August 2024 News and Notes
Sedona Trail by Fred Lang
Painting is possessed of a divine power, for not only...does it make the absent present, but also, after many centuries, makes the dead almost alive, so that they are recognized with great admiration for the artist, and with great delight.
–Leon Battista Alberti
FROM THE QUOTABLE ARTIST, BY PEGGY HADDEN
Exploring Landscape Painting:
TWO-DAY
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
With Christopher Leeper
SEPTEMBER 28,2024
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 29,2024
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Toledo Artists' Club
5403 Elmer Drive
Toledo, Ohio | 419.531.4079
Toledo Artists' Club members $225.00
Others $250.00
Christopher Leeper is a full-time artist from Canfield, OH. He is the author of Realism in Watermedia, North Light. He has illustrated four children's books for the Smithsonian and the African Wildlife Foundation. His work has been featured in several books and publications, including The Artist's Magazine, American Artist, Plein Air Magazine and Ohio Magazine. He is a member of the adjunct faculty in the Department of Art at Youngstown State University. He served as president of the Ohio Watercolor Society (2008-2012). Christopher graduated from Youngstown State University in 1988 with a BFA degree in graphic design.
Art in the Garden August 10th, 11 am to 4 pm
The stream at the Garden
A variety of art forms will be demonstrated throughout the Artist Village all day. Plenty of hands-on opportunities. The club will be open and members may reserve a table to demonstrate and sell their work, and paint Plein air in the Garden. Live Music 12-2pm ; Falafel King food truck. Rain or shine. The new exhibition at the club, "Urban Structures and Landscapes", will be open in the Gallery. Please contact the club if you are coming.
Drawing Boot Camp with Michelle Arnold Paine
September 9, 16, 23, 2024
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
If you have always wanted to learn how to draw, or feel you missed out on some basics, this class is for you. Drawing is about finding relationships and problem-solving. Learning to draw from observation is an essential element to enhancing creative thinking in all areas of life.
In these 3 sessions we will learn to use a grid to increase accuracy, and practice sighting and measuring skills. The grid is used to enlarge a drawing to any size so that a small sketch can become a finished painting, or a detailed drawing can become a mural. By practicing the skills to become excellent at drawing you can eliminate frustrations in painting as you become better at planning compositions. Appropriate for adults and mature high school students. You do not need to have attended previous sessions of the Drawing Boot Camp. Bring a drawing of your own or a photo or painting that you would like to enlarge.
TAC ARTIST'S CHOICE SHOW–EXCLUSIVELY ONLINE
September 9, 2024–October 31, 2024
Julie Draeger's Studio
A chance to show your work, any subject, style or medium, 2D or 3D.
- Monday, August 5, 2024: Call for Entries begins
- Tuesday, August 20, Friday, August 23, and Saturday, August 24: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Help session at TAC to enter this show. Come to the Toledo Artists' Club. Bring your flat artwork to be photographed if you need submittal images for the application. If you have prepared suitable images, bring them on a portable storage device (phone, tablet, flash drive, SD card, or portable hard drive.) - Friday, August 30, 2024: Call for Entries closes
- Friday, September 6, 2024: Notification of accepted artwork.
- Monday, September 9, 2024: Exhibit opens.
- Thursday, October 31, 2024: Exhibit closes
Reflections of Spirit: Brenda Singletary
Robert C. and Susan Savage Community Gallery
Toledo Museum of Art
July 31 to October 20, 2024
Brenda's works of abstract art have been collected into a compelling exhibit called Reflections of Spirit, on display through Oct. 20 in the Robert C. and Susan Savage Community Gallery in the Toledo Museum of Art. The paintings collected in this exhibition are all recent paintings. Her work is inspired by family memories and stories of family history. You can view more of her work on her website.
Gina Wolfrum solo show at the Union League of Chicago
September 25 to November 19 2024
65 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago
The Union League of Chicago boasts the largest private art collection in the city, second only to the Art Institute of Chicago. From Gina's website:
"As a mixed media artist, I create textural pieces, sometimes abstract and contemporary, and other times – usually my florals – very detailed and specific. My passion is combining color and texture in unconventional methods to arrive at a pleasing, yet thought-provoking presentation of my subject. My paintings have been inspired by simple things like falling leaves to the soothing waves of the oceans.
