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ART 321 News JULY 2018 NEWSLETTER
CALL FOR ART
Please remember that Art 321 will be holding the 24th Annual
International Miniature Show this August. Artists are invited
to
enter their small, original works of art in any of the following
medi-ums: 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. Complete
rules can be obtained at ART 321 or at www.art321.org . The
deadline for art is JULY 27TH. Cash prizes will be awarded to
Best of Show, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. This year, the judge for
the show is Barbara Kuxhausen.
From Diane Harrop, ART 321 Director
Do you have a simple art project that you would be willing
to
lead during one of our Healing Through Art sessions? The
open studio times will be on Tuesday afternoons from 1-3 all
during August when anyone affected by suicide, depression,
anxiety or related mental illnesses is invited to come to
ART
321 for free arts activities. If you have ideas for a small
group
project, please come by and talk with Susie or Diane.
ART WARS – EPISODE 1 launches on August 2! The
Natrona County Sheriff’s Department and Casper Fire - EMS
Department have challenged each other to a friendly Art War
during the month of August. Representatives from each de-
partment will be mounting a small exhibition showcasing
their
creative talents. The public is invited to vote for their
favorite
show from August 2 – September 6 by placing money in the
corresponding jar. The winning department will choose a
local
nonprofit organization to receive ½ of the total donations
with
ART 321 retaining the rest to help fund operations.
ART 321’s 2018 yART Sale was a huge success, bringing in
more than twice as much money to support our organization’s
operations than the 2017 event did. We extend a huge thank
you to all of you who supported this event by donating or
pur-
chasing items and express special appreciation to the many
volunteers who contributed time and energy to make this all
work. We will continue to accept donations of any
art-related
items throughout the year for future sales, so please share
this
information with anyone who might have things to donate.
We also thank Mike Olson, Casper College Ceramics, and
Peter Jakubowski, Brandy Dean, Thom Bumblauskas, and all
the other participating artists from Clay Arts Vegas who
joined
solo ceramics artists from around the region and helped to
launch the ART 321 Wyoming Clay
Festival & Pottery Sale. Please come
back often – we loved having you here!
Please help us thank Brenda Shafer,
who is retiring from her job at ART 321
after three years of splendid service.
We also ask you to welcome Joanna
(Jo) LaPerriere who has agreed to
come on board to replace Brenda.
Art is a lie that tells the truth. Picasso
Diane by Joyce Rogers
Roger Fenner “4 Paneled
Stained Glass Series”
Darrell Stack “Bass
Player”—Scratch Board
Honorable Mention :
All Member Show
Sheri McCoid
“”Music to
Heaven”
Best of Show
for All Member
Show
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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
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
July Shows: All Member Juried Show; Nancy Boston;
Roger Fenner
August Shows: 24th Annual Miniature Show; Colored Pencil Group
Show; Michele McDonald & Friends; Darrell Stack; Art Wars,
Episode 1
Workshops July 14th; Marisa Wesnitzer-Working With Oil
Pastel
August 3rd: Eileen Nistler-Colored Pencil
September 12,19,& 26; Pat Patton-
Ukulele Class (Wednesdays)
October 21-22; Karen Henneck—Pastel Class
Events July 7th: Wyoming Clay Festival Pottery Sale
July 28th: Tara McPherson—Pop Up Trunk
Show of her Stylized Artwork– From 1-3 PM
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 teach-
er, 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 nonmembers. This is sure to
fill
quickly, so call or come by soon to sign up.
Tara McPherson, nationally
known artist, will have a pop-
up trunk show at ART 321 on
Saturday, July 28 from 1-3.
Casper is one of 13 different
cities across the country the
New York City-based artist and
illustrator will visit this summer
to show and sell her work. Her
stylized artwork often consists
of portraits of women that refer-
ence nature, science and my-
thology. McPherson and her
art have been featured in the
New York Times, Hi-Fructose
magazine and the movie Juno.
She has also designed numer-
ous posters for rock bands in-
cluding Beck and Death Cab for
Cutie. More information about
Tara’s artwork can be found at:
www.taramcpherson.com .
ART 321 has lined up a rare treat
for you if you would like to add a
little more music to your life! Pat
Patton will be teaching a Begin-
ning Ukulele Class that will intro-
duce traditional techniques and
approaches allowing students to
use this instrument for lifelong en-
joyment. No previous experience
is necessary, the course is open to
anyone interested in learning basic
concepts or improving existing
skills and ukuleles for sale or loan
will be available. The class will
meet from 5-6:30 on Wednesdays,
ART 321 has just added a pop-up class by acclaimed pastel
artist, Karen Henneck. The main topic for instruction will be
landscapes,
but the 2-day class will also in-clude a demo on accurately
ren-dering animal furs. Class size will be limited, so be sure to
sign up early. The class is scheduled for Saturday & Sunday,
October 20 & 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for more convenient
access by peo-
ple who work during the week. The cost is $125 for ART 321
members; $145 for nonmembers.
Jo LaPerriere “Sara” All Mem-
ber Show—2nd Place
Tina McCarty “
“Aplomodo Falcon” First Place
A big Thank You to the Front Desk Volunteers for the month of
June! Pat Fonnesbeck, Diane Sanderson, Beth Ann Pillen, Ranae
Ma-
son, Neva Bodin, Jim Oliver, Karen Henneck, Dave Sneesby and
Audrey Jarvis. We are in need of help volunteering at the front
desk. Duties in-clude being a receptionist, greeting guests as they
walk in, assisting with
transactions, and fulfilling small tasks as asked by the Staff.
Volunteers are scheduled for 3 hours in the morning or afternoon. A
full time staff member is always available for assistance when
needed. The front
desk volunteer position is critical to our staff's ability to
focus on the jobs they have to complete to keep our doors open.
Sign up for one or more of the following sessions: Mornings
(Tuesday - Saturday) 10am-1pm
Afternoon (Tuesday - Saturday) 1pm-4pm Opening Receptions / Art
Walks (First Thursday) 5pm-8pm If you can help, please call the
front desk at 307-265-2655 or email [email protected]
Lynn Munns “Vase”
ART 321 thanks Make-A-Wish Wyoming for their recent donation of
a gently-used computer. We will use this gift in many ways, but
first and foremost, it will allow us to computerize our list of
hundreds of art-related resource books and
DVDs in the ART 321 lending li-brary, making it easier for
borrow-ers to locate exactly what they are looking for. We truly
appreciate this wonderful gesture of nonprofit sharing and good
will!
Marvie Tipsword “Huggs”
2nd Place All Member Show
Neva Bodin “Grandkids”
http://www.taramcpherson.com/mailto:[email protected]
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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 Workshop. 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 plas-ma cutter
and grinding tools, apply techniques for shaping their flower
petals, learn some standard black-
smithing while hammering metal that will become a stem and weld
the pieces together to complete a metal flower. Additional dates
will be: July 21 & 22. Cost is
$115 for ART 321 members, $130 for nonmembers – plus a supply
fee of $20 for each. Additional infor-mation 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 ses-sions are open to any artists and no advance
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.
SATURDAY WATERCOLOR CLASS FOR JULY & AUGUST
July 7— Practice Session
July 14—Practice Session
July 21– Dave Sneesby “Painting Street Scenes”
July 28-Bev Mathisen “Creating Something New from Old Art-
work”
August 4– Glenna Nash “Watercolor Batik
August 11– Practice Session
August 18– Kit Scott “Painting Portraits”
August 25– Practice Session
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 cam-
paign. “The Seven Year Itch" will be fea-
tured on Tuesday, July 24; and the series
will end with “Some Like It Hot” on Tues-
day, 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
starting at 5 PM. The movie is “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 Marilyn! cam-
paign.
ART 321/the Casper Artists Guild pre-
viewed our Help Save Marilyn! original-
design t-shirt at the August 2nd Art Walk.
The shirt features artwork by Wanda Klietz
on the front and a do-it-yourself Marilyn-
specific checklist on the back. This shirt is
sure to become a treasured item in your
summer wardrobe and will sell for a cool
$20, tax included. The Wyoming Photo Fest is back! The Photo
Fest
is Wyoming’s largest photo contest. Winners will re-
ceive up to $200 gift cards or select Canon prizes from
Wyoming Camera Outfitters. Each category winner
will receive a gallery showing at ART 321 – Casper
Artists’ Guild for the 2019 Wyoming Photo fest. Cate-
gories are Wildlife, Landscape, Portrait, and Recrea-
tional.
Photographers can enter as many photos as they
want. $5 per photo as an entry fee. Wyoming Camera
Outfitters will donate the proceeds to non profit Art 321
to support the arts.
https://wyomingcameraoutfitters.com/wyoming-photo-fest-2017/
Nancy Boston “Spring on the River” Oil
ART 321 invites you all to enjoy our
three new gallery shows during July. Prolif-
ic painter Nancy Boston is featured in a
powerful retrospective called “Forty Years
on the Ranch” that includes images of
Western landscapes, people and animals.
Roger Fenner’s show “Reflection” contains
colorful paintings and stained-glass works
inspired by both Hawaii and Wyoming, his
two homes. The rest of the gallery is filled
with an eclectic mix of paintings, photo-
graphs, sculptures, fiber art and mixed me-
dia pieces from ART 321-member artists.
This juried show was judged in three
categories: emerging, intermediate and
advanced.
Walter Boyd “Roof Thatcher” Gift Shop
Al Kalbfleisch “Monty” 1st
Place All Member’s Show
Dave Sneesby “Strudel Lesson” 2nd Place
Casey Hanson “Watercolor”
Photo on Canvas
Ranae Mason “Rainy City Street”
3rd place
Walter Boyd “Roof Thatcher”
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Contact Us: 321 W. Midwest
Casper, Wyoming
82601
Phone: (307) 265-2655 Hours: Tuesday through Sat-urday 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 oppor-
tunities and experiences for the educa-
tion 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 to Ken & Peg Carpenter 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 activities!
Be sure to stop by ART 321 soon to see all
the new merchandise in the Chapman Gift
Gallery.
Attention Jewelry & Fiber Artists: We have
recently seen a wonderful increase in the
number of jewelry & fiber artists signing up
to sell their artwork in the Chapman Gift
Gallery. To fairly and appropriately showcase
each artist’s work, we have amended our
Policies & Procedures to include the follow-
ing:
Each artist will be limited to submitting 12
items for each turn around. As a guideline,
there are 12 lines on our submission form.
With jewelry, a set can be considered as 1
item; however, we remind you that people
often like the choice of purchasing pieces
separately which is not possible if listed as a
set. Earrings all need to be brought in on an
earring card.
Sara Johnson “Lighthouse”
First Place in All Members Show
