Friday, December 18, 2009
Happy Holidays from the TCWAA
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Impromptu Art & Dreams Get Together This Saturday
The last few months have been a whirlwind and I'm excited to announce that the TCWAA is jumping right back in where we left of a few months back!
We're starting with an impromptu get together at my house in Port St. Lucie this Saturday, 11/7 at 6:30 p.m.
Bring your dream journal, art journal, gratitude journal, daily planner, or anything else you might want to use to jot down some goals, dreams or intentions for the coming year. Also feel free to bring something creative to work on/play with while we chat.
Speaking of Art & Dreams, I'm so excited that my blog is featured in the latest issue of Artful Blogging!
Hope to see you Saturday!!!
xo,
Carmen
Monday, September 21, 2009
Join Us at Art Mundo on Saturday!
The TCWAA get together will be an Open Studio at Art Mundo in Fort Pierce!
Bring something to create with and enjoy some artful quality time!
The Open Studio starts at 6:00.
See you there!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Show and Tell - August 29
Bring your favorite complete projects to share with the group. We have such a talented group of women and I thought this would be a great way to get to know each other a little better and learn what inspires each of us.
August 29th at 6:00 p.m.
Carmen's House
in Port St. Lucie.
email carmen.tcwaa @ gmail.com
the address and/or directions
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I'm adding an upcoming events section to the blog.
If you are going to be teaching or doing a show or exhibit
and would like it to be added, please let me know!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Art Mundo Center for Creative Expression
The Art Mundo Center for Creative Expression, a not-for-profit community arts education organization, is located in Historic Downtown Ft. Pierce, FL. at the ArtBank, 111 Orange Ave. Co-founders Allie Comer, Sherry Horton, Ginny Piech Street and Deena Wynne began talking seriously about their dream in December 2007 and refined their ideas and goals at weekly meetings through the first part of 2008. Art Mundo incorporated in August 2008 and obtained its 501 (c) 3 status in January , 2009.. Its first educational event was a series of workshops, Discover the Artist Within, held in conjunction with the Backus Museum's annual Tribute to Backus exhibition this past March.
The original concept was for classes and workshops to be held at various venues around our community, while raising funds to find and secure a location. Then - thanks to the vision and generosity of Leo Henriguez, who developed The Renaissance Center and is the owner of the former SunTrust building, Art Mundo found its location on the bottom floor of the place now known as the ArtBank!
Soft exhibitions are planned for the wide halls and open spaces. Art Mundo will oversee operations at the ArtBank and plans to sponsor its educational offerings at this location. Classes began June 27 and open studios have been held every Wednesday evening since June 17. Upcoming courses and workshops include drawing, ceramics, basket making, mixed media and collage, papermaking, oil painting, acrylics and watercolor, fiber arts, wood working, book arts, sculpture, jewelry making, weaving, photography, printmaking and fine crafts. A professional series for artists is also planned with instruction in matting and framing, photoshop skills and marketing. Arts programs especially for children and school exhibits are also part of Art Mundo's plans for the future. For information on current and future classes see Art Mundo's blog: www.art-mundo.blogspot.com
Art Mundo's aim is to provide a supportive and engaging environment for people of all ages and backgrounds to create, study and present art. The organization is looking forward to the opportunity of providing a central resource for the arts community and envisions the ArtBank in historic downtown Ft Pierce as being an additional cultural draw for residents and visitors alike. Art Mundo, in conjunction with the ArtBank, intends to compliment the already thriving art community in the Treasure Coast area, with a broader reach planned for the future. "This venture has the potential of becoming an art center like the Torpedo Factory of Alexandria, VA, said Art Mundo co-founder Deena Wynne. We are so pleased to be a part of this endeavor with Leo Henriquez"
At this time, several of the studio spaces have been rented and there are still many spaces of varying sizes and costs still available. Currently, the ArtBank, located at 111 Orange Ave. is open Tuesdays 2:30 pm to 5 pm and Thursdays 1:30 pm. to 5 pm and also by appointment. Call 201-1605 or 216-2067 for more information. Volunteers welcome! The ArtBank will also be
open during the downtown Art Walks on the second Wednesday of every month and every Wednesday for Open Studios from 5 pm until 8 pm.
TCWAA is excited to announce that
we will be holding our September get together
at Art Mundo on September 26th!
Carmen will be teaching a mini Spill It!™ Workshop
from 3:30 - 5:00 followed by an
Open Studio at 6:00!
Come for one session or come for both!
Bring something creative to work on
and we'll get our art on...
TCWAA and Art Mundo style!
Hope to see you all there!
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Meet Indie Artist, Stacie Williams - Feature Friday
If you love metals, pearls, gemstones and vintage paper you are sure to find something Azoho that will put a smile on your face and in your heart.
and you can meet Stacie and see some of her beautiful jewelry in person!
Hope to see you Saturday!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Quick Reminder - July Festivities are this Saturday!!!
Where: Carmen's House in Port St. Lucie
(email me to get my address carmen.tcwaa @ gmail.com)
What do I need to bring? Yourself ! You can bring anything creative to work on! Also, you can get a sneak peak at Carmen's upcoming workshop!
Hope to see you all there!!!
Help spread the word.
Invite all your artsy and crafty friends.
Other ways to stay connected...
Follow us on Twitter.
Join our Facebook group.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Feature Friday-Lee Gorman Smith
According to her web site, Smith has, “painted and practiced art since graduating college.” She
has painted commercially and has been commissioned for private and corporate customers. In fact, viewers can email to inquire about commissions at Lee@LeeGSmith.com. Please include size, price and style requests.
Over the years, Smith has shown her support for the association of artists through her membership in the Vero Beach Art Club the Sebastian River Art Club, the Cape Cod Art Association and the National Acrylic Painters Association.
Smith states, “I am especially motivated to paint dramatic light events, patterns of shadows and displays of bright color.” Her love of her surroundings is reflected in her work. Working in plein air she uses a brush and canvas to preserve the divergent vistas of Florida and Massachusetts. Smith states, “ I have always enjoyed doing plein air painting…It is such a stimulating experience to be painting and to be immersed in the beautiful setting and source of
my desire to paint.” Her beautiful and whimsical paintings will make you smile as they capture the setting and subjects with expressive exactitude.
Lee has also won numerous awards including Best In Show for, “Fort Pierce Marina” Vero Beach Art Club Spring Juried Show, Best In Show “Fort Pierce Marina” Sebastian River Art Club Spring Juried Show. She has placed 2nd in Oil and Acrylic in the Indian River County Cultural Council Annual Show and 1st in Oil/Acrylic in Sebastian River Club Spring Juried Art Show.
Her painting McKee Garden Bridge, was accepted to the Treasure Coast Juried Invitational Show and the Vero Beach Art Museum in August of 2003.
You can see Smith’s work at www.leegsmith.com and on her blog.
All images © Lee Gorman Smith
Monday, July 13, 2009
July Festivities!
Where: Carmen's House in Port St. Lucie
(email for address carmen.tcwaa @ gmail.com)
What do I need to bring? Yourself ! You can bring anything creative to work on! Also, you can get a sneak peak at Carmen's upcoming workshop!
And if cooking/baking is your art of choice, we welcome any finger foods, appetizers, dips, cookies, brownies, desserts, etc.
Hope to see you all there!!!
Help spread the word.
Invite all your artsy and crafty friends.
Other ways to stay connected...
Follow us on Twitter.
Join our Facebook group.
Friday, July 10, 2009
TCWAA Feature Friday proudly presents Katrina Kniep
This week’s Feature Friday Artist, Katrina Kniep is a small town girl with big heart. She enjoys all sorts of arts and crafts including art journaling, drawing, painting and knitting, but her passion is writing.
Kat has been invaluable as the author of a majority of the Feature Friday articles here on TCWAA’s blog. Her published work can also be seen in Parkland Life, Alpha Sigma Alpha Phoenix Magazine, A Lovely Dream Zine and her blog, My Darling Anodyne.
Kat looks forward to writing novels but truly enjoys writing short pieces as well. She loves to research and learn new things and plans to always freelance in some capacity even when she does get published as a novelist. She said, “I guess I just love writing. When I write I lose myself in the story and feel most alive.
I have many ideas for writing from short articles about dogs and knitting to a teen series on character and a novel about duality. I feel excited to think about writing plays, poetry and songs, too.”
She’s wanted to be a writer for as long as she can remember and has fond memories of a Playskool toy with wooden keys that send a bead up a rod to ring a bell. It had about 7 keys and she would pretend to type as her mom was typing stories for the local newspaper next to her. Kat would look to her mom and say, “I’m finishing my story.”
Kat said, “I grew up in Harrisville (population 514) in Alcona County, Michigan right on Lake Huron. My parents ran a newspaper (The Alcona Almanac) when I was young. I spent my youth traipsing around train wrecks, sitting through court room trials and examining fire damage. My dad took the photos and my mother wrote the 1000 words that went with them.”
Kat finds inspiration in authors, Elizabeth Berg, Pat Conroy, John Irving and Abigail Thomas and artists Emily Martin, Andrew Wyeth and Kelly Vivanco, but says her parents have been instrumental in inspiring her to explore creatively. Kat says, “They are inspiring, supportive and unique people. They are amazing researchers who never stop looking for what they don’t know. They find out.”
She remembers her moms nervousness one time when she finger painted on top of one of her dad’s paintings when she was little. Her mother was afraid he would be angry, but to her surprise, when he came home he was excited that Kat wanted to paint like him.
Kat recently started a feature on her blog called Fiction Friday where she shares snippets of a short story she’s writing called The Harbormaster.
More of Kat's artwork and writing can be seen on her blog, My Darling Anodyne.
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written by Carmen Torbus