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The Great Frame Up | |
The Longmont Artists' Guild is grateful to the Great Frame Up for many years of support and friendship.
The Great Frame Up Gallary shows our art each year and the owner, Dave Iannazzo, generously permits us to use the showroom space after hours for our monthly meetings and demonstrations.
Guild artists have also held one-man shows in this attractive gallary.
(303) 772-7293
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Sun Rose Cafe | |
LAG would like to thank Sun Rose Café for allowing our members to exhibit and sell their work at their fabulous café each year,
January - March.
The café offers breakfast, lunch and dinner
Mon. through Sat.
379 Main Street
Longmont
Phone: 303-651-3533
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March 2011 Newsletter
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Our mission for 2011 is to create an atmosphere that helps people to feel special. Your board members have been working hard to accomplish this. We now have two websites for better communication, monthly demonstrations for learning new ideas, and workshops to learn new techniques and foster fellowship. We have a new format for the newsletter to better inform members about upcoming events and other news. We are putting on more art shows for places to display your talents, and name tags so that we can get to know each other.
Joan Rhodes
LAG President
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President - Joan Rhodes:
 She has been married for 40 years to her wonderful husband Terry. Together they participate in several activities. They are active in the Colorado Senior Pro Charity Rodeo Association that puts on a rodeo to raise money for charities. They compete in the team roping and train their own horses. They also do some mounted shooting and just started cattle sorting competition. Joan had a career in dentistry for 25 years. After retiring she trained a therapy dog for Longmont United Hospital that lead to working in their adult day care as an assistant activity director for three years. A native of Spokane, Wash. she and her husband have called Colorado 'home' for the past 32 years.
Joan start sculpting as a woodcarver and then in the last 5 years has been working in clay and casting her work in bronze. It is her aspiration to share the joy she feels and sees in daily life through her sculptures.
Vice President - Becky Everitt:
 Becky was born in Missouri but her family moved to Ft. Collins where she started school and eventually graduated from CSU with A B.A. in Art Education. She realized by the age of 4 that she wanted to be an artist and teacher. She has taught in Arizona, Nebraska and Colorado. She met her husband Chuck at CSU, they have 3 grown sons, and 2 grandsons. The family also spent some time ranching in S. Dakota and Idaho. They moved back to Longmont in 1978. Becky joined the Artist Guild and the Longmont Symphony that fall. She nows is a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Longmont Chorale as well but no longer plays in the symphony. Her art includes many mediums: oil, watercolor and pastels. She also dabbled in blown glass. She occasionally gives workshops and classes.
Treasurer/Historian - Yvonne Ogg:
Yvonne Ogg has been a member of LAG since 2006 and has held the office of Secretary and now is Treasurer. She started oil painting in 2000 as therapy during cancer treatment. Other interests include reading, photography, traveling, and being with family and friends. Her first official teacher was Jake Gaedtke from whom she learned many disciplines. Currently, she is painting with the Riverhawke Painters in Loveland and has for the last 6 years.
Secretary - David Weber:
 David is a retired postman, and currently has a part time job to help support his "painting habit." His wife is a quilter and they live in Berthoud where they both enjoy pursuing their art interests.
Hospitality - Janis Buck:
Janis first started painting while teaching special needs children in Texas. She was thrilled to discover she had a passion for this whole new world of painting. After moving to Longmont in 2006, Janis joined the Longmont Artist Guild. She found a new family of fun, friendly people with the same interest that she has. The Guild has offered many demo's that she enjoys and is continuing to learn from.
Show Venue - Lynn Daignault:
 Lynn grew up on Long Island, New York. She attended Alfred University as a Ceramic Design major where she met her husband David. They spent 23 years as an Army family traveling throughout our country, and living in Japan and Hawaii with their 3 daughters. Lynn has an Associates Degree in Art and a BS in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Maryland. She is also a certified teacher in the Kofu School of Ikebana and a Reiki Master. She has worked for the University of Maryland, Antioch University and was the Academic Counselor and Asst. MBA Director for the School of Business at Chaminade University of Honolulu.After leaving Hawaii in 1992, they lived in Coal Creek Canyon for 8 years where she and David owned Davlyn Designs, an art and design business. In 2000 the family moved to Firestone where Lynn, her husband David and four other artists created Artist to Artist of the Carbon Valley, an organization supporting art in this area. Lynn is a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society, a member of the National Collage Society, and a member of the Longmont Artist Guild since 2/13/09. She and her husband David also assist the Frederick Council on the Arts on their Show Committee. Lynn volunteers at the Longmont United Hospital. Besides their three daughters, Lynn and David have three grandsons and three great grandchildren.
Grants - Kate Demke:
 Kate is happy to call Longmont and CO her home. She received both her MFA and BFA in printmaking with honors. The last twenty years she taught printmaking and ran a print studio in the Midwest. Kate has had work selected for exhibit and in permanent collections across the United States. Her favorite exhibition was the 1998 COLORPRINT USA, in which she was the Michigan representative printmaker. Fifty artists (one from each state) exchanged prints and exhibited this portfolio at the same time across the US. She looks forward to working with her fellow board members to serve the guild and hopes to match their vitality.
Website - Gretchen Huering:
Gretchen has always been drawn to artists and enjoys their special company and creativity. She began painting in acrylics about a year ago and is delighted with the opportunity for self-expression.
Newsletter Editor - Susan Steven:
 Originally from San Diego, CA, Susan has lived in both Longmont and Boulder for the last 16 years. She received her BA in Art Education from San Diego State University, then taught art and photography at Skyline High School in Longmont until she retired last year. Susan now teaches painting classes at Michael's in Longmont, Boulder and Westminster. She also teaches art to independent study students at Silver Creek High School in Longmont She has been a member of LAG since 2001 and values the friends she has made through the guild. She enjoys spending time with her two children and four grandchildren, who all live in Colorado, when she is not traveling around the world or pursuing her art interests.
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Kate Demke- March Artist Demo
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 Kate Demke received her Master of Fine Arts with honors from Western Michigan University in 1987; and her Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, in 1984 from Rockford College, Illinois. She taught and headed the printmaking department at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts for twenty years, and also taught printmaking at Western and a district-wide honors high school program. She was selected as one of 100 Distinguished Art Alumni from Western Michigan University in 2003.
As a printmaker and pastel artist, Kate has had solo shows in Michagan at Water Street Gallery, the Ella Sharp Museum, the Pfizer Company and others. She has been invited to group exhibitions at Boston Printmakers, Tampa Museum of Art, Wisconsin New Visions Gallery and more. She has received First Place or Purchase Awards from The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA, Bradley University, IL, COLORPRINT USA in Lubbock, TX, Stockton National VII Print and Drawing at the Haggin Museum, CA, as well as others. Her prints in permanent collections include Fort Hays State  University, KS, Pfizer, Western Michigan University, Alma College, Wisconsin Bell, The Boston Printmakers, Upjohn International Research Foundation, Japan, Muskegon Museum, Augusta State University, GA and the Milwaukee Museum. She is represented by Synchronicity Gallery in Glen Arbor, MI, and will exhibit work in China this spring.
As well as organizing print workshops with national artists, Kate has held many demonstrations and workshops in all print mediums including color intaglio, collagraph, screenprint, relief, solarplate intaglio and monoprints/montypes. In her artist statement, Kate says she attempts to capture the change in rural nature "to create a scene or composition that is familiar". She states "the work is intimately linked to, and reflects my attitude and personal ideas regarding the fragile balance of the rural world. They are distillations of memories, old and new, sensations that I attempt to recreate on paper.
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ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS
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Second Wednesday of Every Month
September through May
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)
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Sept 8, 2010
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Camille Scott
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Encaustic
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Oct 12, 2010
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Ann Subeck
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Multimedia
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Nov 10, 2010
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Jason McPhillips
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Drawing-Painting
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Dec, 2009
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***No Demo in December***
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Jan 12, 2011
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Russ Tanner
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Oil
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Feb 9, 2011
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Karen Ramsey
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Watercolor
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Mar 9, 2011
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Kate Demke
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Pastels
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Apr 13, 2011
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Diane Goldenstein
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Sculpture
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May 11, 2011
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Tim Ellis
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Photography
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June - Aug, 2010
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***No Demos Summer Months***
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LAG EVENTS:
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LAG February Featured Artist
Karen Ramsay
Feb. 9, 2011
February's LAG meeting featured Karen Ramsay, who shared her unique watercolor technique starting with a contour pen drawing of her images first and then applying
watercolors to finish the piece. She also shared her beautiful sketchbooks and journals where she keeps her very impressive contour pen drawings of places and events that she has enjoyed.
Karen Ramsay grew up in Lakewood, Colorado. From an early age she found a love for drawing and painting. Karen graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver.
For more information on Karen Ramsay and her classes, go to:
http://karenramsay.squarespace.com
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GREAT FRAME UP MEMBERS SHOW
ARTIST RECEPTION
Feb. 11, 2011
LAG had a record amount of art submitted for exhibition at this year's show, over 140 pieces. Great work LAG! Big THANKS goes to David Weber and his crew of many LAG members who all joined together to hang the show
LAG is once again very grateful to Dave and Pamm Iannazzo, owners of the Great Frame Up, for giving us this opportunity to show our work. They have been invaluable friends to our Guild throughout the years.
  
 
  
  
  
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MEMBERS NEWS 
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Ron Smalley: Ron Is teaching classes;
Saturdays 10 - Noon at the Old Fire House Art Center
Corner of Coffman and 4th Avenue, Longmont, CO
January 15 through March 26, 2011
$20 for each 2-hour session
Phone (303) 772-4726
For more information, please visit
http://www.firehouseart.org/OFAC/classes.html
Gretchen Acharya: For Pastel Painters:
We have 2 annual shows scheduled this year. The North Boulder Recreation Center Sept. 12-30, and the East Boulder Recreation Center in November. For more info on Pastel shows, meetings and paintouts, go to.. http://www.pastelsocietyofcolorado.org/index.html
The IAPS convention will be in Albuquerque this June. This is always great fun, with interesting demos and an incredible trade show. To learn more follow the link. If anyone is interested in driving down. Let me know.
http://www.pastelinternational.com/CONVENTIONS/conventions.html
Rose Lynch: Rose exhibited several larger pieces in the WOW show at the CORE Gallery in Denver. It's an annual event and is well-attended. It ran from Feb. 9th through the 27th in the Santa Fe district. 303-443-1416
Donna Flebbe: Prepare for some fun with Inspirations at PARTiculars, Women, Wine and Art. This is an opportunity for all who would like to have an experience working with polymer clay. Come enjoy an evening with us, bring a friend. Take and Bake With Polymer Clay experience will be on Friday, March 25th at 6:30 p.m. Donna Flebbe and Ann Barnsley will instruct.
We provide all materials and participants will take home a project that they finish by baking in their own ovens. Refreshment will be provided. Cost is $35. Meet at PARTiculars at 6:30 p.m. at 401 Public Road, Lafayette Colorado. Call 720-890-7888 to reserve a spot.
Marilyn Akeson: Marilyn has 3 pictures in the LAG show and several pictures hanging in the hallway of the Optical Center at 521 Main Street, Longmont.
Becky Everitt: Becky is conducting another watercolor workshop for anyone wishing to paint in watercolors. The tentative date is Sat., March 19th from 1 to 3:30 p.m. The location is tentative but please phone Becky at 303-651-0644 or mail beckyeverittartist@gmail.com if you are interested and did not sign up previously. More information will be sent soon.
Heather Coen:
Paint America has awarded Heather Coen with "Top 100" and "Top Mini-50" for  the last half of 2010. The paintings will be delivered to the Coutts Museum in Kansas to begin a year long exhibition at various galleries in the United States. The pastels "Lupines at Pilgrim Creek" and "Grand Tetons and the Snake River" are being shipped for judging during March. They are now eligible for judges awards. The Longmont Museum will feature these paintings in a PaintAmerica show from November 19th, 2011 through Feb. 19th, 2012.  Heather has now attained enough points with the paintings included in the 2011 exhibition to attain "Signature Society Member" for Paint America. This endeavor has taken five years to accomplish competing with the best realistic artists in the United States and Canada.
Heather has also opened at the Manheim Gallery in Cottonwood, AZ. This contemporary gallery in Old Town is located at 747 N. Main Street. If you are in the Sedona area stop into this Frank Lloyd Wright designed gallery near the heart of Cottonwood.
Heather is giving lessons at the Great Frame Up in Longmont on March 23rd, 30th and April 6th and 13th with one make-up session scheduled for April 20th. The classes are scheduled from 10:30 to 2:30 on these dates and the cost is $150. Minimum of five students and a maximum of 15. "Mastering Layering and Technique," will teach beginning through advanced students oil or pastel methods to get more realistic results. The class will focus on compostion, color and design. Heather will be demonstrating at least three different ideas and the student is guaranteed at least one finished piece before the end of the session.
Heather H. Coen www.artintherockies.com
(970)669-6123
(970)361-4268
heather@artintherockies.com
Heather Coen and Becky Everitt: They both have been accepted into "A Gallery, Doug's Hang up" in old town Greeley at 818 9th Street. Currently Heather has an exhibit of eleven paintings and Becky eight paintings. An opening reception will be planned for Heather Coen and Becky Everitt in the coming weeks. We are hoping many LAG members will come to support our efforts!
Suzanne Frazier: is teaching several interesting workshops. A Contemplative Art Workshop on Inner Landscapes on Saturday, March 19 from 10 am to 3 pm. In 2011, Suzanne is teaching contemplative art retreats at Ghost Ranch, Mandala Center, and Abbey of St. Walburga. More information www.suzannefrazier.com or contact Suzanne 303-502-0751 or suzanne@suzannefrazier.com
Registration closes on March 1 for Suzanne's Ghost Ranch week-long Contemplative Art Retreat: "Exploring Your Spiritual Journey" held at the Casa del Sol at Ghost Ranch from April 1 -7. Cost: $854 (includes the materials fee for all art supplies during the week.) For more information and registration information: http://www.suzannefrazier.com/Registrations/reg-GhostRanch.html
Suzanne Frazier
P. O. Box 331
Longmont, CO 80502-0331
303-502-0751
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Rhythm on the River will be July 8 and 9 this year. Artists will once
again be eligible to exhibit their artwork in The Art Zone tent. It is
a fun day and has great attendance.
Please contact Diane Wood for further information at
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Art Competition Colorado Women's Education Foundation
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SEEING THE WORLD
Another Way
Colorado Women's
Education Foundation
Art Competition
In Honor of Temple Grandin
The event will be held at the
Gatehouse at Lionsgate Center in Lafayette,
CO and will be attended by approximately 200
people who have paid $125 per ticket. Artists
are welcome to buy tickets to attend the event.
For more information, go to www.cwef.org
2011 Art Competition Registration
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UPCOMING LAG SHOWS
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Sun Rose Cafe
Jan. 3, 2011 - Mar. 7, 2011
Please pick up your work Monday, Mar. 7th, after 3pm.
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The Great Frame Up Members Show
430 Main Street - Longmont
Feb. 11, 2011 - Mar. 4, 2011
Please pick up your work on Friday, Mar. 4th.
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St. Stephens 2011 Show
April 28 - May 1
Applications Due April 1st!
There will be cash prizes for first place in each category and Best of Show.
Categories are oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, graphite/pencil, sculpture, mixed media, natural and enhanced photography with a limit of 2 pieces per artist.
Fees are $20 for the first piece and $10 for an additional piece. A 15% commission will be collected on all sales.
Bin work is also being accepted for the Gift Shop. If you do not enter the show, there will a fee of $15 for bin work entry plus must be juried in. Application must be postmarked by April 1st.
Questions should be e-mailed to:
Application can be found on the LAG Website:
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2011 Boulder Art Association
& Longmont Artists' Guild
Members Show
| Art Delivery | | Wed. 2:00-6:00 pm | | June-11 | | Show Exhibit Hours | | Thurs. 12:00-8:00 pm | | June-11 | | Show Exhibit Hours | | Fri. 10:00-8:00 pm | | June-11 | | Reception and Awards | | Fri. 6:00-8:00 pm | | June-11 | | Show and Demos | | Sat. 10:00-8:00 pm | | June-11 | | Show Closes | | Sun.10:00-4:00 pm | | June-11 |
Entry Deadline (must be received by) Mon. May 4th, 5:00 pm
Location: Boulder County Fairgrounds, Bldg A, 9595 Nelson Rd. Longmont, CO.
Eligibility: Open to all current members of the Boulder Art Association and
Longmont Artists' Guild
Application can be found on the LAG Website:
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Greetings Artists:
I would like to invite you to participate in the 2011 ArtWalk season and help us celebrate our 15th anniversary! The ArtWalk board of directors and I are committed to making this season an excellent one and are looking forward to working with our talented local community of artists.
Last year we had over 24,000 attendees combined at all three events. Our special events, like Art in Action and the Children's Art Tent sponsored by the Longmont Studio Tour, were very popular. In 2010 we also saw a large increase in art sales during the night of ArtWalk and the surrounding weeks.
Some of the highlights of 2011 will be:
ˇ Special events and press coverage of ArtWalk's 15th Anniversary
ˇ A 25th Anniversary celebration of the Old Firehouse Art Center during the July 15 event
ˇ Each participating artist will exhibit for a minimum of 15 days
ˇ Art Through the Lens Photo Contest/Exhibition during the September 16 event
We are accepting applications for the May 20, July 15, and September 16 events. The deadline for the May event, or to be considered as one of the three featured artists for the season, is April 1. The deadline for the July 15 event is June 1. The deadline for the September 16 event or Art Through the Lens Photo Contest is August 1. Please note we will be accepting applications in all mediums for the September event in addition to entries for the photo contest.
ArtWalk will be using an electronic registration system this year. This new system will allow us to increase the visibility of participating artists on the ArtWalk website including a new Artist Archive page that will allow ArtWalk attendees to view past participants and access their websites directly for years to come. To apply please visit our website at www.artwalklongmont.org and click on the call for entries link.
I would like to thank you ahead of time for participating in ArtWalk; the many talented artists along the Front Range are what make ArtWalk such a great community event. As always, we appreciate any comments or feedback you have to help make this a successful season of integrating Life and Art.
Julie Kocjancic
Executive Director, ArtWalk Longmont
357 Main Street, Longmont CO 80501
303-678-8417
julie_kocjancic@hotmail.com
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 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.
Contact: Karen Imbierowicz, 303-678-6268
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 Dr. Peter Schmid, our wonderful Longmont plastic surgeon, gave a program at Kiwanis club about his trip to Haiti 3 weeks after the earthquake. His photos of the conditions were astounding, ones you would never see on TV. He is going back in May and said it would be wonderful to be able to take some paper and crayons down for the kids to have a little something to do. Actually over 2 million people live in Potr au Prince with really nothing. It would be wonderful if members could contribute some of these items for the kids. Please bring paper and crayons to the Art Guild meetings in Feb., March, and/or April. Or phone Becky Everitt for pickup-up at 303-651-0644. Coloring Books are also welcome, but small, tablet types, nothing thick and big as they are too difficult to transport and distribute. Also, no large reams of paper, just small pads or loose paper please. Crayons are very important!
Thank you in advance...
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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
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SEAKR FOUNDATION
The Seakr Foundation was founded to help military families who have lost a partner in Afghanistan or Iraq. 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
heather@artoftherockies.com
www.artintherockies.com
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Join the Longmont Artists' Guild
Membership & Dues
Dues are collected in September for the period September through August of each year.
New members can join at any time.
Download Application
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Longmont Artists' Guild
P.O. Box 2242
Longmont CO 80502-2242
Our Board Meetings are the first Wednesday of the month. If LAG members have any questions or concerns, please call or e-mail a board member so those items can be added to the agenda:
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Gretchen Heuring, Website..............................303-579-1645 heruingg@me.com
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The LAG Board is currently looking for someone to take over the Publicity Director position. Please contact Joan Rhodes at board@longmontartistsguild.org, or phone at (303) 828-3453 if interested.
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Newsletter articles are due by the 20th of each month prior to the month of issue.
(The old e-mail address will be discontinued as of next month).
Susan Steven 
Longmont Artists' Guild Newsletter Editor
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