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Newsletter
GUILD
INK
September
2011
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Message from
the President
Being part of
an artistic community is great fun.... exchanging ideas, making art
together, learning from each other and sometimes just hanging out and
having a good time. For sure, our upcoming Atwater Donnelly
concert/ fundraiser and silent auction will be just that- A good time
with good folks. If you haven't purchased your tickets yet,
please stop by the gallery next weekend- or send in a check and
tickets will be held for you at the concert. With Labor Day
weekend, things begin to wind down in Newport, so it will be super to
have something fun to look forward to next month- before the leaves
are down and the weather changes.
Hope to see you
there!
Lois
Brushdance2008@gmail.com
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ATWATER-DONNELLY FUNDRAISER
Dinner
Silent Auction
Scampi's Restaurant, Portsmouth, RI
Tuesday- October 4
Doors Open at 5:30 PM-cash bar
Dinner Buffet starts at 6 PM
This promises to be a fabulous event and
tickets are moving fast at the unbelievable price of only $20.
The silent auction has many wonderful items donated by area
merchants.Tickets may be purchased at the gallery during gallery
hours, and the next intake and opening, by calling the gallery during
gallery hours or by sending a check to PAG, PO Box 463, Portsmouth,
RI 02871.
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Monthly
Meeting - WEDNESDAY, September 21
Studio
Visit: Exploring Encaustics with Felicia Touhey
Beach Studios
146 Aquidneck
Avenue
Middletown, RI
6:30 - Mix and
mingle
7:00 - Program
begins
Join long time PAG member Felicia Touhey
as she demonstrates and explains the endless possibilities an artist
can explore working with encaustics. Encaustics are wax based
paints that produce a lush, unique surface. They can be used two
and three dimensionally as well as in multi-media works. They can
be painted, layered, and combined with collage materials including
photographs.
Felicia has been a print maker for 30 years, combining
encaustics with her prints for the past 15 years. She has taught
drawing and printmaking in the Newport area since 1988. She is a
member of DeBlois Gallery in Newport where her work is currently on
exhibition.
Please note - Beach Studios is up one flight of
stairs and is not handicap accessible.
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MEMBERS AROUND NEW ENGLAND
Congratulations to Glenn
Secrest whose painting was accepted into the
"Naval History Magazine".
On July 31, the Bristol Art Museum presented awards to the
winners of the fifth "Art al Fresco" on the fence at Linden
Place. Sheila Clark Lundy presented the awards (left to right) to
Rita Heymann,
First Prize for her watercolor of "Second Beach Sunset"; Bob Benoit,
second Prize for his hand made glass bowl and Judith Gardiner,
Honorable Mention for her photograph of "Queen Anne's Lace at Colt
Park".
Ron Wenzel's oil painting,"March to the Sea", was selected
for inclusion in the juried 13th Annual Little Compton summer Art Show
this past July. "March to the Sea" and more of
Ron's paintings are on display at our PAG gallery.
Two of Susan
Paradise-Burke's photographs have been selected to be
part of the All New England Exhibit at the Cape Cod Art Association
located in Barnstable, Ma. This open juried show will run from
Sept. 15- Oct. 10
Nina Hope Pfanstiehl's Raku sculpture "African Princess" was selected
for inclusion in Sterling Publishers/Lark Books "500 Raku"
which was released this spring. In addition, she received an Honorable
Mention at Spring Bull's 1st Juried Open Show for her Pit Fired sculpture
"Urban Memories II" earlier this summer. She was also invited
to exhibit in DeBlois Gallery's Members Show where her Raku functional
sculpture (vase) "Prayers of the Priestess " is on
display through the end of August, 2011.
Natalie K.
Pfanstiehl was invited to
participate in Spring Bull Gallery's "Members Show" as a past
member. The show runs through the end of August, 2011.
JP Fernandes
will be displaying his work at the Pawtucket Open Studios on September
24 & 25.
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We had 75
submissions for our Interiors/Exteriors
Exhibit representing the work of 34
artists!
Our Juror was Lisa
Goddard
We hope you have time to stop in the Gallery before
September 18 to see this amazing exhibit!
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Black & White
Exhibition
Intake:
Sept.19, 3:00 - 6:00
PM
Sept. 20, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Opening Reception:
September 23, 6-8PM
Show Dates:
Sept. 22 - Oct. 23
Juror:
Roger Kirby, Artist, Member ALRI
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Welcome to our New Members!
Nancy Parker Wilson - New Board
Member
Portsmouth, RI
Gene & Paulette LaParle
Portsmouth, RI
Phillip W. Girard
Tiverton, RI, Sculpture & Abstract Art
Kayla Fagan
Portsmouth, RI
Katie Murphy
Westwood,
Mass
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"Form &
Function"
David
DeMelim
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''The
Shop Below Edwige''
P.
Jane Renwick
"Inside View"
Lenny
Rumpler
"Urban
Memories ll"
Nina
Pfanstiehl
"Treehouse
#5,Owl's Nest"
Libby
Manchester Gilpatric
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Gallery Notes
We would like to thank all the PAG members who donated
their time this summer to gallery sit. Our paid staff works
weekends only, so it is our members that keep our doors open
Thursday and Fridays during the summer and Fridays throughout the remainder
of the year. A special thank you to Mary Ann Martin, Susan Gordan, Nicole
Dieso, Barbara Blease, Lois Erhartic, Ginger Lacy, Suzanne
Lewis, Toni Peterson, Celeste Chute Wright, Michele Bailey,
Susan Anderson, Peter Sterling
Turner, Christina Logan, Ron Wenzel, Jon Small, Claire Tremblay, Anne
Winthrop Cordin, Janet Dassau, Maria Martineau and Carol Lynn Hall who all kept our
gallery doors open this summer.
We are currently working on our Fall Gallery sitting
schedule. Please email Paulette at portsmouthartsguild@gmail.com if you are available
on a Friday from 1-5.
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Interiors
Exteriors
Juror:
Lisa Goddard
FIRST
PRIZE - DAVID DEMELIM
"Form & Function" Photograph
SECOND PRIZE
- P. JANE RENWICK
"The Shop Below Edwige" Acrylic
THIRD PRIZE -
LENNY RUMPLER
"Inside
View" Photogragh
Honorable Mention
PATRICIA
CAHILL TAFT
"Corridors of Contemplation" Photograph
LIBBY
MANCHESTER GILPATRIC
"Treehouse #5, Owl's Nest" Oil
ANNE WINTHROP
CORDIN
"From the Kitchen" Oil
BRENDA L.
BECHTEL
"Windchimes" Oil
JANET DASSAU
"Electricity"
Found Objects
NINA HOPE
PFANSTIEHL
"Urban Memories ll", Pit fired sculpture
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Honorable
Mention Awards
"Electricity"
Janet
Dassau
"Windchimes"
Brenda
L. Betchel
"From
the Kitchen"
Anne
Winthrop Cordin
"Corridors
of Contemplation"
Patricia
Cahill Taft
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Classes
and Workshops
Student
Testimonial
"Nan
Carey's class was truly inspirational. Her journals that she
shared were creative, whimsical, and beautifully rendered. The
Coggeshall Farm with all the animals, the old homestead, and lovely
views of the water was the perfect setting for practicing our new
skills. There was a wonderful camaraderie among the group and we all
left with a resolve to continue daily journaling."
See below for upcoming classes.
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Portrait and Figure Studio monitored by Sandra
Dingee
Half-day
session for drawing, painting and sculpting for all mediums and skill
levels with live models (clothed or nude/alternate weeks).
Date(s): (6)Mondays Sept. 12,19,26, Oct.
17,24,31.
Times):12 N-3 PM
Tuition: $85,
$75 for PAG Members, One Day Drop-in $18.
Marine Painting in Oils & Acrylics
with Glenn
James
Secrest
Opportunity
for intermediate/advanced artists to enhance skills in
Marine
Art with instruction/demonstration and studio painting/critique.
Date(s):
(8)Tuesdays Sept. 13,20,27,Oct. 4,11,18,25,Nov. 1.
Time(s):
9:30 AM-12:30 PM
Tuition: $150,
$125 for PAG Members.
Creating and Understanding Abstract Art with
JP Fernandes
This
class will foster the perception and enjoyment of Abstract Art
along
with creation of work. Answers the question "What is
That?"
Date(s): (6)Tuesdays
Sept. 20,27,Oct. 4,11,18,25.
Location:
@ his Bristol Studio
Time(s):
6-8 PM
Tuition: $125,
$100 for PAG Members.
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A community
of artists & art lovers...
Bringing the arts to
Aquidneck Island
and beyond.
More About Us...
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Portsmouth Arts Guild
2679 East Main Road
Portsmouth, RI 02871
401-293-5278
Our Website
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