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Monday, July 18, 2011 at 11:28PM 
News from the Mentone Area Arts Council
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 6:38PM Dear Arts supporter:
There is much to tell you about, since it seems the mountain is alive with arts and cultural activities in the coming weeks.
MAAC’s Mid-Summer in Mentone Art Show: July 2/3
One of the Mentone Area Arts Council’s premiere art shows will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 2 & 3, in downtown Mentone. You might call it a MAAC-tacular event, and you’re invited.
The festivities will kick off on Friday night, July 1st with a gala First Friday Fish Fry, from One World Adventure, plus entertainment by the Still Kickin’ Band. Several of us have heard this group perform their eclectic mix of classic rock and country, and their high energy show will delight you as you smack and much on catfish, hush puppies, Cole slaw, and French fries ($5, with drink and pie extra). The fish will start frying at 3:00, followed by the band at 7:00 PM (admission to the music is also $5). The location will be the pavilion behind the Mentone Inn.
The art show will be on the grounds of the Inn as well as the Mentone Springs Hotel. Show hours will be from 9-5 on Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday. And…
It’s not too late for artists to register for the July 2/3 show
We’ve still got some choice spots for arts booths, but if you haven’t yet registered to show your work, do it right away. This event always draws an enthusiastic crowd, so don’t miss out on this great opportunity to showcase your art work. To participate, artists should fill out the following form and mail it to show coordinator Harry Ohme:
(Please Print)
NAME_____________________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS___________________________________
CITY_______________________STATE______________Zip______________
EMAIL ADDRESS______________________________________
TYPE OF ART EXHIBITED______________________________
EXHIBITOR’S FEE ENCLOSED $20 MAAC MEMBER
$45 NON-MEMBER
Make Check Payable To MAAC. Participation will be confirmed. Mail form & fee to: Harry Ohme, P. O. Box 243, Mentone, AL 35984. Harry also says that volunteers to man the MAAC booth is needed- just a couple of hours each day. If you can help out, send him an email to: shamrock1960@killiansnet.com
New on-line guide to Mentone area goings-on is now available
High Horse Lodge owners Harriet and Steve O’Rear have just completed a comprehensive Guide to the Mentone/Cloudland area. The purpose of the guide is to make available to visitors to Mentone the best of the best in our area of Lookout Mountain: restaurants, shopping, activities, parks, attractions, and services. Go to: www.guidetomentone.com The O’Rear’s believe you will find this website an up-to-date resource for contacts, hours of operation, locations, calendars of events and flavors of the Mentone surroundings. And they say that if you believe they have missed an asset, go to the “contact us” section and send them a message.
Art Gallery@Mentone reopens today (Friday, June 17)
Bob and Joyce Hoffman report that the Art Gallery @ Mentone, in the cabin across from the Post Office, will be open every Friday through Sunday from noon to 5 PM starting this Friday, June 17. A Grand Re-Opening the weekend of July 1-3 is planned (the same weekend as the big MAAC Mid Summer Art Show in Mentone), with snacks and entertainment. Watch the website ArtGallery.Mentone.com for details!
Lucy Mitchell to be featured artist at the Mentone Realty gallery
“Figure Retrospective,” a showcase of the work of Mentone artist Lucy Mitchell, will be featured from June 17 through July 30, at the gallery located on the second floor of Mentone Realty. For times, or other information, call 256-634-4767. The Gallery is directly in front of the wildflower Café, in downtown Mentone on Highway 117.
Tony Goggans, the “Mentone troubadour,” on Face Page
Fans of Tony Goggans can see him perform his soon-to-be-classic The River of Now on Face Book. Go to: http://youtu.be/nxVx3bbKhI8 The video was taped by Robert Moehr during a recent appearance by Tony at the Wildflower Café.
Coming August 13 to Mentone: Bansuri Flautist John Wubbenhorst
As part of MAAC’s on-going music performance series, we are announcing that John Wubbenhorst will perform at the Pavilion at the Mentone Inn on Saturday night, August 13. John is quite literally an internationally acclaimed Bansuri flautist, and some of us heard him in February when he played at the Lookout Mountain Wholistic Center.
So what, exactly, is a Bansuri flute? Glad you asked. It’s a transverse alto flute that originated on the Indian Subcontinent, and is made of a single hollow shaft of bamboo with six or seven finger holes. It’s also described as a musical instrument associated with the pastoral lives of cowherds and shepherds, and as Lord Krishna’s divine instrument. John has played with a number of great contemporary jazz and New Age artists, and he’s performed at the both the Kennedy Center and Smithsonian Institute recently. At his August performance here, he will be accompanied by a tabla player, as well as some pre-recorded background music that will add additional depth to his incredible playing. He plans two sets: one of traditional Indian music, and the second of contemporary rock and jazz. Stay tuned for additional information as we draw nearer to this must-see event.
Coming to Mentone? Lots of places to stay!
Mentone, and the Lookout Mountain area, has an abundance of places to stay during your visit. Ranging from Bed and Breakfasts to cabins to charming old hotels and inns, the accommodations up here are superb. To find the most complete listings, go to www.discoverlookoutmountain.com.
Rome Art Program
Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 8:42PM Summer 2011 - Two Sessions
ENROLL NOW - SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Courses are offered in 2, 4, 6, and 8 week segments
Launched in 2009, the Rome Art Program is designed to inspire participants to expand their artistic vision through painting and drawing on the streets of Rome and Florence - expanding on the plein-air tradition of generations of artists.
The Program is directed by Carole Robb, Head of Atelier (Painting) at the New York Studio School, a winner of the 1980 Rome Prize in Painting, a Fulbright Scholar, and member of the National Academy. Ms. Robb has worked and exhibited in Rome, London, and New York. She will be teaching plein-air painting in this program.
The Program’s ideology is based on the compelling impact that firsthand observation and perception have on drawing and painting. Participants will work on location - taking their inspiration from the evocative ruins, churches, Renaissance palaces, gardens, and Natural scenery that constitute the Italian landscape. Critiques and lectures will lend insight and prompt a deeper knowledge of each participant’s artistic journey. Guiding participant through important sites, distinguished art historians will illuminate the significance of historical places and periods.
ROME
June 1 - July 13, 2011
In the artistic Mecca of Rome, participants will become part of the fabric of the city as they paint and draw directly from millennia-old landmarks, in gardens, piazzas, streets of lesser-known areas, and museums. The curriculum will be complemented by art historian led field trips, receptions at the American and British Academies, and trips to the city’s diverse contemporary art galleries.
FLORENCE
July 15 - 29, 2011
In Florence the program is affiliated with SACI art school at the Palazzo dei Cartelloni. The scale and richness of Florence’s architecture, streetscapes and gardens are magnificent, making it an exhilarating experience to paint and draw firsthand. The treasures of the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace will be explored and a renowned art historian will lead students on field trips. The Florence session includes a visit to the glorious city of Venice.
For more information go to www.romeartprogram.org
Rome Art Program, Inc.
305 West Broadway, Suite 124
New York, NY 10013
tel. 347.415.2428
email: info@romeartprogram.org
Someone passed this along to me and asked me to pass it along, so please let any students that might be interested know about this great oppurtunity to study art abroad.
Thank you for dropping by Boyd Greene Fine Art for a browse.
Art, Art News, Arts, Oil Paintings, Workshops | in Art, Events, Fine Art, News | Post a Comment Boyd Greene Fine Art 2011 New Year’s Resolutions
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 6:07PM - Simplify, keep it simple smart, clean and lean.
- Organize my office (working on that right now).
- Organize my studio!
- Update my art’s photo files.
- Network more.
- Paint more.
- Sell more.
- Donate books that are no longer of use to me.
- Setup a newsletter.
- Attend more shows.
- Start back working-out.
- Start teaching art classes.
- Hike more.
- Take a lot more photos.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
~ Jack Kinder
Learn from others but continually seek for your uniqueness.
~ Fine Artist Boyd Greene
Calling All Bear Artists
Monday, December 20, 2010 at 10:55AM Here is a great opportunity for all the artists that have painted bears or elks to showcase their work before a broad audience of art lovers and collectors.
Click here to find out more about this exciting opportunity presented by Wildlife Art Journal.
Thank you for stopping by Boyd Greene Fine Art for a browse!
A Weaving Workshop with Ann Mullican
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 4:49PM
The Riverbend Fiber Arts Guild presents
Inkle Loom Doll with Character
A weaving workshop with Ann Mullican
November 14 – 15, 2009
Saturday – Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm, both days
$60 per person. No weaving experience necessary!
Bachman Community Center
2815 Anderson Pike, Signal Mountain, TN 37377
Make checks payable to: Riverbend Fiber Arts Guild
Send checks to: MJ Levine, 17 Minnekahda Place, Chattanooga, TN 37405
A $10 kit fee is payable to instructor at the workshop. Registration fee is non-refundable.
Hosted by the Riverbend Fiber Arts Guild, Chattanooga, TN
35th Annual New Salem Mountain Festival
Monday, September 21, 2009 at 3:14PM
The New Salem Mountain Festival started as a celebration at the changing of the seasons from summer to autumn – some people think the most beautiful time of the year – when brilliant color of the trees provides a glorious background for beautiful and exciting works of art.
This Festival is sponsored by the New Salem Community Improvement Club is a celebration of human talent amidst nature’s splendor and welcomes all to more abundant living. Join us in recognition of this abundance at New Salem on Lookout Mountain between Trenton and LaFayette, Georgia, the second full weekend in October each year.
The Mountain Festival emphasizes quality. Artists, craftsmen, and musicians – many local are carefully selected from the best agent available. You will discover here many visual arts – paintings in oil, acrylic, and watercolor; pottery of earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain clay; quilts made in our own community by internationally appreciated quilters; other textiles; weaving and stuffed toys so well made as to warrant people calling them “soft sculpture.” There will be woodwork, jewelry, and various other works in traditional expression and in experiments with newer artistic, industrial arts.
The purpose of the New Salem Mountain Festival is… to be a FESTIVAL, an organized effort to bring together a variety of art, crafts, music, dancing, so that each member of the family can share special pleasures to delight the senses.
Today, in our world of changing experiences, what was once community – held traditions have in many instances been lost to factory work and dehumanized processes. Now it often takes a special effort to locate fine objects made by folks at home. Our efforts are culminated in this our Mountain Festival, and we invite you to come and enjoy the beautiful made–by– hand works and their makers that we have gathered in celebration.
We are sponsored by the New Salem Community Improvement Club, Inc. of which H.A. McKaig is President and Tammy Roe is Vice – President. The NSCIC selected George “Doc” and Faye Nichols as chairpersons. The other members of the Festival Committee are: McKaig, Roe, Ernest Hawes, Rodney Ross, Phyllis Kouns and Nikki Oliver.
If you want to know more about how you can participate write George “Doc” or Faye Nichols, 805 Cherokee Trail, Rising Fawn, Georgia 30738. Telephone (Trenton) (706) 398-1988. Email: NSCIC@aol.com. Fax (706)398-1988.
Fun for the old and young, come spend the day. Food and drinks on the grounds. Food booth sponsored by the New Salem United Methodist Church.
October 10 & 11, 2009
Saturday – 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday – 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
(E.S.T. each day)
Admission - $5.00
Children under 12 FREE
ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL, DRUGS, OR PETS ALLOWED.
The New Salem Mountain Festival is located on top of Lookout Mountain between Trenton and LaFayette, Georgia, at the New Salem Community Center, 12477 Hwy. 136.
My friends asked me to pass this exciting news on to others so I hope you’ll take full advantage of this great show whether you are an artist or an art collector. The show has one of the best settings you’ll ever see for a craft event.
Thank you for stopping by Boyd Greene Fine Art for a browse and I will not be showing at this show but a lot of other great artists will.