"First a howling blizzard woke us,
Then the rain came down to soak us,
And now before the mind can focus -
Crocus." ~Lilja Rogers
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From the President
I mentioned
last month that this was the Year of the Artist. Well, true as that
is, it must also be the Year of the Volunteer, as that's what we need
to keep our gallery open. As you know, this is an all-volunteer arts
association that depends on its membership for everything that it offers
and does, including staffing the gallery 16 hours a week, 10 months
a year.
At this writing
we have no volunteer gallery staff for 6 afternoons in March and April,
and 13 in June and July. (May is fine!) Please help if you can. Call
me at 683-4319 or email eric.broudy@verizon.net to sign up for one or more of those
afternoons to keep the gallery open.
The Guild
is working on raising funds to hire a part-time gallery manager to assume
this and other administrative duties, but that won't happen until
later this year, or perhaps early 2011. In the meantime, it's up to
Guild members who exhibit their work here and attend member meetings
here to keep the gallery up and running. Our success is in your hands.
Become a gallery volunteer and help keep the Arts Guild open for business
... for yourself, your fellow artists, and for the community.
Intake for
the March Annual Members' All-Media Exhibition is March 8 (3-6 pm)
and March 9 (6:30-8:30 pm). Don't miss this opportunity to show three
of your winter creations, just $10 for one, $5 for each additional.
The opening reception is Sunday, March 14, 2-4, along with the staged
reading of O'Henry's "The Last Leaf" by Portsmouth Community
Theater actors in the church at 2 pm. The performance is 20 minutes
and free to all. If you haven't yet rejoined for 2010 (tsk tsk) you
can do so at intake.
The marvelous
Providence String Quartet, the quartet in residence at Community MusicWorks,
will be performing in the church on Sunday, March 21 at 3pm. Tickets
are $15 ($10 for seniors, students and vets) and available at the gallery,
by phone to JP Fernandes at 253-6682, or at the door if any remain.
Come to hear great classical music and support the performing arts at
your arts guild. Refreshments, as always, in the gallery during
intermission.
Some spring
art classes are still open for students; check the website for details.
Finally, our March 16 members' meeting will offer a presentation by
Dorothy Bocian, president of Sandywoods Farm, a new 174-acre residential
community under construction in Tiverton, intentionally designed to
link art, artists and their workspaces with agriculture, community and
conservation.
It's March
and we're back in full operation for 2010-that is, if you can help
to keep the gallery open. Contact me to sign up: eric.broudy@verizon.net.
Thanks, and ...
See you at the gallery!
~Eric Broudy
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PAG Exhibition Schedule 2010
INTAKE (art delivery dates) are Mondays and Tuesdays. (Mondays 3-6pm; Tuesday 6:30-8:30pm.)
NEXT SHOW INTAKE
FEB 27-MAR 7 02/24, 02/25 Opening 02/28
"Emerging Artists IV" 4th Annual Student Show
MAR 11-APR 4 03/08, 03/09 Opening 03/14
"Annual Members'
All-Media Exhibition" Non-Juried Members Only
Show
APR 8-MAY 2 04/05, 04/06 Opening 04/09
"Imagine Red" Open Juried Show
MAY 6-JUN 6 05/03, 05/04 Opening 05/07
"Beyond the Lens" A Juried Show To
Explore New Expressions in Photography
JUN 10-JUL 11 06/07, 06/08 Opening 06/11
"I Got Rythm" Open Juried Show
JUL 15-AUG 15 07/12, 07/13 Opening 07/16
"Westerly Artists Invitational Show
Cooperative"
AUG 19-SEP 19 08/16, 08/17 Opening 08/20
"5 Members' Invitational" Open Juried Show
SEP 23-OCT 24 09/20, 09/21 Opening 09/24
"Taste This" Open Juried Show
OCT 28-NOV 21 10/25, 10/26 Opening 10/31
"Juried Members' Show"
NOV 26-DEC 19 11/22, 11/23 Opening 12/05
"4th Annual
Holiday Show"
DEC 4 Holiday Table Sale 12/04 10am-4pm
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Classes at the Guild
The Portsmouth Arts Guild. Now accepting registration for the following workshops to be held at the PAG center, 2679 E. Main Road, Portsmouth, RI unless otherwise noted:
Colored Pencil and Watercolor with Kendra Ferreira
Wednesdays, 9am-12pm: March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
$145; PAG members $125 (new members - $40 year)
Oil Painting for Beginners and Intermediate Artists with
Carol Lynn Hall
Fridays, 9:30am-12:30pm, March 12, 19, 26 and April 2
$100; PAG members $90
Portrait and Figure Studio monitored by Ellen Blomgren, no instruction, live models
Mondays, 9am-3pm (1/2 hour break) March 15, 22, 29
and April 5, 12, 19; $160; PAG members $140; 1/2 days
$85; PAG members $75
Beginners Wheel Throwing, ceramics from clay to glaze
with Liegh-Ann Ramieri
Mondays&Wednesdays, 6-9pm: March 15, 18, 22, 24,
29, 31 and Aprisl 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21; $240; PAG
members $200; $25 materials fee. Mudstone Studios, 30
Cutler Street, Warren, RI
Creating a Backsplash/Mural, ceramics, create a large tile installation with Ellen Blomgren
Tuesdays, 6-9pm; March 16, 23, 30 and April 6, 13, 20;
$175; PAG members $150; $50
materials fee. Mudstone Studios, 30 Cutler Street,
Warren, RI
Japanese Calligraphy (Shodo) with Lois Erhartic, no
pre-requisites or experience needed
Thursdays, 9:30-11:30am; Session I: March 18, 25, and
April 1, 8, 15, 22. Session II: April 29, May 6, 13, 20,
27, June 3; $100 session; PAG members $90; $30
materials fee
Optional PAG member fee: $40 individual or $50 family
To register or for inquiries: ellenblomgren@gmail.com or 401-297-9412
For instructor details: www.portsmouthartsguild.org.
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The
Portsmouth Arts Guild needs your help. All resident artists have now
signed up for gallery staffing days, but we still need volunteers for
the dates listed below.
If you are available to staff the gallery on any of these days (1-5 pm), please contact Eric at eric.broudy@verizon.net to sign up.
If you haven't done it before, the simple instructions will be provided. Many thanks!
Session 1
Mar. 6, 13, 20, 21
April 2, 9, 10
June 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 26
July 2, 3, 9, 10, 30, 31
Session 2
Aug. 1, 6, 7, 8, 15, 22, 27, 28
Sept. 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17, 19, 25
Oct. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 23, 29
Nov. 5, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27
Dec. 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 17, 18
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The Performing
Arts: Please
Join Our Team
"Worker Bees" needed and positions available:
Poster Distributors: bring
posters to local businesses and schools. (6 people)
Ticket Sales: sell
tickets and get others to sell tickets. (4)*
Program Ad Sales: selling
ads to local businesses. (4)*
Promoter: promote
the performing arts and make a pitch to potential businesses to sponsor with donations. (1)*
Graphic Designer:
to work with printer to put the program together for the season. (1)*
Master of Ceremonies:
introduce the performance, point out exits, rest rooms, make announcements.
(2 people to share the responsibility)
Ushers: hand out
programs, and direct people to and from the gallery reception. (2)
Stage Crew: set
up platforms and break down the set and curtains; and to assist performers,
move props or sets when needed. (2)
Parking Attendants: direct
patrons into parking areas. (2)
*needed most at this
time!
Please call JP Fernandes:
401 253-6682 or jpfern@aol.com
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Call for Artists
 Portsmouth Arts Guild. Annual "Members' All Media Exhibition". Drop-offs: Monday, March 8, 3-6pm; Tuesday, 6:30-8:30pm. Opening Reception: Sunday, March 14, 2-4pm. portsmouthartsguild.org
Greater Fall River Art Association. "Fall
River - Spindle City Remembered". Exhibit runs Sundays, April10-June 13,12-3pm. Drop-offs: Sundays,
March
14, 21, 28,
Saturday & Sunday,
April 3, 4. All
dates12-3pm. In 1876, Fall River, the "Spindle City", was second
in the world in textile production to only Manchester, England. All
media welcome: paintings,
photography, sculpture, mixed media, digital & fabric art (featuring
Fall River area customs, landscapes, food, culture, history, residents,
industry, architecture, churches, etc.). Opening with a "Victorian Tea": Sunday, April 10, 12-4:30
pm.
 Spring Bull Gallery. "April Fools" all month long, April 3-30. Present a trick of the eye by creating a trompe l'oeil, illusion, hidden objects in plain view, the obscure. Max. size: 2'x2' including frame or outside dimensions of 96" total. No reproductions or photography. Drop off: March 27-31, Saturday-Wednesday, 12-5pm. More info: 401-849-9166 from 12-5pm daily.
 "People, Places & Things", a juried call to Rhode Island artists. Drop-offs: Saturday-Sunday, April 17-18, 12-4pm, no exceptions. Original artwork in 2D media only; oils,
acrylics, pastels, watercolor, graphite, original prints, mixed media,
etc. -
no
photography. Work must be within theme to be accepted for review and ready to hang: no clips,
loops or saw-tooth hangers. Outside dimensions must
not measure more than 14" x 24" including frame. Work previously shown at Hope Gallery
will not be accepted. Artists must be at least 18
years old. Works must be within the last 4
years. All work must be for sale. Three entries allowed per artist; $25
non-refundable entry fee. Gallery
takes a 30% commission upon sale
of art. 435 Hope St, Bristol, RI www.hoprgalleryfineartfinecraft.com (401) 396-9117
Blithewold Mansion. "Fashion in Bloom Juried Art Exhibit",
Sunday, April 25, 2010 to Sunday, May 23, 2010 10am-5:pm, 101 Ferry Road (Rt. 114), Bristol, RI. Coinciding with Daffodil Days, "Fashion
in Bloom" will celebrate fashion through works in paper and fabric. Examples
of work suitable for submission include fashion design sketches, paintings of
vintage clothing, sculptural dresses made out of paper or fabric, unique paper
dolls or paper flowers, and original fabric designs. All work with paper or
fabric used in an unusual way relating to fashion will be considered. All work may
be for sale. Drop-offs: April 22,
23 10am-2pm at Blithewold Mansion, south entrance. More info: www.blithewold.org
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Openings and Exhibits
New
 Tiverton Town Hall. The
Tiverton Arts Council presents "Tiverton 5", an exhibition of work by the
five members of the Arts Council: Lois Marshall, Susan Mocarski,
Richard Sardinha, Mary Sexton, and Brenda Wrigley-Scott. Runs from March 2-March 10. Opening reception: Sunday, March 7, 4-6pm. Town Hall,
343 Highland Road, Tiverton. Lois Marshall 401-624-3228
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative.
Juried art exhibit, "Water", runs February 28-April 23.
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 4, 5:30-7pm. Blackstone Valley Visitors Center, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI. 401-724-2200 pawtucketartscollaborative.org
 Celebrate the beginning of the new exhibition season with members as they host their
annual Open Show which this year is entitled "Step On It!". Cash prizes and awards of merit in several categories will be
presented. This year's judge is Providence based artist Irene Lawrence. Show runs from March 6-March 26. Opening reception: Saturday, March 6, 5-7 pm. More info: www.debloisgallery.com or 847-9977
 "Reconfigured", works that experiment with the figure, gesture, and
human expression. Runs March 1-April 15. Mudstone Studios at Cutler Mills in Warren, RI. More info: www.mudstonestudios.com 401-297-9412
 Bristol Art Musem.
"Juried Members
Exhibition", March13-27, Tuesday-Sunday 1-4 PM at the Linden Place Ballroom located on
historic Linden Place grounds on Wardwall St. (off 500 Hope Street) in downtown Bristol, RI. Opening Reception: Mar.12, 7-9pm. More info: www.bristolartmuseum.com
 "Art
League of Rhode Island: A Group Exhibition", from March 3-20. Also,
March 25-April 24, Imago Gallery's "Spring Invitational 2010". 36 Market Street,
Warren, RI 401-245-3348 www.imagoartgallery.com
"Spring Fling 2010", from March 6-April 10. Opening Reception: Saturday, March 6, 5-7pm. (Toni Petersen's painting at right.)
435 Hope Street, Bristol, RI 02809 401-396-9117 www.hopegalleryfineartfinecraft.com
 Gallery X. Annual, juried, selection of local high school talent. Runs March 10-April 3. Prizes awarded for best of show and other categories. Curators: Christina Kemmett and Nilsa Garcia-Rey. Opening Reception: AHA! night, Thursday March 11, 5-9pm. 169 William St., New Bedford, MA 508-992-2675 www.galleryx.org
 Courthouse Center for the Arts.
In
a collaboration of the Domestic Violence Resource Center and the
Courthouse Center for the Arts, "Peace in Our Backyard" will be an
event on Saturday, March 13 to benefit Domestic Violence Resource
Center of South County. Schedule of the day's events includes a gallery
reception from 12-2pm. For full schedule: www.courthousearts.org
3481 Kingstown Road, W. Kingston, RI
Ongoing
 The Rhode Island
Watercolor Society.
"Floral Fantasy" celebrates the love of flowers with the love
of art. Works selected for the show will on display and for sale from
February 21-March 12 at the Society's Gallery at
the J. C. Potter Casino (Boat House) in Slater Memorial Park, Armistice
Boulevard, Pawtucket, RI. More info: www.riws.org or contact Mary Lou Moore, Gallery
Director, at (401) 726-1876 and info@riws.org
Portsmouth Arts Guild. "Emerging Artists IV", 4th Annual Student Show. Runs Feb 27-March 7.
2679 East Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI
info@portsmouthartsguild.org 401-293-5ART
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Future exhibits in 2010 will be called "Air", "Fire"
& "Water". Rogers Free Library, 525 Hope St. in Bristol,
RI More info: www.bristolartmuseum.org
or info@bristolartmuseum.org
 The Newport Art Museum. The "Annual Members' Juried Exhibition" runs through May 24. Several PAG members (listed in NEWS section) were accepted into show. 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI (401) 848-8200 www.newportartmuseum.org
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Artist Opportunities
Cereal Night on Aquidneck Island. Churches on Aquidneck Island were invited, by St. Paul's United
Methodist Church in Newport, to participate in an ecumenical fundraiser
that involves gathering to eat cereal instead of a regular meal - and
then donating the saving to local charities. Our congregation in Portsmouth is participating by having
an early supper on Wednesdays, in the PAG gallery, during Lent from 5:15 to 6:30. We would welcome any Guild Members
to join us for these culinary events. We'll supply the bowls and milk,
etc. Everyone brings their favorite cold cereal.Bristol Art Museum Winter Art Talks. The musuem's next Art
Talk will be held on Thursday, March 4th at 7pm at the Rogers Free Library at
550 Hope Street, Bristol and features a local Warren
artist, Allison Newsome, a ceramic sculptor. For more information, www.bristolartmuseum.org
Spring Soiree. Please join the artists for their first open studios: Donna Bruton, Judith Chaves, Libby Manchester Gilpatric, Nanette Dunn, Kendra Bidwell Ferreira, Jacki Shriber-Lane, Lianna Slater, Anne Winthrop Cordin, and Carole Zaloumis. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 4-8p.m at Beach Studios & Beach Studios North, 146 Aquidneck Avenue, Middletown, RI 02842. More info: (401) 682-1915
Charlotte Wharton Studio. "Painting Central
Massachusetts", a spring plein
air/landscape workshop in Hopkinton, MA at the Weston Nurseries. The Weston Nurseries are designed with floral and
landscaping selections that intermingle with and brighten displays of
pottery, Greek statues, gazebos, and barn-like buildings, all of which
overlook beautiful countryside. Rest rooms provided with food take out
nearby. More info:
www.charlottewhartonstudio.com
Four Corners Arts Center. The Winter/Spring Film Series continues with Food, Inc. (2008) - March 10; Killer of Sheep (1977) - March 24; I'm not There (2007) -April 7; Battle of Algiers (1966) - April 21; Down to the Sea in Ships (1922) - May 5th; and Ten Canoes (2006)- May 19th.
The schedule of films and descriptions are also available on the Four Corners Arts Center web site at www.fourcornersarts.org.
Tiverton Four Corners. The
Arts Center and Merchants Association are planning several events open to
the public during 2010 to celebrate the 300th anniversary of this
historic village.
In 1710, under English rule and still a part
of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, The Four Corners area was measured and
bounded by an 80 acre mill lot. The mill and village were called "Nomscott" for the pond now
called "Nonquit." Thirty building lots were measured and the nucleus
of the village of Tiverton Four Corners was formed.
One of the
first events will be the 25th Preservation
Conference of the Rhode Island Historical and Heritage Commission. This conference will be held in Tiverton and Little Compton and will
showcase local preservation projects from around the state as well as
tours of the Sakonnet Peninsula.
Community members will collaborate on local issues
including protecting rural landscapes, finding historic places, and
increasing heritage tourism. There will be opportunities to visit
historic forts and farms, villages and summer resorts, cemeteries and
conservation land in Little Compton and Tiverton. Date for the conference is April 24. More info: www.preservation.ri.gov/conference
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News
Jillian Barber. Jillian was accepted into the Newport Member's show for a clay sculpture entitled "Island Caracals", a grouping of three animal sculptures. Her photograph "Poesy" is in the Redwood Library, part of the NAM Photo Guild show, "The Written Word." In addition, she is a new member of the Art League of Rhode Island.
Anne Winthrop Cordin. See Anne's painting "First Light", at right, at the Newport Art Museum Members' Annual Juried Exhibition which runs until May 23rd
Jonathan Small. Jonathan's painting "Hydrangea Dance" was chosen as a finalist in Still Life category of the "2009 Best of Wet Canvas", a national competion: http://www.wetcanvas.com/best-of-wetcanvas-competition.php
See "Hydrangea Dance" at right.
Karen Talbot. Karen had three paintings accepted into Gallery X's "Erotic Art Show" in New Bedford last month, and her work will be showing at the Barrington library for the month of March. Scenes from the "Erotic Art Show" are at right.
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New Members
Gilda Metzger gsulmet@aol.com, drawing
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Members ClassifiedDo you have something to sell or give away? Something you're looking for? Send info to info@portsmouthartsguild.org for a free listing in the Member Classified.
For Sale: Beach
Buggy, new, unopened, still in box. Perfect for carting your art gear
around to plein air sites or for your beach gear. Thick, 6-inch wheels;
large, soft-sided compartments. (Holds a French easel and all your
painting equipment - even a stool.) $50 or best offer by March 1,
2010. Call Libby Gilpatric: 401.440.3974
For Rent. Spacious Middletown studio for teachers of art, photography, creative writing, etc. needing space for weekend or evening workshops. Contact Judy Chaves. (401) 847-5296 or jchaves2005@cox.net.
For Rent: Beautiful sun filled loft like space ( 750 sq. feet) available for artist studio. Available Feb 15. Located in downtown Bristol (the former Gallery 297, second floor
of Green River Silver Co.) at 297 Hope Street. Perfect for one artist
or shared with two or three others. Professional gallery lighting in
space. $600.00 a month. All utilities included. For more information
please contact Dan Goldman at 401-223-4056 or email dan@greenriversilver.com
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Guild Ink
Issue no. 3
March 2010
SPRING!
March 20
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Message from the Editor
Please help me further the function of this newsletter whose purpose is to not only let you know what's going on in the art world, but also to
highlight your art.
(Without your images, I'll be forced to inundate you with my own pics!) |
CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
CALL FOR ARTISTS (5) OPENINGS & EXHIBITS (13) ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES (6) NEWS (6) NEW MEMBERS (1) MEMBERS CLASSIFIED (3) |
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Members' Meeting
Tuesday, March 16,
6:30pm
Program:
Dorothy Bocian, president of Sandywoods Farm will talk about a new 174-acre residential
community under construction in Tiverton, intentionally designed to
link art, artists and their workspaces with agriculture, community and
conservation.
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Loreto Cerda
won First Prize at PAG's
"Emerging Artists" show with
"In the Closet"
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More from
Emerging Artists
2nd prize
Hannah Reed
from Portsmouth High School for her watercolor titled
"You Got it Dude"
3rd Prze
went to a collaborative painting by 8th grade students from
Fatima High School:
Nickolas Bascia, Jaylynn Cooley, Sarah Desmond, Moriah Gomez, Jonathan
Letourneau, Alexandra Sagat, Ryan Silvia, Madeline Troia, Mattie Turco
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Scenes from
"Sex at the X Erotic Art Show"
at
Gallery X    
Toni Petersen's
"Bird of Paradise"
represents work showing at
Hope Gallery's "Spring Fling" reception on March 6
Anne Winthrop Cordin's
"First Light"
at Newport Museum's
"Juried Members' Exhibition"
"Core-Cup #1"
by Michael W. Miller
one of several dramatic images that cinched his ALRI membership
"Hydrangea Dance"by Jonathan Small,a finalist in the national
"Best of WetCanvas, 2009" Competition
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