ROCKBRIDGE ARTS GUILD
"A COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS"
From Rockbridge County,
Lexington & Buena Vista, Virginia
The Rockbridge Arts Guild Art Book Club will discuss “Luncheon of the Boating Party” by Susan Vreeland on September 22nd at 6:30 in the home of Wiste Jobe, 696 McCurdy Lane, Rockbridge Baths. Click here for directions.
Imagining the banks of the Seine in the thick of la vie moderne, Vreeland (Girl in Hyacinth Blue) tracks Auguste Renoir as he conceives, plans and paints the 1880 masterpiece.
Anna Lisa at Books & Co. can order the book with no S & H cost with a two week delivery date.
Used copies can be found at: Click on link
All RAG members are welcomed to attend book club sessions. If you are not a member of RAG, you can join using this form. Click Here
If you are interested in the Art Book Club and want more information, please contact John Anfin at anfinj@me dot com and he can give you club’s book analysis guidelines and answer questions.
Attendees are asked to bring an example of their own art for a critique at the end of the discussion.
The mission of the Rockbridge Arts Guild is to promote the visual arts in the Rockbridge County area of Virginia and to support its members in learning, producing, and exhibiting art of all kinds.
Join the Rockbridge Arts Guild
So You Can:
Show Your Art
Talk to Other Artists
Network with Other artists
Pick Up Tips at Monthly Meetings
Have Your Work Critiqued if You Wish
Take Our Annual Tour of DC museums
Join the RAG Art Book Club
Have Your Art on the RAG Website
Enjoy Our Annual Picnic and Christmas Social
And Much More!
2010 Dues are due now
New Listings
in Artist’s Gallery
see
Jesse Conner’s Work
Joan Carson’s work
Julianne Hollingsworth’s work.
Martha Devening’s work.
Kristin Waters Wise
RAG Art Book Club met at Dorothy Coker’s home and discussed “Collecting Souls, Gathering Dust: The Struggle of Two American Artists Alice Neel and Rhoda Medary”. Attending Book Club members are Sarah Brownlee, Wistie Jobe, Pauline Mason, Anne Weede, Joan Carson, John Anfin, and Dorothy Coker.
SueNell Dillon Paintings In Rockbridge Library
Auguste Renoir’s
“Luncheon of the Boating Party”
Subject of Next Book Club’s
Seven RAG Members In Shenandoah Valley Art Center Show
The 2010 Shenandoah Valley Art Center RAG Art Show opens September 2nd with seven RAG members displaying their work. The artists are Dorothy Coker, Marilyn Pearson, Dee Todd, Carole Jean Figlo, Marion Lunnemann, Sueneil Dillon, and Katherine March.
The show opens with a reception from 5 to 6:30 on the 2nd. The Arts Center is located at 126 S Wayne in downtown Waynesboro.
Best in Show award was won by Deborah Maurer for her photograph titled “Reflections”
The 2010 County Art Fair Exhibit received 265 works submitted by 102 artists. Here are the winners:
Children’s (12 years and under) Division
First Place: Gabrielle Puller “Marblized Rainbow”
Second Place: Taylor Sokolowski “Chicken Shack”
Third Place: Emily Mattioli “Wildflowers”
Honorable Mention: Isabelle Puller “Summer Day’s Picnic” , “Rainbow in the Tropics”, Christyna Gardner “Bamboo Bird”, Mindy Zollman “Ready to Ride Pony”, “Carrot Chasing Rabbit”,“Crab of Many Colors”, Dory Mattioli “Good Night”, Gabrielle Puller “Fire Tiger”, Taylor Sokolowski “Peter”, “Up Close and Personal”, Treyce McCormick “Chillaxing”
Youth (ages 13 – 17) Division
First Place: Samantha Puller “Music to My Eyes”
Second Place: Isabel March “Untitled”
Third Place: Daniel Gardner “Photographer”
Honorable Mention: Joshua Gardner “Suite for Unaccompanied Cello”, “Slide Tackle”, “Autumn Tree”, Jenna Cunningham “Ink”, “Creek”, “Art”
Adult Division-Three Dimensional
First Place: William Johnston “Classical Oak”
Second Place: William Johnston “Yellow Gourd”
Adult Division-Acrylic
First Place: Lois Crewdson “Nature’s Display
Second Place: Lois Crewdson “Blooming Freely”
Third Place: Marsha Heatwole “3 Sheep, 4 Flowers”
Adult Division-Drawing
First Place: Nathan Miller “Movie”
Second Place: Nathan Miller “Eve”
Third Place: Kristen Wise “Bridle Horse”
Adult Division-Mixed Media
First Place: Lois Crewdson “Frosty Peaks”
Second Place: Cyane Lowden “Collierstown”
Adult Division-Oils
First Place: Anne Weede “Untitled, January 2010 #1”
Second Place: Pam Traugott “Fancy Soap Bottle”
Third Place: Eleanor Penn “Bay Side #2”
Honorable Mention: Dorothy Coker “Main Street”, Laura Orrison “Sunflowers”
Adult Division-Pastels
First Place: Gloria Hager “Ready to Run”
Second Place: Darin Docekal “Holding On”
Third Place: Dee Todd “Winter’s Embrace”
Adult Division-Photography
First Place: Deborah Maurer “Rock Bottom”
Second Place: Amanda Sandos “Dragonfly”
Third Place: Ellen Martin “Rockbridge County”
Honorable Mention: Michele Fletcher “Misted Miscanthus”, Ellen Martin “March Along the Road”, Alice Williams “Amber Grains”
Adult Division-Watercolors
First Place: John Winfrey “Delphiniums and Lilacs”
Second Place: Alan Maurer “Storm Over Prague”
Third Place: Alan Maurer “Blue Vase”
Honorable Mention: William Peel “Blue Skies Over Utah”. Arthur Williams “Summer Retreat”
RAG member John Anfin is exhibiting ten pieces of his work at the StellarOne Bank at Franklin Road in downtown Roanoke from July 12 through August 12.
The Winners for the 2010 Rockbridge Arts Guild County Fair Art Show
RAG Member SueNell Dillon has her paintings on display during the month of September in the Rockbridge Regional Library.
Sell Your Art at October 9th Hopkins Green Art Show
The September deadline is fast approaching for submitting an application to show and sell your art at Hopkins Green Art Show sponsored by RAG and the Rockbridge Camera Club. This is non-juried show is on one of the fall’s busiest downtown Saturdays. There’ll be lots of visitors to local and
area events, so it’s a perfect setting to sell your work. Spaces are limited, so click on the Hopkins Green Art Show link at the top of this page for an application form. If you have questions, please contact Ellen Martin 540-464-5687.
