ART 321 News NEWSLETTER APRIL 2018

Letter from Our Director, Diane Harrop

We thank all of you who came by ART 321 for Art Walk on April 5! Adding an extra element of color to the evening was the gift of 200 roses that we were able to give out as part of our “Community Thank You Celebration”

honoring all the artists, donors, volun-teers and supporters whose combined efforts made our 2017 Governor’s Arts Award possible.

The May Art Walk raffle prize is a wonderful barrel stave & oak bench created by Ken Carpenter! Tickets are already on sale - $5 each or 5 for $20 – for this striking handcrafted item which would make the perfect addition to your patio, front porch or home interior.

Be sure to stop by the ART 321 gallery during the month of April to enjoy our new All Things Fashion open call show featuring clothing designs by Cara Sarvey, Eddie Marron’s Paintings on

Silk, and the two wonderful solo shows by Casper jewelers: Ra-chel Hawkinson’s Alloy addresses and Laura Kemberling’s

Timeless Collection.

Plans are once again underway for ART 321’s June yART Sale. We invite you to clean out closets and studio spaces and bring any unwanted art-related supplies, books, frames or art to do-nate for our annual sale. We are also in need of volunteers to help organize and price items that have already been received. We’ve been collecting items all year long and promise that this yART Sale will be even bigger & better than last year’s.

** ART 321 MEMBERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT **

Congratulations to Karen Henneck, who recently won Honora-ble Mention in the Pastel society of Colorado’s “Horizon”

show. Karen also has artwork in this year’s Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibit and at the Western Spirit Show at the Old West Museum in Cheyenne. We are most happy to cele-brate your artistic success!

Please let Diane know about your arts-related awards or achievements so we can celebrate them in next month’s news-letter.

“Diane” by Joyce

WATERCOLOR CELEBRATION MONTH

May is Watercolor Celebration month at ART 321. The Range of

Vision water media show includes paintings submitted by artists

from across Wyoming and the region. The ART 321 gallery will also

feature the artwork of two gifted local watercolor instructors and their

students: Ellen Black & Friends and Holly Bryson & Friends.

Rounding out the May exhibitions is a one-woman show of the water-

color paintings of Gloria Ningen Gallegos, who splits her time be-

tween Casper, Taos and Austin, always painting whatever she sees.

Opening reception will be from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 3 and

the public is invited!

ART 321 thanks Darry Hume for the gift of our new Steam Punk gallery mascot: Rusty Fobot.

You might have noticed Rusty adorned appro-priately for the April “All Things Fashion” shows. Be sure to look for him in a different place each

month, dressed or decorated in celebration of the central theme on display in the gallery.

Watercolor Paintings by Gloria Ningen Gallegos

Lori Wormus “Bead

Braiding”

NEW PUBLICATION DATE

Starting in June, we will

begin issuing ART 321’s monthly newslet-ter one week earlier

than before. This will allow us to highlight new shows and to bet-

ter advertise upcoming events for each month.

Christy Johnson “The Awakening” Robert Tweedy “Keep Moving”

Keep Casper Beautiful

Entries

Kaia Petley “River Rocks”

Calendar of Events

Groups:

Tuesday 10:00am - 12:00pm Ceramics

3rd Tuesdays 12:00pm Colored Pencil Society

Wednesday 10:00am - 1:00pm Portrait Painting

Thursday 10:00am - 1:00pm Pastel Painting Group

Thursday 1:00pm - 3:00pm Artists Mingle

Third Thursday 1:00pm-3:00pm Fiber Group

Friday 10:00am - 1:00pm Eclectic Group

Saturday 10:00am - 12:00pm Watercolor Class

Saturday 1:00PM-4:00pm Oil & Acrylic Group

April Shows: “All Things Fashion”; Rachel Hawkinson’s

“Alloy Addresses” ; Laura Kimberling’s

“Timeless Collection” Jewelry Show

May Shows: “Range of Vision” Wyoming W/C Show

“Ellen Black & Friends”

“Holly Bryson & Friends”

“Gloria Ningen Gallegos”

Workshops Melanie Myron-April 21st; Glassworks Skills

Ron Hayes & Shaun Peterson; June 15-16th;

Photography

Smith & Ayres; April 28th; Color Burst Work

shops;

Betsy Bower; April 21-22; and May 19th & 20th

Metal Flowers

Graham Flatt-; May 4,5,&6; Intermediate to

Advanced Watercolor

Hayes and Peterson Photo Workshop; June 15

& 16th

Wyoming Watercolor Society and Art 321

Art 321 and the Wyoming Watercolor Society are again teaming up

to offer A Range of Vision, a small format water media exhibition

with cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Best of Show winners. The

show will hang in the ART 321 gallery during the month of May, so

we ask all water media artists, 18 years of age or older, to begin

working on original artworks in any water-based medium that can

measure no more than 12: x 16: unframed. Up to 3 pieces may be

entered by each artist. Please be watching for additional details at

www.art321.org.

Intermediate to Advanced Watercolor Workshop

Watercolor artists – please plan ahead to be able to attend a very

special May 4, 5 & 6 Intermediate to Advanced Watercolor Work-

shop at ART 321. Award-winning Canadian artist, Graham Flatt, has

designed this class to allow you to understand and embrace your

own creative processes in a safe and supporting environment while

moving forward on your own painting journey without

fear. Specifically, this workshop walks you through the hows and

whys of using contrast to create bold, impressive paintings regard-

less of the subject matter or medium. This workshop is bound to fill

early and class size is limited, so we urge you to call or come by

soon to enroll. The cost is $225 for ART 321 members; $275 for non-

members and a supply list is available.

Chapman Gift Shop Buzz * by Debbie Jenkins

Attention members that have items in the Chapman Gift Shop, please

provide a short (one page) artist bio to be included in our gift shop bio

book. This book will be available for customers who would like to know

more about you "the artist" and what you make. It would be nice to in-

clude a picture of yourself and your art. You can drop it off at Art 321,

send by mail or email to the attention of Chapman Gift Shop.

The gift shop will be featuring artists throughout the year, currently being

featured is Mandy Henebry, Ken Carpenter and Dave Snees-

by! Please stop in and have a look at their beautiful art work.

Attention current gift shop members and any Art 321 mem-bers interested in having your art in the Chapman Gift Shop, the next turn around is May 23rd through 26th. We will be accepting new art during this time and you will also be able to pick up your art at this time as well. I would like to thank all the gift shop members for your art and allowing us to showcase it for you.

The Chapman Gift Shop strives to show every artists work at its best, we

are growing and receiving more art at every turn around; with that being

said there may be times when only one piece of art may be displayed at a

time (this has not happened yet) we do our best to keep the gift shop full

and fresh with your art. At this time, the gift shop is flourishing, there are

many different mediums to choose from. Thank you members for letting

us showcase your art work.

Ken Carpenter has do-

nated a beautiful, hand-

crafted barrel stave and

oak bench for the May 3

Art Walk raffle prize at

ART 321. We encourage

you to come by during

April to see this unique

wooden bench because

we think you will agree it

would make the perfect

addition to your patio,

front porch or home inte-

rior. Tickets are on sale

now - $5 each or 5 for

$20 - and the winner will

be drawn at 8 p.m. that

evening.

KEEP CASPER

BEAUTIFUL

People’s Choice

Chuck Smith

Watercolor

“For Connie”

PUBLICITY!!

ART 321 is happy to announce that Vic-ki Primrose is our new Publicity Chair-

woman and newest member of the Cas-per Artists’ Guild Board of Directors. Vicki’s committee includes members

Jenniey Elliott, who will has taken on the responsibility for increasing ART 321’s presence on local TV and radio;

and Carole Glenn, who will continue to collect newspaper notices and articles to be placed in ART 321’s year books.

Our thanks to Vicki, Jenniey and Carole!

PORTRAIT GROUP

Wanted!

Portrait Artists to join

our small group!

Cost: $10.00 per ses-

sion

Models to pose for Por-

traits ($30.00 paid to

models per session)

You can call Don

Hunter 307-577-7107 or

Nadine McLeod 307-

473-7202 for more infor-

mation.

Upcoming Workshops

If you have ever admired the colorful Silly Stars sold in ART 321’s gift shop and gallery, you now have the opportunity to learn how to make

one of your very own! Melanie Myron will share her techniques for creating copper foil stained glass artwork and guide students in her

Glassworks Workshop as you exercise your own happiness and learn foiling and soldering while cutting, grinding or choosing pre-cut glass pieces to incorporate into your star. The class is on Saturday, April

21, from 9-4 and the fee is $50 for ART 321 members; $75 for non-members. All supplies and materials are provided at no extra cost.

ART 321 announces a special pop-up Color Burst Workshop given by Chuck Smith and Margaret Johnson-Ayres, perfect for both begin-

ners and intermediate artists. Color Burst is a water soluble concen-trated microfine watercolor powder that can be used in an endless number of ways. The introductory session will be from 10-12 on Satur-

day April 28. A more advanced exploration of this versatile medium will be from 1:30-3:30 that same afternoon. Cost for the morning ses-sion is $10; the afternoon session is $15. The price to attend both

sessions is $20. No pre-registration is necessary.

Due to very high demand, ART 321 is pleased to be adding 4 more sessions of local metal artist Betsy Bower’s Metal Flowers Work-shop. Each class is limited to 8 students, so if you are interested,

please call or come by soon to sign up. Participants will use a plasma cutter and grinding tools, apply techniques for shaping their flower petals, learn some standard blacksmithing while hammering metal

that will become a stem and weld the pieces together to complete a metal flower. Additional dates will be: April 21 & 22; May 19 & 20; and July 21 & 22. Cost is $115 for ART 321 members, $130 for nonmem-

bers – plus a supply fee of $20 for each. Additional information is available at ART 321.

ART 321 announces the upcoming

activities for our 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Friday Eclectic Group. The cost to

attend each session is $5 and all are

welcome.

April 20 – Tapestry weaving – bring

some yarns & your scissors

April 27 – Button flowers for May Day

– bring wire cutters if you

have them

May 4 – Fantasy – Anything Goes –

bring a project, any

medium

ART 321 is pleased to announce the formation of a new artists group specifically designated for anyone interested in acrylic and oil painting. Starting on March 24, this group, facilitated by Sheri McCoid, will be meeting each

Saturday afternoon from 1-4. These informal group sessions are open to any artists and no advance registration is necessary. The cost is $5 per session and we ask you to bring some recent work to show and a project to work on while you are here.

Joanna LaPerriere Royal

September Costume Dress

Pat Christensen “Knit

Shrug”

Rachel Hawkinson “Mokume Gane

Brooch” Brass, Bronze, Wire

The Wyoming Colored Pencil Socie-

ty will meet at ART 321 on Tuesday, May 15 at 1:00. The cost is $5 and all artists interested in colored pen-

cil art are invited to attend. Please bring recent artwork to show, some in-progress work and your supplies

to use during the meeting.

Dorothy Beatty “Paisley Newsboy Cap”

SATURDAY WATERCOLOR CLASS

April 21 – Practice Session

April 28 – Day of Colorburst – Margaret

Johnson-Ayres and Chuck

Smith

May 5 - Practice Session

May 12 - Spring Flowers – Jennifer

Morss

May 19 - Practice Session

May 26 - Saving and Reclaiming

Whites - Ellen Black

June 2 - Practice Session

June 9 - Introduction to Pocket

Sketching – Neva Bodin

June 16 - Practice Session

June 23 - Painting Outdoors – Holly

Bryson

June 30 - Practice Session

Eddie Marron “Hand Painted Silk”

Ron Hayes & Shaun Peterson Workshop

Intermediate Photography

This course will benefit the beginner as well as the professional as they seek

to take their work to the next level and simplify work flow. Ron Hayes and

Shaun Peterson are both award winning, native Wyoming photographers who

are always seeking to increase their own knowledge of the Art of Photography

and to share that knowledge with all who are willing to learn. This course at Art

321 will be divided into 4 parts. Topics cover the transition from taking snap-

shots to creating works of art.

Bring plenty of paper to take notes and your camera for the many hands-on

activities woven into the 2 day session. The class is from 10-4 on both June 15

& 16 and the cost is $275 for Art 321 members; $300 for non-members.

Contact Us: 321 W. Midwest

Casper, Wyoming

82601

Phone: (307) 265-2655 Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 4 pm Free Admission Website: art321.org E-mail Addresses: susie@art321.org diane@art321.org info@art321.org brenda@art321.org contest@art321.org ART 321, Casper Artists’ Guild, Inc., a

non-profit organization, offers art op-

portunities and experiences for the edu-

cation and enjoyment of the citizens of

Casper and its surrounding region.

Edited for Art 321 by Carolyn Rodgers

Art 321

321 W. Midwest

Casper, Wy. 82601

Thanks to Cindy Millay for donating $50 to have this newsletter printed in color. If you would be willing to sponsor the color printing next month, please contact Susie or Di-ane. This provides a great way to spotlight members’ artwork and promote ART 321 activities!

THANKS

A big thank you goes to our front desk volunteers in

April: Neva Bodin, Pat Fonnesbeck, Ranae Ma-

son, Jude Booth, Diane Sanderson, Joanna La-

Perriere, Ellen Schreiner, Wanda Klietz, and

Beth Ann Pillen.

The week of April 24th through April 28 is a

great week to volunteer and would be greatly

appreciated!

We also give a big thank you to Carol Chapman,

Dorothy Morton, Jenna VonHofe and Joanna

LaPerriere for volunteering their time during the set-

up for the wildly successful Trunk show Saturday,

April 14!

Volunteers needed on Saturday, April 21 from 10-12 a.m. to help with sorting and organizing

items in the basement that have been donated for our 2018 yART Sale. Please call for more information or just show up that morning and

we will find a task to match your interests and capabilities.

Trunk Show - Neltje, Mary Jane, and

Kathy