Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

March 2012 - Guest Speaker



I hope that I am not overwhelming our members, but I am working very hard on lining up all of our guest artists for our 2011-2012 year. I think that it will be a great one. I am happy to announce that Sarah Wilson has just confirmed that she'll be coming to our March 2012 meeting. I know that it sounds far away, but it will be hear before we know it.

Here's her brief bio that appears on her website:

Photographer Sarah Wilson explores issues of community and culture through environmental portraiture. After nine years of studying and working in New York City, Wilson has returned to her hometown of Austin, Texas. Using Austin as home base, she works regionally as an editorial photographer for magazines such as The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Time, The Atlantic Monthly, Marie Claire, Texas Monthly, Mother Jones, and others. Work from Wilson’s personal projects has been acquired by the permanent collections at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, and the Lishui Photography Museum of China

So mark your calendars everyone and tell your photographer friends that they should not miss her talk.

To learn more about this great photographer, please visit her website.

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Jennifer Balkan Video



I thought that it would be great to share this little video about Jennifer Balkan. It was filmed during the E.A.S.T tours in Austin.
I am sure that it will be a very exciting presentation!

Monday, July 25, 2011

Red Poppy Festival - Call for artists



The Red Poppy Festival planning committee is seeking submissions of artwork for consideration for the 2012 Red Poppy Festival poster. Artwork must be original and depict some facet of the Red Poppy Festival. The entry deadline is October 28, 2011. Contact Cari Miller with the Convention and Visitors Bureau at (512) 930-3585, or write her at cari.miller@georgetown.org.

The 2011 Poster artist was Patricia Lyle. To learn more about this member of our guild, or to see more samples of her work, please visit her website.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Art Hop 2011 _ Call for Entries




http://arthop.georgetownartworks.org/

I just want to remind everyone that Georgetown Art Works is currently having a call for entries for the 2011 Art Hop. This will be the 4th edition of the competition with several thousand dollars in prizes. Deadline for submissions is August 1, 2011. Check out the link above to find more about submitting your work.

The Banner Project 2011 - Current

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"Boots" by Jean Townsend

I am happy to announce that I am currently working on the 2011 edition of the banner project.
This year's banner project working title is "Current" and I am glad to announce in that I have received a grant to make the project a reality.

Happy Trails, the original banner project was considered a huge success and today, the banners hang at the East View High School ( formally the 9th grade enter).

Originally, I had turned down the project (several tines) , but in light of the Police Station bond having passed in the spring, I think that it's very important to keep the arts in the forefront. Specially, since there's a grass root effort happening to bring the Arts Center into the current Police Station.

This year's banner project will be a little different. The project is not limited to local artists, but of course, everyone is welcome to submit their work. The banners will be used around Georgetown downtown and public library ( for several years) during the month of October, in order to celebrate the month of the arts. Eventually, they might find a home in our future Art Center. The images can really be anything, but we are hoping to feature theater and other performing arts as well. Artists can feel free to forward this information to other fellow artists.

—Synonyms for Current:
2. common, widespread, popular, rife. Current, present, prevailing,prevalent refer to something generally or commonly in use. Thatwhich is current is in general circulation or a matter of commonknowledge or acceptance: current usage in English. Present refersto that which is in use now; it always has the sense of time:present customs. That which is prevailing is that which hassuperseded others: prevailing fashion. That which is prevalent exists or is spread widely: a prevalent idea. 3. stylish,fashionable, modish. 10. See stream.



Requirements:

- Artists can submit 1 or 2 of their favorite images. Please email low resolution to nick@graphismo.con subject matter: Banner Project 2011
- The banners are 2 feet wide x 4 feet tall, therefore the artwork needs to have similar proportions. It does not have to be the exact size, but the images might have to be cropped slightly. Images that do not work on this format will be automatically disqualified.
- If selected, Artists will need to provide a high resolution reproduction of their image. This can be provided via email or a disk. Images must be 6" wide x 12" tall, 300 DPI, RGB. They will also need to provide a photograph of themselves and a short biography. Windberg Enterprises in Georgetown can scan or photograph your work at a affordable price.
- Selected artists will be featured in both an exhibit program/book, as well as a banner project directory) that will be available to the general public. Every participating artist will receive a copy of the exhibit program/book. Additional programs will be sold to help raise funds for the project. There might also be a deck of cards featuring the images, that will also will be sold, in order to raise some additional funds for the project.
- Selected artists will have to sign a waiver agreeing to have their images reproduced in the event's website, program/book, deck of cards and any advertisement related to the event. We will not use, sell or reproduce an artist image without their approval.
- Deadline for submission: July 31, 2011. There's no cost to enter, but there's a limit of 2 images. Participants will be notified by Friday, August 5th if they have been accepted or not.

If you have any questions, please email: nick@graphismo.com

I look forward to seeing great art from everyone.

Friday, January 14, 2011

W E L C O M E !

The Williamson County Art Guild members are using this blogspot to share their art and their thoughts, their tips and tricks, and who knows what else that may come along. If you're a member of the Guild and would like to participate ......
If you are already a blogger, send an email the Guild's webmaster, at webmaster@wcartguild.org and ask to be added to the list of authors to this blog. (Limit 100 authors.)
If you have never been part of a blog before, go to the Guild's website (click here for that) and then click "Info for Members" and then "The WCAG Blog" for step by step instructions on how to join in.