richardson-arts.org February 2020

This Project is funded in part by the City of Richardson through the Richardson Arts Commission

Cecy Turner is the featured artist at the February 18th RCAS meeting. She will demonstrate her award-winning watercolor technique after a short business meeting that begins at 6:30 pm in the basement of the Richardson Public Library.Cecy Turner graduated from Vanderbilt University and did post-graduate study in art at University of North Texas.  She began painting in oils in 1969 and after several years switched to watercolor for about the next 25 years. Now she paints in both oil and watercolor and teaches workshops, as well as her regular watercolor classes. When asked which medium she prefers, she replies, “both.”

Feature articles about her have appeared in the current issue of Art of the West Magazine, as well as Artists Magazine, Watercolor Artist Magazine (cover), and she was chosen by Southwest Art Magazine as an "Artist to Watch."

Cecy holds Signature Memberships in the American Impressionist Society, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Southwestern Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Outdoor Painters Society, American Women Artists, Plein Air Artists Colorado, and is a Master Signature Member of Women Artists of the West.

Awards in the past two years include the President’s Award for Best Master Signature Member in Women Artists of the West 49th Annual Exhibition, Award of Excellence in the American Women Artists Exhibition at Tucson Desert Art Museum, and the Gold Award and Award of Excellence in the past two Estes Valley Plein Air events.

Cecy loves to paint plein air, and she now lives part of the year in Estes Park, Colorado, where she paints outdoors daily.

February Featured Artist: Cecy Turner - Watercolor

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February is known as a time to celebrate love, and one way to do that is to pour a lot of love into your artwork.  Our busiest art season is upon us.  The Call for Artists is already open for the 54th RCAS Annual Regional Art Exhibition and the entry deadline is March 9th!  Next up is the Spring Show and the Call for Artists will be open online on Saturday, March 15th .  I hope every RCAS member will enter one or both of these shows!  One of RCAS’s missions is to support projects that further the creative arts and empower artists of all ages.  To that end, we sponsor the annual Richardson

Independent School District’s Young People’s Show.  This year’s show will be hung in the 3rd floor gallery at the Richardson Public Library beginning on Friday, February 21st and will be taken down on Friday, March 13th.  There will be a winners’ reception on Tuesday, March 10th in the basement meeting room at the library from 6:00 to 7:00pm.  I hope you will all take the time to see the wonderful artwork of these high school students and I invite you to attend the reception as well. These young people are the future of the arts in Richardson and, hopefully, they will become members of the Richardson Civic Art Society when they are of age. Cecy Turner will be our demonstration artist at this month’s meeting. Many of you know and love her artwork already, so let’s give her a very warm welcome on Tuesday night! 

                  Hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day!Linda Clary

Message From RCAS President — Linda Clary

Getting to Know You - Jaclyn Blackerby

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My interest in art began at a young age when I started taking drawing classes in elementary school. I continued taking art classes through high school and into college, mainly focusing on pencil drawing. My interest in art led me to pursue a degree in Interior Design from Texas Tech University. My degree plan along with my decision to double minor in Architecture and Studio Art allowed me the opportunity to explore different art mediums in my classes, and that’s when I fell in love with watercolor painting.

After graduating from Texas Tech, I moved to Dallas in 2017 with my husband and our two dogs. I now split my time working as a watercolor artist, mainly selling online and in local shows, and part-time as a design consultant at the Daltile showroom in Plano. I sell my watercolor paintings, as well as prints and greeting cards, online through Etsy. I have also really enjoyed participating in several local art fairs, selling at Turtle Creek Fine Arts Festival last fall and participating in group shows through RCAS and Craighead Green Art Gallery.

I am inspired by nature and architecture and I love to capture the details and memories that make places unique in my art. I love to paint buildings, including commissions for new homes, wedding venues, and businesses, as well as old houses I stop to photograph on road trips throughout Texas. I especially enjoy participating in group shows and art fairs as a way to connect with people over art and meet other artists in the area.

At the January meeting, Tom Hands gave a presentation on Chasing Shapes Drawing and Painting. He emphasized using grids to transfer a drawing from a small photograph to a larger canvas or paper. By using the grid to capture just the shape within each grid, the artist gets a very close representation of the smaller image in the photograph.

Tom also showed some of his work in which he did not use the grid system and just drew or painted an image freehand. He challenged the audience to tell the difference between the results of the two techniques.

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January Featured Artist - Tom Hands

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January Paintings of the Month

January Painting of the Month winners from left to right:1st place: Sheliah Lonian: Nature’s Blessings (colored pencil) 2nd place: Alfred Graham: Reflections (pastel)3rd place: Ted Houston: Ed (oil)

RCAS Events

Richardson Today featured RCAS in a video as part of the Cultural Partnership Initiative. The video was shot at the January 21st meeting and features commentary by Linda Clary, Denise Weeren, and Tom Hands. You can view the video on the RCAS website. www.richardardson-arts.org .

RCAS Events

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The RCAS-sponsored Young People’s show will be on display on the third floor of the Richardson Public Library on February 22 - March 13. The awards ceremony will be held March 10th at 6:00 pm in the basement meeting room. Please attend if you can.

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RCAS Calls for Entry

Entry opens on the RCAS website on February 15th for the RCAS spring show. The Judge will be Marina Shterenberg, and the show will run March 21 - April 18.This exhibit is open to RCAS members and non-members, age 18 and over.The location of the exhibit will be on the 3rd floor of the Richardson Public Library at 900 Civic Center Drive, Richardson, TX 75080.

Please see the RCAS website for prospectus and details for entry.

RCAS Calls for Entry

• April 29th. through May 25th., 2020• Deadline for entering March 9th.• RCAS members receive a 25% discount• Reception, Sunday, May 10th. from 7:00PM to

9:00PM• Juror:  Deanna Thibault• Over $7,000 in cash and merchandise awards

• Please see the Prospectus and other informationon the RCAS website www.richardson-arts.org.

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2 Special thanks to Asel Art Supply for their continuedsupport of the RCAS Painting of the Month competition.

Please Support our Sponsors

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OFFICERS for 2019-2020 SeasonPresident      Linda ClaryVice President    Cheryl MabrySecretary         Jacklyn BlackerbyTreasurer        Michele PomellaParliamentarian  Mickey Archer

STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS for 2019-2020 SeasonSketchpad                            Judith PaffordMembership & Yearbook  Rosalinda Trevino StoneEmail Blast        Gwen RevinoHospitality        Bess SalomonDemos and Workshops     Cheryl MabryWebmaster        Steve MillerGraphic Designer       Ron StephensPhotographer        Mickey ArcherVideographer      Alfred Graham, Jr.Painting of the Month      Claudia Caudill & Kay HoagWelcome Desk        Sue KillingsworthFacebook & Show Data    Linda ClaryPublicity      Debbie Langham

Your RCAS Board and Chairperson Volunteers

Demonstrations & Show SchedulesGeneral Meeting and Art Demonstrations are 6:30p.m.– 8:45 p.m.

Third Tuesday of the month, September through MayBasement Meeting Room, Richardson Public Library

DATE DEMO ARTIST MEDIUM

Dec 17, 2019 - Christmas Party at Wylie Fine Art Gallery - small painting exchange

DATE CHAIRMAN CO-CHAIRMAN

VariousVarious

Various

Mickey Archer

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Feb 18, 2020 Cecy Turner Watercolor

Mar 17, 2020 Rusty Jones Plein Air Oil Painting

Apr 21, 2020 Sue Darte Fused glass art

May 19, 2020 Moina Sajja Acrylic & Resin Abstract

Feb 22 - Mar 13 Judith Pafford

Mar 22 - Apr 18

Apr 27 - May 26

Steve Sanderson

Marcus Bellah

Jun 27 - Aug 22

SHOW

Young Peoples

Spring Show

Regional

Summer Show

Huffhines Rec Ctr

Heights Rec Ctr

Civic Center

Ted Houston

Jonesy McConnell

Mickey Archer

Wendy Koehrsen

Denise Weeren

Denise Weeren

Jonesy McConnell

Invitations