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Artline Editor: Ray Almond, contact at : [email protected]
TAA website, and there will be
only a 10% commission on all
pieces sold .
Following the d”Art show will
be a new showing of one work
each by TAA members from
mid-September to mid-
December 2014 at the new
Norfolk Collegiate School’s
new Meredith Gallery, and
will be tentatively called : “A
Longer View”, (as the gallery
is both long and narrow) with
no restrictions on the age of the
work submitted, but size is
limited to 24 inches in either
direction unframed, and with
only a 25% commission on all
pieces sold.
And our inaugural 2015 TAA
show will be the TAA Juried
Portfolio Show of 3-4 works
each, to be held from January
1st to February 26
th 2015 at the
Art Institute of Virginia
Beach Gallery in the Towne
Center, and will be chaired by
TAA our members: Michelle
Barnes and Eloise Shelton-
Mayo.
And Barbara has also secured
our return after many years, to
exhibit our “TAA Miniature
Exhibition” at the Hermitage
Museum in the Spring of 2015
from May 16th
to 31st , and will
be chaired by former TAA
President, Maryanne Gamboa !
President’s Letter
May 2014
There will be no TAA 2014
May General Meeting, as
that General Meeting Sunday
date falls on Mother’s Day!
Our TAA artist biographer,
Eloise Shelton-Mayo has a
new profile about another
TAA photographer, Pam
Ponce, who has an opening
exhibition on this Saturday
May 3rd, of her new works
at the TCC Visual Arts
Center Building at High and
Court Streets on pages 5 & 6
below.
These past few weeks have
been very busy as our TAA
President-elect, Barbara
Hennig Loomis and I have
been lining up our future
2014-15 TAA shows so that
we have continued new
exhibitions for our members
to expand their presence in
both old and new venues.
Our first show of the new
2014-15 calendar year will
be the 2014 TAA “Members
Exhibition” at The d’Art
Center during the month of
August, and will be juried by
the Chrysler Museum’s chief
curator, Mr. Jeff Harrison,
and co-chaired by myself and
TAA’s Lynne Sward.
The Prospectus for the TAA
“Members Exhibition” will
be available soon on our
Tidewater Art Alliance for Visual Artists Non-profit organization
And TAA’s Edie White has
secured the Algonquin House
Party Room in Norfolk as the
location for our TAA “End-of-
Year Party” to be held from 1-
5:00 p.m. on Sunday, June
29th
. So mark your calendars
for this TAA Social Event !
Sincerely, Ray
Below is another famous artist
quote to ponder as we all are
continuing our path to making
better art to share with friends,
family, and society too.
“Who sees the human face
correctly: the photographer, the
mirror, or the painter ?”
Pablo Picasso 1881-1973
Executive Officers President —Ray Almond 1st. V.P.— Al Benas 2nd. V.P.— Barbara Hennig-Loomis
Treasurer— Jennifer Darnell-Young, CPA Secretary —Dianne Hottenstein
Board of Directors President: Ray Almond Director/1st VP: Al Benas Director/2nd VP: Barbara Hennig-Loomis Director/Treasurer: Jennifer Youngl, CPA Director/Secretary: Dianne Hottenstein Director/Web Master: Jeff Gallo Director/Membership: Mike Young Director/Past President: Mary Anne Gamboa
Member Volunteers Artistic Chair:
Position Available Artline Editor: Ray Almond (757) 638-5227 Treasurer/Controller: Jennifer Darnell-Young, CPA Exhibitions/Events:
Position available
History: M. Moore Nicholson 282-6982
Hospitality: Position available
Artline Member Biographies: Eloise –Shelton-Mayo (757) 563-2680 Membership:
Mike Young 624-9604 Photographers:
Jeff Gallo (757) 648-8466 Ray Almond, 714-7590 (backup)
General Meeting Programs: Position Available Public Relations:
Norman Goodwin 423-6305 Publicity:
Ray Almond 638-5227 Recruiting:
Position Available Reception Host:
Position available
Volunteer Coordinator:
Position Available Website curator:
Jeff Gallo (757) 648-8466
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Standard General Meeting Schedule:2013-14
Member’s Regular Meetings: 2nd Sunday each month at 2:00 p.m.. at the Gallery Shop building next to the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center,420 High Street, Portsmouth, Va.
Note: No May TAA 2014 General Meeting, on Sunday May 11
th,
as that Sunday is “Mother’s Day” weekend de Open” Show continues through
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Kudos Korner
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A Note about Kudos Submissions:
In order for Kudos Korner to applaud TAA Members, it is important for individual artists to submit their own good deeds (or those of
another artist!)
Submissions can be made via new TAA Editor email :
[email protected] by the 15th of every month for the next edition of our
Artline Newsletter. Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message,
and mention that it’s for ‘Kudos’!
Please follow normal guidelines for submitting to Artline: see the box on page 8
of this issue.
A “Special Thanks” to our TAA member volunteers : Michelle Barnes, Eloise Shelton-Mayo, Maryanne Gamboa, & Lynne Sward, who will be chairing or co-chairing our future 2014 - 2015 schedule of TAA Shows as noted in the “President’s Letter” on page 1 above. And our TAA President-elect, Barbara Hennig Loomis was the one most responsible for coordinating the dates, and who also contacted the venues to provide for the majority of these future shows for us all !
Above: TAA’s Pam Ponce and a fire -burned Dismal Swamp tree trunk. (See info about her new show at the bottom of page 4 below, and her biography on pages 5 & 6 below.)
( Above) PLEIN AIR PAINTING EVENT AT FORT MONROE Saturday, May 17, 9:00am to 5:00pm Seeing the beautiful and unusual architecture is one on the highlights with the Fort Monroe 1834 stone fortress, including moat, the largest in America. Sites include historic Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Chapel of the Centurion with Tiffany windows, Hotel Chamberlin and numerous other local structures. The varied landscape includes ancient windswept live oaks, beaches and marshes. $150 prize for the first place winner. $25 non-members ($20 HAL members)
TAA’s Nancy Topping Bazin won Second Prize for "Mosaic Wings and Crown" at the Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists' exhibit at Pavilion I in Towne Bank (located at the end of 264 East). This show is located on eight floors of the building with the exception of floors 5 and 2. The final day to see this exhibit is Friday, June 27th. (See photo of her work below)
Above: Schedule for an encaustic workshop by TAA’s Eloise Shelton-Mayo to be held in The Art Studio ,
In Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 18th
Another “Special Thanks” to TAA’s Maryanne Gamboa and especially our Edie White, who secured the “Party Room” of the very nice Algonquin for our
TAA “End-of-Year Party” !
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Current Local Art Shows to See or Enter of Note :
Continuing at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Va. Formerly known as the Courthouse Galleries,– (757) 393-8543 - email: [email protected] Mailing Address : 521 Middle Street , Portsmouth, Va. 23704
“Changing Appalacia” April 4 – July 6, 2014 and also “Art on a String”, Friday May 3 – June 20, 2014 Opening Friday May 2nd , 5:00- 8:00 p.m., music by Kayce & Lewis McGehee Exhibition Hours : Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.,· Sunday: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Closed Mondays, except Monday Holidays
“Changing Appalacia”- Custom to Cutting Edge Crafts & Visual Art Drawing from an abundance of natural resources from the Appalachian region, artists and artisans adapt the
heritage of mountain culture by assimilating new ideas and innovating on the old to create dynamic craft and
visual art. The exhibit offers maps, photos of the region, paintings, glass, textiles, ceramics and baskets to
showcase the diversity of the region.
“Art on a String”- In conjunction with the Atlantic Coast Kite Festival
Opening Reception, Friday, May 2nd
, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Atlantic Kite Festival, the Portsmouth Art & Cultural center
presents Art on a String. Kites made and collected by George Peters and Melanie Walker of Airworks Studio
offer a colorful display of kites in all shapes and sizes presenting their own kites as well as kites drawn from
their collection of international and American art kites. George Peters and Melanie Walker have been making
art, installations and kites for years from their base in Boulder, CO. Each has their own style and methods of
creation and both share their enthusiasm for kites with the international community. Melanie utilizes a giant
printer to impress photos into fabric that when complete the kite often takes on the shape of her subject. The
artists will be flying some of their kites at the Atlantic Coast Kite Festival in Portsmouth City Park on Sunday,
May 4th.
Continuing: April 4th
-May 18th
2014,The d’Art Center, Norfolk: located in the Selden Arcade, 208 E. Main St., Norfolk, Va. (757) 625-4211,http://www.d-rtcenter.org/
“24th
Annual Juried Mid- Atlantic Art Exhibition” through May 18
th
Best-in-Show Prize Awarded to Janice Gay-Maker on the Opening Night, April 4
th, 2014
( Photo of her award-winning art landscape work at left )
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Opening at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center 4205 Victoria Blvd. Hampton, VA 23669 – (757) 727-1490 - email: [email protected]
Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10:00a.m. - 6:00 p.m.-Weekends : 1:00p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Web Show 2012-13 Exhibition & Show Info : http://www.hamptonarts.net/charles-h-taylor-arts-center-/exhibitions
“Hampton Roads Artists Groups Juried Exhibition”
From: Saturday May 3rd – Sunday June 1st 2014
The tidewater area is home not only for many talented artists, but also groups of like- minded artists who have
banded together for their common interest of a shared media or creative endeavor. This invitational group
exhibition features artworks selected and submitted by sixteen of these numerous artists groups based in
Hampton Roads. The groups preselected entries from their artist members, which were then juried into the final
exhibition. The exhibition presents both two and three dimensional artworks in a wide range of media, style and
content. Some of the groups invited to participate include The Bead Society of Southeastern Virginia, Ceramic
Designers Association, Chesapeake Bay Art Association, Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists, 54-40 African-
American Quilters Guild, Hampton Arts League, Hampton Roads Digital Camera Club, Isle of Wight Art
League, Peninsula Glass Guild, Peninsula Watermedia Society, Poquoson Art League, This Century Art Gallery,
The Tidewater Art Alliance, Tidewater Turners and Williamsburg Spinners and Weavers Guild.
Sign Up for TAA Member Dr. Norman Goodwin’s “Continuing creative 4-week Studio Art Classes” :
“Creating Collage Mixed-media Works on paper and canvas” Next Class Begins: Wednesday May 7th,2014 from 1-3:00 p.m. at the One-Eleven Art Gallery, 111 Pennsylvania Ave. Norfolk, just off Granby Street. Call Norman at (757) 423-6305 for the required class materials, etc.! 4-week class only : $68.00 ! (or e-mail him at : [email protected] ( Norman’s Studio classes continue every 4 weeks, challenging your creativity, both painting and drawing with mixed-media -techniques of watercolor,acrylics,
oil-pastels, ink,etc., on both paper and canvas surfaces )
( Above: Dr. Norman Goodwin demonstrating one of his many methods of making mixed-media art in his class at the 111 Art Studio )
340 High Street, Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia More Info: Shelly Brooks (757) 822-1878
Exhibition Hours: All Week Sunday - Saturday, 9:00a.m. - 8:00p.m., - Web Show 2014-15 Exhibition Info : http://www.tcc.edu/students/specialized/vac/SHOWS/pponce.htm
“Fire & Water: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp” By TCC Faculty Member & TAA photographer: Pam Ponce
The Visual Arts Center of Tidewater Community College presents:
From Saturday May 3rd through Thursday June 19th 2014, and “Opening Night Reception”: Saturday May 3rd from 6:30 p.m.
A Gallery Talk by the Exhibiting Artists will be made Sunday, May 18 at 2:30pm
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Biography of TAA Photographer, Pam Ponce, by Eloise Shelton Mayo
In Fire & Water: A Tale of the Great Dismal
Swamp, May 3-June 19th at TCC's Visual Arts
Center in downtown Portsmouth, TAA artist Pam
Ponce introduces a visual and intellectual feast.
Saturday, May 3rd is the opening night and begins
with a gallery talk at 6:30pm and general opening
at 7:00pm. Pam features breathtaking panoramic
views, and enchanting sculptural pieces of the
Atlantic White Cedar in its transformed state, and
documents the delicate and complex ecosystems
of an area of the Great Dismal Swamp.
TAA member artist Pam Ponce is a petite dynamo
with a wealth of curiosity, knowledge and
determination. At seventeen she met her husband
Juan (a local ER physician) when he was her
partner in chemistry lab at Washington University
in St. Louis, Missouri. She was majoring in biology
and then went on to medical school. Pam worked
as a pediatrician for many years and later as a
physician in the public health sector. She and
Juan continued their medical careers in Virginia
Beach raising a family that includes sons Juan Jr.,
Andres, and daughter Ana. Newer additions are
grandkids Austin and Dylan.
What followed these successes for Pam was a
new enterprise in the arts. She had always
enjoyed photography and honed those skills, but
a workshop with former VAC director and local
artist Anne Iott at Tidewater Community College,
led her to a new vocation.
After more art exploration at TCC, Pam
attended Old Dominion University and received
her BFA in Printmaking there, followed by an
MFA from Norfolk State University and ODU.
Pam has taught classes at ODU for many years.
A longtime environmental activist and
volunteer, Pam created the “Green Sea” show
with the Nature Conservancy as her senior
show for her BFA. An Oyster Restoration
project followed as part of the MFA program,
featuring an oyster reef created at the Great
Neck District Park in Virginia Beach. The gallery
exhibit at the Hermitage for this work was
called “Ebb and Flow.”
Her interest in the delicate ecosystems of the
Great Dismal Swamp was first piqued after
reading a newspaper article on the fire that
smoldered there in 2008 and a listing of tours
to the public. What began as a photo
documentary on a particular area, near the
Corapeake Ditch of the Great Dismal Swamp,
evolved into a five-year project that also
became an ecological inquiry.
In 2003, Hurricane Isabel had damaged the
rare Atlantic White Cedar (AWC). A logging
company was hired to remove debris so new
AWC seedlings could be planted, but in 2008
sparks from logging equipment caused a fire
called South One. Eventually, thousands of
AWC were planted. She secured the necessary
permits to take photographs in this area that
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was closed off to the public, and in 2009/2010
documented the plants as they were coming back.
“The texture of this area is something special,” Pam
relates.
A lightning strike in 2011 started a fire called the
Lateral West Fire in this same area. “Since the peat
burned to a depth of five feet in some areas, the
ground level now remains lower than the water
level,” she explains. The areas that Pam could walk
on before were now completely underwater, and
she could no longer photograph as she had before.
Help from park ranger Delores Freeman and the
Youth Conservation Corp meant she was able to
retrieve some charred stumps from the swamp. Her
project, like the environment of the Great Dismal
Swamp was changing. It’s precarious and uncertain
what will happen there. “The area may become
marsh or a cypress community...only time will tell,”
Pam speculates.
Pam credits many people with helping her in
this process including U.S. Wildlife park
officials and rangers, the Youth Conservation
Corp, friends, tradesman and especially her
husband Juan. “My work would not have been
possible without his help and support,” she
says.
The delicate eco-systems and long history of
the Great Dismal Swamp are intriguing. Our
proximity in the Tidewater area to this
National Wildlife Refuge is a gift highlighted in
Pam’s stunning work. “I hope people that see
the show will contemplate the complex natural
system and appreciate the ever changing
cycles, like cycles of our lives,” she says. What
emanates is the deep respect she has for
nature. Pam sees and documents the
dichotomy of nature’s destruction,
transformed rebirth and haunting beauty.
( Above : “Horizontal Line”, Below: “Expanse of Destruction“ by TAA’s Pam Ponce )
See TCC show info at this link: http://www.tcc.edu/students/specialized/vac/SHOWS/pponce.htm
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New Class Beginning at The 111 Art Gallery in Norfolk
One-Eleven Art Gallery and Foundation,111 Pennsylvania Ave, (near the 3900 Block of Granby Street), Norfolk, Virginia. (757) 625-1110, Web: http://one11foundation.org/happening-now/
New Class Beginning at The 111 Art Gallery in Norfolk
Continuing at the 111Art Gallery, Norfolk:”Ireland”
One-Eleven Art Gallery and Foundation,111 Pennsylvania Ave, (near the 3900 Block of Granby Street), Norfolk, Virginia. (757) 625-1110, Web: http://one11foundation.org/happening-now/ Open by Appointment
-A Commemoration of scenes and the landscapes of Valentia
Island,Ireland Select plein air fine art works by: Barbara Lively
Mastaglio, Betsy Rivers-Kennedy, Ann Moore, Scott London, and Norma
Wilson.
A new Art Retreat at “Ring of Kerry – Valentina Island, June 29th
- July 6th
2014 Visit: http//www.valentiaart.com for more class information
A Beginning/Intermediate “Italic style” Calligraphy Class with TAA’s
Betsy Rivers-Kennedy, - A 6-Week Class to learn this method
Offered on Tuesday mornings. 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.,
Class beginning : Tuesday May 6th, 2014
$125/ for the 6-week course, and please register or
call Betsy by Monday, May 5th, as the class will be
limited to 8 students, and beginners are welcome !
Call Betsy to for more class info: (757) 434-8041
Or email Betsy : [email protected]
(Similar example of this calligraphy style at right)
Sharpen your skills by taking a class… Norfolk Drawing Group, Tuesday Nights ,7- 9:30 p.m. in
the Alchemy Building, 806 Granby St., Norfolk, Va.,23510
Email: [email protected]
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Norfolk-Drawing-Group/211671581320, & Flicker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacdraw/ The NDG meets every Tuesday evening from 7:00 to 9:30 pm. We start off with 1 minute and 5 minute poses and work our way up to 20 minute or 40 minute poses after the short poses. The first Tuesday of the month is Painting night. We meet at 7:00 to 10:00 pm and work on one 3 hr. pose. We welcome (age 18 and older) all artists and anyone interested in modeling for the group. Sessions cost $7.00/night or $20.00 for four consecutive sessions. Students with proper ID can pay $3.00.
“Italic Hand” taught by Betsy Rivers-Kennedy at One-Eleven
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You can help the Arts in Virginia—Here’s how!!
Virginians now have the opportunity to contribute part of
their state income tax refund to the Virginia Arts Foundation by checking a box on their return form. It’s never been so simple to support the arts in Virginia.
Because the foundation may receive but not solicit private funds, money will have to come from the purchase of arts license plate and other special sources, such as this tax check off box.
The interest on all funds received will be distributed in grants by the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Please help support the arts in Virginia. Check off a contribution for the Virginia Arts Foundation on your state income return. It’s one of the most important checks you can write – and now, it’s one of the easiest.
Check out the news from some of our sister organizations in the Tidewater Area:
Chesapeake Bay Art Association (CBAA):
http://www.chesapeakebayartassociation.com/
Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists CBW): http://www.chesapeakebaywatercolorists.com/
D’Art Center
http://www.d-artcenter.org/
Charles H. Taylor Arts Center http://www.hamptonarts.net/
The Artists Gallery
www.theartistsgallery.org Norfolk Botanical Gardens 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. daily ( Regular grounds access fees apply ) See : http://norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/programs-events/indoor-exhibits
…and remember to check our own TAA website often:
www.tidewaterartalliance.com
Note : New email address for submitting items for the TAA Artline : Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message! (...unless you want your message to get lost in the tons
of email your editor receives every day.) If your message doesn’t say “Artline” it might get rejected as trash! Each photo needs its own caption, in its own email. Please send each photo, properly captioned, in a separate email. Use
another email for each additional photo, along with its caption. That way your Editor won’t get photos mixed up with the wrong caption. Please limit file size to about 1megabyte per photo. (1 MB is sufficient for online viewing, and we’re not printing posters here!) What’s a proper caption? Please write a full sentence, identifying the principal people or art pieces in the photo, with an explanation
of what’s going on (which event, award, etc.) Feature Articles: If you have an idea for a feature article (say, to highlight your work or a favorite technique), make the suggestion to
your editor, Ray Almond ( [email protected] ), who will be glad to work with you to produce your article. And include “Artline” in your subject line! Please!! Deadline: 15
th of the preceding month.
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New Website for the Arts in Hampton Roads…
www.artscenehamptonroads.com
(Just click on it; in case you haven’t noticed, all links shown in Artline are live!)
Calls to Artists, for the 2014 timeframe
To get newly posted calls, please check the following websites often:
http://professionalartistmag.com/ http://www.artshow.com/juriedshows/
http://www.callsforartists.com/ http://www.d-artcenter.org/
The listings there will be more comprehensive and up-to-date than any listing copied into Artline. If you know of any other websites for Artist Calls, please send what you know to your Artline editor ( [email protected] ) for
printing in future issues for other members’ benefit.
Won a prize? Got into a show? Been selected as a juror? Tell your editor about it, and you may be featured in a
future issue of Artline!
Don’t be bashful!