SHOW: Wooden Cow Gallery Opening & Awards

Last evening was our Colored Pencil Group Show reception at the Wooden Cow Gallery. If you didn't make it, you can still have a belated peak of some of the festivities here:What a nice turn out! But if you missed last night's exciting festivities, fear not! The show is up for another week, come on by and check it out!

The awards have been posted - Congratulations to:
Barbara Nahler Copper Grid
Winner of the Cow's Choice Award, and a $100 cash prize!

Rex Barron Intel Inside
Award of Excellence

Ann Jeffries Pretty Pink Prickly Pear Pod
Award of Excellence

Benn Nurry Spider Rock
Award of Excellence

And last but not least, all attendees of the reception event were invited to vote for their favorite colored pencil piece hanging in the show and when the votes were tallied there was very nearly a tie! There was a last minute tie break and the award and $100 cash prize went to:

Melinda Beavers AquaLuna

And VERY close runner up Les Lamkin with his portrait of William Cody

Member News: Santos' New Website

Santos de los Angeles has a new website up - check it out!
Don't forget to bookmark it and visit again often for updates.

EVENT: Reception at the First Unitarian Art Gallery

Date: Friday June 4, 5:30 to 7:00 pm
Please invite friends, family, neighbors . . .

Please confirm if you can bring:
Punch - water, soft drinks (prefer 'white' - non-staining) - Audrey are you the 'punch person'?
Cookies & or other 'non-messy' nibbles like grapes & crackers
Paper goods (cups, plastic glasses, plates, napkins) Midge please confirm if we/you have plenty of this stuff (I have a stash at home)

I'll be there with a minimum set up by 5:00.

Also, you can have prints, cards or other small stuff to sell at the reception.

Contact me if you have any questions.

See you there.
-betty

REMINDER/RECAP: Our Show at First Unitarian Church, May 29th

First: thanks to everyone who contributed art materials for the hospitalized veterans. Good work gang.

Second: here are the drop off and pick up schedule details for the show at the First Unitarian Church. Remember, if you possibly can send them your paperwork before Saturday morning if would relieve some anxiety on their part. I think they're a little nervous that there won't be enough stuff to fill the space.


LOCATION: First Unitarian Church, 3701 Carlisle NE, ABQ (plenty of parking)

ARTWORK DROP OFF / SHOW HANGING
May 29: SATURDAY, 8:30 am - until complete
Required: Substantial frames with wire hangers - "ready to hang"
Inventory sheet (2 copies)
Labels - with title, price and your name - download here.

Remember their commission is 30% and they promise to forward your payment no later than two weeks after the end of the exhibition.

RECEPTION: Confirmed date & time, set-up arrangements etc, as soon as I hear (next day or so). Then it's up to us to invite everyone we know to come.

PICK UP ARTWORK
July 10: SATURDAY, 8:30 - 10:00 am

-- Betty

ps - Also take a look at the Art Gallery page on the UUABQ website.

New Mexico Artists Selected for 18h Annual CPSA International Exhibition

If I'm counting right there are five New Mexico artists accepted for the National CPSA Show:

Melinda Beavers, CPSA - Sleepy Bears
Betty Lehnus - New Mexico Sky, November (pictured left)
Nancy Wood Taber, CPSA - Key to Opportunity
Wendell Unzicker - On the Road #2
Adam Welch - Head On

Congrats to all!
betty

First Unitarian: Group Show Label

Download a Word document by clicking on the image to the left. Fill out one label for each piece you plan to submit (in Word, please no handwritten labels) then print the label and cut it out. Please bring all printed & cut labels to our meeting on May 22nd.

Please note: You still need to fill out and sign the entry agreement handed out at the meeting. That is the official "contract" with the church. If you missed the meeting or did not get one of these forms, more will be available at the May 22nd meeting.

Email me if you have any issues downloading the Word document.
Thanks!
-melinda-

Upcoming Show: First Unitarian Church, May 29th

Our show at the First Unitarian Church is coming up. The show is scheduled to be hung Saturday morning May 29 and come down Saturday morning July 10.

I've talked to a rep of the Arts & Aesthetics Committee and expect to have more details before our April meeting.

Meanwhile, they'd like some idea of how many artists will participate and what the total number of works will be, so if you can send me a note in the next week or so saying you're 'in' and how many works you'll show that would be helpful.

thanks,
betty