the arts association for Aquidneck Island and nearby towns
www.portsmouthartsguild.org
401-293-5ART
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Man will begin to recover the moment he takes art as seriously as physics, chemistry or money.
~Ernst Levy
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From the President
Your Arts Guild continues to make great strides. Last month, a record 37 works of art sold from the Shanley Retrospective, "An Unfinished Journey." The Guild's commissions from that show doubled the Eileen Gorton Shanley Scholarship Fund (now totaling over $2,000), enabling us to offer the first scholarship award of $200 this month to a graduating Portsmouth High School senior. The first recipient is Meredith Fitzgerald, selected by PHS art teachers, who will study art next year at the Rochester Institute of Technology. In addition to the Shanley sales, six other works sold from the panels and display cases in May. It's heartening to see that even with gas at $4.00 a gallon, people are still buying art!
The current show, "Here's Looking at You: Portraits and Figures," is terrific and I urge you to see it. It's wonderfully diverse in its interpretations of the theme. RISD juror Robin Wiseman awarded First Prize to Judy Chaves for her "Self Portrait" in oil. Second Prize went to Eric Hovermale for his digital photograph, "Repose," and Third Prize was awarded to Jillian Barber for her remarkable clay sculpture, "Chrysanthemum." Both Chaves and Hovermale are Arts Guild members. Honorable Mentions were awarded to Priscilla Malone, JP Fernandes, Jan Armor, Libby Gilpatric, Phyllis Adams, Jillian Barber, Jill McLaughlin, and Liliya Krys-all Guild members except for the last three. The juror's comments on why he selected those works for awards are posted next to the winning entries.
We received 132 entries from 66 area artists. Sixty-eight works by 45 artists were accepted for exhibition. There was so much great work entered, I only wish we had the space to exhibit more of it! Many thanks to all who entered. And special thanks to those who helped hang the show-Anne Winthrop Cordin, John Forasté, Allayne Boruch and Libby Gilpatric.
The second-prize winner, Eric Hovermale, incidentally, will be the speaker at our June 17 members' meeting. His figure studies are primarily explorations of movement, form, and light. Both his figure studies and his portraits, he states, attempt to express the human spirit, as well as the external form of his subjects. "In my images, I am attempting to use a visual language to create the same impact as a good poem," Hovermale says. "I try to edit out the extraneous and to retain the essence." If you're missing the member meetings, you're missing one of the great benefits of Guild membership. The discussions and presentations this year have been fabulous. (Thank you, Felicia Touhey, for arranging them!)
See you at the gallery!
~Eric Broudy |
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Call for Artists 
Rhode Island Watercolor Society. Open Juried Show: "Light" June 22 through July 10, 2008 open to all artists in New England. Work must have been completed within the last three years and may not have been done in a class or under a teacher's suppervision. Original work only. Work may not have been accepted in any previous Rhode Island Watercolor Society juried show. Watermedia only - no diptychs or triptychs. Juror: Cynthia Baron, AWS. First prize: $150; Second prize: $100; third prize: $75 plus honorable mentions. Hand delivered only - entries may be delivered to Rhode Island Watercolor Society June 3-15 during gallery hours (Tues.-Sat. 10-4pm; Sunday 1-5pm). For complete list of requirements call or visit: Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Blvd., Pawtucket, RI 02861 (401) 726-1876 or www.riws.org
Manchester Arts Festival. First Annual arts festival in Manchester-By-The-Sea, MA open to artists and artisans. Entries must be accompanied by a completed entry form, a check payable to the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, three (3) photos of the work you intend to show and a self-addressed stamped envelope. Application fee: $100 will be returned if not accepted. All proceeds from any sales are the property of each artist to keep. Entries to be juried may be sent immediately but must be received, no later than June 15th, 2008. Festival is Saturday, July 26 2008. Rain date, Sunday July 27. Manchester Arts Festiva,l 68 Summer Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944 (978) 283-1601. For info and application: info@capeannchamber.com or manchesterARTS@earthlink.net
Portsmouth Arts Guild. "Toujours I' Amour: An Exhibition of Love". Open non-juried show. Opening reception: Thursday, July 3, 6-8pm. Drop off dates: Monday, June 30, 3-6pm, Tuesday, July 1: 6:30-8:30pm. Pick up dates: Monday, July 28: 3-6pm; Tuesday, July 29: 6:30-8:30pm. Fee: 1 Entry $15, $5 each additional, Maximum 2 Entries. Bristol Art al Fresco. Second Annual Art Exhibition open to members of the Bristol Art Museum and the Portsmouth Arts Guild. Any 2-D artwork that can be displayed on 8 feet of space on the fence along Linden Place and Bradford-Dimond-Norris House (Hope and State Streets) is eligible. 3-D artwork will be displayed on the front lawn of Linden Place. No crafts. No jury. No commission on sales. Space allocated on first come/first serve basis. Registration deadline: Monday June 23, 2008. Show date: Sunday, July 27, 10am-5pm. Installation begins at 8am. (Rain date: Sunday Aug. 3) Fee: $30 for designated space. For info, details, or membership call Helga Piccolli at 253-5817; or email: helgapicc@cox.net or Jan Armor jandarmor@fctvplus.netThe First Congregational Church. 1st Annual "Art Affair on the Fence" seeking artists to exhibit original art work (no craft, prints, etc.) for sale on the fence (2D) or lawn (3D) on High & Bradford Streets, Bristol, RI, for an open and non-juried Exhibit on Aug. 23, 10am-5pm (rain date 8/30). Registration deadline is July 7. Entry fee is $35 for 8' space. A 2008 RI Sales Tax Permit is required or a temporary permit is available that day for $10 additional to entry fee. No Commission on Sales. Install work from 8:30 am to 9:30 am. To register or for further info, call Sandra at (401) 254-0356 or email lancashirelass@fctvplus.netPawtucket Arts Festival 2008. Now celebrating it's 10th year, the Pawtucket Arts Festival is a celebration of the arts in the City of Pawtucket Sept. 13-14, 2008. This growing festival highlights artistic and cultural activities featured at various locations throughout the City with a kickoff concert at McCoy Stadium provided by our friends at PawSox. Major advertising will promote our Festival through radio, TV commercials, highway billboards and local newspapers. We are inviting artists to join us for our "Stone Soup Folk Fest/Arts Fest in Slater Park" weekend, September 13/14 which will be 'topped off' with the ending concert of the season by the RI Philharmonic "Pops in the Park". Rental for a 10'x10' area in Slater Park is only $50.00, for the entire weekend, which includes 24hr. security! This is a juried festival. Only original, one of a kind items will be permitted. Deadline for application is August 1. For complete information visit www.pawtucketartsfestival.org "artist applications" or call Diane Agostini, Pawtucket Arts Festival Coordinator at 401-724-5200 - M-F, 8:30-4:30pm. 4th Annual Newport Artisans' Fair. Looking for something to do in the city by the sea? Nearly 30 of the region's best-known artisans and artists along with bakers, growers and producers from local farmers' markets will join together on June 7th & 8th for the 4th Annual Newport Artisans' Fair. FREE ADMISSION. Saturday June 7: 10am-5pm, and Sunday June 8:11am-4 pm, Elks Club, Bellevue Ave at Pelham St., Newport, RI. Check out the website at http://www.newportartisanfair.com/artisans.html For additional event information contact Francesca Campo at fbcampo@worldnet.att.net or (401) 742-5344 DeBlois Gallery. 138 Bellevue Ave., Newport. During the month of June, Deblois will feature an exciting collection of works of several area artists. Middletown artist, Catherine VanLancker, will display a collection of her recent oil paintings which, in her words, are "an attempt to reduce complex landscapes to geometric compositions in vivid bands of color and light while still retaining the essence of the landscape". Exhibiting artist Rodie Siegler, also from Middletown, is widely known for her sculpture. However, for this show she will exhibit her striking collection of photographs known as the Rorshach series. These mirror-image photographs of water reflections have resulted in abstractions that challenge viewers "to find their own images" within them as they learn about themselves in the process. Clay sculptures and vessels produced by The Warren Clay Works will complete the exhibit. This group, which consists of many award-winning, professional sculptors meets weekly to share workspace and inspire one another. Exhibiting members of The Warren Clay Works include: Martha Antaya, Ellen Blomgren, Izabella Casselman, Karen Dionne, Judi Israel, Allison Newsome, Cathy Scanlan, Valorie Sheehan and Rodie Siegler. This show runs from June 7th - July 1st with an Opening Reception Saturday, June 7th from 5-7pm. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 12-5pm. For more info, visit the website at www.debloisgallery.com or call 847-9977. |
Openings and Exhibits
Wickford Art Assocation. Congratulations to Lenny Rumpler who won Second Place in the Wickford Art Assocation's "19th Annual Open Juried Photography Show". The show runs from May 16 - June 4. Gallery hours: Sun, 12 - 3p.m; Tues - Sat, 11a.m. - 3p.m.
Portsmouth Arts Guild. Juried show, "Here's Looking at You: Portraits and Figures" runs Friday, May 30 through Sunday, June 29.
Slater Mill Gallery. "Social Photography Across A Century: The Works of American Master Lewis Hine and Contemporary Artist Scott Lapham", through June 27. Address: 175 Main Street, Pawtucket,RI. American artist Lewis Hine, a documentary photographer, captured everyday working conditions in cities worldwide. As part of the Mill's collection, these images exemplify working conditions in Rhode Island during the late 19th century. This exhibit is highlighted by works from local photographer Scott Lapham. Admission to Slater Mill Gallery is FREE. Hours: Mon.-Sat.: 10-3pm. For info,call 401-725-8635 or visit www.slatermill.org
Gallery 297. "297 Regulars", June 2 - July 15, 2008, 297 Hope St., Second Floor of the Green River Silver Co., in Bristol, RI; The current exhibit showcases the art of 35 outstanding regional artists - from oils and watercolors to pottery and prints. Featured artists: William McCarthy, James Kubiatowicz, Dora Atwater Millikin, Jonathan McPhillips, Grace Bentley-Scheck, Nancy Gaucher-Thomas, Deb Hickey, Sarah Powers, Kendra Bidwell Ferreira, Felicia Touhey, Regina Partridge, Shawn Kenny, Nermin Kura, Eric Hovermale, and Richard Harrington. Gallery hours: Mon-Sat.: 10 am-6pm, and Sun.: noon-5pm. For information or directions: 401-253-5505 (Green River Silver Co.) or go to www.gallery297.com
Newport Art Museum. Donning her paint-spattered coat during the PAG artist talk in May, she absorbed us with her painterly perceptions about her work and talked fondly about growing up in Little Compton. No doubt her early awareness influenced the images in her paintings. "Dora Atwater Millikin: Geometry of Place". June 7 -  August 10. Reception: June 12, 5 - 7pm (Newport Gallery Night). Gallery Talk: July 10, 5:30pm (Newport Gallery Night). Painter Dora Atwater Millikin sees patterns everywhere: in telephone poles marching like soldiers to the horizon and in the scalloping wires connecting them that sway overhead; patterns in light and shadow, on bridge trusses, and in a line of boats at moorings just offshore. Millikin delivers such scenes painted in and around Newport, but her renderings are far from romantic depictions of the "City by the Sea" and its environs."I am always searching for ways to deliver the unexpected to my viewer," says the artist. "I enjoy rendering potentially unpicturesque motifs and everyday objects and scenes in my life. I wish to present my world as it looks today without the nostalgia and sentimentality attached to past times." For more info, call Nancy Whipple Grinnell 401-848-8200 or ngrinnell@newportartmuseum.org
DeBlois Gallery. 138 Bellevue Ave., Newport. During the month of June, Deblois will feature an exciting collection of works of several area artists. Middletown artist, Catherine VanLancker, will display a collection of her recent oil paintings which, in her words, are "an attempt to reduce complex landscapes to geometric compositions in vivid bands of color and light while still retaining the essence of the landscape". Exhibiting artist Rodie Siegler, also from Middletown, is widely known for her sculpture. However, for this show she will exhibit her striking collection of photographs known as the Rorshach series. These mirror-image photographs of water reflections have resulted in abstractions that challenge viewers "to find their own images" within them as they learn about themselves in the process. Clay sculptures and vessels produced by The Warren Clay Works will complete the exhibit. This group, which consists of many award-winning, professional sculptors meets weekly to share workspace and inspire one another. Exhibiting members of The Warren Clay Works include: Martha Antaya, Ellen Blomgren, Izabella Casselman, Karen Dionne, Judi Israel, Allison Newsome, Cathy Scanlan, Valorie Sheehan and Rodie Siegler. This show runs from June 7th - July 1st with an Opening Reception Saturday, June 7th from 5-7pm. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 12-5pm. For more info, visit the website at www.debloisgallery.com or call 847-9977.
Conanicut Island Art Association. 34th Annual Art Show at Conanicut Island Art Association at Jamestown Community Center, 41 Conanicus Ave., East Ferry, Jamestown, RI. Aug. 21-24, 10am - 4pm. Opening reception, Wed., Aug. 20, 6:30-8:30 pm.
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Artist Opportunities
Sunday Plein Air Painters in Bristol. Sunday afternoons from 3 to 6 PM. All levels and media welcome. No instruction, but short critique will follow each session. Fees: $3.00 a session for Bristol Art Museum members, $5.00 for non-members. These are drop-in sessions. Rain cancels.
For more information contact Suzanne Lewis at 254-1668 or SuzanneLewis@Fullchannel.net or
Sheila Clark Lundy at 253-4344 or sclark3935@cox.net
June 22 - Meet in front of the Stone Barn at Colt State Park. Paint the barn, pond or Coggeshall Farm.
June 29 - Meet in front of Linden Place, 500 Hope Street. Paint buildings and streetscapes
July 6 - No meeting.
July 13 - Meet at Prudence Island Ferry Landing in the small park at bottom of Constitution Street. Paint the Armory, ferry and harbor.
July 20 - Meet at Colt State Park in the parking lot off Poppasquash Rd. Paint Bristol Harbor, marsh and meadows.
July 27 - No meeting because of Art al Fresco.
Aug. 3 - Meet at Mt. Hope Farm at the second parking lot off Metacom Ave. Paint buildings, fields and Sakonnet Rive.r
Aug. 10 - Meet in Roger Williams University parking lot under the Mt. Hope Bridge, turning left at light just before bridge. Paint bridge, bay or lighthouse
Aug 17 - Meet at Paulette Carr's home, 151 Ferry Road, Bauhaus style, flat roof on the right heading South, before Griswold Ave. and Blithewold.
Knight Gallery. Call For Work: Fine Jewelry. Knight Gallery at 170 Ives Street, Providence is looking for fine jewelry to add to their collection. Co-owners Stacey Graham and Louis Bobola say that Knight is a gallery for the community, reaching both the traditional art lover and those who may have never visited an art gallery. The gallery offers work by local artists-from potters to jewelers to painters to photographers to other, less traditional gallery ware. "... Art is not an afterthought, but a necessity in completing the sanctuary of one's home." - Stacey Graham. 401-654-4747 for more info, or email knightgalleryprovidence@gmail.com.
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News
Artist Boot Auction. The Art League of Rhode Island invites you to a celebration and auction to benefit the 02863 Project Scholarship Fund for Central Falls High School Art Students. The auction features 16 pairs of first quality boots, each uniquely painted by an ALRI artist. Join the bidding, enjoy a light dinner and a video presentation documenting the project on a jumbotron. Auction takes place Friday, June 6, 2008, 6:30-9pm at Roger Williams University, One Bristol Ferry Road, Bristol, RI.
Meredith Fitzgerald: First Eileen Gorton Shanley Scholar. On June 9, the first Eileen Gorton Shanley Scholarship will be awarded to Portsmouth High School Senior, Meredith Fitzgerald. According to PHS Fine Arts Department Chair Kristin Heynan, "Meredith is the National Art Honor Society chapter president, a top student in the Advanced Placement Studio Art course, and a National Scholastic Art Award recipient. Meredith is the first National Scholastic winner that has ever been recognized from Portsmouth High School. Her presence at every event sponsored by the NAHS, every gallery opening both at the high school and within the community and her willingness to help the three art educators in any way to support our program at the high school all make her a true leader in the arts and in the community. She focused her senior project on sculpting a patriot made of aluminum and is donating the sculpture to the school so that her legacy may live on even after she has moved on. Meredith will be attending Rochester Institute of Technology in the fall and majoring in Fine Arts.
Membership Chair Reaps Awards. According to Denise Zompa, our modest PAG Membership Chair, Phyllis Dobbyn Adams, has been busy collecting awards at some recent shows. When not collecting awards, Phyllis can be found at home painting and playing with her dogs.
1st Place: Oils and Acrylics, at Cape Cod Art Association's Juried "All Cape Cod" Exhibition in April.
2nd Place: Oils and Acrylics, at Cape Cod Art Association's Juried Show, "Interpretation of Light" in March. The Cape Cape Cod Art Assoc. is located in Barnstable, MA.
And the Joanne F. Regan Award for Composition at 32nd Annual North River Arts Festival in Marshfield, MA awarded in May.
Another testament to the talented and professional group of artists we have at PAG which is recognized outside our locale. Congratulations, Phyllis.
G. Scott Gallery @ Custom House closing. Nancy Crimmins has stopped doing the hanging at Custom House Coffee. She cited personal problems and her father is not feeling well. Lets hope all turns out well for her. Jeanne Drapeau (works at Custom House) said she may start something in the fall. They are going to put in Photography for the summer. Tnx to all who hung their great work there ~ Jay Egge.
DeBlois Gallery. The member artists of DeBlois Gallery are holding a Giant Yard Sale on June 21 from 9:00- 1:00. The sale will feature all types of art equipment and supplies as well as home and garden decor. Proceeds of the sale are to provide some needed improvements to the gallery. Donations to the sale are tax deductible, call Kathy Morton 862-6578 for pick up or delivery. Location for the sale is behind DeBlois Gallery, 138 Bellevue Ave., Newport.
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New Members
Inez Fenster, pottery/jewelry, nezzie@cox.net
Mary L. Field, photography, shortchef1@hotmail.com
Melanie Dauplaise, photography, mjd124@cox.net
Ellen Blomgren, ceramics, ellen.blomgren@gmail.com
Bill Gagne, photography, bill@billgagne.net
Jonathan Small, oils & etchings, jonsmall@cox.net
Martin Guyotte, oils, martin.guyotte@gmail.com
Richard Grosvenor, oils, dickgrosv@cox.net
Candace and Anthony Petrucci, pencil, pen & ink, watercolor, mixed media, artifacts@aol.com
Georgette Macafee, oils, drawing, collage, mami2@cox.net
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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. |
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Guild Ink
Issue no. 3
June 2008
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Contents
at a glance
CALL FOR ARTISTS (8)
OPENINGS & EXHIBITS (7)
ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES (2)
NEWS (5)
NEW MEMBERS (10)
MEMBERS CLASSIFIED (0)
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REMINDER
Next Meeting: Tuesday, June 17
Note: No Members' Meeting in August
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Rodie Siegler's photograph "Goats" is part of her Rorschach series that will appear at the DeBlois Gallery during June
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First Annual Arts Festival
Manchester-By-The-Sea
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Auction at Roger Williams University Bid on one-of-a-kind Timberland boots painted by ALRI artists to benefit high school scholarships
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