WABASH VALLEY ARTISTS SOCIETY: October 2019

Saturday, October 26, 2019

3rd Watercolor, Wine and Wonder is in the books!

We had a great Watercolor, Wine and Wonder Thursday evening at Coyote Crossing Country Club, Lafayette , Indiana with participants leaving asking when we would do this again! We'll let you know. Here are the sunny sunflowers created as unique as the artists themselves!

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Event! Playing with Pottery!

SPECIAL November Program – 11/9/2019:
Play with Pottery 1-4pm

Come out for a fun afternoon on a SATURDAY (11/9) and play with pottery at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette. Pottery instructor, Penny Kilner, will lead this workshop and allow you time to play in clay and you’ll create several items to pick up later – after they are glazed and fired.

Program details:

Saturday November 9th, 2019 1-4pm @ the Art Museum Pottery Studio
Room only for only12 people in this special session – REGISTER SOON!
$15 per person for supplies – bring your cash or check with you to class
You may bring snacks and drinks to share with the class
Each participant will have enough clay to create 3-5 small trays/butter dishes
Choose glaze combos and we will glaze and fire the pieces for them.
Your handmade items will be ready for pick up on November 23, 2019.

RSVP to Rachel Lattimore by Thursday November 7^th at

rjlattimore@prf.org or by phone: 217-402-5067

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Golden Paints Program

Golden Representative Sandra Bacon will demo golden products at the October 15th meeting, 7:00 - 8:30pm, at the Greater Lafayette Art Museum. Come and see what new products are out and how to use them. https://www.artlafayette.org/

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.