Category Archives: Shows & Competitions

February 2024 General Meeting

Artwork Displays, Creative Challenge, General Meetings, Shows & Competitions February 16, 2024

Our General Meeting for February Will Be On Tuesday, February 20, 2024

 Meeting Place:
     Homewood Suites
     23320 Hwy 59N
     Kingwood, TX 77339
     6:30pm Meet & Greet
     7:00pm Meeting & Demo

Demo Artist for February: Suzie Baker – Oil Painting

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Suzie Baker’s paintings are regularly on display in magazines, prestigious national shows and plein air events, and she has won numerous awards every year since 2019. She has served on the board of Oil Painters of America since 2014, including serving as president from 2020-2022. Suzie holds signature status in that distinguished organization as well as the American Impressionist Society and others. In addition to being a still life and portrait artist, Suzie has been painting en plein air since she was a teenager. A sought-after instructor for her humorous and informative style, Suzie teaches through videos event demos and workshops far and wide, including her studio close to Houston, Texas.

Public Art Displays

We will have an art display at the Jones Public Library in Dayton, TX (Dayton Community Center, 801 S Cleveland St, Dayton, TX 77535) on February 23, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Any paid member who has helped us in some way is eligible to show their artwork with us. Please be sure your art is ready to hang, with a wire hanger on the back.

We are also planning a display at the Atascocita Library in March 2024. This library has a display case for art, so those of you with 3-dimensional art may be able to participate. Any 2-D art should be able to stand up leaning on the back of the case. Details to follow.

Kingwood Arts Festival

Our group has an opportunity to display our work for sale at the Kingwood Arts Festival at Town Center on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Before we sign up, though, we need to know how many of you are interested. We should be able to display a number of small works in our tent. In addition to art to show, we would also need a few volunteers to man the tent in shifts during this time. If you have interest in showing your art there and/or supervising the booth, please let us know at the meeting (or by email if you can’t make it to the meeting).

Spring 2024 Art Show and Competition

Our Spring Art Show will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at the Kingwood Community Center. You should be receiving a copy of the show poster and prospectus by email. Please feel free to advertise by sharing the poster (electronically or in person) to family, friends and neighbors. We will have more information soon.

Creative Challenge

    Our Creative Challenge theme is “Shine”. Entries will be presented at this meeting. The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate.

Fall 2023 Art Show and Competition

Information, Shows & Competitions October 1, 2023

Our Fall 2023 Art Show and Competition Will be on Saturday, October 28, 2023

Here is our poster, available for download if you would like to help promote the show by showing it to local businesses, family and friends.

SHOW PROSPECTUS

LHAA Judged Show and Competition – October 28, 2023
Kingwood Community Center, 4102 Rustic Woods Drive, Kingwood, TX 77345

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Artwork Check In:  9:00 am – 10:30 am (show entry fee payment due at art work check in, cash and check only)
Judging:  11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Judge and Judge support team only)
Artists in Action:  12:30 pm – 1:30 pm (live art demonstrations)
Public Viewing and Reception:  12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Judge Introduction, Best of Show Award Presented, Judge Critique and Walk Through:  2:00 pm
Artwork Pick Up/Show Take Down:  3:30 pm
Show Entries Accepted through midnight:  Wednesday, October 25, 2023
All artists MUST pre-register on the LSAG database at lsag.wspub.com, no walk ins

ENTRY FEES (PER ENTRY): (No refunds for entries entered but not received)

LHAA members:  $8.00
LSAG members:  $10.00
School Students:  $2.00
Late Entries:  N/A, no late entries accepted

Please go to LakeHoustonAreaArtists.com for Online Registration Instructions, Divisions and Categories and Show Rules.

Remember, you MUST submit a paid membership for this season to enter this show as an LHAA member! If you belong to another local art league (one that is also in LSAG), you can enter as “LSAG member.”

LSAG Convention Winners

Information, Shows & Competitions July 5, 2023

Below is a list of all the ribbon winners from LHAA from the LSAG 2023 Convention. Well done, everyone! And special congratulations to Leo Cowden for his Best of Show award!

2023 LSAG Convention Show Ribbon Winners from LHAA

Congratulations to Leo Cowden for his Best of Show award at the LSAG 2023 Convention Show for his oil painting, Oblique Erosion.

Congratulation to all our 2023 LSAG Convention winners from LHAA.  They are:

Division I, Professional:

Linda Dumas 2nd, Digital Art, Blue Succulent

Linda Dumas 3rd, Digital Art, Rusty

Linda Dumas HM, Digital Art, Night School’s Out

Peggy Steup 2nd, Oil/Acrylic, Everybody Comes to KaDeWe

Peggy Steup HM, Oil/Acyrlic, Nine O’clock on a Saturday

Laura Villafani, HM, Drawing, Elton

Andrea Wilkinson, 3rd, Sculpture, How Many Ladybugs?

Division II, Semi-professional:

Amy Conroy, 3rd, Oil/Acrylic, White Bird of Paradise

Leo Cowden, BOS, Oil/Acrylic, Oblique Erosion

Division III, Non-professional:

David Kent, HM, Butterflies and Bees

May 2023 General Meeting

Artwork Displays, General Meetings, Information, Shows & Competitions May 9, 2023

Art Display at Kingwood Public Library

Thanks to Elena Gonzalez and her husband, the art on display at Kingwood Public Library has been refreshed, and is available for the public to come by and enjoy it! This display will remain here until our season begins again in the fall, at which time we will be inviting more of our members to bring in their art to share! Many thanks to everyone who helped us with hanging the beautiful art.

Our General Meeting for May

Our May 2023 General Meeting will be the last of our season. The next General Meeting will be in September. The May meeting will be on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.

Meeting Place:
Homewood Suites
23320 Hwy 59N
Kingwood, TX 77339
6:30pm Meet & Greet
7:00pm Meeting & Demo

Demo Artist for May – Mari Omori

Born and raised in Japan, Mari Omori is a multimedia artist, educator, and curator with an MFA from UCLA and BA from California State University Northridge. Omori’s awards include Sabbatical Research Grants along with International Exploration and Travel Grants from Lone Star College System, 2018 and 2008. Artist-in-residency experiences include the Babaran Segragunung Culture House, Jogyakarta, Indonesia, 2018; the Mino Culture Art Project, Japan, 2008; and the Palm Beach County Cultural Grant through the Morikami Museum, Florida, 2006.

Other research projects include Pilgrimage, surveying post-earthquake inTohoku, Japan, 2016 and The Past Made Visible, a study of cochineal ink, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2013.

Working in diverse materials such as fiber, bronze, installation, book publication and video, Omori explores concepts of time, identity, and transformation. She has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her works are in private and public collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston; the Art Museum of South Texas; the Mino Washi Museum, Japan; and Lone Star College-Kingwood, where she is a professor of Art, a position she has held since 2001.

Mari’s demo will include group participation with the following:  tea, watercolors, and unconventional mark making tools.  Should be lots of fun!

Don’t Forget the Creative Challenge!

Remember that the May meeting is your time to submit your contribution to the Creative Challenge – Spring Without the Green (Don’t use the color green). The winner will receive a $50 Jerry’s Artarama certificate!

Spring 2023 Art Show

Our Spring Art Show went very well! Thanks to the signs arranged by Steve Frayne, we got a lot of people stopping by to see the artwork!

Here are the winners:

Professional A
1st  Everybody Comes to KaDeWe, Peggy Steup
2nd  The Foundation Endures, Peggy Steup
3rd  Pet Sitter, Peggy Steup
1HM  Life on a Mossy Log, Peggy Steup

Professional C
1st  Flatonia 1, Joel Salmons
2nd Flatonia Granary, Joel Salmons

Professional D
1st Eyes Have a Language of Their Own, Laura Villafani
2nd  Elton, Laura Villafani
3rd  Magenta Starburst, Kristin Dumas

Professional E
1st  Brave, Laura Villafani
2nd  Ready to Chase My Dreams, Laura Villafani
3rd  Bless You and Keep You II, Sheila Stoll

Professional F
1st  Sentinel, Linda Dumas
2nd  The Fishermen, Linda Dumas

Professional G
1st  Rusty, Linda Dumas
2nd  The Support Group, Linda Dumas
3rd  Heart Healthy, Linda Dumas
1HM  Blue Succulent, Linda Dumas

Professional H
1st  Burnt Offerings, Sheila Stoll

Professional I
1st  How Many Ladybugs, Andrea Wilkinson

Semi-Professional A
1st  Eagle and Egg, Leo Cowden
2nd  Glow, Carol Showalter
3rd  Summer Leaves, Treena Rowan

Semi-Professional D
BOS  Unforgettable, Bonnie Butler

Semi-Professional E
1st  Lost in Translation, Carol Showalter

Semi-Professional H
1st  Soar, Bonnie Butler

Non-Professional A
1st  Butterflies and Bees, David Kent
2nd  The Cana Dance, Elena Gonzales
3rd  Two Hearts, Elena Gonzales
1HM  Blue Morning, Victoria Kirk

Non-Professional F
1st  Have a Seat, Rebecca Hall

Non-Professional G
1st  Patterns, Rebecca Hall
2nd  Sunset, Rebecca Hall
3rd  Kingsbury, TX, Rebecca Hall

Non-Professional J
1st  The Rose of Gethsemane, Gene Frederiksen

Adult Student B
1st  Motmot Meeting, Aimee Woolwine

High School Student A
1st  Sea Tales, Therese Gonzales

Congratulations to all our winners! You, along with anyone who won a ribbon for 1st HM, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, or Best of Show, are all eligible to submit these artworks to the Lone Star Art Guild competition in June. Entries are already being accepted, and the deadline to enter is June 3. The show is entirely virtual, so you will need to take a good quality photograph of each of your entries. Taking good quality photos will be discussed at our general meeting, so be sure not to miss it. Our Show Chair, Amy Conroy, will be contacting you to help you with the entry process.

Watch your email for further bulletins!

April 2023 General Meeting

Creative Challenge, General Meetings, Information, Shows & Competitions April 16, 2023

March Art Demo – Smash Mosaic

Our art demo for March was a great success! Many thanks to Sheila Stoll for letting us break things and put together our own mosaics!

April Art Demo

For our April Meeting we will be doing something different – Art Bargains. Do you have any art supplies in good condition that you’re not going to use, but that someone else might benefit from? Bring them to the meeting for an art swap! You might find a treasure for yourself, and help someone else discover something that will help them out. Brushes, canvases, frames, paints, pastels, books, DVDs, etc. – bring them in!

Spring 2023 Art Show and Competition

So far our upcoming Art Show doesn’t have many entries. If you have any pieces of art work that you would like to submit, please click on this link to register your entry with LSAG. Remember, our registration fees will help to contribute to a scholarship for a deserving art student! Don’t hesitate to print out and share our show poster with your friends and family.

Creative Challenge due in May

And please don’t forget the upcoming Creative Challenge! The theme is
SPRING WITHOUT THE GREEN. So no mixing blue and yellow together! Remember, the prize for the winner will be a $50 certificate from Jerry’s Artarama!

Show and Tell

Do you have some art that you’re working on that you would like to share with the group? Maybe you’re stuck on something and would like some positive feedback and suggestions? Bring it to the meeting!


Suggestions For the Future

If there is something new you would like to see – some new activity, new media, etc. – feel free to bring it up at the meeting. Or even better, write it down for us! We welcome fresh input from fresh minds!