December 2013 Artline - Tidewater Art Alliance

Artline Editor: Ray Almond, contact at : [email protected]

TAA Officers to continue our

TAA mission to promote

TAA member artists and

Cultural Arts in Tidewater !

Barbara Loomis has finished

the prospectus for our “Eyes

Wide Open” exhibition to be

held at the Portsmouth Art

and Cultural Center in

February 2014, and all of the

the top cash awards have

been increased from last

year’s prizes ! This new

prospectus was already

emailed to all TAA members,

but you can also download it

from out TAA website :

tidewaterartalliance.org !

TAA member Norman

Goodwin, gave a very

informative lecture on

“What it means to be an

artist today”, at our Nov.

TAA General Meeting .

(See photo and Kudo Page

2 below)

And I’m hoping to see our

President’s Letter

December 2013

Hello TAA members,

Mark your calendars for

our January 2014 Members

General Meeting will be

held on Sunday, January

12th

, and nominations will

be held to elect our 2014-15

slate of TAA Officers ! My 2-year tenure as TAA

President will end in July

2014, and I will not be a

candidate after that, but I will

offer to stay on as editor of

the “Artline” newsletter,

unless someone offers to do

that as well.

Please email me at

[email protected]

m to nominate a TAA

member or even yourself,

to serve as TAA President,

1st V.P., 2

nd V.P., and TAA

Secretary for the 2014-15

year ahead, as this is very

important, as we elect

these officers at our annual

January meeting each year.

If you check our TAA

website, we are already

fully booked for having

various annual TAA shows

into the 2014-2015 years

ahead, so that will be no

burden on the new TAA

Officers that will be elected

in January.

Talk among yourselves

and notify me of those

members that you think

would be excellent new

Tidewater Art Alliance for Visual Artists Non-profit organization

TAA members at our TAA

General Meeting for new TAA

“Officers Elections” on

Sunday, Jan. 12th

, 2014!

Sincerely, Ray

Below is another famous artist

quote to ponder as we all are

continuing our path to making

better art to share with

ourselves, friends, family, and

society too.

“No amount of skillful

invention can replace the

essential element of

imagination.”

Edward Hopper, 1882-1967

Executive Officers President —Ray Almond 1st. V.P.— Al Benas 2nd. V.P.— Barbara Hennig-Loomis

Treasurer— Jennifer Darnell, CPA Secretary —Position Open

Board of Directors President: Ray Almond Director/1st VP: Al Benas Director/2nd VP: Barbara Hennig-Loomis Director/Treasurer: Jennifer Darnell, CPA Director/Secretary: Position Open Director/Web Master: Corrine Steel Director/Membership: Mike Young Director/Past President: Mary Anne Gamboa

Member Volunteers Artistic Chair:

Position Available Artline Editor: Ray Almond (757) 638-5227 Treasurer/Controller: Jennifer Darnell, CPA Exhibitions/Events:

Position available

History: M. Moore Nicholson 282-6982

Hospitality: Position available

Mailing: Betsy Rivers-Kennedy 434-8041

Membership: Mike Young 624-9604

Photographers: Position Available

Ray Almond, 714-7590 (backup) Programs: Position Available Public Relations:

Norman Goodwin 423-6305 Publicity:

Ray Almond 638-5227 Recruiting:

Sheila Robinson 625-2880 Reception Host:

Position available

Volunteer Coordinator:

Position Available Website curator:

Corrine Steele (757) 275-6463

TAA President’s Phone (757) 638-5227 http://www.tidewaterartalliance.org

Standard General Meeting Schedule:2013-14

Member’s Regular Meetings: 2nd Sunday each month at 2:00 p.m.. at the Gallery Shop building next to the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center,420 High Street, Portsmouth, Va.

Note: There is No TAA December General Meeting as our Annual Holiday Party is Sunday Dec. 8th See page 7 below Detailsbelowbbelowber 10

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Kudos Korner


A Note about Kudos Submissions:

In order for Kudos Korner to applaud TAA Members, it is important for individual artists to submit their own good deeds (or those of

another artist!)

Submissions can be made via new TAA Editor email :

[email protected] by the 15th of every month for the next edition of our

Artline Newsletter. Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message,

and mention that it’s for ‘Kudos’!

Please follow normal guidelines for submitting to Artline: see the box on last

page of this issue.

Above: TAA member Mike W. Morgan recently was awarded an Award of Merit in the "Art Speaks on the Bay" show in Mathews, Va., for his 11” x 14” acrylic painting, "Yellow Figure-Eight Study".

At right: TAA member Norman Goodwin, gave a very informative lecture on “What it means to be an artist today”, at our Nov. TAA General Meeting which was well-received by all in attendance, and he showed multiple examples of the creative techniques that he has developed over the past 45 years as an artist and art Teacher in Tidewater, Va.

( Above: “Birdbrain” by TAA’s John Tobin won the 3rd Place Award in the 2013 Suffolk Art League’s Juried Annual Exhibition, on Nov. 2nd, and continues through December 20th, 2013 ( See Page 4 below )

( Above: TAA’s Ann Moore’s miniature watercolor, “Lower 6th Avenue”, will appear in the 2013 International Exhibition of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. This is Ann’s first time in a show outside the local 757 region. And TAA’s Yvonne Wilson Boone, who is more experienced in miniatures, has THREE works in this show!

Photo right: Thanks to TAA’s James Warwick Jones for hosting the TAA Annual “Holiday Party” in his home in Hampton, Virginia on Sunday, December 8th from 12:30-3:30 ! ( See all “TAA Holiday Party” photos on Pages 6 & 7 below)

Special thanks to Gayle Paul and Steven Grunnet of the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center for supporting TAA’s “Black Saturday Art Sale” on November 30th from 12-5:30 !



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Current Local Art Shows to See or Enter of Note :

Continuing at The Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Va. Formerly known as the Courthouse Galleries,– (757) 393-8543 - email: [email protected] Mailing Address : 521 Middle Street , Portsmouth, Va. 23704

The Annual “Winter Wonderland” Holiday Exhibition in the Main Gallery- Friday November 29th – Tuesday December 31st 2013 Exhibition Hours : Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.,· Sunday: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Closed Mondays, except Monday Holidays

Our kick-off of the 2013 holiday season. This annual exhibition now in its tenth year, is on view at two sites, features new exhibits and selected displays from the Coleman Nursery Collection, which became a tradition for families from across the Hampton Roads

region and beyond.

Below: Photos of the “TAA 2013 Black Saturday Art Sale” held at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, Nov. 30th, 2013 by Ray Almond.

Above Center: Diane Hottenstein, at right : Al Benas & Ann Moore, Bottom Center: Al Benas

who exhibited from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.



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Now at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center 4205 Victoria Blvd. Hampton, VA 23669 – (757) 727-1490 - email: [email protected]

Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10:00a.m. - 6:00 p.m.-Weekends : 1:00p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Web Show 2012-13 Exhibition & Show Info : http://www.hamptonarts.net/charles-h-taylor-arts-center-/exhibitions

“Peninsula Glass Guild Juried Exhibition” From: December 7th 2013 – January 26th 2014 This 26th annual juried exhibition presents the many forms of glass created by members of the

Peninsula Glass Guild. The PGG, established in 1986 to promote quality art glass in the

community, is a membership organization of glass artists working in Virginia. The exhibition

offers a wide range of creative processes, including blown, carved, cast, painted, flame worked,

fused, leaded, neon, sandblasted and stained glass. Related events will include the juror’s

lecture and a silent auction. Juror, Fred Dreisbach, an internationally known figure from the

world of glass art will select and present $3,750 in cash awards and scholarships. Mr.

Dreisbach lives and works in Freeland, Washington and for 46 years, nicknamed “the Johnny

Appleseed of Glass”, has presented hundreds of lectures and demonstrations in North America,

Europe and Asia. His works are represented in dozens of global collections including those of

Corning Museum of Glass, the Smithsonian Institution and Toledo Glass Museum.

( At right : “Within Myself #1”, by glass artist, Julia Rogers )

Sign Up for TAA Member Dr. Norman Goodwin’s “Continuing creative 4-week Studio Art Classes” :

“Creating Mixed-media Works on both Paper and Canvas” Class Begins: Wednesday January 15th,2014 from 1-3:00 p.m. at the One-Eleven Art Gallery, 111 Pennsylvania Ave. Norfolk, just off Granby Street. Call Norman at (757) 423-6305 for the required class materials, etc.! 4-week class only : $68.00 ! (or e-mail him at : [email protected] ( Norman’s Studio classes continue every 4 weeks, challenging your creativity, both painting and drawing with mixed-media techniques of water-media paints,

oil-pastels, ink,etc., on both paper and canvas surfaces )

( Above: Norman Goodwin demonstrating one of his many methods of making mixed-media art in his class at the 111 Art Studio )

Continuing at the Suffolk Art Gallery:

118 Bosley Ave, Suffolk,Virginia (757) 925-0448 Web information : [email protected]

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00am - 5:00pm and Sunday, 1:00pm - 5:00pm. Web Show 2012-13 Exhibition Info : http://suffolkartleague.org

“The Suffolk Art League’s Annual Juried Exhibition”

From Saturday Nov. 2nd – Friday December 20th, 2013 “Opening Reception”- Saturday November 2nd from 4–6:00 p.m.

The Suffolk Art League is a Community Partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.



http://www.hamptonarts.net/charles-h-taylor-arts-center-/exhibitions



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Continuing at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center … 101 Museum Drive, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (757) 596-8175 Web information : www.pfac.org Closed Mondays, Tuesday-Saturday 10:00a.m.-5:00 p.m., Sundays 1:00-5:00 p.m.

“ Nature Revealed: Works by Frederick Nichols and Jan Knipe, October 19

th 2013 - January 12

th 2014

Free Admission to PFAC Members, $10.00 for Non-Members

"Nature Revealed" features views on nature in two solo shows by Virginia artists. Frederick Nichols creates large-scale paintings and

silkscreen prints of the Virginia countryside surrounding his Barboursville home. His works are based on photographs projected on

canvas, allowing him to capture "a place, one moment in time, one season at a time." With his wife, Beth, Nichols owns the Nichols

Gallery Annex in Barboursville. His work has been exhibited locally and internationally.

Radford resident Jan Knipe is particularly interested in observing development, unvarnished landscapes and chasing what light

reveals in particular locations and times of day. Her work is not new to PFAC; she received first place in drawing in the 1996 and

1996 PFAC juried exhibitions.

Above: Frederick Nichols watercolor : Bacon Hollow Above: Jan Knipe drawing : “Yellow”

Continuing at The Towne Pavilion I Center : The Tidewater Art Alliance Exhibition : “Going Up” From Thursday October 24

th 2013-Friday January 3

rd 2014

The Towne Pavilion I Center, 2101 Parks Avenue, at the foot of 264-E,Virgina Beach, Virginia


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Below: Photos of the “TAA 2013 “Holiday Party”, hosted by James

Warwick Jones, December 8th, 2013 by Jim Jones and Ray Almond.

Above left: The Wine Party Bar in the J.W. Jones residence, and above right: Holiday Party Host: James Warwick Jones

The wine, great conversation, and the yummy food and dessert buffets were all

what a good Holiday party could ask for !


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Continuing “Gallery Show” at The 111 Art Gallery

One-Eleven Art Gallery and Foundation,111 Pennsylvania Ave, (near the 3900 Block of Granby Street), Norfolk, Virginia. (757) 625-1110, Web: http://one11foundation.org/happening-now/

Fine Art works of Betsy Rivers-Kennedy, Ann Moore, Maureen Fluke,

& Barbara Hennig-Loomis through Tuesday, December 30th

, 2013

Gallery Open by appointment, and check website for various art classes and other special event

seminars – Free -Open to the public. Free Parking. Web: one11foundation.org/happening-now/

Below: More Photos of the “TAA 2013 “Holiday Party”, hosted by James Warwick Jones, Dec.8th, 2013 by Jim Jones and Ray Almond.


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You can help the Arts in Virginia—Here’s how!!

Virginians now have the opportunity to contribute part of

their state income tax refund to the Virginia Arts Foundation by checking a box on their return form. It’s never been so simple to support the arts in Virginia.

Because the foundation may receive but not solicit private funds, money will have to come from the purchase of arts license plate and other special sources, such as this tax check off box.

The interest on all funds received will be distributed in grants by the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Please help support the arts in Virginia. Check off a contribution for the Virginia Arts Foundation on your state income return. It’s one of the most important checks you can write – and now, it’s one of the easiest.

Check out the news from some of our sister organizations in the Tidewater Area:

Chesapeake Bay Art Association (CBAA):

http://www.chesapeakebayartassociation.com/

Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists CBW): http://www.chesapeakebaywatercolorists.com/

D’Art Center

http://www.d-artcenter.org/

Charles H. Taylor Arts Center http://www.hamptonarts.net/

The Artists Gallery

www.theartistsgallery.org Norfolk Botanical Gardens Presents: “Nature Paintings in Oil”, by Betty Hadfield Now through June 30th, 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. daily ( Regular grounds access fees apply ) See : http://norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/programs-events/indoor-exhibits

…and remember to check our own TAA website often:

www.tidewaterartalliance.com

Note : New email address for submitting items for the TAA Artline : Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message! (...unless you want your message to get lost in the tons

of email your editor receives every day.) If your message doesn’t say “Artline” it might get rejected as trash! Each photo needs its own caption, in its own email. Please send each photo, properly captioned, in a separate email. Use

another email for each additional photo, along with its caption. That way your Editor won’t get photos mixed up with the wrong caption. Please limit file size to about 1megabyte per photo. (1 MB is sufficient for online viewing, and we’re not printing posters here!) What’s a proper caption? Please write a full sentence, identifying the principal people or art pieces in the photo, with an explanation

of what’s going on (which event, award, etc.) Feature Articles: If you have an idea for a feature article (say, to highlight your work or a favorite technique), make the suggestion to

your editor, Ray Almond ( [email protected] ), who will be glad to work with you to produce your article. And include “Artline” in your subject line! Please!! Deadline: 15

th of the preceding month.


New Website for the Arts in Hampton Roads…

www.artscenehamptonroads.com

(Just click on it; in case you haven’t noticed, all links shown in Artline are live!)

Calls to Artists, for the 2013 timeframe

To get newly posted calls, please check the following websites often:

http://professionalartistmag.com/ http://www.artshow.com/juriedshows/

http://www.callsforartists.com/ http://www.d-artcenter.org/

The listings there will be more comprehensive and up-to-date than any listing copied into Artline. If you know of any other websites for Artist Calls, please send what you know to your Artline editor ( [email protected] ) for

printing in future issues for other members’ benefit.

Won a prize? Got into a show? Been selected as a juror? Tell your editor about it, and you may be featured in a

future issue of Artline!

Don’t be bashful!

http://www.chesapeakebayartassociation.com/

http://www.chesapeakebaywatercolorists.com/


http://www.hamptonarts.net/

http://www.theartistsgallery.org/

http://norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/programs-events/indoor-exhibits

http://www.tidewaterartalliance.com/



http://www.artscenehamptonroads.com/

http://professionalartistmag.com/

http://www.artshow.com/juriedshows/

http://www.callsforartists.com/



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