KENTUCKY WATERCOLOR SOCIETY NEWSLETTER Summer 2014 Volume 46, Issue 3 Letter from the President Greetings Art Friends, I hope you are all enjoying your summer and doing a lot of painting. KWS is having a great year. Our still new gallery at the Brownsboro Center Arcade in Louisville is a fun and exciting place to visit. We have current exhibits plus our gallery artists' work on display. Check it out. We are preparing for the AquaVenture show with the artists' reception on July 20. It will be a wonderful exhibit you don't want to miss. Later in the year we will have our annual Aqueous USA exhibit. Fred Graff will be the Juror for Aqueous and while there is still room you should sign up for Fred's workshop in September. My sincere thanks to the many volunteers who continue to make the KWS one of the best artists organizations anywhere! Tom Poole, KWS President CALENDAR Jun 1-Aug 22... KWS Gallery Exhibit, Summer Heat July 17... Deliver AquaVenture paintings, 9am-5pm@Patio Gallery July 20... AquaVenture Opening & Award Reception, 2-4pm Aug 1... 2015 Master Painter Nomination Deadline Aug 10... Notification of Aqueous USA accepted works Aug 16... Joy of Life, Entry Deadline Aug 23... KWS Gallery Exhibit, En Plein Air Group Aug 26... AquaVenture Closes Aug 27... AquaVenture, pick up paintings, 9am-5pm Sept 3... Middletown Library Exchange, 9:15am Sept 4... Tom Scott s Fall Classes begin Sept 6... Joy of Life, paintings to Baptist Hospital East (BHE), 1-3pm Sept 10-19... Aqueous USA, accepted paintings must arrive Sept 12... KWS Board Meeting, 2pm Sept 14... Joy of Life, Opening Reception @ BHE, 1-3pm Sept 23-26... Frederick Graff Workshop Oct 1... KWS Fall Newsletter Deadline Oct 11... Fall General Meeting @KWS Gallery, 2pm Oct 18... Joy of Life, Pick up paintings, 10am-noon Nov 3... Aqueous USA Opens to public Nov 7... Aqueous USA Opening & Awards Reception, Actors Theater Nov 7-8... Judy Mudd s Mini Portrait Workshop KWS FALL GENERAL MEETING: October 11, 2014, 2pm at the KWS Gallery AquaVenture 2014 Twenty-three artists submitted 50 works of art for the AquaVenture 2014 exhibition. Chair, Trudi Bellou, qualified all 50 pieces and entered them into the competition. This year s Juror, Gabrielle Mayer, then had the difficult task of selecting only 24 pieces to be exhibited, the maximum allowed this year due to the size of the Patio Gallery at JCC. We are excited to announce that 18 artists will be included in AquaVenture 2014. Framed artwork is due in the Patio Gallery on July 17 after which Gabrielle Mayer will complete her adjudication for the following awards: First Prize ($300), Second Prize ($200), Third Prize ($100), Honorable Mention ($25 each). The Award Reception is Sunday, July 20, 2 4 pm in the Patio Gallery, Jewish Community Center 3600 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, KY 40205. Juror, Gabrielle Mayer is a realist painter and associate professor at University of Louisville. Highlights of her exhibitions include Global Perspectives on America s Heartland at the Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, 2013, Florida Contemporary at the Naples Art Museum, 2009, and the 2008 Contemporary Realism Biennial at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. A recipient of the Kentucky Arts Council s Al Smith Fellowship, 2007, Ms. Mayer has been a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome and artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center in New York, the Paducah Arts Alliance, the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico. AquaVenture, KWS s annual, water-based media exhibit, is open July 20-August 26. The Patio Gallery is located in the lobby of the Jewish Community Center, 3600 Dutchmans Lane Gallery hours...sunday: 9am-6pm, Monday Thursday: 8:30am-9pm, Friday: 8:30am-7pm, Closed Saturday Heartfelt thanks to Trudi Bellou, AquaVenture 2014 Chairperson, for all her hard work, and to all KWS members who entered the show, as well as two non-kws members who entered this year. We are looking forward to this exciting, annual exhibit, and the increased attention and visibility it will receive in this very professional gallery. Please join us at the Award Reception Sunday, July 20, 2 4pm, and encourage everyone you know to see the exhibit before it closes August 26th. WE DON T KNOW WHO THE WINNERS OF AQUAVENTURE 2014 ARE... BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE 24 EXCITING PIECES FOR THE JUROR TO CHOOSE FROM.
Greetings from the Kentucky Watercolor Society Gallery! The Kentucky Watercolor Society Gallery is located at 4836 Brownsboro Rd., Louisville, KY Hours of Operation: Tuesday-Friday 11am-4pm, Saturday 11am-3pm Our "Summer Heat" Exhibit is currently hanging in the Gallery. Stop by and see our beautiful paintings! While visiting you can take advantage of the great and special deal KWS is offering on Aline Barker s books and paintings. We ve reduced the cost of her remaining paintings by 25% and the sale price of her remaining donated books has been reduced by 50%. These are extraordinary prices. This is a wonderful opportunity to acquire some great artwork from an extraordinary artist, teacher and woman. Aline is donating a generous portion of the proceeds from all sales to KWS because she wants her friends and students to have a piece of her great, creative spirit. Her books and artwork will be in the KWS Gallery in Brownsboro Center a few more weeks until gone. First come, first served! The KWS Gallery members exhibiting in the 4 Seasons Store exchanged their paintings during the first week in July. Visit our Brownsboro Center neighbor, 4 Seasons, the next time you re in the neighborhood, to shop for delicious, local, organic treats and check out the work of your fellow KWS members. Current and upcoming exhibits in the KWS Gallery include Summer Heat, June 1-August 22 En Plein Air Group, August 23-October 3 Celebrating the Season in Watercolor, November 1, 2014-January 9, 2015 KWS All Member Show, January 10, 2015-March 30, 2015 Questions or concerns can be directed to Pat, 502.671.0403, or Mary Sue, 502.262.6371 or sueklus@aol.com Pat Lefevre and Mary Sue Klusman, KWS Co-Gallery Directors KWS Needs Your Help KWS is looking for an energetic, motivated individual to fill the position of KWS Administrator. This volunteer position has a stipend, as many of the associated tasks are time sensitive and require a weekly time commitment. If you think you re the person to fill this very important role for KWS, or you think you know who could, please email kwsociety1100@yahoo.com. A qualified applicant will have strong organizational and interpersonal skills, as well as experience with Microsoft Excel, Publisher and Word. The job can be done from home, but would be most attractive to and reasonably accomplished by a Louisville, Kentucky resident, due to the location of our P.O. Box and KWS Gallery. VOLUNTERS NEEDED to help with AQUEOUS USA I hope everyone was able to get their paintings submitted by the June 30th deadline for Aqueous USA 2014. This year KWS will have even more prizes to offer in the Exhibition and we re even providing a free gift for every member who comes to the Opening & Awards Reception at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Nov 7th! Many hands make light work and KWS really needs your help. Please contact me if you can assist with any of the following Organizing The Dinner at Milkwood, to take place Nov.7, after Opening & Awards Reception Delivering Purchase Awards & Other last minute Preparations Nov 3, morning...transporting paintings to Actors Theatre...Hanging the Exhibit Nov 7, evening...hand out catalogs/hand out free gifts...hand out Awards, Opening & Awards Reception Dec 27, morning...taking down the Exhibit Transporting paintings from Actors Theatre Dec 29...Help take shipped paintings to UPS and Fed X You ll be a big part of making Aqueous USA 2014 the best ever! To volunteer, please call Aqueous USA Chair, Sue Hinkebein, at (502)458-5043 or email suehinkebein@hotmail.com. Thanks so much! 2 Middletown Library Display KWS members are invited to display their work at the Middletown Library. The next display will be hung Wednesday, Sept. 3, 9:15am. Bring your watercolor paintings framed under acrylic glazing and wired for hanging. We now have 14-15 artists participating with 21 spots for paintings. If you have more than one painting, bring it just in case we have room for a second painting. This display will stay up until Dec. 3rd at the next exchange. Of course, if one sells in the interim, arrangements can be made to exchange it for another painting. You should include a card with the picture and your contact information. Questions? Contact Judy Mudd, judymudd@bellsouth.net KENTUCKY WATERCOLOR SOCIETY P.O. Box 7125 Louisville, KY 40257-0125 502.326.9256 kwsociety1100@yahoo.com Newsletter Published Quarterly Deadline for Fall issue is October 1st We reserve the right to edit all submitted copy. All images are property of the artists and may not be used without permission of the artist. All rights reserved. www.kentuckywatercolorsociety.org
KWS Workshop News Our Jeannie McGuire Workshop, Watercolor Workshop: Figurative Design, June 23-26, was a popular and fun week for everyone able to make it. We all agreed, she is a fabulous teacher! Big thanks to all our members and their artistic friends who attend and support our workshops and continuing education! KWS has so much coming up and we don t want you to miss any of it! Frederick C. Graff AWS, NWS, TWSA Creative Approaches to Watercolor (Intermediate-Advanced) September 23-26, 2014 Students will enjoy exploring both innovative and traditional watercolor approaches that will further develop and enhance their own personal style of painting. Fred will provide the students with a series of exercises, lectures and demonstrations that will enable each individual to fully understand principles of design. Emphasis will also be placed on expressing yourself in an artistic and uninhibited manner. The introduced painting approaches and concepts will enlighten both the traditional and contemporary watercolor artists. Some of the different topics that will be presented include: abstract underglazes, negative painting, understanding how to maintain natural whites, exploring different types of painting surfaces including Yupo, wet-in-wet painting approaches, and most importantly, composition and design. Learn more about him and his work by visiting his website, fredgraff.com. Above left, Frederick Graff. Lower right, Graff s painting, Era of Grandeur WHEN: September 23-26, 2014 Prior to Sept 1: KWS members, $396.00 Non-members, $420.00 After Sept 1: Add $25.00 TO REGISTER for Fredrick C. Graff Workshop or Judy Mudd s Mini Portrait Workshop: Send at least half of fee (checks payable to Kentucky Watercolor Society ) to: Charlotte Humphress 703 Lebanon Ave. Campbellsville, KY 42718-1807 Please include an email address and/or phone number so a material list and confirmation can be sent. For more information, contact Charlotte Humphress, 270.465.3355 or charlottehumphress@gmail.com Judy Mudd s Mini Portrait Workshop November 7-8, 2014 Judy Mudd is a Signature Member of KWS, as well as National and American Watercolor Societies where she has had paintings accepted. This year she won an award at the Southern Watercolor Society with Neglected Wisdom (pictured left). Judy will be sharing her talent during a 2-day Portrait Workshop, Nov 7-8, 9:30am-4:30pm. Bring a favorite photo of an adult or child s face (enlarged to 8x10) or use a photo provided by the instructor. Topics covered are drawing techniques, individual facial features, skin tones, mixing colors, painting natural looking hair, creating a likeness and more. There will be short lectures, daily demonstrations and individual instruction. We will have a short lunch break, so bring your own lunch or plan to pick something up. Drinks provided. Price: KWS Members: $125, Non-Members: $140, Lunch is not included in price 3
Coming to Louisville in 2015 WHEN: May 11-14, 2015 Prior to April 15: KWS members, $370.00 Non-members, $389.00 After April 15: Add $25.00 Dongfeng Li Exploring the Portrait in Watercolor May 11-14, 2015 Dongfeng Li is an art professor at Morehead State University. He holds an MFA in painting and drawing, and a Masters of Education in Art Education. He has taught watercolor, oil painting, drawing, and Chinese brush painting for many years in the USA and internationally. Li s watercolors have won many national awards including the first place artist award in the Kentucky Watercolor Society s Aqueous USA 2012 & the Kentucky Artist Award in Aqueous USA 2013. We are honored to have Li lead a portrait workshop for KWS. About the Workshop: The objectives of the workshop will include constructing the figure, glazing techniques, mixing skin color, and using textures as a visual vocabulary. Frank Francese Watercolor Workshop July 27-30, 2015 Frank Francese is a well- known watercolor artist and instructor. His liquid style is unique and distinctive. Frank enjoys working on a very wet surface, letting the pure color mix itself on the paper. His shapes are large and loose, often disregarding fine detail. Frank uses abrupt color changes of the same value with the white of the watercolor paper to bring his paintings to life. The subject matter for Francese watercolors is always varied, reflecting his national and international travels. About the Workshop: During our 4 day workshop Frank will demonstrate two times per day with plenty of time for working on the concepts presented. Day 1 will include nature scenes. The goal is for students to learn to apply the paint freely on the page and to start to understand how to use the white of the paper. Day 2 we will paint rustic scenes placing manmade structures in the natural landscape. The concepts of light source and shadowing will be introduced. City scenes are the focus of Day 3. Learning what to include in your painting and what to leave out is stressed here. On Day 4 we will paint beach scenes - boats and buildings in the tropics, the confusion of a harbor scene with fishing boats, working people or the quiet sea villages in any part of the world. Visit frank s website at francese.com to see more about him and his beautiful paintings. WHEN: September 28-October 1, 2015 Prior to Sept 1: KWS members, $394.00 Non-members, $420.00 After Sept 1: Add $25.00 Robert Burridge Put the Wow Back in Watermedia September 28-October 1, 2015 Robert Burridge is a full-time contemporary painter and teaches combined media, collage and painting throughout France, Italy, Mexico, Central America, as well as the USA. His workshops have historically changed artists lives forever. About the Workshop: This powerful painting course will cover the latest in avant-garde water media materials and techniques that Bob is currently doing. The new Burridge bright and vibrant color Wheel and Design Composition principles are emphasized. You will learn how to create with higher intentions and personal stuff. Be ready to create a huge frenzy of painting on paper or watercolor canvasses with a variety of subject matters. Watercolor varnish techniques are included. It s not your normal watercolor techniques class! Think experimental, contemporary Aquamedia Painting! In this workshop you can use ALL water-based art materials. This includes professional watercolors as well as acrylics, fluid acrylics, dyes, water-soluble markers. If it dissolves in water, you can paint with it! Visit his website at roberburridge.com to learn more about Bob. The workshop is listed with the supply list. WHEN: July 27-30, 2015 Prior to July 1: KWS members, $394.00 Non-members, $419.00 After July 1: Add $25.00 For more information regarding any KWS Workshops or Educational opportunities, please visit our website or contact Charlotte Humphress, 270.465.3355 or charlottehumphress@gmail.com 4
Kentucky Watercolor Society Joy of Life September 8-October 17, 2014 at Baptist Hospital East 4000 Kresge Way, Louisville, KY 40207 Opening Reception: Sunday, September 14, 2014 1-3pm CALENDAR Aug 16..Entry Deadline Sept 6 Deliver paintings to Baptist Hospital East (BHE), 2nd floor*, 1-3pm Sept 14..Opening Reception at BHE, 1-3pm Oct 17...Show Closes Oct 18...Pick up paintings from BHE, 10am-12pm *Most direct access to BHE: Drive to parking garage behind the hospital and park on second floor. Eligibility and Specifications All Kentucky Watercolor Society members whose dues are current for 2014 are eligible. Each artist may enter three paintings. Entry Fee: A non-refundable fee of $15 for first entry, and $5 each for up to 2 additional paintings entered, limit 3 (maximum fee $25) Submission: Submit completed entry form with working e-mail address and phone number and a non-refundable check in the correct amount, payable to KWS. Please submit a CD or email high resolution, digital images for showing at the auditorium big screen. Eligibility: Any painting accepted into any previous KWS exhibit is ineligible. The first 25-35 paintings submitted will be accepted, dependent on size of the paintings. Paintings must be hand-delivered. Artwork must be original: conceived and created by the artist submitting the work. Prints and copied work of another artist or copies of published pictures or photographs are not considered original artwork. The painting must be water-based media on paper, board, or canvas, with at least 3 inches of white mat, framed under Plexiglas (NO GLASS) with eye screws. All paintings should be framed with light color frames (white, gold or silver). Minimum image size is 10"x14", framed size 16 x 20. Sale: Paintings do not have to be for sale. KWS and BHE will take 30% commission (20% / 10%) on sold artwork during the show. An artist will be permitted to replace any sold artwork until the exhibit closes. Send the Entry Fee, and completed Entry Form by August 16, 2014 to: Director of the show, Alice Scanlon 4302 Old Coach Road Crestwood, KY 40014 E-mail: alicescanlon@live.com Joy of Life Prospectus 5 Joy of Life Awards 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Prizes will be handed out Feature of the Show All current members can vote for their favorite painting and can give an explanation of their choice during the viewing in the auditorium. There will 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes handed out. The painting with the most votes will get 1 st, etc. Paintings can be viewed the week prior to the Opening or the day of the Opening. You do not have to come to the Opening to vote, but your name has to be attached to your vote for your vote to be counted. You may vote on the day of the show until 2 p.m. email alicescanlon@live.com or call 502.533.4479. The name of the member must be attached to the vote so we can verify current membership with the KWS. Joy of Life Entry Form (Please print or type) Artist Street City/State/Zip Preferred Phone Email Waiver: I, the undersigned, assume all liability and insurance for the submitted Painting(s) and will not hold Kentucky Watercolor Society and/or Baptist Hospital East responsible for damages or losses incurred during the Joy of Life Show. Signature Date Painting #1, Title Image size: Height Width Frame size: Height Width Price $ Painting #2, Title Image size: Height Width Frame size: Height Width Price $ Painting #3, Title Image size: Height Width Frame size: Height Width Price $
KENTUCKY WATERCOLOR SOCIETY P.O. Box 7125, Louisville, KY 40257-0125 (502) 326-9256 kwsociety1100@yahoo.com Address Service Requested ARTIST S EXCHANGE NOTE: Submissions for this column are run as space permits. E-mail ready to print text, 50 words or less, to kwsociety1100@yahoo.com. Pat Dispenziere was awarded the Arts in the Mountains Award by Donna Zagotta in the Northwest Watercolor Society 74th Annual International Open Exhibition. She also had three transparent watercolors juried into the 2014 San Diego County Fair at the Del Mar Fairgrounds from June 7-July 6, 2014. She was awarded Second Place in the Watercolor Still Life category on her watercolor "Pay of Light II". Connie Kuhn needs to sell 3 brand new, French easels, still in their packages @ $50 each. Money raised from sales will go to Friends For Hope, a cancer support group. Interested or know someone who is? Call 502.386.5454 or email kuhnish@aol.com. DONATIONS TO KWS Several members have generously offered to donate some art supplies and frames to KWS. We think this provides a great opportunity to save on our increasingly expensive framing and supply costs. Our Board has decided to bring this opportunity to our members twice a year at our General Meetings. Each artist who donates should bring the items to our Fall Meeting and take home that day any leftover supplies. Everyone loves "freebies" and as artists you can feel better about an uncluttered studio knowing your art buddies will benefit. To keep this as an ongoing project clutters our new gallery and becomes a burden on the workshop people, etc. who have to find a place to put them. Anyone interested in selling their items should contact Rebecca for an add in our newsletter. Start cleaning now and you'll be ready for our fall meeting! We still have some of Aline Barker's paintings left. Come by the gallery and get a piece of her great creative mind and wisdom that we all love.! NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: October 1st for the Fall 2014 Issue Aqueous USA 2014 37th Annual National Watercolor Exhibition November 3-December 23, 2014 Opening Reception: Friday, November 7, 2014 Actors Theatre of Louisville 316 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 Contact kwsociety1100@yahoo.com or 502.326.9256 for more information