Northern National Art Competition

The deadline to have things postmarked for the Northern National Art Competition is May 16th!! Three $1000 Awards of Excellence! For info or entry forms contact Gallery Director at 715-365-4556 or kralph@nicoletcollege.edu

May Meeting info from Sharon......

Please attend if you can .........

Thursday May 15th meeting at Marshfield Clinic-Weston Center, 1st floor conference room
5:00 - 6:00pm social hour
6:00 - 8:00pm meeting  ..... discussion will include the take down of Cattails and Flowers and the hanging of  The 4th Annual Hot Air Balloon Show on Tuesday June 3rd.  As always VOLUNTEERS are needed to accomplish this.

Also...... Entry deadline for The 4th Annual Hot Air Balloon Show is Thursday May 15th (postmarked by.)  Either mail your entry form or hand deliver it at the meeting.

Hope to see you soon!

Sharon L Dowis

Member Rick Eyre Wins at Waupaca

Remember that entry I made in the blog a couple weeks ago about the entry form for the Waupaca Art Show? Well I entered 5 pieces and won first place for Professional Photography for the picture above of Death Valley Sand Dunes and also won the  Highest award in the show, the "Foundry Award" for the Rocky Shoreline image below!  Yeah

Eagles Video........... Ah the glamour!!

Member Rick Eyre made a video of the process of photographing Eagles in Alaska from packing his gear to printing the final images.

It's all about the glamour and 5:00 AM wake-up calls and having your baggage lost.....................

Click here to check it out..............

Vicki Resesch, Nancy Lalaberte and Rick Eyre at Exhibitour

Peggy McDowell just let me know that we have at least 3 guild members exhibiting at Exhibitour this spring. Vicki Resech is  going to be at

LePaul Furs, Nancy Laliberte is going to be at Jankes BookStore, and  Rick Eyres' work is going to be at St Claire Mens wear.

Stop by on May 16th between 5:30 and 8:00 PM and check them out!!

Anyone else? 

Laura Nelke Awarded Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors membership

Professional Recognition Awarded to Local Artist

 

Marshfield watercolor artist Laura Nelke has been awarded professional membership in Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors (WP&S).  In order to qualify for membership under the category of “professional” Nelke submitted her résumé and 10 slides of her artwork to a membership jury.  Membership is determined based on the quality of the artist’s work, as well as the artist’s background and level of experience.  The membership chairman who reviewed Nelke’s application was renowned Wisconsin watercolorist Lee Mothes, who pronounced the quality of the work to be “excellent.”

 

Founded in 1900, WP&S is a non-profit organization of visual artists and friends united to advance opportunities and services for Wisconsin artists and the general public.  Its particular mission is to promote Wisconsin art.  Members are invited to take advantage of valuable programs for artists; they also have expanded opportunities to enter juried WP&S and other statewide exhibitions.

 

As a watercolorist with 18 years of experience, Laura Nelke’s emotionally charged paintings glow with bold color and light.  In addition to her original watercolors, she offers workshops and instruction.  This summer Laura Nelke will be conducting watercolor classes at the University of Wisconsin-M/W through the Office of Continuing Education and the Art in the Garden program.   

 

Examples of  Nelke’s watercolor paintings are currently on exhibit at several locations in central Wisconsin.  Three paintings hang in the Marshfield Clinic, Weston as part of WVAG’s Cattails and Flowers exhibit, where Nelke received an award of Honorable Mention.  

Blog Stats Update

Our Blog still continues to do very well. As you can see we are averaging 13 visits per day, and the best part is that 77% of those are new visitors!  That's a very good thing. And I don't know what happened on April 3rd but we got 198 visitors on the blog that day alone.  I think Christine got our name in the paper and that did it.  And 98% of those were new visitors!!