Category: Member Artwork

Artwork for Ceramics Projects Due Next Week

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Our Fundraising Chair Nancy Thyfault has again arranged for members of  the Nature Artists’ Guild to have their very own artwork reproduced onto ceramic tiles, ornaments or pendants!  The process requires a digital image of your artwork, and you should have  received the price list and details via e-mail a few weeks ago.  This special pricing was arranged by Nancy especially for our members, and is available not only for items to be sold at our Artisan (fundraising) table at the Holiday Exhibit in November, but also for items you may choose to make for yourself or give as gifts!   If you have any questions about the project, please contact Nancy. 

Order forms and payment must be postmarked by, and artwork e-mailed by October 25. 

Need Artwork for Winter Quarterly

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Whether you have finished pieces ready for our upcoming Holiday show, or just a few sketches from your backyard, we’d love to include a few images of your creations in the Winter edition of the Nature Artists’ Guild members’ publication, “The Quarterly”. 

All you need to do is send a JPEG file to Evelyn Grala (her contact information can be found in your Yearbook).  If you don’t have a professional scan of your artwork or a home printer/scanner, any office supply chain should be able to scan your artwork (usually up to 11 x 17 inches) for just a few dollars (just make sure the artwork is not under glass).  They’ll even e-mail the JPEG file to Evelyn for another small fee!  Evelyn will be able to crop off or clean up the edges of the scan if needed, and then it’s ready for publication! 

Please be sure to e-mail all images to Evelyn by October 25 to be included in the Winter issue.

Meet Patty Painter, Newest Nature Artists’ Guild Member

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One thing is for certain – Patty loves to spend time outdoors!  She’s kind of quiet, but you can tell by her smile that she’s thrilled to be the newest member of the Nature Artists’ Guild.  Be sure to stop by to see Patty before our next meeting on October 6.  She spends most, if not all, of her time at The Morton Arboretum, hanging out by the lake with some friends.

Also pictured are Jill Adzia, Patty Koenigsaecker and Suzanne Wegener (they’re the ones not wearing hats).

Tomorrow at Thornhill – Our Newest Member?

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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 what we hope our scarecrow will look when she’s done.   Don’t you agree she just may be the cutest scarecrow ever?  Please stop by the workshop any time between 10 and 2 to help get her ready for her debut!

Drawing by Patty Koenigsaecker

“Painters in the Garden” Paint-Out July 30th and 31st

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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 with goodies so don’t let a little warm weather keep you indoors. Children’s garden staff will have a “make & take” for children interested in art. Please help us raise awareness of the Nature Artists’ Guild by participating. Please RSVP to Suzanne Wegener at swegener@mortonarb.org

Suzanne adds that you can bring information about yourself and your art if you’d like –a great opportunity to promote your work!  Visitors will be strolling around, but since there are volunteers who will be doing art projects with children, there is no teaching involved.  Suzanne will be available both days to answer visitor’s questions about the Nature Artists’ Guild as well as The Morton Arboretum’s Education Program.  Click here for more information about the Children’s Garden!

July 30th and 31st from 10:00-1:00 p.m.

Meeting Place:  Children’s Garden

Call for Artwork – 2012 Nature Artists’ Guild Calendar

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June 2011 Calendar Page. Artwork by Carol Carls

Members of the Nature Artists’ Guild are invited to submit artwork for the 2012 Nature Artists’ Guild Calendar.

The 2011 Calendar was a success – Now it’s time to gear up for 2012. Calendar sales support the programs and activities of the Guild and are a great way to showcase your work. They also make great gifts!

Click here to download detailed instructions and specifications.

The deadline for submissions is September 17, 2011. If you have questions, please contact Mary Ingels. If you’d like to volunteer to help, contact Sylvia Root Tester (phone numbers and email addresses can be found in the Yearbook).

Gardener’s Art Festival Volunteers Needed on June 25th

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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! 

Photo credit The Growing Place

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).

Eggs-cellent job!

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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!

EGG-stravaganza this Thursday!

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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.

Beauty of the Earth Exhibit at the Burning Bush Gallery

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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. 

Artwork Copyright Paulette McDermott