Yes, it may be a bit early to declare Spring, but our new header image sure puts us in the spirit! This sweet detail from the watercolor Sweet Violets, was contributed by our featured artist of the upcoming 2012 Spring Exhibition of the Nature Artists’ Guild, Margo Heald. You can view the entire painting, read all about Margo and see more of her beautiful artwork by clicking on the Our Current Featured Artist tab above.
Please forward the postcard you recently received in your e-mail to all your friends and family. They will love the opportunity to attend one of The Nature Artists’ Guild’s stunning exhibits!Our new header features detail from Yellow Honeysuckle, Lonicera reticulata, by our 2011 Holiday Exhibit featured artist, Ku-mie Kim. You can read more about Ku-mie and see some of her lovely images on our “Featured Artist” page by clicking the tab above or by clicking here. Congratulations, Ku-mie, and we look forward to seeing many more examples of your wonderful talent at our exhibit in November!
It’s been a beautiful summer (what blue skies!) and although we hate to see it end, we all know that autumn will also bring more than it’s share of beauty. The well-attended Nature Artists’ Guild Holiday Exhibit, taking place November 18th through the 20th will be a wonderful opportunity for displaying your autumn landscapes as well as your botanical or wildlife artwork!
Prospectuses for the Holiday Show must be mailed by October 8th, so there’s still time to start a new piece! With so much inspiration all around, why not? If you are a new member, please don’t be timid! For many of our members, a Nature Artists Guild exhibit was the first place they ever exhibited. They know first-hand how intimidating it can seem, and we think you’ll find that your fellow NAG members are very supportive, non-competitive and helpful (not to mention plain old nice).
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 for a 2-hour shift of painting, drawing or sketching during the event. What a great opportunity to show off your work while enjoying the beautiful surroundings!
The Growing Place would love to have four artists for each shift, so please don’t hesitate to sign up if you can – we need your contribution to help make this a success! Contact Jill Adzia to sign up (you can find her contact information in your Yearbook).
The pick- up date for the Spring exhibit and the drop-off date for the Summer exhibit at the Canterbury Shoppe in Naperville has been changed to Saturday, June 11, 2011 (from 11 am until 2 pm).
The prospectus deadline has also been extended until Wednesday, June 8. Your prospectus was either e-mailed or mailed to you on March 24th, but if you can’t find it, please contact Paulette McDermott, or leave a comment on this post, and we’ll make sure to get one to you!
The Nature Artists’ Guild liason to The Morton Arboretum, Suzanne Wegener thanked everyone at our meeting last night on behalf of the Arboretum for doing such a great job of painting eggs for their upcoming Cirque Du Soleil promotion. Suzanne started out with 100 plain tan eggs, and as of last evening, only two were not yet decorated!
As artist Priscilla Humay pointed out after her awesome presentation last evening (thank you, Priscilla!), the Nature Artists’ Guild really does have one of the best settings in the Chicagoland area for an artists’ group. The Morton Arboretum provides us with inspiring subject matter, a wonderful and helpful staff, quality instruction and promotion, and facilities for our workshops, shows and meetings that are not only modern and comfortable, but historic and absolutely beautiful!
Sometimes it takes someone outside of the group to notice what we may take for granted. So, thank you Morton Arboretum for everything you do for our group, and any time you need help in painting a hundred or so eggs, we’ll be glad to do it!
You are invited to stop by this Thursday evening before our formal Nature Artists’ Guild meeting to paint an egg or two for Cirque du Soleil. There will be paints available in Thornhill, Room C from 5-7 pm.
The eggs will be used for a eggs-ceptional promotional event at the Morton Arboretum. Please join us in this wonderful opportunity (click here for more information) to get publicity for our group while also helping the Arboretum!
Please contact Suzanne with any questions.
Even if you didn’t get a chance to participate in this lovely exhibit, there is still time to visit the gallery and view the artwork of some of your fellow Nature Artists’ Guild members. The gallery is located at 224 North Main Street in Wheaton, and hours are listed on the flyer below.
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