Summer News and Events

The Road Well Traveled, by Bev Schirmeier
Madison Art Society

MAS Members
I hope all of you circled the key dates for this summer filled with MAS activities.

Beverly Schirmeier
President of the MAS

Plein Air Painting- Wednesday mornings. We have started already and if you would like to join us - contact Beverly Schirmeier- bschirmeier@yahoo.com.

Demonstrations
July 9, 6:30 pm — Brec Morgan, marine art in watercolors and acrylics Madison: Sailing , Sea and the Art of artist and sailor Brec Morgan

The Madison Art Society and the Madison Park and Recreation will sponsor a slide presentation of paintings by Brec Morgan documenting his nautical journey around the world in his sailboat. Brec is Block Island's famed single-handed sailor, and he sailed solo in his 27 foot sailboat for 32,000 nautical miles to circumvent the globe. The skipper will discuss his paintings that were inspired by the exotic locales where he sailed and how he used his photographs and watercolors to create his large acrylic paintings. The presentation is free and open to the public to attend at the Madison Memorial Hall on July 9 at 6:30 pm. A small donation to offset expenses would be appreciated.

Brec studied art at the Silvermine College of Art and his paintings are represented by the Russel Jinishian Gallery, Fairfield, the City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport and the Greene Gallery, Guilford. He has exhibited his paintings throughout New England, held solo exhibits, and has received numerous commissions and awards for his artwork. Recently, Brec published a "Sketchbook from the Voyage Around the World", which is a limited edition Art Book of 100 selected watercolors from his voyage with text and maps. He will be sharing those watercolor paintings and his acrylic paintings with the audience on July 9. He is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists, Milford Fine Art Council and the the Joshua Slocum Society.

August 6, 6:30 pm, Jerry Weiss, portraits in oils

Jerry Weiss is an instructor of painting and drawing at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme. He received formal art training at the National Academy of Design, the Art Students League of NY and the MetropolitanMuseum and ArtCenter, Miami , FL. His work is in many public and private collections, including the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, and The Florence Griswold Museum.(http://www.eliteemail.com/clicktrack.cgi?cid=70589&url=http://www.jerrynweiss.com/&u=119799898)
Jerry is conducting two CT landscape painting workshops this summer (July 20 - 24 and August 14 -16 (contact Kim Ruggerio at 203-710-5502 for more information).

Outdoor Exhibitions
We are also planning outdoor exhibitions where our members can show and sell paintings. Since some of the events have limited spaces, please contact the artists listed below if you are interested in participating.

Date Change to July 25, Saturday with rain date of July 26, Sunday. - Annual MAS Fine Art Exhibition and Sale at the Scranton Library (Contact Seymour Page at http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=seymourpage@sbcglobal.net). MAS is getting two large exhibition tents for our use. You will need your own display stands. Artists donate 10% of sale price to the library. There is a sign up fee of $25 to offset MAS expenses and secure a place.

August 8, Saturday- Art and Antiques. Contact Susan Clark from the Madison Exchange Club if you are interested in showing art outside the antiques area on the green (http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=saj04@aol.com - it is zero four not o). No initial set up fee but 10% of sales will go to local Exchange Club charities. No rain date. Set up at 7:00 near the sculpture.

August 29, Saturday - Deacon Grave House Outdoor Art Exhibition and Open House (contact B. Schirmeier) No rain date and no entry fee, but 15% of sales goes to the DGH. Last year, some of the artists had their own tents, some did not have tents and used their display stands or posted it on the barn, against the walls or hung them along the fence.

October 17, Saturday- Bauer Farm Art Exhibition and Plein Air Painting (contact B. Schirmeier). Members of the MAS Plein Air painting group will display one of their Bauer Farm paintings that they have done this summer. MAS will supply the display stands (donated by a few members for use that day).

Board of Directors Election
If you are interested in being elected to the Board of Directors of the Madison Art Society, please contact Penny Chittenden, http://us.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=chittenchat@sbcglobal.net or Dick Kennedy, rkenned@comcst.net.

They are preparing a ballot for the Annual Meeting in the fall. Based on our by-laws the members vote for the BOD and the BOD, once elected, select the officers. The President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary are selected at that time (every two years) as well as other Committee Chairpersons (Demonstrations, Membership, Marketing, etc.). There will be an opening on the Board. If you would like to volunteer for committees or functions to support MAS and meet other artists, please let them know.

Keep Informed and Going Green

We only have 75% of our membership’s email addresses. With the cost of mail going up and some last minute news items we want to share that can benefit you, we need your email address. If you change your email, let our Membership Chairperson, Maude Schmidt know ASAP. She can be reached at mws3637@sbcglobal.net. We always use blind copies for the emails so the world does not get the address. Help us go green and to keep you informed about MAS.

MAS Artists in the News
Notify Jay Babina, MAS Highlights Editor at jbabina@snet.net, and Jan Blencowe, MAS Website Coordinator at jan.blencowe@comcast.net if you are having an art show and want to share your news with our members.

Dick Mc Killop and Carl Puleo will be the MAS artists exhibiting at the Madison Town Hall for the months of July and August. If you are interested in exhibiting there, contact Maryanne Rupp at 860- 663-3789 or email her at rupp@net.net.
Prisella Valvano and PamelaGibson have an art show of their Favorite Paintings at the Henry Carter Memorial Library in Clinton on July 2 – 30 with a reception on July 9, 2009 at 4:30 – 8:00 pm.