The meeting is September 4th - 7:00 to 9:00pm at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts (P-A CVA) in Denton.

James Thurman: Collaboration and my Studio Practice

 James Thurman is an Associate Professor at the University of North Texas' College of Visual Arts & Design, where he coordinates the 3D Core program as well as teaches in the Metalsmithing & Jewelry area.  He received his MFA in Metalsmithing from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and his BFA in Sculpture from Carnegie Mellon University.  In 2010, he completed a four-year term on the Board of Directors of the Society of North American Goldsmiths and is now currently serving as Editor of Technical Articles for the organization.  

In 2012, he was a Fulbright Specialist Scholar, working with Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey, on curricular development.

VAST currently sponsors a critique group which meets the fourth Saturday of each month, eight times a year, September through May. Fee is $120 payable to VAST.  Contact Jackie Haugen at waterjourney@verizon.net or 972.672.0188 if you are interested in participating as a member or a substitute in the critique group. Members may bring two pieces of art to each meeting for critique.  

Millie Giles, Critique Group Critic 

Workshop October 14-16  

 Nel Dorn Byrd

Cost: VAST Members $165; Non-Members $200

Nel Dorn Byrd began drawing as a child, first painted with oils, and since 1970 has painted with the medium of watercolor.  She  studied art at Midland Institue of Fine Arts, Richland College, and the University of Texas at Dallas.  She has studied at home and abroad with many watercolor instructors, traveling and painting in twelve different countries.  Nel co-operated a successful art gallery and frame shop for twenty-one years.  Her paintings have been accepted in over two hundred juried regional and national exhibitions and she has received numerous awards and honors.  Nel is a signature member of several watercolor societies and her work has been included in many publications and books.  Her paintings are in corporate and private collections throughout the United States.  She paints in a loose, impressionistic style and her works often depict strong light and dark patterns with the play of light giving excitement and interest to any subject.  Nel feels that working in a series is oftentimes conducive to the creative process. 

See Nel's work at www.neldornbyrd.com

Water Nymph

THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS APPLY TO VAST WORKSHOPS:

REGISTRATION FEE: The registration fee is $50.00, and is due at the time of signing up for the workshop.  This fee is non-refundable. Please make the check out to VAST, and send to: 

Kristin Spalding 

2507 High Pointe Blvd.   

McKinney, TX 75071

214-578-0357  kgn2507@yahoo.com

BALANCE: The balance for the workshop is due one month prior to the beginning of the workshop. 
CANCELLATION BY PARTICIPANT: If a participant must cancel, the VAST workshop coordinator will first attempt to fill the open spot from the official VAST waiting list.  If there is no waiting list, the canceling participant is free to attempt to fill the spot on his/her own.  No refunds will be made one month or less prior to the class.

CANCELLATION BY VAST: If there are not enough participants to cover workshop costs, or if VAST must cancel for any other reason, participants will be notified by workshop coordinator and will promptly receive a full refund, including deposit.

Joshua 1:9 Madelyn Sneed, Best of Show

Gough Gallery

Patterson-Appleton Center for

the Visual Arts

400 East Hickory,

Denton, Texas 76202

Opening Reception: January 16

5:30-7:30PM

Gallery Hours: Tues - Sun 1-5 pm

 For Full Prospectus, click here.

Best of Show $500

Total Awards:$5500

November 17  All Entry Fees and Applications are due by US Mail.  All digital images are emailed to VASTarts125@gmail.com

PURPOSE AND ELIGIBILITY

The 125-Mile Exhibition was initiated in 2006 to establish a regional high quality juried art exhibition for artists living within 125-mile radius of Denton, Texas, to compete and show their work.  This exhibit will be held at the Gough Gallery in the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts.

VAST will publish a catalog featuring the award winning work.  Each exhibiting artist will receive a copy of the catalog at the opening reception.

 CONTACT INFORMATION

Paula Stankovich, Coordinator

940.262.3422

Paulastan2@yahoo.com

Maurice is a native of Louisiana who grew up north of New Orleans with his twin sister and three other siblings. He holds degrees from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now ULL) in English, Florida State University in Library Science, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas in Library and Information Science. He is a self-trained photographer whose art training consists of studying ceramics for three years at the San Antonio Arts Institute in a community arts program. Leatherbury's work can be seen at http://mauriceleatherburyartphotography.com.

Artist's Statement

I am an art photographer whose interest in photography started seriously while I was in the Air Force in the 1970's, where I bought a Minolta SLR and took Kodachrome slides as well as black and white photographs, developing and printing the B&W pictures on expired paper that the Air Force provided. I took a long hiatus from photography, though, to raise a family, get graduate degrees, and earn a living. Prior to retirement in 2013, I had been a librarian, computer system entrepreneur, college professor, and chief information officer. 

 I work exclusively in digital now with a Nikon camera and print almost of all my photos on my large Epson printer. Wanting as much control over the finished printed artifact, I also mat and frame most of my photographs and experiment with new finishing techniques such as coating the photograph's surface with clear acrylic, a process that I discovered in Kauai and Jackson Hole.

My photographs have been exhibited in my places of work in Denton and Arlington and more recently in VAST exhibitions, Visual Arts League of Lewisville exhibits, and the Oxide Gallery in Denton. 

My ultimate goal as an art photographer is simply to make beautiful photos that you'll want to hang on your walls.

Runner up for Artist of the Year Andrea Albright

VAST members are welcome to come twice a month to the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts to paint, sketch, and create art in fellowship with other artists.  It is not a class, and there is no instructor. 

 Meeting days: Generally the first and third Thursdays of the month. The dates are posted in the VAST newsletter, and an email reminder will be sent out to all those signing up.

A Creative Art Studio

227 W. Oak Street, Suite 101
Denton, TX 76201 (940) 442-1251

First Friday Denton, September 5, 7 - 10 pm.  Our music is kicked off this month by local singer songwriter Rachel Yeatts. This month Daren Fagin, metal artist, and Tina Alvarez, photographer and painter will be on hand to demonstrate art techniques.  

information: acreativeartstudio.com

400 E. Hickory Street, Denton, TX 76201 

Meadows Gallery & Gough Gallery: 

American Brides: Inspiration and Ingenuity

June 27 - October 24, 2014

For more information: dentonarts.com

Texas Woman's University Art Galleries

East Gallery and West Gallery 

Combinations 2014: TWU Visual Arts Faculty with Guests

August 26 - September 18

Artwork by faculty members of TWU Department of Visual Arts and guest artists invited by the faculty.

more information: twu.edu/visual-arts