November 2011

President’s Message

Dear NPAC Members & Friends,

Dear members please pay your 2012 membership dues during these last months of 2011 and receive a 10% discount on purchases you make in the NPAC gift shop. Shop for the holidays in our Artisan Port!

November 5, Saturday, 10am-1pm, is another opportunity to deliver your artwork for display in the NPAC Treasures art show. Reception & Awards: November 12, 4-6pm. Bring your friends.

November 6, Sunday, is the All Faith’s Food Bank Bowls of Hope soup tasting fundraiser at Phillippi Estate Park, Sarasota, 11am-3pm. For $25, you will receive a bowl of your choice and selection of three soups or other sustaining food to help feed the hungry in Sarasota County.

Volunteers from the Community and NPAC members are coming November 12, Saturday, 10am-12pm to make “Bowls of Hope” for the Next All Faith’s Food Bank fundraiser in North Port, March 4, 12-3pm, a first time event in South County, Bowls of Hope on the Green. Do sign up for a work space in our Clay Art and Sculpture Studio 941-423-6460.

Those of you that submitted your Turnabout artwork, on Oct. 28, to the North Port Public Library for the North Port Poetry Workshop display, know about their ‘Open Mic’ readings outside, near the pond (weather permitting) or inside scheduled November 19, 1-2:30pm and 2:30-4pm for a Reception. Do take the time to attend, honoring the North Port Poetry Workshop members, who are supportive of the North Port Art Center.

The NPAC Poinsettia Parade Tree Committee stated that the wooden ornaments (bells, stars, balls, and houses) are ready to be picked up for painting, instructions included. All are invited to participate!

November 15, Monday, 7pm, Monthly Membership meeting will give you the opportunity to enjoy observing Award Winning Artist and Muralist Frances Smith sharing her ‘Animal’ painting techniques. This meeting is free to the Public, also!  Invite your friends.

We will continue applying for grants, but actual monies from grants are on their schedule, into the future.  NPAC, like all other art centers, needs DONATIONS to supplement the membership and class fees. Do talk with your friends and invite them to tour the North Port Art Center.  Come while we are offering the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Free Saturdays Kids Art Classes, 10-11:30am. Give them the opportunity to see the happy faces that abound. Give them a tour of the Gallery and Artisan Port gift shop. Many new items came in this week. Call 941-423-6460 and set up an appointment with Carol for your group to tour the Art Center. How much do you appreciate what NPAC is doing in the community? Please DONATE!

Thank you,

Louise Hall, President

After retiring from both Pennsylvania and Florida school systems. Kathy Danskers decided to fulfill her life long desire to explore her creative side. She took a class at The William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Northern Georgia, where she studied Glass fusing from Addie Depetro and fell in love with the wonders of fused glass. She studied under Addie three more times as well as Rich Dillion, Nancy Calloway and Renee Wright. She also studied glass from Petra Kaiser at Edison College in Fort Myers, Florida. Kathy especially likes to manipulate very hot glass to produce unique pieces.

In addition to fusing glass, Kathy also wraps her pieces in sterling and gold wire. She studied under the talented Dianne Rinehart at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda, Florida.

In 2010, she persuaded her husband to take a class in opals at William Holland because she loves opals. The pieces he created were so beautiful that she decided to study opals under Joe Depetro last summer. She and her husband have cut all types of opals including top opals from the Lightning Ridge Mines in Australia. Pieces have been constructed from boulder, Ethiopian and precious opal.

Last year Kathy taught herself to cut Cabochons. Her favorite stone is Dominican Larimar with its beautiful sea blue color and attractive patterns. Kathy and her husband journeyed to the mine in the Dominican Republic where the stone is mined exclusively.

Kathy has projects in the North Port Art Center and can be found at the North Port Farmer's and Craft Market on Saturdays, where she loves to explain her techniques to others.

Executive Director’s Message

"Arts Alive" Festival sARTée has been off to a great start. Over 500 people were in attendance here at the Art Center on October 15th! Thank You Lemarque Elementary Chorus Group and special thanks to Director, Kim Campos. The children's performance was a delight. Thank you, Joyful Ringers for your marvelous accompaniment  of Bell Ringing with the children and your beautiful songs. NPAC always appreciates when you are here and share your talents so freely with us. Thank you, Winging-It. I believe this is this trio's seventh time of performing here at the Center. No two performances have been alike. You guys are always fresh with a new sound that the people respond to in such a positive way. Thank you, Josh Rodrigues for playing your acoustical guitar in the Pottery Studio and Main Building.

Thank you, NPAC visual artists for giving your time and talents here during sARTée. Special thanks to Ron Sanders-Oil, Nancy Colby- Watercolor, Clare Harvey- Acrylic, Sandi Hilliard- Oil, Doug Corcini-Sculpture, Coleen Henry- Watercolor&Acrylic, Patricia MacLean- Acrylic, Bob Bolling- Archie Illustrator& Oil, Faith Bradburn Keller- Acrylic&Oil, Sheryl Unwin- Pencil, Carroll Stone-Mixed Media, Kathleen Wilke- Watercolor, Charles Wilke- Wood Carving, Chris Sylvester- Jewelry, Robin McKay- Woodworking, Bonnie Rodgers- Mixed Media. All of the NPAC artists had fun playing and creating, as music filled the air. What a fantastic eclectic gathering of the ARTS! I personally enjoyed watching as your artwork came to life as the evening progressed.

Thank you, Potter- Sharon Dumont for being such a trooper and manning the Pottery Studio, welcoming the public and doing clay demos.

Also, one Saturday morning over 45 people from the community showed up to create "Bowls of Hope"in the Pottery Studio. Thank you, Howard Hartke and Ricardo Hicks for overseeing this. Also, 50 Children were in attendance in the Free Saturday Program.  There was a huge imprint Saturday here at the NPAC.

The General Meeting will be Monday, November 14 at 7pm. Frances Smith will do a Mixed Media Demo. Frances is a long-term NPAC Member, acclaimed muralist and Art Instructor. A Workshop will be presented by Frances on November 15, 9am-3 pm - Animal Portraits Mixed Media. This will be a fun and educational Workshop. Call the Center for more details.

Tickets are on sale for the NPAC Yearly Fundraiser: Cabaret with Kitt Moran -  Cost $50.00 per seat. Where else can you experience such a night of marvelous entertainment filled with fun, and support the visual arts at the same time? The North Port Art Center will present Kitt Moran in a New York style Cabaret performance. Ms. Moran delivers a captivating, dramatic musical  experience, utilizing the best of The Great American Songbook, American Musical Theater, Cinema, and the Jazz repertoire. Kitt will be accompanied by Mike Moran and Dominic Mancini on piano and contrabass. This promises to be a wonderful way to support the Art Center and enjoy an evening of the performing arts, not soon forgotten. We have only announced ticket sales through our newsletter so far. There will be limited seating.  If you snooze, you lose. Call the Center to reserve your seating as soon as possible. Event will be Saturday, March 24 at 7pm. The Art Center will be transformed into a Cabaret ambiance with café style seating with 4  people per table. This will be an evening to remember as  Kitt performs, fine wine and food will be served. Tables have already been reserved from as far away as Minnesota! A full color Performance Program will also be created for this exciting event. Please encourage  sponsorship by telling local businesses that you are involved with, to support the NPAC through advertising and becoming a Patron of the Arts.

I would like to remind you that the next submission for the next gallery exhibition is Saturday, November 5, 10am-1pm for Treasures What do you treasure? All mediums are welcome! Up to three pieces are allowed per artist. Did you know that over 7,000 people have viewed the works in the Gallery since the beginning of the year? NPAC is here to showcase its artists, please enjoy the benefits of membership by partaking in this exhibition. Reception will be Saturday, November 12, 4pm-6pm. Awards will be given then.

Thank You members, volunteers, board of directors, staff and community for giving so much to the North Port Art Center. It is a privilege and honor to serve as the executive director of NPAC. Warmly yours,

Carol Neagles, Executive Director

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Call for Art Home for the Holidays

The City of North Port has once again requested us to decorate the city Christmas tree for the tree lighting ceremony on Saturday, December 12, which immediately follows the Poinsettia Parade. The city would like us to follow the theme Home for the Holidays. We are hoping many members will volunteer their artistic talents by creating a painting on pre-cut wooden shapes which will be hung on the N.P. Christmas tree. The shapes are: balls, bells, houses and stars.

Use your imagination; maybe a painting of the holiday festivities at one of the beaches, a stocking hung by the fireside or a special memory of your home town during the holidays. It could be an oil/acrylic painting, collage, photograph or wood burning. The "back side" of the wood should be painted or sealed with a protective finish (in color) to compliment the decorated side as they will be hung on the tree outside exposed to the elements during the festivities. Please secure your finished ornament with a coordinated color ribbon for hanging.

The unpainted ornaments can be picked up at NPAC beginning TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1. YOUR BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS ON WOOD NEED TO BE RETURNED TO NAPC NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30.

Membership

Renewal Requested

Those that renew their North Port Art Center Membership, this last fiscal quarter will receive Membership good through December 2012. An added bonus, those that renew early will receive 10% off all Artisan Port Gift Shop purchases through 2011. All renewals are due January 1, 2012 . The Gift Shop is a great place to find one of a kind creations for all your Holiday needs.

We have many payment options available to you. Cash, check, money order, Visa, and MasterCard. please call the Center at 941-423-6460 you can charge by phone, or use our convenient Pay-Pal service on line As you know, we are a 501(c3) non-profit, members organization that brings a quality of life through the Visual arts to our community. Because of Members such as yourself we continue to offer Adult ongoing 6-week class sessions of Art Instruction in many mediums. Seventy new Workshops have been added recently. 1,600 Children will have received" Free Saturday Art Instruction" by the end of the year. 2,200 Senior residents will have the joy of Art Therapy Instruction through 25 different Health Care Facilities from Port Charlotte through Venice. 350 Bowls have been made through the NPAC Pottery Studio for All Faiths Food Bank. Over 400 people have had the experience of working with Clay since the pottery building was opened in January 2010.

We thank you as a Patron of the Arts for your valued continuing support of the North Port Art Center through your Membership Renewal. It is because of people such as yourself that have made Arts Alive here in North Port, Florida.