March 2010 Newsletter

**Meeting on Tuesday March 9th at the Clay Center**

Our March meeting will begin at 6pm with a FREE guided tour of the Clay Center exhibit “Lost in Form, Found in Line: An Exhibition of Works by Robert Motherwell (1915-1991).”  Organized by the Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC, in association with the Dedalus Foundation, this exhibition explores Motherwell’s working process with forty lithographs, screenprints and etchings; three monoprints; and seven drawings, collages and paintings dating from 1966 to 1990. Motherwell was the youngest member of the heroic generation of post-war Abstract Expressionists who revolutionized painting and shifted the art world's attention from Paris to New York. He is also the only one of the group (which included Jackson Pollock, Hans Hoffman and Willem De Kooning) for whom printmaking became a major preoccupation.

It is that time again!  AAWV 2010 Juried Show, our 67th Juried Exhibition, will be held at the Clay Center.  The exhibit dates are May 1 – June 27th.  The submission deadline is March 10.  Submissions will ONLY be accepted as a digital image on a CD.  Images should be formatted for a screen of 1280 pixels across by 1024 pixels high.  The image can be “framed” by adding a black box around the artwork in the image, but the artwork itself cannot be altered from the digital photo.  The file should either be an 8 bit TIFF (approximately 3.5 MB) or a high quality JPEG file (at least 150 KB file size).  NO OTHER FILE TYPE IS ACCEPTABLE. (pict, pcx, tga, etc.)  File names for the artwork should simply be the artist’s last name plus a number. Example:  “smith1.jpeg”.  CD’s must be user friendly and will not be returned.  Mail your submissions (with entry form and payment) to:  Linda Stonestreet, PO Box 536, Hurricane, WV 25526.  All West Virginia residents over the age of 18 are eligible.  The entry fee is $20.00 for members of AAWV and $30.00 for non-members.  The complete prospectus with other requirements and entry form has been mailed to all members and is also available as a pdf file:  aawvonline. 

New Member Jury Session – Saturday, April 24th at Art Emporium.  Art may be dropped off from 10:00am to 11:30am and then picked up at 3:00pm. 5 pieces (only) of finished work must be delivered to Art Emporium

ArtWalk- Thursday, March 18th. Art Emporium, 823 Quarrier St., Charleston, 5-8 PM. Bring no more than 3 pieces of art to be exhibited plus your own easels before 4:00 pm and help to provide the refreshments (bring goodies or wine or donate $5.00). If you plan to attend, please call (304-345-2787) or email so they know how many to expect: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .  It’s always a fun time!!  New members:  it’s a great way to get to know everyone!  **don’t forget to put your name, contact info and price on your art.  Art Emporium will handle sales and take a token 10% to cover expenses.

WEBSITE:  Join the AAWV gallery and members directory. Send a bio, your picture plus jpg files of your art.  

Artistic Opportunities:
Renaissance Gallery in Huntington is calling for submissions for their Spring Fine Arts Exhibition. This spring the theme is Color complements.  For more information go to  www.orgsites.com/wv/renaissance or email to Susan Tschantz at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Deadline is April 15th.  The exhibit will run from May 2nd  to 30th.

Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha & Putnam County is having the second Sustainability Fair at the ReStore on May 22, 2010. Last year’s was a huge success, over 2,000 people attended. Currently, They are accepting applications for exhibitors. It is free to exhibit. Call Amy McLaughlin (304) 720-0141 www.hfhkp.org/restore .

Art classes have resumed at The Renaissance Art Gallery in Huntington. Both adult and junior classes will be held in the exhibition hall. For more information on any class, contact the gallery during gallery or studio hours or the teachers directly. Gallery hours are Friday & Saturday 12-4 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm. Studio hours are Monday & Saturday 10-noon and Wednesday 12-7:30 pm. 900 8th Street, Suite #20, Huntington, WV 25701. Gallery (304) 525-3235. This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it    www.orgsites.com/wv/renaissance

Richard W. Cohen - Open Studio (figure drawing) -Wednesdays 6:00PM to 9:00PM, 1033 Quarrier Street, #403 (4th Floor) $12.50  This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Art Classes available at The Paintbrush Studio, 303 Pennsylvania Avenue, Charleston, WV 25302. Contact Linda Conner (304-542-5245 or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Classes in acrylic painting, drawing, pastels, portraiture, oil painting, kids art, sewing and Bridge classes also available.

Metal Clay classes are available from Tammy Garner in St. Albans.  Contact her at 304-543-0109 or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Metal Clay is worked like clay and when it is fired in the kiln, it turns silver.

Inge Klein has her own art displayed at her gallery "Atelier Inge" at 2710 Main St, Hurricane, WV.  The hours are every day from 10am to 4pm.  Her cell phone is 304-542-1212.

Awards and Exhibitions  - If you have news, send an email to Linda Stonestreet This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to get it on the website.

Photography services available for your art, either 2-D or 3-D.  Have your art photographed and transferred to a CD for jurying or other purposes.  Contact Chuck Wyrostok at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   or 304 927 2978

ART EXPO 2010 Presented by the Ladies’ Auxiliary - A COMMUNITY EVENT – Sunday, April 18, 2010
11:00 am - 4:00 pm At the B’NAI JACOB Synagogue 1599 Virginia St. E, Charleston, Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

 Mary Grassell had a solo exhibition currently at the Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, entitled "Images Times 10" featuring the last ten years of her relief prints. The exhibit runs from January 19 to February 18, 2010. A gallery talk was given on January 19, and she will conduct a relief workshop on February 18 and 19 for students that will complete the exhibition. 

Deborah Herndon juried into the Kentucky Guild of Artists.  Also, she has Artist's Opening exhibits planned at the Parkersburg Arts Center on April 9 and Studio 40 in Lewisburg on May 7, the "First Friday" event in Lewisburg downtown. 

Please save the date, Saturday, June 12, 2010, for the 3rd Annual CAFÉ (Children’s Art Festival Extravaganza) sidewalk art sale. It is free to set-up a booth space and all art forms are welcome. The only charge is a $5.00 City of Huntington vendor fee, (payable to the City of Huntington).

In October of 2011, Charleston will host the National Master Gardener Conference!  They will be renting booths. Contact This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Directory  - PLEASE CHECK the AAWV Directory to see if your phone number and email address is correct.  If any of your contact information has changed, please notify Linda Stonestreet at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone 304-757-3326.
OUR FISCAL YEAR begins in September so the dues for 2009/10 are due. PLEASE SEND DUES OF $30.00 to AAWV PO Box 2361, Charleston, WV 25328.or contact Emily Roles at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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