MADISON ART SOCIETY
HI-LIGHTS MARCH 2011
Presidents Letter
As I am writing this newsletter, I look out the window and stare at the piles of snow slowly melting. I realize soon spring will be here and I can get outside to paint with many of you. I hope you are all busy creating works of art to exhibit in out 36th Annual Juried Show coming up this May.
Out 36th Annual Member Show a was a great success and our gratitude is extended to our two co-chairs, Diane Stone and Maryanne Rupp, for the splendid job they did in organizing it for us and thank you to our volunteers. We displayed 111 works of our member’s artwork and we sold seven paintings. Congratulations to Maureen Gaglino, Ellen Fabian, Carol Ridgeway, Renni Ridgeway Korsmeyer, Terry Bogan and Chet White. Penny Chittenden’s watercolor, Katie, won the Most Popular Prize and she received a $100 award from the Fish Tale Restaurant. Frank Federicio was our guest artist for the Critique and he was able to give his artistic insight on our paintings and sculpture. The Madison Art Society donated $1,000 to the Scranton Memorial Library in gratitude for their support and for providing us a home gallery to showcase our artwork and to conduct lectures and demonstrations.
Penny Chittenden's watercolor, Katie, won the "most popular" prize at the Member's Show this year.
We have many new artists that have joined the Madison Art Society this year and we would like to welcome all of you all to our art society.
Beth Wardwell, our Art Demonstration Coordinator, has done a superb job developing a diversified demonstration schedule. Fred Biamonte’s slide lecture on the paintings and life of artist, “John Singer Sergeant” that was held on February 16 which was very well received by our members. I hope that you will be attending our planned educational opportunities and you will be inspired by these artists work (schedule included).
Our prospectus for our 36th Annual Juried Show has been included in this issue of our Hilights. A special thanks to Betsey Piner for her work on it and to John Tubb for the show’s posters. Nancy Schwartz and Linda Loen have been busy planning for the juried show and working with their co-chairs. We would like to thank all of the volunteer artists that will participate to make our show a reality. Jerry Caron will be our juror this year and he will also conduct a watercolor demonstration for us on May 16, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. at the Scranton Memorial Library. Once again the Guilford Poet’s Guild will be creating and reading poems inspired by our art on May 18, 2011.
Nancy Schwatrz and Linda Loen, co chairs for the 36th Annual Juried Show
Our Winter Studio will soon come to a close. However, in a few months, we will start the plein air painting sessions and outdoor art shows. Enjoy and keep creating.
Beverly Schirmeier
Madison Art Society President
Membership
I would like to welcome our new MAS members: Mary Berlin, Catherine Ocalewski Duffield, Carrolyn Kahler, Anna Bergander, Diane DePaola, Diane Gorrick, Nancy Sue Spanich, and Connie Vogell.
We have 237 members to date. One way to meet and get to know our members is to volunteer for the various shows, attend receptions and demonstrations or by participating in the weekly plein air painting sessions this summer. We are a very active art society, but to keep up the programs we need all of your help - perhaps only two hours a year - sitting an art show.
Dues
Our financial year is January through December. We are planning many great events for our members, but 2011 dues were to be sent in by January. Please send them to the following address: MAS, PO Box 1383, Madison, CT 06443. Let us know if you change your personal information and email address.
We will NOT be collecting renewal of your dues at the Jury Show receiving and they must be sent in prior to the show (Elected Artists will lose their status if we do not receive them and there is a lapse in payment).
Juried Show
Photograph – Nancy Schwartz and Linda Loen
Our co-chairs for the 36th Annual Juried Show are Linda Loen and Nancy Schwartz. Many of our artists have volunteered already and we thank you for your support in advance. We have already started planning for the show and the Prospectus is attached. If you have started a painting for the show, the size with frame is 36 inches max length and width framed.
Please keep in mind that the Community Room is also used by young children so the subject matter should be appropriate to be viewed by families with little children. Receiving is Saturday, April 30th from 9:30 to noon and Jerry Caron will be our juror. His art work that was done in Ireland is on display at the Greene Gallery, Guilford throughout March.
May 18, Wednesday, 7 p.m. — Poetry night: members of the Guilford Poets Guild will read poems they have written inspired by works in the juried show
DOWNLOAD A PROSPECTUS FOR THE 2011 JURIED SHOW HERE
Plein Air Painting
The Madison Art Society has an active plein air painting group that meets on Wednesday mornings throughout the summer and early fall. For more information contact Jay Babina at jbabina@snet.net
2011 Educational Opportunities
Jerry Caron Watercolor demonstration May 15, 1:30 pm
Scranton Memorial Library
MAS will offer three additional demonstrations this summer. They are held on Thursdays at the Memorial Town Hall in Madison. The demos are open to the public; we ask for nominal donations to offset expenses.
Christine Ivers Pastel demonstration July 14, 6:30 pm
Steve Cryan Marine watercolor demo August 4, 6:30 pm
Kathy Anderson Oil painting demonstration September 8, 6:30 pm
Outdoor Exhibitions
July 30 and July 31 — Annual Scranton Library Memorial Art Exhibition, $25 fee, 10% donation to the library on works sold, tents provided. Contact Seymour Page, 203-245-7280, seymourpage@sbcglobal.net
August 13 — Madison Arts and Antiques Fair, no entry fee, 10% donation of sales to Madison Exchange Club. Contact Bev Schirmeier, 860-399-6116, Bschirmeier@yahoo.com
October 15 — Bauer Farm Harvest Festival, exhibition of MAS plein air painters’ scenes of the farm and plein air painting, no entry fee or donations. Contact Bev Schirmeier, 860-399-6116, Bschirmeir@yahoo.com
Artists in the News
Many of our artists have work in the new On Holiday: The Artist Travels Show at Lyme Art Association.
Tony D’Amico has a solo show of his CT Landscapes at the Geary Gallery in Darien, CT throughout March.
Terry Bogan’s watercolors, Floral Treasures, are on display throughout March at the Case Memorial Library in Orange.
Corina Alvarezdelugo has several of her paintings and sculptures on view at the Six Summit Gallery though April 25 in Ivoryton, Ct. She is also the curator of Perspectives a show for CT Latin artists at the Arte Gallery in New Haven (April 22 – May 21).
Maple and Main in Chester has an art show that includes several of our members and they offer art classes.
Jo McGrath's art work can be seen at the Liberty Bank in Clinton during March. Beverly Schirmeier’s pastel and oil paintings will be on display from April to through May.
Marge Casey has her paintings in a one person show at the Guilford Town Hall.
Lois Lehr has her paintings on view at Evergreens, Branford.
Pat Anderson and Suzanne Burnham will be the Water’s Edge Resort's Simply Pearls artists for March and April. Sandy Kensler will have her African paintings on view at the Water’s Edge Resort in March.
Sherry Marlowe, Penny Chittenden and Gloria Nilsson have their paintings on view at Malone’s Coffee House in Clinton.
Sherry Marlowe is the Artist of the Month of March at the Estuary Marsh Gallery in Old Saybrook. Ct.
Eileen Eder's painting was selected to be part of the Ridgeway Guild of Artists - Pathways to Landscapes Show - at 34 Halpin Lane, Ridgefield (3/5-26) .
Marge Casey has her paintings on view at the Guilford Town Hall.
The Clinton Art Society Member Show will begin this week at the Hull Library in Clinton. Many of our artists are part of the CAS.
Madison Town Hall Artists
Mary Ann Rupp, Threads, oil
Christine Drago watercolor - Venice from Ponte Accademia
The Madison Art Society presents the artwork of watercolorist, Christine Drago and oil and pastel artist, Maryanne Rupp. Their art work will be on display throughout the months of March and April at the Madison Town Hall at 8 Campus Road in Madison, Connecticut. Their watercolors, oil and pastel paintings will be on display and the show is open to the public for viewing during normal business hours.
Christine Drago
Christine Drago was born in England and moved to Connecticut when she was in her 20’s. She has worked as an artist since 1990. Christine said, “I fell into a watercolor class by default, when the oil painting class I wanted to take was full. However, after the first session I was hooked. The medium is so mercurial, a happy accident one moment, a watermark in the middle of the sky the next. It can be instantly rewarding and almost totally unforgiving. However, if you get it right, watercolor seems to possess a clarity and essence of light that is hard to find in other media". She paints mostly land and seascapes, scenes that grab her attention because of a unique quality of some kind; perhaps an interesting mood, play of light, or natural beauty. Christine's watercolors contain strong tonal contrasts. In this way she hopes to incorporate the power of oil painting with the freshness of watercolor.
Ms. Drago has been accepted into a number of juried shows including the Lyme Art Association, the Guilford Art League, and the Madison Art Society. She is a member of the Connecticut Watercolor Society. She can be reached at her web site at christinedrago.com, or by calling her for further information at 203 458 3199
Maryanne Rupp
Maryanne Rupp is a Killingworth artist who works in both pastels and oils. She holds membership in The Lyme Art Association, Connecticut Pastel Society, and Mystic Art Center; and is an elected member of the Clinton Art Society and Madison Art Society, on which she serves on the Board of Directors.
She has been accepted into juried exhibitions sponsored by the above organizations, and has won awards and prizes over the last several years. She has also been accepted into the National Juried Show, Renaissance in Pastel, held at the Mattatuck Museum in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, she won an Award of Merit at the Connecticut Pastel Society Member Show. She has had exhibits in many local venues as well as a solo Show at Pacific Street Gallery, New London and The Emerald Isle Gallery in Clinton . Most recently she has exhibited at Simply Pearls and at Water’s Edge in Westbrook. She was accepted into the Cooley Gallery Small Works Show in 2009 and has had a palette accepted for the Florence Griswold Museum ’s Christmas Tree.
She has studied with Joann Ballinger, Karen Winslow, Lou Bonamarte, Leah Lopez and recently, Christine Ivers among others. Maryanne can be reached at 1- 860- 663-3789.
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