Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Congrats to Kristi

Kristi Herring reports that a painting she had hanging at the Professional Building has sold. So, if you are considering whether to hang paintings at this venue, you might want to consider it a positive sales venue!

Way to go, Kristi...

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Busy Margaret Osburn!

Margaret has submitted the following announcements of where she is showing her artwork, etc.
Margaret is also participating in the
Sun City Artists Third Annual Art Show on November 13 and 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Spiritual Enrichment Center in Peoria.

Margaret also has supplied a link to her homepage so you can see what she has been working on, a new slideshow of her work will soon be added to this blog.

Margaret is showing seven paintings at Le Petite Restaurant at the Bell Recreation Center in Sun City until November 1. She also has artwork at The Spiritual Enrichment Center on Peoria Ave, Peoria and Edward Jones Investments on Thunderbird Ave in Peoria.

To see her homepage and read information about her works, please click here.



Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Hooray for Judy - Again!

Judy Lawson sent the following announcement for the blog. Congrats Judy, way to go!

I received an Honorable Mention in the Peoria Fine Arts Association Fall Membership Exhibition for my painting "Rose Is" by the judge, Tom Herbert. Very nice! The exhibition is at the Peoria Unified School District Administration Center, 6330 W. Thunderbird Rd. in Glendale and runs through October 7, 2009.

All media is represented in this show! Peoria is not very far away if any of you are interested in joining this group. Our meetings are on the 4th Wednesday of each month. We meet in the Peoria Community Center at 8335 W Jefferson beginning at 7 pm. Our first meeting, September 23, will feature artist/art instructor Darlene Goto as our demo artist. Call me if you are interested in joining, or would like to be my guest- or, just show up!!!!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Judy's Great Summer

Judy Lawson certainly has had a busy and exciting summer! She sent the following to be included in the Vanguard blog. She reports that all of these paintings are featured in her blog and can be seen there. Way to go, Judy!

Jazzy Night was accepted into the Arizona Watercolor Association Fall Exhibition juried by Charles Harrington! Also, Paradise2 (Squared) was selected as an alternate. The Exhibition is at the Fountain Hills Community Center, 13001 N. La Montana Drive, Fountain Hills from October 1 - October 30, 2009. The Awards Reception will be from 6:30 - 8:30 October 16th. Hope you can visit the Exhibition!!!

Jazzy Night was also juried into the Western Federation of Artists exhibition hosted by the San Diego Watercolor Society in May.

Think Cool was accepted to the NAWS show!!! The NAWS "Experimental Watermedia Exhibition 2009 will be at the Sedona Art Center from September 26 -October 17, 2009. The Reception is 5-7 pm Friday October 2nd, awards presented at 6 pm.

Mamas @ MoMA (Acrylic) was selected by the West Valley Art Museum for their exhibit "Celebrating Art of the West Valley IV which will be on view from May 22-Sept 6, 2009. The Museum is located just north of Bell Road at 17420 N. Avenue of the Arts, Surprise AZ (623) 972-0635

Three of my submitted paintings were selected for the Northern Arizona Watercolor Association (NAWS), Sedona, AZ. (Paradise Squared, Sedona Rocks Abstract #3 and On Stage) in May. Paradise Squared won an Award of Excellence in the Fall AAG Show at Fountain Hills.

September, 2009 Meeting

I was unable to attend the September meeting as I was out of town; but I hear from my sources that Pat Knorr and Kristi Herring did a marvelous job of stepping in to take on the President's duties and mine as Secretary in Ann's and my absence.

Pat asked Sharon King and Ruth Malins to be the official photographers for the day and I have compiled their photos into a slideshow, which can be seen here.

Of special interest to me was seeing Ross Snodgrass's photo and how vibrantly healthy he looked. Welcome back Ross, we missed you!

Arizona Art Supply - Grand Re-Opening!

Arizona Art Supply has moved to its new location: 4025 N. 16th Street. Just South of Indian School. It will hold its Grand Re-Opening on Saturday, October 3 beginning at 9:00 AM. This should be an exciting event to attend, take advantage of the Grand Opening specials and see the "new" store!