From the Newsletter

Here are some highlights from the most recent (Summer) newsletter. If you'd like to read the rest of the newsletter and you didn't receive it, you can download it here (Adobe Reader required). Back issues are also available for download here.

Artist Profile: Steve Hamlin

"I got my first ‘grown-up’ tube watercolors, brushes and paper as a gift from my grandmother when I was 13 years old, to prepare me for an adult landscape class at Springfield’s George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum. Forty years later, I still have most of those brushes. In true Yankee style, other than that one class, I’ve been entirely selftaught.  That’s not to say that I haven’t learned from others — I certainly have.  Among my influences are Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, the books of Arthur Guptill, and a number of artists near my western Massachusetts home, such as Bob Potter, Karin Cook and Joan Boryta. I also admire the illustrations of Roger Tory Peterson and David Allen Sibley...."

Regular Features

• Show Notes - SPRING MEMBER’S SHOW AT THE EMMANUEL CHURCH GALLERY
  

  The Annual Members’ Show was very successful with 1,482 visitors recorded for an average of 135 per day. Two paintings were sold of the 58 exhibiting pieces. A special thanks to Richard Sabin for chairing this show and Lila Mehlman and Andrew Kusmin for helping Richard hang the exhibit. We want to also thank Mary Lizotte for giving a very informative gallery talk and Gracia Dayton for her exciting demonstration. We appreciate Larry Powers of Powers Gallery in Acton, MA for judging the show for awards.

  CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AWARD WINNERS!

  See the gallery for a complete listing.

• Member News - Featuring Frank Costantino, Michael Domina, Wendy Hale, Sam Thompson, and Frankie Brackley Tolman.
  
  

• Associate Member News - Featuring Jane Calanrella Blagden, Bevil Conway, Steve Lush, Harry Ruddock III, and Evelyn “Susie” Slater.

If you've got news that should be included in the newsletter, you can submit it by emailing our editor, Wendy Hale. Please indicate whether you're an associate member or a signature member. If you're not a member, you can join here.

Upcoming Shows & Events

On  Friday, August 14 from 1:00 to 4:00pm, the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, Mass., is planning an event called the "Prendergast Watercolor Slam".

The tentative schedule is as follows:

1 -2 pm: Talks on Prendergast watercolors by Curator Nancy Mathews (who curated the NEWS National Show at Bennington Art Complex three+ years ago) and artist and Williams professor Ed Epping.

2 - 3 pm: Demonstrations by two artists (TBD). There will be one tent for novices with an instructor and some supplies provided. Experienced watercolorists are encouraged to bring their watercolor kits.

3-4 pm: Slam Contest - "Quick Fire" challenges to test your own skills  with judging by local experts.

The program is offered in conjunction with the opening of the museum's exhibition, "Prendergast in Italy", organized jointly by  WCMA and the Terra Foundation. For further information, please call the Williams College Education Department at 413-597-2038.

The 2009 New England Watercolor Society Regional Show, chaired by Wendy Hale, will be held at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury MA, from September 13th, 2009 through January 24th, 2010. The prospectus is now available for download.

In conjunction with the 2009 New England Watercolor Society Regional Show, a three-day workshop will be taught by Frank Frederico. The workshop will be limited to twenty participants. See Workshops for more details, or download a flyer/application here.

The Wichita Center For The Arts is hosting the national juried exhibition of the
Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition November 20, 2009 – January 3, 2010. Slides are due August 3, 2009. Find more information about The Wichita Center for the Arts at www.wcfta.com.

The 2010 New England Watercolor Society National Show, chaired by Bob Jorgensen, will be held at the North Shore Art Association, in September and October (dates to be announced). John Salminen will conduct a workshop in conjunction with the show, September 27 - 29.

We are pleased to announce that the new home of New England Watercolor Society is Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston. As always, the mailing address is P.O Box 1190, Burlington, MA, 01803.

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