Category Archives: General Meetings

February General Meeting

General Meetings, Information February 10, 2016

The Prez Sez

Our new year is already flying by. The next General Meeting will be on February 16th. I hope to see you all there. We have some exciting artist demos lined up again this year, so take advantage of your membership and join us on Tuesday the 16th. This month’s artist is audience participation, so come and create!! The General Meeting is a good time to bring a friend who might also be interested in an artistic outlet such as our society. Feel free to bring a guest to any meeting. The time is flying by so I’m hoping you are all putting the finishing touches on your latest masterpieces for our Spring Show, which is around the corner.

Our Demo for February:  Gika Rector, Hands-On Fiber Art

A fiber artist for more than 20 years, Gika Rector combines creativity, an education in psychology, and her role as a personal coach to facilitate transformation in individuals and organizations.  Once described as “the quietest storm that ever blew through town”, Gika is passionate about inviting people to come out and play – to be who they were meant to be and do what they were meant to do.

Creative Challenge

Wendy-Moreland-Black-Wolf

Congratulations to our “Frozen” Creative Challenge winner for January, Wendy Moreland, for “Black Wolf”!

The Creative Challenge for February is “Meditations in Red“.

Watch This Space!

More information coming your way soon about our Spring Art Show and Competition!

Saturday, April 23, 2016
Kingwood Christian Church

January General Meeting

General Meetings, Information January 12, 2016

The Prez Sez

Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday season. The beginning of a new year is always a time for looking at our priorities. As artists, one of those is creating our next masterpiece. So for this new year look at trying something new – a new medium or a new technique with an old favorite. So many mediums – so little time!! You could find a new favorite. The Scholarship Dinner was wonderful. The young artist we awarded was excited and we were impressed with his talent. Thanks again to all the Board members who worked so hard to make it such a successful and enjoyable evening.

 December Scholarship Dinner

Congratulations to Hunter Story, our scholarship recipient for 2015, and best wishes for his future art career!  Many thanks to Krissy Richardson for all the wonderful photos she took for us at the Scholarship Dinner!

Our January Meeting

Tuesday, January 19
Homewood Suites
23320 Highway 59 N
Kingwood, TX  77339
Social hour 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Meeting starts 7:00 p.m.

Remember:  The Creative Challenge theme for this month is “Frozen”!

January Demo Artist – Daniel Elliott, Improvisational Oils

Elliott studied Painting and Illustration at the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts. After college, he worked in retail management before returning to a career in art. He now combines his artistic training and business experience as the new manager of Jerry’s Artarama.

Elliott unique style features an imaginative use of texture and color that makes his concepts exceptionally lifelike. His paintings have been displayed in numerous galleries for solo and group exhibitions and are collected nationally and internationally, including corporate installations and commissioned work. He currently teaches acrylic fundamentals and mixed media painting in group and private lessons, workshops and at Jerry’s Artarama in Houston.

Library Art Changeout

Our next Kingwood Public Library art changeout will be:

Monday, January 25 at 10:30 a.m.  

Anyone who has art currently hanging should come prepared to take your work home.

Any members who have work that you would like to hang on the library wall should bring it in!

Your work should be ready to hang, and you should be prepared to create a label for it with such information as the title of the work, framed dimensions, your name and contact information, and price.

If you have helped us as a volunteer this season you are eligible to bring samples of your work to be displayed at the library for viewing by (and sale to) the public.  Helping to take down the previous art pieces and to hang the new ones counts as volunteering!  Volunteers – the library will be closed at that time, so be sure to use the back door.

Don’t Forget!

Our Spring Art Show will be on April 23 at Kingwood Christian Church.  Details to follow.

 

September General Meeting

General Meetings, Information, Shows & Competitions September 9, 2015

Welcome back, artists!  

The Prez Sez

Another Summer season is in the books and it’s time again to get together for demos to motivate, fellow artists to inspire us, and the fun of socializing with other members. We have another great year lined up with lots of exciting artist demos, paint outs, and opportunities to hang our work in Art Shows. The Fall Show is a little earlier this year, so get busy finishing up your latest masterpieces!! The Fall Show will be October 24th at the Kingwood Christian Church. Our first meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 15, 6:30pm Meet & Greet, 7:00pm Meeting. It will be an Open House style gathering again with several artists doing demos at once with time to walk around and visit with the new and old members. This is the perfect opportunity to invite or bring someone new!! Our meeting location is the Homewood Suites Hotel, 23320 Hwy 59N. Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Our first meeting of the new art season is scheduled for Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Hospitality: 6:30 p.m.
Meeting:  7:00 p.m.

Our location as last year, will be:
Homewood Suites
23320 Hwy 59N
Kingwood, TX  77339

The Homewood Suites are located just north of Kingwood Drive between Loop 494 and the 59 N access road. ALL levels are art ability and experience are welcomed. School students, adult students, non-professional, semi-professional and profession levels are available for competition and shows.

This first meeting will feature an open-house format,
with several members giving demos:

  • Vanita Doyle: Zentangle, incorporated into a small painting.
  • Linda Dumas:  Black & White plus a surprise.
    This 4-inch square is non-threatening when black, and a great way to warm up.
  • Kristin Dumas:  Acrylic paint pulling techniques.

Mark the date!

General Meeting Schedule for our 2015-2016 season:

  • October 20, 2015: Linda Dellandre demonstrates Pastels
  • November 17, 2015: Mark Stewart shows working with watercolor
  • December 8, 2015: will be the scholarship dinner with time and place to be announced
  • January 19, 2016: Daniel Elliott shows how to work improvisationally with oil paints
  • February 16, 2016: Gina Rector leads a demo of fiber art with member participation
  • March 16, 2016: Debra Jones shows pastels in another direction
  • April 19, 2016: Shelly Porter will demonstrate abstract watercolor/acrylics
  • May 17, 2016: Amanda Armisteat Pecjacek will show working with mixed media

Our Fall Show & Competition this year will take place on October 24, 2015.

Location:
Kingwood Christian Church
3910 W. Lake Houston Pkwy
Kingwood, TX  77339

Further details to follow.

This year’s Christmas Scholarship Dinner will be on December 8, 2015 at 3.00 p.m.

Location:
Chimichurri’s South American Grill
1660 W. Lake Houston Pkwy.
Kingwood, TX  77339

Membership Information

Click here for information about becoming a member.

Come join us for another creative year!

Summer News

General Meetings, Shows & Competitions June 4, 2015

LHAA is on summer holiday, but we have a few notices for you before we break.

LSAG Convention

Registration for LSAG has begun. If you qualify please visit the LSAG website to enter.

September Meeting

Our September General Meeting is schedule for September 15th, 2015.

Our meeting location remains the same:

Homewood Suites
23320 Hwy 59N
Kingwood, TX
77339

We are looking for members to do a quick demo at your own table, for our Sept. Open House Meeting.  Nothing fancy, you can show a technique you like, or just sit and draw, or paint, or do a craft for others to walk by and look and ask you questions.  We’d like 4 or 5 members to participate to make it bigger and better than last year.  Contact Carol Showalter or Vanita Doyle with any questions or to volunteer.  Friends could do it together.

email: Carol Showalter
email: Vanita Doyle

Enjoy your summer vacation, and create lots of art!

LHAA May News

Creative Challenge, General Meetings, Tips & Resources May 10, 2015

The Prez Sez

Hard to believe that this month is the last meeting for our organization year! My how time flies. We have had a productive and exciting year of art creation, competitions, and fabulous demos at our regular meetings! I would like to again thank Linda and Kristin Dumas for the April demo – it was exciting, motivating and just plain fun! The Spring Show was a great success with sales that increased our donation amount for the next year’s scholarship fund which means we can offer an amount that can truly make a difference in the art education of the recipient. Congratulations to all the ribbon winners and good luck at the LSAG show in June. In conclusion, I would like to thank the members and especially my Board members for your support in my year as President. I couldn’t have done it without all of you. I hope to see you all at this month’s meeting. If not, enjoy the Summer season, be safe and Paint, Paint, Paint!!!

May’s Demo – Marty Caldwell Wax Batik

Marty Caldwell is a Decorative and Fine Art Painter and Instructor with a passion for painting. Her painting career began many years ago with a winning piece of art in the third grade. This passion for painting has led her to many areas of the decorative art and painting world. Now she enjoys in sharing through teaching, designing, and being with fellow artists and students!

She is an active member of the Society of Decorative Painters with membership in two Houston, Texas area chapters, Decorative Painting Pals of Texas – Humble, TX and Decorative Artists of Texas – Pasadena, TX . She served as President of the Decorative Painting Pals of Texas in 2007. And She is also a member and past president of the Liberty Art League in Liberty, TX.

Marty Caldwell, Wax Batik Marty Caldwell, Wax Batik

Creative Challenge for May

Flower Power – Georgia O’Keefe Style

Art Tip of the Month  

Acrylic Paint Removal – In my many years of teaching acrylics, I always get a dot or two on clothing or the rug. To remove the acrylic, I have found that denatured alcohol with a Q-tip will remove dried paint. Then wash gently with regular soap. You can get this product in the paint department at Walmart or a local paint store.

April’s Demo Recap

Vanita introduced Linda and Kristin Dumas to do the demo on HOW TO GET STARTED, WHEN YOU JUST CANT!  Besides the talk and the “doing”, Linda had a nice many paged hand-out for all of us.  It was very enlightening, with a lot of questions and inter-play with the members.  Thank you Linda and Kristin.