WABASH VALLEY ARTISTS SOCIETY: August 2015

Saturday, August 29, 2015

Fall Art Class Opportunities

Several WVAS members are teaching fall classes, Jerie Artz, Rebecca Brody and Lorie Amick. Check out the details by going to Jerie's blog: www.jerieartz-artzart.blogspot.com, The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette for Rebecca's and Lorie's classes. https://www.facebook.com/artlafayette?fref=ts

Zenias by Rebecca Brody

Friday, August 28, 2015

2015 Juried Show

The annual juried show opening reception is Friday, September 18th. There is a call for art prospectus available for any artist interesting in submitting work for the exhibit. For a digital prospectus, e-mail: artzjerie@gmail.com. The deadline to drop off art is Monday, September 14th at Tippecanoe Arts Federation, afternoon.

Al Pounders, Professor Emeritus of Painting, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, will be the judge for this exhibit.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

"The Reinvention of Black," by Mark Peplow

Verna sent the link to this fascinating online article about the history and uses of black paint pigments. Thanks!
http://nautil.us/issue/27/dark-matter/the-reinvention-of-black

For more thinking about very dark colors, consider the Rothko Chapel in Houston. It's a very meditative space: rothkochapel.org.

of Rothko Chapel - Houston

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Oriental Art Program - Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Join us, Tuesday, 7:00pm, August 18th at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation for a fascinating program featuring Oriental Art presented by artists Hoi-Jin Jung and SoYoung Jung. You may have seen their exhibit in 2011 at KD's coffee shop.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Karen Margulis, pastelist

Check out Karen's blog, especially if you are interested in pastels: http://kemstudios.blogspot.com/
She writes about a wide variety of pastel, life, plein air, and blog issues, as well as her travels, including Normandy recently and Iceland last year. She offers lots of advice for artists that is useful regardless of your choice of media.

Our Goals

1. To offer opportunities to learn new techniques through workshops, demonstrations, plein air paint outs, field trips, and media presentations.

2. To foster opportunities for artists to exhibit their work through shows both juried and non-juried, as well as other community local venues.

3.To publicize WVWS and other art events and opportunities through meetings, social media and traditional media.

4. To create accessible opportunities for young people to explore art.

5. To sustain a vibrant organization through active member participation in monthly meetings and collaborative leadership using individual talents.

Our History

The Wabash Valley Artist's Society began as the Wabash Valley Watercolor Society in 1989. After much consideration, the board and members voted to expand the organization to include multi- media, acrylics, oils and pastels in addition to watercolor, effective January 2015. The former WVWS, now the WVAS, has a rich history in the Lafayette, Indiana region. Local artists, in search of information, an opportunity to share their interest in painting, and the chance to exhibit their work, formed the Wabash Valley Watercolor Society in 1989. Many of the founding members were students of Barbara Gresham from the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art (now the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette). The inspiration and challenges of her teaching were the catalyst that sparked the society’s formation.

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