An Evening for Art's Sake
Our Annual Silent & Live
Art Auction
Friday,
April 11th, 2008
6:00 - 9:00pm
Live Auction Starts at 8:00pm
at the beautiful
Thomas Birkby House
109 Loudoun Street SW, Leesburg, VA
Cocktails
• Hors d'ouveres and
Silent & Live Auction
Featuring origial fine art for the area's favorite artists and unique gifts for the artist and non-artist alike.
For more information, please click on the link below.
An Evening for Art's Sake...Silent Auction
Lighting the Creative Spark with Dr. Celia Im
Instructor:
Dr. Celia Im
Date and Time:
Saturday 12:30pm - 4:30pm
Session 2 2008: 1/19
Cost:
$45
When your income depends on the right side of your brain, it can be frustrating when you encounter a block or plateau. The ability to free your mind during these times can mean the difference between stress and success. This workshop is designed “open the creative/intuitive flow”....to help enhance your creativity through the use of music and light guided visualizations. As one singer who attended the program put it, “Music-Evoked Imagery gave me back to myself.” This workshop is ideal for Visual Artists, Writers, Speakers, Entrepreneurs, Marketing Professionals and Performing Artists.
About
the Speaker: Dr. Celia Im, DMA (Doctorate of Musical Arts) is the founder of Lighting the Creative Spark, LLC, an innovative company dedicated to helping clients develop their own intuition to enhance their relationships, career and life. (Dr. Im has had the privilege of speaking to over 50,000 people during her career.) As a speaker, group facilitator, teacher and personal coach Dr. Im uses music as a tool to engage the active imagination for problem-solving and creative flow.
Dr. Im's credentials include a Doctorate of Musical Arts and a certification in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music. She has taught on the faculties of George Mason University, University of Maryland, and Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, and is a national and international award-winning musician.
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The Impressionist Landscape
with Jeffrey Allison
Instructor:
Jeffrey Allison
from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Date and Time:
Saturday 12:30pm - 4:30pm
Session 3 2008: 5/3
Cost:
$25
In the groundbreaking exhibition of 1874, Monet, Renoir, Degas and a number of other artists we now know as Impressionists, exhibited works that captured beautiful sunlit countrysides, glorious gardens, and scenes from everyday life. Alongside those better-known figures were the works of Eugene Boudin. Known for his remarkable seascapes painted en plein air along the coast of France, his timely influence on young Claude Monet created the impetus for one of the most beloved movements in art.
In this lecture, Jeffrey W. Allison, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Paul Mellon Collection Educator, traces the development of the Impressionist landscape from Boudin’s light filled seascapes to Monet’s mature works such as Field of Poppies, Giverny,1885 in which sense of place, bright contrasting colors, distinctive brushwork, and subjects from daily life combine in the trademark Impressionist style.
About
the Speaker: Jeffrey W. Allison is the Paul Mellon Collection Educator at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and a professional photographer. He holds a BA in photography and film from Virginia Intermont College and an MFA in photography from VCU. He currently teaches Advanced and Intermediate Photography at the VMFA Studio School and has taught for over twenty-five years at institutions across the Commonwealth. He has curated numerous exhibitions of photography
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Get Me Started! Series
Instructors:
Faculty and Staff
Date and Time:
Saturdays 12:30pm - 3pm
Session 5 2008:
Oil and Acrylic Day TBA
Watercolor Day TBA
Pastel Day TBA
Charcoal, Graphie &
Colored Pencil Day TBA
Cost:
$25 each day
Always wanted to paint or draw, but afraid to get started? Afraid of the cost? Afraid of the mess? Not sure how to begin? Then come have fun with us. Feel what it’s like to push oil or acrylic paint around on canvas. Or make color washes with watercolor. Or feel how patels perform on paper. Learn some basic techniques without the initial investment. We’ll supply the materials the tools and the know-how to help you get started toward a life-long love of art. Must pre-register.
supplies provided
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Something
Hot Regional Juried Show and Sale
August 1 through August 23, 2008
Our 7th Annual Juried Show
is open to artists throughout the region.
click
here for the prospectus...Something Hot pdf
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Leesburg's
Fall Into the Arts
Saturday, September 29, 2007
11:00am to 4:00pm
Fall Into the Arts Show and Sale will take place in the heart of the historic district in downtown Leesburg. The event will include jazz music, wine and creative cuisine with participation by local shops, businesses, restaurants and of course artists. Click here to find out more.
 Gallery two at 222 will be one of the participating venues for artwork.
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Photo Shoot Day
for your Artwork
Date and Time:
Saturday, 9/22/07
1:00 - 5:00pm
Cost:
$10 each piece
$7 each piece for 10 or more
Lights, Camera Action!
To be a professional artist, you need professional-looking images of your art! Beautiful images for presenting to a gallery or competition, for your printed calateral material, submitting to publications or websites, for your own website or simply your own personal portfolio. We ’ll put your work in its best light (actually, Jeanette’s lights). Bring in your 2-D... under glass or not....large (up to 6ft.) or small. Each artist will receive a CD containing a high-resolution digital image of each piece, large enough for print-magazine requirements.
You must register prior to Friday, 9/21 and may bring in your pieces Friday, 9/21 between 10am and 5pm or Saturday, 9/22 between 10am and 1pm. You may pick up your pieces Saturday evening between 5:00 and 6pm or the following Monday, 9/24 between 10am and 5pm. Make sure your pieces are clearly labled by title, artist and phone number.
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7th
Annual Mardi Gras Gala
at Oatlands Carriage House
Saturday, February 17, 2007,
8pm to midnight
Live music, dancing, fabulous foods, cash bar and great fun. Costumes
and masks recommended.
We supply the beads.
$50 per person. $60 at the door.
The p rice of admission is fully tax-deductible.
Reservations
are recommended.
703 -777-5498 or 703-777-8043.
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The
Art of Photojournalism: Part 1
Another Life in Afghanistan
photo by Mark
Turney ©
Sunday, March 12, 2006, 1 to 3pm
A slide show of images by award-winning photo
journalist Mark Turney.
Mark recently returned from Afghanistan where he participated
in over 100 missions and photographed over 16,000 images. A career
soldier with over 22 years of service, Turney lived and worked
in a remote Forward Operating Base in an Afghani provice called
Ghanzi. He previously worked as a photographer at the Loudoun
Times-Mirror.
Reservations
are recommended.
703 -777-5498 or 703-777-8043.
The
Art of Photojournalism: Part 2
Bridging the Gap
photo by Jason
Hornick©
photo by Saul
Stoogenke©
photo by Lisa
Johnson©
Bridging
the Gap
Sunday,
April 9, 2006, 1 to 3pm
A lecture and slideshow by three Times Community Newspapers’
staff photographers about bridging the gap between reporting and
creating art with a camera. The practicality of documenting life
and the artistry of visual storytelling drive these photojournalists
to explore the world around them and create an accurate portrayal
of events.
Loudoun Times Mirror staff photogs...
Saul Stoogenke, Jason Hornick and Lisa Johnson.
Reservations
are recommended.
703 -777-5498 or 703-777-8043.
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The
Art of Photojournalism: Part 3
From Capitol Hill
Rice Testifies-photo
by Evan Sislen ©
From
Capitol Hill
Sunday,
May 14th,2006, 1 to 3pm
A slide show and commentary of images from Capitol Hill by highly-published
photojournalist Evan Sisley. How do you take the most boring of
subjects and make them unusual and compelling? Evan brings a different
eye to political photography offering more to the viewer thatn
just the standard podium shot. Come enjoy his unusual take.
Reservations
are recommended.
703 -777-5498 or 703-777-8043.
Evan Sisley
is an internationally published Photojournalist based out of Washington
DC. His work, the majority of which focuses on Presidential and
Congressional politics, has appeared in Newsweek International,
The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times,
and Time Magazine Online to name a few.
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Living
Dreams in a Dying Village
My House - My Dream
Friday, January 27, 2006, 7 to 9 pm
An exhibit of 25 young Chinese
artist/orphans infected with HIV/AIDS.
The exhibit is a program of the Chi Heng Foundation which offers
financial
support to people infected with the virus. An audio/visual presentation
will provide
information about the current epidemic in China. This exhibit
will be the first viewing of these drawings in Loudoun County.
Reservations
are recommended.
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