"Then followed that beautiful season... Summer....."
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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From the President
Perhaps hanging our next
exhibition, "Summer in Rhode Island," will have some influence on it actually
arriving. In any case, "Summer" opens with a warm reception Friday, July 3, 6-8
pm-a perfect way to start the holiday weekend. Stop by for a glass of wine and
toast the arrival of Summer in RI.
I had the pleasure a couple weeks
ago of presenting the second annual Eileen Gorton Shanley Scholarship award to
a graduating art student at Portsmouth High School. The deserving young artist
is Elizabeth Williamson, who is going on to study art at the University of
Central Florida. In addition to her other accomplishments, Elizabeth won First
Prize for one of her drawings at our Newport County Student Show in March. The
scholarship award consisted of a certificate and check for $200.
More good news: I'm please to
report that the art economy may be picking up a little. We had seven sales in
June-four paintings and three items of jewelry.
Still more: Congratulations to
"Imagine Yellow" cash prize winners-Anne Winthrop Cordin (1st,
$150), P. Jane Renwick (2nd, $100), Barbara Doyle (3rd,
$50), and Honorable Mention winners-Linda Lee Butler, Leonard Rumpler, Eileen
Silvia, and Phyllis Adams! Cash prizes will also be presented at "Summer" and
"Abstractions II," so plan to enter, plan to win.
And don't miss the next members'
meeting, July 21 (rain date July 23), at Denise Wilkey's pottery studio on East
Main Rd. next to Cumberland Farms (the one at the blinking light at Sprague
St.). It will feature Pizza & Pottery, a demonstration of raku pottery
making and tour of Denise's remarkable studio. Shelves of interesting pottery
pieces on display and for sale. Complimentary pizza and drinks. See note
elsewhere in this issue for directions and parking.
Dare I say it again? We're trying
to build our email lists for notifying art lovers of our great shows. If you
haven't already done so, send five names and email addresses of art lovers you
know to Phyllis Adams (phylmahoney@yahoo.com)
now, before you forget.
Finally, and most importantly,
we're looking for a chair or co-chair for our Education Committee to succeed
Dawn Sanford, who had to step down. If you're interested, please let me know
ASAP. Without a volunteer to chair this committee, we won't be able to offer
art classes in the fall. Thanks, keep creating, and ...
See you at the gallery!
~Eric Broudy
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PAG Exhibition Schedule 2009
INTAKE (art delivery dates) are Mondays and Tuesdays. (Mondays 3-6pm; Tuesday 6:30-8:30pm.)
NEXT SHOW INTAKE OPENING
JULY 2-26 6/29, 6/30 7/03,6-8pm
"Summer in Rhode Island"
Open Juried Show
JULY 30- AUG 23 7/27, 7/28 7/31,6-8pm
"Westport Art Group"
AUG 27- SEPT 27 8/24, 8/25 8/28, 6-8pm
"Abstractions II"
Open Juried Show
OCT 1-NOV 15 9/28, 9/29 10/2, 6-8pm
"Members' Juried Show"
NOV 19-DEC 20 11/16, 11/17 11/22, 2-4pm
"3rd Annual Holiday Show"
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Call for Artists
 Gallery X. "Public Hanging XX" runs from July 29-August 30. Open to all artists and mediums, we will attempt to fit everything submitted into this show. Drop-offs: July 22- 26 during gallery hours, Wed-Fri, 11am-5pm, Sat&Sun, 11am-3pm. Reception: Saturday August 1, 7-10pm. Fees: $10 per piece up to three works per artist. 2-D artwork must be ready to hang with wire. 
Portsmouth Arts Guild.
"Westport Art Group Invitational". Drop off: July 27, 3-6pm or July 28,
6:30-8:30pm. Opening reception: Friday, July 31, 6-8pm. Show runs July
30-August 23.
401-293-5ART portsmouthartsguild.org
 The First Congregational Church. The 2nd Annual "Art Affair on the Fence",
an Open non-juried exhibit August 15, 10am-5pm (Rain date Aug. 22) will exhibit art work for sale on the fence (2D) or
lawn (3D) on High & Bradford Streets, Bristol,
RI. Application deadline: July 31. Entry fee: $35 for 8ft space. A 2009 RI Sales
Tax Permit is required or a temporary permit is available for $10 additional to
entry fee. Free Continental Breakfast. No Commission on Sales. 2D artists must
provide materials (wires, hooks etc.) to hang work on fence and 3D artists
must provide mounting pedestals or tables for lawn. Bring a chair, bin, cooler,
etc. for grass verge but no obstructions are allowed on
sidewalk. Install work from 8:30-9:30am. To register or for more info, Sandra (401)
254-0356 or lancashirelass@fctvplus.net.
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Openings and Exhibits
New
Portsmouth Arts Guild.
"Summer in Rhode Island" runs July 2-26. Opening: Friday, July 3, 6-8pm. Gallery Hours: Thursday
- Sunday, 1pm-5pm, 2679 East Main Rd, Portsmouth RI. 401-293-5ART portsmouthartsguild.org
 Spring Bull Gallery. "One if by Land- Two if by Sea", in celebration of the nation's independence. Opening reception: July 3, 5-7pm, 55 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI. Show runs from July 3-30. 401-849-9166 springbullgallery.com
 Deblois Gallery.Three artists from three different places working in three different
mediums have come together to exhibit their work in a new show at the
DeBlois Gallery, Newport. "Summer Trio" will
feature paintings by Ben Bataclan of Cambridge, Massachusetts;
collages by Joseph Muscat of West Toronto, Ontario and ceramics by
Betsy Cameron Fine of Cumberland, Rhode Island. Opening Reception: Saturday, July 11, 5-7 pm. Exhibit runs July 3- July 29. Deblois Gallery, located at 138 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, is
open Tuesday-Sunday, 12-5 pm. More info: www.debloisgallery.com or 847-9977.
 The Bristol Art Museum and
Portsmouth Arts Guild. The 2nd Annual
"Art al Fresco", open only to members of BAM and PAG, will be held at Linden
Place and
Bradford-Dimond-Norris House on Hope & State
Streets in Bristol, RI on July 26, 10am-5pm (rain date Aug 2).
Portsmouth Arts Guild. July30-August 23: "Westport Art Group Invitational". Reception: July 31, 6-8pm. Drop off: Monday, July 27, 3-6pm; Tuesday,
July 28, 6:30-8:30pm. Pick up Dates: Monday, Aug 24, 3-6pm; Tuesday,
Aug 25, 6:30-8:30pm
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Artist Opportunities
The Bristol Art Museum. The Plein Air art sessions
presented by the Bristol art Museum with no instruction began on Sunday, June 28 and will continue on these dates: July 12, July 19, August 2, August 9, August 16,
August 23, August 30 from 3-6 pm. For locations and subjects, call SuzanneLewis@Fullchannel.net.
Fees for a single session are $3 for BAM members; $5 for non-members or sign on
for a series of art sessions: $15 for members, $25 for
non-members
The Rhode Island Watercolor Society. RIWS announces
two Summer Watercolor Workshops with award winning New
England artists including "Plein Aire Painting with Tom
Sutherland" on July 18-19 and
"Introduction to Abstract Painting with Richard Harrington" on August 5-6.
Both workshops run from 9am-4pm at the Society's Gallery, located at the
J. C. Potter Casino (Boat House) in Slater
Memorial Park, Armistice Boulevard, Pawtucket, RI. More
info: Mary Lou Moore, Gallery Director (401) 726-1876
and info@riws.org, or visit the Society's web site at www.riws.org
Cadeaux du Monde. "Haitian Oil Drum Art". Continuing the Summer Newport
Gallery Night series, CADEAUX du MONDE's owner Katie Dyer will be
presenting ongoing informal gallery talks July 9 from 5pm-8pm exploring the varied traditions of modern Haitian
oil drum art. These gallery talks will be illustrated with CADEAUX du
MONDE's current collection of fairly traded modern Haitian Oil Drum Art
which is hand-tooled by hammering and cutting recycled steel oil drums.
These one of a kind works of folk art tell the stories of the art,
history and traditions of the Haitian people including the marrying of
the Voodoo religious traditions with Roman Catholicism.
26 Mary Street, CADEAUX du MONDE features fairly traded international folk art and Galerie Escalier, the
former servants' staircase, showcases local artists' works on a
rotating basis. For further information and directions to the gallery,
contact the staff of CADEAUX du MONDE at 848-0550.
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The Jaffees Grace the Arts Scene
Bonnie and Marc Jaffe each had three photographs in the Bristol Art Museum Invitational Exhibit at the Rogers Free Library, April 8-June 30.
Bonnie Jaffe's photographs, "Big Teas" and "Get Tea"
were accepted into the Bristol Art Museum at the Rogers Free Library
Gallery Juried Exhibit, "The Bristol Tea Party".
Marc Jaffe's photograph, "Mime at Rest", received the Art League of Rhode Island's Award of Excellence at the 3rd Annual ALRI Associate Members' Exhibit at Gallery 297 in Bristol.
Bonnie and Marc Jaffe each had a photograph accepted into the Juried "Awakenings" Exhibit at Blithewold.
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News
Jillian Barber received the M. Graham and Co. award at the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative "Multi Cultural Show" for a hand colored photograph entitled "Floribunda" last month. Her winning photograph is pictured at right.
Jonathan Small and Libby Gilpatric were included in "Artists for Save the Bay" in June.
Kendra Ferreira is showing work at the Providence
Art Club, June 21 through July 10. The exhibition is entitled "Paint
and Pencil". Kendra has a colored pencil piece "Flotsam
& Jetsam" accepted into the National Exhibition at the
Cape Cod Art Association which runs through July 3.
Dora Atwater Millikin has an exhibition at Arnold
Art Gallery in Newport entitled "Newport and
Beyond". The show runs through July 12. Dora will also be
having an exhibition at the Walker Cunningham Gallery on Newbury
Street in Boston in the fall. She is also a selected artist in the Audubon
National Juried show and received the Winsor&Newton Art Materials
Award.
Check You Out! View Portsmouth Arts Guild members in the PAG Facebook group - you can join up yourself! To view, click here:
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Editor's Note: I thought this article published in Sakonnet Times in June was important enough to impart to our 12 new members in July as well as to reiterate its message to everyone else.
What our PAG president, Eric Broudy, says here is also an issue in my town, and the reason I feel we need to educate others that art is not just a "pretty picture on the wall" but intrinsic to the lives of real people. My simplified statement:
"Art IS the Message".
The arts are not only essential to our quality of living, but they also incorporate creative problem-solving tools for the looming challenges we face today in every aspect of our lives. They are the necessary creative processes with which we are able to gain - in the end- far-reaching and real solutions for these challenges.
"Portsmouth not an arts town? Don't believe it"
Published in Sakonnet Times June 2, 2009
"To the editor:
People
keep telling me that Portsmouth is not an 'arts town.' Portsmouth
residents, they say, are big on sports and aren't particularly
interested in the arts. Bristol is an arts town, as is Tiverton and
Newport, they say. Not Portsmouth.
I find such statements curious
and a little difficult to comprehend, as the arts serve everyone,
sports fans included. Our everyday world would be pretty dull indeed
without art, music and theater to brighten the landscape. What is true
is that Newport has its galleries and art museum, Tiverton has its Four
Corners arts district, and Bristol has a downtown with a number of
galleries and artists' ateliers; Portsmouth has only the Portsmouth
Arts Guild Center for the Arts where one can view and purchase
contemporary art every week, 10 months of the year.
Yet I can't
believe that people have settled in Portsmouth to escape the arts that
run like rich veins of ore throughout so much of the state. Who would
say no to the enrichment, beauty, imagination and understanding that
the arts bring to our lives? Who hasn't picked up a paintbrush, a
camera, some yarn or clay, perhaps some beads, some clay or stone to
work? Who hasn't framed their children's drawings as if they were Van
Goghs? All towns are art towns because real people live in them -
people who seek beauty and solace and inspiration and understanding of
what they see and experience. In other words, all of us.
...Gallery hours are Thursday-Sunday, 1-5pm. Drop by and ask about our art classes, our monthly exhibitions, our
lectures and demonstrations. Bring your children. Show them that you
live in a town that values the arts, as you do.
Eric Broudy
President, Portsmouth Arts Guild"
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Editor's Reminder
Please remember to send a jpeg along with your achievement. I received a jpeg from only one award winner at the "Imagine Yellow" show. Thank goodness I didn't have to stand on a chair again like this to take photos of the other work!
Eric Broudy's warning photo:
"Danger: Newsletter Editor at Work".
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New Members
Karen M. Nash, assemblage, varmint7@gmail.com
Toni Gruber, photography, nothingserious222@yahoo.com
Michael S. Guertin, photo/mixed digital, mguertin@cox.net
Jim Hagen, photography-oils, jim.hagen@verint.com
Johanna W. McKenzie, oils, encaustics, johanna@mollynook.com
Mary Morra, painting, mcmorra@gmail.com
Deborah DeAngelo, painting, collage, ddeangelo@famimahs.org
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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. 16
July l 2009
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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
CALL FOR ARTISTS (3)
OPENINGS & EXHIBITS (5)
ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES (3)
NEWS (5)
NEW MEMBERS (12)
MEMBERS CLASSIFIED (0)
EDITOR'S REMINDER
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Members' Meeting
Tuesday, July 21, 6:30 pm
(Rain date July 23)
Pizza and Pottery
At the studio of
Denise Caron Wilkey
3146 East Main Road, Portsmouth
Denise will talk about her work and demonstrate a RAKU firing. While it's firing, we'll have our business meeting and a Pizza dinner. Learn about pottery, socialize and spend time in a beautiful setting.
Her driveway is next to a colonial saltbox home painted a mustard color next to the Cumberland Farms on the corner of East Main Road and Sprague. Denise's studio and other buildings on her property all date back several hundred years!
Look for our PAG sandwich board sign next to the driveway. Parking is available on her property but we encourage you to park at the Guild and carpool with a few members.
Please RSVP to Felicia Touhey at fstouhey@cox.net or 683-4414
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"Imagine Yellow"
First Prize
awarded to
Anne Winthrop Cordin
for her acrylic painting
"Pink Hat"
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Ben Bataclan's
"Untitled #1"
at Deblois Gallery'S
"Summer Trio" show
"Fragment #9 - Red Sky at Night"
is an acrylic on tarpaper collage by Joseph Muscat
A stoneware sculpture by
Betsy Cameron Fine
Instructor Denise Zompa kicked off the Plein Air summer session for BAM on June 28
Bonnie Jaffee's photograph
"Big Teas"
at Bristol Art Museums' juried show
"Bristol Tea Party
"Get Tea"another photograph by Bonnie Jaffee in the "Bristol Tea Party" show
Marc Jaffee's award winning photograph
"Mime at Rest"
in the ALRI Exhibit at Gallery 297
"Floribunda"
Jillian Barber's award winner at PAC's "Multi Cultural Show"
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