Remarkable work on exhibit.

http://leithomalley.wordpress.com/?p=17&preview=true

Hi everyone, ran across this Artist on Facebook and thought I'd share...Leith O'Malley..With Collage celebrating it's 100 years this year  1912-2019 how fitting to see this work...

And sharing from another remarkable collage artist Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson   or you can got to her face book site here to see more.. Elizabeth shares about Picasso and Braque...http://www.facebook.com/editprofile.php#!/pages/Paper-Paintings-Collage-Artwork/136467439711754

Save the dates for the new year..

Sunday Feb 5th 2012 -9:30-2:45

Sunday March 4th-12:00-2:45

Sunday April 1st-12:00-2:45

Sunday May 6- 12:00- 2:45 

1.  BLOOMINGDALE PICK-UP DATES

Pick-up time for work at the Bloomingdale "Peace Works" exhibit is quickly approaching.  I understand that a variety of private events have been held at the museum during the run of our exhibit, and that there have been a number of sales.  If you are unable to pick up your own work, please make sure to arrange for another member to do so.  There was a typo on the info sent out with the registration form, so please take note of the correct pick-up dates and times listed below:

Friday, December 16, from 4-5 pm

Monday, December 19, from 6-8 pm

2.  NOMINATING COMMITTEE NEEDED

One to three members are needed to serve on this year's nominating committee.  You would be responsible for contacting current board members to see whether they would be willing to serve another term, and to recruit other members to fill any open positions.  All work can be done via phone or e-mail.  If you'd be willing to serve on the nominating committee, please contact me ASAP at jerrireimann@earthlink.net

3.  NO JANUARY MEETING

There will not be a special January meeting this year, but remember that you can always arrange a "play date" at home and invite a few fellow artists to join you.  That might be a fun time to share new techniques or materials and to have a chance to chat and catch up with each other.

4.  FEBRUARY WORKDAY

As always, February's meeting will be an all-day work day from 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM at the Darien Municipal Center.  Bring a project or two that you're working on, a sack lunch and something to drink.  Also feel free to bring goodies to share and collage or assemblage materials to swap.  Ann Hupke and Sylvia Koch have volunteered to help members do a bit of "hands on" work with batik on paper during the workday.  A small supply list will be e-mailed before the meeting for those who wish to experiment with the batik process. 

5.  ADDISON EXHIBIT

More details about the Addison exhibit will be e-mailed soon.  Watch your inbox!

A Workshop is scheduled already with the Addison Art Guild and Addison Center for the Arts.

Location will be at Addson Trail High School Art Dept.

213 N. Lombard Road, Addsion IL 60101

The Fine Art of Collage Workshop

Saturday March 17^th, 2012

 9:30-1:00 

with instructor

Laura Lein-Svencner,

National Collage Society member and co-founder of the Midwest Collage Society

Come celebrate 100 years of Collage as a fine art with the Midwest Collage Society Experience the old and new art movement in collage with this step by step workshop; using found and repurposed papers, acrylic glazing, and clear image transfers. The technique of tacking down the papers with a heat seal iron will be taught. Student will create an 8 x 8 piece of collage art.  All supplies will be proved in a packet and handout. Limited to 10 Student person Session

contact Annette Leiber to register for this workshop at 630-250-9407

 

6.  MEMBER NEWS AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

Pam Peterson recently won the Grand Prize in the professional catagory of the Citra-Solv "Falling Into Art" contest.  The prize included a cash award.  Congratulations, Pam!  The winning pieces can be viewed here:

http://www.citrasolv.com/art/contest6fallwinners.html

Some space is still available for the following workshop at LaGrange Art League:

Mixed Media Workshop - Dianne Martia, instructor

Dates:  Friday, December 16 & Saturday, December 17-www.lagrangeartleague.org

Time:  9:30 am to 4 pm

Explore and experiment!  Combine different media to create line, depth and texture in your work.  Learn to combine acrylic, gels and dry media along with altered papers and image transfers to achieve a layered effect.  Composition as well as techniques will be covered.  Students will be encouraged to convey individual expression through their work.  View instructor's work at:  www.caconline.org/dianne_martia

Level:  Advanced Beginner and Above

Some materials are included in registration fee; supply list at registration.

Fee:  $170 members/ $185 non-members

A weekly class at LaGrange Art League: www.lagrangeartleague.org

The Art of Textures - Pamela Peterson, instructor

Dates:  Tuesdays: 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14

Time:  9:30 am - noon in upstairs studio

Come explore the wonderful world of plaster.  In this class, you will learn fabulous texturing secrets using joint compound, plaster of Paris and specialty products.  We will explore the layering of art mediums with plaster, creating canvases that will leave people wondering how they were created.  Papers, acrylic paints, watercolors, pastels, oils, charcoal and graphite can all be used on these wonderful surfaces.  So grab your sense of adventure and an apron, and join us for a truly fun class!

Level:  All levels

Supply list at registration.  A $20 materials fee is payable to the instructor at the first class.

Fee:  $90 members/ $102 non-members

DECEMBER MEETING IS THIS SUNDAY

1. Our annual December "Eat, Gab and Grab" meeting is this Sunday, December 4,
from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Darien Municipal Center, 1710 Plainfield Road, Darien.Members are asked to bring a dish to share on our buffet tables, so please contact our Hospitality Coordinator Barb Arntzen and let her know what you are bringing.  That will help her crew to plan how much serving space is needed and will help balance the menu. 

We will also have a grab bag of small handmade art and/or gifts, so if you'd like to participate, bring a wrapped gift along.  This is always a wonderful time of exchanging our handmade items.


2.  MCS SURVEY
Since January weather is so unpredictable, we normally do not have a January meeting and currently do not have one planned for January 2012.  But there may still be time to put one together if you really want one.  If we DO plan one, it would probably have to be on January 8 or 15 rather than the first Sunday of the month.  Please respond to this e-mail and let us know your preferences: 

January meeting?  Yes or No
Date preference?   January 8 or January 15
Style of meeting?  Discussion, lecture, demonstration, hands-on 


3.  FEBRUARY MEETING
Our February meeting will be an all-day work day on Sunday, February 5, 2012.

If we don't see you at our Decembers Meeting Have a safe and Happy Holiday Season.

One of our own members MCS

Read the article in the LaGrange Suburban Life.

http://lagrange.suntimes.com/entertainment/8849422-421/hinsdale-artist-makes-up-for-lost-time.html

Call for Art

Collage/Assemblage Centennial
1912 - 2012

CALL FOR WORKS: DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15, 2012. PLEASE REPOST

The modern use of collage techniques is consider to have begin in 1912 with works by Pablo Picasso (such as shown). Constructive art as been growing ever since. To celebrate this 100 year anniversary the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction (collagemuseum.com) would like to invite you to contribute one or more modest sized hand-made collages, assemblages, box assemblages or constructions* representative of your working style for a large (hopefully overwhelming) exhibition that will be held in 2012. A catalog of the exhibition will be created and made available to contributors at actual cost. A PDF version of the catalog will be available to contributors for free.

No Fees, No jury, all works accepted and exhibited, none returned. Your contribution will become an important part of the Museum’s permanent collection.
What is needed.
Please send one or more collages, assemblages, box assemblages or constructions of modest size (you decide what is ‘modest’) that is ready to hang on a wall or exhibit on a pedestal or shelf. Works on paper should be framed if possible or, at a minimum, send in a clear resealable polypropylene bag. Unframed works will be hung together like an installation.

Please send one of the museum’s Deed of Gift forms filled in clearly and a photo of the work. To download a copy see: http://ontologicalmuseum.org/exhibitions.html

On the back or bottom of the work please be sure to include your name and contact information as well as an email address and your website if you have one.

In addition, please send by email:

<!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->o Additionally, send a digital (1000-1200 pixels on the long side) of the work by email with description and contact information for the web page that will be created for the exhibition.

<!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->o A thoughtful statement expressing your views about collage, assemblage and/or constructive art as a contemporary form of art making and/or discuss the history of this genre and why it is interesting to you. These statements will be part of the catalog. Imagine that you are primarily speaking to the other artists who will be participating.

Send to

Collage/Assemblage Centennial
CECIL TOUCHON
135 COUNTRY CENTER DR STE F # 10
PAGOSA SPRINGS, COLORADO 81147-8958

info@collagemuseum.com

* photo montage and digital montage will also be acceptable if printed in high definition/quality on archival material, unique and signed. However, hand made works are preferred.

2011 MCS Collage Retreat

All photos added from the Collage retreat were offered by Gale V. There were a whole bunch more but I to pick just a few...I hear there were 18 members out of our 50 some membership that went...it's always a great time when artist get together and create.  All happy faces~

Peace Works-Midwest Collage Society

"Peace Works” Art Show & Sale

November 12 – December 16, 2011

Bloomingdale Park District Museum

108 S. Bloomingdale Rd.

Bloomingdale, IL   60108

(630) 539-3096

November 2 -- The Midwest Collage Society hopes to stuff a lot of stockings with original art this holiday season.

Their show, “Peace Works,” will feature a wall of original 8-by-8-inch artwork at a flat price of $65 each.  “Our idea is to make fine art accessible and affordable at a time when people can’t spend a lot on gifts and décor,” says Jerri Reimann, President of the MCS.  The exhibit will include two galleries full of larger artwork created on paper, canvas, wood or found objects.

The show will also offer artist-created gift items like handmade books, ornaments, jewelry and cards.  “This is not a craft show,” Reimann explains.  “Each piece is an original piece of art, so you can be sure your gift will not be duplicated!” 

Collage is a fine art medium that will celebrate its 100 year anniversary in 2012.  Collage, assemblage and mixed media artwork is composed through the layering and adhering of materials to create both abstract and realistic images.  Artists utilize an endless supply of manipulated papers, including maps, book pages, sheet music, old letters and photos.  They further embellish their work with images, stamps, paint and three-dimensional materials.  Inspiration can come from nature, color, humanity or society.

Twenty-four artists from the Midwest Collage Society will be represented at “Peace Works.”  The MCS was founded in 2003 to promote collage as a fine art.  Its members, mostly from the Chicagoland area, meet monthly to share techniques and marketing skills and to plan exhibits.

The Bloomingdale Park District Museum is located at 108 S. Bloomingdale Road in Bloomingdale, and is open Wednesdays from 4-8PM, Thursdays and Fridays from 10AM-4PM and Saturdays from noon-4PM.  An artists’ reception will be held Sunday, November 13, from 2-4PM and is free to the public.