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Wisconsin Visual Artists Guild .

The WVAG Forms Link above still works.

Upcoming exhibits: Next Show -
Winter Show - January 16 2023 - May 12 2023
January 2 , Entries and emailed info due.
January 13 , Deliver art and install show.

Spring/Summer Show - May 15 2023 - September 15 2023
May 1, Entries and emailed info due.
May 15, Deliver art and install show.

Fall Show and Cancer Care Fund Raiser -
September 18 2023 - January 12 2024
September 4, Entries and emailed info due.
September 15, Deliver art and install show.

WVAG 2022 Fall Show - Marshfield Clinic Weston Center

Best of Show: Carol Hettinga - Hidden Falls

First Place: Mary Therese Murphy - The Waterfall

Second Place: Cindy Markowski - Fall Rest Stop

Third Place: Connie Henke - End of Season

Honorable Mention 1 Jackie Lescher - Autumn Leaves

Honorable Mention 2 Vicky Helms - Something was Amiss

Honorable Mention 3 Dawn Olson - Maui Mood

WVAG Summer Show 2022
Congraulations to all the winners.

Best of Show - Orange Poppy
Carol Hettinga

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First Place - Firmly, Like Attaching an Anchor to a Balloon
Vicky Helms

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Second Place - Segments 1
Pat Gaska

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Third Place - "The Emerald Sea" Ruth Fromstein

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Honorable Mention - Daisies
Connie Henke

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Honorable Mention - Garden Lilly
Cindy Markowski

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Honorable Mention -
Maternal Instinct Jackie Michael

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Honorable Mention -
Last Day of Summer Jim Martinsen

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GREAT NEWS!
Donna Gregg will be teaching an
Alcohol Ink class

at Wesley United Methodist Church - Fellowship Hall
1101 Elm St, Wausau, WI 54401

1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18.
Donna will be supplying the surfaces to be inked - a tablet of acetate sheets, and tiles to paint also. She also has all the inks and accessories too.
All you need to do is show up!
Thank you Donna for holding this class for us. I'm excited to learn something new!

Our next Spring/Summer show at Marshfield Clinic will be Friday, May 6, 2022 from 3:00-5:00. Hopefully you've all been preparing for the upcoming show. I need all your new artwork information by Thursday, April 21, 2022. Entry fee is as follows: First 3 entries in the Judged show are $10 each. Add $5 for each additional piece up to a total of 6. Just the Judged show on the first floor and the Attic show on the second floor will be held. Please email Viki Helms vjhelms87@gmail.com with your entries and snail mail Vicky your filled-out entry forms and check. Please contact Vicki if you need a copy of the entry forms.
Send entries & check to: WVAG Show Entry 607 S. 24th Avenue, #147 Wausau, WI 54401
We only have 2 hours to set up our show so please pick up your old artwork at the Clinic during the week of May 6th. Also please show up early for the new show - like 3:15 on Friday - to drop off your new artwork. Brochures and tags for your artwork will be completed. Janice asks that we be respectful to patients as there are still appointments. Only 3-4 people are allowed in the hallways at any given time on both floors.
Happy Creating! Vicky Helms

The October 28 , 2021 meeting of the WVAG will be held at The Palms, 5912 Business 51 in Schofield at 5:00pm. Anna, at The Palms has accepted the WVAG display our art in 2022. There will be much to discuss.

WVAG Fall Show Our judge for the 2021 Fall show was Mary Robinson.
Congraulations to all the winners.

Best of Show - Amphibian Amore
Dawn Olson

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First Place - Rhino Horn
Cindy Markowki

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Second Place - "Hanging" with Louie
Lois Kuether

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Third Place - "Drgaon Fly" J.K. Roche and Mark Schermeister

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Honorable Mention - Into the Foggy Night
Pat Gaska

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Honorable Mention - Red Betta
Donna Greg

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Honorable Mention - The Prairie River in May
Carol Hettinga

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Honorable Mention - Suspended in Time
Jackie Michael

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  WVAG September Meeting has been cancelled

Mark this date on your calendar….THURSDAY,  October  28 

WVAG MONTHLY MEETING…5:00PM

WE WILL MEET  on OCTOBER 28TH AT 5:00PM  AT THE PIZZA RANCH in Weston.

 Hope to see you there.

                                                                AGENDA
Treasury Report: Cindy Markowski
                                                        MEMBER REPORTS
Networking: Gail Jaeger
Exhibition of our art at the Timekeeper Distillery : Lois Kuether
Set up Pay Pal for WVAG: Vicky Helms
2022 Art Rummage Sale: Gary & Robyn Winn and Jerry Toftum

                                                        MONTHLY MEETINGS
October 28st. 5:00pm, Pizza Ranch
No meetings in November and December

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After a long delay, the art display at the Marshfield Clinic Weston Center was changed on August 20th, 2021. Due to Covid Virus concerns the schedule for future shows needs to be approved by the Marshfield Clinic staff. 

Meetings for the WVAG are no longer being held at the clinic meeting room. The venue has been changed to the  Pizza Ranch meeting room located on Schofield Ave in Weston. 

A change to the way the art at the clinic is sold has been implemented. Each individual artist will be responsible for selling their own art,  The artist's name and phone number will be printed on the tag for each individual painting. 

WVAG - Art at Marshfield Clinic Weston Center Summer 2019

BEST OF SHOW RHINO AT SUNSET ACRYLIC BY CINDY MARKOWSKI
FIRST PLACE DAISY WAITING PASTEL BY  ANDREA FENNER
SECOND PLACE GENTLE FLOW FIBER BY PAT GASKA
THIRD PLACE FUCHSIA IN THE RAIN ACRYLIC & WHITE INK by GAIL JAEGER
Honorable Mention WILLIE NELSON OIL BY CAROL HETTINGA
Honorable Mention FUCHSIA IN THE RAIN II MIXED MEDIA by CINDY BROWN
Honorable Mention HOME PORT PHOTOGRAPHY by JIM MARTINSEN
OUR JUDGE WAS   DIANA WEBER OSYPOWSKI PROFESSIONAL ARTIST AND RETIRED ART INSTRUCTOR

June 27 2019 Meeting

The summer show was judged last Friday June 21. Come to the WVAG meeting at at the Marshfield Clinic Weston Center to view the well deserved award winners this Thursday June 27.

 Remember the doors may be locked after 5:30 PM. Check the WVAG Blogspot to check the entrances that can be used after 5:30 PM.

Sharon Feathers will be hostng the Meeting.
Pat Plunkett will be gining a presentation on Artistic Safety.

 Artistic Safety Inspiration: Observations of lack of personnel safety on TV, things I hear and observe, personal experiences, have inspired me to give this talk. Boring, maybe but –very important to keep people from getting injured or worse. Knowledge of rules of safety can prevent loss of hearing, sight, ability to breath, and possibly save a life – not a dramatic statement, just fact.

Wisconsin Visual Artist Guild  April 25 2019 Meeting

    The next meeting of the Wisconsin Visual Artist Guild will be on Thursday, April 25th
Meetings are held in the first floor conference room at Marshfield Clinic - Weston Center, 3501 Cranberry Blvd, Weston, WI.

    At the last meeting several people said they thought the meetings would be more interesting if we could present short demos at the meetings.  Jackie Lescher has volunteered to give a short presentation on adding texture or collage to your acrylic paintings.

During the business part of the meeting we will be selecting the artist(s) who will be featured artist for the summer show which will be hung the first week in June. Definition of what it means to be a featured artist will also be discussed and refined so we can post the information on the WVAG blog.

If you have other issues you would like to discuss at the April meeting please add comments to this post on the WVAG Blog. Thank you

WVAG - Art at the Airpot CWA Spring 2019

CWA now has 3 hour free parking. If you are picking up friends or family from the airport ,  stop by the gallery.  Here are just a few of the offerings on  display until June 2019.

Carol Hettinga

Andrea Fenner

Dawn Olson

Jackie Lescher

Carolyn Thi

Nancy Laliberte

WVAG -  2019 Spring Show Winners

at the Reaching New Heights Gallery inside

Marshfield Clinic-Weston Center

3501 Cranberry Blvd.

Weston, WI  54476

The Gallery is located on the 1st and 2nd Floors.

Gallery Hours - Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

BEST OF SHOW

GLIMPSES OF THE BAY

A WATERCOLOR BY

CAROL HETTINGA

FIRST PLACE

BEYOND THE OAK TREE

A WATERCOLOR BY

THEDA NEUBAUER-HEWUSE

SECOND PLACE

QUIET LIGHTS

FIBER BY

PAT GASKA

THIRD PLACE

SAFE HARBOR

A PHOTOGRAPH BY

JIM MARTINSEN

HONORABLE MENTION

JUNGLE KING

OIL BY

LOIS KUETHER

Our judge was Carol Strand a retired art teacher from the Wittenberg- Birnamwood School District .

WVAG -  2018 Winter Show Winners

 BEST OF SHOW

           EARTH,WIND,AND FIRE 

OIL PAINTING BY  CAROL HETTINGA 

 FIRST PLACE 

                                                          CHECKING THE MENU 

                                  PASTEL ON SUEDE MATBOARD BY ANDREA FENNER

  SECOND PLACE 

                                                         LIKE A BRIDGE OVER 

                               FABRICATED METAL SCULPTURE  BY PATRICK PLUNKETT 

THIRD PLACE 

                                                                   THE HOMESTEAD

                                              PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHARON FEATHERS 

HONORABLE MENTION 

                                                   HIGH IN THE PINES

                                          ACRYLIC PAINTING BY CINDY MARKOWSKI

 HONORABLE MENTION        

EILEEN 

PHOTOGRAPHY BY 

JIM MARTINSEN    

Our judge was Steve Loftus .

He  has studied and taught in England, has a Masters Degree from UW Madison .

Former President Wi.Art Education Association and taught 36 years in the Wausau School District.