The Yellow Barn Newsletter

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1 The Yellow Barn Newsletter Yellow Barn Board Members, President Jim Kettler, Vice President Paula Rubin-Wexler, Vice President Patti Hatleberg, Treasurer Ann Schaefer, Secretary W. Michael Bartman III Fall From the Director As the Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery begins its fourteenth year of operation, I am proud to say the Yellow Barn has become a well-known center for drawing and painting in the metro area. Thanks to your support, our reputation continues to grow. Recent accomplishments of the Yellow Barn have been nationally recognized. Articles in the New York Times and Bethesda Magazine highlighted the Yellow Barn as an important residency at Glen Echo Park. Julie Zhu, a Yellow Barn student, was named as one of three 2008 Presidential Scholars in the visual arts. An example of her work was displayed in the National Portrait Gallery for the month of July. Register for classes Now! Registration for Fall and Winter classes. Classes begin September 13 th. Register now to secure a spot. Register online at or by calling Put this on your Calendar The Third Friends of the Yellow Barn Paint Out Historic Braddock Heights/ Middletown Saturday, September 27, 2008 RSVP Now to Enjoy a Special Day of Painting in Historic Braddock Heights, Maryland, Founder of the Yellow Barn, and Julie Zhu The Yellow Barn continues to make a great contribution to the Glen Echo community. This fall our plans include expanding our offering of classes and workshops. Anyone interested in taking advantage of our fine programs will have a great opportunity to study with an array of outstanding Yellow Barn instructors. A variety of drawing and painting classes and workshops makes the Yellow Barn Studio an excellent destination for those interested in taking art classes. We look forward to seeing you here this fall! Sincerely, Braddock Heights, with its beautiful homes and wrap-around porches, was a popular summer destination in the late 1800 s and early 1900 s, complete with a trolley line that brought summer visitors to enjoy the famed Braddock Heights Amusement Park. On Saturday, September 27 th, The Friends of The Yellow Barn Studio will present the Third Annual Braddock Heights Paint Out. Enjoy a day of fresh mountain air with our Yellow Barn community as we Paint the Town Yellow! Last year s Braddock Heights Paint Out drew nearly fifty talented artists, who enjoyed Braddock s historic homes and scenic vistas. You might choose to paint one of the many Victorian homes in this quaint former mountain resort colony or focus your talents on the Appalachian mountains in the distance. You can see three states from Braddock! You might set your palette down in a pasture overlooking cornfields or a herd of cattle. Whatever you choose to paint, you are sure to have a memorable day in this

2 unique and beautiful setting. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Braddock Heights Community Center. Bring a potluck dish. Fried chicken and drinks will be provided. All artists will be provided with an area map. Each artist will pay $5.00, which will go toward the winner s prize. There will be a break for lunch at 1:00 p.m. and we will continue to paint until 4:30 p.m. At day s end, you will bring your work back to The Home Restaurant at Braddock Inn where you will set up your easel for a competition and exhibit from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. If you would like, you can make your painting available for sale at the Artist s Sale Table. Stay, have dinner and enjoy a 10% starving artist discount at The Home Restaurant at Braddock Inn. Reservations are suggested but not required. You will enjoy The Home s famed family-style cooking and the camaraderie of your fellow artists. We need artist volunteers to help staff the Artist s Sale Table, and to help at various times throughout the day. Please check the registration form or call Robyn Bartman at to volunteer! RSVP TODAY: Please complete the entry form at the end of this newsletter to pre-register. We need your RSVP by September 10 th. For more information, contact Paint Out Chairperson, Paula Rubin-Wexler, at or paularw@earthlink.net. Registration is required at least two days in advance. Please call for details and registration. You must be a Friend of the Yellow Barn or join us by becoming a member. DIRECTIONS to Braddock Heights Community Center from DC: 270N to 70W to Frederick, Maryland; Exit 49; left at light on exit ramp; go to top of mountain, turn left at light onto Maryland Avenue; turn left at second stop sign onto Schley Ave; take Schley Avenue to end; turn left; follow road ¼ mile to Community Center on the right, adjacent to swimming pool. Driving time is one hour from Bethesda. You can find all information, application forms and directions by going to our website, Eric Butters is a landscape and figure painter who specializes in plein air paintings of the Washington region. His landscape paintings, executed in pastel, watercolor, and acrylics, capture diverse subjects ranging from scenic views of the Potomac to urban landscapes of downtown D.C. Eric s paintings belong to Focus on Eric Butters instructor extraordinaire numerous public and private collections in the region, including the D.C. Commission on the Arts. Eric has taught at the Yellow Barn Studio for over 10 years, and enjoys working with students of all ages and levels. Eric is a professor at the Art Institute of Washington in Rosslyn, VA, where he also serves as head of the Art Foundations department. Eric holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree from American University, and a B.A. degree from Stanford University. Eric is a very popular instructor and teaches Intermediate Watercolor and Pastel Drawing at the Yellow Barn. Eric lives in Silver Spring with his wife and three young children. Open Studio at the Yellow Barn Studio Every Friday night the Yellow Barn will sponsor an open figure drawing session. It will start on Sept. 19 Jan. 23, 7 9:30 PM. The cost for walk-in participants is $15.00; Yellow Barn Members will be charged $12.00 per session. Class size is limited to 18 people. This is a great way to improve your skills. Sarah Bieda for info at sbrunner1@aol.com. Welcome New Friends Twenty-six new members, listed below, have recently joined the Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio. This brings our membership total to 500 members. The Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio welcomes your support! Vivian Attermeyer, Judith Baldinger, Shirley Barnhart, Alex Becker, Sarah Bieda, Sally, Bruce, and Thomas Blair, Jo Ann Petty Bresch, Stacy Canan, Gillian Collins, Dorothy Dickerman, Louise Evans, Rosemary Gallick, Cathy and Stew Grubman, Marianne Kost, Linda O. Knizewski, Marcia Lonergan, James W. McMahon, Les Melnicove, Chris Murray, Amber Nelson, Elizabeth Reynolds, Peter Roman, Patricia Tice, Mimi Whitcomb Membership in the Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio guarantees that the Yellow Barn Studio will continue to serve our community. Through your membership, the Friends is able to support emerging artists, award scholarships, pay for needed repairs, buy equipment and publish and mail our quarterly newsletter. Please remember to take advantage of the special services and discounts for joining the Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio. All members should plan to have a show in the Yellow Barn Gallery Thanks again for your support! Attention Members The Yellow Barn Gallery is booking shows for 2009 in our new gallery. Certain months are filling up. Being a member, you are eligible for a show in our gallery Sign up now Call: or brandt4749@aol.com. The Fourteenth Annual Members Show Please mark your calendars for our fourteenth Annual Juried Friends of the Yellow Barn Members Show; Saturdays &

3 Sundays, 12 to 5 PM, December 6 & 7, 13 & 14, and 20 & 21, The opening reception will be held Saturday, December 6, from 5 to 7 PM. Our Annual Members show is open to all Yellow Barn members, with prizes awarded to the winners. Last year s winner was Audrey Salkind. Her painting was selected Best of Show. She received a $500 award from the Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio. This year, The Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio will again award a $500 for Best of Show Tuition: $200 (members) $215 (non members). International Workshops Painting Workshop in Croatia Ten Days April 4-13, 2009 $3949 Join us for a very festive evening of fine art, fine food and fine music. It is a way for the Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery to say thank you to its members. Still Room in the Bahamas Workshop Jan. 3 13, 2009, Elbow Cay Bahamas, with. There are only a few spots left for this incredible workshop. Contact Robyn at if interested. Info can be found at Fall Shows The Yellow Barn Gallery times: Sat. & Sun., 12 to 5 PM. Opening reception times may vary. Aug 22, 23 & 24 The Somerset Four August 30, 31 & Sept. 1..Florence & Bahamas Workshops Sept. 5, 6 & 7...Students of Sept. 13 & 14 Andrew Miller Sept. 20 & 21 Don Srull Sept. 27 & 28...Brett Busang Oct. 4 & 5.Barbara Novak Oct. 11 & 12..Jeanne Powell Oct. 18 & Paula Rubin-Wexler Oct. 25 & 26.TBA Nov. 1 & 2...Cathy Fleming Nov. 8 & 9....Liz Stafford Nov.15 & 16..Barbara Kreiling Nov. 22 & TBA Nov. 28, 29 & 30..The Three Show Dec. 6 & 7.Annual Members Show Fall Workshops: The Yellow Barn offers eight workshops this fall. A list of the workshops can be found under our list of classes. Rehoboth Painting Workshop: Oct. 9, 10, (0ptional) This workshop will take place at the Rehoboth Art League. This is the seventh year that has conducted this landscape workshop at the Art League. Plans are to paint the Rehoboth Dunes and Lewes s Marshes. These four days will include lectures on drawing, color and composition. Critiques and demonstrations in watercolor, oil / acrylic and gouache will be included. This workshop is open to all levels of students. Thursday-Sunday (optional), 4 full days of painting Contact the Rehoboth Art League for information at, Join Walt and Robyn Bartman as they lead you on a fantastic drawing and painting workshop in Dubrovnik, Croatia. This will be a great opportunity to explore, in depth, a truly inspirational city and its surroundings. Views of the Adriatic abound with great potential for painting. Walt will lecture and demonstrate daily. Afterwards, our drawings and paintings will be exhibited in the Yellow Barn Gallery. Included are 3 pre-departure meetings. 1) Roundtrip air from Dulles 2) Transfer from overseas airport to a Dubrovnik hotel. 3) Full time tour director 4) 8 nights hotel accommodation in 4-star hotel in Dubrovnik, twin room accommodation 5) Daily breakfasts 6) 3 dinners 7) Sightseeing tour of Dubrovnik city 8) 3 Full day painting excursions. 9) 8 day workshop with. Call for info. Space is limited sign up now! Cow Painting Paint on a working dairy farm. Bartman, Instructor Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 1 & 2 10:00AM 5:00 PM Tuition: $180 Walt

4 Membership Drive What does it mean to be a Friend of the Yellow Barn? As a Friend, you play a vital role in preserving the Yellow Barn s mission as the Drawing and Painting Residency at Glen Echo Park. Your support helps us to maintain the Yellow Barn as one of the jewels of Glen Echo s tradition. As a member, your donations and membership have helped the Friends play a significant role in the direction of the Yellow Barn. The Friends have been responsible for the Yellow Barn s renovation, scholarships and community outreach plans and programs. Over 500 of you have joined the Yellow Barn and have helped us with our mission. Please continue to support us by renewing your membership to the Yellow Barn How to become a Friend of the Yellow Barn Studio Join the Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery With your yearly membership you can help support the programs of the Yellow Barn. Your yearly membership entitles you to: A) Informative quarterly newsletter B) Discounts on selected workshops and services. C) The opportunity to show your work in our annual members show D) The opportunity to have a one- person show. E) Member s work displayed on our web page F) Invitations to emerging artist s shows and a guest speaker series. Annual Tax Deductible Membership Application: [ ] $35 membership enclosed. Make checks payable to the Friends of the Yellow Barn and mail to: The Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio Name Address Phone P.O. Box 158 Glen Echo, MD If you feel that the Yellow Barn is a special place, we need your help! Please contribute generously to our building fund. Tax deductible Donations are now being accepted for the Yellow Barn, Barn Raising Renovation Fund. Giving to the Friends is an important addition to being a member of the Yellow Barn. [ ]$25 [ ]$50 [ ] $100 [ ]$250 [ ]$500 *Please make your checks payable to the Friends of the Yellow Barn, and mail them to: The Friends of the Yellow Barn P.O Box 158 Glen Echo, MD In cooperation with the Glen Echo Partnership for Arts & Culture and The National Park Service Plaza Classes and Workshops The Yellow Barn sponsors classes at the Plaza Artist Materials Please call for information. Store, 1596 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. Plaza Workshops and classes with Ann Wallace Instructor: Ann Wallace, AnnWallaceArt@aol.com or Bonny Lundy, bonnylundyart@aol.com. Watercolor Flowers, Thursdays- Sept. 11-Oct.30 10:00am-12:30. In memoriam: The Yellow Barn will sadly miss Barbara Naleszkiewicz. Barbara painted in the evening class. She was an avid supporter of the Yellow Barn. Unfortunately, she was killed in a car accident in Poland this summer.

5 2008 Fall Class Yellow Barn Studio Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Glen Echo, MD comt In cooperation with the Glen Echo Partnership for Arts & Culture and NPS Enroll now by calling The Glen Echo Partnership for Arts and Culture, or register on-line at The Yellow Barn offers a variety of courses in all aspects of drawing and painting and for all levels of students. Improve your skills and learn new approaches from our outstanding faculty. Landscape on Location Mon. & Wed. Sept. 17 Nov.24 9:30 Am 12:30 PM Tuition: $400 Landscape, Figure and Studio Mon. & Wed. Sept.17 -Nov :30PM Tuition: $400 Figure & Studio Mon. & Wed. Sept.17-Nov :30PM Tuition: $400 Portfolio Consultation Wednesday Sept. 17 Nov. 19 1:30 PM 3:30 PM Tuition: $400 Intermediate Watercolor Eric Butters Mon. 9AM-12PM Sept. 15-Nov.17 Tuition: $$295 Pastel Painting Eric Butters Mon. 1-3:30PM Sept. 15-Nov.17 Acrylic Abstract Painting Helen Corning Tue. 9:30AM-12PM & 1-3:30PM Sept Nov.25 Collage, Mixing it up Natasha Karpinskaia Sept. 15- Nov. 17 Mon. 1-3 PM, Expressive Painting Noy Davis Tu., Sept. 16- Nov. 25 9:30 AM - 12 PM Expressive Drawing Noy Davis Tu., Sept. 16- Nov :30-3 PM Learning to Draw & Paint W. Bartman III Tu,Sept. 16 Nov. 18 Th, Sept.11 Nov PM Figure Drawing Gavin Glakas Tu., Sept. 16-Nov :30 PM Tuition: $300 Charcoal, Ink & Pastel Figure Drawing Lee Newman Tu. Sept16 - Nov :00PM Tuition: $265 Creative Watercolor Susan Herron Wed. Sept. 17 Nov. 19 9:30 AM 12 PM Tuition: $265 Principles of Drawing Jackie. Jouvenal Sept. 17-Nov.19 Wed. 1 3:30 PM Beginning & Beyond Watercolor Bonny Lundy Sept.17 Nov. 19 Wednesday, 1-3:30PM & 6:30-9PM Tuition: $265

6 Advanced Life Drawing & Painting Lida Stifel Thur., Sept. 18-Nov AM-3PM Tuition: $415 Beginning & Intermediate Painting Jackie Jouvenal Th., Sept. 18-Nov.20, 9:30AM-11: 30 AM Landscape Pastel Painting Jackie Jouvenal Th, Sept 18-Nov :30 PM Exploring Abstraction Natasha Karpinskaia Sept. 18 Nov. 20 Thur. 1 3:30 PM Beginning Painting Linda Kozak Th., Sept. 18 Dec :30 PM Tuition: $290 Draw it Right Connie Jimenez Sept 18 Nov. 20 Thur. 7 9:30 PM The Contemplative Painter Tom Semmes Thur. Sept. 18 Oct :30 PM Tuition: $140 Plein Air Watercolor Christine Lashley Friday, Sept.19-Nov AM-12:30 PM Tuition: $250 Paint It Right Friday, Sept. 19 Nov. 21 9:30 AM 12 PM Tuition $295 Acrylic Painting Eric Westbrook Fri. Sept.19-Nov :30PM Painting Thru the Lens Friday., Sept. 19 Nov :30 PM Mixed Media Collage Painting Linda Kozak Friday. Sept. 19-Nov PM Tuition: $290 Painting:Representation to Abstract Linda Kozak Friday, Sept. 19 Nov PM Tuition: $290 Figure Drawing-Open Studio Sarah Bieda F, Sept. 19 Jan PM 9:30 PM $15 per session non-members $12 Yellow Barn Members $100 for all sessions in advance Portrait & Figure Drawing & Painting Gavin Glakas Sa., Sept.20 Dec. 6 10AM-12:30PM Tuition: $300 Painting Flesh Fri. Sept Nov :30 PM Advanced Painting Sun. Sept.14- Nov. 16 9:30 AM 12 PM Sunday Landscape Painting Sunday. Sept. 14- Nov PM Painting Beginning & Beyond Ann Wallace W, Dec. 3 Jan :30 PM $150 Pastel & Gouache Painting Ann Wallace Th, Dec. 4 Jan :30 PM $155 FALL WORKSHOPS Painting Nature Up Close in Watercolor Rachel Collins Sa. & Su. Oct :30 AM 3:30 PM Tuition: $195 Portrait Painting Gavin Glakas Sa. & Su.., Oct. 11 & AM 5 PM Tuition: $195 Interactive Acrylic Ann Wallace Sa. Oct. 18 or Oct. 25 or Nov. 1 9:30 AM 3 PM Tuition: $120 Cow Painting in Middletown Valley Sa. & Su., Nov. 1 & 2 10 AM 5 PM Tuition: $180 Can this Watercolor be saved? Rachel Collins Sa. & Su., Dec :30 AM 3:30 PM $195

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8 Braddock Heights Paint Out Artists - Please RSVP by September 10th, that you re planning to join us so we can make necessary plans! Mail your registration form today, or call Paula at 1- Glen Echo, MD Complete and mail entry form today! [ ] I am a current member of the Friends of the Yellow Barn [ ] Sign me up! Here s my $35 check to join the Friends, payable to Friends of the Yellow Barn. (Tax deductible!) Mail application, entry fee and membership fee (if you are not a member) to: Friends of the Yellow Barn P.O. Box 158 The YellowBarn Studio & Gallery 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Glen Echo, MD