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THE VERMONT WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
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Upcoming
VWS Events
January 01, 2012
October 2012VWS Annual Fall Meeting
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
All membership related correspondence, including new member applications and membership renewals, will now be sent directly to our Membership Director, Joann DiNicola. Joann's mailing information will now be on all membership related forms.
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HUB-BUB-BUB
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Many thanks to those of you who volunteered in 2011. The VWS has become a leading arts organization in the Northeast because of you, our members who give of your time and talents. We still have open positions or tasks that we need help with in 2012. Please join your friends/fellow members in volunteering for one of these positions: Volunteer for Event Announcements - Job Description: Email event announcements (6-8 in 2011) to identified news carriers (regional newspapers, radio stations).
- Purpose: To invite the Public to our exhibitions and public demonstrations and to promote the VWS through announcements of our events in regional newspapers and radio stations.
- Note: Materials are already developed such as a press release template and a list of regional news carriers. No prior experience needed.
- Requirements: Must have email capability.
Hub Point People for Middlebury/Rutland and Montpelier/Stowe. - Organize a get together in your area. You could meet at a restaurant or have a potluck in your home or at a local community center. You could get together for tea. Want to get something going but don't know where to start? Contact Pam Dexter, your Hub Director. She'll help you figure it all out.
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Member Offered Classes & Workshops
From Rob O'Brien: I will be once again teaching a plein air workshop in watercolor in France. The dates are June 17-23. The workshop will be held at the Latitude Cultural Center in laToulzanie which is on the beautiful Lot River. Classes will run in the mornings and there will be ample time to explore the countryside and sample the wonderful amenities of the area. The workshop is titled "Painting the Light and Texture of Southwest France". For more information and to register call (510) 525-8436 or email contact Person, Barbara Latitude Website 
From Barbara Pafume: I will again be teaching at my favorite Southern Vermont Arts Center this summer. This is my 28th year teaching there and will again be teaching for 8 Mondays, seven hours each day, after the 4th of July. More later! It is a wonderful opportunity for artists to have continuity and focused practice time to use the skills and techniques they are learning. There are other classes and workshops in the works and I will report exact times, places and dates in the April newsletter. In the meantime, I continue to give private lessons in my studio in Fairfax, VT. Call me at 802-849-6858for more information or visit my website:
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Newsletter Submissions:
All member events , workshops and show announcements should be sent to :
Cynthia Crawford
Newsletter article deadline is the 20th of each month.
If you have images, please send them in JPG format as an email attachment.
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NEWS & VIEW
COMING SOON...THREE BIG EVENTS!
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VWS Annual Juried Member
Awards Exhibition
Entry Deadline: April 18
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Dates
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July 13 - August 18, 2012
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Location
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The Chaffee Art Center
Rutland, Vermont
Directions
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Reception
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July 27, 4 - 7 pm
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Image Submission
Deadline
Cost
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1 image only
April 18
$15.00
Payable to the VWS
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Artist notification of juried selections
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June 9th
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Painting drop off dates
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July 5,6,7, & 10
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Painting pick-up dates
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August 21 - 23
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Size of framed piece
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40 inches max. height & width
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Contact via email
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Lynn Cummings, Co-Director, Exhibitons
Rebecca Gottesman, Co-Director Exhibitons
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Forms you will need
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Exhibition Guidelines
Exhibition Entry Forms
Art Labels
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VWS Spring Event
Great Fun and Education!
Deadline for registration: April 20
9:30 - 3:00 (note - new starting time)
Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, VT
Theme: New and Exciting Painting Techniques
Guaranteed to be a fun and educational day!
Carole-Anne Centre will be featured in a you-tube video showing how she uses her gunpowder technique to create an interesting effect which she then proceeds to paint on.
Lynn Cummings will direct an exercise using eyedroppers. It is an interesting technique that will be new and fun to try out.
Matt Hopper from Holbein will also be giving demonstrations and hands on exercises.
Susan Abbott Workshop
Deadline for registration: May 25
"From Amateur to Professional
Saturday, June 9, 10:00 Am - 4:00 PM
This very comprehensive class demystifies the business of being a visual artist. Topics include: how to build a resume, plan your own show, approach galleries, manage emotions, create a publicity tool-kit, use creative marketing, control your finances, do your taxes, and get organized. Each participant receives a booklet of worksheets and information."
Because this is such an important educational opportunity, the VWS Board wants to encourage participation and will absorb the cost of the luncheon & space for each member thus reducing the original price from $83.50 to $65.00
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From Rob O'Brien:
I was accepted into the 145th American Watercolor Society's International Exhibition which opens April 3rd at the Salmagundi Club in New York City. The show runs until April 22nd. The accepted painting is a portrait of a French woman titled "Madam Pinon".
From Don Dalton:
Don Dalton had his painting, "Seacliff," accepted in the 2012 National Watercolor Society Member Exhibition. Ninety artists were selected from nearly 400 submissions.
Don Dalton has become a Copley Artist. The Copley Society, Boston, is the oldest nonprofit art association in America, whose artist membership is based on competitive review. Once a member, an artist who is accepted into five juried shows is designated a Copley Artist.
From Judy Laliberte:
Had a piece accepted into Copley Society of Art's juried Winter Members Show: Impressions, Feb 23 - March 29th. Opening reception is Thursday, Feb 23 from 5:30-7:30.
Copley Society of Art's show is held at the Copley Society of Art, 158 Newbury St., Boston, MA.
Judy has also have been accepted to Vermont Studio Center for a 1 week residency, "Vermont Week" in May.
From Barbara J. Pafume, Four Seasons Studios: I have been invited to participate in an exhibition for the Valley Arts Foundation, Festival Gallery in Waitsfield, VT. There is a private preview on March 8th and the public reception and opening will be on March 9th. The show will close May 4th. Call802-496-6682 for more information.
CONGRATULATIONS to ALL!
From Mark Nielsen:
Art Connections My wife Lora and I along with two other artists from Corinth braved the snow on February 24th to drive to Montpelier VT for a mixer of creative types invited though an announcement in the online blog Vermont Art Zine (http://vermontartzine.blogspot.com/ ). Attendees included several folks from the Vermont Arts Council, a lot of artists, web designers and a few musicians numbering close to one hundred. The idea was to meet new people and make new connections. It worked for me, I met fiber artist Karen Henderson who agreed to pull together a fiber art show for Towle Hill Studio (THS) this season. Karen also runs a blog dedicated to fiber art called Surface Design Association Vermont Blog, http://www.sdavermont.blogspot.com/ I also met a new member of the Vermont Watercolor Society (Montpelier Hub) Susan Bull Riley and her husband. As luck would have it her portfolio includes botanical paintings and I was looking for a botanical artist to pair with Lois Jackson botanical artist for a THS show in June. (My wife and I are on the annual garden tour this year and I wanted to schedule a botanical art show at the studio to help cover for the fact that our gardens do not merit being on the tour!) I met many others that night including cartoonist Ed Koren who lives in Vermont and is famous for his cartoons in the New Yorker Magazine. Sonia Rae, Artist & Community Services Manager at the Vermont Arts Council, and Joe Bookchin, Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing. It was over by 7pm so the four of us had dinner at a Mexican restaurant around the corner and headed home through the ice and snow. As I understand it there may be more of these events in the future. Most of us felt it was fun and useful. |
VWS Sponsored Workshops
Alvaro Castagnet Workshop comes to the Landgrove Inn
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Alvaro Castagnet will be coming in October 2012 teaching "Painting with Passion" at the Landgrove Inn in Landgrove, VT. Register for a discount.
This workshop is full! If you want to be on the waiting list, contact Claudia Carl.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS at the Landgrove Inn- stay tuned:
2013-Linda Kemp
2014-John Salminen
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Landgrove Workshops 2012 (non-Vws)
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Ted Nutall and Mel Stabin return to the
Landgrove INN Mel Stabin and Ted Nuttall enjoyed being in Vermont at the Landgrove Inn so much that they both are set to return in 2012. Ted is scheduled for June 11-13 while Mel is coming July 9-13. For those folks that missed the last workshops, this next year they get another chance.
"Both of these artists put on the best workshops I have been to and the responses from other participants have all been very positive! Before I took Ted Nuttalls worhshop this past summer I had never painted a portrait and now I am not affraid of the subject. He is a great teacher and fun too! As for Mel Stabin, he is really great to watch doing a demo. It is inspiring to see how he makes his subject look just right with just a few strokes of his brush. Both teachers are very helpful and if any one wants an exciting learning experience they can go to www.landgroveinn.com to sign up."
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Nutall Workshop 2011 |
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Mel Stabin Painting
For more information, contact the Landgrove Inn.
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Show Opportunities
Plein Air Vermont 2012 (Formerly North Bennington Plein Air Competition) - Call to artists, event dates - Sept. 4 through 9, 2012, North Bennington, Vermont. New for 2012, expanded territory, expanded number of included artists, expanded awards. Juror of Selection: Robert O'Brien, AWS, NEWS, VWS. Juror of Awards: Stephen M. Doherty, Editor, Plein Air Magazine. Artists 18 years of age and older, invited to apply. $35 submission Fee. Deadline: Apr 6, 2012. Visit Plein-air Vermont to download a prospectus or request by email.Try using case studies, success stories, testimonials or examples of how others used your product or service successfully. Solicit material from clients and vendors, or ask your readers to write. It's a win-win! You get relevant content, and they get exposure. |
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VWS Board of Directors
2012
Jan Olmstead, President
Mark Nielsen, Vice-President
Peter Land, CPA, Treasurer --Newly elected
Reggie Springer, Recording Secretary
Claudia Carl, Director of Education & Programs
Rebecca Gottesman, Co-Director of Exhibitions
Lynn Cummings, Co-Director of Exhibitions -- New position
Joann DiNicola, Director of Membership
Amanda Amend, Director of Volunteers
Pam Dexter, Director of Hubs -- New position
OPEN - Director of Communications
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VWS Partners
It is very exciting to have Holbein, USA as a VWS Partner. Being a Vermont based art supplier and full time supporter of arts and the artists who make them, it is a perfect fit for both of us. Please get to know Holbein and support them not only because they are one of our partners, but because they are a world leader in colors and mediums for artists. The Landgrove Inn is the premier, all-in-one lodging, dining and fun space in which to create, exhibit and learn. Check out the 2010 workshop schedule at www.landgroveinn.com, or call 802 824-6673. Tom and Maureen Checchia, owners. |
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