Kingsport Art Guild

July/August 2008 Diane Nelson, Editor

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!!!

August 1, Friday “before I’m 56”, Becky Mallory, opening reception, 7:00-9:00pm, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Johnson City

August 2, Saturday Newell-Hendershot Watermedia Exhibition, Sycamore Shoals Park, Elizabethton, art fair and art show reception

August 2 and 3 Blender Conference, Renaissance Center, Room 239

Saturday and Sunday

August 3, Sunday “Monotype Mamas” Art Show, Renaissance Center Gallery, opening reception 2:00-4:00 pm

August 9, Saturday Tomato Fest 2008, 9:00-12:00, contact Leslie Davis

August 21-23 Plein Air Workshop (oil) with Karen Hewitt Hagan

Sept 2, Tuesday Senior Arts and Crafts show, opening reception, 12-1 pm

Sept 16^th and 23^rd “Sharks: Friend or Foe?” Free Public Lecture by Diane

Tuesdays Nelson at Natural History Museum at Gray Fossil Site, 5-7 pm

Sept. 20, Saturday “Ocean Gems” opening day at the Natural History

(through Oct 19^th) Museum at the Gray Fossil Site, with 50 new underwater marine photographs by Diane Nelson. Through Oct 19^th.

Sept. 28, Sunday KAG Members Show, opening reception, 2-4 pm

Resignation of Editor

Dear Art Friends,

I regret to inform you that I am resigning as editor of the KAG newsletter, effective with the publication of the July August newsletter. I apologize for being late with it.

I have enjoyed being editor and working with the Executive Committee and the members of the Art Guild. Thank you so much for your support and for all you do for the Guild.

I plan to turn to Paint In and participate in the Kingsport Art Guild!

Sincerely,

Diane

before I'm 56

A mixed media retrospective by Becky Hope Kiehna Mallory, on display August 1-30, at Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, 324 East Main Street, Johnson City, TN 37601. Opening reception on First Friday, Aug. 1^st, 7-9 pm. Becky is the owner of Artopia and supporter of the Kingsport Art Guild shows.

Newell-Hendershot Watermedia Exhibition 2008

Aug 2 - Art Fair and Reception

Aug 28-30^th - Jean Corbett workshop

Aug 29 - last day of show (Fri)

Aug 30 (Sat) - Pick up paintings

The Fourth annual Newell-Hendershot Watermedia Exhibition will be held at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area from August 2 until August 30^th, 2008. The exhibition is sponsored by the Watauga Valley Art League, Kingsport Art Guild, Bristol Art Guild, and the Tennessee Watercolor Society. The judge for this year’s show will be Victoria Lenne, acclaimed experimental artist and past president of the Tennessee Watercolor Society. Patsy Kelley Reading and Barbara Jernigan are co-chairpersons for this year’s event (rgourdshs@embarqmail.com or bjernigan1030@embarqmail.com or call Barbara at 423-483-3041).

The popular art fair with demonstrations by well known local artists, video showing of the 2008 TNWS exhibition and other events will be held on Saturday morning, beginning at 10 a.m. and will be followed by the awards reception at 2:00 in the afternoon. Participants enjoy bringing their lunch for a picnic at the beautiful state park, before enjoying dessert at the reception.

This year the committee is excited to announce the first workshop in connection with the show. Jean Corbett a well known NE Tennessee portrait artist who works in both watercolor and oil, will conduct a three day workshop at Sycamore Shoals. The workshop will stress facial and floral paintings, using overlaying washes of varying colors to accomplish warm, lively skin tones and delicate florals with watercolor. Workshop dates are August 28^th - 30^th, from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., with a lunch break. Registration information will be mailed with show applications, but is open to any interested participant. The price will be $70.00 for members of the sponsoring societies and $100 for non-members.

The workshop will coincide with both the pick-up of paintings by the exhibiting Newell Hendershot artists, and the beginning of the showing of a selection of the paintings exhibited in the TNWS 2008 Exhibition. Watermedia artists whose work was juried into the 31^st Biennial Exhibition will continue to show their paintings at various locations in the state after the Knoxville show closes in July. Sycamore Shoals will be the location for that traveling exhibition in northeast Tennessee in September 2008.

“Monotype Mamas” Art Show

The August art show in the Gallery at the Renaissance Center will be all original monotype prints, an art form that is fun, unique, and if you have ever tried it you'll agree, ADDICTING! The twelve of us listed below will be showing some really interesting pieces, all for sale too. Hope you can come! There will also be demonstrations during the opening to show how this process works. Reception Sunday, August 3^rd !

April Jordan, Proud Member of the Kingsport Art Guild since 2001

Tomato Fest 2008, August 9, 9:00-12:00, Glen Bruce Park

Note from show coordinator Leslie Davis:

“Bring your tools to set up and work and bring some finished paintings, drawings, monoprints, etc., to set up in the gazebo for display and sale. (No commission charged.) Be sure you have your name, price, title, medium, etc., labeled on each piece. I think you'll need some kind of hook to hang it on the display stands - a hook like peg boards use. Please let me (Leslie Davis) know via email if you plan to participate so I can give them a number of stands to put out in the gazebo.”

Gallery Girls …..

Congratulations to Cindy Phillips for her award from the Gallery Girls of Girls Inc. as their favorite from the Fun Fest Art Show. Her acrylic painting, "Reading by Firefly", really peaked the girls' imagination. A special unexpected treat happened when B.J. Carruthers was in the gallery and the girls had the opportunity to hear her talk about the techniques she had used on her two entries.

“Dear KAG Paint-in Members,
A tremendous thank you to the Art Guild, especially the Paint-in crew for donating such a generous amount of art supplies (from Donna Sweet's studio) to the Gallery Girls of Girls Incorporated. They will put the pastels, paint, crayons, charcoal, brushes, paper, ribbon, easel, rack, pencils, erasers, and all the many, many wonderful supplies to great use. These girls are so appreciative and responsive to the opportunity to explore the wide world of art. Thank you for helping provide them with the means to travel that road! Very gratefully,

Kathy Hawk”

"Girls Inc. has been the recipient of much generosity from the KAG recently. In addition to sharing the donated art supplies from Donna Sweet's collection, KAG shared Gertie Gerwig with the Kids Central Workshop (Shoe Sculptures) during Fun Fest. Gertie is the champion of the glue gun and photographer extraordinaire! Bonnie Macdonald (Cultural Arts Dept.) and her two daughters, Grace and Heather, helped Kathy Hawk as elementary school age children created delightful shoe sculptures.
A charcoal workshop was led by BJ Carruthers at Girls Inc. to a full house of Gallery Girls who left all inspired and anxious to find the soap! They had a great time creating portraits (very creative ones!) and drawings under BJ's motivating instruction. To cap it all off, BJ presented Girls Inc. with a framed portrait from her show at the Renaissance Center, which had been selected by the girls as their Favorite prize.
Generosity galore from KAG to Girls Inc. - THANK YOU on behalf of Girls Inc.! Kathy Hawk"

Gallery Hosts

August: “Monotype Mamas,” reception Sunday, August 3, 2:00-4:00 pm

All KAG members are encouraged to attend the reception.

September: Senior Arts & Crafts Show, reception Tuesday, Sept. 2, 12 - 1 p.m.
Hostesses: Kitty Bowman 288-4963, Linda Brown 246-8090, Gisela Bulle 245-6232, BJ Carruthers 246-6082, Barbara "Jake" Carter, 798-0702

October: Members’ Show, reception Sunday, Sept. 28^th, 2:00-4:00 pm

All KAG members are encouraged to attend the reception.

Sheryl Daniels Showcase Artist at Arts Depot

Sheryl’s work will be in the Members Gallery at the Abingdon Arts Depot, August 14 –September 20. The reception will be Sunday, August 24th from 2:00-4:00 pm.

Congratulations to Sheryl Daniels for having two of her pastels juried into the Alabama Pastel Society's Juried Art Show held in Birmingham, AL through the end of June. "Helping Dad Get 'Er Done" features her grandson, Tucker, and was shown in our AAShow recently. Also, "Winter Sun Through Lattice" was selected by the juror to be included. Keep up the great pastel work, Sheryl!

Flower Festival in September

EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY!!! First Broad Street United Methodist Church, Church Circle in Kingsport is holding their popular Festival of Flowers from September 25 - 27 and has again invited KAG members to show their artwork in the narthex. Two pieces of artwork may be submitted, must be framed - plexi, if large piece, (does not have to be for sale) and fit within their theme of "The Heart of the Church". They would like artwork dealing with peaceful serene landscapes, seascapes, gentle nature themes, florals, love/heart, but does not have to be religious in nature. No 3-d work, please. The scripture theme is from Micah 6:8, "What does the Lord require of you? To do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God."
DATES TO REMEMBER:

REGISTER with Kathy Hawk, rmhawk@hotmail.com or 1005 Darby Ct., Kpt. 37660 before September 5.
TURN IN paintings to Loretta Arnold's office at FBSUMChurch, room 208 (2nd floor) on Monday Sept. 22 or Tue., Sept. 23 between 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Attempt will be made to hang two of each participant’s work, but space will be the final determinator). Sign a "RELEASE FORM" when you turn in your artwork in Loretta's office and include your inventory.
PROVIDE a TYPED painting label for each artwork including your name, title and medium (media) on a small white card no larger than 1 3/4 x 2 3/4" to be displayed beside your work . Price should be listed on the back - NOT ON THE FRONT. A folder with prices will be available for any visitor who might wish to purchase your work. If you have easels that you could loan for our display (decorative, plain, table top or floor), please bring them when you turn in your artwork - PLEASE put YOUR NAME on your easels.
SALES: As in the past, checks will be made payable to the KAG and after Alice deducts the commission, you will receive payment. KAG will make a small donation to the FBSUMC future Festival of Flowers from the original commission charged each artist. Purchasers will be asked to pay that day, but to come back on Saturday, Sept. 27 at noon (PROMPTLY) to pick up their painting, unless this will prevent the purchase due to travel or other circumstances, in that case, they may take it upon payment.
HANGING will be handled by a KAG committee and FBSUMC workers on Wed., Sept. 24 at 9 a.m. You are invited to stay for lunch if you are there helping. If you can help, please notify Kathy Hawk ASAP.
PICK UP paintings promptly at 12 noon on Sat., Sept. 27. PLEASE BE PROMPT. The Flower Festival is a massive project to dismantle and clean up to be ready for a wedding that evening, so please be mindful of the time. If you can't be there, please make arrangements with another participant to pick yours up.
QUESTIONS before September 12, contact Kathy Hawk. After then, contact Sheryl Daniels 232-1585.

Plein Air Workshop (oil) with Karen Hewitt Hagan

August 21-23, 2008    Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 9am- 4pm

This class will focus on the skills that will prepare you to create stronger plein air paintings; better color mixing, creating stronger compositions from the natural landscape and learning to capture the light effect quickly on smaller canvases. You will need 3 small (8x10 or 6x8) canvases or panels for each day. Supply list provided upon registration. Demos each day with individual instruction and discussion.
Fee: $350      Deposit $150   Limit of 13 participants
See www.KarenHagan.com for other info
Please call 561.685.6526 or email to confirm space; then please mail  registration form (below) and $150 deposit to:
Karen Hagan; 334 East Bay St. #185 Charleston, SC 29401
MC Visa or Check

REGISTRATION FORM________________________________________
Kingsport, Tennessee Class with Karen Hewitt Hagan – August 21-23, 2008
Name
Phone
Address
Email
Amount of payment enclosed
Deposit of $150 to reserve space (NON-REFUDABLE)
Supply sheet will be posted online & handout will be provided at class
561.685.6526 (cell) - karenhewitthagan@cs.com (email) - www.KarenHagan.

A word from our Executive Director, Steven Reeves…

OPPORTUNITY for MEMBERS

As an active member, you can have your own web page displaying your art and presenting your biography. Your web page will be attached to our KAG website.
To take advantage of this new benefit, contact Steven Reeves by phone (423-767-0858) or email sreeves@creativedirections.net or steven@stevenreevesart.com

Newsletter on KAG website

Our newsletter is posted on our website (www.kingsportartguild.org).

KAG Board Meetings….

KAG Board Meetings are open to all members. Please attend and give your input to your organization. The meetings are held on the first Tuesday at 1:00 pm in Room 228 of the Renaissance Center.

Change of Email Address:

The new email address for Vivian White is: viviancwhite@embarqmail.com. For Linda Brown, the new one is: lindabartist2@embarqmail.com.

For Mary Alice Kelly, the email address is: makelly1@embarqmail.com

Please make these changes in your email address list!

Golden Brush Awards

Local art teachers have selected three recipients of the 2008 Kingsport Art Guild’s Golden Brush Award. These awards are presented by the Guild in order to recognize, promote, and encourage the visual arts in public schools. Each year art teachers at each high school choose one outstanding senior art student to receive this award which consists of a ribbon and a $50 check. This year’s choices are as follows:

Lisa Otterbine, Dobyns-Bennett High School

Cassie Williams, Sullivan South High School

Joshua Houston, North High School

Artopia

Artopia, located inside Nelson Fine Art Center in Johnson City, is owned by artist and teacher Becky Hope Mallory. Contact Becky for great prices on your fine art supplies, 423-282-1861 or sbjmallory@charter.net. Open Monday-Friday 10-5 and Saturday 10-3 or by appointment. Becky continues to support KAG through discounts and gift cards for art show awards!

Springmaid Workshops at Myrtle Beach

For information, check the Springmaid Beach Watermedia Workshop site:

www.springmaidwatermedia.com. Check the schedule for November!

If interested, please contact Claudia Thompson:

claudiathompson@leroysprings.com or call her at 803-547-1007.

Springmaid in the Mountains

Carrie Brown will be giving a 5-day workshop, scheduled for Sept. 21 – 26, at Springmaid Mountain in Spruce Pine, NC.

Arts Council of Greater Kingsport http://www.kingsportarts.org

Ann Vachon is the Art Guild Affiliate Representative

The Renaissance Center is bringing traveling art exhibits to Kingsport.  Shows with minimum security requirements are presented in the Atrium of the Kingsport Renaissance Center.   Stop by to see what’s up!  Call the Cultural Arts Office at 423-392-8416 for more information.

Blender Conference

Renaissance Center, Room 239 - Director, Byron Kindig, 5121 Red Robin Lane, Kingsport, TN 37664. Phone: (423) 863-2864. byron@paraisoenterprises.com This conference will include mini workshops on various intermediate and advanced techniques used in Blender and is intended for those who are comfortable with the basic use of the interface, basic modeling, and basic materials. The meeting time will be August 2 and 3, Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Sunday, 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon.

For more information about the conference, see Byron’s web site at www.byronsdesigns.com/classes.html and to see the latest open movie entitled, Big Buck Bunny, produced entirely in Blender by the Blender Foundation go to http://www.byronsdesigns.com/BBB.php Be sure to press the expand button that looks like four arrows to see the movie full screen, also the ending is after the last of the credits so don’t miss the ending. This is probably the best way to see the capabilities of this program. And remember, the program is absolutely free.

We have a professor from Kendal College of Art and Design, of Ferris State University , Grand Rapids , Michigan , coming to speak during the conference on Blender in the Academic Environment and Blender in Industrial Design. He is hoping to have as many teachers as possible come to hear how this program can be incorporated into school programs with little or no cost, to school systems that are paying huge amounts of money ($ thousands) for the programs, that the students themselves can not afford to buy. He will also talk a bit about how it is being used in their jewelry design studios.

There will also be a segment on the new Blender Hair particles feature, presented by Matt Runion who was one of the artists in last December’s, Kingsport’s First International Digital Art Show . It allows for hair to be grown, combed, cut and shaped. The same system was used in the above mentioned Big Buck Bunny movie for the character’s fur and the grass. Allen Davis, past Disney artist and current chief animator at the Bays Mountain Planetarium , will be talking about the process of creating storyboards, and animatics. This is also a very important step in the process of creating a successful animation movie. Sam Brubaker will talk about the use of Blender’s video sequencer to put video clips together and another talk on the use of creative thought processes in the production pipeline, using Blender. We will have Trey Bowen from Florence , Alabama speaking on how to use Blender’s compositing and materials node system to create more detailed materials and textures, as well as compositing for post production. Byron will be doing some instruction on the use of Blender’s powerful UV Mapping and texturing editor. We will also have a project show and tell with critique, games and some door prizes supplied by the Blender Foundation in the Netherlands , and others, as well as lunch on Saturday.

It’s that time of year again!  DUES are DUE!

This is a reminder that yearly dues for Kingsport Art Guild Membership were due July 1^st. (Our calendar year is from July – June.) Active Membership rates remain the same at $35. Mail the renewal form and membership fee to our KAG office at the Renaissance Center, 1200 E. Center St., Kpt.,37660. Your participation and support as a member are greatly appreciated.

KINGSPORT ART GUILD

http://kingsportartguild.org

Kingsport Renaissance Center

1200 East Center St.

Kingsport, TN 37660

“Sharks!” Oh me, oh my!

East Tennessee State University has published a new 16-month calendar of Diane Nelson’s underwater photographs of marine critters from tropical coral reefs around the world. The “Ocean Gems” calendar, which begins with September 2008 and continues through all of 2009, is being sold for $10 to provide funds for local schools to bring kids on field trips to the Natural History Museum at the Gray Fossil Site. The art displays inside and outside the facility were featured in the July 2008 issue of A! Magazine for the Arts, illustrating the creative partnership between art and science. The new “Ocean Gems” photographs in the calendar will be on display at the Museum September 20^th -October 19^th. In addition to the exhibit, Diane will teach “Shark School” for kids 8-12 on Saturday afternoons, Sept. 20^th, Sept 27^th, and Oct. 4^th. For further information, contact the Museum at 423-439-3659 or check the website: www.grayfossilmuseum.org.

To purchase a calendar and support school field trips to the Museum, you may visit the Museum, call Patricia Boardman at 439-3640 and/or send your $10 check to ETSU Natural History Museum, Ocean Gems Calendar, P.O. Box 9221, Gray, TN 37615.

Or order a calendar from Diane! 282-4828 or janddnelson@yahoo.com