Plano Art Association -- September 2007 Newsletter

Please plan to attend the September General Meeting to place your vote for the new Board of Plano Art Association. More than ever PAA needs volunteers to step forward and offer their skills in any way possible.

We have a core group of very enthusiastic, creative people but we do need assistance in various areas if we are to successfully accomplish our goals for this year. Members are encouraged to come to the first general meeting on September 24th at 7 pm and learn more about volunteer opportunities with PAA.

Downtown at Sundown The City of Plano will be hosting Downtown at Sundown every second Saturday from 5 to 10 PM through November. Last month our President Glen Ayers participated and he says it was a really terrific event. Anyone can participate. All you need to do is bring yourself and some of your art to sell in the historic downtown Plano area. For those of you attending Saturday Studio, it will let out at the same time Downtown at Sundown starts up and we can head straight there after Saturday Studio. For those coming just for this event, we can all meet at the ArtCentre at 5:00 and go across the street to the parking lot where Downtown at Sundown is being held. We already have a reserved space, and we should have enough tables to hold everyone's art. If you have a small portable table that you want to use, please bring it anyway, and easels or stands to hold your art if you wish. We should also have a canopy to protect us from the nasty old Texas sun. The person running the event is Jon Hubach and he is the Downtown Planner for the City of Plano. He will show us to our space. Hope to see you there!

Introducing Saturday Studio! Pal around with your fellow artists every second Saturday.
The first Saturday Studio went well, with a number of people who shared their art and some of their creative process. We also got some great ideas for future workshops.

The Saturday Studio will be held the second Saturday of the month from 3:00 to 5:00 pm upstairs at the ArtCentre of Plano until November. Bring a favorite piece of your art to show everyone and tell us why and how you do what you do, or you can just listen and chat. Wear your nametag, if you have one. If you don't, make yourself a nice creative nametag. If you still don't have one, we'll have stickers and markers. We look forward to meeting all of you up close and in person.

Plano Art Association Members Share Art with Plano's City Hall
There's nothing drabber than a large, gray room full of cubicles with empty walls all around. That's why PAA has agreed to generously loan art for 6-8 weeks at a time to Plano's City Hall Utility Department. Art created by our members hang on the once bare walls where it is admired & discussed by office workers and visiting patrons/guests. Our art gets exposure and helps educate the public about PAA and the talented people who are its members. No, this isn't technically an "art show." However, admirers have purchased past artwork, so you never know who might be your next buyer. Several members, including myself have loaned art to the City Hall in the past. It has been a pleasant and rewarding experience.

If you are a member of PAA and would like to participate in this project here is what it entails:

1. That your art have wire hangers on the back.
2. That you are willing to part with it for two months.
3. That you can both deliver and pick it up your art from City Hall, which is located ½ block from the Plano ArtCentre where we have our monthly general meeting.
4. The next time we change out the art is in late October, so we will need volunteer artists then, as well as for January, March & May.

If you have any questions, or would like to add your name to the list of artists who desire to participate in the future, please email me at annstoryart@sbcglobal.net

Ann Marie Newman
PAA Board Member City Hall Liaison

Events ‘Round Town
Check out these websites for upcoming events

http://www.trickarttreat.org/
http://www.planoartwalk.org/

The LGAA (Lake Granbury Art Association) is having a "Fall Paint Out" in October. You should try this out.....it could be a lot of fun! http://www.granburyart.org.

LGAA is having an open juried show titled “2007 Fall Festival of Art” that will run October 6th through October 28th. Entries accepted (hand deliver artwork) at the Shanley House Center for the Arts, 224 N. Travis, Granbury, Texas 76048 from 10:00 am through 3:00 pm. NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED. Prospectus can be found at http://www.granburyart.org.

The American Juried Art Salon is having a 2007 Fall/Winter Exhibition. The deadline to enter is September 28th. The prospectus can be found at http://www.artjury.com.

ArtGroupDFW.com has listings for meetings, shows, etc. Go online to a world of art!

Christie Wilkins Christie received a Third Place award in the Professional Division of Oil/Acrylic/Canvas for her oil on canvas painting titled “Calm Afternoon” at the Mid Cities Fine Artists 22nd Annual Juried Show this past August.

Christie has five paintings on display at the Plano City Hall.

Christie has been accepted in the Studio 2600 fall exhibition "Bountiful Harvest" that will run September 4th through November 3rd. There will be an artist's reception, date to be determined. This exhibition will be part of the Uptown Dallas Gallery Walk October 4th from 6-9. Artists are encouraged to attend and invite their guests.
http://www.studio2600dallas.com/

Jorjana Letow Jorjana has been accepted in the Studio 2600 fall exhibition "Bountiful Harvest" that will run September 4th through November 3rd. There will be an artist's reception, date to be determined. This exhibition will be part of the Uptown Dallas Gallery Walk October 4th from 6-9. Artists are encouraged to attend and invite their guests. http://www.studio2600dallas.com/

Donna Schneider Donna participated in the Greenhouse Gallery Salon 2007 in June, and will be in the upcoming Oil Painters of America Regional Show in October.

Carolyn Kilgo Weinman Carolyn received an Honorable Mention award in the Professional Division of Watercolor/Acrylic/Paper at the Mid Cities Fine Artists 22nd Annual Juried Show this past August for a watercolor of a tiger titled "The Magnificent One II".

She also has a watercolor of a Zebra, titled "Stripes II" that has been juried into the Society of Watercolor Artists Annual Members Show now at the Atrium Gallery in the Medical Building of the University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, 76107 through September 28th. Reception and Awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, September 15th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. The public is invited to attend.

Carolyn has an exhibit at the 2nd Floor Gallery on the upper level at Panther City Coffee Shop at 2918 W. Berry Street, Fort Worth, 76109 through September 28th.

Carolyn has a graphic design, titled "The Photographer" that has been juried into the Texas Visual Arts Association's Citation 2007 Show that will showing at the ArtCentre of Plano, 1039 E. 15th Street @ Avenue K, Plano, 75074 October 11th - November 10th.

Carolyn has donated a graphic design titled “Exploration” to the Thirteenth Artists Against Aids Silent Art Auction to be held at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, 76107 on October 20th, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm.

Carolyn has three paintings that have been accepted into the Grand Prairie Arts Council’s Annual Juried Art Exhibition that runs September 30th – October 5th. Reception and Awards Presentation will be held on Sunday, September 30th, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

Dave Brown Dave participated in two group shows - "Art Institute of Dallas : Alumni & Faculty Show" – June 1st - July 7th in the Pegasus Gallery at AiD, 8080 Park Lane, Dallas . "Young at 'Art at the Dallas Library", July 1st – 31st at the Dallas Public Library Downtown Gallery (4th floor).

Dave also closed a solo show at the Chef's Gallery on the AID Campus which ran from July 7th until September 9th .

Dave’s painting "Red Flute" was accepted into the Texas Visual Arts Association Citation 2007 Show to run from October 11th – November 10th at the Plano ArtCentre, 1039 E 15th at Avenue K in Plano.

Dave is also excited about being invited to teach life drawing and pastel painting part time this summer and ongoing at the Art Institute of Dallas while he’s working on his Masters degree.

Hamutal Michaeli Humutal has artwork in The Coalition of Allied Visual Artists Annual Juried Art Exhibit, now on display at the Allen Public Library through the Month of September. The awards reception will be held at the library, Saturday, September 15th, 3:30pm to 5pm. Awards will be presented between 4pm and 4:30pm. Light refreshments will be served. The public is invited to attend. This year's Exhibit has been sponsored by: Aurora Images Art Studio, The Allen Arts Alliance, and CC Trophies.

Mary Truelove Mary’s painting "Patterned Lillies" was chosen to exhibit in the Southwestern Watercolor Society’s 44th Membership Exhibition that will run from October 9th through October 29th, at the Charles W. Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson, Texas.

Annette Thompson "Wine Women in Oil" We have been in South Lake Art in the Square last 2 years and GrapeFest for 4 years. www.winewomeninoil.com/

We were in the Houston Art Show last fall.

This is the 5th year that Annette and her group will have art at the Jazz Festival in Fort Worth September 21, 22, & 23. Her art is being featured along with a celebration of 50 years of Jazz with the Fort Worth Library.

Betty Hughston-Watercolor Artist

Betty in her artist statement says her natural inclinations to draw and paint were nurtured through public school and college. Currently her focus is the medium of watercolor.

This is in Betty’s own words:

Artistic expression began in the second grade. By high school, I had formed a strong sense of design, shape, and color, which led to interior design studies at Southern Methodist University and drawing classes with Octavio Medellin.

I paint in a sensitive, lively manner, delighting in still lifes, landscapes, and portraits.

My recent work has taken on a more bold, abstract quality, while retaining the joys of watercolor.

Having participated in numerous local and national juried art shows, my awards of merit include: acceptance into Annual Juried Membership Exhibition of Southwest Watercolor Society, Plano Art Association Juried Membership Show, Richardson Civic Art Society Juried Membership Show, and the Watercolor Art Society-Houston Annual International Juried Show.

Betty also wrote this on 4-23-2007 to be added to her bio.

If a time comes when the “inspiration juices” aren’t flowing well, I recommend you grab a friend take a notebook and go to the nearest venue that features an art show. Or try a dance program, a concert, a sculpture garden. And don’t forget ethnic centered entertainment. You could really go wild at a museum! The variety of subjects is unending.

Write notes about your reactions to these events. Listen to what your brain is telling you, you will be surprised later that you took in so much information. Now you begin your composition. Who says you can’t paint an enormous cloud over a tiny house and tractor on a low horizon? Who says you can’t tilt your foreground any way you like it? Who says the head on your Indian can’t be a pumpkin with feathers?