Beauty Unleashed by Bekah Hoagland
One of Leonardo's suggestions for stimulating the imagination was to "look at crumbling walls, glowing embers, clouds or mold, because in these irregular shapes one can find strange inventions just as we are apt to project words in the sound of church bells". Anna Held Audette
FROM THE QUOTABLE ARTIST, BY PEGGY HADDEN
Take Your Painting to the Next Level
by Aaron S. Bivins
Mexican News, 1851, Alfred Jones, Corcoran Collection, National Gallery of Art
Lissa Guyton with 13 ABC News is showing a segment on the club on Friday, April 12 at 4 pm, and Sunday April 14. It will also be shown 13 ABC News Facebook and Instagram.
The club welcomes three dimensional art in addition to two dimensional work. Submit your sculptures, carvings and assemblages for our regular shows.
The Lending Library, located in the room on the north side of the studio, with a large collection of art books and tapes, is now available.
The shrink wrap machine is located in the same room; members may use it. The club requests a donation to support the cost of materials. Linda, our Gallery Manager, can demonstrate its use.
The Tuesday Plein Air group meets weekly at various sites around northwest Ohio to paint, followed by lunch and discussion. All club members are welcome. The first meeting is April 16.
Our plein air registration is taking off! We have 75 adult registrations in less than 2 weeks. Registration is capped at 125 adults, so don't wait to register. Picturesque Sylvania offers the artist many landscape and architectural options including accessible residential and commercial areas all conveniently nestled between two park systems including a river trail and a historical village. All Festival activities are located within walkable areas. Downtown Sylvania boasts ample parking and is a short distance from US-23 and I-475.
The masterworks highlighted here represent only a small part of the more than 150,000 sculptures, decorative arts, prints, drawings, photographs, and paintings in the National Gallery’s permanent collection. Taken together, they offer a vibrant picture of the power and range of human creativity.
Like the collection itself, this selection of highlights will change over time. Explore it to learn more about the National Gallery, its collection, and the artists who created the works now held in trust for the nation.
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