Artline Editor: Ray Almond, contact at : raymondalmond@yahoo.com

Exhibition” is now available

our TAA website, and there

will be only a 10% commission

on all pieces sold for this TAA

free “TAA Members Only”

show.

Following the d”Art TAA

Member’s Show will be a new

showing of one work each by

TAA members from late

September to mid-December

2014 at the new Norfolk

Collegiate School’s new

Meredith Gallery, and will be

tentatively called : “A Longer

View”, (as the gallery is both

long and narrow) with no

restrictions on the age of the

work submitted, but size is

limited to 24 inches in either

direction unframed, and with

only a 25% commission on all

pieces sold.

And our Inaugural 2015 TAA

show will be the TAA Juried

Portfolio Show of 3-4 works

each, to be held from January

1st to February 26

th 2015 at the

Art Institute of Virginia

Beach Gallery in the Towne

Center, and will be chaired by

TAA our members: Michelle

Barnes and Eloise Shelton-

Mayo.

I have enjoyed being your

TAA President these past two

years, and look forward to

working with the elected 2014-

15 TAA officers as the Past

President’s Letter

June 2014

There will be no TAA 2014

June General Meeting, as

our TAA General Meetings

will resume in September !

TAA’s Edie White, has

secured the Algonquin

House Party Room in

Norfolk as the location for

our TAA “End-of-Year

Party” to be held from 1-

5:00 p.m. on Sunday, June

29th, 2014.

So mark your calendars for

this TAA Social Event, and

catch up with your fellow

TAA Members, and see the

party details on the Kudo

page 2 below.

Our TAA membership

director, Mike Young, will

be taking 2014-15 TAA

membership renewals at

our June 29th

“End-0f-Year

Party” above, as our first

show of the new 2014-15

calendar year will be the

2014 TAA “Members

Exhibition” at The d’Art

Center during the month of

August.

And it will be juried by the

Chrysler Museum’s chief

curator, Mr. Jeff Harrison,

and co-chaired by myself and

TAA’s Lynne Sward.

The Prospectus for the

TAA “Members

Tidewater Art Alliance for Visual Artists Non-profit organization

TAA President, as you and other

helpful TAA members & the

volunteers were appreciated so

much to me as TAA President !

And I’ll hope to see you

all at the “End-of-Year

Party”on Sunday, June

29th

, and do have a very

creative Summer too!

Sincerely, Ray

Below is another famous artist

quote to ponder as we all are

continuing our path to making

better art to share with friends,

family, and society too.

“Great art is the outward

expression of an inner life in

the artist.”

Edward Hopper 1882-1967

Executive Officers President —Ray Almond 1st. V.P.— Al Benas 2nd. V.P.— Barbara Hennig-Loomis

Treasurer— Jennifer Darnell-Young, CPA Secretary —Dianne Hottenstein

Board of Directors President: Ray Almond Director/1st VP: Al Benas Director/2nd VP: Barbara Hennig-Loomis Director/Treasurer: Jennifer Youngl, CPA Director/Secretary: Dianne Hottenstein Director/Web Master: Jeff Gallo Director/Membership: Mike Young Director/Past President: Mary Anne Gamboa

Member Volunteers Artistic Chair:

Position Available Artline Editor: Ray Almond (757) 638-5227 Treasurer/Controller: Jennifer Darnell-Young, CPA Exhibitions/Events:

Position available

History: M. Moore Nicholson 282-6982

Hospitality: Position available

Artline Member Biographies: Eloise –Shelton-Mayo (757) 563-2680 Membership:

Mike Young 624-9604 Photographers:

Jeff Gallo (757) 648-8466 Ray Almond, 714-7590 (backup)

General Meeting Programs: Position Available Public Relations:

Norman Goodwin 423-6305 Publicity:

Ray Almond 638-5227 Recruiting:

Position Available Reception Host:

Position available

Volunteer Coordinator:

Position Available Website curator:

Jeff Gallo (757) 648-8466

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Standard General Meeting Schedule:2013-14

As Scheduled General Meetings: 2nd Sunday each month at 2:00 p.m.. at the Gallery Shop building next to the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center,420 High Street, Portsmouth, Va.

Note: There will be no June TAA 2014 General Meeting, and they will resume in

September 2014

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Kudos Korner

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A Note about Kudos Submissions:

In order for Kudos Korner to applaud TAA Members, it is important for individual artists to submit their own good deeds (or those of

another artist!)

Submissions can be made via new TAA Editor email :

raymondalmond@yahoo.com by the 15th of every month for the next edition of our

Artline Newsletter. Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message,

and mention that it’s for ‘Kudos’!

Please follow normal guidelines for submitting to Artline: see the box on page 8

of this issue.

At left: TAA’s Dr. Norman Goodwin, who will lead a free gallery tour of the reopened new Chrysler Museum’s American Art Galleries on Wednesday June 4th from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m., for his Creative Mixed Media Class members. All others interested in joining this informed gallery talk, are welcome to join the class at the Chrysler Museum’s foyer on June 4th at 1:30 p.m. (And see info about his continuing mixed media class on page 4 below )

Above: The schedule for new encaustic painting workshop by TAA’s Eloise Shelton-Mayo to be held in The Art Studio, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, that begins this Sunday,June 1, 2014 Call her at (757) 563-2680 , or email Eloise for class information at : eloisemayo@yahoo.com .

Again,“ A Special Thanks” to both TAA’s Maryanne Gamboa and especially our generous TAA member Edie White, who lives at the Algonquin House in Norfolk, and who reserved the elegant “Party Room” of the Algonquin House for our

TAA “End-of-Year Party” with details as noted below!

“Our New 2014-14 TAA Officers” TAA President, Barbara Hennig-Loomis, our past 2nd V.P. TAA 1st Vice President : Al Benas TAA’s 2nd Vice President : Eloise Shelton-Mayo

TAA Secretary : Dianne Hottenstein TAA Treasurer : Jennifer Darnell Young TAA Membership : Mike Young TAA Webmaster/Photographer: Jeff Gallo

TAA Past President : Ray Almond

And also a special thanks from me to our helpful past TAA Webmaster and our 2013 website designer : Corrine Steele.

Also thanks to our former 2013 TAA Secretary: Dana Johnson

Congratulations to our nice TAA Membership guy, Mike Young, just retired after 100 hard years in the banking world ! Look Happy Mike!

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Current Local Art Shows to See or Enter of Note :

Continuing at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Va. Formerly known as the Courthouse Galleries,– (757) 393-8543 - email: contact@portsmouthartcenter.com Mailing Address : 521 Middle Street , Portsmouth, Va. 23704

“Changing Appalacia” April 4 – July 6, 2014 and also “Art on a String”, Friday May 3 – June 20, 2014 Exhibition Hours : Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.,· Sunday: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Closed Mondays, except Monday Holidays

“Changing Appalacia”- Custom to Cutting Edge Crafts & Visual Art Drawing from an abundance of natural resources from the Appalachian region, artists and artisans adapt the

heritage of mountain culture by assimilating new ideas and innovating on the old to create dynamic craft and

visual art. The exhibit offers maps, photos of the region, paintings, glass, textiles, ceramics and baskets to

showcase the diversity of the region.

Continuing: May 23rd-June 22nd 2014,The d’Art Center, Norfolk: located in the Selden Arcade, 208 E. Main St., Norfolk, Va. (757) 625-4211,http://www.d-rtcenter.org/

“Earthscape: Earth. Water and Sky” Exhibition, A 2014 Summer Invitational Show of selected artists work from the Tidewater

Virginia Area

Come see the“Throw Down” demonstrations on Saturday May 31

st, from 10:00 a.m.-

5:00p.m. by clay artist: Ray Jennings & other creative & invited clay artist guests ! Free and Open to the Public

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Opening at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center 4205 Victoria Blvd. Hampton, VA 23669 – (757) 727-1490 - email: jwjones@hampton.gov

Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10:00a.m. - 6:00 p.m.-Weekends : 1:00p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Web Show 2012-13 Exhibition & Show Info : http://www.hamptonarts.net/charles-h-taylor-arts-center-/exhibitions

“Hampton Roads Folk Artists Exhibition”

From: Saturday June 7th – Sunday July 20th 2014 This exhibition features artworks within the folk art, primitive,

and outsider traditions. The focus will be on art in a variety of two

dimensional and sculptural media created by artists without

formal academic training in the visual arts. Works will include

both artists living and working in Hampton Roads today, and

works artists both past and present with a tidewater connection

drawn from private collections. A few of the artists represented

include Ray Baker, Geneva Beavers, Kacey Sydnor Carneal,

Mama Girl, Darlene Janosik, Anderson Johnson, Gracie

Nemnich, “Red Rooster,” Brother Ed Smith, Mildred Sulkevich

and Edward Welch. (At right: “Downtown Phoebus” by Ray

Baker, lent by Robert’s Antiques )

Sign Up for TAA Member Dr. Norman Goodwin’s “Continuing creative 4-week Studio Art Classes” :

“Creative Mixed-media Class Works on paper and canvas” Next Class Begins: Wednesday June 11th,2014 from 1-3:00 p.m. at the One-Eleven Art Gallery, 111 Pennsylvania Ave. Norfolk, just off Granby Street. Call Norman at (757) 423-6305 for the required class materials, etc.! 4-week class only : $68.00 ! (or e-mail him at : terrysos@cox.net ( Norman’s Studio classes continue every 4 weeks, challenging your creativity, both painting and drawing with mixed-media -techniques of watercolor,acrylics,

oil-pastels, ink,etc., on both paper and canvas surfaces )

( Above: Dr. Norman Goodwin demonstrating one of his many methods of making mixed-media art in his class at the 111 Art Studio )

340 High Street, Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia More Info: Shelly Brooks (757) 822-1878

Exhibition Hours: All Week Sunday - Saturday, 9:00a.m. - 8:00p.m., - Web Show 2014-15 Exhibition Info : http://www.tcc.edu/students/specialized/vac/SHOWS/pponce.htm

“Fire & Water: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp” By TCC Faculty Member & TAA photographer: Pam Ponce

The Visual Arts Center of Tidewater Community College presents:

From Saturday May 3rd through Thursday June 19th 2014, and

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One-Eleven Art Gallery and Foundation,111 Pennsylvania Ave, (near the 3900 Block of Granby Street), Norfolk, Virginia. (757) 625-1110, Web: http://one11foundation.org/happening-now/

New Calligraphy Class at The 111 Art Gallery in Norfolk

Opening at the 111Art Gallery on Sunday June 1st:

A Public Opening: Sunday, June 1st

, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. p.m.Appointment

A collection of fine art works of treasured varieties of our dear pets by:

Norman Goodwin, Betsy Rivers-Kennedy, Ann Moore, Doris Roland,

Vonnie Whitworth, Scott London, Janice Gay-Maker, Norma Wilson,

P.J. Padrick, Sharon Judkins, Nancy Topping Bazin,& Norma Wilson.

A Beginning/Intermediate “Italic style” Calligraphy Class with TAA’s

Betsy Rivers-Kennedy, - For a 6 or 3-Week Class to learn this method

Offered on Tuesday mornings: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.,

Class beginning on : Tuesday June 3rd, 2014

$125 for the 6-week course, $75 for 3-week course

& $28 for a drop-in class ! Please register or call

Betsy ASAP, as the class will be limited to 8

students, and beginners are welcome !

Call Betsy to for more class info: (757) 434-8041

Or email Betsy : bkennedyva@mac.com

(Similar example of this calligraphy style at right)

“Italic Hand” taught by Betsy Rivers-Kennedy at One-Eleven

And also in Studio #6 , One11’s Special Guest: A gifted

Jewelry Designer ; Sarah Schonk with some of her latest

creations for your inspection and enjoyment.

Free and Open to the Public Other Open Hours by Appointment

One-Eleven Art Gallery and Foundation,111 Pennsylvania Ave, (near the 3900 Block of Granby Street), Norfolk, Virginia. (757) 625-1110, Web: http://one11foundation.org/happening-now/

“Animals We Love”

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Opening at the Suffolk Art Gallery: 118 Bosley Ave, Suffolk,Virginia (757) 925-0448 Web information : suffolkartleague@verizon.net

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00am - 5:00pm and Sunday, 1:00pm - 5:00pm. Web Show 2014-15 Exhibition Info : http://suffolkartleague.org/calendar

“Annual Suffolk Art League Open Member’s Show : From Tuesday June 17th- Friday July 18th 2014 SAL Members drop-off of (2) works on Saturday June 7th from 10a.m. -1p.m, or Tuesday June 10th from 10a.m.-6p.m. Non–members can join SAL on drop-off dates, see show prospectus at: http://suffolkartleague.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/2014_OpenMembersShow_SuffolkArtLeague.137130118.pdf

The Suffolk Art League is a Community Partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Opening in July at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center 4205 Victoria Blvd. Hampton, VA 23669 – (757) 727-1490 - email: jwjones@hampton.gov

Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10:00a.m. - 6:00 p.m.-Weekends : 1:00p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Web Show 2012-13 Exhibition & Show Info : http://www.hamptonarts.net/charles-h-taylor-arts-center-/exhibitions

“Virginia Artists” 2014 Juried Exhibition” From: July 26th 2014 – September 7th 2014 This annual competition will showcase the talents of many of

Virginia’s finest artists and craftsmen and features $6,750 total cash

awards, including a $1,500 Best in Show and awards in each media

including drawing, printmaking, painting, photography, crafts,

watercolor, mixed media and sculpture.

Over 115 artworks in all styles, genres and media including, drawing,

painting, watercolor, printmaking, photography, sculpture and crafts

will be represented.

Tosha Grantham, Curator at The Second Street Gallery in

Charlottesville will serve as the juror to select art works from digital

images submitted and choose the awards from the actual works after

they are delivered. Ms. Grantham earned a B.A. degree in art history

from Georgetown University, and a M.A. degree in art history from

Howard University.

Also Opening on July 26th

at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center:

“David Dodge Lewis – Recent Paintings”

This exhibition of realist paintings is a result of David Dodge Lewis having won the top award in Virginia Artists 2013 Juried Exhibition. The artist graduated from The University of Southern Maine, and continued his studies at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The Art Students’ League, New York City, before receiving his MFA from East Carolina University in painting in 1987. He has taught at Hampden–Sydney College since 1987 and was promoted in 2000 to Full Professor of Fine Arts.

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Sharpen your skills by taking a class… Norfolk Drawing Group, Tuesday Nights ,7- 9:30 p.m. in

the Alchemy Building, 806 Granby St., Norfolk, Va.,23510

Email: norfolkdrawing@yahoo.com

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Norfolk-Drawing-Group/211671581320, & Flicker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacdraw/ The NDG meets every Tuesday evening from 7:00 to 9:30 pm. We start off with 1 minute and 5 minute poses and work our way up to 20 minute or 40 minute poses after the short poses. The first Tuesday of the month is Painting night. We meet at 7:00 to 10:00 pm and work on one 3 hr. pose. We welcome (age 18 and older) all artists and anyone interested in modeling for the group. Sessions cost $7.00/night or $20.00 for four consecutive sessions. Students with proper ID can pay $3.00.

Continuing to the Peninsula Fine Arts Center … 101 Museum Drive, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (757) 596-8175 Web information : www.pfac.org Closed Mondays, Tuesday-Saturday 10:00a.m.-5:00 p.m., Sundays 1:00-5:00 p.m.

“ National Watercolor Society- Touring Exhibition” from May 3rd – June 29th, 2014

Free Admission to PFAC Members, Admission fee for non-members : $7.50 Since 1925, the National Watercolor Society has selected paintings from its members to tour the United States, often giving exposure to artists who went on to become masters of the medium, such as Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth. The highly selective juried exhibition features 30 paintings, from more than 1,000 entries. Visitors are invited to discover the new generation of master watercolorists in the Traveling Exhibition, which features artworks varying in subject matter and technique, but all

pushing the boundaries of watercolor.

Also at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center…. “Virginia Watercolorists 2014” From Saturday May 31

st-Sunday June 29

th

The National Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition will be complemented by a display of work by four of its Virginia members. Joseph DiBella, a professor at the University of Mary Washington, explores ideas of personal identity in his work. Vera Dickerson, of Botetourt County, creates vibrant watercolor collages. Chris Krupinski, of Fairfax, studies light and shadows in her photorealistic still lifes. Nancy Stark, of Roanoke,

explores the shadows and shapes created by bright sunlight.

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You can help the Arts in Virginia—Here’s how!!

Virginians now have the opportunity to contribute part of

their state income tax refund to the Virginia Arts Foundation by checking a box on their return form. It’s never been so simple to support the arts in Virginia.

Because the foundation may receive but not solicit private funds, money will have to come from the purchase of arts license plate and other special sources, such as this tax check off box.

The interest on all funds received will be distributed in grants by the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Please help support the arts in Virginia. Check off a contribution for the Virginia Arts Foundation on your state income return. It’s one of the most important checks you can write – and now, it’s one of the easiest.

Check out the news from some of our sister organizations in the Tidewater Area:

Chesapeake Bay Art Association (CBAA):

http://www.chesapeakebayartassociation.com/

Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists CBW): http://www.chesapeakebaywatercolorists.com/

D’Art Center

http://www.d-artcenter.org/

Charles H. Taylor Arts Center http://www.hamptonarts.net/

The Artists Gallery

www.theartistsgallery.org Norfolk Botanical Gardens 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. daily ( Regular grounds access fees apply ) See : http://norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/programs-events/indoor-exhibits

…and remember to check our own TAA website often:

www.tidewaterartalliance.com

Note : New email address for submitting items for the TAA Artline : Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message! (...unless you want your message to get lost in the tons

of email your editor receives every day.) If your message doesn’t say “Artline” it might get rejected as trash! Each photo needs its own caption, in its own email. Please send each photo, properly captioned, in a separate email. Use

another email for each additional photo, along with its caption. That way your Editor won’t get photos mixed up with the wrong caption. Please limit file size to about 1megabyte per photo. (1 MB is sufficient for online viewing, and we’re not printing posters here!) What’s a proper caption? Please write a full sentence, identifying the principal people or art pieces in the photo, with an explanation

of what’s going on (which event, award, etc.) Feature Articles: If you have an idea for a feature article (say, to highlight your work or a favorite technique), make the suggestion to

your editor, Ray Almond ( raymondalmond@yahoo.com ), who will be glad to work with you to produce your article. And include “Artline” in your subject line! Please!! Deadline: 15

th of the preceding month.

TAA President’s Phone (757) 638-5227 http://www.tidewaterartalliance.org

New Website for the Arts in Hampton Roads…

www.artscenehamptonroads.com

(Just click on it; in case you haven’t noticed, all links shown in Artline are live!)

Calls to Artists, for the 2014 timeframe

To get newly posted calls, please check the following websites often:

http://professionalartistmag.com/ http://www.artshow.com/juriedshows/

http://www.callsforartists.com/ http://www.d-artcenter.org/

The listings there will be more comprehensive and up-to-date than any listing copied into Artline. If you know of any other websites for Artist Calls, please send what you know to your Artline editor ( raymondalmond@yahoo.com ) for

printing in future issues for other members’ benefit.

Won a prize? Got into a show? Been selected as a juror? Tell your editor about it, and you may be featured in a

future issue of Artline!

Don’t be bashful!