Artist Sarah Ayala
May 5, 6:45pm. Join Us!
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Members are welcome to Zoom the Wednesday, May 5 VAST meeting which will start at 6:45pm. (Zoom info below.)
Our speaker is Sarah Ayala.
Our May presentation with Sarah Ayala will explore and discuss the history, psychology, and meditative benefits of the mandala. Learn the rich story of the design throughout the ages on every continent, and its use within psychotherapy. Create your own mandala after with detailed instructions, with no previous art experience required.
Artist Statement:
Sarah Ayala lives and creates in the Fort Worth Cultural District. She is an artist rooted in the community who aims to make art more accessible to the public. Sarah’s work draws inspiration from world philosophies as well as her Latinx culture. She specializes in detailed processes like mandala patterns and hand lettering. Sarah has combined this style with the rich history of cartography, using maps as a way to speak about an experience of a region. Her work can be found throughout Fort Worth’s walls, as well as within local and national art collectives or working closely in collaboration with community partners and institutions.
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Sarah Ayala
Instagram: @sarahrayala
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Zoom information for May 5 |
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Topic: VAST Member's Zoom Meeting
Time: May 5, 2021 06:45 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 848 2256 8984
Passcode: VAST
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Meeting ID: 848 2256 8984
Passcode: 772567
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Upcoming VAST Opportunities |
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VAST Calendar Update!
This is for Your Artwork to be in our VAST Calendar fundraiser.
- Entry is free with membership dues paid before May 31.
- Images are due June 15.
- Go to vastarts.org and choose exhibitions for calendar information.
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Images art to be sent to vastartscalendar@gmail.com
Each year VAST produces a calendar, our major fundraiser, featuring juried work by our members. VAST coordinates an exhibition of original works as a benefit to the calendar artists.
VAST 2022 Calendar Exhibition
Entry Deadline: June 15, 2021
Entry Requirements:
- Entry is $20 to enter two photos of artworks. If you have paid your dues by May 31 for the upcoming fiscal year (June 1 to May 31), you do not have to pay the entry fee. Only VAST members may enter the Calendar exhibition.
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Images for the VAST Calendar should be submitted to vastartscalendar@gmail.com by June 15, 2021.
- Timely receipt by the VAST Calendar email of the photos correctly sized, correctly labeled, and with all required inclusions of personal information is considered your “entry.”
- Images must be 300 dpi and 1800 pixels for the longer side. Please submit the file labeled as lastname_firstinitial_name_of_painting.jpg (i.e. Williams_U_Pups_On_Couch.jpg) Images that are sent in and don’t meet these requirements will not be accepted!
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Include your name and phone number, size of art, medium, and price (or NFS if the item is not for sale) in your email to vastartscalendar@gmail.com.
- All artwork must be original, not a copy of a painting or photograph by another artist.
- All twelve calendar competition winners are expected to assist in the sales and promotion of the VAST Calendar by purchasing 5 calendars themselves and assisting in the assembly of the calendars into their sales packages.
Questions:
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VAST Member Exhibition
- Members exhibit images are due August 1.
- The prospectus info will be on our vastarts.org web page
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Images are to be sent to vastmembersexhibition@gmail.com
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The exhibit will be in the Meadows Gallery at the PAAC and will be up September 17 - December 11.
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175-Mile Exhibition
- Images will be due October 25
- Images will be sent to vast175mileshow@gmail.com
- Watch for more information!
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The May Board Meeting is open to VAST members. It will take place on May 22 at 10am. If you are interested in attending, please reply to this newsletter for details. |
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Zoom Workshop With Stephen Zhang
Full, but you can be on a wait list.
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Intuitive Watercolor Painting
Zoom Landscape and Portrait Workshop
Instructor: Stephen Zhang
May 12, 19, 26, June 2
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May 12 and May 26;
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
May 19;
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (includes break)
June 2;
Time: 9:00 – 12:00 (Individual
Critiques)
Zoom Class: Link will be sent
Fee: $155 (VAST Members)
$190 (Non-Members)
Contact Jo to be put on a wait list for the workshop.
Workshop Coordinator: Jo Williams 940.453.0817; texjo@msn.com
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2021 VAST Calendar Artists |
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VAST 2022 Calendar Exhibition
Entry Deadline: June 15, 2021
See article above or go to our website.
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Dear VAST Members:
While not meeting in person, VAST will run its monthly mini-show virtually. Please look for an email from VAST Membership Chair at the beginning of each month with the details for entry (specifically photo size, photo naming, and artist information), and send the information and photo of your artwork to VOTE@VASTArts.org before the 15th of the month (for 2020 VAST Artist of the Year, the mini-show will continue in February, March, April, and May 2021).
Voting information will be sent to the member email on record with VAST after the 16th of the month. The winners will be announced at the monthly meeting to all the membership. They will also be posted on the VAST website.
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Congrats to the March Mini Show Winners! |
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Thank You to the 66 renewing members as of 4/28/21.
The “VAST YEAR” runs from June 1 through May 31, so YES we are renewing for our upcoming year! Our current dues are: Individual, $37; Family, $47; Educator, $27; Student, $17. VAST starts collecting dues for the upcoming year March 1.
Some items to note:
- Members joining for the first time on or after March 1 receive 3 months (March/April/May) free.
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Each year renewing and new members are asked to fill out a Member Registration Form to update all member information.
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VAST is an all-volunteer organization. Please consider sharing your time, talent, and skills with us. Projects, skills and needs are listed on the Member Registration Form. Your help is needed and wanted!
The VAST officers, board of directors, chair persons
all hope you enjoy your membership experience!
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To be sure you receive membership news and the Vision newsletter, make sure that your electronic address book has the emails below added to your contacts list. (Or they may end up in your junk mail!)
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Greater Denton Arts Council is now open for OPEN STUDIO every Thursday from 10am to 2pm in the craft room at PAAC. Therefore, VADO (VAST Artist Day Out) will take advantage of this opportunity and will meet in this room the first and third Thursdays of each month.
Masks will be required until further notice, and attendance will be limited. If you plan to attend VADO, please let Fran Shurtleff know by Wednesday afternoon at fmrws@yahoo.com. All members of VAST are invited to join this group. Bring something to work on and enjoy being with other artists.
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There is no charge for VADO. |
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Member Workshops, Classifieds, Want Ads, Etc. |
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VAST Members have the opportunity to advertise art related information in the newsletter 2 times per VAST year - June 1st through May 31st. This business card-sized ad must be sent to the editor by the 15th of the month and is subject to the approval of VAST. VAST reserves the right to edit. |
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Please let us know if you have gotten in a show or publication, or are having an exhibition! |
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VAST's Revolving Exhibitions |
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Please contact the coordinator for the exhibit(s) that you would like to be considered for. |
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"Off the Shelves" exhibition at Emily Fowler Central Library
Coordinator for exhibit: Carol Stoecker
If you are interested in showing, please contact her at storytimeartist@yahoo.com.
The Emily Fowler Central Library is located at 502 Oakland Street, Denton TX, 76201
"Through the Ages" exhibition at the Denton Senior Center
Aurora Cabrera Dawson is the coordinator for this exhibition. If you are interested in showing, please contact her at auroradawson65@yahoo.com.
The Denton Senior Center is located at 509 N. Bell Ave., Denton, TX
Hours: M-F 8:00 am to 9:00 pm; Saturday 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
"Stoked About Denton" Exhibition,
608 E. Hickory St., Suite 128.
This exhibition space is currently under construction.
Carol Stoecker is the coordinator for this exhibition. If you are interested in showing, please contact her at storytimeartist@yahoo.com.
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A Creative Art STUDIO
227 W. Oak Street, Denton, TX
"A Creative Art Studio and Gallery" on Facebook or https://acreativeartstudio.com
Patterson-Appleton Arts Center
400 E. Hickory Street, Denton, TX 76201
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Texas Woman's University Art Galleries
East Gallery and West Gallery
University of North Texas Art Galleries
CVAD Gallery
Paul Voertman Gallery
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Find These Incredible Women |
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Do You Share a Birthday With a Famous Artist?
May Birthdays
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May
1 Cecilia Beaux 1855
1 Romaine Brooks 1874
4 Keith Haring 1958
6 James Turrell 1943
7 Deborah Butterfield 1949
11 Salvador Dali 1904
12 Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti 1828
12 Frank Stella 1936
13 Georges Braque 1882
14 Thomas Gainsborough 1727
15 Jasper Johns 1930
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16 Ford Madox Brown 1821
16 Tamara de Lempicka 1898
18 Janet Fish 1938
21 Albrecht Durer 1471
21 Henri Rousseau 1844
22 Mary Cassatt 1844
22 Marisol Escobar 1930
23 Franz Kline 1910
27 Georges Rouault 1871
31 Ellsworth Kelly 1923
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Art Opportunities and Proposals |
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Paint and Photograph Rowlett 2021
Call for Entries
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Come Photograph or Paint Rowlett!
The painting/photography part of this juried show will include two weeks to finish, matte/frame, and wire your artwork. This is a fun show, and you will enjoy wandering around the city of Rowlett, seeing the city sites and picking your favorite spot(s) to create something beautiful and unique to enter into the show.
2D media or photography only.
Entry deadline: must be postmarked no later than May 11.
All work must be done during designated days May 15 - May 29.
Take-in is May 29 at the Rowlett Public Library.
Reception & awards June 5.
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The 121st Anniversary International Exhibition of Works on Paper
will be open for submissions on May 3rd. This will be a live show at the Community Arts Center in October so read the prospectus. The selection for this show will be made by British artist Ray Balkwill so please present him with good quality, “sized” jpegs.
Deadline: midnight, August 3
Fees: PWCS members, $35, Non-PWCS members, $50
Exhibition Dates: October 21 - November 23
Exhibition Location: Community Arts Center, 414 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, PA 19086
Awards: (over $10,000 in Awards)
$2,000 PWCS Award of Excellence
$1,500 Elizabeth Shober Hooper Award for Excellence in Presentation & Technique $1,000 PWCS 121st Exhibition Award
Juror: Ray Balkwill, www.raybalkwill.co.uk
Judge of Awards: Mary Whyte
Thank you for your consideration,
Al Richards, Exhibition Chairman
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Wichita Falls Art Association call for entries
2021 Photography Show
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2021 ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
Exhibition Dates: June 1, 2021 through June 30
Cash Prizes Totaling $1,000.00
To download the prospectus and entry form click here
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Only original images created via the following forms of photography will be accepted for consideration:
• Film or digital capture
• Minimal Photo Manipulation for categories 1-4 (Images beyond basic crop, color, contrast and brightness must be entered into the Manipulated Imagery Category including images with added textures and HDR) • Manipulated imagery-(alternative processes and HDR accepted for Category 5 only)
ELIGIBILITY & RULES:
• Only the first 150 entries will be accepted that meet prospectus guidelines.
PRESENTATION AND SIZE GUIDELINES:
- Entries must not exceed 24×30 including frame.
- Prints need to be framed, behind glass or Plexiglas, and should arrive at the Gallery “ready to hang”. Ready to hang requires D hooks and wire not string. Apex of the wire must be at least 3” below top of the frame. No sawtooth hangers, staples, or tape will be accepted. Frames and any mats used need to be clean and in good repair.
- Photographs are also accepted on canvas; gallery-profile canvases do not require a frame, but any canvas under the size of gallery-profile does require a frame.
- Prints on metal are also acceptable, with an approved hanging device on the back of the print.
CATEGORY 1: LAND OR CITYSCAPES
CATEGORY 2: ANIMALS
CATEGORY 3: PEOPLE
CATEGORY 4: STILL LIFE
CATEGORY 5: MANIPULATED IMAGERY ANY SUBJECT
Entries must be hand-delivered to the Wichita Falls Art Gallery in the Historic Holt Hotel located at 600 8th Street, Wichita Falls, TX.
May 28, 2021 – Deadline for submission of entries, registration form, and entry fee.
ENTRY FEE:
WFAA Members: $30 for up to 3 entries. (3 entries max). Non-Members: $40 for up to 3 entries. (3 entries max).
CONTACT/QUESTIONS:
Show Chairperson: Mike Fiore at (940)767-0460 or Chetancikala@gmail.com@gmail,com Cindy Thomas (940)733-1562 or at cindykahlerthomas@gmail.com
Wichita Falls Art Association 2021 Annual Photography Exhibition Registration:
Please complete this form and deliver it with your entries and your entry fee (Cash or Check) no later than May 28, 2021 by 5 pm. to: Wichita Falls Art Association Gallery, 600 8th Street, Wichita Falls TX, 76301
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Deadline: May 30
Juror: Christina Rees, editor-in-chief at Glasstire.
Exhibition Dates: July 10 - August 21
Eligibility: All artists residing in Texas over the age of 18, with no for-profit or non-profit gallery representation.
For details and prospectus: HERE.
craigheadgreen.com
Craighead Green Gallery phone: 214.855.0779
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Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary Gallery Opportunities |
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Exhibition opportunities at the Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary Gallery. The gallery hosts monthly national juried exhibitions, conducted through CallForEntry.org, featuring 50-60 artists each month with cash awards.
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8th Annual Texas Exhibition at Artspace111 |
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Artspace111: 8th Annual Texas Juried Exhibition
Location: 111 Hampton St., Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Exhibition Dates: July 10 - August 28
Entry Deadline: May 24
Entry Fee: $35.00
Awards: A total of $5000 will be awarded to the best works in show, and the first prize will include the opportunity to exhibit at Artspace111 in a separate solo or group exhibition in 2021-2022..
All Entrants will have the option to be included in the Texas Now Online Showcase 2021.
Juror: Caleb Bell, Curator at the Tyler Museum of Art
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