OAG NewsFlashes

NewsFlash Update

March 2012

In This Issue
Artist of the Year
OAG March Meeting
OAG April Meeting
Oklahoma Friendly
Other Opportunties

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Artist of the Year
Jolene Loyd-Forbes
Jolene Loyd-Forbes is the OAG Artist of the Year. A native of Oklahoma City, she has spent most of her adult life in the Marlow-Duncan area. She is a 1995 graduate of the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, where she studied art. Her work focuses on oil painting, but she loves to work in stained glass, sculpting, and print making as well. Jolene has won numerous awards. Her artwork has appeared in the  Duncan Daily Banner and it hangs in Celebration Frames and Gallery - Duncan, Ok; 50 Penn Gallery Place Gallery - Oklahoma City; Simply Oklahoma - Guthrie, Ok; the Kemp Museum - Wichita Falls, Tx; and in Gallery One and in the Summer Wine Art Galleries on the Paseo.  

Figure Drawing Class

TUESDAYS
Each Tuesday at 7pm
City Art Center for OAG Members

2nd Tuesday open to both
OAG Members and non-Members

THURSDAYS
Each Thursday at 10am-12pm
Clothed Model Figure Drawing at City Arts for OAG Members
SAVE the DATE!
2012 OAG Calendar

Every Tuesday

Figure Drawing

7-9pm · City Arts

 

Every Thursday

Clothed Figure Drawing

10a-12pm · City Arts

 

MARCH 14 & 15
THE EXPRESSIVE STITCH WORKSHOP  Instructor, Mary Ruth Smith
Sign Up Today!   

March 14 & 15  

 

MARCH 17
Tour Oklahoma Friendly with National Curator of Awards, Mary Ruth Smith
10am-Noon
IAO Gallery

APRIL 16
Crash Course in Design by Regina Murphy 

7-9PM

City Arts Center 


  
OAG Member News
 

Jude Tolar

* Downtown Art Walk by the Artists' Coalition of Stillwater

* Stillwater Art Guild Spring Show

* Oklahoma Pastel Society Spring Show  

 

Many of our OAG Members are represented in the Paseo District. Join us for First Friday, April 6 from 6-10pm  

 

If you would like your information included here, please email to:

publicity@okartguild.com 

by the 1st of each month 

From the OAG Board

OAG NEWSLETTER  

IS ELECTRONIC   

Let's be Ecologically Friendly!   

In an effort to be Ecologically Friendly and Economically Sound, we will no longer be sending newsletters by mail unless you, our valued member, request it and if you do not have an email address.   

 

If you do not use email, you can go to our website: okartguild.com  

to download and print the OAG NesFlash and all OAG Calls to Entry. 

 

If your contact information has changed, PLEASE send correct info to: membership@okartguild.com 

OAG Board of Directors

for 2012 Year

OFFICERS

President: Michael Ashby

Vice-President: Deborah Burian

Treasurer: Bruce Campbell

Secretary: Jean Longo

 

BOARD MEMBERS

Jolene Loyd-Forbes

Linda Hiller

Michelle Junkin

Michelle Metcalfe

Jo Wise   

 

If you are interested in serving on Committees, or volunteering to help OAG with it's many activities, feel free to contact any of the above board members. We would love your participation! Please send any questions, comments or offers to be a part of our leadership to: info@okartguild.com 

Have you Renewed your  

OAG Membership?

RENEW TODAY! 

Click here to renew online. 

 

Or send your OAG Membership dues of $36 to:

Oklahoma Art Guild (OAG)

P.O. Box 22712

Oklahoma City, OK 73123

 

Please include your email and phone number contacts for use in our next published directory. Remember that we will not sell or forward your contact information beyond the OAG Membership directory.

 

Do you have a OAG Membership question? Send to:

membership@okartguild.com 

 

About Us

The Oklahoma Art Guild (OAG) is a non-profit organization founded in 1954, with the objective of creating, promoting and developing all forms of the visual arts.  The membership includes professionals, amateurs, art enthusiasts and patrons of the visual arts.

 

OAG March Meeting
SAVE THE DATES!  

OPENING, Friday, March 16, 6-9pm

GALLERY TALK & TOUR,  

Saturday, March 17 from 10am-Noon!

IAO Gallery * 706 W. Sheridan, OKC, OK  

Gallery Tour of "Oklahoma Friendly 2012" led by Nat'l Curator of Awards, Mary Ruth Smith.

NOTE: Date and Location change! This will be our OAG Meeting for March.

The OAG  March Artist of the Month will be chosen from Members' who submitted and were accepted to exhibit in Oklahoma Friendly 2012, by all present at the Gallery Talk and Tour. Other Members, please do not bring additional pieces for consideration this month.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!  

   

Thanks to the generosity and support of:

OAG Board of Directors, Oklahoma Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artists of Oklahoma, BancFirst of Oklahoma, Bockus*Payne*Associates*Architects, Wyman Frame & Supply - A Division of Dale Rogers Training Center, Stark Fine Dining of Pauls Valley, and Scott's Printing of OKC.  

  

WORKSHOP 
There are still a few openings for the Workshop!
THE EXPRESSIVE STITCH WORKSHOP 
Instructor, Mary Ruth Smith 
March 14 & 15 
 
OAG April Meeting
Crash Course in Design by Regina Murphy 

Monday, April 16 from 7-9pm 

City Arts at State Fair Park, OKC, OK   


Regina Murphy will lead us in a "Crash Course in Design"
Her years of experience and collection of knowledge will help you produce better works. Please join us as she answers these 4 questions:

1. What Makes a Good Painting? 
2. Do you know why one landscape, still life or portrait is better than many others? 
3. Do you know how to judge your own work? 
4. What are the secrets of good design?

THE ANSWERS LIE IN THE PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS OF DESIGN!


OPENING FRIDAY, MARCH 16TH! 

Oklahoma Art Guild
Oklahoma Friendly 2012

 

For the sixth year the Oklahoma Art Guild will be hosting one of the best national juried art shows, Oklahoma Friendly. The Opening Reception will be March 16 from 6-9pm at the IAO Gallery in Oklahoma City, and will feature the creative works of over 150 artists and a unique blend in the music and flavors of Oklahoma by singer-songwriter, Parker Milsap of Purcell and Stark Fine Dining of Pauls Valley.  

 

The show will run through April 7. IAO Gallery hours: Tues-Sat, Noon-6pm.

 

Oklahoma Friendly 2012 spotlights the works of over 150 artists from Rhode Island to Alaska and from Wisconsin to Texas.  

  

If you can't join us for the opening celebration, you can view this show at IAO Gallery, March 16 through April 7, 2012. For an insider view of the show, join us on Saturday, March 17 and take a tour with our curator of awards, Dr. Mary Ruth Smith. Tour will begin at 10am.  

   

OAG Member Directory
Will be published and sent April 2012 

If your membership needs to be renewed, or contact information updated:  

Please Contact Mikie Metcalfe at: membership@okartguild.com

Or, simply renew at:  

www.okartguild.com 

 

Other Opportunities...

CALL FOR ENTRY, EXHIBITIONS, SHOWS & HAPPENINGS   

   

Paseo Feast 
www.thepaseo.com
Paseo FEAST (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics) is a recurring public dinner designed to use community-driven financial support to democratically fund art makers. At each FEAST, patrons give a donation for which they receive supper and a ballot. Diners spend the evening dining and hear artist project proposals and conversing with the artists behind each idea. Attendees cast a vote for their favorite proposal, and by the end of the night, the artist who garners the most votes is awarded a grant comprised of that evening's door money.
  

  

March 13, 2012
6:00-8:00pm
Picasso Cafe
$30 each

  

Art Splash Newsletter 

Art Splash is an e-newsletter whose mission is to receive "Opportunity Information" & pass that information to Oklahoma artists of all forms (visual, tactile, auditory, literary & culinary). This includes but is not limited to artist calls, searches, and classes, seminars, workshops, and festivals, theatrical, musical and educational opportunities. If you are interested in receiving the e-newsletter please e-mail us artsplash.okla@gmail.com

 

Call for Entries 

6x6x2012 - International Small Art Phenomenon 
www.roco6x6.org 

June 2 - July 15, 2012
Artwork Entries Due: May 6, 2012 (Postmarked May 5)

  

Call for Entries

MORE Color

www.morecolorart.com  

MOREcolor has long been an anticipated feature of Pride Month for OkEq (Oklahomans for Equality), very artist-friendly, and well supported by the Tulsa community. Submission Deadline: April 20, 2012 

 

PAPCO - Plein Air Painters

March 17 - Lake Arcadia
April 21 - Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art - Shawnee
May 19 - Chesapeake Energy
June - Francis Macy Farm
July - Will Rogers Park
August - Crystal Bridge  

 

"21st Century Portraits/19th Century Techniques" with Mark Zimmerman
www.artspaceatuntitled.org
 
 

For our ongoing In Focus series of talks with photographers, we will offer a Saturday Seminar on March 31, 1:00-4:00pm with Mark Zimmerman. It is free to the public. His presentation, "21st Century Portraits/19th Century Techniques" will take a look at the art of contemporary photographers who have turned to antiquated processes to find a new way of capturing their subject's essence. Mark will also discuss his recent project, A Fragile Existence and he will demonstrate the wet-collodion process he utilized in the production of this body of work.  

 

First Friday Shawnee

www.firstfridayshawnee.com

Now accepting Applications for First Friday in Downtown Shawnee Oklahoma.Art, Handmade Goods, Live Music, Great Food,Games and Activities for the Whole Family. First Event: May 4th, 4-9pm on Main Street (Between Oklahoma St. & Minnesota St.)

 

Encaustic Art Institute

www.eainm.com

Beginning Encaustic Workshop - Instructor: Sherry Ikeda

The Encaustic Art Institute is pleased to offer a Beginning Encaustic Workshop on April 28th and 29th, from 9 am to 4 pm.  The instructor for this workshop is Sherry Ikeda.  

 

Call for Artists, Crafters, and Exhibitors for  

Arts Trek 2012!
www.artstrek.org 
 

You are invited to help promote awareness and appreciation of the arts in Shawnee by participating in Arts Trek 2012! We hope that you will join us and other amazing artists, crafters, and performers from our community and share your creative talents by displaying, demonstrating, and selling your work.   

 

TONAL Watercolor 2012
Exhibiting in conjunction with the 91st Annual National Watercolor Traveling
Exhibit from the heart of Dallas and Fort Worth in the new Convention and
Visitors Bureau Building, Historic Downtown Grapevine, Texas -- presented
by the Grapevine Art Project (GAP), a 501-c non-profit organization. 
 

 

Norman Arts Council Presents   

2012 ONE Fundraiser  
www.normanarts.org
The Norman Arts Council announced that the 2012 ONE fundraising event will take place 7-11 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at MAINSITE Contemporary Art: Home of the Norman Arts Council. ONE will celebrate all the arts in Norman as well as serve as the Norman Arts Council's only fundraising event.   

 

Artist Proposals Sought for OU Children's Facility

For more a complete list of requirements and more information contact Alison Hensal at ahensal@milesassociates.com or (405) 235-3915 x144

www.uhatok.com

Submitted by the Oklahoma Arts Council

 

The Conservatory for Classical Art in Edmond 

www.classicalart.org
MARCH 16-18, 2012
Bay Area Artist and Instructor ANDREW AMERAL will be teaching a 3 day intensive master class on 2D Anatomy/Ecorché. Friday, Saturday & Sunday
$375 - Open to all levels of skill. 405.822.1011
  
Call for Entries "CityScapes" Juried Art Contest

www.lightspacetime.com 

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call for entries with the theme "CityScapes" for a juried art competition for the month of March 2012.

Ellen Koment Encaustic Workshops

Introduction to Encaustic, three days, Mar 23-25
In conjunction with Santa Fe Creative Tourism and the Inn of Loretto 

Beyond Beginning, Going Large: May 21-25
The workshop you've been waiting for, and it will be a small group, so sign up early!   

 

Mitch Lyons Workshops 

June 18-22 -Mari Hawkes Studio, Taos, NM - 302-545-4839
Sept - Oct - Fibre ARts - Australia

   

ESSA - Eureka Springs School of Arts 

Registration now open for 2012 programs!

www.essa-art.com