Tomorrow's Artist Today

Tomorrow's Artist Today 2012
Teen Art Exhibition

Who Can Enter?
-Any artist between the ages of 13-18.
-Lives within a 50 mile radius of Middletown, OH

What Can I Enter?
-Works in Oils, Acrylics, Watermedia on Paper, Drawing, Mixed Media of the Above, & Photography
-All Works Must Be Original and Never Previously Exhibited at the Middletown Arts Center
-More than One Category May Be Entered

Entry Fee
-$3 Non-Refundable fee Per Entry
-No Limit To Number of Entries
-A Maximum of 3 Pieces Per Artist Will Be Displayed

Receiving Of Entries
-All Entries Must Be Delivered to the Middletown Arts Center
130 N. Verity Parkway
Middletown, OH

-During the Following Times
January 21 9-Noon
January 23 10-3pm
January 24, 25, 26 10-8pm

-Artwork May Be Matted, Framed, and Wired for Hanging or Artwork May Be Permanently adhered to the Mat (Clips will be used for hanging from the edge of the mat)
*NO TAPE OF ANY KIND IS TO BE USED

AWARDS
-Best of Show $250
-First Place in Each Category $100
-Second Place in Each Category $50
-Third Place in Each Category $25
-Honorable Mention Ribbon

EXHIBITION & OPENING RECEPTION
-Open To The Public from February 3 at 5pm to February 25, 2012
-Opening Reception and Awards Presentation February 3 at 6pm

Please visit our website for information regarding Return of Work, Sales, Liability and TAT Judge
www.middletownartscenter.com


Please Contact Leslie Pinto with any Questions!
lpinto@middletownartscenter.com

New Oil Painting Class

Sign Up For Our NEW Oil Painting Class with 
Linda Riesenberg Fisler and receive the following:

--a free painting apron
--a sample of the newest, most lightweight painting "canvas board"  (from Multimedia Artboard).
--a value/composition square  http://www.artworkessentials.com/products/valuecomp/index.htm)  The ValueComp is a tool designed for comparing value scales through a value scale filter window. In addition the window allows you to set up a composition with ease. Double sided printing. An absolutely necessary aide for any artists. 

ALSO
You'll be entered into a raffle to win a Passport and Palette Paint Travel kit which contains:

3 Bristle Brushes
1 Palette Knife
7 oil colors (white, blue, yellow, red, green, black, orchre)
1 Walnut oil medium
5 5 x 12 Multimedia artboards



Class Meets Thursdays from 10-Noon 
Beginning December 1 
$110 for 10 weeks. 


Sign Up Today!

Holiday Workshops at the MAC

MAC Holiday Workshops for Adults & Youth

Tole Painting Workshop for Adults

Create a whimsical snowman with Shelley Sizemore!
Saturday December 3, 2011
9-1pm
Cost: $30 Per Student Includes Supplies


Young Artist Holiday Workshop for Kids

For students in 1st- 3rd grades
Create several holiday inspired crafts with Rita Groneck

Saturday December 3, 2011
9:30-11am
Cost $15 Per Student Includes Supplies

Dayton Art Institute

Looking for a FUN activity to do with family in for the holidays?
Check out the latest Norman Rockwell exhibit opening at the Dayton Art Institute!

American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell

November 12 2011 - February 5 2012

Organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum, located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, American Chronicles features original art from the museum’s noted collections. The exhibition chronicles Rockwell’s life and art, introducing new scholarship rooted in decades of study by Curator of Norman Rockwell Collections, Linda Pero. The artist’s paintings, drawings, and studies span 56 years, from his 1914 interpretation of American folk hero Daniel Boone securing safe passage for settlers to the American West, to his 1970 report on American tourists and armed Israeli soldiers witnessing a Christmas Eve ceremony at the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The exhibition invites viewers to compare their own 20th-century American experience with the events portrayed by Rockwell, and to consider how much Rockwell’s vision may have influenced theirs.

American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell traces the evolution of Rockwell’s art and iconography throughout his career – from carefully choreographed reflections on childhood innocence in such paintings as Day in the Life of a Little Girl (1952) to powerful, consciousness-raising images for Lookin the 1960s documenting the traumatic realities of desegregation in the South. Rockwell’s artistic contributions and the impact of his images on American popular culture are explored within the context of his life and times, through in-depth exhibition commentary and a decade-by-decade installation of 42 original artworks, as well as a complete set of 323 Saturday Evening Post cover tear sheets spanning 47 years.

Admission 

 Adults: $15
Seniors (60+), Students (18+ w/ID) & Active Military: $13
Youth (7-17): $10
Children (6 & under): Free
Museum Members: First visit free; return visits $10
Price includes admission to permanent collection

Audio Guides:
Exhibition audio guides, providing commentary on Norman Rockwell’s life
and work, may be rented at the Visitor Services Desk for an additional $5.

Group Rates: Group tour packages are available, including docent-led tours of the exhibitions, boxed lunches from the museum’s Café Monet, and special Tour & Tea programs on select dates. Group tickets (groups of 10 or more) for American Chronicles are priced at $13 per person. Some programs, such as Tour & Tea, may carry an additional charge. For more information about group tours or to book a tour, please contact Mary Eberle, at 937-512-0152 or meberle@daytonart.org.

October Workshop Weekend

October Workshop Weekend at the Middletown Arts Center

Saturday October 22, 2011

Felting Workshop with Jennifer Zimmerman Garter

Students will create a scarf using the technique of Nuno Felting. This technique involves using a cloth as an infrastructure and applying merino wool to both sides of the cloth. This wet felting application encourages the bond of the wool fibers to the fabric, without the stiffness of an all felted wool scarf.

Saturday October 22, 2011

9am-12pm

Cost Per Student $75 (Supplies Included)

Introduction to Pastels Workshop with Ken Streiff

Explore the fundamental manipulation and blending techniques of pastels during this 3 hour workshop.

No previous pastel experience necessary!

Saturday October 22, 2011

1-4 pm

$65 Per Person

(Includes A 12 pc set of Great American Art Works Pastels 

To Keep)

Estimated Value of Pastels $25

                                   Call To Sign Up Today!

                                           513-424-2417

            

Joyce Phillips Young

Joyce Phillips Young

Joyce received the President's Award at the 2010 Middletown Arts Center Area Art Show. Her paintings are currently on display in our newly renovated lobby. Stop by today to see her breathtaking works of art!


About the Artist

Joyce Phillips Young grew up in the village of Yellow Springs, Ohio - a small, rural, progressive, college  town with a rich cultural heritage.  Her father was a Baptist Minister, carpenter and artisan.  Her mother was an elementary school teacher and also worked at the Antioch College Library in Yellow Springs. Her early childhood experiences, training in music and exposure to various working artists and Shakespearean Theater helped to spark and nurture her interest in the arts.


The artist attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Design and a Masters of Education Degree in Art Education.  She has also studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy and the University of Cincinnati.  Ms. Young worked as an art teacher, elementary administrator and also served as the K-l2 Supervisor of Art for the Cincinnati Public Schools for several years.  She has also taught African-American Art History at the University of Cincinnati.  She has received much public recognition and numerous awards and commissions for her work as a painter, muralist, arts educator and arts advocate.  She was also featured in an Ebony Magazine article in 1982 for her work in creating urban murals. The artist has exhibited in numerous group, individual and invitational exhibitions locally, nationally and in the Caribbean.  Her work is in many private and corporate collections.


Since retiring from the Cincinnati Public Schools in 1997 Joyce has been a practicing professional artist and art consultant. Joyce has her own studio which 
is located in the loft area of her home.


The artist has this to say about her art:

"My involvement with drawing and painting embodies my intention to celebrate life by creating and communicating positive images which convey the human qualities of love, creative mind, feeling, order and truth.  Each and every moment of life is a wondrous gift and is for each person a unique journey toward an unfolding of one's own understanding, consciousness and creativity.  During this process I have come to know that life through its myriad of experiences and challenges teaches us many lessons to guide us along the way.  My work reflects my own journey.  The human figure is the major paradigm in my art and I am continuously inspired and challenged by its spirit and form. Painting and the creative process are for me a metaphor for life - filled with so many opportunities for discovery and learning.

I find much enjoyment in working with warm, happy colors, lost and found edges, contrast and similarities, realism and abstraction, and playing with moving and interconnecting lines and shapes. These lines and shapes interconnect and overlap with each other to make a visual statement about the impermanent, ever changing, layered, illusionary and spiritual quality of our existence.  I delight in providing the viewer with new and different ways of seeing and interpreting the visual environment. It is my desire that people who interact with and respond to my art are inspired visually, mentally and spiritually."

Please Visit Joyce's Website to View Images of Her Work

www.myjoyfineart.com

Contact Joyce P. Young

513-563-0672

joyce@myjoyfineart.com

Make! Workshop Events

MAKE! Workshop Events

Example of Gelatin Painting

Saturday October 1- Middletown Arts Center

FREE mini workshop for all ages - 11a.m.- Noon

Come and enjoy the sweet smell of art, while you create a glue drawing covered in brightly colored (and very tasty!) sugared gelatin! Be inspired by images from Peru, while you create your own work of art.

Sponsored by ArtsWave of Cincinnati and Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati.

 

Friday October 7- Middletown Arts Center

FREE mini workshop for all ages- 6p.m.-7p.m

Paper Collage: Be inspired by the Contemporary Arts Center current exhibition of artist Matthew Monahan. Use unconventional and recycable materials to create a paper collage. Use layers, textures, and bring personal photographs - to create an original work of art! Check out Monahan's work at http://contemporaryartscenter.org/matthew-monahan

Sponsored by ArtsWave of Cincinnati & Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati. 

Family Friendly Cincinnati

Enjoy this blog posting via Family Friendly Cincinnati. Thanks for attending CACD 2011 and spreading the word about the Middletown Arts Center!

Alright, I’ll admit it, until recently I had no idea the city I live in had an arts center.  Imagine my surprise when I find out we have not just one, but two great art centers in Middletown!

After finding out about the two places I made a plan to take Courtney for a visit.  We went to the Middletown Arts Center for the Community Arts Day.  What a great day to go and we had a fun time!  While there, I ask loads of questions about MAC.  I found out that they offer classes for all skill levels and age levels.  Audrey was most enthusiastic about this!  She loves creating, so classes are the next step in her creative process.

We really enjoyed the “Reflections” works by Linda Kay Fisher in the exhibition hall.  Audrey and I are also looking forward to visiting the MAC on September 23 for their area art show.  I’m personally looking forward to seeing all the local artists creations.

The MAC is open Mondays – Thursdays beginning at 9 A.M. and is located on Verity Parkway in downtown Middletown.  If you’re looking for a class or to just look around, check out their website or call 513-424-2417

I mentioned above that there are actually two art centers in Middletown.  Pendleton Art Center is new to our community having just opened up earlier this year.  I will be honest here and let you know that I haven’t visited yet, but I do plan on attending one of the First Fridays or Second Look Saturdays.  If you’re interested in visiting the Pendleton Art Center, check out their website for all the First Friday and Second Look Saturday dates and times!

http://familyfriendlycincinnati.com/

Zentangle Workshop

Beginning Zentangle®

With Carole Ohl (Certified Zentangle Teacher)

Zentangle By Carole Ohl

Zentangle By Carole Ohl

Zentangle is an easy to learn method of creating beautiful images from

repetitive patterns. This fascinating art form is fun, relaxing, and

increases focus and creativity. Zentangle provides artistic satisfaction and an increased sense of personal well-being.

NO ARTISTIC SKILL IS REQUIRED FORTHIS ART FORM, making it accessible

to everyone. Take-home materials are included.

September 17, 2011

10am- Noon

$25 per person

Middletown Arts Center

513-424-2417

www.middletownartscenter.com

The Learning Place

Discover the Middletown Arts Center

The Middletown Arts Center was founded in 1957, with the mission to enrich the community by creating opportunities for artistic expression through learning and appreciation. The Middletown Arts Center continues fulfill that mission by offering an average of 160-175 classes offered during the year, to students ages kindergarten to 90+ in all levels of experience. Talented visual artists, who offer knowledge and experience in their respective medium, teach MAC classes. Students can learn techniques in such mediums as glass fusing, enameling, ceramics, acrylic, oil, and watercolor painting, and digital photography. Please visit our website www.middletownartscenter.com for complete course listings.

The Middletown Arts Center is the proud sponsor of two art competitions for area youth. In collaboration with Artswave, “Tomorrow’s Artist Today” is visual art competition for youth, ages 13-18, in a 50-mile radius of Middletown that awards prize money to winning pieces. The “TAT” competition encourages student artists to present their artwork in a professional manner and asks students to play an active role in the process of entering. The Scholarship Competition awards area elementary, middle, and high school students scholarships to MAC classes. Student entries are selected and chosen artists are asked to return and compete for a second time at the MAC.

The MAC is home to a newly renovated exhibit hall that showcases artwork from local and national artists. The exhibition hall is open to the public Monday –Thursday during MAC business hours and Saturday mornings.

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Please contact Leslie Pinto, Program Coordinator with questions lpinto@middletownartscenter.com

Community Arts Centers Day!

Community Arts Centers Day at 
the Middletown Arts Center!

Saturday August 27, 2011


FREE Art Activities for the Family!


Schedule of Events


-10-12- Crazy Hat & Sunglasses making workshop with Diane Stemper


-Noon-Art Parade to the Pendleton Art Center


-12:30- Ice Cream Social


-12-:30-4 Art Activities
-Mural Painting with Matt Stacy
-Sculpture Building with Mallory Feltz
-Face Painting
-Sand Art
-Artist Demonstrations & More!

Contact Leslie Pinto at 513-424-2417 with questions or visit www.middletownartscenter.com

Community Arts Centers Day is collaboratively organized by ArtsWave, ArtWorks, and the centers with generous financial support from the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation.  Ice cream generously donated by United Dairy Farmers.

Thank you to the Middletown Community Foundation Fondersmith Grant for their support of CACD 2011

Area Art Show Information

Middletown  Arts Center Area Art Show 2011

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Any artist, 18 years of age or older, living within a 50-mile radius of Middletown, OH is eligible to submit art work.  Only original works of art in oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, drawings, mixed media and photography are acceptable.  More than one category may be entered.  All works must be original and never exhibited previously in a juried exhibit at the Middletown Arts Center & done within the past 3 years.

ENTRY FEE:

There will be a $15 non-refundable fee per entry.  There is no limit to the number of entries; however, a maximum of 3 pieces per artist will be displayed.  Please make checks payable to Middletown Arts Center.

RECEIVING AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:

All entries must be delivered to the Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Pkwy, Middletown, OH during the following times:

Monday, Sept. 12 - 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday,  Sept. 13 - 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 14 -  10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 15 - 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

No entries will be accepted other than times and dates listed. Only entries properly matted, framed, wired and ready for hanging will be accepted. NO tape is to be used.   Unsuitable presentation will be grounds for non-acceptance.  Forms must be filled out correctly and completely at time of entry.  Please be specific as to the media of work submitted.

RETURN OF WORK:

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be mailed after judging.  Work not accepted for the exhibit must be picked up Sept. 26 - 29 during regular building hours.  Accepted entries may not be removed from the exhibit prior to Monday October 22, 2011.

AWARDS:

Best of Show $500

First Place (each category) $100

Second Place (each category) $50

Third Place (each category) $25

Honorable Mention Ribbon

President’s Award Exhibit

Awards will be given in the categories of Oils/Acrylics on Canvas, Watermedia (Acrylics on paper, Watercolors), Photography and Drawings (including pastels & ink). Mixed Media (a combination of the above). 3D pieces are not acceptable. Only categories above will be acceptable. There must be 10 accepted pieces in a category to be judged for an award.  The final decision, in all cases, rests with the Judges.  All awards will be presented during the opening reception on Sept. 23^rd  at 7:00 p.m.

SALES:

The sale of art work to the public is encouraged.  A commission of 30% will be retained for any work sold as a result of the show and work should be priced to include the commission.  If the work is not for sale, please indicate by marking “NFS.”

LIABILITY:

All reasonable care will be taken in handling work submitted; however, the Middletown Arts Center, the judge(s), or the committee will not be held responsible for loss or damage to works of art.  All works are entered at the artist’s risk, and the artist must provide his/her own insurance.

EXHIBITION AND OPENING RECEPTION:

The Area Art Show will be open to the public from September 23 at 6:00 p.m. through October 22, 2011 during regular building hours.  Only works selected by the judges will be exhibited.  The opening reception for the exhibition and awards presentation will be held Friday, Sept.23 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Center’s Exhibition Hall.  All participants are encouraged to attend.

AGREEMENT:

Submission of work to this exhibition shall be understood to indicate an agreement on the part of the artist with conditions set forth.  This includes the artist’s permission to have photographs of their work used for publicity and for promotion without compensation.

JURORS/JUDGES:

A. Joseph Barrish

 Brother Barrish works in watercolors and acrylics multi media and collage. His work has been displayed at the IBM Gallery in New York and the Dayton Art Institute. He has taught on every level including grade school and high school and was an associate professor in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Dayton for over 20 yrs.

Velma J. Morris

Velma is a Cincinnati artist mainly self-taught and a much sought after teacher, speaker, and judge. She has taught both children and adult classes in Cincinnati and Kentucky. Winner of many awards, her work varies in content, color and styles. Her work can be found in many private and corporate collections around the country.

DIRECTIONS TO MAC:

From I-75:North - Take the Middletown exit.  Follow overhead signs marked 122-Downtown.  Turn right on University, right on Reinartz, left on Verity.  Located on right .

From I-75 South – Take the Monroe exit to Rt. 4. Stay on Rt 4 which will turn into Verity Pkwy.  Once on Verity Pkwy. Turn left onto Columbia go across Verity into the parking lot and we are 2^nd building on your right.

AREA ART SHOW – MIDDLETOWN ARTS CENTER                                                                       

EXHIBITION CALENDAR:

September 12                        Receive art work 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.                       

September 13                        Receive art work 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

September 14                        Receive art work 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

September 15                        Receive art work 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

September 17                        Juror notification mailed

September 23                        Opening reception 6:00-8:00 p.m.

                                      (Awards presentation at 7:00 p.m.)

September 26 - 29            Pick up work not accepted during regular business hours

October 1 & 2                        Center open weekend of Middfest 10/1 & 2 2011

October 24 - 27                        Pick up exhibited work during regular business hours

2010 PRESIDENT'S AWARD WINNER  -  Joyce P. Young  Will be exhibiting in the NEWLY renovated LOBBY/GALLERY

                        

For further information, call

(513) 424-2417, or check our web site at

www.middletownartscenter.com