Hello AWI members, welcome to March and our Spring newsletter

Please check out all the topics and mark your calendar with these

Important Dates

March 2 - First Saturday @ Canal Street Gallery

March 5 to 10 - AWI Members Show @ AWI Studios

March 10 - Member Show Luncheon & Awards

March 11 - Spring I Classes begin

April 6 - First Saturday @ Canal Street Gallery

April 6 & 7 - Pastel Workshop with Barbara Ortiz

April 21 - Member Meeting

April 22 - Spring II Classes begin

May 11 & 12 - Acrylic Workshop with Jane Slivka

Dear Members

I hope you have taken the opportunity to attend our last couple of members meetings. We have had some really great demonstrations that should get any artist excited about either taking a workshop or expanding into clay and really experimenting. I must say that our clay department is growing every day, attracting new students and cementing our relationship with old students who saw the potential “magic” in our studio…..they are all having fun, learning, creating and I can’t thank all of the volunteers enough who helped us make the transition. The energy in that studio is fantastic! But all of these changes would not have been possible without the leadership, hard work, organizational skills and generosity of Cindy Weimer…..Thank you Cindy for inspiring us with your talent and continuing to lead the way!  

We have our Annual Member’s Show and Awards Brunch to look forward to in March, and then a Barbara Ortiz pastel workshop in April and Jane Slivka rounding out our Spring workshops in May! Hard to believe that summer will be here in “no time” and we will again be hosting our Summer Eco Art camp. Please take the time to open and read the emails we regularly send so you don’t miss any of the latest updates for all of our activities! Please mark your calendars for our next Members Meeting April 21 st 1 to 3pm here at our studios

Hope to see you at the Members’ Show,

Cheryl

66 th Annual Member Show Coming Soon!

Sunday March 10th is the annual AWI Member's Show, and we hope that you're looking forward to joining us there! The Awards ceremony starts about 1:30 PM, and if you've signed up for our Garden Brunch, it will start about Noon. There are no classes the week before the Show, so from Tuesday, March 5th until Friday March 8th, our studio space will be open for people to come and enjoy the beautiful artwork that has been entered. While you're there, choose YOUR favorite piece of art and vote for the People's Choice Award. (One vote per person please!) The Show will remain up until March 15th and we ask that you pick up your artwork no later than 3:30 PM March 15th. 

We have many generous members and sponsors who have contributed to the Show Awards again this year, and expect to be giving out close to $4000 in prizes! Thanks again to all of you who help support each other as artists, and who choose to honor the memory of a loved one with these annual awards. Our judge this year is Bryce Hammond of NSB, a curriculum specialist in Volusia County Schools, and a talented contemporary artist. Look for an AWI email later in March with all the news from the big event! See you at the Show.

We are offering many new art and clay classes this Spring along with all the familiar ones. We are also welcoming some new instructors to join those returning to offer our members a wide range of art opportunities. Registration is now open.

We have a couple workshops scheduled for the Spring which are filling up fast. So don't delay in registering if you're interested in attending. Upcoming Spring workshops include

Barbara Ortiz - What Lies Beneath,

Soft Pastel Painting Workshop,

April 6 & 7

Jane Slivka - Freedom of Acrylic, May 11 & 12

Visit our website for more details and to register.

Congratulations to these talented artists who sold pieces from the Jan/Feb "Something Red" show.

• Valeh Levy for "Farmstand Bouquet"
• Betty Buzzy for "Surfer Boy"
• Dale Turner for "Take a Ride With Mickey."

Upcoming show themes are

• March - "Artists Choice"
• April/May - "April Showers bring May Flowers"

As always, be watching for the frequent studio emails we send re: all take in and pick up dates. I want to once again thank our gallery volunteers, the time you give to the gallery is greatly appreciated and we couldn't do it without you! Please contact the studio office if you're available to help out at the gallery a few hours a month.

Thank you,

Liz Clayton,

Gallery Chairman

Please welcome our newest members - December to February

Tina and Harrison Fearnley. Edgewater

Julie Latayan. Edgewater

Keri Lewis.  Port Orange

Joyce Roll. Ponce Inlet

Lynn and Frank Aquilon. NSB

Lindy Elmore. NSB

Jeff Fleshman. NSB

Regina Gargus. DeLand

Dominique Josef. NSB

Debra Manzo. Sanford

Theresa McCoy. NSB

Donita Oberman. Kirkwood, MO

Pam Patton. Edgewater

Electra Skouras. NSB

Donna Statton. Ormond Beach

Deborah Tomkinson. NSB

Mary Van Kleunen. Winter Springs

Stephen Wright. NSB

Sandy Mason Clark. DeLand

Linda Fraser. Kingston, Ont.

Christine Mervin. Edgewater

Bailee Melvin. Port Orange

Jonathan Salazar. Ormond Beach

Reminder - please check your mailboxes for your annual renewal letters

The Artists’ Workshop Community Exhibits program is an opportunity for members to display and sell their artwork. Our local area has several venues where the shows are hung for months at a time.

Please let us know if you would like to show your work at one of our community exhibit locations. For Spring we are featuring the artwork of Sue Stoddart and Judi Poltorak, which are on display in the New Smyrna library. The Adirondacks are the main feature of Sue's beautiful art. Her wonderful artwork really captures the beauty of that area. The main subject of Judi's wonderful watercolors is Florida. Her paintings are colorful and bright. Take a ride over to view this fine art by two of our talented artists. If you would like to show your work in any of our venues, please contact us.

• New Smyrna Beach Library
• Edgewater Library/City Hall
• Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce – 2nd Floor
• Nature in Beauty Salon- Canal Street
• United Church of Christ – NSB
• Dr. Daquila’s office – Port Orange
• Trinity Lutheran Church- NSB

Art Is…Creation

T.A.P. (Teen Arts Program)

T.A.P. is held at the Artists’ Workshop Studios at 540 Barracuda Blvd. NSB, FL 32169 every Third Saturday

What a blessing to have three of my former camp students, Cheyenne Lewis, Sarah Lewis and Ariel Belisle return to volunteer with Elsa Wittbold creating clay artworks with our T.A.P. students in the newly relaunched AWI Clay Studio. Thank you Ms Elsa!A It's a very exciting time to work in Clay!!!

Classes are every 3rd Saturday until April. March we'll learn Paintng Techniques with Lyn Bernatovich wrapping up in April with Watercolor Painting with Holly Esch.

Contact Regina Wise if you have a Budding Artist who would like to join us.

www.artiscreation.org 

Regina Wise

Founder/Director Art Is…Creation, Inc.

386-847-1676 artiscreationinc@gmail.com

We love to share the accomplishments of our members and invite them to send us news of any awards or recognition they have recently received. Please email us at artistsworkshopnsb@gmail.com to submit your recent accomplishments to include in future newsletters.

This Spring we recognize these members.

Cheryl Faber - honored by the Volusia County Cultural Alliance with the "Brady-Coolidge Arts Ambassador Award"

Barbara Ortiz - selected as the "2024 Wekiva Plein Air Paint Out cover artist"

Lisa Engelbrecht - won the “2023 Photographer of the Year Award” from the Southeast Volusia County Camera Club. 

It's always a good time to browse our Art Library and find a book to inspire you! Please remember this is a lending library and  please, please, return your borrowed books.

Book club meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at 11 a.m. September to May and you don't have to read the book to enjoy the group.

These are the books we'll be discussing during our Spring Book Club.

March 21st,  The Lost Diaries of  Frans Hals by Michael Kernan

April 18th,   The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman

May 16th, Claude and Camille: a novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell

Anyone interested in joining us contact Kathy at kk8ocean@gail.com, or text 386 416-8746

Happy Reading!

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Our next newsletter will be the Summer Edition, released by May 15, 2024