ART BRIEFS: Oil painting workshop; local art show at Ascension Fine Arts; Friends of Lake Monroe gallery exhibit

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Oil painting workshop happening this week

Oil painter Roger Dale Brown will host a three day oil workshop from Oct. 29 to Oct. 31 at the Brown County Art Gallery, 1 Artist Drive.

The workshop begins at 9 a.m. on Oct. 29 and is scheduled to conclude by 5 p.m. on Oct. 31. The cost of the workshop is $600.

The workshop will focus on using plein-air sketches, drawings or photographs to create three large studio pieces. Participants will discover the advantages using certain techniques and working in the studio. Brown will share some techniques as well as how to use color correctly and composition.

Brown’s self-directed education gives him the ability to recognize his students’ struggles and guide the learning process in understandable ways. He has led close to 100 workshops in the United States, Ecuador, Italy, and Scotland.

His teaching experience includes live demonstrations as well as on-location, figurative, studio and still-life classes.

Nashville native attends state art business program

Nashville potter Dylan Quackenbush participated in the annual On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator, a state program for artists and creative professionals, to learn more about entrepreneurship and finance.

Local potter Dylan Quackenbush will demonstrate on a potter's wheel at the Village Art Walk on Oct. 23.  Submitted photo
Local potter Dylan Quackenbush participated in the annual On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator program recently. Submitted photo

The program was made possible by the Indiana Small Business Development Center, Minerva Financial Arts and the Indiana Arts Commission. It is designed to provide education in ten key areas of entrepreneurship and finance along. Participants also receive ongoing mentorships with art-based small businesses.

His medium consists of both stoneware and porcelain clays with a variety of glazes. He makes everything from mugs to large planters and urns, according to IAC.

“I fire with wood and inject soda ash at the end to both create a unique finish as well as an additional flux,” Quackenbush said of his process.

Quackenbush has recently been working around a concept linked to the consequences of drug addiction in small rural towns, creating narrative-focused pottery that is less focused on functionality.

Proposals were submitted by the entrepreneurs for a $2,000 fellowship to allow them to apply course lessons to their business and career development.

A panel of mentor entrepreneurs will review and provide feedback on proposals. Areas of the proposal may be identified that need strengthened, and will be revised before the participant receives the award.

Local art show to run through November

Ascension Fine Arts, 61 W. Main St., will be hosting “The Sea is Lush,” an art show featuring oil painter Sharon Weis. The show will run from Oct. 20 through Nov. 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

An art teacher at Walden School, Weis uses composition, perspective ships, emotive color correlations and natural rhythms set by the sea and sky to create aesthetic divisions of space. She enjoys painting on birch plywood to draw inspiration from the natural world.

Felting classes offered

Sandy Binder, owner of Grandview Alpaca Fiber Studio, 8248 Grandview Road, is offering felting classes through mid-November.

Classes are Mondays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Tuesdays from 1 to 4:30 p.m. The class fee is $60. A $30 non refundable fee is paid up front and the remainder paid on the day of class. If the class must be canceled, a full refund will be given.

Two projects will be completed: Wet felting three alpaca dryer balls and using the felting machine to needle felt a piece of fabric, which will be used to create a choice of round, square and rectangle table trivets; round or square coffee cup coasters; a pair of boot liners; a head band; bookmarks; or alpaca ornaments.

Attendees are welcome to bring a sack lunch or a snack. Bottled water will be provided.

Email Binder at [email protected] with an address and phone number, requested class date and the best time to receive a call.

Friends of Lake Monroe gallery exhibit

The Friends of Lake Monroe will celebrate their 5th anniversary with “The Art of Water,” a gallery exhibit featuring paintings and photography from three artists at the Brick Room Gallery, 107 N. College Ave. in Bloomington.

The gallery will open on Friday, Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. and will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. each Friday in November.

Featured artists are Dawn Adams, Jeff Danielson and Kriste Lindberg.

Friends of Lake Monroe was founded in 2016 to support water quality, and protect and enhance Lake Monroe through science, advocacy and public involvement. Visit FriendsofLakeMonroe.org for more information.

Sixty-five percent of the Lake Monroe watershed is in Brown County.

Craft show makes something out of nothing

The Déjà Vu craft show features many professional artists that create art out of almost nothing. Artwork available for purchase includes wearable art, weaving, leatherwork, woodworking and more.

The show will take place at the Commons, 300 Washington St., on Nov. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free in celebration of America Recycles Day.

Seasons Holiday Art and Craft Show coming back

Plans are being finalized for the return of The Seasons Holiday Art and Craft Show after missing last year because of COVID.

This year’s show, a Thanksgiving weekend tradition for nearly 40 years, will be Friday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Seasons Conference Center. There is no admission charge and parking is free.

While booth space is nearly filled, there is still room for a few more artists and crafters to apply.

Currently, the juried show will offer handmade pottery, both useful and decorative; felt Christmas ornaments; woodworking projects; primitive paintings; wildlife photography; fine painting; handmade baskets; soaps; crocheting; knitting and embroidery work; fine jewelry; and from the longest returning artist who has exhibited at the show for all but one year, hand-painted folk art tree ornaments.

The Brown County 4-H Club will also offer their fresh holiday pine wreaths and swags as one of their fundraisers.

Each juried artist and crafter doing the show has signed an agreement to be fully vaccinated to help make the show as safe as possible. Additionally, if conditions warrant, all vaccinated artists and crafters will wear masks. Signs will be posted outside the conference center requesting that all guests be vaccinated. Guests may also be required to wear masks if warranted at the time of the show. Masks will be available at the door for anyone needing one.

For more information, including breakfast, brunch and lunch offerings available at the show in the conference center, visit the show’s website, seasonsartandcraftshow.com.

Hoosier Homestead farms sought for history book

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture and the Hoosier Homestead award program plan to publish “Hoosier Homestead Farms: Honoring Farm Legacy,” a history-focused coffee table book.

Owners of Hoosier Homestead farms are invited to submit a free 300 word history of their farm and a photo for the book. Information should include the year the farm started, how many generations have worked on it and owned it, crops grown, places crops are sold and the year the farm was inducted as a Hoosier Homestead Farm.

Visit www.acclaimpress.com to submit or reserve a copy. Submissions may also be emailed to [email protected].

The deadline for submissions and reserving a copy is Nov. 30.

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