Mark your calendars for Sunday, December 7.  The annual PAG Holiday Party will be held in the gymnasium at Parker Mainstreet Center from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Cost to members will be FREE.  A grand feast will be catered but members will be asked to provide a pot-luck dessert.  Several fun activities are being planned. Vice-President Pam Belyea is asking for volunteers to help plan this event. Please contact Pam if you can help.

Watch this space for more details as they are revealed!

Please RSVP by email to Pam Belyea (info@parkerartistsguild.com) by no later than Friday, November 28, if you are planning to attend this party. An accurate estimate of numbers is important to help with catering, door prizes, contests, etc.

PAG members are invited to enter the 2nd Annual Holiday Miniature Art & Gift Show to be held on Friday, December 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Parker Adventist Hospital.

Artwork is limited to 12 inches in any direction.

For more information and to sign up, contact Susan Merriman at 303-805-1683.

As part of Douglas County Libraries ongoing series titled “Conversations in Art” our very own PAG member Christine (aka Chris) Giroux will discuss “Art in the Mind of the Beholder” on Thursday, October 16, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 at the Parker Library.

Chris will discuss what the eye actually sees, what the mind tricks us into seeing, and how to interpret art around us.

Admission to this interesting presentation is free and no registration is required. See the poster attached.

Please join us for a Linda Loeschen workshop on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at the Parker Bible Church from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Light snacks and water will be provided/pack a lunch.

Linda Loeschen’s training as a designer at Parsons School of Design in New York City gave her an eye for light, texture and detail. Combine this with her passion for dance (she still teaches Jazz) and her paintings take off with a flow of movement and grace controlled with just the right amount of detail.

Included among her many awards and recognitions are receiving the Best Watercolor and Best of Show at the American Academy of Woman Artists Signature Show and having her work “Box Canyon Ambush” selected for the cover of the art book, “Art of the American West.”

Linda has also exhibited in the “Cowgirl Up!” show at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ and “The Night of Artists” show, National Western Art Foundation, San Antonio, TX. Check out her website at: http://lindaloeschen.com

Cost for the workshop will be $45 before October 19^th. Registration after October 19 will be $55.

Registrations should be mailed to:

Barbara Cohen

1700 Lisbon Drive

Parker, CO 80138

PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY!  PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR WORKSHOPS!!!

(Photograph courtesy of Theresa Lugo)

Our judge for the Earth, Wind, Water & Fire Exhibition was pastel artist Dix Morris of Castle Rock, CO.  Dix currently serves as president of the Greater Castle Rock Art Guild, and is chairperson of the Castel Rock Public Art Commission.

Award winning artists:

People’s Choice - Chris Giroux, for her “Rocky Mountain Winter.”

Oil & Acrylic - 1st Chris Giroux, 2nd Jacquie Sunde, 3rd Margaret Swenson

Watercolor - 1st Susan Merriman, 2nd Debi Demijohn, 3rd Pam Hostetler

Mixed Media - 1st Nancy Kniese, 2nd Barb Wilson, 3rd Chris Sherman

Photography - 1st Joe McDaniel, 2nd Joe McDaniel, 3rd Ron Beller

The opening reception for this exhibit will be on Wednesday, September 24, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Mainstreet Center.

The Earth, Wind, Water & Fire exhibit runs through Wednesday, October 29.

Thanks to Barb Wilson for providing the above information.