In just a few weeks, during the cold, dreary month of February, members of the Nature Artists’ Guild will once again be taking a trip to the most tropical place in the area, Hausermann’s Orchids, the showroom and greenhouse of the largest orchid grower in the Midwest! The paint-out will take place on Monday, February 6, [...]
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Nature Artists’ Guild to Visit Hausermann’s Orchids February 6, 2012
Posted in Events, Paint-Outs on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Wheaton College Paint-Out, Saturday, January 14, 2012, 9 am – Noon
Posted in Events, Paint-Outs on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Nature Artists’ Guild member Marilyn Peretti has arranged a wonderful new opportunity for our first paint out of 2012! According to Marilyn, the new Science Center at Wheaton College features the Perry Mastodon, which was unearthed in 1963 in Judge Perry’s backyard pond in Glen Ellyn. Several other large animal specimens, as well as a [...]
Welcoming 2012!
Posted in Meeting Information, Member News, Paint-Outs on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Nature Artists’ Guild schedule next year will include some new paint-out locations (the first being Wheaton College’s Science building in January), some old favorites (Hausermann’s Orchids in February) and as always, some of the best artist presentations in the area (renowned colored pencil artist Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz will be featured at our February meeting). Details will be [...]
Georgeous Weather and Color Expected for Tomorrow’s Paint-Out
Posted in Events, Member Artwork, Paint-Outs on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re still undecided about attending tomorrow’s Nature Artists’ Guild paint-out at The Morton Arboretum, please click here to see their latest “Autumn Color Report”! With nice weather expected (mostly sunny, 65 degrees), it’s likely the Arboretum will be the place to be this weekend, so although we’ll meet at 9:30 in front of Thornhill, it probably [...]
Autumn Color Paint-Out at The Morton Arboretum, October 22, 2011
Posted in Events, Paint-Outs on October 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The trees of The Morton Arboretum have begun their big event - their annual display of reds, golds, oranges and violets against a deep blue sky! The Nature Artists’ Guild has scheduled a paint-out during this show to try to capture at least some of all of that beauty. On Saturday, October 22, 2011, we’ll be meeting in front [...]
Tomorrow at Thornhill – Our Newest Member?
Posted in Events, Meeting Information, Member Artwork, Paint-Outs, Volunteer! on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In addition to all the other fun things we’ll be working on during our Holiday Exhibit Workshop at Thornhill tomorrow (see details in earlier post), we’ll also be assembling the very first Nature Artists’ Guild Scarecrow for The Morton Arboretum’s annual display. The gorgeous gal in the sketch below, by Nature Artists’ Guild member Patty Koenigsaecker, is [...]
Fundraising Workshop Next Weekend!
Posted in Events, Meeting Information, Paint-Outs, Volunteer! on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An important message from our Fundraising Chair, Nancy Thyfault – Ladies and Gentlemen, mark your calendars! Our Holiday Workshop will be September 17th, 10 am to 2 pm, Room C, Thornhill. This is your opportunity to create items for our fundraising table at the Holiday Exhibit. Think you aren’t “crafty”- well, it’s more about creating [...]
“Painters in the Garden” Paint-Out July 30th and 31st
Posted in Events, Member Artwork, Paint-Outs on July 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Suzanne Wegener, Nature Art Education Manager at The Morton Arboretum (and our Nature Artists’ Guild liaison), announces another wonderful opportunity for our members – Painters in the Garden Come for a day or an hour and paint in the beautifully landscaped Children’s Garden where flowers, fish and frogs abound. We will have a cooling station [...]
A Midsummer Day’s Paint-Out
Posted in Events, Paint-Outs on July 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Once again, Nature Artists’ Guild member Connie Devendorf has been kind enough to arrange for us the popular mid-summer paint-out at the beautiful gardens of Danada House, located on Naperville Wheaton Road, just north of I-88 and south of Butterfield Road. Danada House was built in the 1920’s by Dan and Ada Rice as their country [...]
Gardener’s Art Festival Volunteers Needed on June 25th
Posted in Events, Exhibition Dates & News, Member Artwork, Outside Exhibitions, Paint-Outs on June 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Nature Artists’ Guild has been invited to participate in the annual Gardener’s Art Festival being held on Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 10 am until 4 pm at The Growing Place in Naperville. Please click here to find out all the details about this popular festival! We are looking for artists to volunteer to participate [...]
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