LSAG Convention News
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
- 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.
- Make sure you have your piece labeled appropriately. Check your name, piece name, division, & category BEFORE you turn your piece in for hanging.
- 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
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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
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Maureen Seeba- Mixed Media / Printmaking
2 PM to 5 Public Art Exhibition & Sale
5 PM Art Show Entries Take Down
Summer News
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
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.
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.
Thank you!
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
Lake Houston Area Artists 