LeNews Spring 2015 - LeMoyne Center for Visual Arts

Creating Community
Through Art
Le News
A quarterly newsletter highlighting exhibits and events ·Spring 2015
Inside
pg 2
From the Director Welcome Members
pg 3
From the President pg 3
Art & Soul Celebration pg 4-5
Chain of Parks
Art Festival pg 6
Art & Soul Celebration pg 7
Summer Art Camp
pg 8
Calendar of Events
Members List cont.
Board of Directors
Bluejay
by Deon Lewis, guilting
Featured Artist for 2015
LeMoyne Chain of Parks
Art Festival
LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts, 125 N. Gadsden St, Tallahassee, FL 32301 850-222-8800 www.lemoyne.org
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From
Executive
the
Director
for here in Tallahassee.
Spring has sprung and
as usual we (or most of
us) are feeling it! Looking around at our beautiful surroundings we
have a lot to be grateful
The month of April will bring not only 150 artists
from across the country (15th Annual Chain of Parks
Art Festival), but will also bring back a native son,
Chuck Beard. Chuck will be with us for the month
of April exhibiting his photographs in his “Art of the
Abandoned” exhibit. Also sharing the month will be
Ann Kemp and Denise Murphy with “Fusion” their
unique blending of photography and hot glass.
Late spring brings a very exciting personal event for
me. As many of you know, I paint Sumie’, also called
Chinese Bamboo Brush Painting. I have been invited
to have a solo exhibit of my work in Tianjin, China. I
will fly over and will study for at least three days with
a Chinese master artist, arranged for by my friend
Dong Feng Li whom several of you had the pleasure
of participating in his workshop when he was here
last year.
The entire concept has still not sunk in yet as I have
been painting in this media for over 20 years, and
where better to be critiqued that at the source! I look
forward to spreading the word about LeMoyne while
I am there and sharing my experience with everyone
when I return.
In May, LeMoyne will host the Tallahassee Watercolor
Society with their Tri-State competition, a very popular and well attended exhibit. In June, you will experience a solo exhibit by Judith Birtman that promises
to be an exciting display of her ceramics.
Welcome
BrendaAbstein
Park & Nancy Adams
Mary L.
Adelson
Donna O’Neal &
LindaAlexionok
SusanAllen
Jim & Marsha Antista
Stephen A. Rollin &
MaryApple
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MelbaBailey
Joe
Baker, Jr.
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NancyBenda
Mary-Anne Bestebreurtje
Gayle Avant &
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Julia
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Barbara K Blowers
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Ron Hoffman &
BeverlyBrownlow
Ken &
Amrita Brummel Smith
Janice E. Hartwell &
RobertBurke
RobertBurns
Shirley & Joe
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Carney
RonCarr
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Collier
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JoConte
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Barbara W.
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EllenDadisman
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Joel & George Dawson
Gallagher &
NicholeDempsey
Beth & Bryan Desloge
Pamala J. Doffek
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Julian & Casey Dozier
Linda Figg &
Richard
Drew
James & Patricia Dunbar
MarionDunbar
AbbyDupree
Charles & Judy Ehrhardt
Gene &
Mary Louise
Ellis
KendriaEllis
Anna L.
Enfinger
Roger & Colleen Englert
DebraErvin
Judy Nicholas Etemadi
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Mr & Mrs Skip Foster
Erin
Fraser-Wright
BetsyFuchs
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PhyllisGarrett
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Josh & Viv
Gotkin
Mary Anne
Gray
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DavidGussah
Myra H.
Hannah
Don & Judy
Harris
Ben L. Bivins &
Elece
Harrison
CelesteHart
Ron & Ruth Hartung
EarletteHead
Ann Kozeliski
Executive Director
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Heindl
EricaHelton
ReneeHerring
RichardHilburn
AnnHingst
LeeHinkle
Beth Pulliam &
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VickiHolloman
KristinaHolt
Skip & Sylvia Horak
Doc & Helen Horton
Bill Armstrong &
PamelaHoumere
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JamesHughes
AnnaJackson
Tom & Melissa Jacoby
Carl & Julianne Johnson
SusanJones
Robert Dempsey &
BarbaraJorgenson
Al & Susan Kaempfer
NadiaKamal
Scott Steppan &
Ann
Kawamoto
BeckyKeaton
LizetteKelly
AnnKemp
Donald R. &
Jessie Lovano -Kerr
JeanneKimball
TerryKnowles
Dean & Lina
Knox
Stanley &
Phyllis
Kupiszewski
DanKurland
Debra & David Lachter
Wilma B.
Lauder
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Regina N.
Lewis
Mary Ann
Lindley
Jim York & Nancy Linnan
Dorothy H.
Lucas
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Kira Matteson-Rosen
Jeremy & Ashley
Matyjaszek
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DonnaMcHugh
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Ken & Susan McLeod
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SusanMick
David & Pamela Miller
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Timothy & Kayla Norton
Edward T. Oaksford
KarenOehme
Judson & Diana Orrick
Betts
Overstreet
SusanOwens
Ramona AbernathyPaine & Ernie Paine
Ann W.
Parramore
Frank & Leslie Patterson
AnnPeipers
ElvaPeppers
Diane Lynn Perez
Gail & John
Perry
BrunettaPfaender
Eva-LynnPowell
Theo Proctor III &
VelmaProctor
JaneQuinton
CathyRackley
New and renewing Members from November 2014 through March 1, 2015 - Continued on page 8
From
President
This year begins the second half century journey
of The LeMoyne Center
for the Visual Arts! As we
look back over the first half century, we celebrate our
integral part in the history of Tallahassee and we are
enthusiastically embracing being an integral part of
the next fifty years. I know you believe, as we do, that
art and culture are pivotal in establishing foundations for our community as well as fostering creativity and relationships…true building blocks toward
local prosperity and livability.
in auction items.
We began 2015 with the revival of a LeMoyne signature event, Art & Soul Celebration, with fresh new
energy and an exciting theme! Invitations to this auction and entertainment event asked attendees “Who
will you be?” Great fun and magic resulted as many
came dressed as their favorite artist or art movement. We were greeted and surrounded by living
marble statues and sculpture as models captured art
masterpieces throughout the event and were entertained by dance and music as we bid upon the finest
April 18 and 19 is the event all of you have been
waiting for. The 15th Annual Chain of Parks Art Festival offers a full weekend of fine art, musical entertainment, a children’s festival and great food. Please
join us!
the
During the coming year, you will begin to notice
many facility enhancements and improvements. In
late 2014, a memorial fountain honoring founding
member June Strauss was redesigned and implemented creating special and vivid beauty to our front
lawn. Soon, new windows and exterior paint will
grace our gallery building as well as new landscaping. Located in our back garden, a new kiln house is
complete just in time for classes and new air conditioning is being installed in our education building.
Happy Spring and many thanks for your continued
support!
Kaye Kendrick
Board President
Art & Soul Celebration WAS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
LeMoyne held its annual Art A special thanks to the attendees and sponsors for making
this event a success!
& Soul Celebration on Thursday, February 26, 2015, at the
University Center Club. Attire
for the event was to “dress like
an artist, painting or a movement”.
In what was one of the most
anticipated social events in
the Big Bend, the Art & Soul Celebration had Tallahassee’s own, Gary Yordon, as the Master of Ceremonies.
Moreover, Lemoyne had an outstanding selection of
fine art available for purchase. The event art included
a few treasures from LeMoyne’s collection of work
that was donated over the years from the best collections from world renowned artists and patrons, live
entertainment, silent auction, art auction, a “pop art”
photo booth, costume contest and much more!
Grayson Accounting
LeMoyne Board
In-Kind Sponsors
Tallahassee Democrat
Blossoms Florists
Continued on Pg 6
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Events
LeMoyne Gears Up for
15th Annual Chain of Parks Art
Festival
The 15
Annual LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival
will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19,
2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Bloxham,
Lewis and Randolph Parks located in the Downtown
Chain of Parks under Tallahassee’s beautiful mossdraped oak trees. Visitors will have a delightful and
fun outdoor cultural
experience, while
viewing amazing,
one-of-a-kind works
of art during this
year’s festival.
Located along Park
Avenue, east of
Monroe Street, this
FREE event is open
to the public. Visitors can view and
purchase unique
creations offered by
more than 150 fine artists who will come to Tallahassee from throughout the country, while enjoying a
weekend filled with art, family fun, mouth-watering
culinary delights, fanciful children’s art activities and
a wide variety of live entertainment.
“We are so excited to showcase these talented artists and unveil the many artful activities new to the
festival this year,” said Festival Chair, Kelly Dozier.
“In its 15th year, this fine art festival has something
for everyone to enjoy, and we are so thankful to the
community for the support that makes it possible to
bring this premium cultural event to Tallahassee each
year.”
This annual two-day event attracts more than 50,000
people from around the Big Bend area and southeast
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region to see artists who have been juried into the
festival, many of whom have traveled from far and
wide to display their original works of fine art for
sale.
On Saturday, April 18, two experienced independent art industry experts
will judge the artwork;
the winners will be announced at an award
breakfast for the artists
on Sunday. Cash awards
along with award ribbons
will be given to winning
artists and yellow awards
flags will be displayed at
the festival on Sunday,
April 19 so visitors can
easily identify the winners. A total of $10,000
will be awarded in the categories of “Best of Show”
($2,000) and “Judges’ Choice” ($1,000), as well as first
and second place in each of the individual Media
Categories receiving cash awards of $500 and $250,
respectively.
New activities that will be added to this year’s
Chain of Parks festival will include the following:
• A greatly expanded Children’s Festival following its debut last year;
•
“Be the Art” cut-out photo booths, where
festival-goers can take free photos of themselves
in a masterpiece;
Events
• StarMetro—the City of Tallahassee’s mass transit
provider—will provide free bus rides to downtown on Saturday; and
Tallahassee. She learned to quilt at the young age of
12 and has been honing her talents as a fiber artist for
the past 10 years. Lewis received top awards in several
art quilt shows and has recently received an “Award for
• The Whole Foods Market Chalk Art Competition to be held on Gadsden Street on Saturday.
Distinction in Fiber Arts.” She currently has work on
display in Thomasville in connection with The Thomas• LeMoyne will host a series of quick seminars in
the park by art experts on how to know good art ville Collective.
and how to feel comfortable purchasing original Lewis has always been drawn to the complexities of
art.
nature, especially flowers and animals. Her typical
media of choice include fabrics, fibers, thread, and
The Chain of Parks Art Festival Committee’s Emerging Artist Program will continue this year to provide
acrylic paint or ink. Her use of dynamic colors and
a real life educational experience to young artists
unique compositions help to focus the viewer toward
which will assist in developing their careers. A full
the desired idea or emotion that she is depicting in
scholarship as an exhibiting artist is offered to the
her work. Lewis’ hope is to create an idea or vision that
emerging student artists from Florida A&M and
evokes a personal response from the viewer as s/he
Florida State Universities who apply and are juried
takes in her works.
into the festival much like the professional artists.
The emerging artist program began in 2010, with
the goal of encouraging young, up and coming artists, embarking on their careers, to participate in the
world of outdoor art festivals. Providing an opportunity to experience the application process, selection
and venue logistics, get real life feedback from the
art purchasing public and rub elbows with artists
who make their living selling their art with all fees
being waived by the Festival Committee, gives these
select chosen artists a risk free highly rewarding and
educational experience in a nationally recognized
art festival.
Proceeds from the festival benefit
the LeMoyne Center for the Visual
Arts’ yearlong educational and exhibition programs. As LeMoyne’s premiere event and top fundraiser, the
festival reported a total of $75,000
raised last year through sponsor
support and vendor fees.
If you would like to volunteer at this year’s festival, go to www.chainofparks.com and click on
“Volunteers” to sign-up.
For more information about the LeMoyne Chain
of Parks Art Festival, visit www.chainofparks.com
or email chainofparks@lemoyne.org. You can also
“Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/
LeMoyneChainofParks.
The 2015 cover artist is Deon Lewis.
Her work, “Blue J,” will be featured
on many of the festival souvenirs
offered for sale at the event, in
addition to gracing the cover of the
official Chain of Parks program and
Poster. Lewis was born and raised in
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Events
Art & Soul Celebration WAS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
Friends of
Art & Soul
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Cyndy Loomis/IFS, Equels Law Firm, Martial Arts and Self Defense Academy, Pak Mail
Tallahassee State Bank/Synovus Financial, Waddell & Reed, Inc., Gail Hock and Family
Southern Strategies, Kaye Kendrick Enterprises, LLC, Dan Taylor & Tony Archer
Education
Education
2015
Summer Art Camp
Mirages of the Sahara
SESSION 1*: JUNE 1 - 5
(1 week session* = 1/2 regular price)
Colors of India
SESSION 2: JUNE 8 - JUNE 19
Norse Mythology
SESSION 3: JUNE 22 - JULY 3
Arabian Nights
SESSION 4: JULY 6 - JULY 17
Wish upon 1,000 cranes
SESSION 5: JULY 20 - JULY 31
Heights of Olympus
SESSION 6: AUGUST 3 - AUGUST 14
Summer Camp Daily Schedule
7:45-8:30 a.m.
8:45-10:15 a.m.
Early Drop-Off
Period 1
10:15-10:30 a.m.
Snack & Rotate
10:30-12:00 p.m.
12:00-1:30 p.m.
1:30-1:45 p.m.
1:45-3:15 p.m.
3:15-3:30 p.m.
3:30-5:00 p.m.
5:00- 5:30 p.m.
Period 2
Lunch & Free Time
Clean Up
Period 3
Snack & Rotate
Period 4
Pick-Up
This summer at LeMoyne we are embarking on
an epic journey through time as we explore the
origins of art in cultures around the globe. Come
with us as we take a closer look at the beginnings
of art as it shaped and influenced prominent civilizations throughout our world. Each session we
will focus on a particular culture and the origin and influences of their art. We will traverse
through the MIRAGES OF THE SAHARA
(6/1-6/5), encounter the COLORS OF INDIA
(6/8-6/19), discover the heroes of NORSE MYTHOLOGY (6/22-7/3), explore the tales of long
ARABIAN NIGHTS (7/6-7/17), create our own
WISH UPON 1,000 CRANES (7/20-7/31), and
journey to the HEIGHTS OF OLYMPUS (8/38/14).
Camp is available for students grades K-7th,
ages 6-12. Each group will rotate through four
classes every day: Decorative Arts, 2-D Arts, 3-D
Arts, and Ceramics. The final day of each session, friends and family are invited to join us for
an ARTY PARTY from 12:30-1:30 p.m. to view
art created by their camper. Registration starts
MARCH 1, 2015; be sure to call ahead and reserve a space!
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Full Session:
$350 Members, $390 Non-Members
1/2 Day (2 wks) or 1/2 Session (1 wk*):
$175 Members, $195 Non-Members
Register online or contact us for more information!
417 East Call Street
Tallahassee, Fl 32301
850.222.7622
850.224.2714 (fax)
www.lemoyne.org
education@lemoyne.org
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125 N. Gadsden St.,Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 222-8800
2015 Calendar of Events
January 19- February 28
Florida Watercolor Society – Traveling Exhibition
Emerging Artists January 19-31
February 1-28
Kristin Anderson and Carol Jayne -Enamels and metal works
March 7-29
28th Annual Mahaska Whitley High School Show
April 3-25
Chuck Beard - Photography
Ann Kemp & Diane Murphy -Glass and Image
April 19-20
15th Annual LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival
May 1 – May 30
Tallahassee Watercolor Society – TriState Juried Exhibition
June 5 – June 27
Judith Birtman -Solo Show, Clay
July 3- July 25
Nina Freeman -Abstracts
Fernando Leon Hartman & Arilondra Alverez - Paintings
August 7 – August 29
Muffy Clark & Joyce Estes - Silk Painting
September 4 – September 26
Roland Hockett - Solo Show and sale of personal art collection
Ocotober 2 – October 31
2nd Invitational Cat Show
November 26 - December 31
The Art of Giving - Annual Holiday Show and Sale
2015 Board Of Directors
Kaye Kendrick
President/Chairman of the Board
Paul Craft
Vice President
Lynda Watson
Treasurer
Linda Puckett
Secretary
David Campbell
President/Chairman of the Board
Mary Jo Spector
Artist Representative
Carin Butler
Stan Chapman
Michael Davino
Jacque Foster
Rene’ Lynch
Shirley McFadden
Julian Mathis
Taylore Maxey
donalee pond-Koenig
STAFF
Ann Kozeliski, Director
Jennifer Infinger, Education Coordinator
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Heather Dunbar, Membership Coordinator
Nan Stewart, Patron & Sponsor Relations
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