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MAG Art Market Co-operative ............................................. 4
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WHIRL-O-Fun
by Debi Danielson ....................................................................... 5
Executive Committee
Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment
Grant: Supporting Kentucky Feminist Artists
by Eva King..................................................................................... 7
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President
Melissa Shown
Vice-President
Michael Muehleman
Treasurer
Eileen Wirsig
Kentucky Arts Organizations: Supporting Local Artists
by Eva King .................................................................................... 8
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Artists Spotlight
by Brad Robertson, Pam Rockwell
and Debi Henry Danielson ..................................................... 10
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Positively Fourth Street:
A Flourishing Community Garden
by Eva King .................................................................................. 23
The Murray Art Guild is a community based non-profit organization dedicated to supporting arts
enrichment. The Guild was established in 1967 when several like-minded community members
decided to establish a place where artists could create art as well as exhibit and sell their work.
Forty-six years and several locations later, this goal is still key to our mission as we provide arts
programming for local youth and adults in a range of disciplines, host year round exhibitions and
house community studios and an Art Market.
The Murray Art Guild welcomes participants of all ages and abilities.
MAG is committed to principles of equal opportunity and diversity.
We are proud to promote the delectation that comes from art.
MAG Art Market Co-operative
by Terry Joe Sledd and Eva King
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We loved seeing all our supporters at
the annual Summer Art Party on July
3, 2014. If you were able to attend,
we are glad you came. If not, we
hope to see you next year!
A few lucky folks went home with
original works of art created during the
Monster Draw Rally. The kids and kidsat-heart enjoyed the hands-on clay,
painting and gourd art, and the musical
stylings of Eddy Grove Trio followed by
Savage Radley were icing on the cake.
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“This world is but a canvas to
our imagination.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
Hot fun in the
summertime.
The evening was full of good vibrations and
we couldn’t have done it without you, our
supporters. Thanks to all who provided food,
tents, enthusiasm and especially those who
became members and made donations. Our
programming depends on art lovers like
you. Let’s do it again next year!
THANK YOU!
In January 2014, a reorganization of the Murray
Art Guild’s Art Market was initiated; and the
MAG Art Market Co-op was established. A Grand
Opening was held in May. A co-op, “an association of
persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual,
social, economic MAG Art Market Co-operative
and cultural benefit,” seemed to be an appropriate
configuration for the Art Market, given the market’s
growth since its origin in 2007. The Co-op is
governed and operated by the artists whose works
are represented in it.
The MAG Art Market Co-op, located within the
Murray Art Guild at 500 N. 4th St., is comprised of
over 30 area artists who work in a variety of media.
While the market serves as a venue to sell and
show the artists’ work, at the same time it provides
the community an opportunity to see and buy
unique handmade products. Art work is juried by a
committee before being accepted into the market
to assure that it meets the market’s standards of
creativity and craftsmanship. Items in the market
include rugs, scarves, and other fiber arts; pottery,
jewelry, glass and stained glass pieces; willow and
fine wood furniture, turned bowls, cutting boards,
gourd creations; two-dimensional drawings,
paintings, collages, photographs; and much more.
Membership in the Co-op is open to artists
whose selected works are approved by the
Co-op Jury Committee. Members share in the
responsibilities of operating the market from
opening to closing by assisting customers, making
sales transactions, and other duties. Presently, MAG
Art Market Co-op artists work approximately two
4-hour shifts each month. If they cannot work in
the market during operating hours, they contribute
in some fashion, such as performing housekeeping
or maintenance chores. Members attend regular
monthly meetings and serve on various committees
to assist in Art Market Co-op development.
A co-operative organization provides unique
opportunities for the artists as well as the
community. Artists experience the jury process
and business aspect of promoting their work; and
customers have the chance to meet artists and
discuss their work and techniques, as many artists
work on their crafts while minding the store.
The market’s hours are Tuesday through Friday,
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The public is invited to visit the Art Market Co-op,
and encouraged to shop locally and buy handmade.
WHIRL-O-Fun
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or the local preschool set, an opportunity to
whirl with the arts is big fun. Twice a year
three local arts organizations, Playhouse in the
Park, Jackson Purchase Dance and the Murray
Art Guild, join forces to offer a creative experience in theater, dance and the visual arts.
The young participants come together on
Playhouse in the Park’s stage in a reading circle
where they share a book together. After some
discussion, the group will divide and conquer
each of the art disciplines. Lisa and Marci lead a
session with expressive play and theater games
using costumes and props in dramatic response
to the shared story. Often this theater experience
includes a little stage and set discovery based on
Playhouse’s current production. Fifteen minutes
of theater fame, and then it’s WHIRL on to dance.
The participants stay grounded in the storybook theme, but their feet keep them active as
they explore movement and music with April and
Dori from Jackson Purchase Dance. Slither like a
snake, grow big like a tree, and fall like a leaf. Participants use their imaginations as they bring the
images from the pages of the book to life. Fifteen
minutes of dance, and then it’s WHIRL on to art!
Paint, play dough, glue and glitter. Cutting, tearing, pasting and painting. The theater’s
green room now becomes the art studio where
Debi and Echo guide the young artists through a
visual arts project inspired by the story. The story
becomes their story as creativity and imagination
take over.
There’s no exhibition, no recital, no stage
production. But there is a WHIRL of creative
exploration and fun! For information on the next
round, contact the Murray Art Guild.
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wo Murray area artists were recipients of
Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist
Enrichment Grants in December, 2013, and are
using the funding to further their artistic visions.
Stacy Frett received $1,000 to create a series of
photographic self-portraits, and Ariel Lavery was
granted $2,000 to create sculptures from found
objects that reflect domestic roles played by
western Kentucky women.
The Kentucky Foundation for Women was
established in 1985 by Louisville native and author
Sallie Bingham. Her founding gift of $10 million
is one of the single largest endowments to any
women’s fund in the United States. The KFW
promotes feminist art and social justice by awarding
grants to individual artists and organizations;
providing time and space for artists and activists
at its retreat center, the Hopscotch House; sharing
information and building alliances. Its mission is
“to promote positive social change by supporting
varied feminist expression in art.”
Through its Artist Enrichment Grant, the KFW
provides opportunities for Kentucky feminist artists
and arts organizations to advance their artistic
development. Grants, which range from $1,000 to
$7,000 with a typical grant being $2,000 to $4,000,
will support:
• artistic development
• artist residencies
• exploration of new ideas or techniques
• creation of a new body of work.
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through the process of real self-examination.
Twenty to 25 of her photographs were exhibited
at the Murray Art Guild Gallery in May, 2014.
Lavery’s sculptures, which are made from discarded
materials from yard sales, dumpsters and roadsides,
represent coagulations of women’s domestic
lives and show women as being productive and
resourceful in the domestic environment. Lavery,
who recently moved to west Kentucky from western
Massachusetts, has begun showing her work more
extensively in the region.
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HOLIDAY SALE
Nov. 14 – 16, 2014
The Miller Center,
Convention and
Visitors Bureau
201 South 4th Street
The event begins Friday evening with a
pre-sale party. Over thirty artists will be
on hand selling creative handmade items,
just in time for holiday gift giving.
jewelry • fiber arts and weaving
woodworking • book arts
ceramics and more!
Something for everyone on your list!
Take this opportunity to
Shop Local – Buy Handmade
Artists who are residents of Kentucky and who
are engaged in art based activities may apply
for a KFW Artist Enrichment Grant. Applicants
should show high artistic quality and be able to
demonstrate commitment to feminism and an
understanding of the relationship between art and
social change.
Applications for KFW Artist Enrichment Grants
are typically available sometime in July, with the
deadline being the first Friday in September.
Applications are reviewed by panels of independent
grant reviewers who are highly qualified artists and
activists from a range of disciplines.
For more information about the Kentucky
Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment Grant
program, please visit www.kfw.org/artenr.html .
Source:
www.kfw.org/artenr
Frett hopes that her self-portrait series will inspire
women to find their inner strength and beauty
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Nicole, drawing by Joy Thomas, 2014
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Kentucky Arts Organizations:
Supporting Local Artists
Willow artist and Murray resident, Justin Roberts, recently became
a member of the Kentucky Guild for Artists and Craftsmen.
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ounded in 1961 and headquartered in Berea,
the Kentucky Guild for Artists and Craftsmen
is the oldest juried membership organization
for Kentucky artists and craftspersons. Open to
artists who reside in Kentucky or within 50 miles of
Kentucky’s borders, the KGAC is a 501(c)(3) notfor-profit organization. The Guild “is comprised
of world class artists and craftsmen in a host of
media,” whose works “reflect masterful skill and
uncompromising attention to detail.” The mission
of the KGAC is “to establish art and craft as a
vital influence by promoting excellence through
education, collaboration, leadership and service.”
Membership benefits include:
• opportunity to have a voice in the future of arts and crafts in Kentucky
• opportunity to meet and network with other Kentucky artists and craftspersons
• statewide exhibition opportunities
• inclusion in the KGAC membership and
online directory, press releases and marketing materials
• workshop and teaching opportunities
• inclusion in KGAC referral service for businesses and individuals seeking artists
and craftspersons in specific mediums
• eligibility to exhibit at the KGAC Arts and
Craft Fairs.
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Kentucky has long been recognized nationally and internationally
as having a rich heritage of visual art and fine craft, and several
organizations in the state have been integral in promoting and
maintaining this heritage. The Kentucky Guild for Artists and Craftsmen
and the Kentucky Arts Council’s Kentucky Crafted Program strongly
assist Kentucky artists by providing recognition, promotional
assistance, and marketing opportunities. Several Murray artists have
become members of these organizations thus finding visibility as well
as exhibition and marketing possibilities outside of the Murray region.
The KGAC Arts and Craft Fairs, introduced in
the early 1960s, are “a long standing tradition and
an important way for the public to interact with
craft, craft makers, and for artisans to market their
work.” The fairs are held at Berea’s historic Indian
Fort Theater in June and October; and in 2009, the
fall fair was selected, among 12 states, to the Top
20 Events by the Southeastern Tourism Society for
October events.
The process for being juried into the KGAC
requires completing an application and shipping
or delivering 5 samples of work to the Berea
headquarters. The work must meet established
levels for design and craftsmanship. Jurying
sessions are conducted in August and February. To
be juried during August, the application and $35
fee must be postmarked by July 31.
Murray traditional and folk artist, Justin
Roberts, and woodcraftsman, Wyatt Severs,
became members of the KGAC in February
2014. Justin, who makes willow furniture, will be
participating in the June 2014 Arts and Craft Fair;
and both he and Wyatt, who specializes in fine
wood furniture and turned bowls, will be available
for marketing and exhibiting opportunities
through their inclusion in the KGAC on-line
directory and referral service.
For more information about the Kentucky Guild
of Artists and Craftsmen, membership application
and jurying process, and its Arts and Craft Fairs,
please visit the website at www.kyguild.org.
T
he Kentucky Crafted Program was developed
in 1981 as a result of the active promotion
of Kentucky artisans by Kentucky’s then-First
Lady, Phyllis George Brown. Its primary purpose
of creating business opportunities for Kentucky
artisan businesses continues today. Kentucky
Crafted is an “adjudicated program that provides
assistance to Kentucky visual and craft artists
through marketing and promotional opportunities
and arts business training.” The work of Kentucky
Crafted artists “shows artistic excellence and high
quality craftsmanship.”
KCP membership benefits include:
• use of the Kentucky Crafted Program logo to promote work
• referrals to corporate buyers, galleries,
and Kentucky Crafted retailers
• membership in KCP’s online artists directory
• invitations to Kentucky Arts Council
coordinated exhibits and out-of-state shows
• promotions and cooperative advertising campaigns
• eligibility to apply for Featured Artist
Program (opportunity to showcase image
of artist’s work on the Kentucky Arts Council
website for one month with statewide press
announcement and a short video which
highlights his/her work)
• eligibility to exhibit at Kentucky Crafted:
The Market
Woodcraftsman Wyatt Severs, Murray, who makes fine wood
furniture and turned wood bowls, recently became a member of
the Kentucky Guild for Artists and Craftsmen.
The Kentucky Crafted marketing program held
its first wholesale market for Kentucky craft in 1982
in Lexington at the Kentucky Horse Park. Thus,
began the state sponsored public and trade show
promoting Kentucky handmade products. The
Market has evolved over the years, introducing
book publishers, food products, and visual arts;
moving from Lexington to Louisville in 1985, and
then back to Lexington in 2012, where it remains
today. Kentucky Crafted: The Market promotes
the arts as an industry in the state, elevates the
image of the arts in Kentucky as unique and of
high quality, and provides a wholesale/retail venue
for artists to sell their work. The Market is usually
held the first weekend in March. If accepted into
the Kentucky Crafted Program, artists attend a
mandatory new artists orientation where they
are familiarized with and prepared for being an
exhibitor at The Market. The Southeast Tourism
Society has named The Market a Top 20 Event for
15 years.
Kentucky Crafted retailers, which actively
promote the Kentucky Crafted brand, can be
found throughout the state. Among them are
the Kentucky Artisan Center in Berea, Completely
Kentucky in Frankfort, Artique at Lexington Center
in Lexington, and A Taste of Kentucky at 3 locations
in Louisville.
The KCP is open to visual and craft artists who
do original work in any medium and who are fulltime residents of Kentucky. Applicants should have
a well developed body of work and some marketing
experience. To apply, applicants must review the
program guidelines, prepare digital images of
work samples, complete an on-line application,
mail a printout of the application along with proof
of residency, and then hand deliver or ship work
samples to Frankfort for jurying. The deadline for
applying is August 15, 2014.
Murray artist, Barbara Harrell, maker of lifesized hand-painted wood figures and accessories
such as hand fans and mirrors, has been a member
of the Kentucky Crafted Program since 1992.
She exhibited at The Market for 13 years, and
considered it a “wonderful experience.” She is
still selling her work today as a result of having
participated in The Market. Other KCP benefits she
has enjoyed are orientation sessions, continual
marketing workshops, and publicity.
Through her cut paper compositions, Eva King
has been a member of the Kentucky Arts Council’s
Kentucky Crafted Program since 2012. While she
has not participated in The Market, her paper
pieces have been included in several Kentucky
Arts Council coordinated exhibitions at the state
Capitol; and upon invitation, she demonstrated
her cut paper technique at the 2014 Arts Day in
Kentucky celebration at the Capitol Rotunda in
January. King’s inclusion in the Kentucky Crafted
online artists directory has provided internet-wide
visibility.
For more information about the Kentucky Arts
Council’s Kentucky Crafted Program, please visit
www.artscouncil.ky.gov/Opportunities/KyCrafted.
Both the Kentucky Guild for Artists and
Craftsmen and the Kentucky Arts Council’s
Kentucky Crafted Program recognize the
uniqueness and quality of the work of Kentucky
artisans. Both organizations have missions to
promote Kentucky-made arts and crafts through
marketing programs, referral services, access to
state-wide galleries and exhibitions, and other
opportunities. While the application process
for acceptance in either organization may seem
rigorous, membership is notable and benefits are
numerous for Kentucky artists wanting to market
their work.
Sources:
www.kyguild.org
www.artscouncil.ky.gov/Opportunities/KyCrafted.htm
http://arts.gov/art-works/2013/spotlight-kentucky-crafted-
Kentucky Crafted artist and Murray resident, Barbara Harrell,
stands next to one of her life-sized hand-painted wood figures.
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Artists s p o t l i g h t
TOM JACKSON
Tom’s love of art has spanned his entire life. His interest in photography dates back to junior
high school. He was active in theater during high school, took ceramics courses while at Penn State,
and received his college degree in drawing and painting. Although he started college in premed, his creative urge proved overpowering. The thought of spending his life as a dentist became
unappealing, and he changed his field of study to art. Tom received his BFA from the University of
Houston in 1984.
After college, Tom’s art took a back seat to life’s responsibilities. Upon moving to Murray, Ky., in
2007, a re-structuring of priorities allowed him to, once again, pursue art, his passion in life. Tom’s
discovery of the Murray Art Guild provided a much needed source of inspiration and encouragement
during this transitional time.
About four years ago, his concentration shifted primarily to pottery and two years ago Firestone
Ceramics was born. Tom says he has discovered that not only is making pottery cathartic for him, but
others seem to really like the pottery as well! All of the pieces he makes are glazed with combinations
of glaze colors and the majority of his pieces include one of his most successful glazes which he
formulates using a clay he digs here in Western Kentucky. Currently, Firestone Ceramics pottery
can be found at MAG, Red Bug on 3rd, Fidalgo Bay, and Raggle Taggle in Murray as well as BeBe’s in
Paducah. Firestone Ceramics regularly participates in the Saturday Downtown Market on the Square
and has been seen at area art shows and festivals such as St James Court in Louisville and TACA (Fall)
Art Fair in Nashville, Tennessee. Firestone Ceramics will have a booth at the 2014 Lowertown Music
and Arts Festival in Paducah.
Bead stitch artist Rosemary Kandt obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts with certification in Art Education
from the University of Cincinnati. After graduating she moved to Las Vegas where she taught high school art
and photography for a time but eventually found herself moving along a different career path. After exploring
various art forms, tapestry weaving caught her interest for several years. She found her weavings growing
smaller and smaller and then she began exploring the intricate art form that is bead work.
“I took a beading class to learn how to do the ndebele stitch,” Kandt explains. “The technique captivated
me and I knew I had found the medium I was searching for.” Combining beading techniques derived from
various cultures including African and Southwest Native American, Kandt creates stunningly unique,
intricately executed, organic jewelry forms...neckpieces and bracelets. “I concentrate solely on different
beading techniques now…trying to master them and constantly challenge my skills.”
Artists s p o t l i g h t
EVA KING
In 2010, with a solid painting and drawing background from previous years of studies
at Murray State University, Eva King began using cut pieces of paper to create compositions.
Working mostly from her own photographs, she begins with a drawing on mat board. King
breaks the drawing down into simple shapes, and then fills the shapes with cut pieces of
colored and patterned paper. This cut paper technique allows her to achieve flattened
perspectives, silhouetted forms and bright, bold patterns and colors, which gives her work a
primitive or folk art feel. Inspired by the colorful imagery of late Kentucky artist Ellis Wilson as
well as American artist Jonathan Green, King’s intent is to examine the simple and complex
rhythms of family, home and rural life. The juxtaposition of complex patterns against simple
shapes helps in this effort.
Through her cut paper compositions, she has been an adjudicated member of the
Kentucky Arts Council Kentucky Crafted Program since 2012. King’s paper pieces have been
exhibited in several exhibitions at the state Capitol, including Kentucky Visions at the Capitol
2013 and 2014, the 2013 Governor’s Derby Exhibit and the Kentucky Treasures II Exhibit 20132014. Upon invitation, she also demonstrated her cut paper technique at the 2014 Arts Day in
Kentucky celebration at the state Capitol in January 2014.
Pam Rockwell has been involved in the craft arts all of her life. Her father wove fishing nets on
the NC coast and her mother taught her to sew when she was in elementary school. She graduated
from Berea College in Kentucky where she began a 20-year passionate pursuit of jewelry design and
fabrication.
On graduating from Berea in 1973, Ms Rockwell became Director of the Berea College Jewelry
Student Craft Industry. She maintained a studio in the Berea area through the 70’s and became a juried
member of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen and the Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild.
Ms Rockwell was an artist in Residence at Penland School of Crafts from 1979 - 1981. She has taught
metals at John C. Campbell Folk School, Joe L. Evans Appalachian Center for Crafts and Murray State
University. She worked for several years as a roster artist for the Kentucky Arts Council’s Arts in Education
program conducting residencies across the state. She earned an Ed.S. in Educational Leadership and Counseling at MSU in 2004. Her thesis
research in the use of art in mental health assessment was published in the Journal of the American Art Therapy Association.
Ms Rockwell has been involved with the Murray Art Guild since coming to Murray in 1994. She has devoted the past 18 years to raising
her daughter, Hannah and has recently re-established her metals studio at the Murray Art Guild where she creates works in gold, silver,
gemstones and mixed media. Her work can be seen at the MAG Art Market Co-op and in her online etsy store: PamRockwellJewelry.
PAM ROCKWELL
ROSEMARY KANDT
JUSTIN ROBERTS
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Justin Roberts is a willow artist extraordinaire currently operating under a KY Folk Artist Master
Apprenticeship Grant. He spends the majority of his time with George Beard, a Calloway County
resident who is a Master Willow Furniture Maker and who has been featured ina KET Folk Art
Special.
Justin started working in willow after the birth of his daughter, Zoe with whom he would build
willow Easter baskets that they would subsequently plant in the ground and watch grow into trees.
Justin states that he had heard of a willow furniture maker in the area but was unable to locate
Beard until, in spring of 2012 MAG director Debi Danielson was able to put the two men together.
“George and I talked for four hours,” Roberts recalls of that first meeting, “and two months later my
wife, daughter and I moved in. I have been making willow furniture ever since.”
Roberts was juried into the Ky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen in the spring of 2014. His willow
furniture can be found locally at the Murray Downtown Saturday Market. He will be demonstrating
furniture building at the Discovery Park of America in Union City TN over the next year.
Cooper Levering, a native of Frankfort, KY studied ceramics at Murray State University. He currently
works as a computer technician while pursuing his passion for ceramics in his home studio in Murray.
Levering’s work is primarily non-functional, or sculptural, and he works in black and white. His work is
influenced by the mechanics used in bourbon distilleries known throughout Kentucky.
Levering’s work was featured in the 2013 Louisville show On the Rocks at Spot5 Gallery. The exhibition
featured artists displaying their unique inspirations to the regionally iconic beverage of bourbon. In 2013
he also exhibited alongside renowned clay artist Wayne Bates at the Murray Art Guild.
Levering can be seen conducting clay workshop at the MAG Summer Art Party. His work can be seen
on his webpage at www.cooperlevering.com.
COOPER LEVERING
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Give it a try – DIY Marbling on Paper
M
by Shannon Duffy
arbling is a printmaking technique that can be quite simple or complex in design. The best thing about
marbling is it’s easy to do and all ages can participate For those unfamiliar with the medium, marbling is
the process of creating designs by floating pigment on the surface of a liquid substance, like water or oil. When
you gently press a substrate like paper or cloth to your colored surface, you’ll get a swirly, psychedelic transferred
design. Marbling can be used as backgrounds for collages or photos, to decorate journals and notebooks, or to wrap
small gifts. If you click on the QR code you can find a video tutorials showing you how my children created marbled
paper for cards for teacher appreciation week. You will need: watercolor paper, container of water, newspaper, small
paint brushes, Suminagashi marbling inks (can be purchased online). Process:
1. Start with a fresh container of water large enough
for the paper to lay flat. Water should be at least
2 inches deep.
2. Begin to gently touch the top of the water with marbling ink using one color at a time. Place new color inside the center of the previous color.
5.Now lift your paper and lay it out to dry on paper
towel or newspaper. Avoid touching or blotting
the paper.
3.After you have reached your desired pattern.
You can blow or fan the colored ink around to
create a pattern.
7. Lay the sheet out flat on a clean, protected surface.
Once it’s been drying for a while, you can lay a
heavy book on top of it to keep the edges from
curling (slide a piece of paper in between to protect
your book). You can iron marbled sheets on low when they are dry.
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Empty Bowls
Friday, October 17
5pm - 7pm
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The purpose of
art is washing the
dust of daily life
off our souls.
~ Pablo Picasso
Artists are helping our community through creativity and awareness. Throughout the year we’ve
been making hundreds of bowls. On October 17 the Guild will host a soup dinner where participants
will, for a minimum donation of $15, select a handmade bowl and enjoy a simple meal. All proceeds
from the event go to to Murray Calloway County Need Line. Participants go home with a one of a kind
bowl – which continues to serve as a reminder of those in need, of all the empty bowls in the world.
Art, good food, good friends and a good cause, join us.
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FRANCIS WELLS –
Nationally Renowned Watercolor Artist
by Francis Wells with Introduction by Pam Rockwell
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embers of the Murray art community are fortunate and honored to have
Francis Wells working among us. It is impossible to look at her paintings
without seeing that each creative work is infused with a lifetime of heart and soul. Her
own words best tell the story of a half century of artistic pursuit.
“As a child of nine, I was suddenly and profoundly moved by the fleeting beauty
of a winter morning sun glistening like diamonds on ice-coated tree branches. The
sun had begun its rise behind the trees sending shards of brilliant light through the
branches. It took my breath. The ice looked like a million
diamonds sprinkled on the trees and made a tinkling and
cracking sound as it melted in the sun. The memory of that
vision is with me even today.
“That was the first time I was absolutely touched by
the beauty in nature. Through the years, I have been in awe
of God’s landscapes, never two the same. At times, I have
tried to interpret those landscapes in an artistic way, but
of course, that is impossible. The more I attempt, the more
humble I feel at the magnificence of nature.
“A native Kentuckian, I graduated Sturgis schools in
Union County, Kentucky. Art was not taught as a subject
then. I remember the great pleasure that I had in working
on a few art projects assigned by regular classroom
teachers.
“After high school I attained my degree in art from
Murray State University. Twenty-nine years were spent teaching art at the Union
County High School, in Morganfield, KY. During my teaching career, I was also
developing a career as a professional artist by taking part in exhibits in the Tri-State
and selling reproductions of my drawings and paintings. It was during the early
1990’s, the publishers MacMillan, Prentice-Hall, and St. Martin’s Press purchased
the reproduction rights to eight of my paintings, with the images used on covers of
college textbooks.
“I have always painted and studied art except for a period of about four years
following the severe tragedy of my 27 year old son, Jason’s, death in 1995. It would be
four years before I would paint again, after I embraced the idea that I do believe that
God allows us certain abilities and knowledge about a subject, and he intends for us
to use these abilities during our lifetime.
“In 2000, the Kentucky Wildlife Exhibit at the Henderson Fine Art Center included
my painting, Jason’s Doves. The juried exhibit included entries from thirty states.
Jason’s Doves is a visual statement that his spirit is always with us and that we will be
together again. It is a tribute to Jason and our love for him.
“After living in Augusta, GA for 18 years, my husband and I relocated to Murray,
Kentucky to be near our families. I became a member of the Murray Art Guild and I
have entered and won awards in the annual Visual Evidence exhibit each year, this
year winning Best of Show for my abstract painting “Four More”.
“When do I paint? Always. I could be waiting in a check out line or other busy
place and hear an interesting word. In my mind’s eye, I
proceed to arrange colors and shapes all built around a
thought created by a word. My work has evolved over the
years from representational to abstract expressionism.
“My paintings have been accepted into juried exhibits
in many places, including California, New York, Georgia,
South Carolina, Alabama, Missouri, Indiana, and Kentucky.
The ultimate quest of many watercolor painters is to
become a Signature Member of the American Watercolor
Society in New York City. Some fifteen years ago, I made
that quest mine. In the past six years, I have been accepted
into the juried American Watercolor International Exhibit
a total of three times. In 2014 the coveted Signature
Membership was award to me.
Other recent exhibits include The American Signature
Watercolor Exhibit 2014 (only for Signature Membership
artists), Fallbrook, CA (award), the Kentucky Derby Exhibit 2011, Frankfort, KY, National
Watercolor Exhibit, Southern Watercolor Exhibit 2010, Kentucky Watercolor Exhibit
2009, where my painting “Tattooed Mama” was given the Kentucky Artist Award,
Watercolor USA Exhibit, Award and Honor Society 2009. Also Georgia Watercolor
Exhibit 2005 with Signature Membership and award. Over 75 art exhibits have
included my work.
Over the past half-century, Ms Wells has produced an estimated one thousand
paintings and drawings. Her perspective on her life is that, through heredity and
environment she has been given a priceless gift. She recognizes immense satisfaction
and fulfillment in her life and expresses gratitude that she has “been blessed far
more than any one person deserves.” Those of us who know and have the pleasure of
working alongside Ms Wells might question that. The integrity and beauty of her work
indicates that she has not squandered the gifts that have been bestowed on her.
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JULY
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14 – 18
21 – 25
28 – 8.1.14
Summer Art Party – Monster Draw Rally
Opening: George Bandarra –Works in Metal Exhibition
Youth Workshop – Acrylic Painting (full)
Youth Workshop – Experiment, Play, Print!
Printmaking and Paper Marbling
Youth Workshop – Art & Animals: 2D and 3D Creativity
Youth Workshop – Clay Camp
AUGUST
Guild Gallery: OMAS Award Exhibition, Jacob Melvin
YOU’RE
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Member’s Exhibition
and Art Market Co-op
Holiday Open House
Sunday December 7, 2 pm
Murray Art Guild
Small Works is our annual member’s exhibition where all
MAG members are invited to showcase their best work of
the year; it’s small works so we can pack the gallery. This
exhibition is a celebration of the diversity and quality of
creative work in our area.
Along with the exhibition opening, the Art Market Co-op will
be open and will feature handmade gifts for the holidays.
SEPTEMBER
Guild Gallery: Book Arts curated by Terry Joe Sledd
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Guild Gallery: CCM S Student Art Exhibition
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playing and singing with the Eddy Grove Trio.
Sean and Kala are two fine musicians.”
Sean Mestan is a mostly self-taught musician/
guitarist, having had a few classical guitar lessons
along the way with some violin lessons from
Connie Ottway which helped him to become more
proficient on his mandolin. He’s been playing
acoustic guitar since his teenage years and has
recently been adding the ukulele to his arsenal
and to the sounds of the Eddy Grove Trio. He lists
James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, Kenny Loggins and
Jim Messina among his musical influences. When
asked about any special musical achievements,
Mestan says, “the only honor I have is getting to
play alongside someone as talented as Kala Dunn”.
All three members contribute vocally and in
their short year of existence, have graced some
wonderful stages including The WKMS Grand
Supper Club, several beautiful weddings, and many
more evenings at their point of inception, The Eddy
Grove Winery. Eddy Grove Trio is actively booking
dates and can be contacted at facebook.com/
EddyGroveTrio.
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O
ver the last year or so you may have come
across the name Eddy Grove Trio. If you’re
lucky enough, as were the attendees of the 2013
Murray Art Guild’s Summer Art Party, you’ve been
enchanted by their wonderful music!
Approximately one year ago, Kala Dunn and
Sean Mestan were performing as a duo at Eddy
Grove Winery in Princeton, Ky., while Dr. Gary
Brockway was in attendance with his banjo in
tow. The three had history, Dunn receiving guitar
lessons from Mestan in the past and Mestan a
former student of Brockway at Murray State
University. However, the three had never combined
their efforts. Needless to say, the Trio was born on
this night, rehearsals ensued, and many beautiful
evenings of music were to be made.
Dunn is a lifelong student of music. She has
a bachelor’s degree in music from Murray State
University in the area of piano performance and is
a 2006 graduate of The Interlochen Arts Academy
where she studied flute with Nancy Stagnitta.
Dunn also spent a summer studying piano at
The Brevard Music Center with Donna Lee and
Elisabeth Pridonoff.
Beyond Kala’s gorgeous vocals, she plays bass
for the Trio, a talent she began to develop roughly
a year and a half ago. When asked for her feelings
about the group, Dunn adds, “We just love to play
together, no matter the occasion. It’s a chance to
hang out with friends and play music; what could
be better?”
Brockway is a retired MSU professor. He played
in a folk/bluegrass trio during his college years in
the 1970s but states his career in higher education
placed his banjo on the back burner for several
years. Since his retirement, He has found time for
playing, practicing and learning new material.
Brockway has attended an acoustic music camp
in Maryville, Tenn. for the past three summers
and is currently taking additional online courses
n keeping
with Murray
Art Guild’s
(MAG) mission of
motivating artistic
growth through
community arts
development,
Murray Art
Guild director,
Debi Danielson
presented the 2014
MAG/OMAS student award to the Organization
of Murray Art Students (OMAS) at their spring art
exhibition. Jacob Melvin received the monetary
award as well as an opportunity for a solo art
exhibition in the MAG gallery.
The student who receives the MAG/OMAS
award is chosen on the basis of both the quality
and merit of their artwork and their ability to
fulfill the requirement of a solo exhibit. The
award provides the student, typically a second
semester junior or first semester senior, an
opportunity to prepare for exhibiting in larger
venues.
Danielson said the Murray Art Guild chose
to sponsor the annual award to support art
students and to keep an ongoing connection
between MAG and MSU students who often
volunteer at the guild or are involved in guild
projects like the Art Hop, Empty Bowls, VSA and
other exhibitions and events. This connection
fosters appreciation for the commitment to
artistic growth and expression that is cultivated
in community arts centers.
We congratulate Jacob Melvin on his
achievement and look forward to hanging his
printmaking work in the MAG gallery. The exhibit
will run through the month of August, 2014.
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Who is That Masked Artist?
by Pam Rockwell
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veryone associated with the Murray Art Guild
is keenly aware of what guild director, Debi
Henry Danielson has done over the past decade to
expand art programming, create dynamic outreach
projects like Empty Bowls and the Art Trolly
Hop, and bring fabulous regional artists into the
exhibition galleries at both the Murray Art Guild
and the Miller Center in Murray. What might be
easily overlooked, however, is Danielson’s behindthe-scenes, quiet, passionate and persistent pursuit
of her own creative visual expressions.
On any given day a visitor to the vibrant
scene at the Murray Art Guild will hear Danielson
saying things like, “I’m heading to Playhouse
to teach the preschool Whirl class…There’s a
clogged drain in the upper studio bathroom,
YUCK! ... I have a meeting at the middle school
about Operation Preparation … the electrician is
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It’s about finding the
beauty in the mundane
whether it is painting
or photography
or printmaking.
coming to work on the metals studio lights … I’m
hanging Visual Evidence … The Co-op schedule
is by the register … I have set up the Summer Art
Workshops schedule … I’m teaching the Special
Olympics painting class this year … deadline for
artsMAGazine ads is the end of next month … I’m
working on website updates today ... and on and on.
And then, suddenly you might hear, “Wait! Hold
that pose!”…and…click…Debi has captured an
image that, in a review of recent works exhibited
in Twenty Years Later at UT Knoxville, is likened
to the work of renowned photography artist Susan
Santog. And photography is not even Danielson’s
primary medium.
“I became fascinated with photography in high
school,” Danielson says. She spent a great deal of
time after school in the studio of local photographer
Wilson Wooley. She recalls, “He would give me a
camera and rolls and rolls of film and tell me to
come back tomorrow.” Using his darkroom she
spent endless hours developing the hundreds of
pictures she had taken pushing the
developing process to enhance the
street photography and landscape
images that had captivated her
through the lens. “I would also, in
those years, spend so much time
in the darkroom at a friend’s house
that her dad would come down
at one a.m. and remind me to go
home.”
Danielson graduated from
Murray High School with the
intention of pursuing photography in college. Her
heart was set on attending Center College where,
photography not being offered, she immersed
herself in painting. “That’s when I definitely fell in
love with painting and,” she states, “began painting
seriously.” She admits with a grin, however that she
really knew there was something about painting
when, at age 5, “my mom would sit us out on the
concrete patio with water buckets and brushes to
create images that would miraculously disappear in
the sun only to be created over and over again.”
Upon earning B.A. degrees in a double major
– painting and history (which, she explains, gave
her the opportunity to explore both art and culture)
she was accepted into the M.A. program at Murray
State where she painted under Bob Head. Her
outstanding work in the M.A. program earned her
a graduate assistantship in painting and drawing at
the University of Knoxville. Danielson’s graduate
explorations with encaustic, egg tempera and other
mixed media painting processes eliminated any
doubt in her mind about what she wanted to do.
She returned to her hometown after completing
her studies at UT Knoxville with an M.F.A. in
painting. She did some adjunct teaching at MSU,
taught children’s art classes and opened an art
supply store. She became president of the Murray
Art Guild which boasts a 47-year history of
supporting the artistic expression of our area artists.
Danielson’s commitment to the art guild and its
mission eventually led her to become director.
As her involvement at the Murray Art Guild
has become increasingly demanding on her time,
She has found it difficult to work in her primary
medium, painting. In response and with the
undying spirit of an artist she has quietly returned
to the camera and, through its lens created a new
body of work that is as powerful as it is poignant.
Like her non-objective paintings, the photographs
in her recent works are, “as has always been the case
with my work, about what is right in front of me…
what I see in the day to day. It’s about finding the
beauty in the mundane whether it is painting or
photography or printmaking.”
Printmaking? What?!!
She goes on to describe to me about the
linoleum block prints of “the duck, the dog, the cat,
the rabbit, the deer…you know, the things outside
my back window. I think of my work now as a giant
sketchbook,” Danielson explains. “I am exploring
things. The prints, like the pen and ink circle
drawings I’ve created over the past 5 years keep
me involved in the creative process so that when
I do have more time the well won’t be dry.” I have
no fear of that happening to this artist’s well, and I
can’t wait to see these small prints. I know, from my
years of following Danielson’s work that we are in
for a treat when these diminutive carved creatures
reveal themselves as the familiar objects within a
non-real space that has become the hallmark of her
artistic vision.
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Positively Fourth Street: A Flourishing Community Garden
A
community garden concept for the property
behind the Murray Art Guild took root in
2011; and now, in its fourth year, the Positively
Fourth Street Community Garden is a thriving
space with individuals and local organizations
harvesting benefits. In 2011, Jereme Rose, of Green
Solutions Recycling, while picking up recyclable
materials behind the MAG, observed that the area
where greenhouses had once stood was ideal for
a community garden. With approval from MAG
director Debi Danielson, Jereme and members of
the Journey Church began constructing raised beds
which could be rented by guild and community
members for the purpose of growing vegetables
and flowers. Jereme’s group received donations
from local businesses for materials for constructing
the beds. Volunteer groups such as the Murray
Calloway Special Olympic Delegates and MAG
members assisted in preparing the beds. Once the
beds were built and soil prepared, gardens began to
sprout and prosper.
Each year, the soil is amended at the start of the
growing season. This summer, because the original
wood frames around each bed had begun to decay,
volunteers have been replacing the wood with
locally donated bricks. Approximately 7 community
members are presently using spaces in the garden.
Growers bring their own tools and share a water
hose. A $15 rental fee for each bed goes to help
with the MAG’s water bill. MAG member Terry Joe
Sledd, who is growing tomatoes, spinach, red chard,
cabbage and squash, enjoys taking a break from
work in his studio to gather fresh salad ingredients
for his lunch each day. He appreciates the sense of
community in the garden – people share plants,
knowledge, and help each other weed and put
down straw.
With the encouragement of Murray State
University sociology program director Dr. Scott
Byrd, four plots have been devoted to producing
vegetables for Murray’s Need Line. Along with Byrd,
Murray State University’s Murray Environmental
Student Society (MESS) and other university
volunteers are doing the work to grow tomatoes,
green beans and peppers, which will go to the local
agency to help feed those in need.
Willow and folk artist Justin Roberts is planting
dipper, bottle and ornamental gourds in one of
the community garden beds, and will be creating a
willow, cedar and metal structure for them to grow
on, thus forming a gourd tunnel. At his daughter
Zoe’s suggestion, Justin is organizing a Garden Walk
and Music Festival to be held in the community
garden area on September 6th. The purpose of the
event, which will feature music, games, food and
artists displaying and demonstrating their work, is
to raise awareness of the MAG and the community
garden, and to keep them thriving and growing.
The Positively Fourth Street Community Garden
has not only revitalized an empty space behind the
Murray Art Guild, it has afforded the MAG another
way to serve the community. Individuals are
provided a space to garden, and volunteer groups
have a place and means to produce food for local
agencies like Murray’s Need Line. As the community
garden continues to grow, so does the need for
volunteers. For information on volunteering at the
MAG and/or with the community garden project,
please call Debi at the MAG at 270-753-4059.
HAZEL
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270-492-8388
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Garden Walk
Arts and Music Festival
Saturday, Sept. 6 • 6pm til dusk
A new event for the Guild, this event will
applaud the work in the Community Garden
and will feature a Gourd Tunnel created by
willow artist Justin Roberts.
fun for the whole family
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