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VERMONT WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
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HUB-BUB-BUB
The new Hub Initiative has taken off and is still growing! More local VWS events are ocurring and more VWS members are participating in
these watercolor related activities. If you have Hub related questions please contact Pamela Dexter,Director of Hubs:
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Facebook
If you are a Facebook user and a current VWS member, please consider joining the Vermont Watercolor Society Facebook page. This is a place for members to share their work, and information about shows and events. Click here to join.
Newsletter Submissions
All member events , workshops and show announcements should be sent to :
Newsletter article deadline is the 20th of each month.
Please put "VWS NEWSLETTER " in your title. Thank you!
If you have images, please send them in JPG format as an email attachment.
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Mark Nielsen
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Dear VWS members, Three cheers to our board and our point people who are working overtime to bring all sorts of opportunities to you. How nice it is to be able to pick and choose what things we want to participate in. It is a cornucopia. And did you, the VWS membership, realize that you make all that work worthwhile by your willingness to participate? This year I hope to encourage every one of you to reach a little outside your comfort zone and extend yourselves by participating or volunteering for something that might normally be so easy to pass up. Please do bother to email us and let us know what you're thinking. Go ahead and pick up the phone and call your point person sometime. Offer a little encouragement, maybe some help. Together, in this way, we can make our institution even more vibrant and fulfilling. Speaking of participating a little bit....If you're looking to fill a "critical" role in the VWS please consider our need to fill our Director of volunteer's position. We can come up with ways to make due but it would be so much better to not have to! This job is such a great way to get to know your fellow VWS painters. If you are wondering what the job involves please do not hesitate to call me or the very capable Amanda Amend (former director of Volunteers) and we would be happy to fill you in. In fact, I encourage you to inquire. Respectfully Yours. Mark Nielsen, President
2013 MEMBERSHIP DUES
2013 membership dues are due!
The VWS membership year begins in January of each calendar year. Members who have not yet paid dues for 2013 are considered delinquent and are not eligible to participate in VWS sponsored exhibitions, events, workshops or meetings. Memberships that remain delinquent for one year, will be terminated along with Signature Member Status, if obtained.
SURVEY
Please take a moment to respond to a short survey about our plans for juried exhibitions and signature status. The survey will be emailed in early March to all current VWS members.
SPRING MEETING
The Spring Membership Meeting will be held on Sunday, April 28th at the Middlebury Inn in Middlebury from 10AM to 3PM. We will have fun playing with paint and experimenting with techniques to create interesting effects and textures. Bring your sense of adventure and your enthusiasm! Let that inner child out!
Important! Please reserve your space ASAP and BEFORE April 22. I need to know how much food and art supplies to order!
The event registration form can be found on the VWS website: www.vermontwatercolorsociety.com/forms/vws-registration-forms.
- Claudia Carl, Director of Events
NEWS FROM THE BOARD
2013 Q1 Board of Directors Meeting
Summary
In addition to continuing work to support the VWS exhibitions, workshops, membership, hub activities and communications, the board identified three main goals to focus on for 2013:
- Foster and support Hub success
- Establish greater involvement in the community and establish community outreach
- Establish the structure of committees to help the board of directors carryout its work and achieve its goals
Individual directors' goals for 2013 include:
- Continue work toward the VWS 501(c)(3) non-profit status
- Identify and develop educational and outreach programs for the VWS membership and the community
- Continue to work toward an online submission tool for exhibitions
- Identify two additional exhibit venues for 2014
- Develop technology and framing workshops as well as identify 2014 workshop
- Continue to document procedures and make these available through the website
- Continue to develop and strengthen Hubs
- Explore a new database solution
- Search for a Directors
- Director of Volunteers - this position is currently vacant
- Director of Exhibitions apprentice to shadow Lynn and Rebecca this year
- Next Director of Membership, starting in 2014
Volunteer News VWS is an all-volunteer run organization. In order to continue hosting exhibitions, events, workshops, website, newsletter, Facebook group, etc. we need your help. We have the following openings:
- Director of Volunteers - This position is currently vacant. A new director would work with Amanda Amend who previously held this position. This is a Board of Directors position and is a two year commitment.
- Exhibitions Committee - We would like to find two or three people to form a committee to work with Rebecca and Lynn to support our exhibitions.
- Programs Committee - We are looking for two people to to work with Claudia Carl to find venues in the Western and Southern areas of Vermont.
- Tech Committee - We would like to find two or more people to form a tech committee to help the VWS membership with creating jpg files, burning CDs, etc. in support of VWS activities.
- Additional help with Hub activities is always needed and welcome.
For more information about any of these volunteer positions, please contact Amanda Amend 802-652-9893 or amanda.amend@gmail.com.
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DHMC Pickup
Saturday March 2 11AM - 3PM 4th Floor
Contact Kate Reeves for more information, kreeves@sover.net.
June 2013 Juried Awards Show
Full prospectus available soon!
Venue: SEABA (South End Arts & Business Association) 404 Pine Street, Burlington, VT, http://seaba.com
Juror: John Lovett
Gallery commission: 30% Entry Fee: $15
Calendar:
- Image Submission: 4/15/2013
- Notification to Artists by: 5/3/2013
- Show Start & End: 6/3 - 6/28/2013
- Delivery to Gallery: 6/1/2013
- Show Reception: 6/7/2013
- Pick Up from Gallery: 6/28/2013
Eligibility:
- All current dues-paid VWS Members
- Original works of art painted with water-soluble media (transparent watercolor, gouache, watercolor pencil, watercolor sticks & watercolor inks)
- Works of art not previously shown in statewide VWS shows
- Works must be professionally framed, with glass or Plexiglas, ready for hanging
- Watercolor paper, canvas, & boards, Gessoed paper & Yupo acceptable
- Top mats must be white or off-white
- Watercolor canvas & watercolor boards do not need mats or glass
- Frames must not exceed 44" on any side
- All work must be for sale
See also:
September 2013 Juried Show "Watercolor - Out of Bounds"
Juror: Linda Kemp
This show will be different from our typical shows, as multi media with watercolor, 3D work and other "non-traditional" watercolor art is the focus of this show. Additional details will be announced on the VWS website and through Snipppets.
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LINDA KEMP
The Linda Kemp workshop is filling up quickly!
Join a great group of people for a fun workshop in a wonderful setting at the Landgrove Inn. September will be fabulous at the Inn and the fall colors will inspire creative energy. Reserve your space now!
"In View" Watercolor Workshop
September 9-13 2013
Landgrove Inn
Landgrove, VT
Tuition: (does not include lodging)
VWS Members: $495
Non-Members: $575
Lodging: contact Landgrove Inn 802-824-6673
Send the registration form: www.vermontwatercolorsociety.com/forms/vws-registration-forms/
Along with deposit of $100 to hold a spot with full payment due July 2, 2013 to:
Claudia Carl
Director of Programs
Box 990
Middlebury, VT 05753
Linda Kemp CSPWC, SCA, OSA, SAA (Hon.) instructs and lectures at national symposiums and watercolor workshops throughout Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. Her internationally recognized "Negative Painting" concepts are the focus of her book and video, Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines. Her award winning paintings are in private, public, and corporate collections around the world, including The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, U.K.
 
JOHN SALMINEN
2014
Details Coming Soon!
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Each month we will feature a VWS member in this newsletter. We will start by introducing you to our hard-working Board of Directors, who all serve VWS as volunteers. Today we welcome our new Vice-President:
Amanda Amend
I was born and raised in Fresno, California. I studied music in college and became a professional violinist and music teacher. After 15 years in that career, I felt it was time for a change. Not that I had "been there and done that", but I wanted a new area of experience. I had been raised with Spanish lessons from a young age, and I had studied abroad in Spain and minored in Spanish in college, so I entered a second career in teaching Spanish and English language learners. What great opportunities that career path provides! My husband and I moved to Spain, where I was the Coordinator of English Studies in a language school in Seville (The Center for Cross Cultural Studies, which also provides Elderhostel programs which some VWS members have attended). Then it was back to the U.S., to Vermont of all places, to teach Spanish at Saint Michael's College, and then to a university in Mexico to teach intercultural communications. College teaching may seem like a very cushy job, and it does allow a lot of flexibility, but it also is all-consuming. All I did was think about Spanish grammar, how to teach it, and how to motivate students. During my summers off, I planned for the next year and did research. One night about eight years ago, as I was tearing my hair out over the pluperfect subjunctive (no, you really don't want to know what that is), it came to me that I needed a hobby! A night class in drawing and painting caught my eye, and I became hooked on art. At first it was just an occasional dabbling, but in 2007 I decided to learn to paint in watercolor. By that time another 15 years had gone by, and... it was time for another change. I retired from Saint Michael's in 2010, and now my life is largely watercolor and you, the VWS. What will these next 15 years bring??!!!  "Carmona" by Amanda Amend
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Welcome New Members!
Ruth Genco
Susan Gordon
Susan Tucker
Barbara Pafume
Four Seasons Studios, is teaching:
- 2-day "Painting Your Way" weekend workshops at her studio in Fairfax, VT. Beginners as well as experienced artists who are working in watercolor, oil or acrylic are welcome. March 9th and 10th, April 13th and 14th, and May 4th and 5th, 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM each day. Each weekend workshop is $200, which includes lessons, lunch and critique.
- Wake Robin Community classes, Shelburne, VT, March 4 & 8, April 1 & 5, May 6 &10, 9AM-noon - these classes are for Wake Robin residents only.
- "Painting Your Way", watercolor, oil or acrylic at the Isley Library in Middlebury, VT, 3/12, 3/26, 4/2, 4/12, 4/19, 5/3. 9AM - noon. 6 classes- $250 (3 classes- $135, 1 class - single class -$47.
- Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT- summer- all day classes - more info next month
For all classes, more information and to register, call Barbara at 802-849-6858
Barbara will be exhibiting some of her work at the Festival Gallery in Waitsfield, VT, mid March.
Cynthia Crawford
On Sunday Feb. 17th the White River Hub met for an excellent talk and demonstration on how to photograph your artwork and prepare your files for VWS shows given by Rebecca Gottesman's husband, Eric. Nine people attended and enjoyed a delicious potluck at Rebecca's studio. We discussed future events and desires with many good ideas. A meeting in May is planned in which members can bring some of their work and demonstrate, if they wish, how they paint.
Robert O'Brien
I will be teaching a workshop this summer in Southern France at Domaine du Haut Baran from June 15th through the 24th. Haut Baran is a beautiful restored farm in the hills about the Lot River Valley in the heart of the Cahors wine country. There will be five days of painting instruction plus tours to various sites in the area. I call it an "art vacation". For more information contact me at (802) 263-9394. Their website is www.hautbaran.com.
I will be giving a watercolor demonstration at the New England Watercolor Society's annual meeting in Boston on March 17. For more information go to www.newenglandwatercolorsociety.org. My painting "Emily" won an Honorable Mention at this years New England Watercolor Society's juried Signature Members show in Boston.
Claudia Carl
Jan Olmstead and I went to the Landgrove Inn on Monday afternoon to deliver the framed painting that Alvaro Castagnet gave to Tom and Maureen after the workshop this past October. In appreciation for being such wonderful hosts at their Inn, the Vermont Watercolor Society had the painting of the Frisker Farm framed by Brian Ladeau at Otter Creek Frame Shop in Middlebury, Vt. Alvaro gave us a clear set of directions for creating the finished results that would closely resemble the look he gets from the paintings he has framed and we are all very pleased with a job well done! Thank you Brian! The Landgrove is working on painting and getting the Gallery Hall ready to hang all the paintings they have been collecting from the different Artists who have taught workshops at their "Inn View" studio over the years. It will be a great display that we will all get to view as we attend workshops there in the future. They have a great line up this year including the Linda Kemp workshop in September which I am excited to be attending. Check them out online at www.landgroveinn.com. Note: In the last Snippetts I forgot to give credit to Kate Reeves who was in fact THE person who did the wonderful job of collecting the art and having it hung up at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock center. Just spoke to Larry and Roberta Coffin who visited the show last week and they were very impressed to see all the paintings from such a talented group.
Lynn Cummings
Lynn Cummings, Instructor
Spring Splash Watercolor Classes
Tuesday mornings, 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
April 2 - May 7, Charlotte, VT
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Tuesday evenings, 6 PM - 8:30 PM
April 2 - May 7, S. Burlington, VT
Please contact Lynn at 802-862-8638 for more information.
Jean Cannon
Two of Jean Cannon's watercolor nudes have been accepted in a show in Tampa, Florida called Nude Nite! The paintings grew out of figure sessions in Burlington organized by VWS member Charles Norris-Brown.
Jean will be teaching a beginning watercolor class through OLLI (Osher LIfe Long Institute) at UVM on Tuesday nights beginningMarch 5th. Contact OLLI for information.
 Lyn DuMoulin
Lyn DuMoulin is having a solo exhibit at the Brandon Artist Guild in Brandon, Vermont, in May-June 2013. At least ten new works will be on display. Most of Lyn's work reflects the four seasons of the great north country. Her paintings often use water reflections of some very beautiful, isolated places where, as she says, God's only been to once! Favorite themes in her work are the bright colors of vibrant life, people doing things they love, and water reflections. Of course her favorite subject, people in canoes, will be in evidence. The work is intended to make you wish you were there. In addition she is presently seeking permission from friends who live in Brandon and are well known in the community to have their watercolor portraits hung as part of the show. This, of course, depends on the skill of the artist and the vanity of older community members who might not mind seeing reflected the marvelous mileage our faces wear after 50! We'll see how many watercolor portraits make it to the walls of the Guild!
The Opening reception will be May 3 from 5-7 PM at the Brandon Artist Guild. There will be refreshments and for any VWS artist who comes through our doors the warmest possible welcome. The Brandon Artist Guild is located right on Route 7 as one travels through Brandon, don't blink!
Don Dalton
Don Dalton had two paintings accepted into the " Pictures at an Exhibition" show at Symphony Hall in Boston. This show is a collaboration between Symphony Hall and the Copley Society. The Boston Symphony Orchestra will be performing Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, for which Copley Society artists created original art that complements the suite's movements. The exhibition dates are March 6 - April 13, 2013.
Maisie Crowther
Has anybody seen a green notebook?! Maisie Crowther assembled a green, 3-ring binder which is a scrapbook of show postcards and meeting programs from the early days of the VWS. It is one-of-a-kind, and it has gone missing. She thinks it may have been left at a meeting a few years ago or passed around among VWS members. Did anyone pick it up for safe keeping? If you have or know of this binder, please contact Maisie at mbcrowther@gmail.com. Thank you!
Amanda Amend
Amanda Amend's work will fill the walls of Mirabelle's Café in Burlington, Vermont, for the month of April. Several of these piece are "inspired by Alvaro"-- done after the Alvaro Castagnet workshop and reflecting his maxim, "Don't paint what you see! Paint how you feel about what you see." Please stop by!
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This is a new section designed to share news about exhibitions, events and activities that are not VWS-sponsored, but might be of interest to VWS members. More information can also be found on the website www.vermontwatercolorsociety.com/bulletin-board.
Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition
Mad River Valley. June 29 to July 28, 2013. The Exhibition opens June 29 and runs through July 28 in the Mad River Valley and is anticipating more than 2000 visitors. Entry deadline is May 1.
Prospectus:
4th Annual Vermont Plein Air Festival
Jericho. July 20. Registration starts February 1.
3rd Annual Great Vermont Plein Air Festival
Mad River Valley. August 16 & 17. Registration starts March.
www.vermontartfest.com/event/great-vermont-plein-air-paint-out-2/2013-08-16
16th Annual Vermont Festival of the Arts
Mad River Valley. August 1st through Labor Day.
www.vermontartfest.com
National Watercolor Society Workshop
The National Watercolor Society (NWS) has engaged Don Andrews to present a demonstration and a three-day workshop at the NWS Gallery, 915 S. Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, CA 90731.
Demo: Sunday, May 19; 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Workshop: Monday-Wednesday, May 20-22; 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
If you have questions, contact Penny Hill by phone: 760-908-3389 or
email nwsannualexib@gmail.com.
The Shelburne Craft School
Shelburne Farms and Lake Champlain Residential 5 day Intensive Watercolor Workshop: 8/19-8/23rd
Location: Shelburne Farms, Vermont
Instructor: Joel Popadics
Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm, 8/19-8/23rd
Fee $825 shared room, $1,145.00 single room: includes lodging on Lake Champlain at the Shelburne Farms Lake Front Orchard House: Sunday night check in 5:30pm-Friday day, 2 meals a day and instruction. Material List will be provided.
Call Shelburne Farms to Register: (802) 985-8686
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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 Landgrove Inn, or call 802 824-6673. Tom and Maureen Checchia, owners. |
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