A reminder that Central Virginia Watercolor Guild is found online at www.CVWG.art.
CVWG’s Exhibit at The Center– New Timing June-July
CVWG has been notified that, due to recent closure of The Center facility in Charlottesville due to health protocols, our exhibit there has been delayed and is now scheduled for June through July 2021. Member and Past President, Linda Verhagen is leading CVWG’s efforts for this exhibition. Entry for this show is open so contact Linda to enter your work. Our webpage for that exhibit has been updated so please check out that page for latest details.
February’s Challenge! Show is Another Success
We again had a great response to the second of our monthly Challenge! programs. Eighteen (18) artists submitted paintings depicting the theme of “Faith…what does it look like?”. On Monday, February 22, over 30 member-artists joined our Art Show by Zoom to enjoy the paintings, hear from the artists, and engage with questions and feedback.
Please take a few minutes to page through the slide show, below, to view the paintings and to see what your fellow Guild members accomplished! The image at the top of this page was also part of our Challenge! titled “The Handshake” by member Rosemary Connelly.
“Northern Lights Over Aspinook Pond” by Deb Prum 
“Prayer Warrior” by Don Whitson 
“Meditation” by Jane Matthews 
“Light Reflection in Nature” by Paula Eliasek 
“Promise of Calm” by Marcy Springett 
“Sunrise” by Donna Koutrakos 
“Spring Awakens Again” by Linda Verhagen 
“Colorado Mountains” by Patty Richmond 
“Thank God We Have Each Other” by Karen Schwenzer 
“Comfort and Strength” by Carol Greene 
“An Ode to Trees” by Mark Fitzpatrick 
“Crepe Myrles in Winter” by Robin Kuzen 
“Sowing Seeds” by Carolyn Belt 
“St. Non’s Well” by Harold Hallock 
“Brighter Days Ahead” by Chee Ricketts 
“Bulll Run” by Vivian Attermeyer 
“Peace” by Phyllis Koch-Sheras
A reminder and preview that our March Challenge! is scheduled:
- The theme for March is “Hint of Spring“;
- What is popping up?
- What is budding out?
- Send a photo of your creation along with title to CVWG’s Webmaster by the entry deadline of Friday, March 19;
- Join the “Challenge! by Zoom” meeting on Monday, March 22 where the works will be shared in full-screen and the artists will share their “stories”.
- All Guild members will get an invitation to the Challenge! by Zoom” meeting on the morning of the Zoom call. Friends and Followers of our Guild are welcome to show your painting and/or attend our Zoom meeting but you must send an email to our CVWG Webmaster to be included.
CVWG’s Challenge! program is discussed further on our Challenge! web page.
Call for Entries– Taubman Museum of Art Sidewalk Art Show in Roanoke
Member Chee Ricketts has alerted us to this Call for Entries:
The Taubman Museum of Art is pleased to announce the 63rd ANNUAL SIDEWALK ART SHOW in Roanoke, VA – on June 5 & 6, 2021. This show provides an excellent opportunity to show and sell your works: Firstly, the show is a premier destination for fine art shopping that attracts thousands of art patrons to the streets of historic downtown Roanoke. Secondly, at our Online Art Sale, a newly added feature offering digital marketing efforts through the months of May – June 2021.
Artists can select to exhibit in the physical show and/or the Online Art Sale. Both involve a jurying process. Mediums presented may include: fine craft, sculpture, original paintings, prints, watercolors, etchings, mixed media, jewelry and photography.
The application deadline is Friday, March 5, 2021 and the application can be found at this link: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=9066.
Reasons to Attend Workshops by Karen Schwenzer
In the second of our ongoing series, CVWG’s Director for Workshops writes:
My number one criteria when choosing a workshop is to travel to a place I want to visit. But, some of the best workshops I’ve taken have been local ones, including with CVWG. CVWG has previously sponsored well-known artists for a couple dozen students in bright, airy spaces. More recently, CVWG was sponsoring two and three day workshops with more local talent.
The McGuffey Art Center is a local treasure located in downtown Charlottesville. The McGuffey Association consists of 150 artists, of which 46 have studio space at McGuffey. This winter and spring, McGuffey is sponsoring a variety of workshops and classes, online and virtual. The in-person classes are held at McGuffey, usually in the artist’s studio, or at a private studio off-site. Studio space tends to be tight, though there are a few larger classrooms at McGuffey. Regardless, class size is usually small which allows a fair amount of one-on-one attention from the instructor. There are also open, live, figure drawing sessions without instruction. I have attended a few of these sessions, getting into charcoal for a while. The studio back then was a windowless, dark, cluttered, basement room that I swear had an old coal chute. Now, live figure drawing sessions are being held in one of the upstairs classrooms and seating is limited. Check McGuffey’s website for more details on all of McGuffey offerings. You are going to recognize some CVWG members amongst the artists. www.mcguffeyartcenter.com.
Karen Schwenzer
Member News
Member Dianne Phillips writes:
I have been notified by The Nelson Fine Art Gallery that I have been accepted to show my art from the 7th through all of April. A reception is being planned for the 9th from 5-7pm. I hope my CVWG friends and fellow artists can attend.
Member Peg Sheridan writes:
I am hoping we are all able to get out more in the coming months! I am finishing up teaching a 6 week Zoom class, “Loosening Up in Watercolors”, through Beverley Street Studio School, in Staunton. It went really well! I had students from our area, Richmond, and northern Virginia. I also taught an in-person workshop, ” Small Splashy Paintings in Watercolor”, through the Shenandoah Valley Art Center, in Waynesboro. We kept the class size small, and followed CDC guidelines, and it went well.
Peg continues to offer workshops– one of her next ones is titled “Make Your Watercolors Sparkle by Using the White of the Paper“– so check out her web page at www.pegsheridan.com/.
Peg Sheridan also sent in information about this year’s Highland County Maple Festival by way of a friend:
It’s that Sweet Season Again! While it is true that the Chamber of Commerce cancelled the (official) Highland County Maple Festival, there will still be LOTS to do in Highland County on Maple Weekends! All of the sugar houses will be open, and Back Creek Farms will be open for the first time! (Our hours will be 10 – 5 on Saturdays, 11 – 4 on Sundays.)
Since we normally have a booth on the Courthouse lawn, we are planning to bring that same festive atmosphere to Back Creek! We will have pottery, jewelry, lavender products, woodworking, baskets, chocolate confections and food including hand pies and streusel – yum!
We are planning to follow the current COVID safety guidelines, so please bring your masks for a tour of our sugar house and see where the “magic” happens! Vendors, food, etc. will be outdoors, with some shelters available. We do have handicapped accessible parking.
Some other sugar houses will also be hosting vendors, and Highland County businesses will be OPEN!
Please support Highland County!Plan to visit March 13 – 14 or March 20 – 21 – we’re looking forward to seeing you!
Valerie & Pat Lowry of Back Creek Farms
Please Share Your Activities!
We invite you to share any aspect of the artistic “you” with us…activities, muses, workshops, travel, etc. We are also always looking for ways to feature our member artists’ work and invite you to be featured in one of our periodic Featured Member Artist profiles. Simply contact the CVWG Webmaster.
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