AUGUST MEETING

Hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful summer! Just a few short items this month:

1.  AUGUST MEETING

Our August meeting is this Sunday, August 3, from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm at the Darien Municipal Center, 1710 Plainfield Road, Darien.  Come for all or any part of the day!  And feel free to bring items for the supply swap table.

SCHEDULE

9:30 am - 11:45 am:  Unstructured work time - bring something you're working on and work to your heart's content, chatting with other members and perhaps sharing some goodies.
11:45 am - 12:30 pm:  Lunch - bring a bag lunch or run out for something quick.
12:30 - 3:00 pm:  Demo with Cecile Webster - an overview of paper making and bookbinding with a make-and-take handout.  Please bring a needle and about 12" of heavy thread; Cecile will also have some thread you can use if you don't have any.

2.  AURORA EXHIBIT
Barb Boland will be there in the afternoon and will have some posters and postcards for the Aurora City Hall exhibit so you can invite your friends.  Make sure to get some and pass them out!

Call for Collage Artists, Layers

Here's a call for artists you might be interested in. The entry deadline is fast approaching and entries must be done through Juried Art Services. Visit http://fineline.org or use Juried Art Services link below. The prospectus indicates that both collage and assemblage are being sought.
"Layers" Collage Show Entries Due

Fine Line Creative Arts Center

37W570 Bolcum Road

St. Charles, IL  60175

"Layers" A Nationally Juried Collage Show
This show is open to all collage artists.
Application available on Juried Art Services.
Application Dates: Nov 27, 2013 - Jul 10, 2014
Application Fee: $30.00
Late App. Dates: Jul 11 - Jul 17, 2014
Additional Late Fee: $15.00
Notification Date: Aug 1, 2014
Reception: Friday, September 12th from 5:30 - 8 PM
Show Dates: September 5th to October 11th (6 wks.)

News Flash Details-No Meeting for July

Happy Independence Day!  Hope you're enjoying the summer weather and having a good time with family, friends and fireworks.

A few things to let you know about:

1. NO JULY MEETING
As always, we will NOT have a July meeting. 

2.  AUGUST MEETING
Our August meeting will be Sunday, August 3, at the Darien Municipal Center, 1710 Plainfield Road, Darien. Details and schedule to follow, but we'll have a workday with demos.

3. CLASS OPPORTUNITY

Explorations in Oil & Cold Wax

Explore the diversity of oil and cold wax to create richly layered abstracted paintings. Unlike

encaustic, the wax is used at room temperature without heat. Using non-traditional tools, combine powdered pigments, oil bars, and other media along with the oil paint and wax medium to create depth, line and textured color fields. Learn through demonstrations, discussion and exploration. Discover the versatility of this medium through the experimental, intuitive nature of the class.
Ages 18+
Prerequisite: some experience in any medium

Supply list available online at waterstreetstudios.com.

Instructor Dianne Martia

Members $235 / non-Members $255

Sa-Su July 12, 13

9a-3p PNT4204-A

Water Street Studios
160 S. Water St. || Batavia, IL 60510 || 630.761.9977

4. CONDOLENCESMany of  you already know this, but our wonderful hospitality coordinator, Barb Arntzen, lost her dear husband Jack in June.  A memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, July 26, 10:00 a.m., followed by a service at 11:00 a.m., at Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Home, 516 S. Washington Street in downtown Naperville.  Our love and sympathy go out to Barb and her family.

5. MEMBER NEWS

Mary Yezek won Best of Show at the AFA Best of the Best exhibit in Wheaton with a collage of her daughter titled "Red Queen."

Margi Hafer won first place at the Gallery 2014 show at Moraine Valley Community College.

Laura Lein-Svencner was featured in a 6-page article in the July/August 2014 issue of "Cloth Paper Scissors."  It's a lovely piece with lots of color photos of her work and studio.
Exhibit and ReceptionReal and Imagined: Works by Tom Maakestad and Dianne Martia
July 3 - August 8; Reception July 6, 4:30-6:30pm
Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI

Call for Submission.....

Link 

Description

We know more than we can use. Look at all this stuff I’ve got in my head: rockets and Venetian churches, David Bowie and Big Macs, sunglasses and orgasms. —Susan Sontag

(SCENE) Metrospace in East Lansing, MI is currently accepting submissions for a juried exhibition featuring COLLAGE + ASSEMBLAGE. Submitted work should make use of COLLAGE or ASSEMBLAGE including works on/of paper as well as painting, sculpture, installation, video etc. that explores collage or a collaged aesthetic as a primary component.

Located near the campus of Michigan State University, (SCENE) is across the street from the newly opened Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum MSU designed by world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid. Juror Michelle Word is a faculty member in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University and Interim Director of Education at the Broad Art Museum. Among other courses, she frequently teaches studio and lecture classes on collage.

Application Instructions

Entries must be submitted via the EntryThingy online system. Each entrant may submit three works for an entry fee of $25.00 (paid via Paypal). Up to three additional works may be submitted for a fee of $5.00 per work (four works for a total of $30, five works for a total of $35, six works for a total of $40).

EntryThingy allows image and/or video documentation for each work submitted. When submitting images, you have the option to include three details or alternate views for each work. Please be sure to provide title, dimensions, media, and price information for each submitted work. EntryThingy also has space to include a description of the work - this may be used to include a short artist statement or to provide additional details relative to installation and display needs.

Submissions close on Sunday, August 3 and accepted entrants will be notified via e-mail on Monday, August 11. Artists are responsible for shipping and handling costs to and from the exhibition. Works should be delivered in person or via mail no later than Monday, August 22. Shipped works should be packaged in a reusable container for the return of artwork. A prepaid return shipping form (UPS, Fed-Ex, or USPS) must be included in the shipping for return shipping.