WVAG Member News

Congratulations to WVAG Members participating in the following shows:

24th Annual Midwest Seasons 
January 10 - March 15, 2014
Center for the Visual Arts, 427 N 4th St., Wausau, WI

"Ravens In The Backyard"

Christine Alfery

40x30
 On Paper

Award of Excellence winner • 24th Annual Midwest Seasons 

Members:  Christine Alfery, Sharon Dowis, Bette Ebel, Sharon Feathers, Terry Gunderson Shulta, and David Kapszukiewicz.

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Winters Garden 

January 23 - February 16, 2014

Riverfront Arts Center, 1200 Crosby Ave., Stevens Point, WI

"Social Climbers" by Sharon Rotz; 

photo by Riverfront Arts Center

Members:  Sharon Dowis, Sharon Feathers, Terry Gunderson Shulta, Gail Jaeger, Sally Johnson, Cindy Markowski, Theda Neubauer Hewuse, Sharon Rotz, and Audrey Wilde.

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"Fairies Series" and "Artist Muse" Series – Christine Alfery Exhibit 

February 1 - March 31, 2014

Presque Isle Community Library, Presque Isle, WI

Christine will give a presentation at 2 p.m. at the Presque Isle Library on Monday February 17th on: "An Imaginary Place That Really Exists."  Christine says, "To create art an artist must have courage to search and embrace the mystery that lies deeply within the notions of the real and the imagined. To find the song and dance within a work of art the artist must be the medium in which song and dance are transmitted.  Each time I approach a blank canvas I gather up my courage and embrace that space where she allows herself to dance and sing." She will be talking about the spirit and inspirations within her work, the artists muse.

You can view Christine's artwork during the following hours at the Presque Isle Community Library, MWF 10 to 4, Tues/Thurs 4 to 9 and Saturdays 10 to noon.  For more information call the library at 715 686 7613.  Be sure to tell the library staff that you are there to see Christine's work.

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Central Wisconsin Cultural Center "Featured Artist" - Nancy Laliberte

February 1 - March 1, 2014

Central Wisconsin Cultural Center, 

240 Johnson St., Wisconsin Rapids, WI

"The Family Farm" by Nancy Laliberte

18x24, acrylic on canvas

New to the Central Wisconsin Cultural Center, Nancy Laliberte is the Center's featured artist for the month of February. The selection of paintings currently showing at the Center include many of the artist's favorite landscapes and still life pieces painted in a contemporary impressionist style.

WVAG Member news

"Winter's Glory"

© Sharon Feathers

WVAG member, Sharon Feathers' watercolor painting, "Winter's Glory," has been selected for the Courage Cards 2013 Holiday Collection. The inspiration for Sharon's painting came from this poem:

"Perhaps they are not stars,

but rather openings in Heaven

where the love of our lost ones

pours through and shines down

upon us to let us know they are happy."

Eskimo Legend

Sharon's card can be viewed online at www.couragecards.org  

Go to www.couragecards.org and click on the online catalog. There is a young man holding her card. His name is Jack, and he is in a wheel chair. His story is online. What an inspiration to see him holding Sharon's card. Congratulations, Sharon!

This is a opportunity for you to be a Courage Card Artist. Go to "our artists"on the site for the information.   

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 Workshop and Class Opportunities

"The Light of the World"

© Nancy Laliberte

Take a break from the holiday hustle and bustle and have some fun with Guild member Nancy Laliberte at her "Playing with Paint" acrylic painting class this Saturday, December 14th, from 10 am - 12:30 pm, at the Hobby Lobby classroom, 3525 Rib Mountain Dr., Rib Mountain. Cost is $35 and includes painting supplies for class. All you need is an 11 x 14 canvas which you can purchase in store or bring your own. Van Gogh's "Starry Night" will provide the inspiration to play with paint and create your own starry, winter night painting with Nancy's upbeat, no-fear, what-if guidance. Click here for details and registration on Nancy's website.