeting Thursday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Our general meeting will be Thursday May 12 at 6:30 pm. 
It will NOT be held at the Arboretum.
It WILL be held at St. Paul's Episcopal at the corner of Market and 6th Streets.
Parking is in the church parking lot on Princess Street or on the street.

We welcome well-known artist and instructor Joanne Geisel as she presents the program titled "Creating Dynamic Impact with Values". 
She will explain and demonstrate her process as she begins an oil painting. She will also share her thoughts on gallery representation including creating a body of work, resume, cover letter, and researching and approaching galleries.

Socializing starts at 6:30 pm, followed by a business meeting at 7, then the program.
Please come!


Jewish Film Festival

Thalian Hall will be presenting an especially fascinating film on Tuesday night, May 10 at 7 pm, Raise the Roof.
Please click here to learn all about it. There will be discussion and dessert afterward.


Paintings by Chris Bloom

Artist's opening reception for Chris Bloom will be at Sweet Nectar in the Waterford Commons, Leland on June 3rd from 6 pm to 8 pm.
Paintings will hang until July.

Winner of UNCW scholarship

On Wednesday, May 4th, we met with Beau Cummings from UNCW to present him with a $1,000.00 check from the Wilmington Art Association for a scholarship to be given to a current UNCW visual arts student.
Liz Hosier, President of the WAA, presented the check. Also present was Chris Bloom, Community Outreach Coordinator.

Art Exhibition by Cape Fear Men's Club

Saturday May 14 from 1 - 5 pm, the members and spouses of the Cape Fear Men's Club will be having an exhibition of art that includes paintings, pottery, sculpture and literary works.
It will be held at the Northeast Public Library in the Painter Room.
WAA members are invited.

Community Outreach Update

COMMUNITY OUTREACH UPDATE 
The New Hanover County High School Student Art Competition will take place this Memorial Day Weekend at the Hannah Block Community Arts Center at 2nd and Orange Street. This event is held in conjunction with the Orange Street Arts Fest, a long standing and fun community event.

Each high school submits 15 pieces of 2D and 3D art work to be judged. There are 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mention Ribbons awarded.

 

Preparation for the weekend event begins Monday, May 23rd if you are interested in being involved. Chris Bloom, chrisb2540@yahoo.com

 

Scholarships: We met with CFCC in March and met our scholarship recipient, Christopher Maupin.  This week we should meet with UNCW to finalize our scholarship donation to the university.

 

Art Classes at Hannah Block:  Rahel Haley has been teaching art classes to seniors at Hannah Block since early April. If you'd like more information: chrisb2540@yahoo.com

eblast May 3, 2016

PRESENTER FOR WAA MEETING MAY 12th 2016

On May 12th, 2016, Wilmington Art Association welcomes well-known artist and instructor, Joanne Geisel as presenter at our monthly Membership Meeting. 

The meeting will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Market Street at 6.30pm.
Geisel's presentation is titled: "Creating Dynamic Impact with Values". She will explain and demonstrate her process as she begins an oil painting. She will also share her thoughts on gallery representation including creating a body of work, resume, cover letter, and researching and approaching galleries.

Joanne is an award-winning North Carolina artist, and she is often to be found painting "en plein air" in Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington. Her beautiful work is of the ocean, marshes and magnificent skies of our local landscape. A graduate of the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Geisel is a gifted instructor and her demonstration for Wilmington Art Association is sure to be enthralling. 

PLEIN AIR CLASSES

Joanne Geisel will also be teaching outdoor painting classes starting May 4. 

Each week she will do a demonstration explaining her planning and painting processes including composition, values, and color choices. There will be lots of time to paint.  

She will also provide individual instruction. What a great way to enjoy the out of doors!
 

To register or ask questions, contact Joanne Geisel at 910-371-6160 or JQGeisel@yahoo.com
 

Dates: Wednesdays May 4, 11,18, 25 (skip June 1)  June 6,13

Hours: 9:30AM  -12:30PM

Fee: $180

 

We will probably carpool to a few of these locations if you like.

Proposed locations:

May 4 - Wrightsville Beach – South end under the shelter

May 11 - Shelton Herb Farm, Brunswick County

May 18 - Vareen Gardens, Brunswick County (Marshes!)

May 25 - Sneads Ferry,  (Shrimp boats!)

NO Plein Air Painting Class June 1

June 6 - Castle Street or other urban location

June 13 - Wilmington, Memorial Bridge park

www.JoanneGeisel.com

 

TEAR IT UP COLLAGE SHOW

Deadline for entries is May 15. Work is to be brought in on June 1.
Show will be at the Leland Cultural Arts Center and will run from June 2 through June 29.
Reception is planned for June 7.
Please call cawart2015@gmail.com for more information.
And visit www.Facebook.com/CollageArtistsofWilmington

PAINTINGS BY ELAINE COOPER

Opening reception at Sweet Nectar in Leland for Elaine Cooper 

Friday June 3, 2016 from 6 to 8 pm.

We'd love to see you there.  

 elainerogerscooper@gmail.com