ART 321 News Newsletter December 2016

Happy Holidays to Everyone,

It’s hard to believe that the year is at an end and what a year we have had! We’ve weathered a great tragedy in

losing Carol Plummer and happily launched Holly Turner into her much-deserved retirement. We’ve had the

best year ever in the gift shop and exhibitions and seen over 11,000 visitors come through our door. This

warrants a huge Thank You to our members, our dedicated volunteers and our community support. All of you

have helped make this place into a thriving part of the arts in Casper and in our region.

Both our Postcard and Pint Sized Art Show and our Holiday Bazaar were a huge success. The Postcard party was so fun and we sold every

one of the postcards that were so generously donated by all of our members and supporters. There was some GREAT art that found new

homes. Our Events Committee deserves a BIG thank you. Our Holiday Bazaar was well attended for the first three days of December so

we’ll do it again next year. The vendors were happy and lots of holiday shopping went on.

Like every other organization at the end of the year, you should be receiving your annual giving letter from us in the mail. Please consider

us as you make your decisions on your tax-deductible gifts. We can’t do this without you and your generous support. Our need is still great

to keep all of this running and the vision moving forward. Please help if you can.

Some upcoming events deserve a mention:

Justin Hayward will be teaching “The Portrait in Pen, Pastel and Charcoal” Saturday, January 7th from 9am to 4pm. Fee is $65 for

members.

Lisa Shanor will be teaching “Beginning Needle Felting”, Saturday February 4th, 10am to 3pm. Fee is $65 for members.

Lynn Jones will be teaching “Beginning Colored Pencil”, Saturday February 18th, 10am till 1pm. Fee is $30 for members.

“Anything Goes” is our group exhibit for January. Deadline for submission is Saturday, December 24th at NOON! We’ll be closed after

that till the new year, so no late works can be accepted. Please register your work online as it saves our staff typing everything

twice. Go to our website, under Exhibits and then under Anything Goes. You’ll find the form there and it is very easy to fill out.

Our featured artist in January is Rachael Hawkins with her distinctive jewelry. There will be an artist’s reception on Thursday,

January 5th at the usual Art Walk time, 5-8pm.

The gift shop changes over during the week we are closed from Christmas to New Years. If you want your art in the next round, you

need to sign up now. The gift shop crew will call and tell you when to deliver your work and pick up your work from the last

round. This changeover will be displayed from January till the end of April.

We’re throwing an all Member & Friends Party on Friday, February 17th! S’More Art, S’More Food, S’More Fun.

Look for your crunchy invitation in the mail and save the date!

We’d like to wish all of you a wonderful holiday and hope you get some great art in your stocking!

Lynn Jones

Gift Shop

The gift shop will receive new merchandise for the January through April season starting December 20th through December 23rd. Please

bring your art in during these dates if you wish to be in the gift shop for this period.

The take-down and replacement will be done December 26th through January 2nd. If you have things in the gift shop now, they will be

available for pick-up January 3rd and 4th as we must be ready for the reception on January 5th. Thank you for your co-operation.

Dee Seid and Jan Lindsay

Calendar of Events

Tuesdays………………..…..10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Ceramics Mini-Classes

Wednesdays……………………..…..10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Portrait Painting

Thursdays …….…10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Pastel Painting Group & Class

Saturdays………………...….…....10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Watercolor Class

Saturdays…………………………...……..1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Figure Drawing

December Exhibit ………….……...Shawn Rivett; Elizabeth Lugg; “RED”

January Exhibit …………. Anything Goes & Rachael Hawkins, Jewelry

January 7th………………....….Justin Hayward Workshop: Drawing the

Portrait in Pen, Pastel and Charcoal

February Exhibit……………………...Statewide College Faculty Art Show;

New Members Show; Susan Simon

February 4th…… .Lisa Shanor Workshop: Beginning Needle Felting

February 17th………………………………...…….Members Only S’More Party

February 18th…....Lynn Jones Workshop: Beginning Colored Pencil

March Exhibit ……………………………………..…….Ellen Black and Friends;

Neltje; All High School Exhibit

March 4-5th…Lori Wormus Workshop: Bead Weaving and Braiding

SATURDAY MORNING WATERCOLOR CLASSES

Watercolor sessions meet every Saturday morning from 10am - noon. $10 per session. All levels welcome. Haven’t painted be-fore? No problem. This is the place to learn and enjoy art. For information and questions please call Ellen Black at 265-6783. We will resume after the New Year.

Jan. 7th Practice Session

Jan 14th Texture With Paper Collage

Jan 21st Practice Session

Jan 28th Michele McDonald - Lesson

DUES ARE DUE!

ART 321’s membership year runs from September 1st through

August 31st. If you haven’t done so yet, please pay your 2016-

2017 dues either at ART 321 or send in by mail. Please be sure

to include your name, address, telephone number, and email

address.

ARTIST RECEPTION IN JANUARY

There are no Art Walks in January, Feb-

ruary and March but we still have an

artist reception on the first Thursday,

January 5th, 2017 from 5-8 PM. Come join

us for Rachael Hawkins jewelry and our

“Anything Goes” show.

Gift Shop: Jim Reed

Elizabeth Lugg “Grant’s Ranch 2” Pastel

Shawn Rivett “Sizzlin Steaks” Photo Rivett “Sizzlin

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!!!

We give many thanks to all of our volunteers, but we still

have a number of vacancies to help fill our reception desk.

All you need to bring is your smile. Our staff will help you

with the sales.

Thank you so much to all of those persons who have been so

dedicated in our gallery recently including our Gallery At-

tendants. We could not be open without you! Helping us this

month have been: Connie Atkinson, Neva Bodin, Jude Booth,

Anna Marie Cavender, Carol Chapman, Pat Fonnesbeck, Nan-

cy Geldien, Carole Glenn, Garnette Jones, Gretchen Hogan,

Emily King, Wanda Klietz, Julie Richards Lawrence, Eliza-

beth Lugg, Renae Mason, Bev Mathisen, Emma Meyer, Mar-

garet Morris, Melanie Myron, Pat Pulitzer, Terry Richard-

son, Kara Roberts, Carolyn Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, Sam

Sherman, Ellen Schreiner, Kit Scott, Dee Seid, Brenda Short,

Nova Simons, Jan Stirling, Tayla Thomas, , Holly Turner,

Bonnie Wall, and Lori Wormus.

Thanks to Elizabeth Lugg for Coordinating this important

work.

WORKSHOPS

Justin Hayward Workshop: January 7th

Justin is an expert on portraits. Learn how to draw the human

face in pen, pastel, and charcoal.

Lisa Shanor Workshop: February 4th

Lisa will teach beginning dry needle felting. You’ll create a small

piece in class and learn all the techniques!

Lynn Jones Workshop: February 18th

Bring your colored pencils and learn all the

basic techniques; shading, blending colors

and burnishing. Create works in a new

medium that’s very easy and portable.

Special Thanks go to our Events Committee

who planned our Post Cards and Pint-Sized Art

Gala in November: Jennifer Deurloo, Carol

Chapman, Jan Stirling, Heather Watson, Pat

Fonnesbeck, and Susie Grant.

Barbara Finch “The Red Door” Pastel Ranae Mason “Red Rocker” Pastel

Top Left: Michelle Martin “Queen

of Hearts” Acrylic/Oil

Top Right: Melanie Myron “Silly

Star” (In Gift Shop)

Bottom Left: Dee Seid “Scarf” (In

Gift Shop)

Elizabeth Lugg “Robins” Oil

Casper Artists’ Guild

321 W. Midwest

Casper, WY 82601

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Contact Us: 321 West Midwest Ave.

Casper, Wyoming 82601

Phone: (307) 265-2655 Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM

* Admission free *

Website: www.casperartguild.org E-mail addresses: info@art321.org lynn@art321.org brenda@art321.org

ART 321 of the Casper Artists’

Guild, Inc., (which is a non-profit

organization) offers art opportuni-

ties and experiences for the educa-

tion and enjoyment of the citizens

of Casper and its surrounding

region.

HOLIDAY WISH LIST FOR ART 321

Following is a list of items that are

needed at ART 321. We appreciate

anything that you can donate to

our guild. Every gift helps our

budget a little bit more.

Automatic dishwasher soap pods, Electric Tea Kettle, Napkins, Small Paper Plates, Stamps,

File Folders, Ink Cartridges,

Copy Paper, Laser Printer,

Paper clips, Post-it Notes (square size), Paper towels,

A conference room table and chairs, Cleaning Supplies,

Scraps of watercolor or pastel paper (for classes).

ART 321's January 2017 exhibit

"Anything Goes"

This is a call to artists in the Community of Casper and to the Members of ART 321 - Casper Artists’ Guild. ART 321 wants to display what you’ve been working on for our annual January 2017 Exhibit titled “Anything Goes”.

Please do not submit Artwork that has already been shown at the Casper Artists’ Guild. This is an exhibit of new work. Artwork needs to be delivered to ART 321 between Dec 13-23rd, Tuesday- Saturday 10am-4pm. This is an opportunity for you to show and sell your work in Casper’s premier community gallery!

Anything Goes is an open call for artwork. Tuesday, December 13 through Friday December 23, 2016 is the delivery deadline for art submissions. Deliver art to ART 321-Casper Artist’s Guild, 10am-4pm Tuesday—Saturday 321 West Midwest Avenue, Casper, WY 82601