Save The Date!

Brushes By the Beach Plein Air Contest
on Galveston Island
November 13 – 21, 2015

Open to any artist using the Plein Air Technique
Early Bird Entry Deadline: November 6, 2015
Last Day to register: November 21, 2015

To Be Announced – Cash prizes to first, second and third place winners
To enter and for more information:
gleegallery.net/Brushes-By-The-Beach-PleinAir
or call
409-370-7350

Attention, Artists!
The deadline for the Marilyn Dickey Open Show in Sugarland, TX, has been extended to August 8, 2015. Mailed applications will also be accepted. See below for an application form.

Application Juried Show Work

53RD ANNUAL LONE STAR ART GUILD

CONVENTION & ART EXHIBITION
THIS Friday & Saturday * June 26-27 2015

Klein ISD Multipurpose Center
7500 FM 2920 Klein (Spring), TX 77379

The Business of Art Workshop Add-On has been cancelled due to low attendance. See Sue Syvertson if you have questions.

Reminders to Show Artists

1. If you are participating in the juried show with a 2D medium or ANY HANGING PIECE that hangs on the flats, BE SURE your piece is appropriately WIRED ON THE BACK so that it may be hung properly. THIS IS AN LSAG RULE.

   If your league allowed you to hang it some other way at their local show, YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE LSAG RULE for our juried exhibit.

   -NO SAWTOOTH HANGERS.
   -NO ‘0’ RINGS or SIMILAR.
   -NO other MISCELLANEOUS CREATIVE VARIETIES.

   It must be a wire running across the back of the piece.

2. Make sure you have your piece labeled appropriately. Check your name, piece name, division, & category BEFORE you turn your piece in for hanging.
3. With your participation in the show, you agree to NOT TAKE DOWN artwork prior to 5 PM.
   Some members will be attending demos & will not be able to see the show until the 4-5 o’clock hour. Thanks for your consideration of those members & for your cooperation.

Final Schedule

Friday, June 26

3 PM to 7:30 Art Show Entries Received
7 PM to 9 Guest Artist Demonstration:

Anne Kraft Walker- Still Life Oil Painting

Saturday, June 27

7 AM to 8:30 Final Art Show Entries Received
8:15 AM to 9 LSAG Board of Directors’ Meeting
9 AM to 11 Guest Artists Demonstrations:

Mark Stewart- Watercolor / Traditional
-and-
Cheng Lian- Portrait Oil Painting

11:30 AM – 1 PM * Luncheon

Presentation of Show Awards * LSAG Annual Members’ Meeting * Installation of New Officers * Door Prizes

1 PM to 3 Judges’ Critiques
1:15 PM to 2 PM

Presidents’ & LSAG Reps’ Reception / Informational Meeting
(ATTENDANCE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

2 PM to 4 Guest Artists Demonstrations:

Eldon Faries- Watercolor / Non-Traditional
-and-
Maureen Seeba- Mixed Media / Printmaking

2 PM to 5 Public Art Exhibition & Sale
5 PM Art Show Entries Take Down

From the Shows & Competitions co-chairs…

We would like to thank all of our participants and volunteers in our 2015 spring show! We would especially like to thank those that helped during the show. Without your help, the show would not be possible.

Congratulations to all of our ribbon winners and our Best of Show recipient, Linney Hamilton. For those of you who are new to our shows, any ribbon winner from the fall or spring show of the current year is eligible to compete in the LSAG Convention Show this summer. That is, any art work that received a first, second, third, honorable mention or best of show may be entered in the convention show. More information about the convention show will be available soon.

Thanks again for helping to make our show fun and a success!

Amy Conroy and Becky Hall
Show Co-Chairs

Best of Show winner, by Linney Hamilton

Show Reminders

We have extended the deadline to enter our Spring Show & Competition to Wednesday with the regular fees. No late fees! Yay! Registration for the show will end on Wednesday night and no entries will be accepted afterwards.

We are asking for some help with publicity for this show. Please forward the show poster to your friends and family, or put it in the window of your favorite business.

We are also asking those interested to please bring some snacks or beverages to the show and hang out during the public showing from 12:30 pm to 4 pm.

Any questions, please call or email Amy Conroy at 281-360-8935, or amymcleod.conroy@gmail.com

Mini-Boutique

If anyone is interested in selling items in the mini-boutique, please print out this Inventory sheet and bring it with you when you drop off your items on Saturday morning.

LHAA Group Project – Here is the plan…..

Each of our artists interested in participating will use one new canvas, Sized 6” x 6” x 1.5”. Our theme for this project is “Seasons-Spring and Summer”. Each artist can express this in their own way, so the canvases will all be different.

For publicity purposes these will be aligned in the graphic pattern of a very large mosaic- it should be a treat for the eyes!!! . (We hope the newspaper will think so too and give us good coverage! ) These will be on sale at the Art Show and Competition in April. The target price for each canvas will be $30.00. 50% of this amount will go to the Scholarship Fund, and 50% will go to the artist.

HOW TO GET STARTED

1. Purchase canvas 6”x6”x 1.5.” Please note that this is gallery wrap. Be sure the depth is 1.5”.
2. Choose a design of your choice that remind you of spring and summer seasons. So many possibilities. Just a few ideas are… flowers, trees, fruits and vegetables, decorative pots, colorful garden tools, birds, birdhouses, insects, gardens, seascapes, etc, etc, etc.
3. Use any medium of your choice.
4. Prepare a card and tape it to the backside of the canvas. List your name, painting title, and medium.

DEADLINES

Please bring your canvas to the Art Show and Competition and it will be added to the display.