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ART 321 News NEWSLETTER MAY 2018
Letter from Our Director,
Diane Harrop
The June Art Walk raffle prize is a colorful, framed metal
Steamboat bucking horse against a reclaimed wood back-
ground created and donated by Josh Bates. Since June cele-
brates “Art Out West” this special picture will be accompanied
by a “My Wyoming” coffee table book donated to us by Bill
Sniffen. Tickets are already on sale - $5 each or 5 for $20 for
this terrific combination of a beautiful handcrafted item and a
Wyoming book.
Be sure to stop by the ART 321 gallery during May to enjoy Water-
color Celebration month. We have four fantastic shows for you
to view: The 2nd annual Range of Vision Water Media Show fea-
turing artwork from all over Wyoming and beyond; Ellen Black &
Friends and Holly Bryson & Friends, two gifted watercolor in-
structors whose paintings are hung alongside those of their current
and past students; and a solo show by Gloria Ningen Gallegos
that includes paintings reflective of the three locales where she
now spends her time: Casper, Austin and Taos.
The date has been set! ART 321’s yART Sale will be on Satur-
day, June 16, from 8-2. We are still accepting donations of any
unwanted art-related supplies, books, frames or art for this annual
event. We need volunteers to help organize and price items that
have already been received and to help with the sale, so please let
Susie know if you would be willing to help. We’ve been collecting
items all year long and promise that this yART Sale will be even
bigger & better than last year’s.
The ART 321 Wyoming Clay Festival will take place here on Sat-
urday, July 7 from 10-6. In collaboration with Mike Olson at Cas-
per College and Peter Jakubowski at Clay Arts Vegas, ART 321
will host ceramics artists from across Wyoming and the region.
Artists will set up outdoors booths to sell their artwork and offer a
series of demonstrations and hands-on activities for the public.
Anyone interested in registering as a vendor may contact Peter
Jakubowski at: [email protected] or come by ART
321 for more details.
I found I could say things with color and
shapes that I couldn’t say any other
way. Georgia O’Keefe
** ART 321 MEMBERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT **
Our congratulations to: Sara Johnson (Best of Show), Chuck Smith (1st Place), David Sneesby (2nd Place) and Misty Plott (3rd Place) who were the winners in the 2018 Range of Vision Wyoming Water Media Show. Our special thanks to Marisa Wesnitzer who volunteered her time as the judge and provided written comments for all entries.
Please let Diane know about your arts-related awards or achievements so we can celebrate them in next month’s news-letter.
Diane by Joyce Rogers
Sara Johnson “Balloon Adventure”
Chuck Smith “Still Water”
Dave Sneesby “Old Coventry” Misty Plott “Take Five”
ART OUT WEST! OPEN CALL
ART 321 invites artists to submit up to 3 works of art in our June “Art Out West” open call gallery show. We encourage artists to enter pieces that will be for sale and all mediums are welcome.
Subject matter can be anything reflective of or abstracted from the landscapes, people, animals, plants, communities, occupations, etc. of the American West. The deadline for submissions is
Thursday, May 31 and the opening reception for this show will be on Thursday June 7 from 5-8 p.m., during Art Walk. Artwork may be registered either online at: www.art321.org or in person at the
front desk.
Calendar of Events
Groups:
Tuesday 10:00am - 12:00pm Ceramics
3rd Tuesdays 12:00pm Colored Pencil Society
Wednesday 10:00am - 1:00pm Portrait Painting
Thursday 10:00am - 1:00pm Pastel Painting Group
Thursday 1:00pm - 3:00pm Artists Mingle
Third Thursday 1:00pm-3:00pm Fiber Group
Friday 10:00am - 1:00pm Eclectic Group
Saturday 10:00am - 12:00pm Watercolor Class
Saturday 1:00PM-4:00pm Oil & Acrylic Group
May Shows: “Range of Vision” Wyoming W/C Show
“Ellen Black & Friends”
“Holly Bryson & Friends”
“Gloria Ningen Gallegos”
June Shows: “Art Out West” Open Call
Jerry Antolik
Dede Farrar
July Shows: All Member Juried Show; Nancy Boston;
Roger Fenner
Workshops Ron Hayes & Shaun Peterson; June 15-16th;
Photography
Betsy Bower; May 19th & 20th Metal Flowers
Hayes and Peterson Photo Workshop; June 15
& 16th
The Wyoming Colored Pencil Society will meet at ART 321
on Tuesday, May 15 at 1:00. The cost is $5 and all artists interested in colored pencil art
are invited to attend. Please bring recent artwork to show, some in-progress work and
your supplies to use during the meeting.
Ron Hayes & Shaun Peterson
Workshop
Intermediate Photography
There is still time to sign up for ART 321’s Beginning to Intermediate
Photography workshops offered by two past winners of the Wyoming Photo Fest, Ron Hayes and Shaun
Peterson. The class takes place on June 15 & 16 from 10-4 and covers information that will help photogra-
phers of all abilities improve both their art and craft in composing and taking better photographs. Don’t
miss out on this singular chance to learn from these two award-winning Wyoming photographers! The cost
is $275 for ART 321 members and $300 for nonmembers.
FIBER GROUP
ART 321’s monthly Fiber Group meeting will be on Thursday, May 17
from 1:30-3:30. Beth Ann Pillen will be teaching a special Needle Tatting session that will be limited to 10 stu-
dents. Supply cost is $7 and ad-vanced registration is encouraged since class size is limited. Please
call or come by ART 321 to sign up. No previous experience is needed!
Gloria Ningen Gallegos
“The Tulip Song”
Terry Richardson
“Blanket Flowers”
ELECTIC ARTS GROUP
ART 321’s Friday morning Eclectic Arts Group announces its schedule for May.:
May 11 will be Macrame projects and people are asked to bring cord appropriate to what they want to make –
plant hangers, bracelets, key chains, etc. May 18 session is Pan pastels, so bring Pan pastels, watercolors,
paper, sponges if you have them. May 25 will feature Chuck Smith teaching watercolor tips and tricks, so bring
watercolor supplies. These sessions are from 10-1, the cost is $5 and all are welcome. No advance registration
is required.
ART 321’s Friday morning Eclectic Arts Group announces its June Schedule. June 1 is Gelli prints, so bring acrylic paints, paper towels and texturing supplies. June 8 will be Gelatos (watercolor crayons) and Neo Colors so also bring watercolor paper and brushes. June 15 is for making Boho bracelets, so bring zip ties, 1” strips of
fabric, thin wires, larger beads and scissors. June 22 is Twinkling H20s, so bring watercolor paper & brushes. June 29 will be playing with Brusho’s or Color Bursts and you are asked to bring several different kinds of pa-per to experiment with. All sessions are held from 10-1, the cost is $5 and all are welcome. No advance regis-
tration is required.
Cathy Szymczak “Gossips”
Bev Mathisen “Havasu Falls Canyon
ART 321 is pleased to announce that we will be holding the 24th Annual
International Miniatures Show this August. Artists are invited to enter their small, original works of art in any
of the following mediums: oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, pastel, mixed media, graphics, hand-pulled prints or
sculpture using any materials – wood, stone, metals, plaster or clay. Image size is limited to 25 square inches and
can be no larger than 1/6 life-size. Deadline dates and complete rules can be obtained at ART 321 or at
www.art321.org .
Chapman Gift Shop Buzz * by Debbie Jenkins
Attention current gift shop members and any Art 321 mem-bers interested in having your art in the Chapman Gift Shop, the next turn around is May 23rd through 26th. We will be accepting new art during this time and you will also be able to pick up your art at this time as well. I would like to thank all the gift shop members for your art and allowing us to showcase it for you.
Attention members that have items in the Chapman Gift Shop, please
provide a short (one page) artist bio to be included in our gift shop bio
book. This book will be available for customers who would like to
know more about you "the artist" and what you make. It would be nice
to include a picture of yourself and your art. You can drop it off at Art
321, send by mail or email to the attention of Chapman Gift Shop.
Upcoming Workshops
Due to very high demand, ART 321 is pleased to be adding 4 more sessions of local metal artist Betsy Bower’s Metal Flowers Work-
shop. Each class is limited to 8 students, so if you are interested, please call or come by soon to sign up. Participants will use a plasma
cutter and grinding tools, apply techniques for shaping their flower petals, learn some standard blacksmithing while hammering metal that will become a stem and weld the pieces together to complete a
metal flower. Additional dates will be: May 19 & 20; and July 21 & 22. Cost is $115 for ART 321 members, $130 for nonmembers – plus a supply fee of $20 for each. Additional information is available at ART
321.
GROUP ACTIVITIES
ACRYLIC AND OIL
The Acrylic and Oil Painting. group, facilitated by Sheri McCoid, will be meeting each Saturday afternoon from 1-4. These informal group sessions are open to any artists and no ad-vance registration is necessary. The cost is $5 per session and we ask you to bring some recent work to show and a project to work on while you are here.
PORTRAIT GROUP
Wanted! Portrait Artists to join our
small group! Cost: $10.00 per session
Models to pose for Portraits ($30.00
paid to models per session) You can
call Don Hunter 307-577-7107 or Na-
dine McLeod 307-473-7202 for more
information. Group meets on Wednes-
days from 10-1.
PASTEL GROUP
The Pastel Group meets on Thursdays
from 10-1. Bring your pastels and
paper or other support. Instruction
available from Carolyn Rodgers for
$10.00 per session. For Participants
not desiring instruction the cost is
$5.00 per session.
SATURDAY WATERCOLOR CLASS
May 12 - Spring Flowers –
Jennifer Morss
May 19 - Practice Session
May 26 - Saving and Reclaiming
Whites - Ellen Black
June 2 - Practice Session
June 9 - Introduction to Pocket
Sketching – Neva Bodin
June 16 - Practice Session
June 23 - Painting Outdoors –
Holly Bryson
June 30 - Practice Session
ART 321 announces more news with our Help Save Marilyn! fund-
raising campaign. The artwork for the winning t-shirt design competi-
tion was created by Wanda Klietz. These fun shirts will be available
for the June 7 Art Walk and are sure to become local favorites. A de-
sign by Barbara Finch was also chosen to appear on other promotion-
al items that will be available later this summer.
ART 321 is announcing more details for their summer Help Save
Marilyn! movie nights that are sure to add fun elements to the Help
Save Marilyn! fundraising campaign. “The Misfits” will be shown on
Tuesday, June 26; “The Seven Year Itch" will be featured on Tuesday,
July 24; and the series will end with “Some Like It Hot” on Tuesday,
August 28. All movies will be shown at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to
enjoy these classic films, complete with popcorn!
ART 321 will feature a special house concert as part of our August Help Save Marilyn! movie series finale. David and Caitlin Romtvedt, along with band mates Margo Brown and Terrence Rosnagle will be
performing a wide variety of music prior to the movie, during an inter-mission and following the conclusion of “Some Like It Hot”. The public
is invited to come and enjoy the music and movie. Donations will be accepted and shared by the musicians and ART 321’s Help Save Mari-lyn! campaign.
Glenna Nash “A Majestic Pair” Ann Tollefson “Music Man”
Holly Turner “Ceramic Bowl” Amy Sale “Belt Buckle”
ART 321’s second annual yART SALE will take place on Saturday,
June 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. We are still accepting donations of art-related supplies or items from the
public so that we can get these items into the hands of artists who can use them. This year’s sale
will include frames, finished art-works, art supplies, mat board, easels, framing materials, books,
and all manner of other good art-related things – all at garage sale prices! The 2018 yART SALE
promises to be even bigger than last year’s!
CERAMICS FESTIVAL IN JULY
Through a special collaboration with Casper College and an out-of-state ceramics collaborative, ART 321 will be hosting a Ceramics Festival in
July that will culminate in an open-air ceramics bazaar on Saturday, July 7 that will feature booths showcasing and selling the ceramics of both local and regional clay artists. There will be demonstrations during the
July 5 Art Walk and throughout the bazaar day from 10-6 as well as opportunities for people interested in creating their own clay cups.
Contact Us: 321 W. Midwest
Casper, Wyoming
82601
Phone: (307) 265-2655 Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 4 pm Free Admission Website: art321.org E-mail Addresses: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ART 321, Casper Artists’ Guild, Inc., a
non-profit organization, offers art op-
portunities and experiences for the edu-
cation and enjoyment of the citizens of
Casper and its surrounding region.
Edited for Art 321 by Carolyn Rodgers
Art 321
321 W. Midwest
Casper, Wy. 82601
THANKS
Thanks to Jenna VonHofe for donating $50 to have this newsletter printed in color. If you would be willing to sponsor
the color printing next month, please contact Susie or Diane. This provides a great way to spotlight members’ artwork and promote ART 321 activi-ties!
THANKS
A big thank you goes to our volunteers in May: Jude
Boothe, Neva Bodin, Pat Fonnesbeck, Audrey Jar-
vis, Wanda Klietz, Joanna LaPerriere, Sheri
McCoid, Ranae Mason, Melanie Myron, Beth Ann
Pillen, Carolyn Rodgers, Diane Sanderson, Ellen
Schreiner, and Mary Wise. We need volunteers for
the days of May 29, 30, and 31 when Susie will
be gone for her son’s wedding.
Holly Bryson “Bed of Poses”
Working With Oil Pastels Workshop
ART 321 is pleased to be offering a Working with Oil Pastels
class with multi-talented local artist and art teacher, Marisa
Wesnitzer. Students will learn a variety of techniques using oil
pastels and create an abstract blended-value oil pastel nature
drawing. The workshop is Saturday, July 14 from 10 a.m. – 1
p.m. and the cost is $30 for ART 321 members; $40 for non-
members. This is sure to fill quickly, so call or come by soon to
sign up.
ART 321 is now hosting an informal Artists Mingle session each Thursday afternoon from 1-3. We invite artists to come by, meet one another, network and find new friends. Please bring something you are working on to show others and request valuable feedback if you desire. Plan to share ideas and learn what has – and hasn’t – worked for others. No sign-up is necessary. Just come by and become part of a dynamic com-munity of local artists.
