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The Great Frame Up
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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
The Great Frame-Up Website
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Sun Rose Cafe
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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
Sun Rose Cafe Website
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September 2011 Newsletter |
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The summer is coming to an end and I hope everyone had a creative one.
We have already arranged a wonderful line up of shows and demonstrations. So the upcoming season will be a busy one.
This year is our turn for the LAG/BAA Show, which will take a lot of work and planning by our guild. So please let me know any suggestions or ideas you might have for the show. We start putting the show together in September.
Well, I am headed for Estes Park as a member of the Colorado Senior Charity Rodeo Association. We will be putting on two days of rodeo to raise funds for the local charities. I will see you September 14th!
Joan Rhodes
LAG President
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MEMBERSHIP FEE - DUE NOW!
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Join or Renew
your Longmont Artists' Guild Membership
DUE NOW
Dues are collected in September for the period September through August of each year. The annual membership fee is $20 for individuals, $30 for family, $50 for businesses and $10 for students with I.D.
New members can join at any time.
You can send your application and membership fee by check to:
LONGMONT ARTISTS' GUILD, P.O. BOX 2242, LONGMONT, CO 80502-2242
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SEPTEMBER ARTIST DEMONSTRATION
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 HEATHER COEN:
I've been painting since I was a child. I apprenticed to two master artists while living in California and have taken many workshops and classes from artists all over the United States. Many layers of oil or pastel go into my work, creating a third dimension in each original piece. The subject matter changes and varies from a study of a single flower to the wide open expanses of the Alaskan wilderness. I am most renowned for my mastery of water images. My initial training started by taking lessons in California with two master artists followed by palette knife workshops from Don Foster. I believe an artist can improve and grow no matter how experienced or talented they are. I attend one workshop from a master artist every year. I have been juried into 35 national and inter-national shows in the last 18 months and took Paint America's Judge's Award for "Top Mini 50" in 2009. In 2010, besides being juried into many venues, I was also included in the prestigious Salon International's Exhibition; and I was invited to the Wyoming Arts Council Plein-Air Event hosted by Southwest Art. I was a featured artist in the July 2010 edition of "American Art Collector." I was also interviewed by the same magazine for the Plein-Air Artists of Colorado, Saks Gallery 2010 show ( June 25th through July 1oth) in Denver. In March 2011, the re-launch of "Plein Air" magazine includes an article written by me and an editorial on my artwork. I have been invited to Plein Air Rockies and Prairies to Peaks Wyoming for the 2011 "Plein Air" invitationals. I currently live in Loveland, Colorado with my beloved basset hounds, Mallory and Lily Belle, and my husband, Richard. I believe I am, "Creating a legacy, one original at a time." Recently I have been doing the plein air "Prairies to Peaks." I am hoping one of three paintings I submitted will win something special: 
"The Road Home" Oil 12 by 24 
"Basset Barns" Oil 8 by 10 
"Sun on the Open J" Pastel 11 by 14 I am in the Plein Air Rockies in Estes Park next week. That show starts on 8/27 and runs through 10/2. For more information, call the Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park at 970-586-9203, E-Mail: info@estesarts.com. Recent accomplishments include elevation to "Signature Circle" status for Paint America. Inclusion in the "Best of Oils" book coming out this winter and First Place for the AANC "Celebration of Color" for the following painting: 
I also took second for the BAA-LAG show in June for "Tern to Life." 
Heather H. Coen www.artintherockies.com heather@artintherockies.com (970)361-4268 Oil Painters of America Pastel Society of America Women Artists of the West Pastel Society of Colorado (Signature Member) Plein Air Artists of Colorado (Signature Member) Paint America (Signature Circle) Longmont Art Association Art Association of Northern Colorado |
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ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS
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 ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS
The Second Wednesday of Every Month
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)
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Sept 14, 2011
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Heather Coen
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Oils
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Oct 12, 2011
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Mary Morrison
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Acrylics
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Nov 9, 2011
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Judith Dickenson
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Oils
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Dec, 2011
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***No Demo in December***
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Jan 11, 2012
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TBA
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Feb 8, 2012
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Heather Rogers
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Painted Photos
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Mar 14, 2012
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Glenis Leitch
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Fiber Arts
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Apr 11, 2012
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Susan Steven
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Acrylics
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May 9, 2012
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Susan Kacik
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Mixed Media
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June - Aug, 2012
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***No Demos Summer Months***
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MEMBERS NEWS 
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Diana Wade LAG member from Loveland has had pastels juried into the 2011 National Paint the Parks Mini 50 Competition... as well as the 2011 Colorado Pastel Society Mile High International Exhibition & Sale... and the 16th Annual Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction.
Diane Wood held a workshop at the Longmont senior Center, Monday, June 20 where 13 participants enjoyed a pastel workshop. The group was very enthusiastic. This was a workshop open to the public and free of charge. She also had artwork at Dickens Tavern July and August. Diane was also at the Dickens Tavern for the July 15th Artwalk.
Her artwork was also at the Times Call 3rd floor art wall for the month of July.
Diane's artwork is at the Gilpin Art Gallery August thru September. The Teller House across the street has opera performances during the summer and the gallery entertains the opera crowd.
July 9 was Rhythm on the River at Rogers Grove in Longmont, CO. It is one of the biggest and finest events put on by the City. Diane managed the Art Zone tent as well as exhibited and sold her own work.
Diane currently has work on display at Rabid Rabbits Gallery on Kimbark St. in Longmont.
In August Diane had work at the North Boulder Rec Center on Broadway in Boulder as well as artwork at the First Congregational Church of Christ in Longmont.
In September Diane will show paintings at Bear Creek Dental, Municipal Courthouse and Crazy Horse Beauty Salon all in Louisville.
Marilyn Akeson will have an exhibit at Cafe Luna 800 Coffman Street, Longmont during the month of October. It will be mostly watercolor and some mixed media.
Susan Steven has ten paintings exhibited at the Internal Medicine in Boulder for the months of September and October. She also had two paintings accepted in the Mountainside Miniatures National Art Show being held September 2 to October 29th at the Foothills Art Gallery in Golden, CO. Susan has been selling her miniature paintings at recent art festivals including Rythym on the River, Boulder Pearl St. Mall, Denver 16th St. Mall and Louisville ArtFest. She was recently hired by Boulder Options School to teach art and photography to grades 2-8 and she continues to teach painting classes at Michaels in Boulder on Saturdays. So much for retirement!
Rose Lynch will have 10-12 artworks at Osmosis in Niwot through September. She is also showing at the Modernism Art Show at the National Western Complex in Denver end of August and is currently showing at Spark Gallery in Denver
Diana Tripp was accepted in the: The International Mile High Pastel Society of Colorado Show - Aug 20 - Sept 16 The Louisville 26th Annual National Art show, Sept 5 - 11 The BAA Chautauqua show, Sept 2 - 5 The Open studios Fall Tour in Boulder, Oct 1, 2, 8 and 9th. She also joined a new Co-Op Gallery and is displaying there: The Main Street Fine Art Gallery in Evergreen, CO
Ron Sweetin is the winner of the September "Through the Lense" competition for ArtLink's ArtWalk and will be their featured artist for the September through October exhibition. Ron's work can be seen starting the third Friday of September at 6 PM in the Crackpots store at 501 Main Street, Longmont. His web site is
www.wttwphoto.com and his email is wttwphoto@comcast.net. Please stop by and say hello during ArtWalk.
Heather Coen took "Second" overall for her oil painting "Basset Barns" 8 by 10 for the Wyoming Plein Air "Praries to ng in this competition! 53 artists from all over the US came to the event. The show is being hosted by Deselms Gallery, 300 17th Ave. downtown Cheyenne.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prairies-to-Peaks-A-Plein-Air-in-Wyoming/103017089783201?sk=wall She also got all three of her paintings into the BAA show coming up at Chautauqua Park in Boulder. Friday September 2nd through 5th. She is also opening at Antiques and Art in old town Durango next week. Lastly, she was hired by the City of Loveland to conduct art classes at the Childon Rec Center.
Nancy Champion has an art exhibit of acrylic paintings of Flowers up at the Burlington Medical Center @ 119 & Main (behind the Mc Donalds) with the LCA Artist Registry through September 2011.
Margaret Bobb is participating in the Denver Plein Air Fest...is anyone else? In case you are interested here's the link: http://www.gtmd.org/pleinairartsfestivala.aspx There is a $15 registration fee this year...and it's $10 to submit each entry--or you could just go paint for fun, and not enter anything. Kate Demke in June was invited to be in a print exhibition in the Chung Chi College Gallery, in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Suzanne Frazier is one of the artists on the Longmont Studio Tour, the last weekend in September, September 24 & 25, from 11 am to 5pm. Maps are available at the Muse Gallery or http://www.longmontstudiotour.org. You are invited to stop by her gallery/working studio in Prospect.
 Becky Everitt was the winner of the first Plein Air Art Exhibit featuring Boulder County Parks and Open Space reception.
It was held Aug. 19th at The Old Firehouse Art Center, 4th and Collyer St. Over 1400 people were in attendance at this premier event and 14 paintings were sold. Twenty artists from Boulder County were selected from a 54 applicants to participate in this event. Artists had a 2 week time
frame in June to complete their works. Many awards were given
including the 1st Place choice of the County Commissioners to the
painting they felt best portrayed the essence of the Open Space areas.
This award was presented to Becky Everitt for her watercolor
portrayal of the "Barn at the Agricultural Heritage Center". This
painting will be in the Boulder Court House Commissioners Offices. The
show runs through Sept. 3rd.
Debbie Rocchi is presenting an LST where she will have not only her artwork on display but also live music both afternoons from her musician patients (Sept 24 and 25th), refreshments and local brews and some photography from her son, Travis, and friend, Zayne Diamond. Stephanie Powers had work at the Great Frame up for the July Art walk and now has her work in the Times Call building. She traveled to Europe this summer and spent time in Paris, London and Scotland where she was thrilled to see some of the most distinctive art in the world. Colleen Hoerner had a pastel painting "The Tale of 2 Tomatoes" accepted into the Pastel Society of America's show to be shown in New York in September. Also 2 paintings "Maggie" and "Tattoo" will be in the Colorado Pastel Society's Mile High International show in Denver during Aug/ Sept. "The Chocolate Horse" and "Autumn Pasture" were juried into the COLORado show to be held at Chautauqua over Labor Day. Her painting " The Red Kimono" won the Best of Show in the Colorado Pastel Society's Member show at the Great Frame-Up this past June. Colleen's studio at 2810 Wilderness Pl. Ste. C, Boulder, will be open for Boulder Open Studios Oct. 1,2,8,and 9 from 12-6 each day. Connie Griffith and Lynn Daignault were accepted into the Mountainside Miniatures National Art Show. The show will be held from September 2 - October 29, 2011 at the Foothills Gallery at 809 15th Street, Golden, CO. Connie has one painting in the show, and Lynn has three. All paintings had to be no larger than 5"x7" with a frame opening of no more than 8"x10". There are artists' works from all over the US and Canada represented in this show. Lynn Daignault will have two paintings in the Colorado Watercolor Society's New Trends Exhibit at the Co Art Gallery, 846 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. The paintings are: "Dancing With The Stars" and "Light Play". Exhibit dates are September 13 - 24; from 11 AM - 5 PM. Diane Goldenstein in presenting a three month One-person Show called "Study In Orange" at the Law Offices of Francesca Ramos & Russell A. Lombardy II, 450 Main Longmont. Viewing daily during business hours 9-5 PM. Note: THIS IS A CLOSED VENUE Please DO NOT Contact about showing. She also has a show at Abbndanza Pizzeria 461 Main Street. The Show is Called Abstracted Mountain Landscapes. Viewing 11:00 to 9:00 PM Daily. This is an open venue but schedules 1 year in advance. Contact Mr. Goff for information. |
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MEMBER'S WORKSHOPS 
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Diane Wood:
Diane is giving a pastel workshop at Longmont Museum and Cultural Center on Saturday, September 17 from 10 am to 12 noon. It is open to the community and is free. Participants should call her at 303-678-7456 to sign up. There will be a maximum of 12 participants to this workshop.
She will also be teaching a pastel workshop thru the city of Longmont beginning Monday, September 12 from 10 am to 12:00 noon at Izaak Walton Clubhouse on Sunset St. You may sign up thru Roosevelt Memorial, or go on line to register.
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, Monday evenings 7-9pm and Wednesday afternoons, 1 pm - 4 pm. Each session runs for a month continuing through the year. Cost is $49.00 for each month's session. Enjoy painting in a relaxed atmosphere as you build your ability to create your vibrant oil painting. Call Dot for additional information. 303-682-8957 or e-mail at cottagehus@aol.com.
Susan Steven: Susan is teaching acrylic painting classes at Michael's in Boulder. These classes are for all ages and all levels, Saturdays, 10 - noon, $25 per class. You will do a finished painting in the two hour class. If interested, call Susan at (303)440-1060, or Michael's (303) 494-2008.
Suzanne Frazier:
Suzanne is teaching a Tuesday night Oil Pastel Drawing Class featuring three weeks of Color Theory study, two weeks about improving your personal style and four weeks drawing faces from a contemplative point of view. For a full schedule of Suzanne's classes: http://www.contemplativeart.blogspot.com Suzanne is also teaching two Saturday Art Workshops: "Color Theory", October 15, 10 am to 3 pm and "Inner Landscapes", November 5, 10 am to 3pm. Cost: $62. Discover a new way of art making through a contemplative approach. For complete information: www.suzannefrazier.com or call 303-502-0751.
More classes and Instruction by LAG Members:
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
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."
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CALL FOR ARTISTS:
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Front Range Orthopedics is asking for art work to be shown in their offices by local artists. The location/venue is great. The hanging area is not directly in the waiting room for patients, but this room looks into a larger split hallway and large pieces will show fantastically well there.
Requirements by Front Range Orthopedics are:
Artwork to be hung and taken down will be on a specific date and delivery time is 5:00 pm. (This must be adhered to as the Front Range Orthopedics does not want their office procedures disturbed during busy hours.)
No artwork to be smaller by a 16 x 20" canvass
Artwork may be 24 x 36 and larger. 5 ft canvasses would work well. Anything larger may tax the strength of the walls.
All artwork must be of Colorado landscapes, florals, animals
No abstracts. No nudes.
Mediums of oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, photography artwork accepted
A business card should be placed on the front of the artwork but with no prices
Interested buyers will contact the artist direct
If a painting/photography is sold, no commission is taken by FRO or the association or the coordinator.
Artwork will be hung for a 3 month period
Scheduling would require 4 to 5 artists for each 3 month period and include a mixture of mediums. It would require 4 to 5 artworks per artist. Diane Wood will be the coordinator of this venue. Since we will be dealing with 3 to 4 different associations, interested artists must contact Diane for scheduling.
Location of Front Range Orthopedics is:
Longmont Medical Campus
1551 Professional Lane, Suite #200
Longmont, Colorado 80501
Office: (303) 772-1600
This medical campus is at the junction of Hwy 287 (Main St.) and Pike Rd.
The first show will be hung July 11. I have drawn from BAA, LAG and LAA artists that I knew had Colorado themes and were of a larger size (not smaller than 16 x 20).
Diane Wood
dianewoodartist@live.com
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CALLING ALL ARTISTS!
We would like to invite you to be on the ground floor in creating Loveland's newest art event. We hope to add "Pastels on 5th" to the already impressive list of events that highlight one of Loveland's most distinguishing features, its internationally renowned arts community.
Pastels on 5th, recognizes that the arts are truly the distinguishing feature of Downtown Loveland and are key to its continued vitality. We want to include the whole city in this free benefit event, bringing businesses, artists, and community members to the cultural hub of Loveland. This event will benefit Alternatives to Violence and all money raised will help build a safe house for victims of domestic violence. The safe house will serve all of Southern Larimer County. The first ever Pastels on 5th will be September 10, 2011 (the second Saturday in September). The location is 5th Street in Downtown Loveland, between Cleveland and Lincoln, adjacent to the Loveland Museum/Gallery. A reception will take place inside the Loveland Museum from 11am - 2pm for artists and sponsors. There is no cost to you as an artist to participate. We are just asking for your time and talent! You will be part of creating a sidewalk gallery for all of Loveland to come out and see. Please see the attached brochure for more detailed information about the event. Complete the "Artist Form" to let us know you would like to participate. Or, you may check us out at: www.alternativestoviolence.org
and register online! Most Sincerely, Marcia Moellenberg & Vicky Bryant, Event Coordinators
A benefit for Alternatives to Violence and
the Southern Larimer County Safehouse Project
Marcia Moellenberg, 970.613.8404
Vicky Bryant, 970.461.2972
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Greetings Artists,
It's time to prepare for the 7th Annual Frederick Art Exhibit at the Bella Rosa Golf Clubhouse, 5830 Bella Rosa Parkway (WCR 20) Frederick, Colorado 80530, October 13th - 15th, 2011.
We will be accepting applications with your paid fee of
$30.00 now and they must be received by 5:00 PM
Friday, September 30, 2011. Along with your fee payment, turn in
your signed Indemnification & Release of Display and Entry
Form.
Make checks payable to the Town of Frederick, Attn: Megan
Barber, 401 Locust Street, PO Box 435, Frederick,
Colorado, 80530.
Be sure to encourage any of your fellow artists to participate in the show. And mark your calendar now to attend the cash awards reception on Friday, October 14th. Dianne Green and Pat Houston
303-833-0441 303-682-1807
Frederick Art in Public Places Commission
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INTERESTING ITEMS
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Diane Wood was interviewed by a Times Call reporter regarding her being a survivor of the Hartford, CT July 1944 Ringling Bros./Barnum and Baily Circus Fire. They also wanted a photo of her when she was 6 years old. The editorial was published in July.
Second annual Louisville Arts Fest scheduled for Labor Day Weekend By Kimberli Turner Colorado Hometown Weekly
Front Street in downtown Louisville will be a flurry of arts of all kinds on Saturday, Sept. 3 -- from painting, pottery and sculpture to voice, poetry and dance.
The second annual Louisville Arts Fest, held over the Labor Day weekend, is themed "Unleash the Artist in You," and more than 30 local artists will set up shop around the Steinbaugh Pavilion on Front Street and offer demonstrations in addition to selling their artwork.
"It's going to be a really fun time for artists," said Emilie Parker, a member of the Louisville ArtsHub, a group of artists and art-related business owners in downtown Louisville who promote the city's growing arts culture. It's free for artists to demo, and people who come to participate and let their creative juices flow will pay a small fee for materials, Parker said.
From 3-8 p.m., demonstrations at booths in two large tents near the pavilion and in the parking lot north of the library will include pottery, weaving, metalsmithing, paper and bronze sculpture, mosaics, wood-carving, acrylics and more.
While those activities take place outside, micro-workshops will be held inside the Louisville Public Library's first-floor conference room with poetry readings and also musical instrument and vocal lessons provided by Dana V music.
A caricaturist and sidewalk chalk artists will also be on hand, as well as instructors leading Zumba lessons. A large canvas will be made available for festivalgoers to leave their own piece of art as part of a larger project.
"It's a community canvas where everyone can help create a large picture," said Louisville's ArtUnderground director Lori Jones.
Jones, who helped plan the Louisville Arts Fest with Parker and Lee Turmala, said last year's canvas -- a painting of downtown Louisville created by about 30 people -- will be on display.
Steinbaugh Pavilion will be reserved for the day's entertainment featuring Louisville Idol, a play on the televised singing competition "American Idol." Performers 16 and older who are interested in competing are encouraged to register by calling Dana V music at 770-240-1658. The first-place winner will receive $100, second place will take home $50 and third place will get a gift certificate from a Louisville business.
Louisville Idol will start at 3 p.m. and will be mixed in between performances by the FlatIrons Jazz ensemble. Food and drink vendors will be on hand during the festival.
Turmala said the Arts Fest is unique because it's not only artists showing off what they do but a chance for people to learn from local artists by getting involved with the various art forms offered.
"We can expose so many artists and try our hand at many different things," Turmala said.
As the evening winds down, Louisville nonprofit Old Town Cinema will show local filmmakers' short films as well as classic cinema from 8 to 10 p.m. at Bittersweet Café and Confections' outdoor theater, a backyard area behind the shop at 820 Main St.
For more information, visit louisvilleartsfest.com.
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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 a board member so those items can be added to the agenda
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Hazel McCoy, Website..............................303-772-7383 lezahwolfe@lavabit.com Susan Steven, Newsletter Editor........303-440-1060 smsarts@hotmail.com Kate Demke, Grants................303-682-9405 katedemke@comcast.net
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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.
Susan Steven 
Longmont Artists' Guild Newsletter Editor
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