Welcome to the blog of the Wisconsin Visual Artists' Guild! We are a group of creative and inspiring artists from northcentral Wisconsin exhibiting work in all visual media including fiber arts, painting, photography, sculpture and more.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Beaver Dam Area Art Association Opportunity
BDAAA is a member of Beaver Dam Downtown, Inc., helping to revitalize our downtown. The Beaver Dam Downtown Promotions Committee would like to invite artists that are interested, to be included in the new River Market, held each 2nd Saturday of the month, beginning July 9. Attached you will find the vendor application, along with more information. Or, stop by the Seippel Art Center to pick up an application
Sunday, May 29, 2011
WVAG 2011 Members Only Exhibit
HERE IS THE LINK to the entry form for the 2011 WVAG Members only show
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Commission Opportunity
New Percent for Art Commission Available
Wisconsin Arts Board
Deadline: By 3:00 PM on June 8, 2011
“The Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art program announces a new commission opportunity for the UW Madison Lakeshore Residence Hall. This commission opportunity is open to artists living in the Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota
Wisconsin Arts Board
Deadline: By 3:00 PM on June 8, 2011
“The Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art program announces a new commission opportunity for the UW Madison Lakeshore Residence Hall. This commission opportunity is open to artists living in the Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota
Meeting tonight
Sorry for the late reminder. My yard and garden have been holding me captive!
There will be a meeting at the clinic on Thursday the 26th.
Social hour 5 - 6 pm
Meeting @ 6 pm.
Please don't forget ..... the doors are locked at 6pm; so arrive early.
Our next exhibit, "Summer Retreat" is an open show (no theme.) It hangs on June 7. Entries have been arriving.
Entry forms for our Guild Members' show at the CVA in June will be handed out.
Hope to see you soon!
Sharon & ChandraLyn
-- Post From Ricks iPhone
There will be a meeting at the clinic on Thursday the 26th.
Social hour 5 - 6 pm
Meeting @ 6 pm.
Please don't forget ..... the doors are locked at 6pm; so arrive early.
Our next exhibit, "Summer Retreat" is an open show (no theme.) It hangs on June 7. Entries have been arriving.
Entry forms for our Guild Members' show at the CVA in June will be handed out.
Hope to see you soon!
Sharon & ChandraLyn
-- Post From Ricks iPhone
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
3Day Artists retreat in Wausau
Please help us spread the word about an exciting new opportunity available to all artists - a three-day artists' retreat offered in the Wausau area by the Woodson Art Museum, September 11-14, 2011, and led by 2011 Master Artist James Coe. This will provide an exciting crescendo to the 36th annual Birds in Art opening weekend.
I've attached a pdf of the brochure and a link to the same item that's posted on our website. Please distribute to your members or any and all who might be interested in participating in this great opportunity. Because space is limited to 10 participants, they might appreciate learning about this as soon as possible. We're thinking that those artists who live in the area might find this particularly attractive because, for them, it would not require extra expense for lodging or evening meals.
Here's the item I posted on the Museum's Facebook page today:
This fall's Birds in Art opening weekend will be followed by a three-day plein air workshop led by 2011 Master Artist James Coe. Ten participants and Coe paint outdoors in the Wausau area, at Mead Wildlife Area, Nine Mile, and Sylvan Hill. Open to all until the ten spaces are full; see this link to a brochure for details about reserving your spot!
http://www.lywam.org/media/JamesCoeWorkshopFlyer.pdf
Thank you for your assistance in getting the word out to those who might like to take advantage of this new opportunity!
Best regards,
Amy
Amy Beck
Marketing & Communications Manager
Woodson Art Museum
700 N. 12th St.
Wausau, WI 54403-5007
715.845.7010 - office
715.845.7103 - fax
abeck@lywam.org
Luminous, mysterious digital images offer a surreal reimagining of Lewis Carroll's classic tale in "Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor," on view April 9 through June 19, 2011.
-- Post From Ricks iPhone
I've attached a pdf of the brochure and a link to the same item that's posted on our website. Please distribute to your members or any and all who might be interested in participating in this great opportunity. Because space is limited to 10 participants, they might appreciate learning about this as soon as possible. We're thinking that those artists who live in the area might find this particularly attractive because, for them, it would not require extra expense for lodging or evening meals.
Here's the item I posted on the Museum's Facebook page today:
This fall's Birds in Art opening weekend will be followed by a three-day plein air workshop led by 2011 Master Artist James Coe. Ten participants and Coe paint outdoors in the Wausau area, at Mead Wildlife Area, Nine Mile, and Sylvan Hill. Open to all until the ten spaces are full; see this link to a brochure for details about reserving your spot!
http://www.lywam.org/media/JamesCoeWorkshopFlyer.pdf
Thank you for your assistance in getting the word out to those who might like to take advantage of this new opportunity!
Best regards,
Amy
Amy Beck
Marketing & Communications Manager
Woodson Art Museum
700 N. 12th St.
Wausau, WI 54403-5007
715.845.7010 - office
715.845.7103 - fax
abeck@lywam.org
Luminous, mysterious digital images offer a surreal reimagining of Lewis Carroll's classic tale in "Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor," on view April 9 through June 19, 2011.
-- Post From Ricks iPhone
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Woodson Workshop
Subject: new plein air workshop offered by Woodson Art Museum
Please help us spread the word about an exciting new opportunity available to all artists - a three-day artists' retreat offered in the Wausau area by the Woodson Art Museum, September 11-14, 2011, and led by 2011 Master Artist James Coe. This will provide an exciting crescendo to the 36th annual Birds in Art opening weekend.
I've attached a pdf of the brochure and a link to the same item that's posted on our website. Please distribute to your members or any and all who might be interested in participating in this great opportunity. Because space is limited to 10 participants, they might appreciate learning about this as soon as possible. We're thinking that those artists who live in the area might find this particularly attractive because, for them, it would not require extra expense for lodging or evening meals.
Here's the item I posted on the Museum's Facebook page today:
This fall's Birds in Art opening weekend will be followed by a three-day plein air workshop led by 2011 Master Artist James Coe. Ten participants and Coe paint outdoors in the Wausau area, at Mead Wildlife Area, Nine Mile, and Sylvan Hill. Open to all until the ten spaces are full; see this link to a brochure for details about reserving your spot!
http://www.lywam.org/media/JamesCoeWorkshopFlyer.pdf
Thank you for your assistance in getting the word out to those who might like to take advantage of this new opportunity!
Woodson Art Museum
700 N. 12th St.
Wausau, WI 54403-5007
715.845.7010 - office
715.845.7103 - fax
abeck@lywam.org
-- Post From Ricks iPhone
Rhinelander School of the Arts
Subject: School of the Arts at Rhinelander - Registration now open
Stimulate and sustain your creative side!
Registration for the 48th Annual School of the Arts at Rhinelander is now open.
Join us for a week of creative exploration and renewal in the beautiful Wisconsin Northwoods.
More than 40 classes will be offered this year in visual and folk arts, photography and computer arts, music, theater, mind-body-spirit, and writing. Additional activities throughout downtown Rhinelander will make this a remarkable, fulfilling week.
Visit www.soawisconsin.org for more information, and to register.
-- Post From Ricks iPhone
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Summer Retreat Entries
Entries for "Summer Retreat" are starting to come in.
Please note:
This is an open show; there is no theme.
Artistic statements are not required. If you choose to have a statement hung next to your work,
it needs to be emailed to me by May 27th. Statements will not be typed from handwritten or typed ones included with your entry.
ALSO....
Change in entry fees.......
Members: $15 each piece or $35 for 3 ($5 per additional piece as space allows)
Non-Members: $35 first piece, $5 per additional piece, if space is available
Change in Sales Commission from 35% to 25%.
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's art on June 7th when we hang the show.
Have a great day!
Sharon
Culture and Agriculture
Several of our members have been juried into New Visions' "Culture & Agriculture" National Exhibit.
So far these are members that I know have been juried in.
Karen Aulik-Now
Sharon L. Dowis
Sharon Feathers
Pat Plunkett
Betsy Popp
If you were juried in, please let me know so we can get all our names on the blog!
Thanks ..... Sharon
-- Post From Ricks iPhone
Saturday, May 14, 2011
New April Meeting Minutes
Some of the dates were wrong on the first upload so here is the new one.
CLICK HERE to read the meeting minutes
CLICK HERE to read the meeting minutes
Rick Eyre WVAG Page
I think I was the first one. It looks great!
Simple address too.......www.wvaguild.com/RickEyrePhoto
How simple is that
Click here to see how it looks
Good Job Mark!!
We should all take advantage of this opportunity. It's 2011. Everyone wants to know what your web site is. Even if you already have one, when Google is looking for you the more places your name is on the web the easier it is for you to be found.
Simple address too.......www.wvaguild.com/RickEyrePhoto
How simple is that
Click here to see how it looks
Good Job Mark!!
We should all take advantage of this opportunity. It's 2011. Everyone wants to know what your web site is. Even if you already have one, when Google is looking for you the more places your name is on the web the easier it is for you to be found.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Exhibit from Patrick Plunkett
There is a free sculpture exhibit put on by three-dimensional design students at the University of Wisconsin Marathon Country campus from May 5 through May 18. The hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and Sunday noon to 5:00 PM. The exhibit is located in the Ahrnsbrak Room # 182. The gallery is located close to the south entrance to the UWMC at 518 S. Seventh Avenue in Wausau.
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-- Post From My iPhone
OK People. Here's the deal.......
Please make absolutely positively sure you have the right address and web site address and blog address for the guild.
The main sticking point is the address........
There is no "P.O." anywhere in the address!!!!
There is no use of the word "Box" in the address!!!
It turns out if you use either one of those the chances of it getting to where you want it to go drops quickly. The problem is the Post Office sees that as something that should be put in a box at the post office and that is the last anyone ever sees of it.
The actual place the mail is going is a place called "Going Postal" in Wausau. It's over by Menards and Home Depot. That is where the mail is picked up. We have a box there that our mail gets put into. Seems easy enough.
So be sure when you send something to the guild it looks like this...............
WVAG
607 S. 24th Ave. #147
Wausau, WI 54401
No use of the letters "P" or "O" and certainly no use of the word "Box"
OK. Now for the web site................
The actual web site is what Mark has recently re-vamped from head to toe. And looks great by the way. I already submitted info to him on me and my photography and he implemented it that same day and it looks great. You should do that too!
Anyway, that is the public face of the guild. That is the web site address that is on the business cards and where new people go to find out who we are, where we are, and what we do. It's web address is.................. www.wvaguild.com
Please click on this and save it as a favorite, put it in your address book. Tattoo it on your shoulder, carve it into the park bench, do whatever it takes.
Last but not least....... The Blog.....
The blog is the day to day events and goings on that member would like to know about. Things that members sent me don't go on the web site. Send things like your profile and things you want the public to see on our web site to Mark. Things like upcoming shows, announcements of all sorts, exhibit opportunities you want the membership to know about, all goes to Rick Eyre at mail4rick@mac.com. I will post it forthwith.
That address is......... ready?......... http://wvag.blogspot.com/
No "www", periods only where they are shown above, yada yada yada. Please click on that site and paste it to your favorites so you don't have to try to remember it later, spray paint it on the side of your house, on any overpass you can find, any passing trains, etc
Thanks
Rick
The main sticking point is the address........
There is no "P.O." anywhere in the address!!!!
There is no use of the word "Box" in the address!!!
It turns out if you use either one of those the chances of it getting to where you want it to go drops quickly. The problem is the Post Office sees that as something that should be put in a box at the post office and that is the last anyone ever sees of it.
The actual place the mail is going is a place called "Going Postal" in Wausau. It's over by Menards and Home Depot. That is where the mail is picked up. We have a box there that our mail gets put into. Seems easy enough.
So be sure when you send something to the guild it looks like this...............
WVAG
607 S. 24th Ave. #147
Wausau, WI 54401
No use of the letters "P" or "O" and certainly no use of the word "Box"
OK. Now for the web site................
The actual web site is what Mark has recently re-vamped from head to toe. And looks great by the way. I already submitted info to him on me and my photography and he implemented it that same day and it looks great. You should do that too!
Anyway, that is the public face of the guild. That is the web site address that is on the business cards and where new people go to find out who we are, where we are, and what we do. It's web address is.................. www.wvaguild.com
Please click on this and save it as a favorite, put it in your address book. Tattoo it on your shoulder, carve it into the park bench, do whatever it takes.
Last but not least....... The Blog.....
The blog is the day to day events and goings on that member would like to know about. Things that members sent me don't go on the web site. Send things like your profile and things you want the public to see on our web site to Mark. Things like upcoming shows, announcements of all sorts, exhibit opportunities you want the membership to know about, all goes to Rick Eyre at mail4rick@mac.com. I will post it forthwith.
That address is......... ready?......... http://wvag.blogspot.com/
No "www", periods only where they are shown above, yada yada yada. Please click on that site and paste it to your favorites so you don't have to try to remember it later, spray paint it on the side of your house, on any overpass you can find, any passing trains, etc
Thanks
Rick
Besty Popp and Rick Eyre Exhibit at Nicolet College
Nature, Travel, & Adventure - Through the Eyes of Artist Betsy Popp and Photographer Rick Eyre
Nicolet Art Gallery, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, is hosting a thesis exhibit of landscape oil paintings, and a variety wood sculptures by Townsend artist Betsy Popp and photographs from world traveling Wausau photographer Rick Eyre.
The exhibition runs from May 20 - June 10
Please join Betsy and Rick for the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 28th at 7:00 pm.
Or, when your schedule permits; Summer Gallery hours: Monday - Thursday 8 am - 6 pm, Friday 8 am - 4 pm.
Major Presentation!! Do not Miss!!!
REMINDER!
You won't want to miss this ........
Presentation by Tom Lidtke, Executive Director,
The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MWA) in West Bend, Wisconsin.
May 12th, 6:30 pm
Howard Johnson Inn & Conference Center
2101 North Mountain Road | Wausau, WI 54401
This year the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MWA) is making presentations
to over 50 Wisconsin regional artists groups in order to inform and
update the state’s artists on the progress of building a new museum that
will feature Wisconsin Art from all timeframes.
The presentation will include Images of the facility, exhibition programming
and how Wisconsin artists can benefit as a result of the museum’s expansion plan.
There will be over a half dozen ways in which Wisconsin artists can be represented
in the new facility and or its exhibition and archive programming. They
range from one opportunity which any Wisconsin artists can qualify for
to more exclusive major exhibitions by some of the state’s most significant
artists and artist movements.
I hope you can attend this worthwhile presentation
Sharon L. Dowis
Exhibit Director
Wisconsin Visual Artists' Guild
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You won't want to miss this ........
Presentation by Tom Lidtke, Executive Director,
The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MWA) in West Bend, Wisconsin.
May 12th, 6:30 pm
Howard Johnson Inn & Conference Center
2101 North Mountain Road | Wausau, WI 54401
This year the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MWA) is making presentations
to over 50 Wisconsin regional artists groups in order to inform and
update the state’s artists on the progress of building a new museum that
will feature Wisconsin Art from all timeframes.
The presentation will include Images of the facility, exhibition programming
and how Wisconsin artists can benefit as a result of the museum’s expansion plan.
There will be over a half dozen ways in which Wisconsin artists can be represented
in the new facility and or its exhibition and archive programming. They
range from one opportunity which any Wisconsin artists can qualify for
to more exclusive major exhibitions by some of the state’s most significant
artists and artist movements.
I hope you can attend this worthwhile presentation
Sharon L. Dowis
Exhibit Director
Wisconsin Visual Artists' Guild
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Sharon Rotz Latest Exhibit
Uninhibited Growth40"x34"Sharon V. Rotz
You are invited to view the art quilts ofPat Kroth and Sharon Rotzat theWisconsin Arts Board and Dept. of AdministrationLobby ExhibitApril 25, 2010 - June 17, 2011
WI Department of Administration Lobby101 East Wilson St.Madison, WI
Sharon V. Rotz
Mosinee, WI 54455
Members web space now available!!
The FREE WVAG Member Webpage Template is now uploaded to our website. Member artists can choose from 4 different slide show templates.
For those who do not have their own website and would like their own webpage hosted on the WVAG website, please go here...
http://wvaguild.com/ArtistWebpageTemplate.html
After I design it for you, the link you can then put on business cards for your own webpage would be...
http://wvaguild.com/"YourArtistNameHere".html
Read through the page for more information on how to proceed. I am offering this FREE to all WVAG members.
However, if you would like the page to be customized in any way beyond the free options...
Or would like your own complete website designed by me (hosted elsewhere) I do charge a fee for it, but I will donate 10% of any fees associated with that back to the WVAG.
For more information, or to submit info and photos for inclusion on your own WVAG webpage, please e-mail me at...
markm@2ndnaturecreations.com
Thanks, Mark Mittlesteadt
For those who do not have their own website and would like their own webpage hosted on the WVAG website, please go here...
http://wvaguild.com/ArtistWebpageTemplate.html
After I design it for you, the link you can then put on business cards for your own webpage would be...
http://wvaguild.com/"YourArtistNameHere".html
Read through the page for more information on how to proceed. I am offering this FREE to all WVAG members.
However, if you would like the page to be customized in any way beyond the free options...
Or would like your own complete website designed by me (hosted elsewhere) I do charge a fee for it, but I will donate 10% of any fees associated with that back to the WVAG.
For more information, or to submit info and photos for inclusion on your own WVAG webpage, please e-mail me at...
markm@2ndnaturecreations.com
Thanks, Mark Mittlesteadt
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