Editor: Jackie Stacharowski October 2014 General Meeting Sunday October 19th at 1:30 pm Presentation by Caroline Cockfield and Joshua Knight Caroline Cockfield and Joshua Knight, students from Coastal Carolina University, will be our presenters for the October 19th, 2014 WACG meeting. Both are local young people who have each achieved an exceptional level of skill and knowledge in the visual arts. Working primarily in watercolors, depicting representational imagery of portraits and rural settings, Caroline and Josh will be bringing several of their very best works to share and discuss in an informal and supportive gathering of fellow artists. Please make plans to attend! October, Members Show Our Members Show is coming in October. Judging is done once the show is hung. Drop off art – Tuesday October 21st Noon – 3 p.m. Show runs - October 22 – 28 Reception Thursday October 23rd 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. October 29th Tear down & art pick up 9 a.m. until noon In Art, All Possibilities… The Judge for the Members Show is Jane Allen Nodine Professor & Assistant Chair Fine Arts & Communication Studies Director, Curtis R. Harley Gallery Director, Internships Art & Design University of South Carolina Upstate Visual Arts Center 125 800 University Way Spartanburg, SC 29303 http://www.janenodine.com Volunteers are needed to help with the art Drop-off, Pick-up and for the reception. Let Jackie know if you can help out. [email protected] New Members WACG is always interested in having new members join us! When you meet someone who may be interested – direct them to our website www.wacg.org, there they will find all kinds of information about us, our meetings, our shows, newsletter issues, all of our activities, our history and the benefits of being a member. The membership application is there as well as the prospectus for future shows when they are available. Full time students, ages 18-25 with valid student ID, are eligible for FREE membership. If you are a new member, or a past member whose membership has been lapsed for 3 years or more, and you pay your dues after Sept 1, then your membership will run for the following year too. UPDATE FROM THE PRESIDENT & BOARD Jim Arendt from CCU spoke at the September WACG general meeting about his fabric art and why and how he does what he does. Those present were very pleased with his thought provoking, delightful talk. The meeting was held a week later than usual due to the Dixie Dugan Retrospective at the museum. Dixie is a long time member of the Guild and her exhibit is a treat. If you haven't been to see it, please make an effort to do so. There was no Board meeting after the general session, but one will be called shortly. Progress continues to be made on identifying and sorting the Guild's written record. There is always room for more documents to come in. Eleven members exhibited at the Home Show last month. Three more Art in the Park events will take place in October and November, and the Fall Show will be October 22-28 at the Seacoast Gallery at Market Common. Lisa Blayton and I represented the Guild at the statewide SC Arts Conference in Columbia on September 18th. It was a good chance to meet others throughout the state and to learn what's going on in the SC arts scene. A recent poll indicated that a large majority of palmetto citizens appreciate the arts. Along that line, a current trend is to make art events participatory rather than passive. Please make an effort to get involved in the Guild's activities--your input and ideas are valuable! Hope to see everyone on Oct 19th! - Carolyn Powell Congratulations! Mary Ann Davis had her article published in the Plein Air Magazine http://www.zinio.com/delivery?of=500392339 Lisa Blayton received a grant from the SC Arts Commission to attend the International Porcelain Artist and Teachers convention in Florida Thank you to Jim Arendt For his engaging and interesting talk at our October meeting. Jim showing his work and explaining his techniques. Art in the Park Schedule Chapin Park October 11-12 Nov 1-2 Valor Park Nov 8-9 Work on display is judged into the show. Booths displaying certain types of work will be limited to keep a good balance and variety of booths for our customers. www.artsyparksy.com September Home Show Eleven members showed at the MB Convention Center in September. The booths looked great in spite of last minute changes to the layout. Contest! Officials at Inlet Square Mall announce the holding of a pumpkin carving contest with more than $500 in prizes up for grabs. Perspective Pumpkin-Artists can bring their creations to Inlet Square Mall, during office hours, beginning Monday, October 20, for display, with contest judging to take place Halloween night during Inlet Square’s popular, mall-wide Trick-or-Treat event. All pumpkins received will be prominently displayed and available for public viewing in the mall during regular mall hours, and on-line at www.inletsquaremall.com The contest will be judged in two categories, youth and adult, with two winners in both. Grand prize in both categories is valued at $250dollars, with runner up prizes valued at $100-dollars. Pumpkins will be accepted for judging as late as 12noon, Halloween day, at the mall office. Winners will be announced between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Halloween night, during the Trick or Treat, but artists need not be present to win. For more information contact the mall office at (843) 651-6990 or on inletsquaremall.com Our Members Who Teach Members, to have your info posted here, or make updates, send it to: [email protected] Susan Duke - w/c, gouache & all water media; all skill Alex Power’s New Class Weekly "Drawing, Painting, levels. Tuesdays 10-12:30 at her studio, 3205-B Hwy 17 MB; Wednesdays 9:30-12:30 at B&C Museum. Classes with Coastal Carolina, www.coastal.edu/olli/ 843-251-3877 Tuesday afternoons at Art & Soul Gallery 843-839-2727 or [email protected] Etc " at Art & Soul Weds 1-3:30 starting soon.$25/class Any 2D medium. For info 843-742-4061 [email protected] www.AlexPowersArt.com. Alice Estes - 4 week classes at CCU in Watercolor, and mini classes on Batik (Fabric Dying) and students should call the CCU numbers to register. Classes offered thru CCU Lifelong Learning; 843-333-4669, 843-283-8532 or [email protected] or CCU Myrtle Beach at 843-349-2767; www.coastal.edu/olli/ Jackie Stacharowski – at the Base Rec Center in Market Common. Open Studio, all mediums, all skill levels including beginners. Everyone works on their own projects. Thursdays 9 a.m. til noon Sept to June – come anytime. 843-446-5749 [email protected] Barbara Streeter – Conway Glass Recreation Center, painting with brush and palette knife in oil and acrylic. Also pastel and charcoal. Contact him at 843213-1037 or [email protected] [email protected] FREE Glass blowing demonstrations are held on the First Saturday in 2014 on Oct 4, Nov 1 and Dec 6. In 2015 free demos are Jan 3, Feb 7, March 7, April 4 and May 2. All are held 10am – 4pm. In addition, The Experimental Glass Theatre will be held in Nov 2014 and Jan and March 2015 (TBA.) Brenda Lawson - teaches beginner and intermediate Linda Weatherspoon is teaching Art Therapy for Stroke watercolor lessons at her studio in Pawleys Island. She is situated behind the Bistro 217 restaurant and teaches three hour beginner classes for six weeks. All supplies are included and will be the property of the student when class is over. This includes the brushes, paint and paper. Please call 843 237-5373 or 843 360-0805 for dates of lessons and prices. Web site www.pawleysislandartstudio.com for info. survivors once a month at HelpersFinders for the Grand Strand Hospital. Registration 843-692-4444 for Stroke Groups & Art Therapy [email protected] 832-213-7127 www.lindaweatherspoon.com.blogspot.com Stuart Fleishman – teaches at the North Myrtle Beach Alex Powers - will be teaching at Springmaid Beach’s Watermedia Workshops, 1. "Design and Personal Style" Nov. 2-7, 2014 2. “Design and Personal Style” Nov 16-21, 2014 Springmaid Watermedia Workshop, Heather Orr, 843-3157150, [email protected] Rebecca Zdybel - Open Studio- Mon 1-4pm. All media welcome. Sessions are held at her studio. Watercolor Wednesdays 12:30- 3 pm $25/class She also will teach how to paint at ARTY PARTY PAINT-INS Images of Arty Party Paint-In options and calendar of class schedules are available online artmyrtlebeach.com http://www.coastal.edu/olli/courses.html Contact info - website rebeccazdybel.com or http://www.artmyrtlebeach.com/ 843-450-2307 weekly in my Mon 1 -4pm OPEN STUDIO all media. Watercolor Wednesdays is 12:30 -3 $25/class. I also will teach how to paint at ARTY PARTY PAINT-INS Images of Arty Party Paint-In optionsand calendar of class schedules are available online artmyrtlebeach.com 843-450-2307 Other Opportunities For Shows, Classes & Workshops Contact them for more information Coastal Carolina, Life Long Learning. Info at www.coastal.edu/olli/ Art & Soul Gallery 5001 N Kings Hwy MB 29577 Is open and holding assorted classes; for more information contact Rita Siegal Levine at 839-2727 or [email protected] Classes offered at the Rec Center on Old Possum Trot Rd in NMB http://parks.nmb.us/ Classes at the Litchfield Exchange http://www.classatpawleys.com/ Classes at the Myrtle Beach Recreation Centers http://www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com/recreation.html To make sure you will get our newsletters, the security features on some computers, require you to add the Guild’s email into your Contacts – WACG [email protected] WACG PO BOX 1595 MYRTLE BEACH SC 29578