SPRING 2012
The 2013 dFVa excellence in drawing Winners
by Michele M. Foster
On Saturday, February 18, 2012 the judging took place for
the Excellence in Drawing 2013 Calendar Contest.
The Drawing selections were made my DFVA members
Diane Cannon and Shirley Rigby. Although these
two excellent artists have extremely different styles and
techniques, their decisions were unanimous on the
winning submissions.
Thanks Diane and Shirley! q
Calendar Winners:
THE TATNALL SCHOOL
Becky Richards
Kaitlin Fisher
Henry Paul
Sophie Schmidt
Sarah Stegeman
Grace Wagner
Madison Lodge
Lauren Reinas
Maggie Nemecz
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BRANDYWINE HIGH SCHOOL
Ami Onishi
ARCHMERE ACADEMY
Mary Henjes
Elizabeth Barr
Katherine Reilly
Sara Catherine Long
WILMINGTON CHRISTIAN
SCHOOL
Shane Lee
POLYTECH HS
Roxanne Gannon
Gabrielle Tatum
Rebecca Tanczak
Annabell Bailor
CAPE HENLOPEN
HIGH SCHOOL
Susie Soboczenski
Rebecca Dziak
Zoe Atsidis
URSULINE ACADEMY
Valerie Limmina
CARAVEL ACADEMY
Maddie Warren
Edward Russo
ALEXIS I. DUPONT HIGH
SCHOOL
Stephanie Adams
Jenn Staci
Devin Filliben
Julia Wood
Dorell Reynolds-Warren
MerIT Winners:
ARCHMERE ACADEMY
Elizabeth Barr
Katherine Reilly
Sarah Catherine Long
THE TATNALL SCHOOL
Sarah Stegeman
Grace Wagner
Taylor Payne
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The 2013 dFVa excellence in drawing
Winners (continued)
MerIT Winners (continued):
CAPE HENLOPEN HIGH
SCHOOL
Kayla Albertella
Chris Faircloth
Skye Harrell
Alex Lewis
Tracey Nguyen
POLYTECH HIGH SCHOOL
Gabrielle Tatum
Rebecca Tanczak
Annabell Bailor
URSULINE ACADEMY
Elyssa Duckett
Rachel Brown
CARAVEL ACADEMY
Elizabeth Worton
ALEXIS I. DUPONT HIGH
SCHOOL
Krista Harder
Alexandra Keith
Sierra Downs
Jacob Verbanas
rIVa BroWn aWard:
Valerie Limmina,
Ursuline Academy
CynThIa SWanSon
aWard:
Shane Lee,
Wilmington Christian School
e. Jean lanyon aWard:
Ami Onishi,
Brandywine High School
dFVa Scholarship announcement by Stephanie Silverman
This year thirteen Delaware high school seniors applied to our scholarship
program. One entry from Cab Calloway School for the Arts, two from Alexis
I. DuPont High School, four from The Tatnall School, six from Archmere
Academy, and two from Cape Henlopen. Applicants must be in the twelfth
grade, attend an area Delaware high school, have submitted a drawing to the
current Excellence in Drawing Competition and plan to study visual art at
the college level. Portfolios consisting of 5-6 works of original art were evaluated based on originality, skill/technique, and expression. Judging took place
on Saturday, February 18 at the Hockessin Public Library. Judges were
Michele Foster and Larry Anderson.
Here are the Award winners:
Painting by Tracey Nguyen.
$1500 First Place: Sarah long, Archmere Academy
$1000 Second Place: Kelsey Birchenall, Cab Calloway School for the Arts
$750 Third Place: Tracey nguyen, Cape Henlopen High School
$500 Fourth Place: Taylor Payne, Tatnall School
$300 Fifth Place: elizabeth Worton, Caravel Academy q
Painting by Taylor Payne.
Painting by Sarah Long.
Painting by Kelsey Birchenall
Painting by Elizabeth Worton.
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What are They doing now...
by Denise Vitollo
Art Department, Padua Academy
Chelsea Campbell, a 2011 graduate of Padua Academy, was the recipient of a Delaware Foundation for
the Visual Arts $1000 scholarship last year. Chelsea is
currently double majoring in Art and English at the
University of Rochester. During an alum get together at Padua, she reported
much happiness and success with her major and her college choice.
do you
Teach?
Irma Reinhold
The editors of
“Work of Art” prefer not
to give specific details regarding classes conducted by
members. However, once a
year we will list our members
who teach in the Summer
Newsletter. If you are
conducting classes please
send me an email at
[email protected]
with your name, location and
email address.
Thank you. q
As a high school art student at Padua, Chelsea received the regional
multi-state award for Doodle 4 Google when she was a junior for her design
that responded to the prompt “If I could do anything, I would…”. Anyone
who knows Chelsea would quickly realize that her answer would be “a
superhero”. In the Delaware Scholastic Art Competition, she received two
Gold Key Awards for a comic that she created, and for her superhero interpretation of “The Creation of Adam”. Her Advanced Placement Art Portfolio
focused on superhero variations of famous artworks. Chelsea’s portfolio also
won recognition for her in the Regional Center for Women in the Arts’
Scholarship Competition.
During Chelsea’s junior and senior years at Padua, she created portraits
for orphaned children in Haiti and Rwanda for “The Memory Project”. She
was also involved with Stage Crew for Salesianum School’s theater productions. Chelsea was also First Runner Up in the Hussian School of Art Poster
Contest, where the theme was "Games We Play". q
Getting ready for
the Big Show!
March 16, 17 and 18
The DFVA’s Spring Art Show at
Goodstay is just a short time away!
Artist’s show packages have been mailed out, which include:
schedule, volunteer hours, room assignment, postcards, artwork
tags and inventory form.
Advertising space is reserved, ads have been created and
press releases have been sent out. Banners have been made and
will be up along Route 52 for the week of the show. Let’s all do
our part in promoting the show by getting those postcards and
emails out!
Sarah Yoeman’s “Queen of the Night”
We have decided the $5 entry fee will be a “pay once – visit all
weekend” fee. This will be accomplished by printing this on the
back of the show programs, which patrons can save and bring
back to enter again, if they wish.
I’m looking forward to having our DFVA Spring Show in this historic and
elegant building! I also look forward to seeing all of the beautiful artwork
our artists have been busy creating for this event. See you at the show! q
Kathy Ruck, President and Spring Show Director
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exhibiting artists: Save the date
The 2012 Greenville Summer Art Show will be held on
June 8, 9 and 10. Details will be mailed out to all exhibiting
status artists shortly after the Spring Art Show at Goodstay. q
dFVa needs your expertise!
As everyone knows, the DFVA runs on volunteer
power. We have over 100 members who are all
committed to perserving the visual arts for Delaware
high school art students and our surrounding communities. So, we are sure that our members want to keep
this great organization running!
Thus, it is time to have some members sign up for the necessary chairs to
keep DFVA going strong! We can’t do it with only a few members putting
in many hours of volunteer time... think about how can you help the DFVA
regarding these four chaired positions. We know you have the talent, so
share it with us!
adVerTISInG ChaIr: Person to write and send out press releases for
DFVA. Work with local newspapers and publications to reserve advertising
space for our art show ads within the show budget. Work with a graphic designer on ad creation, and get specifications for ad size and file requiements.
Send ads to the publications by the deadlines. Handle the printing of postcards, show programs and signage.
SaleS ChaIr: A person with a background in retail, accounting or
banking would be helpful (but not necessary). Order the credit card terminal
for our Greenville and Spring shows. Be knowledgeable on the operation of
the machine. Set up the sales desk at the beginning of the show, with machine, receipts and petty cash. Close out totals at end of day. Create spreadsheets of sales detail using Excel or comparable software for Treasurer to
pay artists. Return credit machine. Get all checks and cash to treasurer.
Keep records of sales for reports.
ProGraM ChaIr: Find a presenter for each of our four DFVA member meetings per year. Be the contact person for the presenter. Meet them
at the church to help them set up and clean up. Procure payment for presenter from the treasurer, and give presenter the check. Take photos at the
meeting, and send in for our newsletter along with a few words about the
meeting.
hoSPITalITy ChaIr: At the four DFVA member meetings per year,
arrive early to make sure tables and chairs are set up. On a table near the
entrance place a sign-in sheet and name tags (blank for attendee to print
his/her name). Greet people as they arrive. Set up a small snack or two and
a couple of bottles of soft drinks, napkins and cups. Help clean up at end
of meeting.
Please contact Kathy Ruck at [email protected] if you are interested in
any of these positions.
Chester County
Studio Tour
The Chester County
Studio Tour will be held
on Saturday, May 19 and
Sunday, May 20. There are
10 locations on the tour
with 25 featured artists
including Steve Oliver and
Sarah Yeoman.
chair·per·son:
An individual charged
with the responsibility for
the completion of a project.
The chairperson heads a
committee and provides
motivation for its members.
Thanks. q
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Member news
Susan Conner is having a show at Delaware Center for Horticulture
in April. The show is called “My Garden Collection: Recent Oils of
Gardens, Parks and Preserves”, and will include subjects as near as
Mt Cuba, White Clay Preserve, and Longwood Gardens, and as far away
as Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, NC and Innisfree Gardens in
Millbrook, NY.
The opening is Friday, April 13,
which is the night of Wilmington's art
loop, Art on the Town.
E. Jean Lanyon will be honored
with a retrospective collection of her
paintings and poetry at the Biggs Museum in Dover. "As the Poet Paints"
will open on April 6 with a reception
from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. featuring
a Gallery Talk by curator Ryan Grover
and a poetry reading by E. Jean. The
exhibit continues to April 23.
Blue Poppies by Susan Conner
Steve Oliver placed in the Top
Ten entries of the 2012 Federal Duck
Stamp competition from 125 entries
submitted from the United States.
His painting of "Cinnamon Teal” will
be on tour for the next several months
to promote conservation and the
Dancing Cerius by E. Jean Lanyon
Federal Duck Stamp program.
Steve will also have a one man exhibit at the Audubon Center at Mill
Grove in Audubon, PA from March to September. More than 20 originals will be on display in the gallery space.
Sarah Yeoman's painting, "Alvaro and the White Umbrella"
received a Top Ten award from the International Watercolor Society's
juried contest. Sarah also received an Outstanding Watercolor award
for her painting "Philadelphia Story" in the December Boldbrush Contest sponsored by FASO. In addition, Sarah will be in the 3 woman
show in August at Abanakee Studios in Indian Lake, NY. For a complete listing of Sarah's teaching schedule please contact her directly. q
Cinnamon Teal by Steve Oliver
Members who recently received their exhibiting Status:
William Dec, Loretta Knight, Karen Kuhrt, Harrison Otalor,
Beth Palser, Linda Patton, Sandra Mallett, and Roe Murray.
Congratulations! q
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Mixed Media and Watercolor Workshop
given by
Nancy Barch
Date: Saturday, April 21st
Time: 10:00-4:00
Place: Faith Baptist Church
4210 Limestone Rd.
Wilmington, DE
Fee:
$40 members
$50 nonmembers
DFVA Newsletter deadlines:
May 25
August 24
November 16
February 23
new Members
rick Phillips
902 Harvey Road
Claymont, DE 19703
302-798-1364
[email protected]
artist
This mixed media workshop is a class about experimental
techniques. You will learn to stretch your design skills and
play with form and color, all without the use of paint brushes
and familiar art supplies! You may certainly bring some
reference materials, but this is a chance to use your imagination and let your inspiration come from within.
James redding
84 Hillcroft Way
Newtown, PA 18940
215-860-9074
[email protected]
artist
Bring your enthusiasm and spend the day learning how to
play with art!
Kerstin Tyreus
100 Lastrada Lane
Wilmington, DE 19807
302-656-2023
[email protected]
artist
Workshop Registration
Deadline to register is April 14th.
Name: _____________________________
Address: ___________________________
Email: _____________________________
Jan Wilkinson
131 Montchan Drive
Wilmington, DE 19807
302-650-4602
[email protected]
artist
Phone: _____________________________
Make checks payable to DFVA and send to:
Cynthia Swanson, 211 Auburn Rd., Avondale, PA 19311
Any questions, call Cynthia @ 610 268-0181
Change of address
Charlene abele
5 Whaler Lane
Ocean Pines, Md. 21811
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Special april dFVa Member’s Meeting:
Wednesday, april 25th
FeaTurInG ZaChary BIrd oF WInSor & neWTon’S
arTIST ouTreaCh ProGraM
acrylic demonstration: 4:00 to 6:00
Pot Luck Dinner: 6:00 to 7:00
al hIrSCh
oil demonstration: 7:00 to 9:00
We were deeply
saddened to hear that
our dear
friend al hirsch died
in January.
nicholas laPara wrote
the following which
clearly captures the
al we knew and
will greatly miss.
You can come to both demos, or choose just one!
AL
He loved the world
with his eyes.
He sang to it
with color.
Every day he could
He started with a
love song.
-Nicholas La Para
01-18-12
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Free Winsor & Newton products for all attendees!
Don’t miss this exciting DFVA member’s meeting
this April! Besides our usual “pot luck” dinner, two
demos will be offered.
Please bring a dish to share for our dinner. If you
are attending the first demo, we can refrigerate
your food until dinner, or bring warm foods in an
electric pot that we can plug in to keep warm.
From Zack Bird:
The acrylic demonstration is a two hour demonstration
beginning with the invention of acrylic polymer in the 1940s and how it
was ultimately developed into the line of paint we know today. On a large
pallet we will compare the 3 viscosities of acrylic paint.
Terms like pigment load, mass tone and undertone
will be explained. I will demystify the coding and terms
found on labels. As a group we will also experiment
with the huge variety of acrylic mediums. After a Q&A
session I will give away tube samples and medium to all
in attendance.
My oil paint and mediums demonstration begins with a brief but fascinating history of pigments, oil paints and early preparation methods. I’ll present photos and samples of raw materials like Lapis and Buckthorn, Dragons
Blood and Mummy Brown. I bring sample boards that
make clear to your students the differences between various
whites and blacks, transparent vs opaque color etc. I'll describe the vernacular and coding used on labels and talk
about toxicity and safety. I'll then squeeze out an "eye popping" quantity of oil paint and (with the help of some of
your students) conduct an informative hands on demonstration of such
things as paint opacity, color mixing, light fastness, and the implementation
of various mediums and solvents. After a brief Q&A session I'll close by
handing out free paint and oil mediums to all the attending members.
noTe: Since Zack will be giving out free samples, it would be helpful to
have an idea on how many will be attending. Please drop me an email
(preferred) or call me to let me know if you will be at the acrylic or oil or
both demos. Kathy Ruck: [email protected] or 610-274-8390.
January Felt Warm
Watching Jim Paint
Lots of members came out on this
cold January night to watch artist
Jim McFarlane create a wonderful
watercolor painting. Thanks Jim! q
Jim showing us his painting as
a work in progress.
inting
The pa
ted!
comple
Jim gives a watercolor demo at our January DFVA member's meeting
eye on the Vision: This is your organization
by Irma Reinhold, Founder
When the DFVA was but a dream in my mind I knew that we
would concentrate on recognizing and assisting the artists of
our community. This includes the student artists who will take
our place, the aspiring artists who accept the challenge to grow
and advance, the seasoned artist who has experienced accomplishment and
recognition and also artists who work in media other than paper or canvas.
Our goals remain the same. Our Student connection was broadened by E.
Jean Lanyon with the DFVA Mentoring Program. The Workshops continue
to inspire and encourage growth and excellence and at our annual Spring
Show a worthy member is honored. All of these programs were established
within our first years and today they are as important as in the past.
If you have questions regarding the how and why of any of our programs
please ask your Board for enlightenment. This is your organization and you
should be well informed on how and why the DFVA works. q
Plein air event
DFVA members interested in participating in the week-long plein air
event in May in Sussex County, DE can find the application at
www.pleinaircoastalde.org. Registration is required by March 15. q
Breakfast Critique
Group:
Join us for our Monday
Group Critiques:
March 12 & 26
April 16 & 30
May 7 & 21
June 4 & 18
Place:
Hockessin PAL Center
Hockessin
Time:
9:00 AM
Bring your artwork for critique
or just bring your opinions!
Following the critique we usually
have a demo or discussion.
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dFVa 2012 Board Members
President:
Kathy Ruck
610-274-8390
[email protected]
610-274-8123
[email protected]
Vice President:
Keith Hoffman
Second Vice President:
Meg Fierro
302-429-0131
[email protected]
610-503-2069
[email protected]
Treasurer:
Pam Stephani
or 610-563-8778
Secretary:
Midge Diener
610-274-8474
[email protected]
Michele M. Foster
302-995-7095
[email protected]
Betsy Greer
302-479-0485
[email protected]
Bill Kreisel
302-478-0827
Shirley Rigby
302-652-7847
[email protected]
Stephanie Silverman
215-421-8455
[email protected]
Cynthia Swanson
610-268-0181
[email protected]
Mary Tanne
302-234-6511
[email protected]
302-475-8796
[email protected]
Board Members:
Founder:
Irma Reinhold
advisory Board
reMInder
dues Were due in
January!
If you forgot,
no worries! Just drop a
check in the mail.
remember, for
exhibiting Members,
your dues must be
up to date to
participate in
dFVa art shows.
Thank you!
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Larry AndersOn
David Berndt
Michael Brock
Bryan Cochran, Esq.
Janet Huntsberger
William J. Kane, Sr.
Terry Newitt
Elizabeth Pathemore
Aiada Pasternak
Irma Reinhold
Charles Rowe
Piet H. van Ogtrop, Esq.
newsletter Staff
Desgin and Layout:
Michele M. Foster
Editor:
Irma Reinhold
Assistant Editor:
Maggie Bio
www.dfva.org
Join the delaware Foundation for the Visual arts
date:
q I am renewing my membership
q I am a new member
Membership, open to all, is comprised of artists, educators, patrons,
students and friends of the Arts. All members are eligible to attend meetings, workshops, serve on committees, hold office and vote. To exhibit with
DFVA, one must submit five original works of art to a jury and be granted
exhibiting status. Jurying for applicants is conducted twice a year; date and
time announced at our meetings and in our newsletter.
Name:
Our mission is
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q I am renewing my membership and have changed my address or
email as noted above.
The DFVA is a volunteer organization dedicated to our mission. To reap
the benefits of the organization, all members are required to volunteer in
some capacity. In which of the following can you best serve the DFVA?
q Excellence in Drawing Calendar
q Publicity
q Kaleidoscope
q Graphics
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q Art Show Planning
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Thank you!
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q Scholarship Fund
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q General Fund
Contribution amount:
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Please mail application to:
DFVA, P.O. BOx 298, ROcklAnD, DE 19732
and encouragement
for the
aspiring visual artist
and to foster
understanding
and appreciation
of art and
its importance
in our society.
*If you are a member with exhibiting status and become a Patron or Benefactor,
your show entry fees will be waived for the year.
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