Oak Leaf Artist Guild Ongonig and Upcoming Exhibitions:
- To Each His Own Exhibition at St. Peters City Hall next month. Receiving is June 5th with Opening Reception on June 8th. Click here for call for entry flyer.
- Cottleville City Hall Exhibition - Opening on May 19th
- Dardenne Prairie City Hall Exhibition - Ongoing
- Renaud Spirit Center Exhibition - Ongoing
Upcoming Area Events:
- Cottleville Paint Out: May 19 - 20 (more details in newsletter)
- Augusta Plein Air Event: April 18 - 28
- 2012 Riverfront Paint Off (sponsered by Picasso's): May 26 - June 2
- Bella Arts Fest! (St. Peters Cultural Arts Center): October 13
Meetings:
April 2012: Marty Linson presented his work and the techniques of bronze casting! Below is an image of his work that one the U.S. Olympic Sport and Art Contest. You can see his work at www.linsonstudio.com. Note there are more images of his work if you scroll down.
March 2012: Critique and Board Member Elections
February 2012: Party Celebrating the new year!
January 2011: Canceled due to inclimate weather
December 2011: No Meeting
November 2011: Bob Juengle (who plays Santa during the holiday season) modeled for the group.
October 2011: Dan Kolkmeier demonstrated the materials and processes used in woodworking.
May 2011: We hosted a studio session to encourage our members to create works based on still lives. We had several artists participate and we will hopefully be welcoming some new members very soon.
April Meeting:
Our scheduled April 2011 presentor, college professor Marty Linson, has been postponed after a fire broke out in his studio. He was able to contain the fire, but he's still accessing the damages. He was very sorry, butu willing to reschedule, so I'm sure will have another chance to see his work.
Luckily for us, Shirley Nachtrieb has graciously offered to present in his stead. She'll be demonstrating a watercolor collage technique. We have a sample below.
Mary Linson presentation postponed: He'll be demonstrating the process of creating a bronze sculpture. He's promised to bring samples and examples to demonstrate each step of the process.
February 2011 demonstrator Zack Smithey; an art teacher at Francis Howell North teaching Drawing, Sculpture, Advanced Placement Studio Art, and Introduction to Art. Additionally, he is a member of the United Scenic Artists Union and paints the shows at the Muny.
Below are a couple of samples of the two different demonstrations he will be doing using oil enamels.
Introducing Missour Landscapes at Lilian Yahn Gallery from September 9 - October 26th. For more information click here.
Barbara Remley Martin demonstrated at our July 2010 meeting. Her website is http://www.remleymartin.com/Site/Home.html
Final Piece
Jerry Thomas demonstrated at our April 2010 meeting.
A place where artists take root and branch out!
Oak Leaf Artist Guild is a community of artists in the St. Charles area dedicated to promoting local art and artists. Please bookmark this page and visit us often for news and events.
We host monthly meetings to motivate and inspire; and we welcome everyone to join us. Our meetings are a great way to share experiences and common goals. We generally have guest speakers, demonstrators or some other opportunity to learn; and because we are a diverse group we are able to encourage our members to broaden their artistic scope and try new things.
Once a month we publish and circulate a newsletter to our members, that is full of valuable information about news, events, and art opportunities in the area. Our artists use it to promote their shows, events, classes, etc.
