Artist Steven Wilson offers a diverse exhibition

DMV Exhibition Press release
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Latest from Columbia Art League

Wire Wrapped Jewelry with Lauren Holland Saturday, November 21st, 1-5 PM   Learn to transform ordinary stones into stunning works of fine art jewelry! This workshop will cover a variety of wire wrapping and wire weaving techniques for setting and embellishing stone and crystal pendants. The talented Lauren Holland warmly shares her skills and love of this timeless craft. $80 CAL Member $100 Non Member

Dusting Our Souls: A Content-Driven, Exploratory Workshop with Sharyn Hyatt-Wade Saturday, December 12th, 1-4 PM   With this concept-driven studio experience, Hyatt returns to her passion of teaching art, not through media and technique, but through introspection, collaboration and soul-searching. The upcoming exhibitions at CAL serve as inspiration and a jumping off point for conversations, journal prompts, sketches that and evolving works as they relate to CAL's 2016 exhibitions calendar and  the rich themes of Inside Voices, Pathways and Passages, Interpretations IV and Chromophobia. There will be no restrictions on media or technique (bring all you can carry!). Just arrive with an open mind and willingness to leave your comfort zone. "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." Pablo Picasso $55 CAL Member $65 Non Member

Upcoming events at the Columbia Art League

Our ever popular Tea & Hats afternoon tea is coming up on Wednesday 28th October! We'll provide the tea and cakes, you bring a hat.

If you don't have a hat, that's fine too, you still get to eat the cakes! In case you're in the market for a new hat, the afternoon does include a hat-buying opportunity thanks to St. Louis-based milliner Diane Tessman whose hats were a big hit at last year's tea. She'll have more of her gorgeous creations with her.

A new addition to this year's tea is a rare pastry demonstration by the University Club's award winning Chef, Daniel Pliska. Chef Pliska will also be talking about his new book, 'Pastry and Dessert Techniques', which was a 4-year labor of love and includes full-page glossy photos. He'll have a limited number of signed books for sale at the tea.

Tickets for the tea cost $30 per person and are available from CAL and also via Paypal from the CAL website. You can also purchase a full table (8 seats) for $350 which includes two CAL Patron-level memberships and 10% discount vouchers for all your guests towards any purchases they make of the table-top artworks displayed at the tea.

Proceeds from the tea go towards CAL's art-reach programming, so you get to eat cakes AND help us create more art-making opportunities out in the community.

And men, you're definitely invited too - bowlers, pith helmets and berets are most welcome!

Boone County Art Show - entry forms available!

Need an entry form for the Boone County Art Show?  We've got you covered! Entry forms can be downloaded directly from the CAL website and hard copies can also be picked up at the Columbia Art League or Central Bank. Please be sure to return the entry form to CAL no later than 5pm on Saturday 3rd October. The bank will also be hosting a Sneak Peek fundraiser for CAL from 8-10pm on Friday 16th as we finish the hanging and the judge is doing her rounds. Tickets cost $25 and include wine and dessert. Thanks to the bank all the ticket sales proceeds go to CAL's programming.   Call-to-Action Link

Photo Vision at Orr Street Studios

This coming Friday 25th and Saturday 26th are the submission days for Photo Vision. Photo Vision is an open themed photography exhibition and contest open to professional and non-professional photographers living in mid-MO. The exhibition will be on display at Orr Street Studios from September 28th to October 31st with the winners announced at a reception on Friday 2nd October. This year's awards judge is artist-photographer, Deanna Dikeman. Submission dates are this Friday from 10am-7pm and Saturday from 10am-5pm. Photographers may enter one work, framed, wired and ready for display. For more information contact Orr Street Studios Call-to-Action Link

Saturday Workshops for Teens at CAL Enroll now for: DIY Fashion: T-shirt rehab with fiber artist Jennifer Bennet (October 17 & 24, 1-5pm) Face First Portrait Drawing with Stacy Self (November 7, 1-5pm) Click here for online enrollments Creative Fun Days this Fall   We've got 3 full-day art camps coming up on the scheduled CPS days off: Monday 28th September Monday 2nd November Friday 13th November. To sign up just click here

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And finally, we'll be on the hunt for images for the upcoming Give a Gift of Art show postcard, so if you already know what work you are going to submit for that show (Nov-Dec), and you have a hi-res image (300dpi) pic, please email it to Diana before October 5th.  However you get involved with CAL - thank you! We love having you as part of the CAL Family.

Upcoming events at Columbia Art League

Website     Facebook     View Art      Classes & Programs     Artists Dear Steven,  2016 might still be four months away, but the CALendar of next year's shows is all done. So, grab your paintbrush, camera, pastel stick, lump of clay, or your favorite creating tool, and let me give you a guided tour of the first three juried shows in the gallery in 2016. Inside Voices  January 12-February 19 Inside Voices invites artists to explore the range of emotions that constantly vie for our attention deep in our heads and hearts: Joy, Love, Anger, Sadness, Fear, Loathing. How does what we see around us affect our subconscious mind? What inspires great joy? What creates a feeling of sadness? What makes us angry? What makes our lip curl in disgust? Will an artwork evoke the same feeling in the viewer as it does in the artist? Think conceptually or think materially to create artworks that evoke an emotional response. Inspired by Pixar Animation Studio's summer 2015 movie 'Inside Out', Inside Voices is a voyage into our emotion-controlled interior world and the voices that accompany us on our daily journey through life. Submission Dates: Friday 8th & Saturday 9th January  Opening Reception: Saturday 16th January  Pathways & Passages  February 23-April 15 In tandem with the True/False 2016 film festival's visual arts theme of 'Off The Trail', Pathways & Passages invites artists to explore geographical spaces; from tree-lined laneways and interior spaces, to maps, mazes, treasure trails, secret finds, directions and journeys. On a conceptual level, artists might explore personal journey, the passage of time, private or hidden places and the virtues of straying from the known. From wilderness landscapes to intimate psychological spaces, Pathways & Passages is an exploration of the art of getting lost and the things we might find along the way. Submission Dates: Friday 19th & Saturday 20th February Opening Reception: Saturday 27th February  Chromophobia  April 25-June 17 Color has a complex history in art. In ancient times Aristotle argued that line represented order and rationality, whereas color was chaotic and inessential. Neoclassical art theory posited that color was unwelcome in the upper echelons of aesthetic systems. Beyond the world of art history, bright colors can, for some people, elicit a real feeling of fear and aversion. Where some seek to surround themselves with white or neutral tones, others seek color at every chance. In Chromophobia, artists are invited to explore the worlds of the garish and the neutral. Go wild in the color box or exercise extreme constraint and create in the world of white and greys. Submission Dates: Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd April  Opening Reception: Saturday 30th April If you want to submit for next year's Interpretations IV show, please make a note on your calendar that the deadline for visual and written submissions will be Friday April 1st.  You can see the full schedule of the 2016 shows and the submission information on the CAL exhibitions calendar page Remember too  that we're always looking for images to go on the postcards for the shows, so if you like to work ahead and you can get a hi-res image over to me of your completed work, it could be a contender for the postcard. I generally need images 6 weeks in advance of the show. Talking of which, we're definitely on the hunt for images for the upcoming Give a Gift of Art show postcard, so if you already know what work you are going to submit for that show (Nov-Dec), and you have a hi-res image (300dpi) pic, please email it to Diana before October 5th.   Hope that's a little inspiration for your Fall studio time!   Boone County Art Show 2015 This year's Boone County Art Show will be on October 17th & 18th at Central Bank of Boone County (the corner of 8th and Broadway). Entry forms are available  on the CAL website as well as at CAL and Central Bank. Completed forms must be returned to CAL no later than 5pm on Saturday October 3rd. Your artwork must be brought to the bank on Friday 16th October between 6-7pm. If you would like to volunteer, we'd love to have your help! Just complete the volunteer sign-up at the bottom of the entry form. Call-to-Action Link Tea & Hats! This year's Tea & Hats afternoon will be on Wednesday October 28th from 3-5pm at the University Club. Returning this year will be milliner Diane Tessman from St. Louis whose hats were a big hit at last year's tea. New this year will be a pastry demonstration from the University Club's award winning Chef, Daniel Pliska. He'll also be talking about his new book 'Pastry & Dessert Techniques' and have signed copies for sale. Tea tickets cost $30 per person and are available from CAL and on our website. RSVP's for tickets by October 21st please. Call-to-Action Link Autumn on the Bricks - Oct 10th Fulton's Art House will have its 2nd annual Autumn on the Bricks fine arts festival on Saturday 10th October. Find out more about exhibiting or visiting at  http://arthousefultonmo.org/autumn-on-the-bricks/ Fall into Art - Nov 14-15 The 6th annual Fall into Art festival taking place at Parkade Center on November 14-15. Find out more about the show and which artists will be taking part at http://www.fallintoart.org/ VISIT OUR WEBSITE See you soon! -Diana & Karen

Art events in July for Jefferson City

-    -    -    -    -     - See Below for Event Details: .   -    -    -    -    -     -     7 / 1  0    Join event on facebook The Ice Cream Splash is tonight!! We will be there, rain or shine! Tonight from 5-9pm. Downtown Jefferson City, Missouri Entertainment, Arts and Crafts, and Ice Cream! Purchase your tickets at the door: $12 for adults, $7 for children, free under 3 CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS   7 /  1  2   Click the above image to join the facebook event! Exhibit Dates: June 26 – August 5 Reception: Sun. July 12, 1 - 4pm Enjoy refreshments and the opportunity to meet artists while you visit the current Capital Arts and view Bon Appétit. Artist talk by local artist Kathryn Hajaved at 2pm. NO ADMISSION FEE Location/ Contact: Capital Arts 1203 Missouri Blvd Jefferson City, MO 65109 573-635-8355 artsadmin@capitalarts.org Gallery Hours: Wed-Fri Noon-6pm Saturday 1pm-4pm Sunday 1pm-4pm 7 /  3  1   Join event on facebook Summer Arts Stroll is July 31  Stroll is in conjunction with Downtown Sidewalk Sales! Win $500 Shopping Spree The Friday Arts Stroll is a FREE event for arts-related activities to showcase creativity in historic downtown Jefferson City. As part of our continuing celebration of being voted America’s Most Beautiful Small Town we invite the community to join us four times a year for a leisurely stroll through historic downtown Jefferson City for street performers, artists, kid’s crafts, theater and cinema, beer and wine, great food and live music of all styles. Where The Strolls are held in downtown Jefferson City. Streets in the 100 and 200 blocks of East High and 100 block of Madison are open only to pedestrian traffic from 6 pm to 9 pm. Free parking is available in the Madison Street Parking garage.   Supporters The Arts Stroll exists under the support of the Jefferson City Cultural Arts Commission, Jefferson City Arts Council, Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau, Jefferson City Parks and Recreation Department, Missouri River Regional Library and Downtown Jefferson City. Assistance is provided by Will West Music. Promotional consideration is provided by KPLA 101.5.

Missouri artist Steven Wilson and his new still life "Mid day bloom"

Title:  Mid day bloom
Size in inches: 24 x 22
Medium:  Acrylic, mortar sand, crafter colored sand, white flake, modeling paste

This work is a spring still life I did of a vase of flowers.  I completely blurred the background and turned the table clothe into a sand wall.  The work is on masonite I had cut from the local Lowe's store.  I use gloss varnish (acrylic) as the adhesive for the heavier sand mixes.

Artist Steven Wilson and the expressionism of the Navajo woman

 On my last trip to New Mexico I took the back way.  In the fall there are many festivals and on this occasion I came across a group of Navajo women cleaning up the grounds.  I was North of Gallup.  She was standing alone and looking out onto the empty fields.  I don't know why, but I pulled over and took a quick sketch. 

The title is Lewranti.  It is 36 x 24 on canvas.  The materials used are ceramic stucco, resin sand, acrylic, and white flake.

Art show opening for East-West dialogues at Craft Studio Gallery

East-West Dialogues: Paintings by Chinese Visiting Scholars & Their Hosting Art Professors

Participating Artists: Zhonghua Gao, Min Li, Rujing Sun, Ruiqin Wang, Matt Ballou, William Hawk, Mark Langeneckert, Lampo Leong

Show: August 5-14, 2014

Reception: Tuesday, August 5, 2014, 4-6pm

Craft Studio Gallery, University of Missouri-Columbia

518 Hitt Street, N12 Memorial Union, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

http://craftstudio.missouri.edu/gallery/

573-882-2889

Gallery Hours: Mon-Thurs 9am-6pm, Fri 9am-4pm, Sat 12-5pm

Exhibition organized by the Office of the Vice Provost for International Programs, The MU Confucius Institute, and the MU Department of Art.

Best Regards,

Lampo

Lampo Leong, Ph.D.

Professor of Art, Painting/Drawing

University of Missouri-Columbia

Email: LeongL@Missouri.edu

Website: http://www.lampoleong.com/

Book – Lampo Leong: Dynamic Forces

http://web.missouri.edu/~leongl/Biography/Book/LampoLeongContemplationForcesW.pdf

Book – Lampo Leong: Wild Cursive

http://web.missouri.edu/~leongl/Biography/Book/LampoLeongWildCursiveW.pdf