Southwestern Watercolor Society

June 2009 SCENE - last newsletter for summer

June 13, 2009 on 3:04 pm | In Meetings, News, Photoessay, Workshops | No Comments

Direct Link to The Newsletter Issue: June 2009 SCENE

May meeting ends 2008-2009 season on an up note (photoessay)
Meeting & Workshop schedule
Painting of the Month for May, 2009
President’s Corner (Joel Sampson - What I did on my summer vacation)
Carrie Burns Brown slated for October workshop & demo (photoessay)
Member Show Draws Large Crowd…(Power Point slide show of SWS entries - photoessay)
Happenings…(member news)
Sandi D’Alessandro workshop & demo set for November (photoessay)
Skip Lawrence to lead off 2010 with February workshop & demo
Instructional DVD’s now available to SWS members
SWS CONTACTS (new officers)

note: Next meeting Sept. 9, 7pm

May 2009 SCENE is now online

April 30, 2009 on 11:01 am | In Calls for entries, News | No Comments

Direct Link to The Newsletter Issue: May 2009 SCENE

Contents:
Call for Entries - 46th Annual SWS Members Exhibition
SWS “Variety Show” featured as May meeting
Meeting & Workshop schedule
Painting of the Month for April, 2009
President’s Corner
Carrie Burns Brown slated for October workshop & demo (photoessay)
Sandi D’Alessandro workshop & demo set for November (photoessay)
Instructional DVD’s now available to SWS members
Happenings…(member news)
The many faces of Robert Burridge… (photoessay)
Don’t Forget - Dues are due June 1 (SWS Membership Application

note: Next meeting May 13, 7pm Variety Show & Installation of Officers

April 2009 SCENE Newsletter - repost

March 31, 2009 on 12:01 pm | In News, Paint Outs, Photoessay, Workshops | No Comments

[When the SWS website went down recently, the original newsletter link was lost. So if you had problems accessing the April SCENE, try the link below -- SWS Webmaster]

Direct Link to The Issue: April 2009

Contents:
Judi Coffey entertains SWS meeting… (photoessay)
Meeting & Workshop schedule
Painting of the Month for March, 2009
President’s Corner (planning for digital entries for SWS exhibit)
Carrie Burns Brown slated for October workshop & demo (photoessay)
Sandi D’Alessandro workshop & demo set for November (photoessay)
Instructional DVD’s now available to SWS members
Happenings…(member news)
SWS Spring Paint Out in Mt. Vernon enjoyed by the brave few… (photoessay)
Dues are due June 1 (SWS Membership Application
DVD Checkout

note: Next meeting April 8, 7pm Robert Burridge demo (also Kate Burridge Art Marketing Workshop April 9, 7pm)

Annual SWS Show call for entries

March 28, 2009 on 12:17 pm | In Calls for entries, Exhibits | No Comments

DEADLINE June 1, 2009.

Goodbye to slides! DIGITAL IMAGES only will be accepted for the 46th Annual Southwestern Watercolor Society Member Show. To help you with the changeover, SWS is sponsoring a photo shoot on Sunday, May 3, at 2 PM at Artisans Studio in Farmers Branch. Steve Reed, the photographer for the advertising department of the Dallas Morning News, will take digital photos of up to three paintings, process them to fit SWS rules and send you a CD suitable for entry. The cost is $25 per artist, whether you have one, two or three paintings. If you plan to participate, please send an e-mail to herb.reed@tx.rr.com) with your name and phone number and put SWS Photo Shoot in the subject line of the e-mail.

The exhibition will be held Sept. 9 - Oct. 10, 2009 at the Plano Art Centre again. Cheng-Khee Chee will be the juror.

Entries for the exhibition may be submitted on-line or on a nonreturnable CD. Payment made be made online via PayPal or credit card or by check in mailing a CD. Dues for 2009-2010 must be paid by June 1, 2008 to be eligible for the membership show. Work submitted must be water media on paper or yupo. Collage, if used, must be water media only. For more entry details see the 2009 Prospectus.

2009 46th Annual SWS Membership Exhibition Calendar

June 1 Deadline for receipt of digital images online or CD and entry forms.

June 7 Slide Preview Party, 2:30—4:30 p.m. Royal Lane Baptist Church, 6707 Royal Lane at Hillcrest.

July 13 Notices of Acceptance mailed.

August 28 Deadline for shipped paintings to arrive.

September 4 Craters and Freighters to deliver shipped paintings to Art Centre of Plano.

September 5 10 a.m.—1:00 p.m., Hand deliver accepted paintings to Art Centre of Plano,1039 E.15th St., Plano, TX. Hanging of show

September 9—October 10 SWS 46th Annual Membership Exhibition.

September 25 7—9 p.m., Awards Reception at Art Centre of Plano.

October 12 10 a.m.—2 p.m., Pick up handdelivered paintings at Art Center of Plano. Return shipping by Craters and Freighters of shipped artwork.

Kate Burridge Art Marketing Workshop April 9
March 20, 2009 on 9:55 am | In Workshops | No Comments
Learn the secrets of art marketing from Kate Burridge on April 9th at 7- 9 pm (at our regular meeting place — the Lovers Lane Methodist Church, on the northeast corner of Northwest Highway and Inwood Road). The workshop is an abridged version of those given by nationally-known watercolor artist/instructor Robert Burridge and his art marketing director Kate Burridge.

They are also the authors of “Hot mARTketing: The Business of Selling your Art Workbook”. For more information about their art marketing curriculum and the Burridges, see their website: http://www.robertburridge.com/ArtMarketing/

To sign up, email Joel Sampson at swsprez@gmail.com. The workshop is FREE for Southwestern Watercolor Society (SWS) members and $10 for nonmembers at the door. (Join SWS and get in free!)

Robert Burridge will be giving a demonstration on abstract painting and collage at the SWS meeting on Wednesday, April 8th at 7:00 pm (the evening before),

SWS Spring Paint out in Mt. Vernon March 27-29
March 15, 2009 on 9:24 am | In Paint Outs | No Comments
THE PLACE
Mount Vernon, home town of ex Cowboy quarterback Don Meredith, sits just a couple of miles north of Interstate 30 in Franklin County one hundred miles northeast of Dallas in the edge of the Piney Woods. Springtime finds dogwood, redbud, and crepe myrtle mirrored in the water of picturesque Lake Cypress Springs a few miles south of town. Members of the Franklin County Arts Alliance will be our hosts for the weekend. Their Cultural Arts Center will be our headquarters for the weekend, our bad weather refuge, and the venue for Saturday’s reception, art show, and dinner.

THE SCHEDULE
Friday evening we will meet for supper at 7:00 at the Sweete Shoppe at 604 N I-30 (north service road at exit 147). Saturday morning we will paint in Mount Vernon, out at the lake, or in nearby Lake Bob Sandlin State Park. Lunch is on you own at any of the local cafes with the afternoon free for painting. Saturday evening we will gather at the Franklin County Arts Alliance Cultural Center one block west of the courthouse square. The
wine and cheese reception and mini art show starts at 6:00 p.m. with dinner at 7:00. Breakfast Sunday is on your own with more opportunity for painting or an early start for home.

TO SIGN UP
Call the Super 8 Motel at 903.588.2882 and reserve a room. The SWS special rate is $63 per night double occupancy plus tax. We found it to be in good repair and clean as a whistle. Check out www.visitmountvernon.org for local B&Bs and other options for lodging.

Email Walt Davis at widavis7@earthlink.net to reserve a place for dinner Friday and/or Saturday evening. Friday’s meal will be lasagna with garden salad for $15 per person plus gratuity, BYOB. Saturday night, Arts Alliance members will provide home-made chicken spaghetti at no charge, BYOB.

Don’t miss out on the fun! Call the Super 8 and make your dinner reservations right away. Contact Walt Davis at (903) 886-2711 or send an email to widavis7@earthlink.net if you have any questions. See you in Mount Vernon.

March 2009 SCENE Newsletter
February 26, 2009 on 11:45 am | In News, Paint Outs, Photoessay | No Comments
Direct Link to The Issue: March 2009

Contents:
SWS members wowed at Gail Ayers’ demo (photoessay)
Meeting & Workshop schedule
Painting of the Month for February, 2009
President’s Corner
Western Fed Winners (photoessay)
SWS Stepping Stone Award Letter Deadline March 20
Happenings…(member news)
In Memoriam: Tom Wellman
SWS Spring Paint out in Mt. Vernon March 27-29
Dues are due June 1
DVD Project

note: Next meeting March 11 Judi Coffey

Sixteen SWS members selected for Western Fed show
February 1, 2009 on 7:31 pm | In Exhibits, Photoessay | 1 Comment
The following entries were selected by Robert Burridge for the 34th Western Federation of Watercolor Societies show in San Diego May 1-31, 2009, sponsored by the San Diego Watercolor Society:

Michael Borne “Waiting” WC
Chica Brunsvold “Round Robin” Acrylic
Cathleen Cotter-Smith “Summer Palace” WC + collage
Ester Friedman “New Orleans Jazz” WC
Jeff Good “Coconuts” WC
Priscilla Krejci “Watchmen” WC
Susan Mansell “Art Show” WC
Carol McDonald “Marina Lace 5″ WC
Peg Rosenlund “Classmates” Acrylic
Sharon Serrago “Going in Circles” WC
Jan Witten Sewall “High Plateaux” Acrylic
Charu Shah “Journey” Water based mixed media
Dorothy Thorpe “Homeward Bound” WC / Acrylic
Cecy Turner “Early Winter” WC
Dona Walston “Dancing Light-Lake Powell” WC
Richard Wilson “Colorado Mine” WC

Western Federation 2009

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SWS Tag Team Paint-Off, Throw Down and Auction
January 30, 2009 on 11:36 am | In Photoessay | 1 Comment
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February 2009 SCENE Newsletter
January 30, 2009 on 11:06 am | In News, Paint Outs, Photoessay | No Comments
Direct Link to The Issue: February 2009

Contents:
And the winner is… (first ever SWS Tag Team Paint-Off, Throw Down and Auction (photoessay)
Meeting & Workshop schedule
Painting of the Month for January, 2009
President’s Corner
SWS Stepping Stone Award Letter Deadline March 20
Happenings…(member news)
Plans announced for Spring Paint - Out
Sixteen SWS members selected for Western Federation show
DVD Project

note: Next meeting February 11

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