Nature Artists’ Guild to Exhibit at the Fine Line Creative Arts Center

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Our Outside Exhibitions Chairpersons have been hard at work!  Members of the Nature Artists’ Guild  have an exciting opportunity to exhibit at the Kavanagh Gallery of the Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles, Il from March 8 through March 28, 2013.  An Artists’ Reception is scheduled on March 9, 2013 between 2:30 and 5 pm.

The Fine Line Creative Arts Center is one of the country’s few regional arts centers, and along with its many classrooms and beautiful galleries,  The Fine Line also features a fascinating history , which you can read about here!

Photo credit, Fine Line Creative Arts Center
Photo credit,  Fine Line Creative Arts Center

All current members of the Nature Artists Guild should have received their prospectus recently via mail or e-mail.  If you have not received your prospectus, or have any questions, please contact Sharon Malec or Patty Koenigsaecker (whose contact information you will be able to find in your Yearbook).

Please remember to register before Friday, February 22, 2013 to  be a part of this wonderful opportunity!

 

You’re Not Quite Done Yet!

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There’s just one more important item to check off your list this year as a member of the Nature Artists’ Guild, and that is to return your completed prospectus for our annual exhibit at the Downers Grove Library.  The prospectus is due by December 21, 2012, but in order to participate, your 2013 membership dues must be paid by  December 31, 2012. 

This month-long yearly exhibit is held in the large, nicely lit and absolutely lovely gallery space of the Downers Grove Library, 1050 Curtiss Street, Downers Grove, Illinois.   The library is well-known and much appreciated in the surrounding communities for its dedication to providing ongoing quality art exhibits, and we appreciate being part of that tradition.

It couldn’t be easier to participate.  If you have exhibited in any of the Nature Artists’ Guild exhibitions, you are ready!  Those previously exhibited works have already been through the approval process, and just need to be dropped off at the library on January 5, 2013.

Check your e-mails from last September for your prospectus and details, and if you have any questions, Paulette McDermott, whose contact information you can find in your Yearbook or on the prospectus, will be glad to help.

“Seeding the Snow” features Nature Artists’ Guild Members’ Artwork

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Congratulations to Nature Artists’ Guild members Connie Devendorf, Linn Eldred, and Evelyn Grala for the inclusion of their photography and artwork in the Fall and Winter 2012 issue of the periodical Seeding The Snow.  The issue features Evelyn’s pen and ink drawing, Owl, on the cover, and Connie’s photo, Setting Seeds, her watercolor, Wrens, and Linn’s pen and ink drawings, Scrub Pine and Goatsbeard are featured within.

By Permission of Seeding the Snow
By Permission of Seeding the Snow

To read more about Seeding the Snow, or to order your copy, please click here. Copies are also usually available for purchase at the Arboretum gift shop, The Arboretum Store (hours and information available by clicking here).

Time to Renew

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Your Nature Artists’ Guild Membership dues bring you so much – opportunities to participate in some of the best art exhibits in the area,  fun paint-outs and workshops with your fellow members, wonderful programs featuring top artists, and a subscription to our members’ only publication, the Nature Artist’s Quarterly.  As if you needed more convincing, don’t forget that all of this takes place at the beautiful and inspiring Morton Arboretum!

Winter at Thornhill © Laverne Bohlin

Please don’t forget to renew your membership by the end of the year.  You can bring your dues to the Holiday Party, or send a check for $45, payable to the Nature Artists’ Guild to –

Nature Artists’ Guild of The Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, IL  60532-1293.

If you’re not a member yet, but considering joining, we welcome you to fill out the membership application (click on the tab above), and send it along with your dues to the above address.  You are always invited to attend a program as our guest, but we think you’ll find the benefits of membership make it well worth joining.

The Nature Artists’ Guild Starts Planning for the New Year!

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Great news!  The board and committee members of the Nature Artists’ Guild are already busily planning some of next year’s events, and we have a sneak peek of some that are coming up within the next few months!

Our first program of the new year will feature artist Scott Harding, on February 7, 2013.  Of course, we’ll have our special exhibit at Downers Grove Library in January, we’ll be visiting Hausermann’s Orchids for a paint-out in February,  and we can look forward to a fascinating presentation by one of our own members, Carol Jean Rogalski, at our March meeting.

There is also talk of a “open studio” event at Thornhill, where natural objects will be provided as subject matter, and an instructor will be on-hand for questions or assistance.

Please check your next issue of the Quarterly or check back here in the upcoming months for all the details.

All Members and Guests are Invited to our Annual Holiday Party on December 6, 2012

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Don’t forget to save an evening during your busy holiday season to spend some time with a great group – your fellow Nature Artists’ Guild members!  Our annual Holiday Party and Elections will take place on December 6, 2012, beginning at 7:00 pm at Thornhill.

If you can, bring a dish to pass, and/or a contribution to the raffle (books, prints, or other nature or art-related items are always popular).  There will be a few short speeches, the swearing in of the new Board, and then the fun begins! You’ll finally have an opportunity to catch up with old Guild friends, welcome some new members, and maybe even win some great prizes.  Please feel free to bring a guest to join us for this enjoyable and relaxing annual tradition. 

The American Society of Botanical Artists Visiting The Morton Arboretum

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Next Friday, October 19, 2012, members of the ASBA will visit The Morton Arboretum as part of its 18th annual conference in Chicago.  Most of the activities for the conference, attended by hundreds of botanical artists and educators from all over the world, will take place at the Chicago Botanic Garden, but on Friday, volunteers from the Nature Artists’ Guild, along with liaison Suzanne Wegener, will welcome the members to The Morton Arboretum.  The visitors will be treated to a historical overview of Botanical Art by Rita Hassert and Arlene Widrevitz at the Sterling Morton Library, a tram tour, a lecture by Ed Hedborn, and a tour of the Herbarium by Dr. Andrew Hipp.

Welcome ASBA members!

Calling All Nature Artists!

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The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County and the Friends of Danada present the 38th annual Nature Art Show on October 12 and 13 during the annual Danada Fall Festival, at the Danada House, 3S501 Naperville Road, Wheaton, IL.  The art show is open to all artists, but all work submitted most show some aspect of our natural environment with no indication of human influence.  The categories are Animals, Plants and Scenery, and drop off dates are October 9 and October 10, 2012.    Please contact Friends of Danada at info@danadahouse.com for more information and to obtain an entry form.