White Oak Studio

2007 Promotional Schedule, Exhibits & Open Houses:

Spring - Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 2007 Juried Area Show

June10 -  August 18 - “Fiber Play 2007″ group show at Creative Spirit Center, Midland, MI

September 20 & 21 - Country Woman Magazine Interview and photo session at White Oak Studio

October 6 & 7 - Studio open during 2007 Blue Coast Artist’s Tour, weekend, Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

October 8 - Meeting of the Saugatuck/Douglas Art Club at Whte Oak Studio, 7:15 p.m. The public is invited.

November 2 - Opening reception, “DIalog with Plants” Till Midnight Gallery, Holland, 6-8 p.m.  The public is invited.

A date for the Country Woman magazine interview has been set. September 21 is now pencilled on my calendar. (This is conveniently scheduled close to the October visit from the Saugatuck Art Club so any fall mums and decorating will be enjoyed by both groups)

I sent a letter and materials to Ann Kaiser, the editor of Country Woman magazine (Reiman Publications) www.countrywomanmagazine.com almost three years ago. Ann e-mailed me expressing interest last summer but could not find the time to make the trip to MI. She called again last week and it appears that this may be the summer for the interview.  She is mainly interested in the papermaking from plants process so that will be the focus of the article and my artwork will be a “sidebar’ to that.

This magazine is “country orientated”  and is interested in rurally based women and shares their interesting stories about their country lifestyle.  They publish country orientated magazines, books and other items.

This is definitely not the largest magazine in the world, nor one dedicated to the world of art, but it is national  and should glean me more national exposure. One just never knows where the next commission, invitation to exhibit or publicity article will come from.

Today I mailed my application to the 44th Holland Friends of Art, Juried Fine Arts Competition. I sent a CD with two canvas pieces, “Whisper in the Woods” (the piece with the image transfer photograph that won the $100.00 price at the KIA show) and a new triptic, “Season of Ferns.”

This event, though sponsored by the Holland Friends of Art, will take place at the Holland Area Arts Council site www.hollandarts.org  The opening reception for this event takes place September 14 and runs through October 25. There are approximately $4,000 in awards to be selected by the juror.

Holland is exceptionally “arts friendly” and I would like to get my work out more in that area. I taught at the ats council and have been a member. I was also a member of the Holland Friends of Art for one year but, quite frankly was disapponted in the fact that I only received one newsletter and that the group seems geared to painters (and somewhat limited by this majority.