Surrealistic and abstract effects with imagery workshop Sunday, February 26th 12:00 to 3:00 with Brett! $60.00
 
Students are encouraged to bring journals of dreams, images (photos, drawings, xerox copies) of themselves, others and any other interesting or random images, stencils, and favorite quotes and sayings, as well as any scrap papers, book and or magazine cutouts.

The Encaustic Center580 W. Arapaho Rd. #271
Richardson, TX 75080
www.theencausticcenter.com
bonny@theencausticcenter.com

Dallas Sculptor GEORGE TOBOLOWSKY at ilume GALLERIE // FEB 23 - 6-8pm 

Join us for First Friday Denton at A Creative Art STUDIO, 227 W. Oak Suite 101, Denton TX 76201 on March 2nd, 2012 from 7 to 9 pm. This month we will have the double hitter musical talent of Kylee Pannel and Ben and Pia Owens. Kylee Pannel is a young singer-songwriter who will dazzle you with incredible voice. The Ben and Pia Owens Duo are new to playing at the studio but not new to music. Ben has been playing the guitar for about 20 years, sings, writes music and has performed in churches across the US and Japan under the name Two Tenors. Pia is originally from Lima, Peru and said that she has always been a closet singer. 
We will have our community painting, artist trading cards, art demonstrations by Linka Behn and Crystal Nelson, so grab your friends and come join us at A Creative Art STUDIO for an evening of art and music. Website: www.acreativeartstudio.com

Local artist-crafter Cindy Shepard is now offering workshops based on her new book:

Stash & Smash: Art Journal Ideas

Be inspired to use your stash of papers, mementos and accents to create something wonderful! Want to go green and use up lots of stuff? Well, the answer is here. Excitement fills every page of this amazing book. You'll find valuable tips, ideas, samples and instructions for creating your very own Smash It In journals. The paperback is available at Cindy's workshops or online through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million or Indiebound.

At the next Articrafters meeing in Arlington on Saturday, Feb. 25, Cindy will instruct members on how to create a stash & smash journal. The session will be held at 12:30pm at Eclectic Expressions Gallery. For more information see the Articrafters website at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Articrafters. Articrafters is a group of local Mixed Media, Assemblage and Experimental artists based in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.

Cindy will also be the instructor at the next Creative Studio Night on the evening of Thursday, March 1st in Irving. Cost is $15. Sponsored by the Texas Lettering Art Council (txlac.org), it will be held at the Jaycee Park Center for the Arts. REGISTER NOW.

For more about Cindy, see her blogs at http://cyndali.blogspot.com/ and http://creatingthehive.com/cindy/blog. She also has videos on YouTube about journaling:

Stash and Smash Journal Ideas

Stash and Smash Mini-Journal

FREE 4 ALL – Giveaway - ALL Things Paper, Sun * Feb 26 * Noon-5p
Take away: Lined, unlined, construction, die cut, newspaper, rice paper, printed, strips, beads, card board, note cards, mat board, confetti, envelopes, scrapbook, books, magazines, painted, game boards, tinted, handmade, sampler, envelopes, boxes and more… Found Objects Studio, 3309 Elm Street #2W5 (Continental Gin Bldg.) Dallas 75226. Call message center upon arrival for admission to the bldg. (214-839-7689) FREE art stuff! Visit artcycletx.blogspot.com

Our Great Big Fantastic Yupo Workshop! Saturday, April 14th, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm!
Painting on Yupo; it's a Happening!

The first time I ever experimented with this material; I gasped with delight! Inks and watercolors flow and blob like no other material I've ever seen before. Lydia Gowens helps me to present the process which includes india inks, alcohol inks, the highly saturated Doak watercolors and special netting materials to develop infinite exciting abstractions!FUN FUN FUN! The cost of the workshop is $75.00 all supplies included. Space is limited to 16 people. Please send an email right away to reserve your space and a $25.00 non-refundable deposit. Read the cancellation policy below. Each person will have two 20x26 and two 11x14 sheets of Yupo to create with. As always, snacks and drinks will be served but if you'd like to bring a lunch and or some fun snacks to share, that's great too! Looking forward to hearing from you!
Bonny

cancellation policy: The $25.00 deposit is a non-refundable deposit. The balance due March 24th is $50.00. In the event of cancellation, $50.00 will be refunded if someone from the waiting list is able to attend.

Payment options;1 You may send money via Paypal to bonnyfineart@aol.com .If you'd like me to send you a Paypal invoice, let me know.2 You are welcome to call with a credit card: 214-405-59933 You may send a check to Bonny Fine Art 580 W.Arapaho Rd. #262, Richardson, TX. 750804 You are welcome to pay in cash at the studio

The Bonny Studio
580 W. Arapaho #262
Richardson, TX 75080
www.thebonnystudio.com
bonnyfineart@aol.com
214-405-5993

The Dallas Woman’s Forum to Present 
“Antiques at the Alexander: Lectures & Appraisals in the Historic Alexander Mansion”

These openings are posted courtesy of Jim Mathis from his announcements list: 

Dallas Art Openings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DallasArtOpenings/

For more openings, see the Art Events section of Art This Week or the Art Events Calendar from Google Calendar.

Interesting Galleries! Enjoy!

"The Sum of Parts Create a Whole" by George Tobolowsky at illume GALLERIE - February 23 : 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
http://www.ilumegallerie.com/
4123 Cedar Springs, Suite 107, Dallas, Tx 75219

"Gary Bishop Images: Past/Presence" by Gary Bishop at the Afterimage Gallery - February 25 : 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
http://www.afterimagegallery.com/index.htm
The Quadrangle #141, 2800 Routh Street, Dallas, Tx 75201

"Baptism by Fire" by Bill Haveron, "Seditions" by William Powhida, "Humming Music and Grinding Teeth" by Jeff Gibbons, at the MAC - February 25 : 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
http://www.the-mac.org/Exhibitions2012
3120 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, Tx 75204

"New Works" by Maureen Womack at Gallery@1300 - February 25 : 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
http://womackpaints.com/?p=425
1300 Dragon Street, Dallas, Tx 75207

"Continuum" by Michael O'Keefe at the Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden - February 25 : 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
http://www.valleyhouse.com/main.asp?page=62
6616 Spring Valley Road, Dallas, Tx 75254-8635

SPECIAL EXTENDED

Artwork Open Call

Feb 20th - 25th

• OXIDE @ banter Show: March - May 2012

Due to weather conditions we have extended the time frame for submitting artwork to our OXIDE@banter show.  You now have until Saturday, February 25th to submit artwork for our March-May banter show.

Still Life Painting Class

Friday March 9, 2012 Taught by Olivette Hubler

9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Price: $75.00 Reservations by 2/8/12

Location: Ellis County Art Association 501 Main Street, Waxahachie, Tx. 75265

214-941-9444 or olivette@earthlink.net www.olivettehubler.com

For those who might be interested in something ongoing, the class will be offered once a monthi for the next 4 months. Dates to be anounced. For a cost of $200.00, you would choose to attend three out of the 4 monthly sessions. That allows you to miss one class in case a conflict - and a discount on the three that you do attend. If you do not feel you could commit the multiple sessions, it would remain $75 per class.

The Texas Museum of Fiber Arts has published for your enjoyment Touching Fiber Arts. It is 240 pages of beautiful art for you to enjoy. I think you will find this a wonderful art book for your coffee table or a terrific gift that supports the arts. For your convenience, an order form is below. ALL proceeds go to furthering the goals of TMFA. TMFA greatly appreciates your participation in this fund raiser.

Please click HERE to print form

Southwestern Watercolor Society presents a JANET WALSH Workshop

• April 10 – 13, 2012 (4day)
• Artists’ Showplace $325 ($300 for SWS members)
• Visit Janet’s Website 

Strong design and negative painting, the focus of Janet Walsh’s workshop

A Janet Walsh workshop offers a unique opportunity for beginners as well as advanced painters to grow as artists. Watercolor and still life are used as “tools” to enter into the creative process.

She begins the process each day with “warm-up” exercises, which provide an opportunityto become centered and to open creative blocks.

Using common objects and architecture as “live models”, she shares the thought processes that go into creating a setup. Continuing with a “hands on” approach, she guides students to consider value, shape, size, color, rhythm and composition in setting up their own individual scenes.

Individual help ensures that each artist can accomplish what they want and encourages the individuality of each person’s artistic vision.

Janet will also give a free demonstration at the SWS meeting on April 11 at 7pm. Visitors are welcome. For directions, see the SWS website: swswatercolor.org.

To register for her workshop, contact Mary Treadwell at mary@treadwell.biz. A $50 deposit will hold your place.

Chapter 7 of the Kelley Memoirs can be accessed here.
Beginning excerpt: When I first came to Dallas it seems that virtually everyone involved with the fine arts were sincere and dedicated to both bringing the best to Dallas and nurturing the indigenous talent. During my visit to Rome in 1957 Emma Exline told me of a young man named Lawrence V. Kelly. She said he had studied Dallas’ art scene and thought it to be the most likely city for a brand new opera company. Kelly, Italian-American conductor Nicola Rescigno and Carol Fox had founded the Lyric Opera of Chicago just three years earlier. Fox eventually had a falling out with Larry and Rescigno, leaving the latter two to put on the first Dallas show which featured mega-star Maria Callas. The opera world’s eyes or rather ears were definitely on Dallas. Larry Kelly didn’t stop there, he produced “Alcina.” 

Chapter 8 of the Kelley Memoirs is now availble here.
Beginning excerpt: I expect that most people reading this are familiar with the life histories of artists like Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Monet and Jackson Pollock. As in other professions an artist’s stature outside of the professional community, in addition to how the artist is perceived by the art community, can tell us more about them as individuals and artists as well as the cultural sophistication of the community in which they flourished. At a 2010 art and law colloquium led by Megan Carpenter (Associate Professor of Law and Director for the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas Wesleyan School of Law, Texas Wesleyan College), I was introduced to one of the lawyer/panelists by Patricia Meadows of the family of Algur H. Meadows. Algur was a major supporter of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (since renamed Dallas Museum of Art), Southern Methodist University’s art department and the Meadows Museum. Patricia Meadows explained that, “When I was a young art student and later young matron, Chapman was THE artist whose work everyone collected, THE art teacher, and owner of THE art gallery.” 

April 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2012
Monday evenings 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Jaycee Park Center for the Arts, 1975 Puritan Dr., Irving TX 75062
Sponsored by the Irving Art Association 

Sign-up deadline March 19, 2012

A 4-night intensive workshop on color theory covering beginning to advanced concepts. You will be able to mix any color that you see, and also increase your understanding of flesh tones, color temperature, color harmony, designing with color, etc. You will be working with professional oil paints and thinner, so dress appropriately.

Instructor is award-winning artist Dave Kramer, for more about him see his website at portraitsbydavekramer.com or see the biography in the Dave Kramer Color Theory Workshop Brochure.

The fee will cover all art supplies. You will need to bring only paint clothes, note pad & pen, and a way to transport a wet 11×14 canvas panel.

By the time students finish the color theory workshop, they can mix any color they see. Some of the items we go over are:

• Different Types of Color Wheels
• 3-D Color Wheel Video
• Mixing and Neurtralizing Colors
• Warming and Cooling Colors
• Relativity, Colrs and Values
• Flesh Tones

Fee: $250 ($225 for IAA Members) $50 non-refundable deposit - space limited.
Sign up online at www.irvingart.org  (see Workshop Registration page) and pay the $50 deposit via PayPal.

Or mail the registration form (along with deposit) in the Dave Kramer Color Theory Workshop Brochure to IAA, P.O. Box 153581, Irving TX 75015-3581. For more information, email sgiles@irvingart.org.

Richardson Civic Art Society
2012 46th ANNUAL REGIONAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION
May 4 - May 29, 2012

Juror: Kaye Franklin OPA PSA

Charles W. Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson, TX 75082

For the prospectus see http://www.richardson-arts.org/shows/

Open to amateur and professional visual artists in Texas. Over $4800.00 in cash prizes plus merchandise will be awarded. 

Show Chairs: Pete Quad
and John Cheney
pete@petequaid.com

2012 CALENDAR

• March 1 Entry card, fees, and images due. (No late entries)
• April 1Notification letters mailed.
• April 15—22 Shipped entries received.
• April 30 4 - 6:30 pm, hand deliver accepted entries at the Eisemann Center, 2351 Perform- ance Drive, Richardson, TX 75082.
• May 4 -29 Exhibition on display.
• May 13 6:00 - 9:00 pm, Awards Reception at Eisemann Center.
• May 29 4:00 – 6:30 pm, Pickup of hand delivered entries.
• June 1– 30 Shipped art delivered.

You're invited to attend the Arlington Visual Arts Association Regional Juried Show Artists Reception on
Friday, February 17, 7:00 pm at  Bob Duncan Center, 2800 South Center Street, Arlington, Texas.  The exhibit is open through March 30 2012. 

For more information, see the AVAA website: http://arlingtonvisualarts.com/

“Hard Candy Christmas” and “Freedom” by James Haddock

Join SWA on Monday, Feb 20th for a demonstration by Randy Meador. The pictured piece (left) was his entry last year in the SWA International. Fort Worth artist Randy Meador has a problem, a good problem. Most of his paintings are sold before he begins them. Since selling his business in 2007 to become a fulltime artist and author, Meador’s stock continues to rise and sales continue to increase.

The recipient of many awards, including the current 2011-2012 Texas Watercolorist of the Year, he feels his true reward is seeing his creations in the homes and offices of his clients. He says, “That’s where they belong; it’s why they were born.”

Meador just completed his first one man show. His work can be found in several western art publications.

He uses humor and candor to effectively communicate to groups of artists or art collectors.

Society of Watercolor Artists, Fort Worth
http://swa-watercolor.com/ 

Class schedule at the Good Art Company http://goodartcompany.com/gac/?q=node/81

Pollock Gallery: A Shower of Forms: Works on Paper by Robert Moskowitz

• Monday, February 20, 2012 through Saturday, March 17, 2012
• SMU Meadows School of the Arts Exhibit

New York artist Robert Moskowitz is widely known as a prominent figure in the New Image Painters, a group of artists named after the 1978 Whitney exhibition that marked a return to an overt figurative style in painting after the conceptual periods of Minimalism, performance and installation. This exhibition will present a selection of drawings and small paintings on paper in which reductive silhouettes of subjects such as birds, a smokestack and the Empire State Building are contrasted against the immensity of open skies, interrupted by bursts of spray paint.

Pollock Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri.; 1-5 p.m. Sat.

Jock Sturges: Image Presentation and Artist Talk

March 8, 7 PM

Richland College is pleased to present renowned photographer Jock Sturges at 7 p.m. on March 8 in Fannin Performance Hall.

Richland College continues its commitment to excellence in photography by bringing world-class photographers to campus to interact with students over the course of a day concluding with a free public lecture, reception and book-signing. Past participants in this distinguished series include Ralph Gibson, Mary Ellen Mark, Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor, Joyce Tenneson, Keith Carter, and Arno Minkkinen. Sturges, known for his sublime photographs of the female nude, will address ideas of beauty and biography in art. This presentation will contain images that may not be suitable for younger or more sensitive audiences.

Sturges’ talk at Richland College will draw on the wider cultural and academic context of his photography, grounding his work in the history of art, while delving into his interests in perceptual psychology and anthropology. For Sturges, it is important to understand, “how vital it is for aspiring artists in any medium to be well and broadly educated in art history specifically and in all culture more generally.”

Sturges, a highly published and exhibited photographer, received his BFA from Marlboro College in 1974 and his MFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1985. Currently he is working as a fine art photographer in California, Washington state, Ireland, The Netherlands, and the Atlantic coast of France. He is also a commercial freelance photographer specializing in fashion and classical dance and a contributing editor to various photography magazines. Locally, he had a solo exhibition at Photographs Do Not Bend in Dallas in 2001. His most recent monograph, Notes, as well his earlier acclaimed books, The Last Days of Summer andRadiant Identities, will be available for sale at the book signing.

Richland College Photographic and Imaging