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Volume 38, No. 2 - September, 2014
MGAL Member News
Larry Hughes has been selected as the fall Artist in
Residence at Guadalupe Mountains National Park, on the
Texas/New Mexico border. The Park provides housing
for the three-week residency in October. Larry will be
working in watercolor and oil along as many of the 80
miles of Park’s wilderness trails as possible, and will be
hosting several art-related public outreach programs to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the
Wilderness Act.
Steve Nelson is having a solo exhibit at Trezevant 8/2310/29. The address is 3437 Waynoka Ave. Memphis 38111.
For further info, please call Laura House at 746-1843. All
proceeds will go to The Salvation Army and The Baddour
Center. Steve is also one of several exhibiters at The
Woman’s Exchange and Fratelli’s at Botanic Garden.
Membership Meetings
Sunday, September 21, 2014, 2:00-4:00 PM, Church of
the Holy Communion - St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 4645
Walnut Grove, Memphis 38117, Room 308.
Sunday, December 7, 2014, 2:00-4:00 PM, Church of the
Holy Communion - St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 4645 Walnut Grove, Memphis 38117, Room 308.
Sunday, February 15, 2015, 2:00-4:00 PM, Church of the
Holy Communion - St. Mary’s Episcopal Church), 4645
Walnut Grove, Memphis 38117, Room 308.
MGAL NEWSLETTER
Published monthly (except for one combined June/July
Issue) by the Memphis/Germantown Art League, Inc., P.O.
Box 38542, Germantown, TN 38138-0542.
Deadline for the next issue: 25th of the month.
Editor: Gary Gibson
E-mail: garyg6@me.com
If you have won an award, been juried into a show, have
had a one person exhibition, or your work is scheduled to
be or has been publicly shown, MGAL wants to know about
it! E-mail your information to your MGAL Newsletter Editor. Photos of award winners, art work, or just neat images
are appreciated!
It has been a wonderful summer, especially weather wise, and
also because we have been joined by at least ten new members
to MGAL at my last count. New members can bring a spark
of freshness and enthusiasm to an organization and our league
welcomes you with open arms. It is our desire that you not only
reap the benefits offered by such a union, but that you infuse into us
new life, fresh ideas, creative energy and the joy of your friendship.
We encourage you to participate in our scheduled meetings, enter
our various exhibit opportunities, attend offered workshops, and
share your time and talents helping to make MGAL a better and
more successful art league. We all look forward to getting to know
you and learn from you in the coming years.
Speaking of learning, we must all be aware that it is a never
ending process. I am quite sure that we as artists have similar
struggles in trying to express our creative ideas and capture them
in the media of our choice. If you’re like me, I paint a lot more
“failures” (at least in my eyes) than I do successes (at least in my
eyes). But, every failure is a part of the learning process, just as
much as every success. So, assuming my assessment is correct let
me leave you this month with the following:
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but
more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” George Bernard Shaw
Ron
New Members
Sandy Barksdale; P.O Box 369, Cotter, AR 72626
(870)421-1764 (cell), (870)424-0151 (hm)
sandybarksdaleart@gmail.com, Ac, I, O, W
Current email address:
The MGAL newsletter editor makes every effort to update
members’ addresses. However, if an email is returned as being
undeliverable, that member is deleted from the newsletter email
list. If anyone is aware of an MGAL member not receiving the
newsletter, please notify the editor of that member’s correct
email address.
MGAL has a Facebook Page!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Memphis-Germantown-ArtLeague-MGAL/126829487406501
Please go into it and become a member and/or fan and post
something of interest (pertaining to art).
The MGAL Newsletter continues its look at artists from around the world:
Jeremy Lipking, “Drying Plates at Beachcombers” 6x8,
oil on linen, http://www.lipking.com/
Daniel Gerhartz “Out of the Shadows”
24x20, oil, http://www.danielgerhartz.com
Jennifer McChristian “Hatch’s Market” 14x19, oil on
panel, http://jennifermcchristian.com
Qiang Huang “Wuzhen Sgtreet 2” 16x12,
oil on canvas, http://www.qhart.com
Albert Benois 1852 - 1936 “Kronstadt from a
Pier of Peterhof” 1889, watercolor on paper
Quote of the Month
“Rhetoric is the will trying to do the work of
the imagination.”
William Butler Yeates
David Jon Kassan “Charcoal on mylar of my Aunt”,
http://www.davidkassan.com
Thomas Schaller “Steps to 7th Street...Los Angeles” 22x14,
Watercolor, http://thomasschaller.com
MGAL Prospectus copies may be downloaded from the MGAL website: www.mgal.org
MGAL BOARD
President:
Ron Lace
Vice President:
Jim Hardin
Secretary:
Brenda Thornton
Treasurer:
Art Wilson
Exhibition:
Kay Coop
Education/Workshop:
Lauren Beyer
Membership:
Sylvia Martinez
Publicity:
Betsy Bird
Social: (Meetings)
Nancy Kurtz
Social: (Exhibitions)
Wanda Winsett
Financial (Co-Chairs)
Mary Lawrence Allen,
Holly Wolfe
Parliamentarian:
Tim Hacker
MGAL Newsletter
APPOINTED COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS
Newsletter:Gary Gibson
Web site:
Ron Lace, Gopal Murti
National Exhibition 2013 Kay Coop
Star Artist Review:
Sally Papich
Service Points:
Stacey Zambetti
Yearbook:Sylvia Martinez
Spring Exhibition Catalogue:
Kay Coop
Spectrum Award:Tim Hacker
Exhibition Committee:
Pat Traylor, Volunteers
Charley Highers, Installation
Rose Sitton, Judges
Altruistic Donations:
Thonda Barnes
Newsletter mailing
Barbara Tigrett, Mary Klug
Volume No. 38, No. 2 September, 2014
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members, each member is asked to specify where he or she
would like to help. If no selection is made, one will be
assigned to you.
Performing a service earns a Service Point which is
required to be eligible for MGAL's Annual Juried Spring
Exhibition.
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demonstrations and social periods
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education activities at special member rates
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and MGAL Yearbook
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opportunities arranged by MGAL
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Please make check payable to MGAL and send to: Sylvia Martinez, 9905 Houston Levee CV,
Germantown, TN 38139.
Index of artists shown in prior newsletters:
February, 2011: Carolyn Anderson, Casey Baugh, Brian Blood, Brent Cotton,
Nancy Guzik, David Jon Kassan, Susan Lyon, Scott Mattlin, C.W. Mundy, Mario
Robinson, Prafull Sawant, Tuva Stephens.
March, 2011: Justin Balliet, Eugen Chisnicean, Jacob Collins, Sue Foell, Robert
Hagan, Quang Ho, Jeremy Lipking, Joseph McGurl, Lori Putnam, Chuck Rawle,
Terese Rogers, Thomas Schaller, Alicia Southerland, Iian Stewart, Keiko Tanabe.
April, 2011: Thomas Dodd, Michelle Dunaway, Daniel F. Gerhartz, Jean Haines,
Stanka Kordic, Bart Lindstrom, Dan McCaw, Brian Slawson, Craig Srebnik.
May, 2011: Magdalena Almy, Kenn Backhaus, Eugen Chisnicean, Robert Coombs,
Mina Dela Cruz, Romel Delatorre, Olga Krimon, Shanna Kunz, Bryce Cameron
Liston, Tony Pro, Anita Stoll, Charles Wilson, Pamela Wilson, Mikel Wintermantel.
June/July, 2011: Aldo Balding, Eleinne Basa, Romel Delatorre, Jerry Dame, Robin
Hall, Qiang Huang, Ignat Ignatov, Jeff Legg, Pamela Wilson.
August, 2011: Bill Bailey, Dan Beck, Eugen Chisnicean, Douglas Flynt, Joseph
Ianatorno, Steve Marshennikov, Jennifer McChristian, Todd Reifers, Ceasar Santos,
Daniel Sprick, Justin Taylor, Sadie J. Valeri, Dawn Whitelaw
September, 2011: Kate Bradley, Kay Coop, Tim Fisher, Michael Godfrey, David
Gray, Tim Hacker, Carol Jenkins, William Kalwick, Maria Kreyn, Brian O’Neal,
Jerry Ricketson, Katy Sullivan, William Wray.
October, 2011: Scott Burdick, Daniel Greene, Jonathan Hardesty, William Scott
Jennings, Jim Lamb, Christina Grace Mastrangelo, Adam Miller, Elizabeth Robbins,
Travis Seymour, David Shevlino, Tina Spratt, Katherine Stone, Aaron Westerberg.
November, 2011: Lauren Beyer, J. M. Brodrick, Ken Cadwallader, Kim Casebeer,
Kay Coop, Kristy Gordon, Brad Kunkle, Jerome Garth Parker, John Potoschnick,
Norman Soskel, Tuva Stephens, Dorian Vallejo, Art Wilson.
December, 2011: Bruce Cheever, Rachael Constantine, C. W. Mundy, Nicole Porter,
Colt Prehm, Peggy Knoll Roberts, Alexey Steele, Josh Suda, Brian Mark Taylor,
Alexandra Tyng, Jove Wang, Jeremiah White, Tony Williams.
January, 2012: Eleinne Basa, Casey Baugh, Brent Cotton, Daniel Gerhartz, Eugene
Chisnicean, Frank Ordaz, Michael Shane Neal, Warren F. Neary, Kenneth Salaz,
Todd Williams.
February, 2012: Scott Addis, Jonny Andvik, Carol Arnold, Dean Gioia, Johanna
Harmond, Mary Jo Popp Johnson, Michael Klein, Edward Minoff, Julio Reyes,
Vadim Zanginian
March, 2012: Juliette Aristides, Suchitra Bhosle, Jean Chambers, Kay Coop, Gary
Gibson, Kristy Gordon, Mary Qian, Mark Reeder, Pat Walker, Joseph Zbukvic.
April, 2012: Betsy Bird, Aaron Bushnell, Zoey Frank, Leslie Frontz, Jeff
Hargreaves, Paul Oxborough, Danielle Richard, Thomas J. Shelford, John de la
Vega.
May, 2012: Sharon Calahan, Jim Hardin, Gloria Connolly, Kay Coop, Douglas
Fryer, Gary Gibson, Jean Haines, James Hollingsworth, Leslie Humphrey, Jeremy
Lebediker, Gopal Murti, Derek Penix, Tuva Stephens, G.E. Williamson, Art Wilson.
June/July, 2012: Steven Assael, Holly Hope Banks, Kathleen Dunphy, Peter Fiore,
Vincent Giarrano, Susan Lyon, Jonathan McPhillips, Keiko Tanabe, Michelle
Waldele-Dick, Tolouse Lautrec, Michael Workman.
August, 2012: Catherine Anderson, Ron Bigony, Thomas Dodd, Douglas Fryer,
David Gluck, David Poxon, Mark Reeder, William Schneider, Anita Stoll, Jove
Wang, Olga Krimon, Sarah Yoeman
September, 2012: Paul Jacques, Aime Baudry, Ron Bigony, Eric Bowman, Aaron
Bushnell, Katie Dobson Cundiff, Daniel Gerhartz, Carol Jenkins, Jeff Legg, Lange
Marshall, Adolph von Menzel, Eve Ventrue, Joseph Zbukvic
October, 2012: Mark Boyle, Ellen Brown, Kay Coop, Michcelle Dunaway,
Deborah Elmquist, Tim Hacker, Kathy O’Leary, Hodges Soileau, Mark Tennant,
Lange Marshall, Dave Santillanes, Alan Wolton.
November, 2012: Carla Anglada, Bill Bailey, Betsy Bird, Bill Farnsworth, Paul
W. McCormack, Douglas P. Morgan, C. W. Mundy, Steve Nelson, Judy Nocifora,
Elizabeth Pollie, Rob Rey, Robert Spooner, Keiko Tanabe, Michael Workman, Albin
Veselka.
December, 2012: Dusan Djukaric, John Ebel, Bill Farnsworth, Dali Higa, Nancy
Howe, Peter Justl, Matt Linz, Tim Perkins
January, 2013: Anthony Adcock, Erin Anderson, Anna Rose Bain, Mary Chambers,
Mark Demsteader, Annie Dover, Costa Dvorezky, Kelli Folsom, Nathan Fowkes,
Becky Joy, Darren Kingsley, Nella Lush, Eric Michaels, Scott Nickerson, Camille
Przewodek, Tuva Stephens, Justin Taylor
February, 2013: Carolyn Anderson, Jacquelyn Bischak, Sean Cheetham, Buell
Cole, Cecelia Cox, Mary Jane Q. Cross, Chong Hiu Lai, Robert Lemler, Dan
McCaw, Stan Miller, Lee West, John Whalley
March, 2013: Bill Bailey, Phyllis Boger, Gonzolo Carcamo, Jim Connelly, John
Cook, Sue Foell, Neil Hughes, Stacy Kamin, Roger C. Long, K. Gopal Murti,
Nilsami, David Rankin, Maurice Sapiro, Mary Spellings, Art Wilson, Paul Wyse.
April, 2013: Stephanie Birdsall, Jacob Collins, Brent Cotton, Dusan Djukaric,
Loretta Fasan, Tanja Gant, Grace Kim, Robert Kuester, David McLeod, Gopal
Murti, Judy Norcifora, Alicia Southerland.
May, 2013: Kenn Backhaus, Brian Blood, Ryan Brown, Sue Foell, Stanka
Kordic, Susana Ragel, Darryl Steele, Romel de la Toore, William Wray.
June-July, 2013: Alexandr Bobrov, Eric Bowman, John Crump, Thomas
Dodd, Kathleen Dunphy, Douglas Flynt, David Gray, Jon David Kassan, Kevin
Menck, Bruce Newman, Katie O’Hagan, Alexandre Reider, Tuva Stevens,
Joseph Zbukvic
August, 2013: Mark Boedges, Dot Courson, M. Camille Day, Lynne Garlick,
Stanka Kordic, Stan Miller, Sandra Lynn Strohschein, Andrew Wyeth
September, 2013: Bill Bailey, Colleen Barry, Sammy Britt, Nancy Conant, M.
Camille Day, Sue Foell, Tim Hacker, Michael Mentler, Tuva Stevens, Yancy
Villa-Calvo, Sarah Yoeman
October, 2013: Ron Bigony, Jim Hardin, Lynne Garlick, Jennifer Gennari,
Qiang Huang, Becky Joy, Jeff Legg, C. W. Mundy, Derek Penix, David Poxon
November, 2013: Acott Addis, Bill Bailey, Casey Baugh, Tim Hacker, Robert
Hunt, Eric Michaels, Joseph McGurl, Therese Schewartze, Loriann Signori
December, 2013 Bill Bailey, Suchitra Bhosle, Miriam Crotwell, Bill
Farnsworth, Jeune Fille, Sue Foell, Larry Hughes, James Neil Hollingsworth,
Steve Nelson, Pat Patrick, Brian Slawson, Tuva Stevens
January, 2014 Simon Addyman, Kenn Erroll Backhaus, Robert Coombs, Kay
Coop, Daniel Gerhartz, Daniel Greene, Robert McFarland
February, 2014 Dali HIga, Roger Dale Brown, Brent Cotton, Peter Fiore, Bev
Jozwiak, Rebecca Latham, Jeremy Lipking, Robert McFarland, Eric Michaels,
Kenneth Salaz, Cesar Santos
March, 2014 Joanne Bloom, Bill Bailey, Yancy Villa-Calvo, Sandra Carpenter,
Thomas Dodd, Charlie Hunter, Larry Hughes, Renato Muccillo, Pat Patrick,
Gail Ray, Maurice Sapiro, Rose Sitton, Sandra Lynn Strohschein, Art Wilson,
Holly Wolfe, Sarah Yeoman.
April, 2014 Toni Abrams, Victoria Babb, Bill Bailey, Scott Burdick, Jacob
Collins, Gary Gibson, Tim Hacker, Johanna Harmon, Terry Kenney, Ron Lace,
Gopal Murti, Judy Nocifora, Elizabeth Pollie, David Poxon, Denise Rose,
Norman Soskel, Sandra Lynn Strohschein, Tuva Stephens, Wanda Winsett.
May, 2014 Jonny Andvik, Ron Bigony, Bruce Brainard, Adam Clague, Katie
Dobson Cundiff, Pam Earlywine, Danny Ferland, William G. Hook, Rebeca
Latham, Jove Wang
June-July, 2014 Libby Anderson, Bill Bailey, Gene Ballin, Sandra Carpenter,
Kay Coop, Sue Foell, Kyong Suk Galey, Charlotte Highers, Susan Hyback,
Terry Kenney, Ron Lace, Mark Lague, Sylvia Martinez, Fred Rawlinson,
Norman Soskel, Tuva Stephens
August, 2014 Casey Baugh, Kaye Franklin, Tim Hacker, Robert Hagan, Charley
Hunter, Jeremy Lipking, Olga Krimon, Charles Reid, Daniel Sprick
Statistics: 265 Artists have given permission for their work to be shown in the
MGAL Newsletter, 5 Artists have refused permission, and 300 Artists have not
responded.