Don't miss our August meeting!  Our guest artist is internationally known artist Chas Fagan.

Fagan has gained national prominence and recognition as an accomplished portraitist, sculptor and painter. His portraits display a classic, layering technique and exhibit an extraordinary likeness of the subject, all the while managing to reveal each subject's unique personality. This talent has earned the artist accolades as a highly sought-after portrait painter, including a commission to paint a complete set of Presidential portraits for C-SPAN's 2001 Peabody Award-winning program, "American Presidents."   Fagan's work includes the portrait of Barbara Bush that hangs in the downstairs corrider of the White House, an eight-foot bronze sculpture of President H.W. Bush in Houston, a recently installed 7 foot bronze sculpture of President Ronald Reagan at the Capitol, a bas-relief sculpture of President Ronald Reagan for the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan that hangs uniquely on a piece of the Berlin Wall, painted portraits of many other dignitaries, and beautiful landscapes.

 
Fagan is a magna cum laude graduate of Yale University, where he received a degree in Russian and East European studies. A self-taught artist, he spent much of his childhood in Brussels, Belgium, where he was artistically influenced by the works of great European masters. This interest in traditional art, coupled with his incomparable skill in form and color, fuels his distinctively elegant style. Fagan currently resides in Charlotte, N.C., and recent solo exhibitions of his works have been hosted by Shain Gallery in Charlotte, Metropolitan Gallery in Washington, D.C., and Sommerville Manning Gallery in Greenville, Del.

• A Special Thank You
  Mint Hill Arts would like to
  thank Saga Van Atta for serving as our first Gallery Chair. One of the earliest members of MHA, Saga has served in this position from the fall of 2007 through July 2009 and
  has seen us through the incredible growth that we have experienced in that period. We could not have
  done it without her contribution.

• Thank You as well to Tony Bilotto for taking on the chair, and to the gallery committee members for working to ensure a smooth transition
• Carlos Alvarez Cotera for hanging the August exhibit
  
• Scott Weiss of the Albemarle Rd Home Depot for making a deeply discounted air conditioner available to MHA.
• Bill Litaker for procuring said air conditioner and organizing installation.
• Randall Construction Co. for providing installation at a discounted rate
• Virginia Dauth for donating two paintings to raffle for our fund
  
• To all members who donated towards the fund. We couldn't have done it without you
• Candace and David Bridge for handling the July reception and Kimberly Stoll for a great job as always preparing the food
  
• Bill Litaker and David Bridge for building pedestals for the July show and Sylvia Coppola for loaning shelving fixtures
• Bill Litaker for working with TimeWarner to install new internet and phone service
• Mary Beth Thomas for taking our fire extinguishers to be inspected
  

Thank you for being a part of our unique community of artists and friends of the arts.  The backbone of this community is the service given by the members who volunteer their time and talent to make Mint Hill Arts successful and a prominent player in the cultural offerings of Mint Hill. 

The Executive Committee would like to announce a new program to acknowledge members who give so much to the group. Beginning August 1,  track your donated time on the form emailed to you in July. (For a copy please email Tammy Morris.)

Drop this completed form off at Mint Hill Arts the Wednesday before each Friday Night Reception, and the member who has donated the most time for the previous month will be acknowledged and presented with a $15 gift card to Cheap Joe's.

 
Please review the following list for opportunities to donate your time and talents to our community.

• The Reception committee needs help with setting up and maintaining refreshments at the Aug 14 reception. Email Kimberly
  
• MHA plans to participate in the following special events:
• Sunday Afternoon in the Park    August 23
  
• Mint Hill Madness September 25-27
  
• Discover Mint Hill Oct 10
  

• The gallery is always in need of sitters. Email Carlos for details.     
  

Upcoming Exhibits at Mint Hill Arts

August
Marcus Hamilton:
Illustrating a Career

September
Monochromatics
A member show in single shades

October
Pastels and Paintings by Martha Faires

November
Small Works by MHA members

December
Juried Show
Details TBA