Member Meeting
Critique / Social
7 to 9 p.m.
Ada Jenkins Center
212 Gamble St
Davidson, NC 28036
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6:30-7:30 p.m.
3/27/10
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Take-in Spring Exhibit
Removal Winter Exhibit
LKN Gallery
442 S. Main St
Davidson, NC 28036
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and Community Events
ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES
The Charlotte Art Collective is looking for artists to apply to be in their Spring Sale being held on April 17, 2010. The sale is held at Avondale Presbyterian Church in the heart of Charlotte. This seventh sale for the CAC is promoted through a variety of media. The deadline to apply is February 26, 2010. Artists can also learn more and download the application at www.charlotteartcollective.com.
The Mooresville Artist Guild's 32nd Annual Spring Artfest
Depot Art Gallery, 103 W. Center Ave., Mooresville NC 28117 from April 1 through May 22, 2010. Artists are invited to submit up to 3 pieces to this judged show, and artwork incorporating Speedball products will be eligible for special awards. The show will be judged by G. Lee Baumgarten, Executive Director of the Civic and Cultural Arts Center of Pineville. The prospectus and more information are available at www.MAGart.org. If you need additional information, please contact Alexandra Schwendener at schwendera@bellsouth.net or 704-895-4672.
"Building or Improving Your Portfolio" Workshop
Mooresville Art Guild will be hosting a workshop with Wendy Outland from Who Knows Art on March 27th, Saturday, at the Central Presbyterian Church In Mooresville. Wendy is a consultant to visual artists and organizations and a previous curator of Blue Spiral gallery in Asheville for ten years. Elements of a professional portfolio are reviewed in detail with examples of how to make your resume, artist statement, price list and images stand out. If time allows, each artists' resume can be critiqued. If you are an artist trying to take your career to a professional level this workshop is for you.
The time will be from 1:00 - 3:00 at Central Presbyterian and the cost is $35.00 per person. Please send your check payable to Mooresville Artist Guild by March 17th, with a memo for the Wendy Outland workshop. If you have further questions you can contact the chair of the workshop: Penny Overcash - claypenny@gmail.com.
"Color and Design" - a Workshop by Alexis Lavine
Presented by The Guild of Charlotte Artists, March 17-19, 2010
At Sardis Racquet and Swim Club, Thermal Road, Charlotte, NC
$250, 10-4:30 pm each day
Alexis will present a 3-day workshop on color and design for better paintings. All painting media and skill levels are welcome. The Sardis Racquet Club has a spacious room with one wall of windows over looking the pool. There is lots of room and light. Lunch will be available from Southern Gourmet for $7-10. Contact Sandy Siepert to register, at 704-442-5725 or sieperts@aol.com. $100 deposit will reserve your place at the workshop.
Volunteers Needed to Build Hope Park - http://buildhopepark.org/Home_Page.html
Art League member Lee Ann Harrison requests volunteer help on March 12th, 13th and 14th, 2010. A group of artists are volunteering time to help with artwork (painting) and possibly a mosaic installation for Hope Park at the Lowe's YMCA in Mooresville. We will have plenty of painting and artwork opportunities and Hope Park and the Art & Design Committee would love your help!
Background:
Already approved art elements with final details upcoming upon approval: 1) A music playhouse with a fun, whimsical music motif on the exterior and possibly a small design inside, 2) A "sweets shop" playhouse with an interior mural and a few outdoor embellishments, 3) A few race cars, plus some other miscellaneous, creative art projects. We'll be painting music notes, flowers, candy, race cars, color ribbons merging into racetracks, directional signs, fun, colorful trims and more! Possibly included a mosaic mural wall.
REQUEST FOR YOUR ART SKILLS AND HELP:
Basically we are requesting your help in painting / staining and following the design and motif with your artistic skills and with your talented, painterly ways! Hope Park is an amazing large-scale project. FYI: Most of the artwork will be started and completed during the last 2 days of the installation (some on Fri, mostly on Sat & Sun). Our goal is to paint, paint, and paint all of the beautiful designs and ideas (incorporating your style and technique, of course)!
HOPE PARK TAKES CARE OF YOU:
If you register online as a volunteer, http://buildhopepark.org/Volunteers.html, Hope Park will provide childcare and food for us throughout the day. By the way, you are welcome to sign up for smaller shifts...any and all help is appreciated! There will be an art tent, all supplies and tools provided (although if you have a favorite brush, you may want to bring it), and you may want a hat, etc. Unfortunately, it is not a compensating project, but the good news is that you will be a part of a commercial install for all to see right here in our Lake Norman community. The BEST benefit is the really good feeling you'll get from helping with a park - generously designed and donated for our Lake Norman children!
Please let Lee Ann Harrison know if you could help Hope Park with this project. Just email her once you have signed up online, or call (704) 650-8568 or (704) 654-2523 for more information. Another contact: (c) 704 881-1479.
Thank you for your kind consideration! Lake Norman LOVES our artists and Hope Park needs us all! We sincerely appreciate your contributions! We truly want our artists represented in this community park.
Art Beyond Borders - Call for Artists
Art Beyond Borders, Visual Arts Night, Cannon School, Concord, NC
Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 5:30 p.m. Ð 7:30 p.m.
This year the Visual Arts Department at Cannon School will be hosting an international exhibit from the United Nations Headquarters in partnership with Teacher's Discovery and The International Museum of Twenty-first Century Arts, TIMOTCA, which celebrates the universal language of art. This exhibit brings a collection of 24 reproductions from 24 different countries which honor culture and diversity, and above all, humanity's deep desire to create art.
Our goal is to create synergy between our school and the community of artists that are working in our local area. We want to bring artists to our campus to share their work and their story. We strongly encourage artists of color to participate in this special evening.
We are asking for your support by providing publicity of our event within your membership and by sharing this open invitation with local artists who have connections with your organization. We would like to be notified by participating artists by March 1, 2010.
Contact Belinda Armstrong at barmstrong@cannonschool.org for more information.
Art Exhibit - Call for Artists, Davidson College
Amanda Whitton (amwhitton@davidson.edu), a senior at Davidson College, is seeking local artists for an exhibit in coordination with the March 12-13, Second Annual Women's Leadership Conference at Davidson College. The theme of the conference is 'Empowerment: Empowering Within, Around, and Beyond.' This year the design team was hoping to set up an art exhibit around the entrance hall of the Conference. The art would be set up around the entrance hall of the Conference for Friday night and Saturday. This would not be a silent auction sort of situation, but if the artist wished to we would be glad to say that the piece was for sale and provide for someone interested the artist's contact information.
Specifically seeking female artists, but also artist's who produce female-inspired work or perhaps deal with the theme of Empowerment to see if they might be interested in the conference and/or displaying their work for the two days. Amanda would take the utmost care and precaution of anything that they wish to show, and there is no qualification for the medium or size of pieces, as long as they are able to be transported without any sort of professional or technical operations. Please contact Amanda if interested.
Mooresville Artist Guild - Youth Art Month Exhibit
Calling all STUDENT ARTISTS; grades K thru 12. Ribbons and cash prizes will be given in four age categories at the awards reception, March 12th from 6-8 pm. All entries must be delivered to the Depot Art Gallery, located at 103 West Center Ave. in Mooresville Feb 26th, 27th, and 28th from 1 until 4 pm. The Student Show will hang during the month of March and is open to the public Tuesday thru Saturday from 10 am until 4 pm and Sundays from 1 pm until 4 pm.
For more information contact Nell Landers at 704-902-8066 or e-mail nj508@bellsouth.net.