Florida Artist Group, Inc.

Florida Artist Group Exhibitions 2009-2013

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Florida Artists Group-- Symposiums, Exhibitions & Area Shows 2009-2013

September 11-October 3, 2009 Exhibition: ArmoryArt Center

October 27-November 30, 2009 Area Show: Palm

Beach Gardens City Hall

January 8-10 2010 Symposium: BIGARTS– Sanibel Island, Dan Weldon, Printmaker, Juror of Awards

April 28-June 26 2011 Exhibition: Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture, Delray Beach

September 2011 Symposium: Maitland Art Center,

May 2012 Exhibition: Ringling School of Art,

Selby Gallery, Sarasota

May – August 2013 Exhibition, Coral Springs

Museum of Art

September 2013 Symposium: Longboat Key
Center for the Arts, Sarasota

SMALL WORKS GROUP NATIONAL EXHIBITION

2009-08-05T13:30:00.000-07:00

SMALL WORKS GROUP NATIONAL EXHIBITION
AT HOLLINGSWORTH GALLERY IS CELEBRATING
ITS' OPENING THIS SATURDAY!!!
AUGUST 8th from 6:30 - 9:30.

FEATURING THE WORKS OF OVER TWENTY FIVE ARTISTS
FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

Works are no larger than 12 x 12 inches in size
and range in mediums from metal,
fiber, oil, acrylic, watercolor,
photography, pen and ink, and found objects.

Live entertainment, Catered Hors d'oeuvres,
and beverages will be provided

Other local artists will be displaying work
in the surrounding windows
of the storefronts along the balcony walkway
of Palm Coast's CityWalk located
at 160 Cypress Point Parkway
Suite 210B.

This Event is Free and Open to the Public!!!!

FLAG NEWS June 22,2009

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Hi everyone,

Here's what's happening in the middle of our blistering summer.

1. Robert York and I have established an official exhibition policy statement. I've put it into force for the West Palm Beach Armory exhibition but you'll have to make a final approval at our board meeting on November 14 in Orlando at 10:00 am. The policy is attached to this email for your study.

2. Joan Klutch has all but a few details set for the Symposium on Sanibel Island January 9-10. Dan Weldon, a noted printmaker will be our juror. He will conduct a workshop and participate in a panel discussion. There is a size limitation of 36" x 36" for this exhibition. The prospectus is nearly ready for printing and we'll get it out as soon as possible. It may appear on the web site fairly soon. This should be a fabulous venue for our Symposium.

3. We have a firm offer and will be exhibiting at the Selby Gallery of the Ringling School in May of 2012. This is not a Symposium but will be an auxiliary state wide exhibition.

We have a firm offer to exhibit at the Cornell in Del Ray Beach in April - May of 2011 but the space will limit us to 40 works so it may not be suitable for a symposium. It will either be a juried exhibition or an Area I&II + Board exhibition. The Coral Springs gallery liked our Area show in their lobby and they want us for the main gallery. Cecily is talking to them about hosting the Symposium in 2012 but we won't know for sure about this until after the West Palm Beach Armory show.

Longboat Key has indicated interest in hosting our Symposium after seeing our catalogs and noting how we have workships and the juror's remarks. Ahlin and Richard Cowdrick are following up on this for the 2011 Symposium. Ahlin is still in discussion with the Maitland Art center and is sure we'll eventually be able to have an exhibition there.

Mindy Colton has approached the Museum of Florida Art about an exhibition or Symposium sometime in te future but they are currently in a state of flux and unable to make any commitments.

Everyone needs to keep eyes open for possible venues whether for Area shows or for state-wide exhibitons.

4. My friend, David Chang, professor of art at Florida International University in Miami is interested in becoming a member and will help us identify other good artists in the Miami area as prospective members. David is planning on coming to the West Palm Beach Armory exhibition reception to see the work and meet some of our members. Anjal is willing to have someone from the Miami area as her co-chair of Area I.

5. If you haven't looked at the web site recently, please do. Images of the award winners from the Leepa/Ratner Museum in Tarpon Springs are there to see. It looks great! Thanks to Roberta!

6. Cheryl Anne Day-Swallow is starting work on the next newsletter so get your information to her asap.

Hope the rest of your summer is profitable and art centered.

Barre

Please note in your dates, our symposium starts Friday, January 8, is our Awards Dinner.
Jan. 9th is opening reception, and Sunday is our General Meeting and Board Meeting to follow.

New email

2009-05-12T07:08:00.000-07:00

Please note my email change.

Jeffrey Smart Baisden

b2746@windstream.net

FLAG NOTES May 2009

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First let me congratulate Ahlin on her successful term of office as President of FLAG. You've set the stage for our continued success as a great artist's organization.

And secondly congratulations to Cheryl Day-Swallow and her crew of Area 4 workers for putting on a wonderful Symposium. The warm hospitality by Area IV and the Leepa-Rattner museum were really wonderful and the exhibition and reception was outstanding. The museum enjoyed hosting us and invited us to return on a continuing rotation of 7 years.
Cheryl Anne is going to follow up on the Leepa-Rattner's invitation to return and will set a definite date for that.

Thanks to everyone who stayed over for the Board Meeting on Sunday morning. I appreciate your support and look forward to working with all of our fine Area Chairs and the rest of the Board during my term as President. I wanted to touch base again and review the decisions we made.

Our secretary, Joan Lyon, will supply us with minutes of the board meeting from Friday, May 1, the general meeting Saturday, May 2, and our Board meeting Sunday, May 3.
Treasurer Roberta Schofield will supply us with a treasurer's report as soon as all transactions for the Tarpon Springs Symposium are finalized.

I asked all Board Members in attendance for an evaluation of the Symposium. What did we do especially well and what could we improve. Roberta agreed to put a request for an evaluation from the entire membership n the next newsletter if I provide the wording.

We asked Joan Klutch to go ahead and see about arrangements with BIG Arts on Sanibel Island to host the 2010 symposium. Joan took us at our word and has already confirmed with BIG Arts the exhibition dates and opening and has a hotel lined up. So we are a BIG GO for the 2010 symposium 9 months from now on January 8 and 9 on Sanibel Island. Joan checked with Howard Cowdrick about the negotiations with Longboat Key. He says Longboat Key has not yet responded. The BIG Arts facility is apparently a really nice venue, but in order to ensure that there is enough space for everyone we're going to limit the size to a maximum of 36" wide by 36 " tall including framing for 2D and 36"x36"x36" for 3 D Joan already has talked with Dan Welden about being our juror. This is tentative. Joan even has recruited a volunteer to deal with the jpeg entries. Good work Joan! Roberta Schofiled agreed to supply Joan with the budgets for the past two Symposiums.

We asked Ahlin to find out about the status of our request for an exhibition at the Maitland Museum of Art. I think I'm supposed to follow up about the Appleton Museum in Ocala on our earlier inquiries with them about exhibitions. If anyone has any ideas or contacts for other good venues for future years please investigate. Remember my # 1 priority is to have Symposiums set for 5 years or more in the future.

In our general meeting we agreed that we would have a statement of our policy about exhibiting digital art work and in the board meeting we agreed that Robert York would research what is being done in museums around the country. Joan Klutch gave us a handout with a policy statement from Women Contemporary Artists. We also agreed that Robert and I would develop a statement and have it in place for the Armory show and then it could be adopted formally at our next Symposium. It was suggested we consult with Keith Theriot on this issue. Robert and I will, of course, make the statement available to the Board members for comment before finalizing it.

We also agreed that we would include a page in our Symposium book a page outlining the awards we give including the dedications and the donors, subject to the approval of the various donors (some may prefer to remain anonymous).

We agreed to go ahead with the registration on Artist Registry. Mindy Colton, Area V chair, agreed to do the internet sign up and Roberta Schofield will write the $100. check that will be required. Roberta Schofield will also put a link on our website to Artists Registry.

Foks, we accomplished a lot and are off to a fine start. I'm really excited about Sanibel and our future growth. Hope all of you have a great summer making art, but keep in touch and I'll do likewise! See you in September in West Palm Beach!

Blessings, Barre Barrett

Officers for 2009

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OFFICERS 2009 - 2010

President...............Barre Barrett, Jacksonville Beach

Immediate Past President................. ......AHLIN, Maitland

Vice President ....... ,,,,,,,,,...,.Joan Furia Klutch, Sanibel

Recording Secretary............Cheryl A. Fausel, Cape Coral

Corresponding Secretary.......... ..Brooke Allison, Dunedin

Treasurer..................Roberta Schofield, Tampa

Membership Chairman.............Jan Miller, St .Augustine

Flag News January 2009

2009-01-16T05:48:00.000-08:00

Area Chair II Cecily Hangen

Cecily Hangen reports that Area II will have an exhibit in the lobby of the Coral Springs Art Museum and Theater in May 2009. All board members are invited.
There will be a juried exhibition September 12 - October 3, 2009 at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach. We are responsible for the food and drink at the reception on Saturday, September13. Also, we pay for the signage maximum of $200. The Armory sends out an e-mail invitation to 5,000 people. The Armory will obtain an out of state juror. We are responsible for juror’s honorarium.
There will be a juried exhibition April 28-June 26, 2011 at the Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, second floor in Del Ray.
Cecily proposed a program on art in public places. Palm Beach County has a very dynamic coordinator for that, Elayna Toby Singer.

Area Chair IV Cheryl Anne Day-Swallow

Cheryl Anne reported that Area IV enjoyed a wonderful show at the Octagon in Clearwater which was held in April-May 2008.
Area IV has been working very hard to prepare for the 2009 symposium which will be held at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art on May 1-3, 2009. This year, to save money for the FLAG organization, two major things will happen; Symposium packets for each area chair have been made up and will be given out. The packets include one envelope for each area member which need to be given out to the members during their next area meeting, or the chair can mail them. Whichever works best. If you are a chairperson and do not receive an envelope for one of the artists in your group, please e-mail Cheryl Anne ASAP. Cheryl will need the following information when you write. YOUR NAME, YOUR AREA, THE ARTIST NAME, THEIR COMPLETE ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE, THEIR PHONE AND THEIR EMAIL.
Roberta Schofield will be assembling the catalog. Thank you to Roberta for tackling this difficult task. One of the biggest changes for our symposium is that the catalog itself will be available during the symposium. Which means due dates have been moved to allow time for the catalogs to be printed. Please take time to note these important dates in the entry form. We don’t want anyone to be left out.
Bob York has moved from Area VII and joined Area IV

Area Chair V Mindy Colton

Mindy applied for an Area V group at the Crealde School of Art Jenkins Gallery in
Winter Park. Board members and Area 5 members who responded were Ahlin, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Mindy Colton, Carol Frye, Lynn Hughes, Barbara Leto, Sydney McKenna, Joan Nixon, Richard Rosen, Henry Sinn, Cheryl Day-Swallow. Nancy Cockerham in Lakeland suggested she submit the group for an exhibit to the Arts on the Park Gallery in Lakeland. She is also planning on submitting the group show to the Terrace Gallery in the Orlando Park City Hall and also to the Albin Polasek Museum in Winter Park. She is continuing to look for other exhibition venues.
Fred and Rose Samuelson have moved to Daytona Beach left the Area V Group. They are now in Area V1. There have been three applicants for membership from Area VI.

New Business
Howard Cowdrick will replace Judy Lyons Schneider as Chair of Area III.
Ahlin has written to Marlene Hauck at Long Boat Key Center of the Arts regarding a FLAG exhibition in 2010. Jean WagnerTroemel will offer a $500 award in memory of her husband to be called The Benjamin Award. The President will send letters of sympathy to Jean Wagner Troemel and to the Founder of The Armory Art Center, Mary Montgomery of Palm Beach. She will also write to the Treasurer of the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation regarding our Award for 2009.

Old Business
Area Chair VI, Sydney McKenna handed out copies of a very professionally designed brochure by Maribel Angel. UNFORTUNATELY there will have to be changes made because of new revisions to the application form. Ahlin will proof the final version. Board Members are asked to send CD’s of their work to Maribel for inclusion in the brochure. Jan Miller asked for a motion, when the brochure is approved, to print 5,000 copies on 100lb glossy paper.

The 58th Annual Symposium Update
Ahlin will send an email to all members of the board about our Juror of Awards, Artist Sam Gilliam. She mentioned that Gilliam is best known for his draped or otherwise unconventionally suspended paintings considered by many to be a major contribution to the history of contemporary American art. He is truly one of the giants of this century.

Our next meeting will be held at the United Arts of Central Florida Board Room, 2450 Maitland Center Parkway, S/201 Maitland, FL 32751, on Saturday, February 7, at 11a.m to select new members. An email will be sent to all board members with directions.

Flag News November 2008

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We have 2 new members for area VI- they are old members, but from a different area before this.-moved to Ormond from Orlando. Fred and Roseanne Samuelson. Their new address is 113 Timberlane Trail Ormond Beach, Fl. 32174 Ph: 386 677-6665. They have no e-mail, so this is the only way to contact them.

Roseanne Samuelson's work was selected to be featured in The Artist Magazine for the March 2009 issue. The call was for artists over 60, and she was one of 10 selected.

Maribel Angel, Sydney McKenna, and Karen Sheridan (not a member) are having an exhibit “La Florida” at Butterfield Gallery opening 12/05/08 with a reception from 5 to 9PM concurrent with First Friday Art Walk. They are joining up for this show because all three are in the “Picturing Florida” book.

Sydney McKenna will be having an exhibit opening May 2, 2009 at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Sydney will be paired with Orlando sculptor Marcia DeBroske.

News From FLAG October 2008

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Upcoming venues confirmed: 2009 Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art in Tarpon Springs. Also in 2009 Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, in 2011 Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture. Unconfirmed, with no regrets, yet, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, requested 2010 and 2011. Maitland Art Center, 2008.

We are so proud of the professional quality of the newly elected members.

New member applicants will, in 2008/2009, be requested to send jpeg/CD images.”

Article about FLAG Member Bob York

2008-07-11T08:01:00.000-07:00

Article Here

President's Message-Newsletter

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The Florida Artist Group
State Wide Newsletter

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Arrangements have been made for the 58th Annual Exhibition of
FLAG at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art in the Spring of 2009. The
dates of the exhibition will be May 2 through July 19, 2009. The
Symposium is scheduled for Friday May l and Saturday May 2.
Washington DC artist Sam Gilliam has been invited to be Juror
of Awards. He was the first painter to introduce the idea of the
unsupported canvas. His works can be seen in the collections of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Phillips Collection and National Gallery
of art, in Washington, DC, Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York , The Tate Gallery in London among others
too numerous to mention. An Exhibition of his work is at the Zora Neale
Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts in Eatonville, Florida thru
August 24th.

The Florida Artist Group will also have an Exhibition at the
Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach September 12 – October 3,
2009. Our catalog was invaluable to museum directors in their choice
of the Florida Artist Group.

The next Board meeting will be on October 25, 2008 at the
Maitland Art Center, 231 West Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL 32751.
The meeting will begin promptly at 11:00 am. We’ll have lunch nearby.
AHLIN

President:
AHLIN
1620 Mohawk Trail
Maitland, FL 32751
(407) 740-5949
ahlinart@aol.com

Vice President:
Barre Barrett
2601 S. 2nd St.
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
(904) 246-9768
barrebarrett@bellsouth.net

Recording Secretary:
Joan Lyon
1891 Boyce St.
Sarasota, FL 34239
(941) 953-2121
joanjaguar@aol.com

Treasurer:
Roberta Schofield
P. O. Box 10561
Tampa, FL 33679
(813) 786-3473
Fax. (813) 837-3473
rs.artist@verizon.net

Corresponding
Secretary:
Brooke Allison
1654 McKay Ct.
Dunedin, FL 34698
(727_ 734-4285
brookallison@earthlink.com

State Membership
Chair:
Jan Miller
112 San Rafael Road
St. Augustine, FL 32080
(904) 460-0277
Fax: (904) 460-0277
janmille@bellsouth.net

The Florida Artist Home Page
http://www.floridaartistgroup.org/

The Florida Artist Blog Hot Spot
http://www.floridaartistgroup.blogspot.com/

Watch for the newsletter in your email as a PDF File.

This information has been added which was left outof your newsletter:

Jeffrey Smart Baisden was one of three colored pencil artists featured at the Wendy Tatter Gallery in St. Augustine January 25 - 28, 2008. She exhibited 9 colored pencil drawings.

The drawing "The Forward Observer" has been juried into the Colored Pencil Society of America's 16th International Exhibition to be held July 2 - September 29, 2008 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle. She has been accepted in 13 of the 16 CPSA International Exhibitions.

Jeffrey is one of four artists invited to exhibit in the group show "It's All About the Media" at the Marco Island Center For The Arts October 5 - November 15, 2008, Marco Island, Florida.

FLAG Area VI News

2008-03-10T18:03:00.000-07:00

FLAG Area VI News letter: Jean Troemel,a suvivor of breast cancer was included in an exhibition and fund raiser for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in September.Ten survivor artists each donated an original art work to the cause which created much attention healthwise and artwise and was considered a financial success for northeast Florida.

Gretchen Ebersol has 8 works on exhibit at the 5th Annual Invitational Exhibit at the Women's Center of Jacksonville. Gretchen

Linda Blondheim is participating in several upcoming events: “Country Roads” exhibit at the Leesburg Art Center Nov.1-Dec.15,

“Art in the House" (an open house featuring her work)
see article: http://www.ocala.com/article/20071020/BIGSUNHOMES/210200301/1170/HOUSING ,

her “Annual Chili Bash” at her studio, and 3 paint-outs: Wekiva River in March, Epcot Center and “Heart of Florida” in April

Beau Redmond had a successful exhibit at “Arts on Douglas” in New Smyrna, with many sales

Sydney McKenna was recently commissioned by Mayo Clinic to paint two large oil paintings for their new Hospice Chapels.

She will be having an exhibit at Butterfield Garage Gallery in St. Augustine opening Nov.2, running through the month, and is scheduled for an exhibit at the Jacksonville International Airport’s Haskell Gallery for April, May and June of 2008.

Wendy Tatter and Jo Sinclair have elected to discontinue their membership. We will miss them

Notes from the Board Meeting-February 2008

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FLAG report from February 23rd board meeting in Maitland

New Members:

We juried 18 applicants, and had 13 accepted.

In our area, Barbara Wagner of New Smyrna is a new member. Welcome Barbara!

Our other new members statewide are Nadine Meyers Saitlin, Howard L. Cowdrick, Pamela Miles, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Lynne Hughes, Barbara Leto, Fred Samuelson, Rose Ann Samuelson, Henry Sinn, Janet Mach Dutton, Bettina Edwards, Idith Levy.

Barbara

Exhibition Schedule:

Our president, Ahlin is in contact with the Maitland Art Center about the potential for an October 2008 symposium, but does not have an answer yet.

Upcoming venues confirmed: 2009 Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art in Tarpon Springs. Also in 2009 Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, in 2011 Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture.

Unconfirmed, with no regrets, yet, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, requested 2010 and 2011. Maitland Art Center, 2008.

Joyce Novak wrote a fine letter to the Appleton Museum in Ocala. They will let us know in a week if we may exhibit there in the years 09,10 or 11.

Joyce also offered to send inquiries to the Ringling Museum of Art. She said that FLAG had exhibited there in our past.

It was suggested that another venue might be the De Land Museum of Art in Volusia County for 2012.

Other news:

New member applicants will, in 2008/2009, be requested to send jpeg/CD images.”

Maribel Angel submitted 2 designs for FLAG brochures. Both are beautiful and our plans are to merge qualities of each, for a tri-fold brochure.

For other news on what is happening statewide, please visit our website www.floridaartistgroup.org and click on “News and Reviews”, then our blogspot link.

All members: if you have news to report, please don’t forget to submit this to Linda Blondheim for posting.

Robert York Exhibit

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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

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Area 4 News Florida Artist Group

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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

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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

2007-08-24T09:35:00.000-07:00

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

2007-07-12T13:42:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-19T08:25:00.000-07:00

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

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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

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Area Four

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

Membership

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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

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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