Hi MCS Members,
It was so good to see many of you on May 2nd. Many thanks to Tania Blanco for sharing her knowledge with us as we learned techniques for making collaged cards at the Darien Police Station.
Once again you will need to register in order to attend the June 6th Paste Paper Workshop with Marge Boyd. Follow the format listed below.
Read all about our upcoming Exhibits and Art
Retreat and AFA Awards below.
Take care,
Nancy Castner, President
The May meeting was attended by 12 members for Tania’s presentation and hands-on workshop at the Darien Police station.
MEMBERSHIP
2021-22 membership renewals are now due. If you will be attending the
meeting please bring the attached form and payment with you. If not please mail
a check for $20 with the attached form to:
Cherie Denton
1789 35th Street, apt 6313
Oak Brook, IL 60523
June 6: Noon-2:30 pm “Paste Papers Workshop” Marge Boyd, presenter
Marge is a calligrapher, watercolor, collage,
and book artist that has used paste papers to create books, backgrounds for
collages and calligraphy. She will bring some of her finished calligraphy,
books and collages as examples as well as a descriptive hand out of the
process.
Registered Participants should bring:
One large container for water
3-4 small plastic containers for mixing paint and paste
Stir sticks, plastic spoon or old paint brush
Acrylic paint (Fluid Acrylics work best) 3-4 colors
several small sponges (or cut-up a sponge)
Old credit card, Rubber texture comb or anything for making marks or patterns
Plastic table cloth to protect your table and a large piece of Plexiglas to use
as a work surface, if you have it.
Marge will supply one piece of Arches Textwove paper (12"x20") which
can be cut in half for each participant. You may want to bring a variety of
other thick and thin papers to experiment. (Canson mi teintes paper would be
comparable to use and may be purchased at Hobby Lobby) Other papers may be
used, however they will be wet on both sides and should be able to withstand
wetting.
Participant's will pay the usual $5 fee plus bring $2.40 payable to Marge, for
the Arches "Textwove" paper.
Register for the Meeting by emailing Cherie Denton at cherayden@yahoo.com with
the SUBJECT: MCS June 6 Meeting. Let her know that you will bring the
membership application and dues with you if you haven't paid MCS dues
yet.
All participants must be paid members of the
MCS. See MEMBERSHIP above.
July: No Meeting
August 1: 9am-2:30pm All Day Workshop “Special Fabric Dyeing
Workshop” Barrie Mason, presenter
September 12: Noon-2:30pm “Create a Rainbow Star Book” Mary
Warner, presenter
October 6-10 MCS Fall Retreat at Camp
Alexander MAC, REGISTRATION FORM AVAILABLE NOW! (see attachment)!
November 7: Noon-2:30pm “Special Paper Ornaments Workshop”
Bonnie Jaswith, presenter
December 5: Noon-2:30pm MCS Holiday Party
EXHIBITS
Archeological Imagination
Bloomingdale Park District Museum
July 10, 2021 to August 7, 2021
Prospectus (attached) due
June 30 - NO EXCEPTIONS!
Drop off - July 9, 10am - 12 noon
Pickup - August 9, 10am - 12 noon
This will be a judged exhibit.
For publicity and a guide to your
submissions:
Collage artists are the archaeologists of our
time. They are the collectors of today's discarded items: old newspapers and
magazines, crumbling sheet music, torn book pages, rusty metal, scrapped
pottery, castaway coins, abandoned jewelry and more. In their upcoming exhibit,
members of the Midwest Collage Society have harnessed their imaginations to
create collaged works of art using this found detritus.
MCS Silent Auction
September 1 through September 30, 2021
Nature's Best Cafe, 1904 Brookdale Road, Naperville, IL 60563
Members donate a work of art. Proceeds will
benefit Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry
All
art will start at $35.00
Bring
your donation to the June or August meeting or contact Adrienne or Joan for
additional drop off options.
Naperville
Sun, Positively Naperville and Daily Herald will be contacted
for [ublicity.
Let's make this a win win!!!
Turning the Page
October 2 - October 28.
Indian Prairie Library, Darien Illinois
Drop
off October 1st 10:00 - 12:00
Pick
up October 29th 10:00 - 12:00
Collage,
mixed media, assemblage, and even altered books if you so choose. The gallery
has expanded to include 5 additional feet of exhibit wall on the main
floor. We will have 2 display cases for 3D art.
RETREAT
The 2021 MCS Fall Retreat at Camp Alexander Mack,
in Milford Indiana
Wednesday, October 6 through Sunday, October
10th.
REGISTRATION FORM ATTACHED!
The camp has made some changes including
all new windows in the Sara Major building (where we stay) and air purifiers in
all buildings for better ventilation. Work spaces will be one person to a table
AS before, but spread out. Dining room will have a served buffet and be geared
to social distancing. Masks will be required indoors in group areas.
We request that attendees be fully vaccinated
prior to attending camp.
Our retreat is limited to only 25 people.
There are so many outdoor areas to enjoy as well. In the past many of us have
gone for an evening to the Round Barn Theater in Nappanee, Indiana. It is now
open with limited "safe distance" seating. A musical version of
"Little Women" will be available while we're at "Camp
Mack". Early October is a wonderful time to enjoy the beauty of Camp
Alexander Mack and our renewed ability to share being together with our artist
friends. Registration forms will be available in April and attached to the
April Newsletter. We hope you will consider this wonderful opportunity to
create, share and learn from each other.
AFA BEST OF THE BEST
The Alliance of Fine Arts announced the Best
of the Best Awards. Congratulations to Laura Lein-Svencner on winning 2nd place for her amazing "Long Walking
Tall". Also congrats to MCS member Dorothy Bury Shaw for winning 1st place for her beautiful
work "Mother to Mother" thru the Elmhurst Artist Guild. Kudos to all
MCS Members who earned a place at Best of the Best 2021.
CALLS FOR ARTISTS
Harper College
Small Works: 43rd National Juried Exhibition
Small Works is a national juried show of
artwork no more than 24” in its largest dimension (including frame). All
media are eligible except jewelry, film/video. All entries are judged
from digital files. One $30 nonrefundable fee entitles each artist to submit up
to three entries. Purchase awards may be available for accepted work.
Accepted artists may be selected for a solo show at Harper College. A
color catalog will be published in conjunction with the exhibition.
Entry deadline: Monday, June 28, 2021
Exhibition: September 20 – October 28, 2021
For further information and Online Entry: http://www.harpercollege.edu/smallworks
Questions: smallworks@harpercollege.edu
Fine Line Gallery, St Charles, IL
Small Wonders - A Miniature & Small Works Show
September 2-October 9,2021
Artists are invited to submit original artwork
for the ‘Small Wonders' exhibit at the Kavanagh Gallery of Fine Line Creative
Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois. This exhibit will present work that,
while small, is still wonderful and intriguing to the viewer. Fine Line is
looking for work that exhibits attention to detail and a unique concept that
explores the artist’s ideas in a small-scale format. Submissions are open
to work in any 2-D or 3-D media smaller than 12 inches x 12 inches x 12
inches. This measurement includes the frame.
This call is open to artists residing in the
United States aged 18 and over."
https://fineline.org/pages/calls-for-artists .
Entry Deadline: 7/11/21
Contact Email: gallery@fineline.org
MCS BOARD
President--Nancy Castner designsbynanc@gmail.com
Vice President--Tania Blanco taniablanc@aol.com
Treasurer--Andrea Fox artfox48@yahoo.com
Communications--Joan
Lucht joan.of.art33@gmail.com
Membership--Cherie Denton cherayden@yahoo.com
Exhibits--Adrienne Austin rbrbtrfly@aol.com and Joan Lucht joan.of.art33@gmail.com
Education--Margi Hafer margihafer@yahoo.com
