Children's Summer Art Classes
SAC Multi-Media Art Camps, July 7-9 & July 14-16
Live the life of an artist, exploring and pushing the limits of your creativity while celebrating individuality and developing your own unique style!
Become a SAC Summer Camp Artist and work on the pottery wheel during Clay Camp to create functional ware, create a gauze and plaster mold of your face to form a clay keepsake to treasure forever, paint a Story Quilt in Acrylic on canvas, create a Watercolor Batik painting, "horse around" outdoors and paint a horse in Tempera, and learn one and two point perspective by drawing Comstock Cabin. Snacks provided to nurture your inner-artist!
*Glazing Class to finish pottery for weeks 3&4: Tuesday, July 28. 10 am-noon, 1 pm-3 pm, or 5:15 pm-7:15 pm.
Sign Up Now ~ (989) 723-8354
Tuesday-Thursday, 1-5 pm
Week 3: July 7-9, K-3rd Grades (full)
Week 4: July 14-16, 4th-8th Grades
Member $70 / Non-Member $80
Annual SAC Student Membership $15
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Middle/High School Workshop: Teens at the Wheel
& Handbuilding in Clay
Get your hands dirty! Work with clay on the pottery wheel to create functional ware and learn to trim and finish pottery, create a gauze and plaster mold of your face to push clay into for a unique and memorable keepsake, and experiment with texture in clay while creating Sole Pendants that explore the beauty found in, of all places, the bottom of your shoe!
*Projects need Glazing Class to finish. Both groups meet Wednesday, July 29, 1-3 pm.
Sign Up Now ~ (989) 723-8354
Tuesday-Thursday
July 9-11 or July 21-23, 1-3 pm
Member $70 / Non-Member $80
Annual SAC Student Membership $15
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Middle/High School Workshop: Bracelet Bonaza!
Calling all fashionistas! Show off your own unique fashion sense and create the latest, greatest, and craziest bracelets! Materials included.
Sign Up Now ~ (989) 723-8354
Wednesday, July 22, 10 am-12 pm
Member $18 / Non-Member $22
Annual SAC Student Membership $15
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Middle/High School Workshop: Portrait/Figure Drawing
Make your drawings come to life! Over this two-day class, practice your drawing skills and techniques to create a beautiful realistic portrait. Please bring a sketch pad, pencils, kneaded eraser or pink pearl eraser, and a clear photograph of someone you would like draw for the portrait.
Sign Up Now ~ (989) 723-8354
Wednesday, July 29 & Thursday, July 30, 10 am-12:30 pm
Member $30 / Non-Member $35
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Mid Michigan Art Guild, John Foote, & Bobbi Kilty
Now until Sunday, August 2, 48 multi-media artists from the Mid Michigan Art Guild in addition to Perry artist, John Foote and Williamston artist, Bobbi Kilty are displayed in SAC's four featured galleries.
The Mid Michigan Art Guild was founded in 1951 to promote art instruction, provide exhibitions and create social events for its members. It continues to provide information about the creation, display and sale of fine art and photography and encourages artists in all of Michigan in the expression, appreciation and enjoyment of art. Visit midmichiganartguild.org for more information.
Nineteen of the 48 exhibiting artists in the show are also members of SAC including Juanita Baldwin, Rebecca Case, Bobbie Margolis and Melinda Pope of Okemos; Judith Bogart of Grand Ledge; Jackie Borszich, Andrea Jeris and Nancy Kremsreiter of Lansing; Joel Ellis of Haslett; Susan Fernholz of St. Johns; Lee & Nancy Kronenberg of Williamston; Jann Johnson Lardie of Perry; Susan McGuire and Susan Newcom of Corunna; Young-Shill Roberts of Holt; Joy Schroeder of East Lansing; Carolyn Texera of DeWitt; Tom Tomasek of Ovid and Barbara Walworth of New Lothrop.
Additional Guild artists exhibiting are Alison Alfredson, William Blanchard, Arlene Bragg, Deb Drew Brown, Judy Carr, Eldon Case, Jane Cloutier, Linda Cotter Cowles and Michelle Detering. Also, Kathleen Erickson, Nancy Gray, Mina Greco Hall, Oksun Kim, Vicci Marrero Knowlton, John Droneman, Karen Kierstead Miller and Tom Nelson. Also, Priscilla Newth, Catherine Tonning Popowich, Diana Popp, Zane Balks-Russell, Deborah Ryan, Maureen Ryan, Soojn Ryu, Rhonda Sherwin, Tammy VanderMolen, Patsy Woodman, and Hee Young You.
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After graduating from Yale University with a MFA, John Foote moved to Florence, Italy where he studied drawing and painting. He then moved to London and became the first American elected to full membership in the British Federation of Artists and he also served as lecturuer for the English Fine Arts Society. During his five years in England he completed a series of portraits of British actors including Sir Lawrence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson and his work was featured in the book Drawing the Figure in Pastel. After returning from Europe, Foote taught at the Art Student's League in New York City and for 32 years at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. He is a member of the Salmagundi Club and gave private lessons at his Manhattan studio. In addition to portraiture, Foote specializes in landsacpe, floral and still-life painting.
Bobbi Kilty is a painter in combined media and encaustic, who retired after 36 years as an Interior Design educatior at two universities --- Washington State and Michigan State. She received her MFA from UCLA and studied Sumie (contemporary Japanese brush painting) at Japan's Osaka University. Now retired as MSU Interior Design Program Director, she is exploring acrylic, watercolor and encaustic painting, which is an ancient Egyptian painting technique using hot wax and a torch or heat gun. A strong connection with nature is evident in the work, incorporating figure drawing, portrait painting, live animal representation, and landscape views. Kilty states, “As a designer, I collected found objects from nature over many years, fascinated by their growth and formation patterns as well as functions. The spiral and radial forms that are evident in many of my paintings are a response to these patterns.”
This exhibit is sponsored by Davis Cartage Company & Meijer Inc.
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Bobbi Margolis, who is from Okemos and is the Mid Michigan Art Guild President, won 1st prize for her mixed media piece.
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Oksum Kim received the 2nd place award for her watercolor painting.
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Carolyn Texera, of DeWitt, received the 3rd place award for her oil painting.
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17th All-Media Michigan Juried Art Competition
August 11- October 4
The Shiawassee Arts Center in Owosso invites Michigan artists, 18 years and older, to participate in the All Media Juried Michigan Art Competition, August 11 - October 4, 2015. $1,200 in awards will be presented at the opening reception August 16, 2-4pm. Only original works completed within the past two years and not exhibited at the Shiawassee Arts Center will be accepted. Artists may submit up to three entries. Entry forms must be completed online.
The gallery spaces at the Shiawassee Arts Center provide a dramatic stage for the display of all types of artwork. This bi-annual compeitition, which is one of the few remaining Michigan visual arts competitions, is sponsored by LAFCU with support from the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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The juror is nationally recognized artist Mark E. Mehaffey, who is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the American Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Signature Life member-Master Status, Watercolor West and the Rocky Mountain Watermedia Society, and Louisiana Watercolor Society Signature Life Member. Mehaffey has won major awards in juried exhibitions across the country including the Beverly Green Memorial Purchase Award from the National Watercolor Society and many more. Mehaffey's work has appeared in several publications and his paintings are included in corporate, public and private collections and many permanent collections. Mark is a popular juror, workshop instructor and lecturer around the country and is listed in "Who's Who Among Americas Teachers" and "Who's Who in America".
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2015 Motor Coach Adventure
To Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
You are Invited to Tour Meijer Gardens with SAC!
The Shiawassee Arts Center is offering a trip via Indian Trails motorcoach to the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids Friday, July 24th. Included is a guided tour of the special exhibit Splendors of Shiga: Treasures from Japan, which displays more than 60 Japanese works of art from the 8th century to the present day. This unique exhibition is a partnership with Shiga, our sister state in Japan. From shigaraki pottery, to more delicate scrolls, screens, kimono, and functional objects, works on paper and in wood will change every two months, protecting the artifacts while providing guests with a new view of the exhibition. These rare objects follow one of several themes: the landscape of Shiga, beauty in daily life, the four seasons, portraiture, animals and birds, devotional imagery, among others. A video on Shiga, its art and culture, will play continuously and maps and other information about Shiga will be available to guests. Lunch is available in the museum cafeteria and there will be time to visit other galleries, take a tram tour of the sculpture park and visit the gift shop. The motorcoach leaves from the Arts Center at 9am and returns at 5pm. Cost is $40 SAC members and $45 non-members --- reservations due by July 10th.
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2015 Summer Fundraiser Event
Owosso Bike Fest: Sunday, August 9
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Come ride with us! The Shiawassee Arts Center is hosting the 2015 Owosso Bike Fest on Sunday, August 9, held in memory of Alice Morris and in conjunction with the original, 11th Annual Owosso Bike Fest at the House of Wheels. Proceeds from this event benefit SAC’s children’s art education programs.
The Bike Fest features two recreational routes of 8 and 22 miles and includes a complimentary continental breakfast, “Owosso Bike Fest” water bottles, and participatory medallions. The 8 mile route over both roads and trails starts at the Arts Center and winds along the Shiawassee River on the Voight Loop Trail to Corunna’s McCurdy Park and back to SAC again. The 22 mile route on paved and limestone trails starts at SAC and travels through the city of Owosso, past Curwood Castle, and across Shiawassee County’s countryside on the Fred Meijer CIS Trail, finally returning to the Arts Center. The longer route will also include a food stop and s.a.g. safety vehicle.
After the event, a red, 3-speed, Electra Indy classic-styling cruiser will be raffled off, along with great second and third prizes. Tickets are on sale now for only $5! Owosso Bike Fest t-shirts, designed by high-school artist, Delaney Asbridge, are also available for purchase for $15.
Buy Your 2015 Owosso Bike Fest Tickets Now
20 individuals / $35 families
Available for purchase by phone, online, or at SAC
(989) 723-8354 ~ www.shiawasseearts.org ~ 206 Curwood Castle Dr, Owosso
Registration & Check-in on Sunday, August 9 from 8-10 am
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Calling all volunteers! Helpers are needed to make this phenomenal event a possibility. Interested volunteers please contact SAC at sac@shiawasseearts.org or (989) 723-8354.
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