Center, TX – Aug. 28, 2009 – Michelle Rozic, assistant art professor with Stephen F. Austin State University, will be guest artist at the ArtShare’s third season opening on Tue., Sept. 8, 2009 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Lakes Area Arts League Art Center, located at 305 Nacogdoches Street. Rozic will be presenting a demonstration about the development, inspiration and process of creation of her artwork, including displaying examples of works, focusing mainly on intaglio prints. In addition, intaglio tools and processes will be discussed with plates and tools, including examples of non-traditional printmaking, Xerox transfer and the use of acrylic paint as a sculpting material.
According to Rozic, still lifes allow us to see our world in the light of metaphor. Everyday objects become symbol and signifier. As the connotations developed in the context of the still life expand upon those meanings - formal, functional or historical - inherent to the objects themselves, ideas are evoked that extend beyond the nameable subject.
Rozic further states images portray situations that trigger contemplation on some of the questions of humanity: the nature of being, inner worth versus outer surface, the real versus the artificial. Issues of contemporary American society are addressed by using modern objects arranged with the language of conventional still life in mind. Imagery of nature, with rock formations, flowers and foliage, is used to speak to issues of the individual and society. There are many parallels between the plant world and our own in terms of how we assign worth to groups found within those worlds. She continues to add flowers are more desirable than dead grass just as the affluent are viewed as being more worthy than the poor. Life is used to speak about life.
Rozic received her BFA in fine arts from the Columbus College of Art & Design in Ohio and her MFA in printmaking from Indiana University, Bloomington. She currently teaches drawing and printmaking at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States, in Canada, Mexico, Russia, and in Italy.
More information on Rozic and examples of her work can be discovered by visiting her website at www.michellerozic.com. In addition, Rozic currently has an exhibition, Ecotone, on view at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House Reavley Gallery, 329 E. Main Street, Nacogdoches through Sat., Sept. 26, 2009 with gallery hours Tue. to Fri., 12:30 to 5:00 p.m. and Sat. 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
ArtShare was organized by the Lakes Area Arts League to encourage participation and create interest in the arts through presentations and demonstrations by artists exchanging ideas, networking and sharing creative talents and exploring various art techniques. ArtShare hosts monthly art demonstrations and presentations on second Tuesday evenings, September though May.
Details for participating in the ArtShare 2009-2010 program by giving an art demonstration or sharing your artistic talents can be obtained by contacting LAAL ArtShare Coordinators, Delbert Beckham, 936.598.7859 or Tresa Konderla, 936.590.9968.
The Lakes Area Arts League is a non-profit organization established to promote interest and knowledge of all areas of the visual and performing fine arts through education and appreciation while enhancing the culture and tourism of the community and surrounding areas.
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
LAAL announces Art of Cooking with First Tailgate Cook-off Classic
Center, Texas – August 15, 2009 – The Lakes Area Arts League announces an open call for participation in the first Tailgate Cook-off Classic Art of Cooking to be held Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the LAAL Art Center parking lot located at 305 Nacogdoches Street, one block from the historic downtown square.
The cooking competition is open to anyone age 18 and above. A non-refundable entry fee of $25.00 secures the tailgate space. Team space is limited and advance registration is required by Saturday, October 3, 2009. Teams will be allowed to begin space set-up at 9:00 a.m. Food and space judging will begin at 3:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Teams will have the opportunity to compete in both the Tailgate Food category preparing food items on-the-spot and the Tailgate Space category creating a tailgate atmosphere within designated space by decorating with a theme of the team’s choice.
Advance event tickets are $10.00 per person to attend the 2009 Tailgate Cook-off Classic and will be available for purchase through Friday, October 16, 2009 at Austin Street Marketplace, 114 Austin Street (936.598.6244); Mill Creek Gallery, 130 Nacogdoches Street (936.598.6137) and Attoyac River Gallery, 111 Shelbyville Street (936.590.9968), downtown Center square. A total of 150 tickets will be sold; no tickets will be sold on event day.
Ticket holders will be allowed into the event beginning at 4:00 p.m. for the competition Food Sampling and can vote for their favorite Tailgate Food and Tailgate Space.
Awards will be presented to First Place $750 and trophy; Second Place $350 and ribbon; and Third Place $250 and ribbon in the Tailgate Food category. The Tailgate Space category awards include First Place $400 and trophy; Second Place $300 and ribbon; and Third Place $200 and ribbon. The Public’s Favorite Top Awards for each Tailgate Food and Tailgate Space will be recognized with trophies. One Grand Champion Tailgate Team will also be presented with $1,000 cash prize and trophy. The awards presentation will be at 6:30 p.m. after the final judging and public voting.
Homegrown and Homemade will be providing musical entertainment beginning at 4:00 p.m. Homegrown and Homemade is a music series highlighting local Shelby County guitar-pickers and songwriters. Spanning many different styles, ages and musical influences, five musicians showcase local talent including Colby Miller, Thomas Morrison, Tim Hopkins, Grant Harris and Danny Paul Windham. The musicians will share the stage and highlight a handful of songs that were hand-written in and about Shelby County. For additional about Homegrown and Homemade, contact Thomas Morrison via email at homegrownandhomemade@gmail.com or visit the website www.myspace.com/homegrownandhomemade to check out samples of the songs by the group.
To obtain an entry package or additional information, please either email your request to laal@ndemand.com or contact LAAL Special Events Karen Thompson, 936.590.0070, Carolyn Lamb, 936.598.2421 or Andi Foster 936.590.0298.
The Lakes Area Arts League is a non-profit organization established to promote interest and knowledge of all areas of the visual and performing fine arts through education and appreciation while enhancing the culture and tourism of the community and surrounding areas.
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The cooking competition is open to anyone age 18 and above. A non-refundable entry fee of $25.00 secures the tailgate space. Team space is limited and advance registration is required by Saturday, October 3, 2009. Teams will be allowed to begin space set-up at 9:00 a.m. Food and space judging will begin at 3:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Teams will have the opportunity to compete in both the Tailgate Food category preparing food items on-the-spot and the Tailgate Space category creating a tailgate atmosphere within designated space by decorating with a theme of the team’s choice.
Advance event tickets are $10.00 per person to attend the 2009 Tailgate Cook-off Classic and will be available for purchase through Friday, October 16, 2009 at Austin Street Marketplace, 114 Austin Street (936.598.6244); Mill Creek Gallery, 130 Nacogdoches Street (936.598.6137) and Attoyac River Gallery, 111 Shelbyville Street (936.590.9968), downtown Center square. A total of 150 tickets will be sold; no tickets will be sold on event day.
Ticket holders will be allowed into the event beginning at 4:00 p.m. for the competition Food Sampling and can vote for their favorite Tailgate Food and Tailgate Space.
Awards will be presented to First Place $750 and trophy; Second Place $350 and ribbon; and Third Place $250 and ribbon in the Tailgate Food category. The Tailgate Space category awards include First Place $400 and trophy; Second Place $300 and ribbon; and Third Place $200 and ribbon. The Public’s Favorite Top Awards for each Tailgate Food and Tailgate Space will be recognized with trophies. One Grand Champion Tailgate Team will also be presented with $1,000 cash prize and trophy. The awards presentation will be at 6:30 p.m. after the final judging and public voting.
Homegrown and Homemade will be providing musical entertainment beginning at 4:00 p.m. Homegrown and Homemade is a music series highlighting local Shelby County guitar-pickers and songwriters. Spanning many different styles, ages and musical influences, five musicians showcase local talent including Colby Miller, Thomas Morrison, Tim Hopkins, Grant Harris and Danny Paul Windham. The musicians will share the stage and highlight a handful of songs that were hand-written in and about Shelby County. For additional about Homegrown and Homemade, contact Thomas Morrison via email at homegrownandhomemade@gmail.com or visit the website www.myspace.com/homegrownandhomemade to check out samples of the songs by the group.
To obtain an entry package or additional information, please either email your request to laal@ndemand.com or contact LAAL Special Events Karen Thompson, 936.590.0070, Carolyn Lamb, 936.598.2421 or Andi Foster 936.590.0298.
The Lakes Area Arts League is a non-profit organization established to promote interest and knowledge of all areas of the visual and performing fine arts through education and appreciation while enhancing the culture and tourism of the community and surrounding areas.
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Super Saturday Series features Autumn is Awesome workshop for children 4-8
Center, TX – August 24, 2009 – The Super Saturday Series art program for children ages 4-8 will feature an Autumn is Awesome workshop offering a variety of autumn crafts including making a fingerprint tree with instructor, Carrie Weeks, on Saturday, September 5, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Lakes Area Arts League Art Center located at 305 Nacogdoches Street.
Space is limited to 15 participants and workshop fees are $20 per student, which includes all art supplies. Advance reservations are required and the registration deadline is Friday, August 28, 2009.
Remaining Super Saturday Series 2009 workshops include Happy Haunting October 10; Being Thankful for Arts & Crafts November 14; and Celebrating Christmas on December 19. Each workshop requires advance registration and an enrollment fee.
For registration and workshop details, please contact Carrie Weeks at 936.572.0413 or 936.591.8943 or via email at carrie.weeks@yahoo.com.
The Lakes Area Arts League is a non-profit organization established to promote interest and knowledge of all areas of the visual and performing fine arts through education and appreciation while enhancing the culture and tourism of the community and surrounding areas.
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Contact:
Andi Foster
fosterandi@cebridge.net
936.590.0298 cell
Space is limited to 15 participants and workshop fees are $20 per student, which includes all art supplies. Advance reservations are required and the registration deadline is Friday, August 28, 2009.
Remaining Super Saturday Series 2009 workshops include Happy Haunting October 10; Being Thankful for Arts & Crafts November 14; and Celebrating Christmas on December 19. Each workshop requires advance registration and an enrollment fee.
For registration and workshop details, please contact Carrie Weeks at 936.572.0413 or 936.591.8943 or via email at carrie.weeks@yahoo.com.
The Lakes Area Arts League is a non-profit organization established to promote interest and knowledge of all areas of the visual and performing fine arts through education and appreciation while enhancing the culture and tourism of the community and surrounding areas.
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Contact:
Andi Foster
fosterandi@cebridge.net
936.590.0298 cell
Pamela Parker Peterson Art Exhibition at Art Center
CENTER, Texas - August 6 - Fort Worth's Pamela Parker Peterson will exhibit her paintings at the Lakes Area Arts League Art Center, 305 Nacogdoches Street, beginning Thursday, October 1 through Saturday, October 3, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each day. The public is invited to attend the opening reception and meet the artist at the art center on Sat., Sept. 26 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Lancaster works with the Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD) as an elementary art teacher and began painting abstract pieces in 2005, but she has painted and created art all her life. She currently practices her oil abstract painting skills as a continuing education student at Tarrant County College and in her home studio in Fort Worth.
Lancaster received honors for her paintings and has participated in various art shows. In the spring of 2008, she received first place for her painting, Full View, in Tarrant County College North West (TCCNW) Visual Arts 33rd Annual Student Art Exhibit. In the summer of 2008, Lancaster was awarded fourth place for her painting, Third, int he Texas Art Coalition Juried Members Show. She also sold two works of art to TCCNW for the permanent collection. Lancaster has participated in other shows, such as Arts Google 2007, Forth Worth Community Arts Center (CAC) Biennial, CAC's 2008 Sight and Sound, Fort Worth ISD Art Educators Show, 2008 Imagination Celebration Art Teacher Nurturing Student Art Show and the Hunting Prize Show of 2009.
Lancaster derives many of her abstract paintings from photographs she finds captivating from images found during her travels. She observes beauty in the relationship of the organic forms discovered within various impressions. According to Lancaster, the photographs are the jumping off point for the paintings, but once completed there is little to no resemblance between the painting and the original photograph. Lancaster adds she is not responding to the content of an image, rather to finding the meaning in its form.
Lancaster graduated from the University of Oklahoma with an Education degree. She then pursued an Art Education Post-Baccalaureate degree from the Texas Woman's University. She is the daughter of Patti Parker Peterson of Fort Worth, and granddaughter of Doris and the late F.E. Parker of Center, Texas.
Details for the Lancaster Art Exhibition can be obtained by contacting Karen Thompson 936.590.0070 or Carolyn Lamb 936.598.2421.
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Lancaster works with the Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD) as an elementary art teacher and began painting abstract pieces in 2005, but she has painted and created art all her life. She currently practices her oil abstract painting skills as a continuing education student at Tarrant County College and in her home studio in Fort Worth.
Lancaster received honors for her paintings and has participated in various art shows. In the spring of 2008, she received first place for her painting, Full View, in Tarrant County College North West (TCCNW) Visual Arts 33rd Annual Student Art Exhibit. In the summer of 2008, Lancaster was awarded fourth place for her painting, Third, int he Texas Art Coalition Juried Members Show. She also sold two works of art to TCCNW for the permanent collection. Lancaster has participated in other shows, such as Arts Google 2007, Forth Worth Community Arts Center (CAC) Biennial, CAC's 2008 Sight and Sound, Fort Worth ISD Art Educators Show, 2008 Imagination Celebration Art Teacher Nurturing Student Art Show and the Hunting Prize Show of 2009.
Lancaster derives many of her abstract paintings from photographs she finds captivating from images found during her travels. She observes beauty in the relationship of the organic forms discovered within various impressions. According to Lancaster, the photographs are the jumping off point for the paintings, but once completed there is little to no resemblance between the painting and the original photograph. Lancaster adds she is not responding to the content of an image, rather to finding the meaning in its form.
Lancaster graduated from the University of Oklahoma with an Education degree. She then pursued an Art Education Post-Baccalaureate degree from the Texas Woman's University. She is the daughter of Patti Parker Peterson of Fort Worth, and granddaughter of Doris and the late F.E. Parker of Center, Texas.
Details for the Lancaster Art Exhibition can be obtained by contacting Karen Thompson 936.590.0070 or Carolyn Lamb 936.598.2421.
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The LeAnne Rheaume Art Exhibition Held
CENTER, Texas – July 27 – The Lakes Area Art League held a one-day art exhibition and reception honoring LeAnne Rheaume, LAAL scholarship recipient, on Sunday, August 16 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The public wass invited to attend the event and meet the artist at the LAAL Art Center 305 Nacogdoches Street in Center, Texas.
Rheaume, aspiring artist and recent Center High School graduate, showcased her unique art work and techniques at the exhibition. Beginning her art education in California, Rheaume continued her art instruction at Center High School during her junior and senior years assisting with the design development for the Youth Art Month banner project and collaborating with the mural creation for the high school’s Fine Arts Department.
Selected as the LAAL scholarship recipient for 2009, Rheaume also received the 2008 Roughrider Excellence Art Award, Poultry Festival 2008 art awards, the Outstanding Community Service tassel and was the first place winner in the recent Child Services Child Abuse poster contest. During the past two years, she volunteered at the LAAL Resource Learning Library and created the Make Me a Superhero Mini Art Camp held in June 2009.
Rheaume will attend the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver, Colorado in the fall where she plans to pursue a degree as an illustrator in animation. Rheaume is the daughter of Tina Rheaume and Glen Smith of Center, TX.
Details regarding the future student or school art exhibitions can be obtained by contacting Donna Neuville, LAAL Education Committee Chair, 936.598.3278.
The Lakes Area Art League is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to promote interest and knowledge of all areas of the visual and performing fine arts through education and appreciation while enhancing the culture and tourism of the community and surrounding areas.
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Rheaume, aspiring artist and recent Center High School graduate, showcased her unique art work and techniques at the exhibition. Beginning her art education in California, Rheaume continued her art instruction at Center High School during her junior and senior years assisting with the design development for the Youth Art Month banner project and collaborating with the mural creation for the high school’s Fine Arts Department.
Selected as the LAAL scholarship recipient for 2009, Rheaume also received the 2008 Roughrider Excellence Art Award, Poultry Festival 2008 art awards, the Outstanding Community Service tassel and was the first place winner in the recent Child Services Child Abuse poster contest. During the past two years, she volunteered at the LAAL Resource Learning Library and created the Make Me a Superhero Mini Art Camp held in June 2009.
Rheaume will attend the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver, Colorado in the fall where she plans to pursue a degree as an illustrator in animation. Rheaume is the daughter of Tina Rheaume and Glen Smith of Center, TX.
Details regarding the future student or school art exhibitions can be obtained by contacting Donna Neuville, LAAL Education Committee Chair, 936.598.3278.
The Lakes Area Art League is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to promote interest and knowledge of all areas of the visual and performing fine arts through education and appreciation while enhancing the culture and tourism of the community and surrounding areas.
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