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Tennessee Watercolor Society 2022

Art Guild of Tellico Village

Two AGTV Members Win Top Awards!

The Tennessee Watercolor Society’s  Biennial Juried Exhibit opened May 18, 2022 in Chattanooga. Sixty artists from across Tennessee were juried into the show from 192 submissions, including the following AGTV Members: Kate Aubrey, Vicki Brandt, Lil Clinard, Lee Edge, Linda Johnson, Judy Lavoie, Kate McCullough, Nora Merritt, Jean Porter, and Laurie Szivagyi.

We are pleased to announce TWO of AGTV’s members won top honors from this statewide organization:

  • Linda Johnson‘s ISAIAH 40:8 was awarded the $1,200 Purchase Award from Jerry’s Artarama 
  • Kate Aubrey‘s  PERSEPHONE won an $800 Cash Award in honor of Founder Mary Britten Lynch  
ISAIAH 40:8
Linda Johnson
PERSEPHONE
Kate Aubrey

Here are the entries from the other AGTV members:

Mischief
Vicki Brandt
Backwash
Lil Clinard
In the Window
Lee Edge
“Blackberry Blossom”
Judy Lavoie
Fishing Boats of Jelsa
Kate McCullough
Art Shopping
Nora Merritt
Blue Girls with Yellow Moon
Jean Porter
Grapes on Foil
Laurie Szilvagyi

2022 Art Show Highlights

Art Guild of Tellico Village

“Art for Everyone” Celebration in Tellico Village

The annual Art Show of the Art Guild of Tellico Village was held on April 29, 30 and May 1, 2022. Presented at the Community Church at Tellico Village in Loudon TN, this acclaimed display showcased 279 pieces of art created by 67 of our members, highlighting the exceptional and varied talents of Art Guild members. Over the 3 days of the show, we welcomed 1,354 visitors.

This year’s theme of “Art for Everyone” appropriately reflects a wide variety of subjects, styles and media in the Art Show. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, inks, graphite, colored pencil, photography, jewelry, ceramics, fiber art, sculpture, weavings, fused glass, stained glass, collage and mixed media were featured.

Jerry’s Artarama donated $500 in prizes which were awarded to the 5 People’s Choice Award winners:

John Ball
“Winter’s Dawn”
Judy Lavoie
“Remembrance”
Lil Clinard
“Cascade”
Linda Johnson
“CHOOSE JOY!”
Sally McCain
“Wise Chief”

Browse this collection of photos from the show!

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Plein Air Group

Art Guild of Tellico Village

AGTV’s Plein Air group is open to anyone who likes to paint, sketch, or use pastels outside. Artists will work independently using their own materials.  Locations will be within 30 minutes and will have parking, bathrooms and shade. Please bring water and perhaps a snack or light lunch.

This is an opportunity to meet with others while capturing the beauty of our surrounding area and to share creative ideas. 

We will start with a free “Plein Air” tips and tricks on Thursday March 30th, then beginning meeting in the mornings on Thursdays, depending on the weather forecast. You will be notified by Mary directly once you sign up.

For more information, contact:
Mary Ladner  
maryladner2011@gmail.com
650-906-0461 

To join the group, please submit this form.

220331 Jewelry Making Workshop:
Introduction to Precious Metal Clay and Viking Knit with Charles Osten

Art Guild of Tellico Village

Viking Chain
Precious Metal Clay Jewelry

Dates: March 31-April 2, 2022
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Chota Classroom A

Prerequisites: None

Contact Information: Costen54@gmail.com

Cost: Member $230, Non-Member $265
Class Size: Min 10 Max 15
Sign-up: Class Cancelled

Deadline: March 1, 2022

Cancellation Policy: Participants may cancel up to 30 days prior to the start of the Workshop for a refund minus a $5 processing charge.  There will be no refunds within 30 days of the workshop. If AGTV or the instructor cancels the workshop, participants will get a full refund.

Workshop Content: Explore the many methods of using Silver Metal Clay to make jewelry.  Learn how to roll the clay, add texture, shape, carve, and prepare for firing while making a pendant and earrings. Observe the process of firing the clay and one method of polishing the jewelry using a tumbler. After firing and polishing the clay, a patina may be added to make textures in the jewelry more obvious.

A Viking knit chain will also be created. Learn how to use sterling silver wire to create a chain consisting of a single repeated knot. When the desired length is reached, the chain is pulled through a draw plate and finished by adding end caps and a clasp. This chain may be used to support the pendant created during the workshop or may be worn by itself.

Supply List: The price per student includes all materials needed for the workshop. The most expensive component of the workshop is the precious metal clay (PMC3).  Sterling silver wire (26 ft), sterling silver end caps, lobster claw clasp and ear wires are also included. All material will be provided by the instructor.

Materials consist of the following:

  • 25 g of fine silver clay. (PMC3)
  • 26 ft of sterling silver wire
  • End caps
  • Lobster clasp
  • Ear wires
  • Misc  materials.
  • Additional clay will be available for purchase.

Biography: I attended the University of Tennessee earning both an undergraduate and graduate degree in art education with a minor in fine arts.

I’ve studied at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and with numerous area, regional and national artists.I taught for Knox Co. Schools, grades K-12 ending that career at Austin-East Magnet High School where I was hired to develop an art program for the Magnet School. Upon retiring I worked for an additional several years as a Distinguished Professional for Knox Co. Schools.For seventeen years I also taught two classes as an adjunct professor with Tusculum University.

I teach a painting class at the Oak Ridge Art Center.

I am presently a member of The Foothills Craft Guild.

I have exhibited in numerous juried regional shows with awards earned in some. I am most recently showing in The Art in the Airport.

Instructor Website: charlesostenjewelry.com

COVID Protocol: Masks requested when social distancing is not possible.

220318 Fun with Alcohol Inks – Claire Payne

Art Guild of Tellico Village

Dates: March 18, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Chota Room A

Contact: ccpaynting@gmail.com

Cost: $50
Class Size: Min: 6, Max: 8
Sign-up: Class is full. Contact Claire directly to see if you can be added to the class.

Class Content: Learn to experiment with alcohol inks and alcohol markers on Yupo to produce free-flowing abstracts and colorful flowers. Materials will be provided.

Biography: Claire Payne discovered and explored her passion for art through her own personal life-journeys. As often happens, the journeys took her through good times as well as bad, and art gave her a means to survive, conquer, and rejoice in the celebration and joy of life. Watercolor is Claire’s favorite medium, but she enjoys trying her hand at various media on different surfaces. In this class, artists will play with alcohol inks on a synthetic surface called YUPO.

Claire’s work has been accepted into international juried shows as well as the International Society of Experimental Art. She has been recognized at the Watercolor Art Society-Houston, and she has won numerous 1st-place awards in art shows around the country.

“I love the vibrant colors and exciting freedom of alcohol inks. I paint for pure pleasure and the fun of the art.”

Artist Website: payntings.com

COVID Protocol: Masks requested when social distancing is not possible.

220208 Watercolor Pouring: Florals – Lee Edge

Art Guild of Tellico Village

Dates: Tuesdays, February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 8, 15
(March 22 will be a make-up day if we miss another class due to bad weather)
Time: 12:45 – 4:00 PM
Location: Chota Classroom A

Prerequisites: All levels

Contact Information: paintingsbylee@gmail.com

Cost: $150
Class Size: Min 7 Max 12
Sign-up: Please contact Lee directly to see if you can be added to this class.
Deadline: January 26, 2022

Cancellation Policy: Cancellation after 1/26 will result in a $50 cancellation fee. If a health issue arises, that will be taken into consideration and the fee may be eliminated. Teachers rely on numbers to carry a class and drop-outs at the last minute create problems.

Class Content: Participants will produce a painting (either 13″ x 19″ if experienced) or two smaller ones (if this is a first attempt). All need to have floral images and personal photos are preferred. An alternative is to seek a good floral composition on the internet, however, the resulting art cannot be regarded as original for competition purposes. I am willing to check possible references to give advice on composition. I can print the selected sizes on my Epson printer for a fee. The goal is to have one or two frameable works of art upon the end of the class, which may be used in the Tellico Village Art Guild Exhibit in the Spring. Demonstrations given in pouring and negative painting up close and personal, and individual guidance/critiques will be given. Contact Lee with questions.

Supply List: Click here to review the supply list.

Biography:

  • Undergrad degree, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pa., Summa Cum Laude, 4 years scholarship.
  • Master’s Degree, Tyler School of Fine Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia Pa., Honors
  • 30 + years of public school teaching in 6 states, high school and adult education
  • Numerous honors and awards including Outstanding Art Teacher of Ohio, and three time recipient of the Virginia Governor’s School Outstanding Teacher Award (nominated by students)
  • 10 years of teaching in Tellico Village
  • Professional Awards received in Regional (Central City, Colorado, Rapid City, S. D.) National (Wind River National Competition), and Local exhibitions, including Fountain City Art Shows and Oak Ridge Open Exhibits…awards for Printmaking, Pastel Painting, Photography, Mixed Media, and Watercolor. Art toured the contiguous Rocky Mt. States, and serigraph prints exhibited at the Denver Museum of Art.
  • Signature Memberships in The TN Watercolor Society and The Southern Watercolor Society, Membership in The Knoxville Watercolor Society.

COVID Protocol: To respect those with autoimmune issues/health problems, masks are needed for the class.

2022 Spring Art Show

Art Guild of Tellico Village

“Art for Everyone” Celebration in Tellico Village

The annual Art Show of the Art Guild of Tellico Village takes the limelight on April 29, 30 and May 1, 2022. Presented at the Community Church at Tellico Village in Loudon TN, this acclaimed display will showcase more than 250 pieces of art created by 65 of our members, highlighting the exceptional and varied talents of Art Guild members.

This year’s theme of “Art for Everyone” appropriately reflects a wide variety of subjects, styles and media in the Art Show. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, inks, graphite, colored pencil, photography, wood turning, wood carving, jewelry, ceramics, fiber art, sculpture, weavings, fused glass, stained glass, collage and mixed media will be featured. Much of the artwork will be for sale. Preview the show!

We have created a gallery which features some of the artists in the show. Meet the Artists!

During the 3-day Art Show visitors can observe “Artists at Work,” learning about unusual media, inspirations, techniques, materials and more. The public is also invited to vote for Peoples’ Choice Awards, to be announced at the end of the show.

Art Show Schedule of Events

The 2022 Art Show will take place:

  • Friday, April 29: 1-6 PM
    • The public is invited to the opening reception on Friday, April 29, from 4:30-6:00, when many exhibiting artists will be on site to meet and greet visitors.
  • Saturday, April 30: 10-6 PM
  • Sunday, May 1: 10 AM-4 PM

The Community Church at Tellico Village is located at 130 Chota Ctr, Loudon, TN. Art Show attendance is FREE to the public and all are welcome. For directions, view this map.

Information for Artists

If you are an AGTV member who would like to participate in the 2022 Art Show, please review the information on our ‘2022 Art Show Info For Artists‘ page.

January 20, 2022 – 10:00 AM Mike Berry

Art Guild of Tellico Village

The Pastel Cityscape

Mike Berry creates high color, expressively interpreted cityscape paintings. He will be presenting the works and influences that were the foundation to his working style and his history and explanations of current subjects and styles in his personal art practice.

Information about the Artist

Mike C. Berry is a versatile painter who works in pastels, oils and acrylics. His colorful and vibrant compositions often bending and twisting the cityscape have become his easily identifiable style. With his use of pure color and gestural brushstrokes, he credits Wolf Kahn, James Stagg, Chaim Soutine, Edward Hopper, Joseph Delaney and many modern painters have influenced his work. Further examination of Mike’s biography and his sources of influences behind his oeuvre, reveal an artist who works with passion and solid technique to create a genuinely original body of work.

Mike is originally from the Midwest and studied illustration at the Savannah College of Art & Design, where he holds a Master’s Degree in Fine Art. He has exhibited regionally over the past decade and is currently represented by the District Gallery in Knoxville and the River Gallery in Chattanooga, TN. Mike’s interests have led him to explore the restlessness of city life, which has developed his signature artistic theme: movement of the cityscape.

As Mike discovered, pastel lends itself to being an excellent medium for quickly expressing layers of different colors and laying down a rough composition. These smaller works are often used as studies for larger works, which are further developments of his theme of movement through the landscape. Application of the pastel is done on a sanded archival paper that’s mounted to rigid panel. The larger works, with the compositions already achieved in the studies, are translated into oils or acrylics that have been applied to a medium toned canvas very rapidly, usually completing the work “alla prima.”

“My works are personal views of modern day experiences, combined with my fascination with drawing and curving perspectives along with dramatic lighting which lends itself, stylistically to the use of vivid color and bold bravado brushwork. My goal is to present fresh perspectives with the use of gestural and expressive brushwork to capture the essence of movement or activity through vibrant color application.”

Mike currently manages the UT Downtown Gallery and maintains a private studio in his home where he creates commissioned works for clients. Mike has been selected to serve as the 2021 co-chair of the Dogwood Arts Festival and currently serves on the board of Knox Heritage. He and his family have lived in Knoxville since 1999.

Artist Website: mikecberry.com

Knox Evening Skyline

220203 Negative Painting Addicted – Watercolor Nature’s Patterns with Linda Kemp

Art Guild of Tellico Village

“Live from Canada on Zoom”

Dates: February 3 – 5, 2022
Time: 10:00AM – 1:00 PM ET
Location: Come to Chota Room A to watch the Zoom together on the big screen, or join on Zoom from your home.

Prerequisites: This program is suitable for novice to experienced painters.

Contact Information: studio@lindakemp.com

Cost: Members $210, Non-Members $245
Class Size: Min 12, Max 30
Sign-up: Class Closed for Registration
Deadline: January 20, 2022

Cancellation Policy: Participants may cancel up to 30 days prior to the start of the Workshop for a refund minus a $5 processing charge.  There will be no refunds within 30 days of the workshop. If AGTV or the instructor cancels the workshop, participants will get a full refund.

Workshop Content: Discover how to start, build and complete watercolour nature’s patterns and florals as you learn the essential skills of negative painting. In this three day Zoom workshop you will discover how to paint delicate blossoms and foliage. All it takes is a simple shift in the way you see! Linda will demonstrate and lead you step-by-step through the key exercises and basic tactics of working with this unconventional, inspiring approach.

Topics covered in this program include, interpreting your subject matter, negative painting strategies, simplified design, basic colour concepts, and “seeing” for painting. You will learn how to reduce your subject into simplified shapes, create purposeful underpaintings and practice the glazing techniques used for layering negative shapes. On the first day, we develop control by working on dry paper, in readiness for the thrill of building wet into wet layers on the following two days.

Our time together will include video demonstration, hands-on painting time and live discussion about how to apply negative painting concepts to your favourite subjects.

Once you learn the basics you will see and paint the world in an exciting and different way!

Lessons: Linda will be presenting to us Live from Canada on Zoom from 10:00 am-1:00pm each day. Participants may either join other students at Chota where we will project the Zoom to a large screen or participate from home. After Linda drops off at 1:00 pm, students may stay to work on their project in the classroom or go home early. At the end of the day, students are invited to email a photo of their work to Linda for critique. Then, we’ll start the next morning with Q&A before carrying on with her instruction.

On the first day, we develop control by working on dry paper, in readiness for the thrill of building wet into wet layers on the following two days.

Supply List: 2022 Supplies Watercolour-natures patterns
Students will receive photo reference and handouts for the workshop. In addition, Linda will post the daily recorded video demonstrations on a workshop private webpage which students may watch for 30 days.

Biography: Linda Kemp is internationally recognized for her unique, contemporary watercolors and acrylics. Her innovative use of negative painting is the focus of her two best selling books, Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines and Simplifying Design and Color For Artists. Linda is featured in art publications, video and internet forums, with over 1.5 million YouTube views.

She is honoured to be a Life Member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC), the Ontario Society of Artists (OSA) and a Life Member of the Society of Canadian Artists (SAC). Her award winning paintings are in collections around the world, including The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, U.K.
In 2008 Linda was awarded the A.J. Casson Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Water Colour, the top award for the CSPWC National Exhibition, Open Waters. In 2005 she was Awarded Woman of the Year for Arts and Culture.

Linda is an enthusiastic teacher who truly cares about the sharing of knowledge with her students, She instructs at symposiums and workshops throughout Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and France and now online. She has served as juror for numerous national and international exhibitions including the 2020 Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition.

For more information about Linda and her art/workshops visit:
Email: studio@lindakemp.com

Instructor Website: www.lindakemp.com

COVID Protocol: Masks requested when social distancing is not possible.