Upcoming

PARTY AT BEL AIR ARTISAN CENTER IN ROCKY MOUNT–Tuesday May 8

PARTY AT BEL AIR ARTISAN CENTER IN ROCKY MOUNT–Tuesday May 8

Other items to remember:

The sidewalk show is May 19. Applications to be in the show are due by May 15. Contact Gaynell Stallings at 252-237-0773 or Kathy Bethune at kfb@preservationofwilson.com.

Our next show will be the Under a $100 show with no limit on the number of pieces you can bring. We encourage all kinds of art for the show– jewelry, pottery, sculptures, fabric art, photography, paintings, or anything art related. Work is to be brought in on Tuesday, June 12. The reception will be Thursday, June 14. Our WAAA Biennial Show will take place in the summer August 2-September 9. Work is to be delivered on July 31. Please check the calendar of Upcoming Events in this newsletter for all important dates.

Message from the President – Feb. 2012

Our first meeting of 2012 was held at the Elm City Bed and Breakfast. What an enjoyable time we had visiting and enjoying the wonderful desserts prepared for us by the owners, Jason Cain, his mother, Nell and grandmother, Elizabeth Bottoms. Some people came a little early and enjoyed visiting the Antique Shop and Framers Alley before heading over to the Bed and Breakfast for our afternoon tea.

Our February meeting is next Tuesday, February 14 at 4:30 at the ACW. Robert Cassanova, who has joined our association recently, will be our speaker. Robert is also our upcoming WAAA Featured artist for March. We have openings for WAAA featured artists for the following shows: April 19-June 3, June 14-July 22, September 20-November 5. Please contact me as soon as possible if you are interested in being a featured artist for any of these three dates. We have many new people who have joined recently and some long time members who have not been a featured artist so we would very much like for you to consider being one. Great publicity comes along with being a featured artist for WAAA.

Also, if we have members who are showing work anywhere or conducting art workshops, please contact our Art Opportunities Committee with that information so that we can publish it in our newsletter.

Please check the Upcoming Events for our meeting dates, pick-up and delivery dates for work, and our upcoming shows. We will be having our biennial show August 2-September 9 in which WAAA displays work downstairs and upstairs at the ACW with our theme being Life Is Art, Art Is Life. The show on April 19-June 3 will be our Juried Exhibition. A new Exhibition this year will be our Under a $100 show which will be June 14-July 22.
I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.
Susan

Message from the President

Happy New Year! I hope that everyone enjoyed the holiday season and will have a healthy, happy and prosperous 2012. We had a nice Christmas party on December 13 with lots of delicious food brought by our members, beautiful piano music provided by Nancy Ping Robbins, and the installation of the new WAAA officers for 2012. The officers who served last year were re-elected to serve another term. If it had not been for the many members who urged us to serve another year in order to provide the forward vision and organization they felt we had provided this past year, I am sure we would have gladly given up all the hard work being an officer entails. That being said, we thank our members for the confidence they have entrusted in us to carry out the mission of Wilson Active Artists Association for another year. We do ask that that you seriously consider volunteering for committees to help us out. Also, we welcome suggestions for activities, workshops, speakers, or anything else that you think would benefit or interest WAAA.

Congratulations to Rae Stephenson who won the free WAAA membership for 2012.

Please note in our calendar of events the schedule for the next show delivery date which is different than what it usually is. We normally deliver work on the Tuesday before the opening reception on Thursday. Our show will be in conjunction with the MLK opening which is on Monday, January 16. Therefore, work needs to be delivered the week before on Tuesday, January 10, which is our meeting date that will be held in Elm City. You can bring in your work to the ACW Lowe Gallery the afternoon of Tuesday, January 10, before coming to the meeting in Elm City. Be sure to list the necessary information in the WAAA book which will be in the Lowe Gallery. You may bring up to 3 works for the show. Work will be hung later that week.

We will be kicking off the first meeting of the new year at the Bed and Breakfast in Elm City on January 10th at 4:30. Join us for an afternoon tea for our 2012 kick off meeting at the Elm City Bed and Breakfast located diagonally across the street from Framers Alley at 4:30. You can change out art work you brought last time or bring new art work for them to display for sale. You may want to come early, around 3:30 or 4:00 and visit Jim and Beth at Framers Alley and the antique shop on the corner. We had a great time in the antique shop last time before the tea, and they have agreed to open especially for us again.

Susan Webb

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events for Wilson’s WAAA members

Our February meeting is next Tuesday, February 14 at 4:30 at the ACW. Robert Cassanova, who has joined our association recently, will be our speaker.

Feb 21 – 24 – pick up work from current show
Tuesday, Feb 28 – deliver work for March Exhibit by 1:00 pm
March 1 – April 9 – March exhibit dates
Thursday, March 1 – opening reception for March Exhibit, 5:30 – 7:30
Tuesday, April 10 – 13 – pick up work from March show
Tuesday, April 17 – deliver work for Annual Juried Show by 1:00 pm
April 19 – June 3 – Annual Juried Show dates
Thursday, April 19 – opening reception for Annual Juried Show, 5:30 – 7:30
Tuesday, June 5 – 8 – pick up work from Annual Juried Show
Tuesday, June 12 – deliver work for $100.00 or Less Art Show by 1:00 pm
June 14 – July 22 – $100.00 or Less Art Show dates
Thursday, June 14 – reception for $100.00 or Less Art Show, 5:30 – 7:30
July 24 – 27 – pick up work from $100.00 or Less Art Show
Tuesday, July 31 – deliver work for Life is Art, Art is Life Exhibit by 1:00 pm
August 2-September 9 – Life is Art, Art is Life Exhibit dates
Thursday, August 2 – reception for Life is Art, Art is Life Exhibit, 5:30 – 7:30
Sept 11 – 14 – pick up work from Life is Art, Art is Life Exhibit
Sept 18 – deliver work for September show by 1:00 pm
Sept 20 – Nov 5 – September show dates
Thursday, Sept 18 – reception for September show, 5:30 – 7:30
Nov 6 – 9 – pick up work from September show
Nov 15 – Dec 21 – Holiday Invitation show dates

October Guest Speaker

October Guest Speaker

Ron Sowers hails from Shippensburg PA were he won a Scholastic Gold Key for Sculpture his senior year of High School. From there he continued his education at the Arts Institute of Pittsburgh where he earned an Associate Degree in Specialized Technology majoring in Photography/Multimedia. His career in fine art, commercial, architectural photography and photojournalism has spanned over 30 years.

Ron is the owner of Ronald L. Sowers Photography living in Rocky Mount, NC and 2010 marked the 20th year he has been in business.

He has won numerous awards and his work is in permanent and private collections and has had exhibitions of his work throughout NC

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September Guest Speaker

Nicole Wilkinson, owner of Elm City Arts, has been creating art since a young child. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Longwood College in Farmville, VA. After school, Nicole started teaching for the Friends School of Wilmington as the local art teacher. She then received her NC Teaching Certification from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. While getting her certification, she worked as a traveling art teacher for 5 Columbus County elementary schools. After realizing she wanted to further her career in the arts, Nicole attended New York University in New York, NY and received her Masters in Art Education. While in Manhattan, she taught celebrity children at The Nest while working at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. She also worked for Wenlan Chan, couture fashion designer and owner of Twinkle. There Nicole created and launched her jewelry line which has been featured in in Style & Vogue magazines. After leaving the city, Nicole headed to Athens, GA where she attended the University of Georgia and worked for 1 year on her PhD in Art. She taught multicultural art education for UGA’s study abroad program in Cuba. She also taught for Athens Technical College. While home for the summer at Wrightsville Beach, a position became available at Brunswick Community College.

She has been the art professor there for the past 4 years. Nicole is currently finishing her Doctorate in Education with Northeastern University in Boston. With over 10 years of teaching experience and having an active exhibition record, Nicole is excited about bringing Fun Back to the Farm and sharing her passion for art to the community.

WAAA sponsored Art Immersion Tour at the Imperial Centre

WAAA sponsored a field trip to the Art Immersion Tour at the Imperial Centre in Rocky Mount on Monday, July 18 from 10:00-12:00. We had a small group attending but definitely had a “big” time while there. Catherine Coulter Lloyd, Visual Arts Program Coordinator, guided us through the 2 hour tour which was extremely well planned, fun, and moved us along from the different areas in a timely manner to keep our interest and excitement going. We were greeted at each area by instructors and/or coordinators. The first area we visited was the theatre and were given several different exercises to do in acting. What a hoot! We moved on from there to the art studio where the artist in residence shared painting techniques, his body of work and paintings his students were working on. Then we went into the pottery lab and were taught how to make a clay cup. Everyone came up with a little different design and it was fun to see the creative designs our group came up with. We next visited the wonderful exhibits and juried exhibition in the main building which included media of all kinds and some very unusual and unique pieces of artwork. Lastly we visited the wonderful gift shop. After leaving the Imperial Centre, we went to The Grill for lunch which is quite a popular place to dine. Most of us got the wonderful quiche, fruit, and muffin plate which was very tasty. Stephanie’s ladies shop is located right next door which carries unique clothing so we had to visit there before leaving Rocky Mount to come back to Wilson. Pictured from left to right are Catherine Coulter, Sharon Godwin, Judy (Shelley’ sister), Shelley Sakas, Susan Webb, Frances Boomer

Pictured from left to right are Catherine Coulter, Sharon Godwin, Judy (Shelley' sister), Shelley Sakas, Susan Webb, Frances Boomer

July’s Juried Exhibition Awardees

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July’s Juried Exhibition Awardees:  http://wilsonactiveartistsassociation.wordpress.com/may-exhibition-arts-council-of-wilson/

Zachary Brown 1st Place

Congratulations to all!