"Art doesn't have to match the couch."
~Penny Pennington
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From the President
As I write this, two scary things are threatening my equanimity-Halloween and presidential elections. I suppose one could yell "Trick or Treat!" for both. At least with Halloween you kind of know what you'll get.
You also know what you get as a member of The Portsmouth Arts Guild. For example, see the 2009 Exhibitions schedule listed below. It begins, as usual, with a show of student artwork from area high schools, now shortened to 10 days, followed by the third non-juried Members' All-Media Exhibition.
Tables for our Dec. 6 Holiday Gift Gala Sale are all taken and will offer a range of small art items, jewelry, note cards and gifts for the holiday season. Come and bring your friends-Saturday, Dec. 6, 11 am to 5 pm.
And don't forget that art intake for the Under $200 Holiday Show is Nov. 17 (3:30-6:30 pm) and Nov. 18 (6:30-8:30) pm. It's non-juried and you can enter two works--$10 for the first, $5 for the second. And if any sell, you can replace them at no charge. All Guild commissions from the Holiday Show will go to support the Eileen Gorton Shanley Scholarship Fund to assist graduating Portsmouth High School art students going on to study art in college.
Please note: Because art intake for the Holiday Show conflicts with the regularly scheduled November members' meeting, we are changing the members' meeting to Wed., Nov. 19, 7 pm, with social time beginning at 6:30. Digital photographer Michael Guertin will be discussing "Color and Composition in Fine Art Photography."
At its Oct. 30 meeting, the Portsmouth Town Council approved the membership of the new Portsmouth Arts and Culture Committee, which it established to explore the creation of a permanent center for the visual and performing arts for the region. If successful, this would mean a new home for The Portsmouth Arts Guild that would be ideally suited for exhibitions, art classes and meetings, as well as a space for the performing arts in a central location with good parking.
Committee members working on this project include the following: Eric Broudy, chair; Izabella Casselman, painter and mixed media artist, former co-chair of Portsmouth's Arts for Life Committee, PAG member; Malcolm (Mac) Chrupcala, musician, educator; Lois Erhartic, grant writer, business woman, artist, PAG member; George Furbish, PAG board member, painter, treasurer and chair of finance committee of Newport Art Museum; Janis Gordon, president of Jan Gordon Marketing International; Michael W. Miller, PAG board member, photographer, real estate attorney; Mark Nickel, director of university communications at Brown University, vice chair of the Providence Singers, PAG member; Tom Perrotti, manager of Common Fence Music; Laurie (Davidson) Spaner, actor, singer, director; Jill Wilson, art teacher, antiques and art dealer; Priscilla Wimpress, board member of Portsmouth Community Theater and Glen Manor House. Serving ex officio are Robert Driscoll, Portsmouth town administrator; Leonard Katzman, liaison to Portsmouth Town Council; and William Clark, Portsmouth director of business development.
Town Councilman Leonard Katzman sees the development of an Arts and Culture Center as a several-year project, if the committee recommends that the project is viable. I'll provide periodic updates as the work moves forward. In the meantime...
See you at the gallery!
~Eric Broudy
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Call for Artists
Scenes of Rhode Island Show. Governor Donald L. Carcieri and the Rhode
Island State Council on the Arts announce a call for artists
to submit works for a December 2008/January 2009 exhibition. Cash awards to Best in Show, 2nd Place, and 3rd Place for 2-dimensional works representing scenes from the Ocean State. Submission deadline:
Monday, November 10. Info: http://www.arts.ri.gov/projects/scenes/scenes.php
Balancing The Tides.
Balancing the Tides - A Newport Journal, volume v: where the winds blow. We invite submissions of art &
literature that explore the effects of wind in meteorological and in
psychological terms. What happens to us islanders in the warm, the
hazy, the cool, the gnarly breezes? Fohnwetter, is what the
Swiss-Germans call the surliness that overtakes their populace when the
wind that is warmed over plains in the Alps swoops over the people. Submissions for volume v welcome until December 1, 2008. Visit www.balancingthetides.com for text and art submission details.
Jamestown Town Hall Gallery. Artists are invited to submit artwork for "32 Degrees", an open all media show. Drop off: Thursday, Dec 4, 12-4pm.
Opening: Thursday Dec 11, 5-7pm.
Maximum size 48" x 48", maxium weight 25lbs.
All work must be framed, wired, and ready to hang.
We are unable to display 3D works unless they can be wall hung. More info: Wendy Crooks at 401 423-0993
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Openings and Exhibits
 Gallery X. "Graffiti Show 2008", October 22- November 23.
Hours: Wed- Fri, 11am-5pm;
Sat & Sun 11am-3pm.
169 William Street,
New Bedford, MA 02740. 508-992-2675
www.galleryx.org
Also at Gallery X... live Soul, Jazz & Spoken-word at the gallery's Lore Lounge, with featured & open mic artists, and music by the Bass Mint Bros. 4th Friday of every month starting October 24, 8pm, $5.00.
More info: mgmulti@gmail.com or 508-566-6269
ALRI at the Bristol Art Museum. The Bristol Art Museum, the site of the ALRI's
inaugural exhibition in 2000, will host ALRI's 8th Annual Members'
Show.Exhibition Dates: 24 October through 16 November
at Bristol Art Museum, Wardwell & Hope Streets, Bristol RI.
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sun, 1-4pm.
http://www.bristolartmuseum.org/html/fall_exhibit.html
 The DeBlois Gallery. "Something to See" is the 24th Annual Members'
Show from Nov 1-November
21. Opening: Saturday,
November 1, 5-7pm. This event will showcase an exciting blend of new work created by
the gallery's thirteen artist members. Represented mediums include
painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, photography and
assemblage. Members who will show their most recent works are: Valerie
Debrule, Kathy Morton, Karen Nash, Valorie Sheehan, and Doreen Dewhurst
from Newport; Portsmouth residents Izabella Casselman, Helen
Poniatowski and Felicia Touhey; Rosemary Day and Rodie Siegler from
Middletown; Fall River residents Ron Caplain and Marion Wilner and
Kathleen Armor from Bristol. DeBlois Gallery, 138 Bellevue
Avenue, Newport, is open Tuesday-Sunday, 12-5pm. More
info: www.debloisgallery.com or call 401-847-9977.
Hope Gallery.
Invitational Small Works Christmas Show,
November 14 - December 22, 2008 at 435 Hope Street
Bristol, RI
www.hopegalleryfineartfinecraft.com (401) 396-9117.
Over 35 local and regional artists exhibiting and selling
their fine art and fine craft. Reception:
Friday, November 14,
5pm-9pm. Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Sunday - Noon-5pm;
Thursday, Friday & Saturday - Noon-6pm;
Monday by appointment: (401) 683-0146
Fall River Open Studios. Artists across the city will be opening their studios to the public on Saturday, November 8th, from 11am-4pm. Trolleys will be shuttling from one point to another in a continuous
loop throughout the day. On display will be oil painting, drawing, woodworking, metalsmithing,
jewelry making, ceramics, sculpture, basketwork and textile art, to
name a few. In
addition to visual arts, the audience will be invited behind the
scenes to witness dance in rehearsal and theatre in pre-production. A
map and full, up-to-date list of the studios, artists, and the
artists' websites, with directions, is available at the Arts
Express/Open Studios website:
http://www.artsexpressfallriver.com/openstudio/
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Artist Opportunities
Arts Guild Panels 2009.Display your artwork on Portsmouth Arts Gallery's standing panels, allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please send $25 (your 2009 reservation check) to:
Portsmouth Arts Guild
P.O. Box 463
Portsmouth, RI 02871
Availability:
4 months (April-July or
August-November) for $100
8 months (April-November) for $200
Either way, it works out to $25 per month to have your artwork on
display during all our shows (except March member show and end-of-year
Holiday show).
As before, panel renters will be required to gallery sit a minimum of one day per month. If you have questions, please contact Libby Gilpatric at 683-3448, libbygilpatric@yahoo.com. Remember, your $25 check holds your space. Please indicate with your check which rental period you prefer.
New York Bus Trip.
Saturday, November 22,2008.
Time to visit museums, shop, get tickets to a Broadway show and dine in
NYC.
Leaves: parking lot of Rockland Trust Bank (formally Slades Ferry bank) corner of Rtes.6 & 138 Sumerset, MA at 6:30am. Arrives NYC 11:30am. Leaves NYC from New York Public Library 5th Avenue at 7pm. Arrives Somerset at 12 Midnight.
Cost: $45per person - includes tip, coffee& doughnuts.
Send checks to: GFRAA, 80 Belmont Street, Fall River, MA 02720. More info: Renee Lipson 508-361-0799, or Julio 508-993-7680
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News
Wanda Perkowska Coderre. Wanda received the Best of Show Award at the Art
Guild of Newport Museum's Art on the Lawn. She won her award for her
watercolor entitled "As Night Approaches".
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Editor's Request
My thanks to every one of you who sends me news about your well-deserved accomplishments and awards. I'm so happy to send them on to the rest of the members in each newsletter! My request is that along with your next item, please send a jpeg of your achievement.
Aside from being unable to attend all the events that members are involved in, I'd prefer to not stand on another wobbley chair at the Guild in order to get an image...I might fall on you!
Our fearless leader, Eric Broudy, captured this photo,
"Danger: Newsletter Editor at Work".
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Members Classified Do you have something to sell or give away? Something you're looking for? Send info to info@portsmouthartsguild.org for a free listing in the Member Classified.
Giveaway. New inkjet cartridges (HP 45 and
78).
Carol FitzSimonds 683-14549
Tiles. Left-over tiles, some whole. Anyone who would be interested in having them please call Wendy Crooks 401 423-0993
Wanted: Maps. I am collecting old, out-dated nautical charts, particularly of this
area, from Long Island Sound to the Vineyard/Nantucket and the whole of
Buzzards Bay and all the islands and coves. Libby Gilpatric 401-440-3974
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Guild Ink
Issue no. 8
November 2008
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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
CALL FOR ARTISTS (3)
OPENINGS & EXHIBITS (6)
ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES (2)
NEWS (1)
NEW MEMBERS (6)
MEMBERS CLASSIFIED (2)
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*Date Change*
A conflict with the
Holiday Show intake
neccessitates a date change of
Members' Meeting
to
Wednesday, November 19
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Onlookers study exhibits
at October's PAG
"Juried Members' Show"
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