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Fayetteville, NC 28301
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SFC RES USAR FORSCOM
Board of Directors
Melvin Lindsay Jill Dieffenbach
Pandy Autry
Gail Harris
Annette Szczekutek Brandon Bass
Joyce Bowling
LaMerle Deca
Nancy Edge
Suzanne Farrior
Wade Wahl
Sandra Williams
Sandie McFarlane
President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Ex Officio
Board Member Emeriti
Merle Prewitt
CFS Executive Director
Ann Griffin
Cape Fear Studios, Inc.
Mission Statement
Winter 2014
Meet Our Newest Artists
Michele Bir is a professional photographer
who says she is “obsessed with places that
have been forgotten and abandoned. There is
something inherently intriguing about identifying
an abandoned place, uncovering its history, and
displaying the hauntingly beautiful images of its
current condition. The primary objective of my
body of work is to spur curiosity and to provide the
onlooker with something to think about even if just
for a second.”
To involve, educate, and enrich
Cumberland County and surrounding
communities with the opportunity to
create and freely view art.
Continued on next page
Born and raised in Indiana, Gail Ferguson spent several years in the
Womans Army Corps. She came to Fayetteville seven years ago and retired.
She has been silversmithing for 25 years. She has been mentored by
Ralph Geilhs and Mack Thornton, both master silversmiths from Arizona.
Gail has taken classes in cabbing, opal cutting, inlay, intarsia, and wire
wrapping at William Holland School of Lapidary Arts. Currently, she
is teaching cabbing, opal cutting, silversmithing and inlay. She will be
teaching metal smithing classes at Fayetteville Technical Community
College starting in February.
John Fisher originates from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the
son of a commercial artist and has been around art studios for as long
as he can remember. John joined the Army in the 1980’s to see the
world and have an adventure. Along the way he married his German
Fraulein and raised a family. Now retired from the service, John is
back into the arts. He works as an art teacher and creates pictures in
his home studio.
Larkin Pfeffer is a new member, but she is also an old member.
She is returning to us after a several year absence. Larkin makes
jewelry with her handmade glass beads. She has been making glass
beads for 14 years and hopes to teach some classes now that she is no
longer working as a dental hygienist. Larkin says, “I am pretty much a
Fayetteville native as I have been here since 1964. Glass is my passion
and I intend to try my hand at glass blowing – soon I hope.”
Sook Sienkiewicz (nee K.S. Park), a native of Seoul, South Korea,
obtained her BA in English Literature in Seoul. While pursuing a career
at an international diplomatic organization she took several courses in
the use of various media and in museum science. Gradually she became
interested in art and went to Germany, where she began making pen and
pencil drawings to capture the essence of Old Europe. Sook then came to
the States and enrolled in Jacksonville State, AL; she graduated with a BA in
Art, winning the Annie Forney Daugette Award for outstanding achievement
in art. During her early years she taught art classes for older children and
adults. Currently she is teaching herself in oil, acrylic and watercolor.
October 5, 2014
Celebrate the Arts!
It took many hours of preparation: making the soup bowls and the soup to go in the bowls, rounding
up vendors, getting together all the materials for our artists to do their demonstrations, getting
entertainers, making pieces of art for the silent auction, gathering materials for the children’s
activities and much more. We thought we would never be ready. However, October 5 treated us to a
beautiful fall day that did, indeed, have something for everyone.
Back to the soup bowls. First you have to make sure each bowl has
exactly the same amount of clay.
It seems to take a lot of potters to get
ready to throw a bowl; however, the
actual act of throwing appears to be a
solitary task.
Apologies to Jill and Jean. These
pictures were supposed to be in
the last issue of the newsletter, but
somehow two pictures duplicated
from elsewhere in the newsletter
appeared on the Celebrate the Arts
page.
Thanks to the hard work of all our potters we had 170
beautiful bowls. Too many cooks didn’t spoil the broth
this time because the soup was delicious – enough for 150
servings.
The soup and the soup bowls were big hits.
Cape Fear Studios presents
June-July
Main Gallery:
National 2-D Competitiom
Exhibit Sponsors:
Charlie Rigg continued as a guest artist
with his pottery shown in the front of the
gallery.
CFS artists doing demonstrations
All the fun wasn’t in the parking lot. There
was a sidewalk sale in front of the studio, a
silent auction in the back of the studio and
two demonstrations involving glass and
torches in the front of the studio.
Vendors added more variety to the celebration.
Our Children’s Activities corner was busy with pumpkin painting,
decorating soup spoons, painting clay leaves and sidewalk chalk art.
We had art, entertainment, food and even a little sports. Everyone
from the Director to the President of the Board, our artists and
a great volunteer crew pitched in doing whatever needed to be
done to make it a great event. Be sure to look at the photos on
the next page to see most of our artists and board members in
one photo and the volunteer crew in
the second photo. Our ticket sales
may have been a little slow at times
(see center photo above) but the
general concensus is that the event
was highly successful and will be
held again next year. Work should
begin in January or February, 2015.
Someone even suggested that we
may have started a new “Sunday
on the Square” type of event for
downtown Fayetteville.
Members and Board
Volunteers
Photos by Ethel Ethington
August 22 - September 22
Main Gallery:
Colored Pencil Exhibit
by Donna Slade
Donna Slade has enjoyed a 30-year
long career in commercial graphic art,
advertising, and design. She worked
in pen and ink for years enjoying the
challenge of creating detail in light and
dark values with individual stroke and
cross-hatching marks. Looking for a
medium to retain the fine detail but
add color, Donna discovered pencil. She
incorporates 10 to 15 colors to build
bold but sensitive color values. Her latest
pastel and acrylic works continue the
attention to detail and values. Her works
are imagined, planned and executed in a
representational realistic style.
Donna is a signature member of the Colored Pencil
Society of America and has twice been the president
of the NC District Chapter of CPSA. She is active
in the Pastel Society of North America and several
local and regional art associations. Donna’s work has
been published in The Best of American Pastel Artists
and Artisans, Volume I, The Best of Colored Pencil, CP
Treasures Colored Pencil Masterworks, and The Colored
Pencil Signature Showcase.
Above is a vignette showing some of
Donna’s works and some from our
visiting artist from Starworks Glass.
The opening for the show was well
attended. At right several of our
artists are enjoying a chance to chat
with Donna.
More works by Donna Slade
clockwise from top left: “ Crayola
Blue” and “Chambered Nautilus II”,
“Winter Red”, “Glass Spectrum”
and “An Old Pair” and “Single
Flight.”
“Vintage Mix”
Above Donna poses with our Artist of the
Month Sylvia Kubilus-Elam. The remaining
pictures show some of Sylvia’s beautiful
beaded jewelry.
“Fenced In”
In addition to being the artist
for the main gallery exhibit
Donna Slade also gave a
workshop on colored pencils.
Donna is pictured standing in
the black shirt.
We had thirteen attendees, including
several studio members and board
member Sandra Williams.
Participants came from as far as
the Raleigh and Asheville areas.
September 26 - October 20
Main Gallery:
A Murder of Crows
by Greg Hathaway
Greg Hathaway’s one-man show
was all about crows – every piece of
pottery and every painting had at
least one crow. Sometimes the crow
was the main feature and sometimes
they were in the background; but
the bird, which Hathaway sees as
intelligent and undeserving of
its distasteful reputation, is there
somewhere.
Greg came to the Fayetteville area
from Southern California in 1967
compliments of the Army and ended
up making Fayetteville his home. After working as a commercial artist for an advertising
agency he opened his own shop in the early 80’s. He developed his own style and has won
awards for watercolor and other work. In the 90’s he opened a studio on Maxwell Street.
In 1996 he decided to do something about all the boarded up storefronts in downtown
Fayetteville and created the first Fourth Friday. Thanks, in large part, to his efforts thousands
of people now attend music events, art exhibits and shop downtown on the fourth Friday of
the month. Greg was presented
with North Carolina’s Order of
the Long Leaf Pine in March of
2014 for his work promoting
Fayetteville’s downtown
and his other community
involvement and artistic
endeavors.
Just in case you didn’t know it
murder is a term for a group
of crows, hence the title of the
show.
“Raven Queen” with the model for the
painting - left. “Pottery Fat Little Crows”
below
“Keeper of Promises” - below
“Too Much Fun” from photo by Al Fadel - below
All photos this page by Michele Bir
Look at the pictures on any page and you will see
the diversity of media and styles that gave great
interest to this show. Clockwise from top left:
“Crow Island” watercolor, “Crow Vase on Base”
pottery, “ Crow II” a reductive block print in three
colors
People enjoyed Greg’s names almost as much as the art. Clockwise from top
left: “Crows and Con (Jail)”, “Crowboat to China”, “Crowcane”, and “Cro
Magnum”
For the September 26 opening Artist Members
responded to a Transportation Challenge to
go aloing with a show at the Transportation
Museum. Clockwise from top left: Edwina Clark
contributed “Antique Beauty 1” and “Antique
2.” Photographer Michelle Bir contributed
“Gears.” Rose Kennedy submitted “The Old
22” and “Cool Ride.”
Transportation Challenge Continued
clockwise from top left:
Pandy Autry’s “Antique
Auto Lamp” is a clever
use for old 35mm slides;
look at the enlargement in
upper right corner.
Michelle Bir’s photo
entitled “Old Blue”
“Stoneybrook Steeple
Chase” by Kathy Flood
October 24 - November 24
Main Gallery:
20th Annual
Nellie Allen Smith Pottery Competition
Sponsored by: Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Ellison
Frank Till
The Nellie Allen Smith juried pottery competition is one of Cape Fear Studios’
most anticipated events.The 20th annual show and competition opened
Friday, Oct. 24 during the Fourth Friday celebration. There are categories for
functional and non-functional pieces.
The competition is open to potters throughout the country. It is named
for Nellie Smith, a former high school art teacher and president of the
Fayetteville Museum of Art, who died in 1993. After Mrs. Smith’s death her
husband donated the Mill House on Cool Springs Street to Cape Fear Studios.
The Mill House is currently used as a studio by our previous main gallery
artist, Greg Hathaway.
Melvin Lindsay, President of the Board of CFS,
was on hand to announce the winners. Best
in Show was “Slot Canyon Basket with Wide
Handle” by Marion Angelica.
http://www.ceramicstoday.com/
articles/salku.htm
First place winner in the functional category was “Eruch” by Rick Berman (left). It was fired
in a salt kiln; look carefully at the close-up and you can see grains of sand and the remains
of shells placed strategically to keep the pot from sticking to the shelf and to create a design.
Rick calls the process salku. Second and third places were taken by Lou Raye Nichol; second
place is “Carbon Trapped Plate with Benedotta” and third is “Carbon Trapped Oval Bottle.”
These pieces are fired in a gas kiln with access to oxygen cut off so that the fire pulls oxygen
from the glaze and clay body.
First Place in Non-Functional went to
“Contemplation” by Scott Ziegler.
Second Place was not presented
because the artist did not send the
piece after it was accepted for the
show and chosen for a prize by the
juror.
Melvin finally got to actually present one
of the prize checks. CFS’ own Sandra
Valdivia earned Third Prize in NonFunctional for “Moon and Stars” shown
at bottom left. Directly below long-time
CFS member Suzanne Kohrman talks
with Sandra about her piece.
Works from Our Artists and Board Members
“Holiday Wreath” by Jill Dieffenbach.
Jill has another entry on the next page.
Board member Sandra Williams
also had two pieces accepted:
“Tomorrow’s Yesterday,” above, and
“My Little Chickadee” at the right.
See a note about this piece on the
next page.
Sandra Valdivia’s second piece is entitled
“Maya Plate.”
Functional pieces from
our artists:
top left “Morning
Milk Jug” by Jill
Dieffenbach; middle
“Altered Bowl” and
bottom “ Toasted
Colander by Nancy
Edge
“Teapot” by Helga Powel
Editor’s Choice. Yes, your editor just
invented a new award. She absolutely loves
the plate above by our own Helga Powel.
The intricate designs from the mulberry
leaves really catch her fancy. “My Little
Chickadee” by Sandra Williams takes
second place in this category. “You can
take the botanist out of the classroom” and
all that.
The “Can you find it?”
contest was a little tricky
this month. The enlarged
segment was printed almost
as big as the original
miniature by Rose Kennedy.
The smiling winner with
her gift certificate is Emily
Loes; several people had
given up on finding the
original, but Emily wasn’t
fooled at all.
2-D Challenge for October 4th Friday
This challenge is a value study of a colored photo. The color photo and the value study
are shown together. The challenge is to test the artist’s visual accumen–not the camera.
The pretty table added a lot to the ambiance of the room as well as providing tasty
snacks.
VISITING ARTIST
Our visiting artist for November-December is Jennie
Loretta Keatts who was raised in New Hampshire, and
graduated with a BA from the University of Colorado. She
lived in Colorado until 1999 working and traveling in the
international tourism and hotel industry. In 1996 she
took a basic jewelry making class and began to do some
very simple pieces using pottery and glaze drips for the
shop at Jugtown Pottery, owned by her sister Pam Owens
and husband Vernon. In July 1999 she quit her job and
moved to the very creative and serene environment of
Seagrove, NC, to pursue her dream of designing jewelry
at Jugtown Pottery. She lives within walking distance of
Jugtown with her husband Wes, their dog and three cats!
Jennie turns mud into “gemstones.” The pottery stones
are created by hand and bisque fired; then glazes are
layered to create pieces full of depth and imagination. She
mixes glazes with varying melting points, glazes created by
her sister at Jugtown, to mimic some of the randomness
found in nature. Her stones therefore blend beautifully
with the semi-precious natural stones and gems used in her work.
The stones are set in sterling silver and often complemented with other metals
such as gold and copper. Texture is often an integral part of the pieces. Reticulation, stamping, rolling and forging bring life to the pieces; these techniques
may all be mixed in one piece. Many of her pieces are inspired by nature and
you will find birds, flowers, and leaves in many of her pieces.
Jennie has won awards at Festival of the Arts, Manteo, NC; Artsfest, Winston
Salem, NC; and Art on Main, Hendersonville, NC. She was featured in Thrive
Magazine, Volume II, Issue 4, in April 2013.
Source: http://www.jlkjewelry.com
2014 Cape Fear Studios Outreach Program
Our back to school event for children was
on September 6. The youngsters decorated
cans and containers for pencil cups.
Ribbon, yarn, contact paper, colored duct
tape and other items were used to decorate
the cans.
A new outreach program for our artists
is to work with residents at Carillon
Assisted Living Center on the 4th
Tuesday of the month. In September
the residents made leaves from screen
wire. In October four CFS artists –
Pandy Autry, Suzanne Farrior, Sylvia
Kubilus-Elam, and Sandra Valdivia
helped residents make “turkeys on a
stick” to add to the dining room table
vases. A sample of the work is shown at
left. There will be one more activity in
November to decorate picture frames.
To begin the new year Suzanne Farrior is
going to do two sessions on watercolor
with the residents.
Cape Fear Studios Class Schedule
September-December 2014
The following are classes Cape Fear Studios is offering for children and adults this year through the end of December. If you see classes you are interested in contact us at artgallery@capefearstudios.com or 910.433.2986.
Clay Classes with Patti Speights
Patti is an experienced potter and offers clay classes for all ages at her home studio in Lumberton. She is
starting on going adult pottery classes that include hand building and throwing on the pottery wheel. All levels
of potters are welcome. Cost of the class is $50.00 for 4 weeks. This includes glazing and firing. Clay can be
purchased from the instructor. Monday classes begin October 6th, 2014 from 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Thursday
classes begin October 9th, 2014 from 12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Patty will organize clay parties for birthdays or other
occasions. Call the studio to schedule classes and parties
October 11 & November 8
Autumn Leaf Wind Chimes
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Participants will make a leaf wind chime out of clay the first week and come back the second week to glaze it to have it in time for the fall season. This class is designed for all ages.
The cost is $25.00
October 18
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Make your own Kaleidoscope
Taught by Linda Sue and Curtis Barnes
Participants will assemble a kaleidoscope made from PVC pipe and fittings. Materials for the “magic” will
include small transparent beads, glass stringer, and transparent glass shards. The tubes can be decorated with
stickers, markers, contact paper, etc. All material will be provided. Children 10-11 must be accompanied by an
adult. The class is limited to 10 participants. The cost of workshop is $35.00. Preregistration is required.
November 1 & 15
Autumn Centerpiece
10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Participants will make an autumn centerpiece out of clay the first week and then come back the second week
to glaze it to have it in time for Thanksgiving. This class is designed for 18 and up.
Limited to 12 participants, preregistration is required. The cost is $45.00.
November 8 & 22
Hooting Good Time with Clay
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Learn to make fall decorations out of clay. A variety of fall and owl themed projects will be presented to the
participants to choose from, owl wall hanging, owl planters or bowls. Your imagination will make this your own.
You will make the project out of clay the first session and glaze and decorate it the second session. The class is
open for ages 8 and up. Each session is limited to 12 participants, preregistration is required. Cost is $35.00.
This class will be held at Handworks by Patty’s Backyard Studio, 136 Patterson Road, Lumberton, NC 28358
November 15 & December 6
Christmas Center Piece
On November 15 from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. participants will make
Christmas centerpiece out of clay. On December 6 from 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
they will glaze it to have it in time for Christmas. The class is designed for 18
and up. It is limited to 12 participants, preregistration is required. Cost is
$45.00.
December 6
Paint Clay Christmas Decorations
10:00 a.m.-1:00p.m.
Come paint a variety of clay ornaments to hang on your tree. Make it a tradition to have a new handmade
decoration for your tree. This class is designed for all ages. The cost is $10.00 for 4 decorations.
Ongoing classes at CFS with Lyn Padrick
Lyn teaches beginning Oil Painting, Beginning Drawing and Colored Pencil, Watercolor A to Z, and
Pen and Ink. Classes are on Tuesday and Thursday. For full details of these classes please see our
website www.capefearstudios.com
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The following Cape Fear Studios artists are available for classes throughout the year. To schedule a class with any of them contact them at Cape Fear Studios: 910-433-2986 or at artgallery@
capefearstudios.com.
*Brandon Bass teaches drawing and painting to adults and young adults. Schedule directly with Brandon through
Studio .
*Nancy Edge teaches private pottery lessons including pottery wheel and hand building. $25 an hour (1-2 people);
$30 an hour (3 people). Contact Nancy at the Studio.
*Kathy Flood teaches classes for beginning artists ages 8 and above. Students will learn basic drawing skills. She will
have an evening class in the fall; times and dates to be announced.
*Sylvia Kubilus-Elam teaches beaded crochet classes. Cost of the class is $65.00 which includes the kit with
everything you will need to create 2 bracelets. Class length is 2 ½ to 3 hours long. Call the studio to schedule classes.
*Jaylene Nordgren teaches stained glass classes on Wednesdays. Schedule with Jaylene through Cape Fear Studios.
Cape Fear Studios Main Gallery Schedule
Annual Members’ Holiday Exhibit
November 28, 2014 – January 5, 2015
The annual holiday exhibition features new work from all of the Cape Fear Studios’
Member Artists
“Cabin Fever” Public Exhibit
January 7– January 19
Local artists will be invited to exhibit their works. Call Cape Fear Studios for more
information.
Black History Month Exhibit by Charles Farrar – Wood Turner
January 23 – February 23
Regional artist, Charles Farrar, is highlighted in a unique exhibition about history and
art.
Highlights from Our Artists
The painting "Girl in Snow"
by Kathy Flood won the M.
Graham Award at the 69th
Annual Watercolor Society's 2014
Exhibition. This painting will be on
display at Barton College in Wilson
until the end of November.
“Hot and Strong”,
watercolor painting by Sook
Sienkiewicz was selected for
the 69th Watercolor Society
of North Carolina Annual
Exhibition. The juror was
Eric Wiegardt, AWC-DF,
NWS.
The opening was on
October 12 and the exhibit
will last until November
29 at Barton College in
Wilson, NC.
Sook Sienkiewicz went to Europe in the month of September and and said, “My time in
Provence area was very impressive, particularly visiting Van Gogh’s town Arles and St
Remy hospital he stayed.” She also visited St. Victoire Mountain in Aix-in-Provence; it is
seen in Cezanne’s paintings. Cezanne’s Studio is open to the public and many of the objects in his paintings are still there. Sook said, “It is quite interesting and a ‘must go’ place
for artists.”
Rose Kennedy was one of thirty
plein air painters selected from
across the US to participate in
the Piedmont Plein Air Paint Out
from September 19-22. During
that time she completed six
pieces and sold three of those.
Above she is “goofing around”
after the event was finished.
The painting shown at left was
from the Quick Draw event held
opening day. The event held at
High Point supports the Boys
and Girls Club of Greater High
Point and is sponsored by the J
Gallery and the JH Adams Inn.
Gail and Rose took advantage of the opportunity to study with nationally renowned
artist Dan Beck at his gallery and studio in Wilmington (above). Dan is not only a
Signature Member of Oil Painters of America; he won the Gold Medal at the 2011
National exhibit...arguably the highest honor in representational painting in the US.
Dan has been juried into numerous OPA and American Impressionist Society exhibits,
won countless awards and has been extensively featured in numerous national art
publications. The three-day event was an intensive figurative workshop where participants
worked from live models in six sessions. The focus of the lessons was based on applying
the six visual elements of a painting: line, shape, value, color, texture and edge. Gail and
Rose came away from this rich experience with six oil studies each, and the desire to
continue exploring figurative painting. Our artists don’t have to travel to distant places to improve their skills. Annette and Rose
took advantage of a beautiful fall day to work on their plein air skills at the Poe House
(below). Working outside provides invaluable lessons in landscape painting that you can’t
get working from reference photos. They plan to paint somewhere in town at least once a
week as long as the weather permits and they invite other artists to join them.
GOOD NEWS
We did it!!! Thanks to the help
from our artists, supporters and
the Power2Give project Cape Fear
Studios has a brand new kiln. Let’s
hope that it serves us as long as
“Old Faithful” did.
At left Brent Sumner, Vice
President of the Board of
Trustees of the Arts Council
(center), is presenting a
check for the project grants
CFS received for fiscal year
2014/2015.
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a
few, or freedom for a few.
William Morris
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine
interest in all the details of daily life.
William Morris
A man at work, making something which he feels will
exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising
the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body.
Memory and imagination help him as he works.
William Morris
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