The cold winter weather didn't keep our hearty members from attending the wonderful Russ Tanner demo. We had a large turnout for the evening demonstration.  If you have any ideas you would like to share on subjects for demonstrations and workshops, just send us an e-mail.

A new area we will be exploring this year is grants.  Since we now have the 501(c3), we can apply for grants to help fund upcoming events.  Also, if you want to make a tax deductible donation to the guild, we can provide you with the tax ID number to file your claim.

Hope you all are ready for the fantastic show coming up in February at The Great Frame Up.

Joan Rhodes

President                   

September through May

(except December)

No Charge to attend...All are welcome!

6:30 Hospitality time, 7:00 Program

at The Great Frame Up,

430 Main Street,

Longmont

Ample parking in the back

(Click on artist name for more information)

EVENTS:

Members News 

Becky Everitt:  Becky will present a watercolor workshop for intermediate artists on Sat. Feb. 19th from 1 to 3 pm at St. Stephens Episcopal Church at 1303 Bross Ln., in Southmoor Park.  The cost is $10. This may be paid at pre mail-in registration to Becky.   You will need to bring your own art supplies that you normally use.  If there is enough interest, a beginning watercolor class will be scheduled at a later date.  Please phone 303-651-0644 or email

[email protected]

for more information.

Mail your registration fee to:

Becky Everitt

1412 Mt. Evans Dr.

Longmont, CO  80504

Becky also has several of her paintings hanging at the Bella Rosa Country Club in Frederick. David Daignault has his photographs hanging there as well. They will be displayed throughout the month of January and until February 7th. They were invited to show their work by the Frederick Arts Council.

Cindy Young: shares this with us:

Every once and awhile I stumble upon a book that is as beautiful as it is inspiring. Check to see if your library has a copy of �How I Paint: Secrets of a Sunday Painter,� by Thomas Buechner; published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. � 2000. Mr. Buechner, former director of the Brooklyn Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass, is also an accomplished artist and instructor. The book offers tips for both the amateur and the experienced painter. It is filled with portraits, landscapes and still life. My favorite tip is one he refers to as the lesson of Rembrandt�s nose, in which he reveals that: �all colors look cool over dark, and all colors look warm over light.� I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Sally Fulton: I am offering ongoing oil, pastel and acrylic painting classes for all levels of painters on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons from 2-5:00 at my studio at 735 Bowen Street, Longmont.  The cost is $25 a class.  For more information, go to my website at www.zhibit.org/sallylfultonartist

And my paintings can be seen at the Muse Gallery in Longmont and the Lincoln Gallery in Loveland.

Judy Sprague:  The art of Judy Sprague has been juried into the Western Spirit National Art Show to be held in Cheyenne, WY  March 5 - April 17

email: [email protected]   website: www.judyspragueart.com

Dot Pecina:  NO FEAR OIL PAINTING classes, by Dot Pecina, for beginning and intermediate students. Classes are held on Monday mornings from 9 am - 11 am and Wednesday afternoons, 1 pm - 4 pm.  Each class runs for a month throughout the year and the cost is $49.00 for each month's session.  Enjoy painting in a relaxed atmosphere as you create your work of art.   Call Dot for additional information. 303-682-8957 or e-mail at [email protected]

Diana Tripp: Diana has her work at 730 South Grill in Denver - a collection of fruit and flowers. UCAR Library in Boulder - landscapes

One World Cafe in Evergreen, CO - my newest, "A Bit Outside the Box"  work. The Great Frame Up in Boulder - a little bit of everything.

http://www.DianaTripp.com

Linda Wells:  LAG member from Loveland, has had four paintings juried into the national Western Spirit Art Show and Sale opening March 5 at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming.   She has also been invited to provide the top prize for the Rio Grande Kennel Club dog show in May in her hometown of Albuquerque, NM in the form of a commissioned portrait of the Best in Show dog.  Also, she just completed a commission of three small paintings of birds.  Linda's website is:  www.lindawellsart.com

Suzanne Frazier: is teaching several interesting workshops. A Contemplative Art Workshop on Color Theory on Saturday, February 26 from 10 am to 4 pm and a Inner Landscape Art Workshop on Saturday, March 19, from 10 am to 4 pm. In 2011, Suzanne is teaching contemplative art retreats at Ghost Ranch, Mandala Center, Loretto Spirituality Center and Abbey of St. Walburga. Suzanne is also participating in the Pecha-Kucha Night called "Longmont CO #1"  at the Old Firehouse Gallery, 667 Fourth Avenue, Longmont, CO 80501 on Friday, February 11 at 7 pm.  She will be presenting a six minute slide presentation on "Contemplative Art" as part of this world-wide event in 378 cities around the globe.   She will also be displaying three paintings at the Rabid Rabbits Galeria, 530 Kimbark Street, Longmont, as part of the February Show called "Matters of Heart", opening with a Cupcake and Champagne Reception on Sunday, January 30.  The show runs until March 13, 2011.  For more information, contact:[email protected] 303-502-0751 Frazier:

Heather Coen:  Shares this:   I qualified five paintings into the Western Spirit art show in Cheyenne, which runs from 3/5/11 through 4/17/11. 

My article "Plein Air and Pastels" will be included in the re-launch of "Plein Air" magazine.  The plein air piece titled "Lake Helene" will be demonstrated with a series of photographs with text.  The Magazine is due out in February.

Two of my paintings will be included in the Meritorious section of Richeson "75" Small Works publication due out in February. 

Also, I will be starting new classes in March at the Great Frame Up in Longmont for beginning through advanced students.  I will be teaching the "layered method" of oil painting and blending of pastels to get 3-D effects.

Composition, colors, and creativity will be the main emphasis of these classes.   I am also looking for space to teach in the Ft. Collins and Loveland areas.  Classes are $40 per 4 hour session or a series of four sessions for $150.  I will be teaching a plein air session at Barr Lake State Park in Denver in May.  This class will cover realism, painting outdoors, photo likeness, and composition of plein air paintings.  Cost is $250 per student for four all-day sessions.  Please call me at: (970 )669-6123 or (970)361-4268 or contact me via the web [email protected]

UPCOMING LAG SHOWS

PLEIN AIR ART EXHIBIT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 27, 2011

Contact: Karen Imbierowicz, 303-678-6268

 

 

Artists sought to participate in

Plein Air Art Exhibit

 

Boulder County, Colo. - The Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation is seeking artists to participate in the Plein Air Art Exhibit featuring county open spaces.

 

Artists will join in a two-week "paint-out" from June 1-14, during which they will have access to Boulder County Parks and Open Space agricultural, prairie, forested, and aquatic open space areas to produce artwork for the exhibit. Additionally, artists will be allowed in certain restricted open space areas during this time.

 

Interested artists are asked to submit application materials - including an entry form, $20 entry fee and three digital images of outdoor art - by March 30. Artists must be Boulder County residents.

 

Complete application information and details are on the Plein Air Art Show page of the Boulder County website.

 

The exhibit benefits the Parks and Open Space Foundation, a not-for-profit fundraising partner of Boulder County Parks and Open Space.

 

"Living in such an athletic and health focused community, we are all very familiar with our recreational users of open space," said Karen Imbierowicz, Partnership Coordinator for Boulder County Parks and Open Space. "We are less familiar with the artist community who quietly set up their easels on the side of the trail and capture the aesthetic beauty of the place we call home.

 

"Through this process we hope to encourage the relationship between the artist community and our local public lands," Imbierowicz said.

 

"Plein air" is defined as the act of painting outdoors. The focus of the artwork is usually landscapes and the artwork is usually created in one block of time in the field, so the immediacy of the moment is captured.

 

-BoulderCounty.org-

LONGMONT STUDIO TOURS

CALL FOR ENTRIES

12^th Annual Longmont Studio Tour 

Studio Tour dates: September 24 and 25, 2011 with a preview show at the Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, CO 80501 

All applications must be RECEIVED by 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2011

For more information: Contact 303-678-7869     Email: [email protected] 

Visual artists working in any medium may apply to participate in this "open studios" Tour  during the last weekend of September. The Tour takes place in Longmont and surrounding area, including Niwot.  Participating artists do not have to live or work in these communities. However, member artists are required to show their work during the studio tour within our geographic boundaries. LST has numerous artists who will happily share their studio space.

Applications available at the Muse Gallery
and online, www.LongmontStudioTour.org 

Toll free info line: 1-888-827-8566.

Suzanne Frazier

P. O. Box 331

Longmont, CO 80502-0331

303-502-0751

[email protected]

Classes & Instruction:

Classes are taught by many fine artists, including: Hanlie Wessels (303) 682-2938, Anita Janz (303) 485-8811, Suzanne Frazier (303) 502-0751, Sally Fulton (303) 776-7761, Heather Coen (970) 669-6123, Lillian Kennedy (303) 541-9506, Dorothy Pecina (303) 682-8957, Ron Smalley (303) 772-4726, Susan Steven (303) 440-1060, and Eli Vega (720) 251-1775.

For more information and pricing, go to: http://www.longmontartistsguild.org

At the top of the page, click on the button beside "Artists Teaching Artists."  

Special Announcement:

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.  Seakr Foundation was founded to help military families who have lost a partner in Afghanistan or Iraq.  Currently this program supports ten families and their children.  Often traumatized by their loss, Seakr Foundation hopes to support them in their time of greatest need.  The monthly stipend allows a parent to go to college or stay home with younger children.  The Foundation also does special things for the children like throw birthday parties and send stockings at Christmas.  99% of all funding and donations are passed on to the families as Seakr Foundation is run by a group of volunteers. 

Last year, LAG in conjunction with Heather Coen provided a number of paintings for the auction and sale.  The event occurred on October 8th, 2010 and we raised $22,000 for this cause.  The children were especially surprised to have Darth Vader and a number of storm troopers attend the event.  The speakers talked about what it meant to have a sacrifice of this magnitude and how, we as a community, need to support those who are left behind.  This year we hope to have an even bigger and better event in downtown Denver. 

With the support of LAG we want to put even higher quality art into the auction and have a few artists present to talk about their work.  Here is how we can help them:

1.  Start working on a piece to be donated for the October fundraiser.  All items are tax deductible but need to be in Heather Coen's possession by September 1, 2011.

2.  Donate your time and energy to help set-up and run this event.

3.  Help Heather in the weeks before the event.

4.  Buy tickets to the fundraiser and get your friends to buy tickets too.  Last year the tickets were $190 a piece with all profit going to the families and the rest covering the venue, food and decor.  The event should occur in the first two weeks of October in downtown Denver at a major hotel. 

5.  Pass the word along to anyone you know about this cause and donate on-line.

You can find out more about Seakr Foundation at

http://www.seakr.com/about/foundation.html

You can also call Ray Anderson or Melissa Coen for more information about the event and your participation, their numbers are listed at the bottom of the webpage.  You can also contact Heather Coen at (970)669-6123 or (970)361-4268 or email at

[email protected]

www.artintherockies.com

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