Ready for "Cattails and Flowers"?

Artist Members

It's time to pack up your artwork to deliver to the 

New Heights Gallery

Marshfield Clinic - Weston

Cattails and Flowers Show

Drop off and installation of artwork is

Tuesday, March 1 from 4:30 - 5:30

Don't forget 

if you had art in the past show 

its also time to pick up those artworks.

(Don't make everyone scramble to try to find you 

or try to decide what to do with your art. 

Just ask me how I know about this.)

Upcoming Meeting

Calling all!

present members 

past members 

and interested new-comers

The next meeting of the WVAG will be 

February 25, 2016.

The WVAG meets on the fourth Thursday of the month. 

 Meetings are held in the first floor conference room 

at Marshfield Clinic - Weston Center, 3501 Cranberry Blvd, Weston, WI. 

Social time- 5:30 pm, Meeting - 6:00 pm

Online Workshops

Get ready for our FREE Strathmore 2016 Online Workshops! Since you participated in our past online workshops, we wanted to let you know that our free Online Workshops will be starting up again in less than 1 month! We have inspiring new topics for our virtual classroom, and we're excited to introduce 3 new all-star artist-instructors! Here's what we have planned: Workshop 1: Sketchbook Fury - The Art Ninja's Guidebook Instructor: Graham Smith Start Date: March 7, 2016 Workshop 2: The Mind of Watercolor Instructor: Steve Mitchell Start Date: May 6, 2016 Workshop 3: Colorful Creations with Markers Instructor: Will Terrell Start Date: September 5, 2016 Learn techniques from experienced artists through online videos and downloadable instructions. Get inspired by other students in our virtual classroom. Keep motivated with ideas and tips from your instructors. Share all the fun on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter using #StrathmoreWorkshops We will be making announcements and giving more information on our website and on Facebook so please stay connected with us! We are no longer requiring a registered account to be able to view the videos. All you have to do is go to the Online Classroom after a video has been released and click the link to follow along to the video lessons.  Our workshops are self-paced and will remain open for viewing through Dec. 31, 2016 after a lesson is released. Learn more by clicking on this link

WVAG Winter Exhibit 2015

And the winners are.................

Award winners include:

Best of Show - Faded Memory

by Pat Plunkett

1st Place - Green Thumb

by Tamara Martin

2nd Place - Abandoned

by Cindy Markowski

3rd Place - Big Bull Falls

by Carol Hettinga

Honorable Mentions:

Primary Grid - Pat Gaska

Homage - Jacqueline Michael

Corked - Terry Schulta

Sunset on Marathon County Farm - Jerry Toftum

Purple Rain - Krista Vendetti

Chihuahuan - Raven - Sharon Feathers

but the real winners are.......

all of you who stop by to view 

and purchase any of the lovely artworks 

in the 2015 Winter Exhibit.

December 2, 2015 - March 1, 2016

Reaching New Heights Gallery

inside Marshfield Clinic - Weston

3501 Cranberry Blvd

Weston, Wisconsin 

Upcoming Winter Show

Reminder:

Entries for "The Winter Show" are due by November 15, 2015

Entries include new work and/or "Sweet Repeats" of 2012 or earlier work.

We have new entry fees:

One piece = $10.00

2 pieces = $20.00

3 pieces = $30.00

4 pieces = $35.00

5 pieces = $40.00

6 pieces = $45.00

The entry form and money should be sent to:

WVAG Show Entry

607 S. 24th Ave. #147

Wausau, WI  54401
Info should also be e-mailed to Cindy by November 15

There will be NO November meeting.

We will take down "Colorama" and install "The Winter Show" 

on December 1, 2015

Please bring a snack for our December 1st, early Christmas Celebration 

(in conjunction with the show installation)

You are invited to our September Meeting

WVAG extends our hands of friendship 

to our fellow artists in the Wisconsin Valley Art Association. 

Please join us.

Karen Hasheck and Jane Luxum, both published card artists, 

will be our program guests at 

the Wisconsin Visual Artist Guild meeting.

Karen and Jane are on the cutting edge of new techniques 

that can be used for greeting cards and on our canvases.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Social Time- 5:30 pm

Meeting - 6:00 pm

Marshfield Clinic - Weston Center

3501 Cranberry Blvd

Weston, Wisconsin

Enter Lot #6 - down the hall on the right

Looking forward to seeing everyone.

2015 COLORAMA Art Exhibit

The Wisconsin Visual Artists Guild

announces their 

2015 COLORAMA EXHIBIT

September 1 - December 1, 2015

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

Artwork is available for purchase.

The exhibit is a fundraiser for the Marshfield Clinic Cancer Fund. 

One hundred percent of the purchase price of donated works 

plus all entry fees of the exhibit will go to this fund.

The fund provides locally for the immediate needs of cancer patients as they undergo treatment.

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We would like to thank the following members for donating their art work at 100% to the Marshfield Clinic Cancer Fund for 2015.

We have 14 pieces of art in the mini cancer gallery. The Colorama exhibit is up and the work looks wonderful.

Thank you to all of the members in the Colorama exhibit. 

 

Christine Alfery

Sharon Feathers

Jackie Lescher

Cindy Markowski

Jackie Michael 

Pat Plunkett