October 2011

President’s Message

Dear NPAC Members & Friends,

Gloria Keefe 941-429-1605 and Joyce Ciambor 215-872-3663 are chairing the December 10 Poinsettia Parade large Holiday Tree decorating, as a North Port Art Center responsibility. The theme is “Home for the Holidays.” We need artists to volunteer to paint each side of wooden stars, houses, and bells; and someone to help saw around the shapes. Do let Gloria and Joyce know you are interested in helping.

October 8, 9am-5pm, Paddlepalooza is at our front door! Launching off the Dallas White Park ramp on Sam Shapos Way. This is a chance for North Porters to experience our waterways through rowing, canoeing, kayaking and paddling in a Dragon Boat or on a standup paddle board. There will be music, food, and bus transportation from parking, to the event.   Volunteers are needed to assist contact:  www.VisionNorthPort.com/Paddlepalooza.html

October 8, 10-11:30am, NPAC Kid’s Free Saturday Art Classes- Collage` & Mono-Prints.

October 10, 7pm., NPAC free member monthly meeting: Framer, Phillip Krum, will give a 20-minute presentation on framing your artwork and NPAC Art Instructor Judy Cowan Lee will demo acrylic painting.

October 12, 6-8pm, sARTe`e at North Port City Hall, all three floors will have artist’s demos, adult & youth art on display and music – free to the public.

October 15, 10-11:30am, Kid’s Free Saturday Art Classes - Weaving & Watercolor Experiments.

October 15, 10am-noon, “Bowls of Hope” hand building in the NPAC Clay Art and Sculpture Studio.

October 15, 7-9pm and October 22, 7-9pm, sARTe`e “Arts Alive” at NPAC with live music, art demos & displays, and poetry are free to the public.

October 22, 10-11:30am, Kid’s Free Saturday Art Classes – Pottery & Pastel Pumpkins.

Call ahead to register for NPAC Classes 941-423-6460 available in October and November for adults that are ongoing:

5-week Pottery sessions for members: $100+$20 to cover clay, glazing plus two firings:

Beginning Hand Building & Wheel Throwing - Tuesdays, 9:30am-noon and 13:30pm, by Howard Hartke;  Intermediate Wheel – Tuesdays, 6-8:30pm by Howard Hartke.

Bronze Sculpture – Wednesdays, 9am-noon (foundry charge is extra) by Doug Corsini; & Clay Sculpture – Wednesdays, 1-3:30pm, by Doug Corsini.

Beginning Raku –Wednesdays, 6-8:30pm, by Robert Hackert.  Members pay $100+$30 for clay, glazing, two firings and propane.

6-week sessions for members $75:

Paint it with Pastels, all levels - Mondays, 9am-noon or 1-4pm, by Jeff Davis;

Multi-Media Exploration – Mondays, 6-9pm by Jeff Davis.

Painting the Watermedia Experience – Mondays, 1-4pm by Bonnie Rodgers.

Beginning Stained Glass – Mondays, 69pm., by Karl Goudy.

Watercolor – Tuesdays, 9am-noon or 1-4pm, by Nancy Colby.

Studio Drawings & Painting – Tuesdays, 14pm by Ron Sanders.

Acrylics, all levels –Thursdays, 1-4pm, by Clare Harvey.

One Day Workshop:

Painting Made Simple & Fun with Sandi Hilliard on October 17, Monday, 10am2:30pm.

Cost: $40.00, supplies: $15.00

Share this schedule with friends and neighbors!  Details on our website: www.northportartcenter.com

Thank you,

Louise Hall, President

Beth Hornick moved here from Michigan in 2005. She began taking pottery classes with Howard Hartke at the Visual Art Center in Punta Gorda. Since January of 2011 she has been a member of the North Port Art Center. Beth continued to study with Howard right here in our new Pottery Studio. She has created several masks for next year’s Vision North Port Mardi Gras Ball, to be sold in their fund raiser. The masks have been on display at the North Port Art Center, North Port Library and will also be at City Hall.

Beth also assisted in the Clay Studio of the North Port Art Center helping the community create bowls for "Bowls of Hope". She also studies with Art Instructor Sandi Hilliard studying oil on wet canvas. Beth has a flare for the unusual, creating wonderful, fun and functional clay pieces that are glazed with food safe finishes that are also dishwasher safe. Her works range from whimsical and bright to carefree and organic.

In addition to pottery Beth also creates imaginative and unusual wire wrap jewelry using polished stones, shells, and a variety of semi precious stones and beads. Her works may also be purchased at the North Port Artisans Port Gift Shop. Beth may be commissioned to create that special piece you always dreamed of.

Executive Director’s Message

Arts Alive Festival sARTée will be here at the North Port Art Center on October 15 & 22.  Both evenings will be on a Saturday. The fun starts at 7pm. We are asking you to come and enjoy the marriage of our local performing and visual artists. Bring your favorite dish and a guest. Please call the NPAC or contact Carol Dawkins at wigwam000@verizon.net to let us know the type of dish you are bringing. The Center will provide the beverages and light hors d'oeuvres.

If you would like to be one of the demonstrating artists, please contact me at the Center. Thank You, Mosaic for being one of our sponsors.

NPAC General Meeting, open to the public, will be  Monday, October 10 at 7pm.  Framer, Phillip Krum, will do a 20-minute presentation on framing your artwork. NPAC Art Instructor, Judy Cowan Lee, will do a demo in Acrylic painting. Judy teaches youth here at the Center. She is also one of our Certified Art Therapy Instructors, teaching art as therapy in three eldercare facilities. Judy is an award winning artist that has exhibited her work for many years.

New Bowls of Hope sessions have been added to the calendar. 244 beautiful, one-of-a-kind bowls have been made to be sold at the Phillippi Estate Park event on November 6, 11am-3pm. This is a fundraiser to help feed the hungry. North Port will do the first event of this kind, "Bowls of Hope on the Green" on Sunday, March 4,  2012, 12-3pm. If you would like to help, please contact me at the Center.

Cabaret with Kitt Moran will be held at the Center, Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 7pm. Kitt will sing specially selected songs Cabaret style. Mike Moran will play keyboard, Dominic Mancini will be  on bass.  An evening of Cabaret (style) will include tasty treats and selected wines to complement the food. The ambiance will amaze you with small café style seating and only four to a round table. Seating is Limited. Tickets are $50.00 per person. Included, a night of entertainment (with a surprise to remember in the middle), food, dessert cart, wine and much more! You heard it first as an NPAC Member. Contact the center to get your ticket. Chick Soup performance sold 1,023 tickets. This will be an awesome premier event. All proceeds go to benefit NPAC.

Thank You, Jeri Riston for all the time, talents and energy you have given to NPAC over the years. Your marketing ideas and dedication to the arts as Artisan Port Gift Shop Manager have proved very successful. The displays are always fresh and new. Jeri is taking a break from managing the shop, but will continue as a valued member and exhibitor here at NPAC.

Thank You, President Louise Hall and member Bonnie Rodgers, for your successful and endless efforts of finding and securing Grant opportunities for us here the NPAC. Well done!

Angel Backpacks: A new non-profit organization is in need of an easy-up tent. If you have one you are willing to donate to them, please contact me at the Center.

Sixty-seven Workshops have been added to the schedule, it reads like a book! It is our hope to bring new learning opportunities in the arts to our members and the community. Non-members are encouraged to participate in workshops.

In these economically challenging times, NPAC continues to keep its membership fees low along with affordable classes and workshops. We will continue to teach art classes to 1,600  North Port children. NPAC is blessed to be a shining light in the community, expanding its outreach in the surrounding area through the arts. Your renewed membership is needed to sustain our "Mission" to provide the community with artistic support, art classes and educational, cultural events and programs. We ask that members such as you help our mission by continuing your membership. NPAC helps elevate the quality of life in our community by offering positive and creative activities and opportunities for all ages. Those that pay  membership this last quarter (now) will receive membership benefits good through December 2012. Your Membership is very import to the continued growth of the visual arts here in North Port. Please invite a friend, neighbor or business to join our family of membership. Events are always open and free to the public. You do not have to be an artist to enjoy NPAC. People here are positive, creative and friendly. Come and see—experience the arts in person in a warm and friendly environment.

Warmly yours,

Carol Neagles, Executive Director

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Earthenware Mirror by Jeri Riston

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