Linda Addicott Watermarks Newsletter for the Central MM Watercolorists August 2015 Important: August Paint In, Aug. 11, is CANCELLED. The participation in June and July was very small. At this printing there are only 2 openings left in the Frank Zeller Workshop in Oct. See Calendar for info. January 2014 August 2015 President s Message August! Summer bounties are peaking. Although rain has been a whisper in places like the Northwest and a roar in Iowa, we have been treated with a song. Clemens- Munsinger Gardens showed evidence of this as its blooms and garden designs provided a beautiful backdrop for Art in the Garden July 16. Fourteen CMW painters showed their works in our Little Treasures display. Three members sold paintings and many folks visited our tent and made lovely comments. Thank you Kerry Kupferschmidt for coordinating, Bonnie Schwictenberg and Anita Hendrickx for supplying screens and the awning respectively. Thanks to Pat Spence and Donna Smith for ONLINE Find Central Minnesota Watercolorists news and more at www.centralmnwatercolorists.org and on Facebook at www.facebook/com Central MN Watercolorists
helping with set up and to Ralph Carpenter, Virginia Barker, Jan Loebel, John Carter for manning the booth. CMW extended the colorful ambience of the gardens to the walls of the Paramount Visual Arts Center. July 31 we hung 34 paintings for our exhibit, Luscious. The show will continue to September 9. And with that backdrop many of you will set up booths in the Granite Lounge and Paramount lobby for the annual show and sale held in step with the St Cloud Sizzling Summer Art Crawl August 14. Summer art is peaking. August 22 Carol Spohn will entertain and Nunc cursus magna quis teach a sold out watercolor batik workshop 9a to 4pm at Watab Town Hall. September 1 st our CentraCare Health Plaza exhibit will be hung. So many opportunities for you and the public to sample CMW watercolor art! There s more as we head into Fall! Keep an eye on the Event Calendar. You are invited to attend the Annual CMW Dinner Meeting and Silent Auction September 14 at Watab Town Hall 5:15pm to 8:30pm. We will discuss the year so far as well as upcoming events seeking your input. This is also an occasion to bring your silent auction donations. As a bonus this year, we have received an anonymous donation: a signed and numbered print by local artist Jerry Korte! We welcome Judy Grooters and Jo Schwalbowski to our membership. Kudos and congratulations to Kathy Braud in receiving her GRA grant and Sandra Driscoll for acceptance of her painting Tallship in the State Fair. Look at everything in the world as if you are seeing it for the first time, and paint everything as if you were seeing it for the last time. (Andrew Hamilton) Stef 2
The Banner Painting Here is Kalee, a painting by Linda Addicott. Linda loves to paint animals and subjects reminiscent of the past. This painting found a good home almost as soon as it was exhibited as have many of her others. You can see her work in the CMW website www.centralmnwatercolorists on her artists page and in the sales gallery. CMW can help 1. Need a ride to meetings or events? Contact a board member and we will get you connected. Several members have offered to provide rides from different directions. 2. Mary Buhl will meet with you to teach you how to send.jpgs of your work AND how to navigate the website. Just contact her at mnlady205@jetup.net. Welcome to Central Minnesota Watercolorists! We have more new members. Welcome Jo Schwalbowski and Judy Grooters. We are proud to have over 80 members from Central Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. CMW Members Teaching Dan Mondloch will be teaching watercolor and acrylic at the Paramount Visual Arts Studios (320-257- 5928) this fall on Oct. 17; Nov. 21; and Dec. 5. 3
2015 CALENDAR ANNUAL SHOW AND SALE AUG. 14, 2015. Paramount Visual Arts Center Granite Lounge, 3-9pm. You can have a booth or table to display all your work. We are very lucky to have secured this space which is upstairs in the glass lobby of the ticket sales area. We will likely also have part of the indoor lobby of the theater. The fee for an area has not been set yet but it will be VERY affordable. This space is nearly full but you can be on the waiting list. The board is working on securing more space from the Paramount. AUG. 22, 2015 Carol Spohn workshop Batik Watercolor. All Day. $40 members, $50 non members. Contack Robyn York robyncmw@gmail.com. There is ONE spot left. SEPT. 1- SEPT 30 NEW CENTRACARE Exhibit. $5 per painting. The artists signed up previously for the June show which was cancelled will have preference for this rescheduled event. A waiting list is be added. Last day to advise Robyn York robyncmw@gmail.com with your title, size, and price is Aug. 24, 2015. CentraCare will a collect!5% commission and tax similar to the St. Cloud Hospital shows since they are part of the same corp. SEPT. 14, 2015 CMW Annual Dinner and Auction meeting 6-8:30 pm. At the Watab Town Hall. There will be a nice dinner catered by Henry s of Foley. We have some excellent items for the silent auction also. OCT. 1 NOV. 30, 2015 River s Edge convention Center, St. Cloud. Hang date is Sept 29, 2015 from 4-5 pm. Take down is Nov. 30 from 4-5 pm. Up to 2 pieces per person. OCT. 1- NOV. 30, 2015 CMW Exhibit at Whitney Sr. Center Oct. 1, 2015 3-4 pm one piece only $5. Take Down Nov. 30, 2015 3-4 pm. OCT 10-11, 2015. Watercolor weekend workship with Frank Zeller from 9-4 pm Sat. and Sun. This workshop has just been posted. CMW members have first choice to attend until Aug. 14, 2015. Then it will be open to the public. The tuition is $100. A supply list will be mailed. Bonnie (320-224- 5517 or bswitz@cloudnet.com ) will assist in getting supplies for any who need them. Contact Derick Segerstrom. At. 320-257- 5928 or derick@paramountarts.org. OCT. 12, 2015 Central Minnesota Watercolorists October meeting. Paramount Visual Arts in studio C or B. 6-8:40 pm. The presenter will be CMW member Kerry Kupferschmidt. He will tell us about his day job, Architectural Commercial and Residential renderings for firms in the cities. Now you know why Kerry s buildings blend so well with the environment. 4
NOV. 1- Dec. 30, 2015 Waite Park Library Exhibit hangs 4-5pm NOV. 2, 2015. Take Down Dec. 30, 2015 4-5pm. NOV. 9, 2015 CMW November meeting at 6:00-8:40 pm. Paramount Visual Arts Studio B or C. Duane Barnhart will be our presenter. Check out his website with Fine Arts America. Congratulations and Recognition Dan Mondloch participated in three plein air events recently with some great results. In Red Wing in June he won first place with the painting in the lower left. In July he took first place overall with Industrial Charm in Paint du Nord. And later in July at the Jacques Art Center he received another first place for Backlit Clouds and also a first with Hazy Aitkin Morning in the quick paint event. The icing on the cake was he enjoyed a few sales to boot. Catch Dan and his work at Loring Park in August and Hudson Plein Air later in Aug. from the 14-17. For more information see www.danmondloch.com. Congratulations Ed Cacek Ed was accepted into the juried Paint du Nord show at the Duluth Arts Institute in July also. His piece is shown on the left. Great Job Sandra Driscoll Sandra has again been accepted as a final exhibitor in the 2015 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Building Exhibit for her remarkable painting Tall Ships. If you go, be sure to check it out. The details of the ships fittings are really something. You deserve it, Kathy Braud! A big congratulations for earning a GRA grant to explore watermedia, Kathy. You have shown that creative zeal for many years. We look forward to seeing your new work. For information on how to make your own Artist Website, marketing for artists and professional development opportunities, see our website! www.centralmnwatercolorists.org/events/opportunities/
Art in the Park at Munsinger Gardens, July 17 This was our first year of a Small Treasures show. The exhibits were really good and we learned that we could have used a lot more examples, especially as some sold it would be nice to have back ups to fill the spaces. The setting was great. The weather - a bit rainy. No paintings were damaged thanks to Anita Hendrickx s generous loan of her popup tent. Kerry Kupferschmidt and Mary Buhl Our fearless leader Sandra Driscoll and Linda Addicott This really was a lovely site. The gardens were at their July peak. We have asked for the same spot next year. Frank Zeller Workshop Oct. 10-11 9-4 pm Mixed Media with Watercolor. Paramount Visual Arts Studios. This opportunity to study mixed media plus watercolor with Frank is almost full. Contact Derick at 320-257- 5928 for one of the final spaces or to get on the waiting list. There is ALMOST always someone who has to cancel at the final moment. Carol Spohn, Batik Watercolor. Aug. 22, 2015 9-4 pm Watab Town Hall is now full, however there is ALMOST always someone who has to cancel at a late date. There is a waiting list available so call Robyn at 320-220- 0684 to get on it. 6
Paramount Theater Gallery Exhibit come and view this excellent exhibit from now through Sept. 8, 2015. Annual CMW dinner and Silent Auction, Sept. 14, 2015 We are having a wonderful dinner catered by Henry s of Foley just like we did last year. It is at the at the Watab Town Hall, 666 75th St. S. W., Suk Rapids, MN 56379. There will be many great items at the silent auction including this signed and numbered Gerry Korte print from annonymous doner. Come and enjoy the evening. Look for a separate reminder in Aug. The event starts at 6pm social, 6:30pm. 7
New Central Minnesota Watercolorists Board Stef Young, President young.stefyoung.stephanie9@gmail.com 515-231- 8780 Linda Addicott, laadd1083@jetup.net NEW 320-253- 1649 Vice President Robyn York, Treasurer robyncmw@gmail.com 320-220- 0684 Bonnie Schwichtenberg Newsletter bswitz@cloudnet.com 320-224- 5517 Mary Buhl, Social Media mnlady205@jetup.net 320-252- 4412 including Facebook and CentralMNWatercolorists.org website Central Minnesota Watercolorists membership form While mostly watercolorists, this organization welcomes all artists regardless of medium or experience. We are a group of individuals embracing the arts. Dues are $25 annually paid before January 31 for the current calendar year. After that it is $30. New members who join after July enjoy prorated dues. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP CODE HOME PHONE CELL PHONE Send dues to Robyn York, CMW Treasurer: at 1820 2nd St., S. E., St. Cloud, MN 56304. We now email all our newsletters. If you can t receive emailed Newsletters, please let us know right away. You can also find the newsletter on our website every month at www.centralmnwatercolorists.com. 8