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Artline Editor: Ray Almond, contact at : [email protected]

for the list of artists included

in the TAA miniature show)

Our TAA President,

Barbara Hennig-Loomis will

chair and have the finished

prospectus for our next TAA

show “Open Windows”, to be

uploaded to our TAA website

www.tidewaterartalliance.org

It will be held in The Suffolk

Center for Cultural Arts

lobby galleries located in

downtown Suffolk, and will

be juried by Gayle Paul, the

curator of The Portsmouth

Arts and Cultural Center.

And the show will offer very

nice 1st, 2

nd, and 3

rd place

cash awards of $800, $450,

$250, with two additional

awards of $100, and $50 each

and also a special “Local

Color” award of $200 !

The “Open Windows” show

will be on display from May

7th

through June 30th

2015.

So get your brushes moving

And your sculpture and

ceramic kilns fired up for a

show that is hard to resist !

And I look forward to the

opening of our “Tiny

Treasures” awards night on

Friday March 20th

, 6-8 p.m.!

Editor’s Letter

March 2015

At the TAA February 2015

TAA General Meeting last

month, the “Show and Tell”,

program session where our

TAA Members brought a

favorite piece of their work,

and was a very enjoyable

afternoon, where our TAA

members shared their

personal creative knowledge

and various techniques used

in making their art works.

(See the “Show & Tell” photo

by Al Benas on the ‘Kudos”

page 2 below)

And several TAA artists won

cash awards and honorable

mentions at the d’Art Center

in “The SHOW” awards

night on February 7th

, as

noted on the “Kudos “ on

page 2 and page 4 below.

And several more TAA

artists won Awards of Merit

at The 2015 Hampton Arts

League’s Open Member’s

Show as noted on pages 2 & 4

below.

And our Spring 2015 TAA

“Tiny treasures” juried

Miniatures Exhibition” show

at the Hermitage Museum &

Gardens Gallery in Norfolk,

will open Sunday March 15th

-31st, and the “Awards

Reception” will be held on

Friday, March 20th

from 6 -

8:00 p.m.! (see Page 3 below

Tidewater Art Alliance for Visual Artists Non-profit organization

Sincerely, Ray

Below is another inspirational

quote by a Dutch artist who only

began painting in his late 20’s,

and died at the height if his

creative genius at age 37 in

Arles, France. His works

included portraits, still-life, and

landscapes. His later works

became bolder in both color and

texture, and many of his most

celebrated and best works were

completed during the last two

years of his life in Arles!

“The only time I feel alive is

when I’m Painting”.

- Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890

Executive Officers President — Barbara Hennig-Loomis 1st. V.P.— Al Benas 2nd. V.P.— Eloise Shelton-Mayo

Secretary —Dianne Hottenstein Treasurer— Megan Killion, CPA

Board of Directors President: Barbara Hennig-Loomis Director/1st VP: Al Benas Director/2nd VP :Eloise Shelton-Mayo Director/Secretary: Dianne Hottenstein Director/Treasurer: Megan Killion, CPA Director/Web Master: Jeff Gallo Director/Membership: Mike Young Director/Past President: Ray Almond

Member Volunteers Artistic/Show Chairs:

Position Available Artline Editor: Ray Almond (757) 638-5227 Treasurer/Controller: Megan Killion, CPA Exhibitions/Events: Position available

TAA History: Position available Hospitality: Ann Moore Artline Member Biographies: Eloise –Shelton-Mayo (757) 563-2680 Membership:

Mike Young 624-9604 Photographers:

Jeff Gallo (757) 648-8466 Ray Almond, (757) 638-5227 (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

TAA President’s Phone (757) 312-9662 http://www.tidewaterartalliance.org Page 1

General Meetings “As Scheduled” for 2014-2015

Member’s Regular Meetings when scheduled : 2nd Sunday each month at 2:00 p.m. at the first floor Party Room of The Algonquin House Apartment Building,7320 Glenroie Avenue, Norfolk, Va. Turn off Hampton Boulevard onto North Shore Road, and then right on Glenroie Avenue, and the multi-story Algonquin House is on your left. Note: Park only in guest spaces or on the street !

Note: There is No March TAA 2015 General Meeting as our “Tiny Treasures” show opens this month at the Hermitage!

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( above ) Debbie Maida ges

Kudos Korner

TAA President’s Phone (757) 312-9662 http://www.tidewaterartalliance.org

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 :

[email protected] 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.

2015 “The Show” d’Art Center’s Award Winners: $1,000.00 1st ,“Best-in-Show”,Barbara Hennig-Loomis, silverpoint drawing $600.00 2nd Place Award –Jim Whalen, “Honesty”, mixed media $250.00 3rd Place-Cindy Sarsen-“Once upon a time she was beautiful” Honorable Mention Award, Doug Clark-“Bank Noir II”, oil nightscape Honorable Mention Award, Sam Hughes- photographic work

Honorable Mention Award, Gail Goodman,”Trees of Tomahawk Totem”

( above ) “The Garden, The Wall” by our TAA president, Barbara Hennig-Loomis, that won the $1000 1st Place Award at “The SHOW” at The d’Art Center, February 7,2015

( above ) TAA member Jim Whalen “Showing and Telling” about the creative aspects and background of his painting to TAA members during the February

8th TAA General Meeting held at The Algonquin House in Norfolk, Virginia.

“The Show” 2015 Exhibition Awards: Saturday, Feb.7,2015, at The d’Art Center

( more photos continued on page 5 below)

(Above )TAA’s Doris Roland at left, with her Award of Merit painting on the wall background:”Bird’s Nest”, in the recent Hampton Arts League Show with some admiring friends and with TAA’s Yvonne Boone at bottom right.( See more TAA Artist’s that also won an Honorable Mention Awards, on page 4 below)

( above ) TAA’s Jim Whalen,won the $600 2nd Place cash award for his

painting : “Honesty” in “The SHOW”

( above ) TAA’s Doug Clark won an Honorable Mention Award for his oil painting “Bank Noir II” in “The SHOW” at The d’Art Center on February 7th.

The Hampton Arts League 2015 Open Members Exhibition and the juried TAA Members receiving “Awards of Merit” were :

Susan Burgoyne, Lynne Sward, John Tobin, and Doris Roland

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TAA President’s Phone (757) 312-9662 http://www.tidewaterartalliance.org

Current Local Art Shows to See or Enter of Note :

Opening at the Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk Va. : 7637 North Shore Road, Norfolk, Va. 23505, (757) 423- 2052 ) web : thehermitagemuseum.org Exhibition Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., Closed Wednesdays

From March 15th

, 2015 – March 31st 2015 ”Tiny Treasures”: A Tidewater Art Alliance Juried Miniatures

Exhibition, Awards Reception: Friday, March 20th

, 6 - 8:00 p.m.

An exhibition of miniature works includes the following creative artists : 1. Edith Smith 2. Yvonne Boone 3. Susan Burgoyne 4. Howard Martinez 5. James W. Jones 6. Jenny Windsor 7. Ed Obermeyer 8. Fred Freeman 9. Mabelle Landsdell 10. Jim Dees 11. Erlene Hendrix 12. Jeanette Thorpe 13. C.E. Vann 14. Mick Grochowski 15. Nancy Hewitt 16. Nancy Bruce 17. Kevin Combes 18. E.B. Shumate

Opening Saturday, March 7th

2015, 6-10 p.m.,The d’Art Center :

“Midnight in Paris, A Love Affair with Art Auction” Call (757) 625-4211 to reserve your tickets @ $50/person or Table for 8: $1000

COCKTAILS and HEAVY HORS D’OEUVERES …. FESTIVE ATTIRE

d’ART In the Selden Arcade, 208 E. Main St., Norfolk, Va., (757) 625-4211, http://www.d-rtcenter.org/

Weekly Gallery Hours : Tuesday-Saturday 10AM-5PM, Sunday 1-5PM ALWAYS FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

6 – 10 p.m. FESTIVE ATTIRE

( above ) “Jazz Trombone #2”, by C. Edward Vann ( 3” x 5”) (At left) Mini-Sculpture by Daniel Goodwin, “Song of the Great Plains”

19. Dianne Hottenstein 20. Ann Moore 21. Doris Roland 22. Lee Gerry Wertheimer 23. Myreen Moore 24. Akiko Tanaka 25. Daniel Goodwin 26. Deb Monroe 27. Rosemarie Gaines 28. Barbara Hennig-Loomis 29. Kate Negri 30.Staci Katsias 31. Gary Hess 32. Sharon Swift 33. John Tobin 34. Tonya Hopson 35. Pasha Hunt 36. Meera Rao

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4205 Victoria Blvd. Hampton, VA 23669 – (757) 727-1490

TAA President’s Phone (757) 312-9662 http://www.tidewaterartalliance.org

Continuing at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center 4205 Victoria Blvd. Hampton, VA 23669 – (757) 727-1490 - email: [email protected]

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 Arts League 2015 Open Members Exhibition

This annual exhibition features the art work by many of the over 350 Hampton Arts League members in all media, including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, crafts, sculpture and watercolor. Several TAA Members in this show were honored with “Awards of Merit” including: Susan Burgoyne, Lynne Sward, John Tobin, and Doris Roland, as selected by the show’s juror, Clayton Singleton.

Also Continuing at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center 101 Museum Drive, Newport News, Virginia, 23606 – (757) 596-8175 - 2015 Web Show info: http://www.pfac-va.org Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10:00a.m. - 5:00 p.m.- Saturday : 10:00p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sunday: 1-5:00p.m., Closed Mondays

“Looking Both Ways” From Saturday January 17th – Sunday March 22nd 2015 “Looking Both Ways” showcases works by leading contemporary African-American artists and the diverse cultural influences reflected in their works. The artworks displayed in this exhibition curated by PFAC’s Diana Blanchard Gross, will challenge, provoke, question, and play with issues of identity, construction, national and cultural struggles, globalism, displacement, and artistic freedom. The contemporary works will be juxtaposed against works of traditional African art, which will include masks, figures, ceramics, and more chosen from museum and private collections. In addition, “Looking Both Ways” will include archival photographs from The Daily Press documenting the Civil Rights era on the Virginia Peninsula. And Mixed media artworks by local artist Clayton singleton will also be on display. This landmark exhibition exploring African-American culture will include works by such lauded artists as Kara walker, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, Beverly Buchanon, and Williamsburg native, Betty Blayton.

From Saturday January 31st

, through

Sunday March 15th 2015

( above ) “The Cotton Bowl” by Hank Willis Thomas, a digital c-print, courtesy of the artist and The Jack Sherman Gallery, Chelsea, New York, New York.

“Looking Both Ways”

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

“The SHOW” Awards Night,The d’Art Center:Saturday,February 7th

2015

( above ) TAA President, Barbara Hennig-Loomis beyond, holding her Best-in-Show Award prize in front of the packed d’Art galleries

( above ) The large Awards Night guests in the Selden Arcade trying to see the d’Art galleries !

(above) Some awards night guests in front of “Ripe Plums are Falling”, another oil painting by Barbara Loomis in The d’Art Center’s galleries

( above ) TAA member and d’Art Center artist,

Kate Negri, enjoying the Awards Night evening.

(above) Bernard Conda and friend enjoying Awards Night

(above) A partial gallery view of some various works in “The SHOW”

(At left) Another striking and unique clay sculpture by TAA’s John Tobin in “The SHOW” at The d’Art Center

( at left) The live music trio that offered to The d’Art Center’s ambiance to the evening for the Awards Night

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TAA President’s Phone (757) 312-9662 http://www.tidewaterartalliance.org

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

“Collage and painting with mixed media on both paper and canvas” Next Class Begins: Wednesday, March 11h, 2015 from 1:00-3:00 p.m., at a new location at The Norfolk Senior /Wellness Center Studio at 7300 Newport Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia, and close to and near the Wards Corner area. Call Norman at (757) 423-6305 for the required list of class materials, etc.! 4-week class only : $65.00 ! (or e-mail Norman at : [email protected] All interested artists are most welcome to join this class ! ( Norman’s Studio classes continue every 4 weeks, challenging your creativity, both painting and drawing with mixed-media -techniques of watermedia: acrylics, oil-pastels, ink,etc., on both paper and canvas surfaces )

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

Senior Center’s Art Studio in Norfolk

New Calligraphy & Color Classes at The 111 Art Gallery: 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/

Beginning a “Romantic hand English Copper Plate” style Calligraphy

Class by Betsy Rivers-Kennedy, - A 6-Week Class to learn this method

Offered on Monday Nights, 7:00p.m-9:00p.m., Beginning Monday, March 23rd, 2015

through Monday March 23rd, 2015 ,- $150/ for the 6-week course, ( does not include

materials -$25 if needed ) . And please register or call Betsy by Thursday, March 19th,

as the class size will be limited to 8 students, and beginners are most welcome !

Call Betsy to register, and for class info: (757) 434-8041 , email : [email protected]

( See example of this calligraphy style at right )

Also:“Zentangles”, A drawing class for meditation/relaxation!

Offered on Thursdays, 10:00a.m. - Noon, Beginning February 26th, 2015 through March 5th

, 2015 $50/ for the

2-week course, ( and $35.00 for one session ) Please call Betsy for further class details and materials required

A TWO WEEK CLASS FOR ANYONE:ARTISTS, CALLIGRAPHERS,CRAFTS PEOPLE, AND ANYONE

INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT DRAWING WITH RELAXATION TECHNIQUES – BEGINNERS WELCOME !!

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

New Class Beginning at The 111 Art Gallery in Norfolk

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 “Letting Go” Workshop: Tuesday, March 10

th 2015, 7 – 9:30 p.m.

And also now Continuing at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts: ”THREE DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS”

A HEALING ART WORKSHOP FOR COUPLES: with speaker : Maureen Fluke !!

Experience” !!

Sharpen your skills: And come draw with us….

Norfolk Drawing Group, Tuesday Nights ,7- 9:30 p.m. in

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

Email: [email protected]

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.

Gallery Hours : Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. ALWAYS FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

Coming soon to The One-Eleven Art Gallery, Norfolk,

Va.

110 West Finney Avenue, Suffolk. Virginia, 23434

http://www.suffolkcenter.org/gallery-exhibits/

Maureen’s background in Neuro Positive Applied Science NPC NeuroPostive Coaching, Applied Neuro Science Institute & NLP~ Neuro Linguistics Practitioner & Coach, allows for an amazing understanding and self exploration through the use of tools in mediums of the Arts. To Register / RSVP Contact : Maureen Fluke @ (757) -708-2402 or (757) 853-4296, or email

her at: [email protected]

Our 111 Art Guest Speaker: Maureen Fluke, and for more event information, go to the 111 website: One11foundation.org

$45.00 / person

From January 15th – Saturday March 14th 2015

Danny Doughty & Mama Girl: “A Shared Legacy, Folk Art of the Shore”, and Tim Giles : “A

Salute to Life”, their recent works

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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:

Tidewater Art Alliance (TAA) http://www.tidewaterartalliance.org

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 ( [email protected] ), 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) 312-9662 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 2015 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 ( [email protected] ) 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!