NEWSLETTER - Kentucky Watercolor Society

KENTUCKY WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
NEWSLETTER
Spring 2015
Location:
Kentucky Watercolor Society
4836 Brownsboro Center Arcade
Louisville, KY 40207
KWS - Email - kwsociety1100@yahoo.com
Volume 46 Issue 2
Mailing Address:
Telephone:
Kentucky Watercolor Society
Gallery: 502.326.9256
P.O. Box 7125
Rita Stout: 502.432.3250
Louisville, KY 40257-0215
(Administrator)
Web page - www.kentuckywatercolorsociety.org./
SPRING CALENDAR
Three Great Workshops be sure to sign up for them
Dongfeng LI…………………May 11-14, 2015
Frank Francese………………July 27-30,2015
Robert Burridge………………September 28 - October 1, 2015
(For information on the top three workshops for 2015 call Susan
Christensen/Charlotte Humphrees, Susan 502.294.3148, Charlotte270.465.3355 charlottehumphress@gmail.com)
Aqueous (Calendar for Entry and Events)
July 6 - Deadline for receipt of Entries
Aug 17 - Notification of Juror’s Decision
Sept 28 - Oct 1 Bob Burridge Workshop
Nov 6 - Exhibition Opens to Public
Nov 6 - Opening and Awards Reception
Dec 13 - Last Day of Exhibition
Dec 14 - Pickup of hand-delivered work, 10 till noon
Dec 15 - Begin return of shipped work
June 3rd at 9:15 a.m - Middletown Library Picture Hanging - .
(located on Juneu Drive in Middletown direct all questions to
Judy Mudd at judymudd@bellsouth.net)
June 12 - 14, 2015 Cheng-Khee Chee Workshop in
Duluth Minnesota see article on following page.
April 11 - June 27, 2015 - “Lovin Louisville Exhibit”- KWS Gallery
July, Aug. Dec. - Portraits & Figures, Plein Aire Exhibit
Oct. Nov. Dec. - All Member Show
270.202.4003
502.671.0020
502.523.9982
502.635.7622
502.459.0581
502.671.0403
502.458.5043
502.294.3148
270.465.3355
502.894.9314
502.819.8898
502.432.3250
Next Board Meeting - Fri. 1:00 PM, June 26th, 2015
For our next General meeting in fall be prepared to bring a 1/4 sheet matted, unframed painting to exchange with other members work if
you would like to participate in an exchange.
DEADLINE FOR SUMMER NEWSLETTER
IS JULY 15, 2015, PLEASE
HAVE YOUR INFO TO ME BY THAT DATE. THIS IS CRITICAL!!!
Rita Stout, Administrator - kwsociety1100@yahoo.com, 502432-3250 or
502-326-9256
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Hello Art Friends. I have a challenge for you. At one time
or another we have all been asked to donate our work.
This is different. I want you to consider auctioning a piece
of your artwork and donating the proceeds to KWS. This
idea just occurred to me so I haven’t fully flushed it out
yet. I’m going to do this soon and I haven’t decided
whether to auction it on Facebook or maybe an online
auction site like Etsy. If you aren’t comfortable with auctioning then you could send it to the gallery and we will
sell it for you. Just include your contact info in case we
have questions. For everyone who does this we will be
glad to put a picture of your auctioned piece and your
name and contact info, if you want, on our WebSite.
(soon as I clear it with the Board!).
Here are some tips from an article I just found online,
www.artbusiness.com:
Donate a good piece of art. Don't donate the worst,
least significant, or most outdated piece you
have lying around your studio. You want your
donation to reflect positively on the quality and
type of art that you currently produce.
Set the minimum acceptable opening bid at reasonable levels (If it is a small painting I’m just going
to start mine at $1. After all it is just a little
piece of paper with a little paint on it!
If you're a good artist and people know it, your art
will be bid up to a reasonable no matter how
low you set the opening bid.
Be aware that insisting on too high a selling price
may show that you're more concerned about
how much your art is worth than you are about
the fundraising efforts.
Your reward in addition to getting in the newsletter will be
our undying gratitude and the satisfaction that comes from
helping an organization that promotes what you love.
The future and success of KWS depends on all members, their interest
and participation in its work. We hope our members will show more interest in Society work and take their places as Board members, chair person,
volunteers and help shape or reshape it if needed.
There is always a need for volunteers especially now with the Aqueous
exhibit approaching. Aqueous is the show that gives us national prominence. We are proud of it and we should help it stay here. But how many of
us ever agree to help when asked? Can we spare one or two days per month
to help with mailing, telephone, deliveries or other activities when the
Aqueous Director may need us to help?? Sue and the Aqueous committee
desperately need our help. She and Rita will work with volunteers. Please
call and volunteer your time. The future of Aqueous depends on our participation.
My wish is to bring members closer by bringing interesting ideas and
programs to our General meetings. If members become more involved and
numerous at the meetings, we may decide to put them together more often.
You will decide.
Members should give ideas for programs and also help find speakers or
guests to come and present interesting and relevant presentations. Some
meetings can be designated as critique days. First we present our work for
critique and after expending some time fixing critiqued work we can check
on reworked paintings and reflect on our experiences. Please e-mail us with
any program you would like to have introduced. Email: kwsociety1100@yahoo.com
KWS 2015 BOARD
President
Tom Poole
Vice President
Nevenka Martinovic
Treasurer
Shirley Knoop
Communication Judy Egerton
GalleryDirectors Mary Sue Klusman
Pat LeFever
Aqueous Director Sue Hinkebein
Education
Susan Christenson
Charlotte Humphries
Secretary
Anna Marshall
Exhibitions
Luci Mistratov
Administrator
Rita Stout
From: Tom Poole, President
Happy Painting - Nevenka Martinovic, V. President
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AquaVenture
AquaVenture 2015 was a great success! This year's exhibition showcased 25 water media works from 20 artists which were selected from 50 entries
by 23 local and regional artists. The Pat Harrison Art Center at the Arts Council of Southern Indiana in New Albany is the venue for the exhibition,
which runs from March 14-April 18, 2015. AquaVenture 2015 is truly a regional show with representation from artists in Louisville, Bardstown, Shelbyville, Lexington, Richmond, Columbia and Glasgow, Kentucky as well as Floyds Knobs, Greenville, and Bloomington, Indiana. The juror for acceptance and awards was artist and curator John Begley, retired director of the Hite Art Institute Gallery of the University of Louisville, past president
of the Louisville Visual Arts Association, and founding director of the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art. Nine paintings received awards
and to date one painting was sold during the exhibition. Special recognition goes to Preston Arts Center for sponsoring three awards this year. Additional thanks go to Julie Schweitzer, gallery director, for hanging the show, assisting with publicity, and providing refreshments and to Luci Mistratov,
KWS Exhibition Chair for securing award sponsors and designing the poster.
Trudi Bellou, AquaVenture 2015 Chairperson
Congratulations to the Award Winners
First Place - Judy Mudd
“Mixer-Bardstown Road”
Second Place - Thomas Powell
“Backyard Jungle”
Third Place - Dan Bulleit
“I Hope She Wins”
Aline Barker Award for Creativity - Susan Huttenlocker
“Puzzle”
Preston Arts Award #1– Cathy Hillegas
“New Maples”
Preston Arts Award #2 - Susan Christensen
“Grapes”
Preston Arts Award #3 - Joe Friel
“Back Road to Galway”
Honorable Mention - Nevenka Martinovic
“Seeking”
Honorable Mention - Benjamin Nay
See website for pictures of all winners - www.kentuckywatercolorsociety.org.
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Dear KWS Members and Friends,
AQUEOUS USA 2015 will be the 38th national, juried exhibition sponsored by the Kentucky Watercolor Society. Actors Theatre of Louisville will host the
exhibition from November 6 through December 13, 2015. Please plan to join us for the opening reception November 6, 2015 (5 PM – 10 PM at Actors
Theater). Our Juror, Robert Burridge, is a full-time contemporary painter and teaches combined media, collage and paints and his painting course will
cover the latest in avant-garde water media materials and techniques that Bob is currently doing.
KWS can be proud that AQUEOUS USA is among the most prestigious watercolor events in the country. Many past participants are featured regularly in
books and national publications. In order to encourage participation and recognize our outstanding artists, whose paintings are selected in such rigorous
competition, KWS offers many awards.
We would like to recognize the many volunteer activities and gifts of time that our members generously contribute each year. We also would like to ask
you to become a sponsor and consider making a financial contribution in 2015. Sponsorship is a generous and important way that we, as artists and supporters of the arts, can encourage our fellow artists and keep Aqueous and KWS the professional and respected organization it has become over the
years. Gifts in any amount are greatly appreciated; even $5-$10 can combine to make a big difference. Every contributor will receive a copy of the AQUEOUS USA 2014 show catalog in which he or she will be recognized as a sponsor (unless a desire to remain anonymous is indicated below).
Please complete the bottom of this letter and return it, along with your check, to the address below. Thank you for your time and consideration and, as
always, thank you for your continued support! Of course, the most important thing is to enter the exhibition (this year’s deadline is July 6, 2015. SO
START PAINTING NOW! Should you have any questions, please call 502.326.9256 or email kws1100@yahoo.com.
Sincerely,
Sue Hinkebein
Chair, Aqueous USA 2015
_________ KENTUCKY ARTIST AWARD SPONSOR (Designated for a Kentucky resident)
_________ SIGNATURE ARTIST MEMBER AWARD SPONSOR (Designated for an artist accepted in three or more
Aqueous USA Exhibitions while maintaining continuous membership)
_________ GENERAL AWARDS FUND SPONSOR
AMOUNT: $50___
$35___
$25___
Other: ______
NAME _________________________________________
Phone ___________________
_________ I wish to remain anonymous. My name will not appear in the catalog.
KWS is a 501(c)3 organization and your contribution is tax-deductible. Thank you for your support!
Send this form and your check payable to: (KWS)
Kentucky Watercolor Society, P.O. Box 7125, Louisville, KY, 40257-0125
This Is An Email I Received From Cheng-Khnee Chee, I Thought It Would
Be Important To Everybody Since He is Liked by So Many!!!
From: Cheng-Khee Chee
Dear Rita,
Thank you for your dedication to KWS and doing an excellent job! Here is my news item:
The University of Minnesota, Duluth Tweed Museum of Art ( www.d.umn.edu/tma ) is
organizing Cheng-Khee Chee’s ( www.chengkheechee.com ) retrospective exhibition
"The Way of Cheng-Khee Chee, Paintings 1974-2014" which will be held from May 12
through September 20, 2015. The opening reception will be on Thursday, May 14 at 6:00
- 8:00pm.
In conjunction with his retrospective exhibition, Cheng-Khee is offering a 3-day workshop, which will cover: 1. Traditional Academic Approach to Watercolor, 2. Saturated
Wet Paper Process, and 3. Improvisational splash color method.
Workshop Dates: June 12-14（Friday-Sunday)
Location: Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth,
Contact: Christine Strom
Phone: 218-726-7823 direct line
Email: cstrom@d.umn.edu
Website: www.d.umn.edu/tma
This is the only Chee workshop scheduled for 2015.
Best,
Cheng-Khee
________________________________________
Cheng-Khee Chee, AWS DF, NWS, TWSA, WHS
Chee Studio
1508 Vermilion Road, Duluth, MN 55812
Telephone: 218-724-2554, Fax: 218-724-6153
Email: : chengkheechee@gmail.com.com
Website: www.chengkheechee.com
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Roberta Marx Gallery Presents
Exhibit by ANN LAWSON ADAMEK, KWS
Interconnected Web of Words and Watercolors
May 3 - June 30, 2015
Marx Gallery
Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church
4936 Brownsboro Rd.,(Hwy. 22)
Louisville, KY. 40222
502.425.6943
Gallery Hours, 10am - 5pm M-F
10am - 1:30pm S
Opening May 3rd at 12:30pm
“All things are connected like the blood which unites one family...We did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.” Chief Seattle,
1786?- 1866
2015 Aqueous Prospectus and Guidelines
TransparentWatercolor Society of America has a website that gives
total instructions on preparing your image for submission at
www.watercolors.org/photos..html
Requirements have changed. This has to do with size maximum
this year is 40”x 40”, no strongboxes over 40” on one will be allowed.
You can get a copy of the Prospectus from this Newsletter, from
the Website, by emailing kwsociety1100@yahoo.com and/or calling Rita Stout, Administrator at 502.432.3250 or 502.326.9256.
We are hoping and working for a really Great and busy year thls
Aqueous season. Therefore, we would love for you to get your
winning master pieces entered as soon as possible. We would like
to have this be our record year of entries. Most of all we want you
to be part of it. So get busy and enter please, we look forward to
seeing everybodies art. We hope to see you at the reception, also.
Coming to Louisville in 2015
Dongfeng Li - May 11-14, 2015
Exploring the Portrait in Watercolor
Dongfeng Li is an art professor at Morehead State University. He holds
an MFA in painting and drawing, and a Masters of Education in Art Education. He
has taught watercolor, oil painting, drawing, and Chinese brush painting for many
years in the USA and internationally.
Li’s watercolors have won many national awards including the first place
artist award in the Kentucky Watercolor Society’s Aqueous USA 2012 & the Kentucky Artist Award in Aqueous USA 2013. We are honored to have Li lead a portrait
workshop for KWS.
About the Workshop: Dongfeng Li will emphasize reviewing obserWHEN: May 11-14, 2015
vational skills, composition including a strong focal point, color blending,
WHERE: KWS Gallery and Office, Brownsboro Center excellence in contour drawing, recognizing simple shapes and how to
4836 Brownsboro Rd, Louisville, KY
connect them, and other technical refinements. He will be teaching
forms and edges of the face, mixing skin tones in portrait painting We
COST:
Lunches and drinks included
will be painting watercolor portraits in the traditional way as well as exPrior to April 15:
KWS members, $370.00
ploring techniques on yupo paper.
Non-members, $389.00
After April 15:
Add $25.00
Frank Francese - July 27-30, 2015
Watercolor Workshop
Frank Francese is a well- known watercolor artist and instructor. His liquid style is
unique and distinctive. Frank enjoys working on a very wet surface, letting the pure
color mix itself on the paper. His shapes are large and loose, often disregarding
fine detail. Frank uses abrupt color changes of the same value with the white of the
watercolor paper to bring his paintings to life. The subject matter for Francese watercolors is always varied, reflecting his national and international travels. About the
Workshop: During our 4 day workshop Frank will demonstrate two times per day
with plenty of time for working on the concepts presented. Day 1 will include nature
scenes. The goal is for students to learn to apply the paint freely on the page and
to start to understand how to use the white of the paper. Day 2 we will paint rustic
scenes placing manmade structures in the natural landscape. The concepts of light
source and shadowing will be introduced. City scenes are the focus of Day 3.
Learning what to include in your painting and what to leave out is stressed here. On
Day 4 we will paint beach scenes - boats and buildings in the tropics, the confusion
of a harbor scene with fishing boats, working people or the quiet sea villages in any
part of the world. Visit frank’s website at francese.com to see more about him and
his beautiful paintings.
WHEN: July 27-30, 2015
WHERE: KWS Gallery and Office, Brownsboro Center
4836 Brownsboro Rd, Louisville, KY
COST:
Lunches and drinks included
Prior to July 1:
KWS members, $394.00
Non-members, $419.00
After July 1: Add $25.00
Robert Burridge - Sept. 28 - Oct. 1, 2015
Put the Wow Back in Watermedia
WHEN: September28-October 1, 2015
WHERE: KWS Gallery and Office, Brownsboro Center
4836 Brownsboro Rd, Louisville, KY
COST:
Lunches and drinks included
Prior to Sept. 1:
KWS members, $394.00
Non-members, $420.00
After Sept. 1:
Add $25.00
Robert Burridge is a full-time contemporary painter and teaches combined media, collage and painting throughout France, Italy, Mexico, Central America, as well as the USA. His workshops have historically changed
artists’ lives forever.
About the Workshop: This powerful painting course will cover the latest
in avant-garde water media materials and techniques that Bob is
currently doing. The new Burridge bright and vibrant color Wheel and Design Composition principles are emphasized. You will learn how to create with
higher intentions and personal stuff. Be ready to create a huge frenzy of
painting on paper or watercolor canvasses with a variety of subject matters. Watercolor varnish techniques are included. It’s not your normal watercolor techniques
class! Think experimental, contemporary Aquamedia Painting! In this workshop you
can use ALL water-based art materials. This includes professional watercolors as
well as acrylics, fluid acrylics, dyes, water-soluble markers. If it dissolves in water,
you can paint with it! Visit his website at roberburridge.com to learn more about
Bob. The workshop is listed with the supply list.
For more information regarding any KWS Workshops or Educational opportunities,
please visit our website or contact Charlotte Humphress, 270.465.3355 or
charlottehumphress@gmail.com
Lynne Christenson one of our own pasted away this past February. KWS received a wonderful donation from
several people plus her hair salon. Kentucky Living Magazine wrote the following quote: “Lynne Christenson,
Kentucky Livings ad manager since 1998, died in February from cancer. Lynne brought a passion to the parts
of her job especially making sure that advertisers delivered on any promises made to Kentucky Living readers.
She was an innovative force, helping develop Kentucky Living’s Web site and social media.” She did a lot with
our Plein Air painting group and was involved with KWS in various areas. She will truly be missed. Our thoughts are with her
husband, family and friends..
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AQUEOUS USA 2015
Entry Card - Aqueous 2015
(Please print and complete all information)
Current Member _____ Joining Now _____ Non-Member _____
Name: ______________________________________________________
Street: ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
City
State
Zip + 4
Preferred Phone: (______)_________________________
Membership – 2015
(Please Print)
A special initial membership fee of $20, for the remainder
of the 2014 calendar year, is available to those joining KWS
FOR THE FIRST TIME, with an Aqueous entry. If you have
ever been a KWS member in the past, you may renew your
dues at the current annual membership fee of $40. Enclose
a separate check for $20 or $40, payable to KWS, with this
completed membership form, along with your entry.
E-mail ___________________________________________________
__________New $20 ________Past KWS Member $40
Entry Images are: CD______ or E-mail _______
Accepted work will be Shipped _______ Hand-delivered ______
Signature ______________________________ Date ______________
Entry #1 Title _____________________________________________
Image Size: (H) ____ x (W) ____ (min. 10”x14”)
First ___________________
Address__________________________________________
Frame Size: (H) ____ x (W) ____ (min.16”x20”/max 40”x40”)
Sale Price $ __________
Ins. Value if NFS $ __________
City/State ___________________________
Year Completed (must be 2011 or later): __________
Entry #2 Title _____________________________________________
Image Size: (H) ____ x (W) ____ (min. 10”x14”)
Zip + 4 ______________ - ___________
Preferred phone (_____) _________________
Frame Size: (H) ____ x (W) ____ (min.16”x20”/max 40”x40”)
Sale Price $ __________
NAME:
Last _________________________
Ins. Value if NFS $ __________
E-mail____________________________________________
Year Completed (must be 2011 or later): __________
KWS Aqueous 2015 Entry Requirements
Requirements have changed, please read carefully
Only Digital Images Accepted
PAINTINGS: Each artist may enter one or two paintings, but only one painting per artist will be accepted.
PAINTING SIZE: Frame Maximum: 40” x 40”, Min 16” x 20”
Image Minimum: 10” x 14”
ENTRY FEES: Non-Refundable
KWS Members: $30 for 1st entry; $10 for 2nd. (2014 dues must be current)
Non-Members: $40 for 1st entry; $10 for 2nd.
AGE: Paintings must have been completed in 2010 or later.
SLIDES: Slide images are NOT accepted.
DIGITAL: Artist may submit work as a digital image on a CD or via e-mail to KWS at kwsociety1100@yahoo.com
Digital images must meet the following specifications for entry:
1. Crop the image so the entire painting is visible without extraneous background or framing showing. The saved image should represent the painting exactly and be oriented correctly.
2. File format must be JPEG, highest quality: (300 dpi, minimum of 1200 pixels on longest side); no compression.
3. No digital enhancement is allowed.
4. Name each digital file as follows:
“Last Name. First Initial.PaintingTitle.jpg”.
For example: “Braden.R.Work of Art.jpg”
5. Label CD in permanent ink with your name, phone #, entry # and title(s) of painting(s). All entries must be on one CD or in one email. Emailed
images must include same information.
COMPLETE ENTRY: Entry will not be considered complete until the entry fee and card are received.
RETENTION: CD’s may be returned to the Artist, if accompanied by appropriate SASE with adequate postage.
KEEP A COPY: Please retain a copy of the information you provide on the entry card. The identification labels and entry card must
correspond. KWS can assume no responsibility for misdirected or lost mail.
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ARTIST’S EXCHANGE
Note: Submissions for this column are run as space permits. E-mail ready to print text, 50 words or less, to kwsociety1100@yahoo.com.
Nevenka Martinovic, member of KWS, is asking if anyone in/or around Louisville or vicinity would be willing to sell, rent or loan
hanging wall grids for paintings. Please notify Nevenka at nevenka@artlover.com. She would appreciate it very much.
Roberta Marx Gallery Presents - Ann Lawson Adamek, KWS May 3, 2015 from 10am - 5pm Mond-Friday Sund 10:00am-1:30pm
Tuva Stephens’ painting “Silver Thunder” was accepted into Transparent Watercolor Society 39th Exhibition in Kenosha Museumof
Art,WI. “Reminiscing” was juried into the Southern Watercolor Society’s 38th Exhibition, Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN.
“Dancing Color” received the BankFirst Award in the Missippi Grand National, Judi Betts, Juror.
Tuva Stevens,SW-KWS-WSA-MOW will have a Workshop - October 1-3, 2015, contact Janice Farley if interested:
jfarley@gmail.com or call 1-757-218-3007…..Limited Space it will be on “Develop Watercolor Paintings with IMPACT” in Hopkinsville,
KY
From the Gallery Directors
A group is coming in the Gallery the end of June for a visit and a demo by Sue Hinkebein the date is Wednesday, June 24th, 2015,
the group is the UCC from Louisville.
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: July15, 2015 for the Summer 2015 Issue
Plein Air Groups
Both groups seem to be doing very well and continuing on the same schedule as previously reported in the newsletter. I am sure you are aware that
Thomas Powell heads up one group that meet or will generally meet at Beckley Station sections of Floyd’s Fork Parklands. They paint for a couple of hours and then convene for a discussion and sharing time. Tom can be reached at 502.724.1059. The other group is going gung ho also they
are meeting. When it is cold they do meet inside and have live models. Cost is $10 to belong to the group and $6 each session you attend. More
info contact Sue Huttenlocherat 502.491.7165, email susanhuttenlocher@icloud.com or Connie Kuhn, kuhnish@aol.com
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