WAA November 19, 2014

Call for Artists

The 33^th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale - Poster Art Contest

The 2015 Spring Show Committee announces the Poster Art Contest for the 33^st Annual Juried Art Show & Sale (Show).  The winning artwork will be featured on:  a framed poster to be auctioned off at the Show; posters available for sale at the Show; smaller posters, cards, and invitations; and other publicity material for the Show.   

Entry requirements

·       Current membership (2014) in the WAA

·       Artwork in any 2-D media and on any non-offensive subject

·       *New Submission Option High quality resolution images of 3-D work.

·       One piece of artwork per artist

Submission requirements

·       Entry must be emailed to bcarter.art@outlook.com.  Your entry should include artwork in .jpg format as well as artist’s name, address, phone number and email address.

·       Signature on the artwork must be blocked.

·       Submittal of entries opens October 1, 2014

·       Deadline to receive entries is midnight, Saturday, November 29, 2014.

Selection

The Show committee will select the winning artwork on Monday, December 01, 2014.   The winner will be contacted immediately and announced on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the WAA Holiday Banquet.  

Selected Artwork

 The selected artwork may not be entered into the Show.  The artwork will be displayed at the Show and may be offered for sale; however, it is not required to be for sale.  If the artwork is sold either prior to or during the Show, the standard 30% commission will be due WAA.   A framed poster will be on display and auctioned off at the Show with proceeds to benefit WAA. The artist will be asked to sign posters during the Show reception on Thursday, April  9, 2015.   All proceeds from poster sales will benefit WAA. 

WAA Annual Holiday Dinner and Art Show

For online reservations, login to the Membership Gateway, or click here to download the Holiday Dinner flyer and reservation form. The dinner will take the place or our regularly scheduled meeting. Please consider attending this festive event!

Skip Lawrence Workshop

Associated Artists of Southport will sponsor a Spring Workshop with Skip Lawrence. Skip is an internationally known artist and instructor.
 The workshop is titled, “How to Find Our Unique Style as an Artist. Dates for the 5 day workshop are March 2-6, 2015. The cost is $580. It is open to all mediums.
For more information, please contact:
 Jan Boland, jboland1@ec.rr.com  (910-253-3101) 2836 Thornwood CT, S.E., Southport, NC 28461

Cheryl McGraw's Upcoming Show...

WAA November 11, 2014

Call for Artists

The 33^th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale - Poster Art Contest

The 2015 Spring Show Committee announces the Poster Art Contest for the 33^st Annual Juried Art Show & Sale (Show).  The winning artwork will be featured on:  a framed poster to be auctioned off at the Show; posters available for sale at the Show; smaller posters, cards, and invitations; and other publicity material for the Show.   

Entry requirements

·       Current membership (2014) in the WAA

·       Artwork in any 2-D media and on any non-offensive subject

·       *New Submission Option High quality resolution images of 3-D work.

·       One piece of artwork per artist

Submission requirements

·       Entry must be emailed to bcarter.art@outlook.com.  Your entry should include artwork in .jpg format as well as artist’s name, address, phone number and email address.

·       Signature on the artwork must be blocked.

·       Submittal of entries opens October 1, 2014

·       Deadline to receive entries is midnight, Saturday, November 29, 2014.

Selection

The Show committee will select the winning artwork on Monday, December 01, 2014.   The winner will be contacted immediately and announced on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the WAA Holiday Banquet.  

Selected Artwork

 The selected artwork may not be entered into the Show.  The artwork will be displayed at the Show and may be offered for sale; however, it is not required to be for sale.  If the artwork is sold either prior to or during the Show, the standard 30% commission will be due WAA.   A framed poster will be on display and auctioned off at the Show with proceeds to benefit WAA. The artist will be asked to sign posters during the Show reception on Thursday, April  9, 2015.   All proceeds from poster sales will benefit WAA. 

WAA Annual Holiday Dinner and Art Show

For online reservations, login to the Membership Gateway, or click here to download the Holiday Dinner flyer and reservation form. The dinner will take the place or our regularly scheduled meeting. Please consider attending this festive event!

WAA Eblast November 1, 2014

It was great to see so many of you at our October Members’ Meeting!! For those of you

  who were unable to attend we elected our new leaders for 2015.

               Co-Presidents:  Gale Smith and Liz Hosier
               Vice President:  Chris Bloom
               Treasurer:  Gail Guthrie
               Secretary:  Priscilla Judy  
  

We also distributed INTEREST FORMS. WAA needs your help. If you missed the meeting or

  have not completed your form, please fill it out and either mail it to me
   (Gretchen Murden - 4207 Stratton Village Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409)
   or better yet, bring it to our next Members’ Meeting which will be November 13,
   6:30 PM at the Arboretum.  Please sign up for at least one activity.

   The  Christmas Dinner, December 10, will take the place of our December meeting.
                                                       
   This year has flown by for me  and it has been such a pleasure to work with all you
   talented and dedicated artists!!!!!!!


      Your Pres,
      Gretchen

WILMINGTON ART ASSOCIATION/CAMERON FALL BUS TRIP

Deadline - November 3, 2014

DATE:  Tuesday, November 11th 2014
TIME:  7am at Hanover Center, Oleander Drive – behind SteinMart
COST:  $57 (not including lunch)
TO SEE:   Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals & their Contemporaries. (66 works) at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, and  Juan Miro: The Experience of Seeing. (50 works) and Robert Rauschenberg:  Collecting & Connecting. (34 works) at Duke’s Nasher Museum of Art.
Itinerary:

Depart: 7:00 – 7:15 am.
Arrive: North Carolina Museum of Art at 10:00am.
The exhibit features wonderfully descriptive wall panels for each grouping of paintings. Audio self tour $3 (not included in trip fee).
Depart: NCMA Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 12:45am.
Lunch: Brown bag
Arrive: Nasher Museum at 1:30 pm. Free tours at 2:30 for both the Miro and Rauschenberg exhibits. Audio tour available $3.
Depart: Nasher Museum 4:00 pm.
Arrive home: Wilmington, Hanover Center at 7:00pm.
Reserve online at www.wilmingtonart.org <http://www.wilmingtonart.org/>   by <https://www.blogger.com/null>  November 3.  You may also pay by check made out to Wilmington Art Association, and mailed to Ann Lees, 624 Woodland Forest Court, Wilmington, NC 28403.
The trip is open to non-members as well.

Ann Lees
910 791-4137 <tel:910%20791-4137>
624 Woodland Forest Ct
Wilmington, NC 28403
AnnFittonLees@yahoo.com

Call for Artists

The 33^th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale - Poster Art Contest

The 2015 Spring Show Committee announces the Poster Art Contest for the 33^st Annual Juried Art Show & Sale (Show).  The winning artwork will be featured on:  a framed poster to be auctioned off at the Show; posters available for sale at the Show; smaller posters, cards, and invitations; and other publicity material for the Show.   

Entry requirements

·       Current membership (2014) in the WAA

·       Artwork in any 2-D media and on any non-offensive subject

·       *New Submission Option High quality resolution images of 3-D work.

·       One piece of artwork per artist

Submission requirements

·       Entry must be emailed to bcarter.art@outlook.com.  Your entry should include artwork in .jpg format as well as artist’s name, address, phone number and email address.

·       Signature on the artwork must be blocked.

·       Submittal of entries opens October 1, 2014

·       Deadline to receive entries is midnight, Saturday, November 29, 2014.

Selection

The Show committee will select the winning artwork on Monday, December 01, 2014.   The winner will be contacted immediately and announced on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the WAA Holiday Banquet.  

Selected Artwork

 The selected artwork may not be entered into the Show.  The artwork will be displayed at the Show and may be offered for sale; however, it is not required to be for sale.  If the artwork is sold either prior to or during the Show, the standard 30% commission will be due WAA.   A framed poster will be on display and auctioned off at the Show with proceeds to benefit WAA. The artist will be asked to sign posters during the Show reception on Thursday, April  9, 2015.   All proceeds from poster sales will benefit WAA. 

The Occasional Art Gallery will be exhibiting the artwork of 

Christopher Reid, Benjamin Sartorius, & Barbara Scalia

Opening and reception - Friday, November 14th, 2014 6:00pm-10:00pm
artwork will remain on display Saturday, November 15th, 2014 9:00am-10:00pm

The Occasional Art Gallery
(the yellow building next to the Bellamy Mansion)
513 Market Street
Wilmington, NC 28403

ATTENTION LOCAL ARTISTS:

The Wilmington Cape-Fear Home Builders Association is calling all artists to enter the 2015 Parade of Homes Art Competition. The winning artwork will be exclusively featured on all publications (including our Plan Book with year-long circulation), posters, media and print advertising, etc.  The WCFHBA Plan Book Magazine has previously been honored as Best in the State.  WCFHBA invites you to be a part of this exciting tradition.  Contest details and entry instructions attached.

2015 THEME:  “Opening Doors for a Better Tomorrow”

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES:  January 30, 2015

Naomi Wright
Director of Programs & Special Events
Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association
P: 910.799.2611 • F: 910.799.2610 • Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/wcfhba> • Twitter <https://twitter.com/WCFHBA> 

WAA Eblast Published Early for Next Week

Please note that the WAA Eblast will be published this Saturday rather than next Tuesday. If you have any time-sensitive information to be sent out, please forward it to eblast@wilmingtonart.org as soon as possible. Thank you for your consideration.

WAA October 28, 2014

  

Addition to WAA home page - Members Shows/Awards

A new link has been added on the right side of the WAA homepage for members to post their awards, upcoming personal art exhibits/shows as well as acceptance into juried shows.  If you would like yours posted, send a write up and image and poster (if available) to elizhosier@gmail.com.  Personal shows should be listed no more than a month prior to the opening.   If you have questions - elizhosier@gmail.com.

"Last Day to Sign Up!" 

WILMINGTON ART ASSOCIATION/CAMERON FALL BUS TRIP DATE:  Tuesday, November 11th 2014 TIME:  7am at Hanover Center, Oleander Drive – behind SteinMart COST:  $57 (not including lunch) TO SEE:   Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals & their Contemporaries. (66 works) at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, and  Juan Miro: The Experience of Seeing. (50 works) and  Robert Rauschenberg:  Collecting & Connecting. (34 works) at Duke’s Nasher Museum of Art. Itinerary: Depart 7 – 7.15am Arrive North Carolina Museum of Art 10am.  Optional Free Tour at 10.30.  The exhibit features wonderfully descriptive wall panels for each grouping of paintings.   Audio self tour $3 (not included in trip fee). Depart NCMA  11.45am. Lunch at  Olde Raleigh Shopping Center  (multiple options or bag lunch) Arrive Nasher  2pm.    Free tours at 2.30 for both the Miro and Rauschenberg exhibits.  Audio tour available $3. Depart Nasher  4pm. Arrive Wilmington, Hanover Center  7pm. Reserve online at www.wilmingtonart.org  by October 27th.   You may also pay by check made out to Wilmington Art Association, and mailed to Ann Lees, 624 Woodland Forest Court, Wilmington, NC 28403. The trip is open to non-members as well. Ann Lees,   WAA Education Committee Call for Artists The 33th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale - Poster Art Contest The 2015 Spring Show Committee announces the Poster Art Contest for the 33st Annual Juried Art Show & Sale (Show).  The winning artwork will be featured on:  a framed poster to be auctioned off at the Show; posters available for sale at the Show; smaller posters, cards, and invitations; and other publicity material for the Show.    Entry requirements ·       Current membership (2014) in the WAA ·       Artwork in any 2-D media and on any non-offensive subject ·       *New Submission Option High quality resolution images of 3-D work. ·       One piece of artwork per artist Submission requirements ·       Entry must be emailed to bcarter.art@outlook.com.  Your entry should include artwork in .jpg format as well as artist’s name, address, phone number and email address. ·       Signature on the artwork must be blocked. ·       Submittal of entries opens October 1, 2014 ·       Deadline to receive entries is midnight, Saturday, November 29, 2014. Selection The Show committee will select the winning artwork on Monday, December 01, 2014.   The winner will be contacted immediately and announced on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the WAA Holiday Banquet.   Selected Artwork  The selected artwork may not be entered into the Show.  The artwork will be displayed at the Show and may be offered for sale; however, it is not required to be for sale.  If the artwork is sold either prior to or during the Show, the standard 30% commission will be due WAA.   A framed poster will be on display and auctioned off at the Show with proceeds to benefit WAA. The artist will be asked to sign posters during the Show reception on Thursday, April  9, 2015.   All proceeds from poster sales will benefit WAA.  WHAT:  Exhibit of new abstract paintings by award winning artist Steve Logan WHERE: The Martini Bar of Caprice Bistro,10 Market Street, Wilmington, NC. WHEN: November 9 through December Come see the paintings and meet the artist at a reception on Wednesday, November 12, beginning at 5 p.m.                    Caprice Bistro presents a new exhibit of abstract paintings by Wilmington Art Association member, Steve Logan. The exhibit runs November 9 through the end of December.  More than twenty new paintings will be on exhibit and available for purchase. Logan claims to have begun “painting for stress relief nearly twenty years ago.” Although he says that most of what he knows he, “. . . learned by correcting [his] mistakes,” he also studied at the Atlanta Art Institute (now SCAD Atlanta) and with private instructors. Today his work is found in private collections throughout the U.S. and in Europe. Come see the paintings and meet the artist at a reception on Wednesday, November 12, beginning at 5 p.m. Caption for attached jpeg: Tub Overflowing 24” x 18” Mixed Media on Gallery Wrapped Canvas -- Steve Logan 910-465-6144 Check out my webpage at: http://www.StevenLogan.com

WAA Eblast October 21, 2014

Call for Artists

The 33^th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale - Poster Art Contest

The 2015 Spring Show Committee announces the Poster Art Contest for the 33^st Annual Juried Art Show & Sale (Show).  The winning artwork will be featured on:  a framed poster to be auctioned off at the Show; posters available for sale at the Show; smaller posters, cards, and invitations; and other publicity material for the Show.   

Entry requirements

·       Current membership (2014) in the WAA

·       Artwork in any 2-D media and on any non-offensive subject

·       *New Submission Option High quality resolution images of 3-D work.

·       One piece of artwork per artist

Submission requirements

·       Entry must be emailed to bcarter.art@outlook.com.  Your entry should include artwork in .jpg format as well as artist’s name, address, phone number and email address.

·       Signature on the artwork must be blocked.

·       Submittal of entries opens October 1, 2014

·       Deadline to receive entries is midnight, Saturday, November 29, 2014.

Selection

The Show committee will select the winning artwork on Monday, December 01, 2014.   The winner will be contacted immediately and announced on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the WAA Holiday Banquet.  

Selected Artwork

 The selected artwork may not be entered into the Show.  The artwork will be displayed at the Show and may be offered for sale; however, it is not required to be for sale.  If the artwork is sold either prior to or during the Show, the standard 30% commission will be due WAA.   A framed poster will be on display and auctioned off at the Show with proceeds to benefit WAA. The artist will be asked to sign posters during the Show reception on Thursday, April  9, 2015.   All proceeds from poster sales will benefit WAA. 

WILMINGTON ART ASSOCIATION/CAMERON FALL BUS TRIP

DATE:  Tuesday, November 11^th 2014

TIME:  7am at Hanover Center, Oleander Drive – behind SteinMart

COST:  $57 (not including lunch)

TO SEE:   Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals & their Contemporaries. (66 works) at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, and  Juan Miro: The Experience of Seeing. (50 works) and  Robert Rauschenberg:  Collecting & Connecting. (34 works) at Duke’s Nasher Museum of Art.

Itinerary:

Depart 7 – 7.15am

Arrive North Carolina Museum of Art 10am.  Optional Free Tour at 10.30.  The exhibit features wonderfully descriptive wall panels for each grouping of paintings.   Audio self tour $3 (not included in trip fee).

Depart NCMA  11.45am. Lunch at  Olde Raleigh Shopping Center  (multiple options or bag lunch)

Arrive Nasher  2pm.    Free tours at 2.30 for both the Miro and Rauschenberg exhibits.  Audio tour available $3.

Depart Nasher  4pm.

Arrive Wilmington, Hanover Center  7pm.

Reserve online at www.wilmingtonart.org  by October 27^th.   You may also pay by check made out to Wilmington Art Association, and mailed to Ann Lees, 624 Woodland Forest Court, Wilmington, NC 28403.

The trip is open to non-members as well.

Ann Lees,   WAA Education Committee

Bradley Carter currently has art up at Elsewhere Salon at 511 1/2 Castle Street. two doors down from Dan Beck's Gallery. 

His work is coming down soon and they need  anew artists to take his place.

 Please stop by Elsewhere Salon on Castle Street and see Paula Lemme or Emily Martian.

Thank you.

PS Liz's and Bradley's show is this Friday!!!

Thanks 

 http://www.bradleycarterart.com/  
&
https://www.facebook.com/BradleyCarterArt

                         

WAA Eblast October 14, 2014

WAA MEMBERS’ MEETING , Thursday, October 16, at the Arboretum

  6:30 - Social
  7:00 - Business Meeting  - Voting for WAA Board of Director's 2015 Officers

            Co-Presidents:  Gale Smith and Liz Hosier
            Vice President:  Chris Bloom
            Treasurer:  Gail Guthrie
            Secretary:  Priscilla Judy

   (Term of office:  Jan 2015-Jan 2016)

  8:00-9:00PM  PROGRAM:  OPA signature member and award winning painter, Dan Beck will share his work,

 process and his take on starting a painting. www.danbeckart.com <http://www.danbeckart.com> <http://www.danbeckart.com <http://www.danbeckart.com/> >

WILMINGTON ART ASSOCIATION/CAMERON FALL BUS TRIP

DATE:  Tuesday, November 11^th 2014

TIME:  7am at Hanover Center, Oleander Drive – behind SteinMart

COST:  $57 (not including lunch)

TO SEE:   Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals & their Contemporaries. (66 works) at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, and  Juan Miro: The Experience of Seeing. (50 works) and  Robert Rauschenberg:  Collecting & Connecting. (34 works) at Duke’s Nasher Museum of Art.

Itinerary:

Depart 7 – 7.15am

Arrive North Carolina Museum of Art 10am.  Optional Free Tour at 10.30.  The exhibit features wonderfully descriptive wall panels for each grouping of paintings.   Audio self tour $3 (not included in trip fee).

Depart NCMA  11.45am. Lunch at  Olde Raleigh Shopping Center  (multiple options or bag lunch)

Arrive Nasher  2pm.    Free tours at 2.30 for both the Miro and Rauschenberg exhibits.  Audio tour available $3.

Depart Nasher  4pm.

Arrive Wilmington, Hanover Center  7pm.

Reserve online at www.wilmingtonart.org  by October 27^th.   You may also pay by check made out to Wilmington Art Association, and mailed to Ann Lees, 624 Woodland Forest Court, Wilmington, NC 28403.

The trip is open to non-members as well.

Ann Lees,   WAA Education Committee

Happenings at the Bellamy Mansion

For the month of October, the Bellamy Mansion is sponsoring an Emerging Artist

Show and Sale, along with children's programs on the 4th and 18th, and

presentations by phenomenal local speakers.  The presentations are from

6:30-7:30/8:00 pm at the mansion, donations are appreciated, and the last two

speakers for the series are our own Gordon Webb on Thursday evening, October

23rd, and Hattie Schmidt on Thursday evening, October 30th.  Although the

second speaker this Thursday evening, October 16th, conflicts with the

Wilmington Art Association meeting the same night, the speaker will be

Wilmington's own clay sculptor, Justine Ferreri.

Call for Artists
The 33^th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale - Poster Art Contest

The 2015 Spring Show Committee announces the Poster Art Contest for the 33^st Annual Juried Art Show & Sale (Show).  The winning artwork will be featured on:  a framed poster to be auctioned off at the Show; posters available for sale at the Show; smaller posters, cards, and invitations; and other publicity material for the Show.   

Entry requirements

·       Current membership (2014) in the WAA

·       Artwork in any 2-D media and on any non-offensive subject

·       *New Submission Option High quality resolution images of 3-D work.

·       One piece of artwork per artist

Submission requirements

·       Entry must be emailed to bcarter.art@outlook.com.  Your entry should include artwork in .jpg format as well as artist’s name, address, phone number and email address.

·       Signature on the artwork must be blocked.

·       Submittal of entries opens October 1, 2014

·       Deadline to receive entries is midnight, Saturday, November 29, 2014.

Selection

The Show committee will select the winning artwork on Monday, December 01, 2014.   The winner will be contacted immediately and announced on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the WAA Holiday Banquet.  

Selected Artwork

 The selected artwork may not be entered into the Show.  The artwork will be displayed at the Show and may be offered for sale; however, it is not required to be for sale.  If the artwork is sold either prior to or during the Show, the standard 30% commission will be due WAA.   A framed poster will be on display and auctioned off at the Show with proceeds to benefit WAA. The artist will be asked to sign posters during the Show reception on Thursday, April  9, 2015.   All proceeds from poster sales will benefit WAA. 

WAA Eblast October 8, 2014

 

Call for Artisans!
Handmade Wilmington's Holiday Market in November!
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