Please join us at 6:30 for social time followed by the meeting at 7:00. We are delighted to have Katherine Larson as our presenter. She will share with us strategies for selling your art.
She began making her living as an artist at an early age. She had not taken many of the traditional routes to an artistic career. During her 50 year career, she has been commissioned for over 200 murals across the United States from private homes to museums and hospitals to corporate headquarters. She has also illustrated ten nationally distributed children's books. Many of her paintings are in private and corporate collections, including several commissioned portraits for heads of universities, libraries and businesses. Her fine art paintings are mostly commissioned and sold before they are created.
Katherine is also a classical singer who has sung professionally with many major orchestras and opera companies. The full time pursuit of her visual arts and classical singing, has taken her to Germany and Italy to study at the Goethe Institute in Rothenburg and the British Institute in Florence. Her connections in the music world expanded her visual arts career through cross-marketing.
Although not applying for many competitions, Katherine has won several national awards and competitions including recently, the Blue Man Group’s “25 years of living in color” mural competition, Whole Foods Detroit Mural Competition and the Charlevoix Michigan Landmark Mural competition. Two artist-in-residencies in Michigan led to a rediscovery of plein air painting. Since moving to Vero Beach in 2021, Katherine has been devoting her time to creating a body of plein air paintings of local landmarks and distinctive flora and fauna from the Treasure Coast and forming a group of plein air painters who paint and exhibit together. She was recently featured in September of 2021 in VeroNews and 32963.
2022 AAG Member Show
REMINDER - The reception is Thursday May 12, 6-8pm. Please spread the word and tell your friends! All are welcome.
Voices Made Visual June 23rd - July 28th
A juried art exhibition and competition celebrating the majesty and plurality of voices that shape our national dialog. This is a unique opportunity for all local artists. Contact ACA for details on this event.
Welcome Back Member Meeting Monday August 8th
Mark your calendars for the kickoff of the new season! We will share details on upcoming artist opportunities, reveal our speaker line up for the season and more! This will be a pot luck meeting!
Artist Opportunities!
Greater Augusta Arts Council
We've just been made aware of a wonderful opportunity! Any artist in the CSRA can apply for the 'Project Grants to Individual Artists' program. Funds are available for allocation to artists planning a project between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. Guidelines and application form can be found at the web site below: https://augustaarts.com/project-grant-to-individual-artists/
Artist Critique
Have your work reviewed to receive constructive feedback or help. You can bring 1-2 pieces of your work per month. The next session is Tuesday May 10th at the Family Y conference room from 10-12. Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity!
Artist Display
If you have art to display and sell, please remember these venues allow AAG members to exhibit (based on availability). You can inquire by reaching out to the venue and/or contact person:
Rose Hill (The Stables) - TBD
Kitfox Dentistry - Judy Adamick
ACA Guild Gallery - Celeste Malinowski
Aiken Y - Pamela Moore
The AAG Gallery dates for 2022 have now been filled. Thanks to all for a great response. Openings for 2023 will be announced this fall.
Get involved! Volunteer Position Open
We are still looking for someone to manage the refreshments at the general meeting. This involves emailing or calling the volunteers for each meeting to ask them to bring food, setting up before the meeting and cleaning up after.
Contact Chris McKeel if you can volunteer for either of these positions at 803-443-8526.
Memberships
Please renew your AAG membership ASAP. Please be advised renewals are now considered late, incurring a $5.00 late fee.
Reminder, guild membership is a prerequisite for participation in the AAG member show. You may become an AAG member or renew your membership through the AAG website. In the Menu pull down just selectMembership.
