Robert York Exhibit

The Burlington Art Gallery featured artist for January is Robert York. Bob resides on Sanibel Island on the Southern Gulf Coast of Florida and has a second home in North Carolina, where he often exhibits. Meet the artist on Saturday, January 12 in the Burlington Art Gallery; Burlington, North CArolina from 2 PM to 4 PM, refreshments served.

Robert is also having a two-person exhibition with artist, Nancy Diciolla at the Caswell Council for the Arts during the month of January, 2008. The exhibition, entitled "The Shape of Color" will open on Sunday, January 6 th, 2008, with a reception from 2 PM to 4 PM in the Gallery of the Caswell County Civic Center, Main Street and Hwy 62, Yanceyville, North Carolina.

Area Four Exhibit - Florida Artist Group

Area 4 News Florida Artist Group

Florida Artist Group

CONTACT: Cheryl Anne Day-Swallow

727-384-2777



HEADLINE: Reception for Area 4 of the Florida Artist Group



LOCATION: Don Vista Cultural Art Center

3300 Pass-a -Grill Way Saint Pete Beach




DATE: Thursday November 8th, 2007



TIME: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The Don Vista Cultural Art Center will be hosting the Florida Artist Group’s 2007 annual show for area 4. Artists included in this show are Brooke Allison, Margaret Cornish DeBarba, Shirley Frank, Jean Grastorf, Marjorie Greene, Taylor Ikin, Jeri Johnson, Margaret R. Rigg, Melissa Miller Nece, Roberta Schofield, Rebecca Skelton, Sonia Ann Smith, Rhoda Tritschler, Kas Turner, Cheryl Anne Day-Swallow. Special guest from other areas will include Ahlin, Barre Barrett & Mindy Colton.



The Florida Artist Group (FLAG) is the longest continuous artists' organization in the state's history.

Incorporated in 1949 as a non-profit organization for accomplished practicing artists, the group focuses on one show a year, moving to a different Florida city each year. The members are juried into the group by consideration of a portfolio of current work combined with a resume demonstrating national or state recognition. The goal is to choose artists' work that will contribute significantly to the excellence of the exhibit, and to encourage these artists to continue honing their creative talents.

Come celebrate this special occasion with the artist. Wine & Refreshments will be served.

For more information on the Florida Artist Group, please visit their website located at…

http://www.floridaartistgroup.org/index.html

The Florida Artist Group’s art will be on display though December 31st, 2007.



The gallery is open to the public and admission is free.

For gallery hours please contact,

Nancy K. Doyal Arts Coordinator

Don Vista Cultural Arts Center

City of St. Pete Beach ~ 727.363.2144

Board Meeting Saturday October 27, 2007

THE 2007 AUTUMN MEETING OF THE BOARD ON SATURDAY, 27 OCTOBER, WILL BE HELD IN THE LIBRARY OF THE MAITLAND ART CENTER AT 11AM.
ENTER THE GIFT SHOP ON WEST PACKWOOD AVENUE FOR DIRECTIONS.

AREA CHAIRS ARE ASKED TO HAVE AN EXTRA COPY OF YOUR PREPARED REMARKS AT THE MEETING AND ALL ARE KINDLY ASKED TO RSVP!

MAY YOUR MUSE ALWAYS BE WITH YOU.

AHLIN
PRESIDENT


MAITLAND ART CENTER
National Register of Historic Places
231 WEST PACKWOOD AVENUE
MAITLAND, FLORIDA 32751
407.539.2181
www.maitlandartcenter.org

Member News 8/24/07

Member News Summer 2007

Eydi Lampasona-

Included in a new book from North Light Book Club "Acrylic Revolution"
20/20 Exhibition West Palm Beach
MFA from Union Institute/Vermont College

Emalee Andre and Lois Barton-

Featured in Pastel Magazine March/April, 2007
NAWA Exhibit West Palm Beach
Boca Museum of Art All Florida Exhibit
Artists' Muse by Stroud
American Art Collector Fall, 2007

Cecily Hangen-

Solo Show at Oakland Park Library Ft Lauderdale 9/1/07-9/30/07

Julie Docking/John Barends-

Art Center Sarasota February-March, 2007
Petticoat Painters
SCAT Bus Bench Summer 20076

Eleanor Merrit-

Selby Gallery Ringling School

Sue Turconi-

Road trip Harmony Gallery Sarasota February, 2007

Nat Krate-

First Place Long Boat key Club
Second Place Longboat Key Art Center
Dorothy Bosco Award Daytona Beach Show
Merit Award Selby Gardens
Merit Award Hilton Head Art League
2 Paintings in Boca Grande National Exhibit
Lectured to Congregationat Humanistic Judaism Sarasota

Melissa Miller Nece-

Cool Art Show CPSA
Miniatures Show First Place and Honorable Mention Colorado
Miniature Show Quebec

Rebecca Skelton-

Cool Art Show CPSA
Gallery at Art Space July
Intervioewed by art writer from Ceative Loafing.
Brighthouse Exhibit

Jean Grastorf-

Northlight Book Pouring Light, Layering Transparent Watercolors.
Demo American Watercolor Society NYC
Jury For Acceptance NWS, LA, CA
Workshop Reno NV May Boone NC
Included in North Light Book "Finding Your Visual Voice" by Mitchell/Haroun

Sonia Smith-

New Docent at Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersburg, FL

Kaz Turner-

All Florida Art Encounter 2007, Naples, FL
All Florida Fine Art 2007, Delray Beach, FL
Art Center, St petersburg, Retail Gallery 2007

Brooke Allison-

Workshop Dunnedin Art Center
Pastel Workshop NJ August

Cheryl Ann Day Swallow-

Cultural Development Artist Grant
TV coverage Art Market July 7, 2007

Taylor Ikin-

Workshops Cheep Joe's Art Stuff Boone NC
Tuesday Classes Beach Art Center India Rocks Beach, FL
Melbourne WS May Classes
Currently at Nuance Galleries
Commissioned by EPC

Mindy Z. Colton-

Best of Show Kissimmee Sculptural Experience 2006
First Place Osceola Center For Art Exhibit
Titusville Art league Second Place
Mount Dora Center For Art Honorable Mention

AHLIN-

Award of Excellence City Arts Factory
Creative Spirit Gallery Solo Show
Maitland Art Center "Participation"
Was Assistant chef to Julia Child

Gretchen Ebersol-

Workshop Bungalow Art Works Jacksonville, FL
Women's Center Exhibit "Lost and Found"
Article "Secret Garden" Somerset Studio magazine

Beau Redmond-

Featured Artist at Butterfield Garage Gallery October 2007

Sydney McKenna-

Featured Artist at Butterfield Garage Gallery November 2007

Linda Blondheim-

Award of Excellence GFAA Summer Show
Wekiva Invitational Paint Out March 2008
University of Tampa Biennial Lee Scarfone Gallery 2007

Robert York-

Raliegh Fine Arts 3/4-4/8, 2007

Maribel Angel-

Designed the new FLAG LOGO

Florida Artist Group News

Award List 2007 Symposium

Richard Rosen- Best in Show

Other winners include:

Nancy Sikes Cockerham
Joan Sonnenberg
Nat Krate
Joan B Nixon
Pam Brodersen
Daniel Ambrose
Carol Frye
Taylor N Ikin


New Officers for 2007-2009 are:

Ahlin Rosen-President
Past president- Joyce Novak
Barre Barrett- Vice President
Recording Secretary- Joan Lyon
Corresponding Secretary- Brooke Allison
Treasurer- Cecily Hangen
State membership Chairman- Jan Miller

Board Meetings will now be held at Maitland Art Center in Maitland, Florida.

News From Florida Artist Group

Jan Miller reported that the next FLAG jurying for new members will be in January or early February 2008. If you wish to recommend someone tell your area chair. They have an updated application form. New member packets are to be sent to area chairs.



Area III is having an exhibit in the Selby Gallery at the Ringling College of Art & Design May 25 – June 15, 2007. The jurying for inclusion into the show will be by Tim Yeager, the gallery director of The Gallery at Canvas Café Leysin in Sarasota. No prizes will be awarded but there will be a reception on May 25th, 5-7P.M. She hopes to plan an area get-together in the fall.



Area IV will have an area exhibit at the Don Vista Cultural Center in ST. Petersburg in November 2007 with a reception to be held November 8 at 6 PM. An updated directory for Area IV was sent to Cecily Hangen as requested. The next Area IV gathering will be held September 9.

The Armory Art Center in W. Palm Beach will be the symposium site for 2009

News Article - FLAG Annual Exhibition

ENTERTAINMENT: News
May 27, 2007

This new exhibit truly is all Florida

By LAURA STEWART
Fine Arts Writer
DAYTONA BEACH -- Before any of its fine details emerge, one aspect of the Florida Artist Group's new exhibit is clear. The more than 100 recent works at the Museum of Arts and Sciences are absolutely Florida: full of light, color, energy and, most of all, fun.

There are the usual sorts of Florida studies: bright flowers, lush landscapes, dreamy abstractions that evoke the sound, feel and even scent of marsh, dune and sea. But the wide-ranging collection of works by members of FLAG, a statewide artists' group that was founded in 1934, goes well beyond the expected and the familiar.

"Morning Glow," a large oil-on-linen landscape by Daniel Ambrose of Ormond Beach, does more than capture the luminous beauty of the dawning day. It also establishes a strong sense of place and expresses the emotions associated with it. Green and gold, viewed through a soft haze, its depiction of low-lying Central Florida terrain is vivid, and irresistible.

Just as fresh, though far more moody, is "Afternoon Gone By," an exquisite prisma-colored photo-print by Lakeland artist Cynthia Epps-Smith. The small print shows an old kitchen worktable and a few homey items -- a box of salt, a roll of paper towels -- and implies the rest. Light falls softly through tall double windows behind the table, illuminating the implements of a dinner-in-the-making or, possibly, a lunch already eaten. Epps-Smith's subject isn't a kitchen, however; just as Ambrose painted atmosphere in his landscape, her domestic interior depicts a state of mind.

Also gently true to its time and location is a watery batik by Wendy Tatter of St. Augustine. A small sign leans against a rundown storefront in "Bike at the Beauty Shop," directing viewers into the Aquarius Beauty Salon. And, eloquently delineated with Tatter's muted pinks, turquoises and lavenders, is the spirit of the salon named after the zodiac sign -- or maybe the ancient water-bearing god.

What makes the works in the FLAG show so memorable isn't so much their variety and overall high quality as it is their cumulative impact.

A move from "Morning Glow" to "Bike at the Beauty Shop" and on to "Afternoon Gone By" reveals three very different styles, mediums, subjects and techniques.

At the same time however, it also creates a series of impressions that blend into a powerful mood.

Factor in the big, abstract ceramic construction by Richard Rosen of Naples, "Gotham VI," and the dark, glowing forms of "Night Mall," a nocturne by Sally Sloan of Sarasota, and the impression crystallizes.

Florida is a place with many faces and multiple moods. And its artists, from one end of the state to the other, respond to their single subject vibrantly, even passionately.

Whether as wistful as "Hieroglyphics for the Heart," a mixed-media "book" by Gretchen Ebersol of Jacksonville, or as lyrical as "Transformations," a lapping, swirling composition by Cecily Hangen of West Palm Beach, the FLAG show leaves nothing to be desired.

Given the quality of these artists, the state's art is in good hands.

laura.stewart@news-jrnl.com

If You Go

WHAT: Florida Artist Group Exhibition, works by members of the statewide organization

WHEN: Through Sept. 3; 9 a.m. to

5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Museum of Arts and Sciences, 352 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach

ADMISSION: $12.95 for adults, $10.95 for students over 18 and senior citizens, $6.95 for children 6-17, free for children 5 and younger and for museum members. For more information, visit moas.org or call (386) 255-0285

Images from the annual symposium

Area Four

Looks like area Four has been having a pretty good time..

Membership

Membership Areas

The organization has divided Florida into seven geographical areas, each with a chair person. This enables areas to have local shows which bring members together in addition to the annual statewide exhibition.

Membership

As a Florida resident, professional artists are invited to submit application for membership. Submission of current work and biographical data from each candidate is reviewed by a panel made up of the State Membership Chair and committee to determine acceptance to FLAG.

Annual Exhibition & Symposium

Annual Symposium:
Since 1949, the Florida Artist Group has held a symposium and a members' exhibition each year in a different Florida city. Education and other cultural aims are advocated at these meetings through lectures, panel discussions, films and demonstrations.

In addition to the Symposium and Exhibition held in the Spring, area exhibitions and meetings are sponsored at other times in various places in the state. The nature of these meetings follows the character of the Spring meeting. These meetings also serve to bring the members of the organization closer together.

Members' Annual Exhibition:
The annual exhibition is juried for awards (currently nine) that are presented at the Awards Banquet held as part of the Symposium. FLAG hosts an eminent artist, educator, curator or Museum professional to act as juror and Keynote Speaker at the Symposium.

The 57th Annual Exhibition and Symposium

Juror:
Dr. Donald Kuspit
Art Critic and lecturer
Professor of Art History and Philosophy at NYU Stony Brook, and author of over 20 art books

Location of Event:
Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences

Exhibition May 2007 - September 2007
Symposium May 2007

Details TBA