The Artisan Press
The Artisan Press
Village Fine Arts Association
238 N. Main St.
Milford, MI 48381
milfordvfaa.org
Newsletter of the Village Fine Arts Association
Vol. 23, Issue 10| October 2014
New faces at
August’s meeting:
The Village Fine Arts Association
is a regional, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting fine arts in the Huron Valley area.
Our Mission
is to provide individual artists with opportunities for fellowship, inspiration and education by organizing, promoting and
presenting monthly meetings with guest artists, workshops and juried exhibitions. We coordinate and participate with
other community groups in art-related events to increase our visibility and further showcase our community’s creativity
derived from the freedom of artistic expression.
Join Us Today!
• $30.00 Single Membership
• $40.00 Family Membership
• $50.00 Corporate
• $250.00 Lifetime Membership
• New! Student Membership! Students K - 12 and College - $10.00 plus 5 volunteer hours
Name
Address
City/State/Zip Code
Show Your Card!
Members benefits include...
Discounts at Main Street Art and Millers Art Supply,
email alerts to local art events and
artist opportunities and more!
Cathy Delong - Cindy Rashid’s friend, and
new member, who paints with oils.
Terese Qubeck - from Maine and
Memphis who enjoys photography,
watercolor and acrylic.
Janet Gray - visiting - from Livingston
Fine Art Association in Howell- she does
pastels and watercolor.
Welcome All!
October Guest Speaker
Dave Miller
- Miller Artist Supply
We always look forward to Dave’s
annual visit. Just in time for
the Holidays, he brings a great
selection of our favorite artist
supplies at a special VFAA discount.
He’ll also have some of the new
items we may not be familliar with.
Enjoy this evening of shopping for
Artists.
Next General Meeting
- Jan. 28, 2015
No meetings in November or
December. We’ll be back in January
with another amazing Guest Artist.
Hope to see you at Views & Visions
and maybe at some fun events at
the SHAC.
Phone
Email
(to receive notices of upcoming events & guest speakers)
Enclose your check or money order made out to the VFAA and mail to:
VFAA, c/o 238 N. Main St., Milford, MI 48381
visit VFAA online at milfordvfaa.org
Many Thanks to Dean Rogers for arranging
our wonderful line up of speakers.
If you’d like to suggest a guest speaker,
contact Dean at 810-229-7991, or email him
at [email protected].
Next Meeting: Wednesday, October 22
7:30 p.m., Milford Presbyterian Church, 238 N. Main St., Milford
Please use the Liberty Street entrance
Don’t Miss This!
19 th Annual
Opening Night Celebration and Awards
Tickets at the door - $10/$5 Youth (Youth Artists Free)
Open to the public free of charge
at the
HVCA Gallery
205 West Livingston Road
Highland, MI 48357
There are lots of volunteer opportunities available for you to help make this
Views & Visions the best ever. Sign up!
September Artist of the year winners Selected by our guest artist Valerie Allen:
1st Place : Dean Rogers - colored pencil
2nd Place: Michele Meier - collage
3rd Place: Cindy Rashid - watercolor
Honorable Mentions: Jan Key - collage and Paul Tibedeau - oil
Remember, you can bring up to 2 recent art pieces to each monthly meeting as Artist of the Year
entries, earning points for each submission and 1st - 3rd place. At year’s end, accumulated points
determine cash awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
What’s Happenin’ at the SHAC?!
Artist Opportunities
The Artisan Press
Ongoing Opportunities
Information
Some local business are offering display opportunities for VFAA members this year including:
•The Blue Grill on Main Street, Milford - Contact Wendy Willihnganz: 248-505-6363
•Main Street Art on Main Street, Milford is looking for window artist - contact Suzanne Gilbert 248-684-1004
New Opportunity: Hang your work in the hallway connecting the SHAC and the new River’s Edge Brewing Company. “Contact us” through
the website, stop by or call the SHAC - 248 797-3060
Vintage spirit and Soul
Ongoing
vintagespiritnsoul.com
555 Gallery and Studios of Detroit Call for Proposals
Ongoing
555arts.org
Brighton Library via Brighton Art Guild
Ongoing
brightonartguild.com
Ferndale Public Library Call for Exhibitions
Ongoing
ferndalepubliclibrary.org
HVCA Artshop Artists Co-op
Ongoing
artshopgallery.org
L.A Café Monthly Artist Showcase - Waterford, MI Ongoing
[email protected]
Picasso Cafe Novi - monthly show opportunity
Ongoing
Allen Attee 248-427-0600
Two Muses Theatre Company / Barnes & Noble W. Bloomfield Ongoing
SHAC INFO
Is always available online at vfaashac.org
Visit often to learn about and register for upcoming events and
classes.
BREWS & BRUSHES
The October 19th version of Brews
& Brushes, with Wendy Willihnganz
Nov. Art “Birch Trees”
instructor, - “BOOS! and Brushes” will be
Parent/Child themed. Its from 3 -5:00 pm. Sunday the 19th.
Sign up at the VFAA Home Page or at the SHAC. Bring some friends, have some fun,
go home with cool Art! More Brews & Brushes are scheduled for November and
December.
MUSIC EVENTS - New music events recently conducted by MI Rock
School and Milford Music included an Open Mic Night and Brews and Strums.
BREWED IN MI event - Fri, Sept 26 at Bakers
artfaircalendar.com/art_fair/michigan-art-fairs
VFAA/SHAC volunteers had great fun running the doorpize drawings and silent auction at this event. Thanks
to Bakers for bringing us on and to the generous folks who donated to our cause and bought out the doorprize
tickets and auction items. Thanks to everyone who donated art for the silent auction. Artists who created
slumped bottle art for us should know that those bottles were happily snapped up at auction.
michiganartshows.com
ARTIST STUDIO SPACE is available - $10/sq. ft
Barbie Amann Weisserman 248-701-2643
Art Fairs - Local
Entry Deadline Show Dates Information
Art Fair Calendar
Ongoing
Michigan Art Shows
Ongoing
Workshops / Other • Local
Dates
Information
Milford VFAA SHAC art classes/workshops
Ongoing
vfaashac.org
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center - classes/workshops
Ongoing
bbartcenter.org
Farmington Hills Community art classes/workshops
Ongoing
fhgov.com
Northville Art House - classes/workshops
Ongoing
ci.northville.mi.us
Scarab Club drawing w model - Thur 7-10p; Sat 10a-1p
Ongoing
scarabclub.org
Visual Arts Association of Livonia - classes/workshops
Ongoing
vaalart.org
ITS A TIE!
The last Haskew Challenge for 2014 ended in a tie between
these two works by Dean Rogers and Jan Key! The theme for
this challenge was “Expectation” and of the many submissions, the members vote went to these two. Congratulations!
DONATE your gently used art supplies
Laura Conrad, Editor,/Designer 248-431-1500
Sue Gollon, Executive Director 248-797-3060
The Artisan Press is a publication of the
VFAA. We meet at 7:30 pm every fourth
Wednesday of the month at the Milford
Presbyterian Church on Main Street in
Milford, January through October. We are
a non-profit organization dedicated to
expanding and sharing our love of art with
the community.
Feedback Forum
The Artisan Press is the place for you to
BE HEARD!
We welcome your comments, feedback,
suggestions, and news of any upcoming
events that you would to share. Or if you
would like to contribute an editorial for
a future issue of the Artisan Press, please
contact Laura Conrad at 248-431-1500/
[email protected] or Sue Gollon at
248-797-3060 / [email protected].
RECAP: SEPTEMBER’S GUEST SPEAKER
VALERIE ALLEN-GOLDEN PAINTS WORKING
ARTIST
Visit Valerie on her Facebook page - Valerie Allen.
Val is a Certified Working Artist for Golden Paints - meaning she has extensive
training and experience with acrylic painting products and techniques. In her
own art, she combines textures and media, including such things as encaustic,
wax and acrylic.
Allen introduced some of the types of products produced by Golden including
High Flow paints, Gels, Pastes, Mediums, Heavy Body paint, Acrylic glazing liquid, Open acrylic
and more. She gave quick but intriguing demos of how many of the products work and the
effects one could create with them.
Valerie also explained the difference between modern and mineral colors: mineral colors - very
opaque, producing more earthy tones, and modern - very translucent, producing brilliant clear
colors. The packet and goody bags she brought for everyone included lots of info, a great color
mixing chart and samples of several Golden paint products.
Quote of the Month
Art is not what you see, but
what you make others see.
~ Edgar Degas