WAA June 17, 2014

The WAA blog will be on vacation from June 18 - July 11. Please plan your announcements accordingly as there will be no new posts during that period. Thank you!

WAA June 11, 2014

It's time for the Annual Member Picnic!!!
Members, their families and guests are invited as we fire up the grills and kick off the summer with our annual picnic. Please consider bringing a new member or someone that would like to learn more about the WAA. This is our last "meeting" until September.

Where: Hugh Macrae Park Paviliion #5
When: Thursday, June 12 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
BYOB and a side dish, dessert or appetizer to share.
Hotdogs, water and sodas provided.

We will have the group painting project with raffle.
Bring the paddle ball, bocce and appetite for fun!!! 



Missing work has been reported from the Spring Show bins. If you entered the WAA 


Spring Show and submitted bin work, please check through your work to see if you 


may have someone else's images. Two members are missing their work. Thank you!

WAA June 3, 2014

It's time for the Annual Member Picnic!!!
Members, their families and guests are invited as we fire up the grills and kick off the summer with our annual picnic. Please consider bringing a new member or someone that would like to learn more about the WAA. This is our last "meeting" until September.

Where: Hugh Macrae Park Paviliion #5
When: Thursday, June 12 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
BYOB and a side dish, dessert or appetizer to share.
Hotdogs, water and sodas provided.

We will have the group painting project with raffle.
Bring the paddle ball, bocce and appetite for fun!!!

CALL for ARTISTS

For the 2014

Art in the Arboretum Show

This show historically is a very successful sales event for participants in all media. The show is open to 2-D and 3-D artists, both professional and emerging, 18 years and older.  Categories include: jewelry, glass, textiles, metal work, sculptures, stone, wood, paintings and photography. The artwork will be displayed amidst the beautiful Arboretum Gardens, as well as inside the buildings of the Arboretum.

The Show dates are October 3^rd, 4^th & 5^th.

The registration deadline is September 19^th.

Click below to view the prospectus

Art in the Arboretum Volunteer sign up www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4EAEA82AA57-artinthe

COLLAGE  ARTISTS OF WILMINGTON WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

Collage Artists of Wilmington (CAW) present a free workshop,

"CAW in the Garden", Wednesday evening, June 25, 2014. 

 

The setting is the meeting space in the lovely nursery,

"Deeply Rooted Gardens" located at

6209 Carolina Beach Rd., Wilmington, NC 28412. 

Phone - (910) 399-8035.

The evening will offer an opportunity to enrich your art as well as meet other collage artists. 

Schedule

6:30 - 7:00 PM - Meet and Greet (refreshments and garden tour)

7:00 - 8:00 PM - Welcome and Program

Program: 

Demonstrations by 3 collage artists:

Alouise Fenstermacher - rice paper

Donna Moore – Gelli print

Kirah van Sickle - image transfer

All participants will rotate through each presenter.

Directions:  Deeply Rooted Gardens is located south of Monkey Junction on Carolina Beach Road between Sanders Rd. (stop light) and Cathey Rd.  If you are driving south on Carolina Beach Road, look for Myrtle Grove Animal Hospital on your left.  Deeply Rooted Gardens will be the next business, however, you will need to make a U-turn at the Cathey Rd.

stop light to get there.

RSVP to cawilmington@gmail.com by Friday, June 20, as space is limited.

WAA May 27, 2014

The WAA blog will be on vacation from June 18 - July 11. Please plan your announcements accordingly as there will be no new posts during that period. Thank you!

WAA May 13, 2014

Call to Artists

     Manifest Design, a lovely interior design store located at 200 N. Front Street
has made an offer to display 2D & 3D WAA art.
     Owner, Connie Lincoln would like to display each selected piece for 60 days
at a time.  Artists may submit two jpeg images to :  <connie.manifest@gmail.com>
from May 1- May 15. (two images per artist)  Either show frame in image or
describe frame.  Give dimensions  and medium.   All sizes accepted.  Unframed art on canvas may be selected.
      Connie will contact you by return email if your work is selected.  Art must be
delivered to Manifest Design by May 27.
     Commissions:  35% to Manifest Design, 5% to WAA.
      Must be WAA member to enter.

This is to remind you of the WAA Membership Meeting at the

Arboretum, May 15, 6:30PM.

Thank you to all the Board members who volunteered to help with

the Silver Arts Show & Sale!!!  

This is to remind you of the Board Meeting at 10:00 AM , May 13 at the Arboretum.

I will be on vacation and Betsy will preside.  Will think of you.

Gretchen

WAA May 6, 2014

 

Call to Artists

     Manifest Design, a lovely interior design store located at 200 N. Front Street
has made an offer to display 2D & 3D WAA art.
     Owner, Connie Lincoln would like to display each selected piece for 60 days
at a time.  Artists may submit two jpeg images to :  <connie.manifest@gmail.com>
from May 1- May 15. (two images per artist)  Either show frame in image or
describe frame.  Give dimensions  and medium.   All sizes accepted.  Unframed art on canvas may be selected.
      Connie will contact you by return email if your work is selected.  Art must be
delivered to Manifest Design by May 27.
     Commissions:  35% to Manifest Design, 5% to WAA.
      Must be WAA member to enter.

Wilmington Art Association member "Karen Wiles" won Third Place in the recent Waccamaw Art Guild held Thursday night in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for "WHEN A WOMAN DREAMS."  This is Wiles' second award as she received a Gold Ribbon Award from the Cape Fear Camera Club in the late fall of 2013.

 

Attention WAA Artists!  The Landfall Foundation Art Show opened May 1st.  The show is 50% full already.  If you plan to enter, please consider registering NOW.

Handmade Wilmington is organizing an Arboretum Artisan Market to coincide with The Cape Fear Water Garden Tour on June 7, 2014 from 9am - 4pm.  The Water Garden Tour is an annual event that drives lots of visitors to the lovely New Hanover County Arboretum.  All the booth fees paid by vendors for this event will benefit The Ability Garden at the Arboretum.
Booth Fee is $40
Deadline is May 18, 2014
HandmadeWilmingtonShows@gmail.com
Application is here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DPL2-e6jeWpyL0fHN5M8deS1DzRQu6E2NWnYRnGHj5s/viewform

DEAR FRIENDS WITH:  Handmade Wilmington / Giant Culture / Wilmington Art Association / Big Dawg Productions / TheatreNOW / Pineapple-Shaped Lamps / Cameron Art Museum / Cape Fear Comedy Festival / Bellamy Mansion / Artful Living Group / 621N4TH Gallery / The ArtWorks / ArtExposure 50 / Thalian Association / City Stage / Brunswick Little Theatre / Carolina Beach Street Arts Festival / Pomegranate Books / Wilmington Choral Society / Cape Fear Chorale / Cape Fear Shakespeare On The Green / Quilters by the Sea Guild / North Brunswick Chamber of Commerce / Cape Fear Blues Society / Cape Fear Dance Theatre

 We have added your event or artist opportunity to our weekly newsletter, which goes out each Thursday morning.

 Here is our website:  www.artsinwilmington.com <http://www.artsinwilmington.com>

 We encourage you to join the newsletter and to let others know, as well.

 Please put our email on your lists, as well:  artsinwilmington@gmail.com

 Thanks.  Please feel free to call or email with any questions.

 Sincerely,   Craig Stinson / Arts In Wilmington / 910-524-2679

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Craig Stinson / www.artsinwilmington.com <http://www.artsinwilmington.com> 

WAA Silver Arts Reminder May 1, 2014

I am pleased to announce that between the Visual Arts and the Heritage Arts, the two categories of the SilverArts that the Wilmington Art Association is sponsoring this year, we have a total of 342 pieces of art work entered in this state sponsored Art Competition.  Also for your information the Cape Fear Woodcarvers Club will be exhibiting their creations and demonstrating their craft during this three day event.  Tinga Nursery is helping to make the Reception area lovely for Mother’s Day weekend with some trees and flowering bushes. So invite your friends and neighbors to come to the SilverArts Exhibition and Sale.   Dates to remember for your convenience below.

SilverArts Exhibition and Sale--- 2014

LOCATION:      @the ArtWork,  200 Willard St., Wilmington, NC 28401  

                            (you can park on either side of Willard St. & down the side St.)

DELIVER ART:                             Tuesday , MAY 6^th ----------10:00AM – 3:00PM

RECEPTION:                                Thursday ,May 8^th ----------- 6PM –8:30PM

                                                      *AWARD Ceremony:                7PM

NOTE:  RECEPTION is “Invitation ONLY” for WAA Artists, all Artists who are participating in the SilverArts, Cape Fear Woodcarvers Club, individuals who bought Art Work from you previously that you would like to invite and/or someone  special you would like to invite----

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:               Friday, May 9^th ---------------10:00AM – 4:00PM

                                                       Saturday, May 10^th----------10:00AM – 4:00PM

                                  Mother’s Day,Sunday, May 11^th  ---------12:00noon – 4:00PM

Mother’s Day live entertainment by Susan Savia----1:00pm – 3:30pm

PICK UP ART:                               Monday, May 12^th ----------11:00AM – 2:00PM    

Need some assistance, concerns and/or questions contact me:

Erika Lawrence,   (910) 792-9378     Erika7law@aol.com

WAA April 29, 2014

Save the dates of June 2 through June 6 for the “Creative Realism in Watercolor” workshop at Franklin Square Gallery in Southport with internationally recognized artist, Judi Betts, AWS, NWS. In this workshop you will explore traditional and contemporary approaches to painting, learn to generate new ideas, simplify design, use color and light in exciting ways, and capture mood and emotion. For those interested in designing paintings with figures, Judi will give time for this challenge using students’ own photos of family and friends.
Judi has attained an international reputation for her transparent watercolor paintings that “sparkle”. Her paintings have won over 100 awards in major competitions; have appeared on national TV, wine labels, CDs, DVDs, and in over 35 books. She is the author of the award winning books, “Watercolor..Let’s Think About It!” (5th printing) and “Painting..a Quest toward Xtraordinary (5 awards) and is a contributor to many prominent art magazines. Students may view some of Judi’s paintings at her website: judibettsaws.com.
Cost for the “Creative Realism in Watercolor” with Judi Betts at Franklin Square Gallery in Southport, NC, June 2 through June 6 is $400.
For more information, contact Jan Boland at 910 253-3101 or jboland1@ec.rr.com.