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Editor: Vic Delnore, editor@taava.com

Craft Show was also canceled because of lack of volunteers. This was to be a venue to put the TAA message forward to the public. Again, no response, nada, zero, zilch. I know that for a large segment of our membership, belonging to TAA is simple, sign up, pay your dues, and sit back and enter the art shows of your choice, or not. Passivity is the name of the game so far. Unfortunately, passivity is not enriching the TAA coffers, and not creating a positive image of TAA to the community. If you are not paying the passive membership fee, then you need to belly up to the volunteer bar and make your name heard. The schedule for the TAA shows appears in this copy of the Artline. All four shows give a you a chance to volunteer and to bring the functions to fruition. Please attend the general meeting on May 15. Our program speaker is Dave Sorensen, but before that we will have the business meeting and we will be discussing the

President’s Letter

May 2011

This TAA year is waning. And the next TAA year, starting in September, is being planned. But before all that happens, we have the last general meeting on May 15, and the end of year party on June 12. At the general meeting in May we will be concentrating on new methods of fund raising, and building a fire under our membership to create more participation in TAA functions. I say this because we had to cancel our last fund raising function on May 1, at the Birdneck Art in the Park function because of lack of participation. We sent out at least two membership wide emails and received zero, nada, zilch, response. It was also an open call, and that resulted in three positive responses from non members. When we have to cancel a function that should produce revenue we put ourselves in the position of not being able to fund our shows, our prizes and our monetary contributions to the causes that deserve our largesse. Our presence at the Virginia Beach

Mary Anne

Tidewater Art Alliance for Visual Artists Non-profit organization

path TAA has to take and will take to remain viable and a vital member of the art community. Your ideas and comments will be welcome and deeply appreciated. If you cannot attend the meeting, send me your ideas and comments via email, at gamboa.maryanne@gmail.comor call me at 636-0509. Participate in any which way you can and you will see that changes can happen, that we can remain a strong and vital part of the fiber of the art community of Hampton Roads. “BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE THE IN THE WORLD” --Gandhi

Executive Officers President — Mary Anne Gamboa 1st. V.P.— Betsy Rivers-Kennedy 2nd. V.P.—Larry Goff Treasurer— Cheri James, CPA Secretary — Patricia Isenhour

Board of Directors President: Mary Anne Gamboa Director/1st VP: Betsy Rivers-Kennedy Director/2nd VP: Larry Goff Director/Treasurer: Cherie James, CPA Director/Secretary: Patricia Isenhour Director/Web Master: Jennifer Lycke Director/Membership: Mike Young Director/Accountant: Daniel Hargrave, CPA Director/Past President: Suzanne Watson

Member Volunteers Artistic Chair:

Mary Ann Gamboa 416-8343 Artline Editor:

Vic Delnore 855-7775 Controller:

Mary Anne Katz 548-1312 Exhibitions/Events:

Position available History:

M. Moore Nicholson 282-6982 Hospitality:

Position available Internet Researcher:

Chris Rumsey 310-8510 Mailing:

Betsy Rivers-Kennedy 434-8041 Membership:

Mike Young 624-9604 Photographers:

Denise Swatsenbarg 636-9367 Printer:

Keith Enterprises, Inc. 499-9446 Programs:

Position Available Public Relations:

Norman Goodwin 423-6305 Publicity:

Kathleen Kridler 581-2838 Recruiting:

Sheila Robinson 625-2880 Reception Host:

Position available Telephone Tree:

Elaine Hampton 930–2021 Volunteer Coordinator:

Anna Rybat 581-1880 Website:

Jennifer Lycke 477-7914 Writing Correspondent:

Eloise Shelton-Mayo 563-2680

TAA Phone (757) 636–0509 www.TAAVA.com info@taava.com

See you at the May Meeting!

Next regular meeting is Sunday May 15, 2011 at 2:00 PM. Guests are welcome. Chrysler Museum, 245 Olney Rd, Norfolk 23510, Gifford Seminar Rm

New Member Dave Sorensen speaking after the meeting (see Pressident’s letter, above)

End of Year Party June 12, 2011

Note that Anna Rybat is our new Volunteer Coordinator!

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“And the Winners are…” A 2011 Tidewater Art Alliance Exhibition of Past First Place Award Recipients

This special yearlong juried exhibit opportunity looks to visually communicate the uniqueness of our region within the local office of a very dedicated public servant, Senator Mark Warner, by highlighting works by selected artists within the group of individuals that have been past 1st place Tidewater Art Alliance (TAA) award recipients. The exhibition is coordinated by TAA in collaboration with Senator Mark Warner’s representatives with the goal to support, develop and promote the visual arts in the Hampton Roads area. The honored artists included in this exhibition are: Al Benas, Barbara Henning Loomis, James Warwick Jones, Reineke Leenders, Catherine Mein, Mary Lee Ruff, Slavko Tirkajla, John Tobin, Gemma Wallace and Lee Gerry Wertheimer. The exhibition was developed by Susan Hirschbiel & Suzanne Watson, past TAA President & current board member. A sincere Thank you to Susan Hirschbiel, Joan Brock & Suzanne Mastracco who served as show jurors and Betsy Rivers-Kennedy, as Exhibition Chair.

Submitting items for Artline Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message! (...unless you want your message to get lost in the tons of email your editor receives every day.) If your message doesn’t say “Artline” it might get rejected as trash! Each photo needs its own caption, in its own email. Please send each photo, properly captioned, in a separate email. Use another email for each additional photo, along with its caption. That way your Editor won’t get photos mixed up with the wrong caption. What’s a proper caption? Please write a full sentence, identifying the principal people or art pieces in the photo, with an explanation of what’s going on (which event, award, etc.) And do include “Artline” in your subject line! Please!!

Volunteers are always needed! (save $20 off next year’s member fee) Call the Volunteer Coordinator,

Anna, at 581-1880

These TAA positions need filling: Exhibitions/events, Hospitality,

and Reception Host

Betsy Rivers Kennedy and Suzanne Watson

Senator Warner and Company

Susan Hierschbiel, Senator Warner and Suzanne Watson

Senator Warner, the artists, and others looking at the work

Senator Mark Warner with the artists

Bet Cake and Catherine Mein with Catherine's Paintings

(Thanks to Suzanne Watson, Betsy Rivers Kennedy, and Catherine Mein for text and photographs)

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A Note about Kudos Submissions: In order for Kudos Korner to applaud TAA Members, it is important for individual artists to submit their own good deeds! The information used in Call for Artists and Educational articles are based on submissions

and documented hearsay. Submissions can be made via email to editor@taava.com by the 15th of every month for the next edition of

our Artline Newsletter. Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message!

Don’t be bashful! Won a prize? Got into a national show? Been selected as a juror?

Let us hear about your art accomplishments!

We support, develop and promote visual arts in Hampton Roads.

A note from Rieneke Leenders about the 2011 TAA BOOK: Here is what I need from all TAA members who have exhibited in this 2010-2011 season: Please send me jpegs of at least 1MB (1000KB) size of (only!) the work that you had or will have in a TAA show between August 2010 and July 2011. Rename the JPEG: Your last name first, then your first name, then title of your work, medium, size, and indicate which TAA show it was in: (mem for members show, min for miniature show, port for portfolio show, fund for red cross show, theme for theme show) Please help me save hours of work by doing this according to these specifications. If I will have to do this for you and everyone else, imagine at least 2 minutes times about 300 pictures… And please check your jpeg size before you send: 1MB and up can be used on a full page, but any jpeg under 200KB can only be printed postage stamp size! Send to: rienekeleenders@gmail.com From the winners, I would also like to get: A headshot, so we will be able to put a face with your name. A bio, resume, or artist statement. Remember, winners win a full page in the book, it is a chance to promote yourself. You can also add your web address, your blog or whatever you think will help to make yourself visible. From the Exhibition Chairs I would like to get a bio or resume and the jurors statement from the juror of the show you organized. Please help to make this book a success by your full cooperation. This is all I need you to do. I will do the rest, but if some of you don’t participate, the book, and with that the reputation of your organization will be disadvantaged. And here is the link to last year’s book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1566147 Thank you, Rieneke

Kudos Korner

Here are the Awards for the TAA Juried Theme Show at the Charles H. Taylor Center: 1st Prize: Barbara Hennig-Loomis, for her oil “Reel Art” 2nd Prize: Willard Gellis, for his etching “In the S Aisle” 3rd Prize: Doris Jordan, for her oil “Waiting for Time” Awards of Merit: Gemma Wallace, for her oil “Cleansed and Relaxed—Ahh” and Pauline D. Higgins, for her enameling “Floating Flowers” Honorable Mentions: Anna Rybat, for her oil “Underway II Over” James Warwick Jones, for his acrylic “Workboat Beam” Laurel Duplessis, for her lithograph “Malik”, and Sam Hughes, for his photograph “I Want to be…Frank” Scott Howe, Chrysler Museum’s Director Education and Public Programs, was juror for this exhibit of 88 pieces.

A Garden Week Collaboration At this year’s Garden Week in Hampton, Catherine Mein’s painting “Nature’s Gaia” inspired Jim Dee’s floral arrangement. The event was on April 20, 2011. Here’s what these works looked like…

(Photo provided by Catherine Mein)

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Non-TAA Shows of note:

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VIRGINIA ARTISTS 2011 Juried Exhibition

(editorʼs note: since you canʼt click on the imaged address above, click on this one instead: artscom@hampton.gov )

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Upcoming TAA Shows 2010-2011

TAA Juried Theme Show at The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton (See under “Kudos Korner”, above, for the awards!)

Chair: James Warwick Jones Exhibit duration: Apr 16 – May 29, 2011 Opening reception: Saturday, April 16, 3-5 pm Pickup exhibited work: Sunday May 29, 5-6 pm; Monday and Tuesday, May 30 & 31, 10-4

Prospectus: http://www.tidewaterartalliance.com/TAA_JuriedExhibitionProspectusCHTAC_2011.doc A volunteer is needed Sunday May 28, 5-6pm to assist with return of artwork. Let Anna know if you’re willing to do this. Call her at 581.1880.

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Calls to Artists (provided by Chris Rumsey)

The Halls of Art VII at the Hampton Convention Center, 1610 Coliseum Drive, Hampton, VA 23666, is calling artists to submit art to be displayed in the Hampton Roads Convention Center (HRCC) for periods of approximately six months. This is done to enhance the beauty of the HRCC and make a visit to the area a memorable experience. There is no cost to the artist. Sale of the art is directly between the buyer and the artist. Two-dimensional works of at least 720 (24x30) square inches including frame and three-dimensional works (36in tall or greater) in any media are eligible. Complete and submit an entry form with a photograph labeled with the title, outside dimensions and your name with each entry to the HRCC. Deadline: Friday, June 3, 2011. Entry forms, photographs, and artist's statement may also be submitted electronically to PASCart98@gmail.com. The entry form can be downloaded from the HRCC website, http://www.thehrcc.com or obtained in person at the HRCC Administration Office. Include a short statement about yourself and your work for inclusion in a printed catalog of participating artists. Artists may resubmit currently displayed art. For returning artists, a new artist statement is optional.

Photographer's Forum magazine announces a call to amateur photographers worldwide. 1st place: $2000 + Sigma 85mm lens; 2nd place: $1000 + Sigma 8-16mm lens, 3rd place: $500 + Manfrotto tripod. $100 each of five 4th places. Subject matter is open. All contest finalists published in the hardcover book Best of Photography 2011; winners published in Photographer's Forum magazine and exhibited at Brooks Institute Gallery 27, Santa Barbara, CA. Enter prints or slides by mail. Do not mail disks. Visit: http://affiliate.serbin.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=1014_3_3_1. $3.95 per photo by April 18; $4.95 per photo by May 16, 2011. Deadline: May 16, 2011. Questions? Please contact Julie Simpson at julie@serbin.com or call 805-963-0439, ext. 240.

Upstream People Gallery seeks entries for an online exhibition, June 1, 2011 - May 31, 2012. Cash Awards, Special Recognitions, Press Releases, Int'l Publicity, Juror Critiques of artworks. Juror: Laurence Bradshaw, Professor of Art, University of NE who has exhibited widely internationally with over 100 awards. Artworks in collage, digital and all mixed media. All artworks including alternative media, paintings, sculpture, prints, drawing, photographs, papier colle, assemblage, installation, digital manipulation, ceramics, fiber and other. $25 for up to 5 images; $5 each additional. Deadline: May 24, 2011. Visit: http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com, or send a SASE to: 13 CDMM, Upstream People Gallery, 5607 Howard St., Omaha, NE 68106-1257, USA. Questions? Contact Laurence Bradshaw at shows@upstreampeoplegallery.com or 402-991-4741.

B. j. spoke Gallery in Huntington, NY announces a call to artists for a national juried art exhibition. Juror: Gene McHugh, The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY. Artists with innovative work who use paper as their primary medium may submit up to six works of art. Drawings, graphics, sculpture, 3D, etc. No paintings or photography. $35 entry fee. Deadline: postmarked by May 27, 2011. Visit: http://www.bjspokegallery.com/ for prospectus, or send a SASE to: b. j. spoke Gallery, 299 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743. Winners' Exhibition, August 2011. Questions? Call gallery at 631-549-5106.

Dave Bown Projects announces a call to artists for an online exhibition. Jurors: Kashya Hildebrand, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich; Daneyal Mahmood, Private Art Dealer, New York; Pete Surace, RARE, New York. Awards: $7,000 (7 artists will each receive $1,000), and purchases. This competition is open to all visual artists who are 18 years of age or older. All styles and media are eligible. Entry Fee: $40 USD. There are no additional fees. Deadline: May 30, 2011. Visit: http://davebownprojects.com/submissions.html for details. Questions? Please contact Dave Bown at info@davebownprojects.com or call (917) 365-5265.

MyArtContest.com and Artist Portfolio Magazine are seeking abstract art for an abstract only edition of Artist Portfolio Magazine. The contest is open to all artists around the world. All artists will have at least one art work in the magazine and the Grand Prize winner will get the honor of having their art on the cover. Best in Show: cover of Artist Portfolio Magazine, plus full page feature. 1st Place: 1 full page feature. 2nd Place: 1 full page feature. 3rd Place: 1 full page feature. 20 Honorable Mentions - 1/2 page feature. All Entries: 1/4 page feature. $35 for 2 entries. Deadline: May 31, 2011. Visit: http://www.myartcontest.com/ for more information.

Momentum: Images of Dance invites all photographers from around the world to submit entries for their seventh annual online exhibition celebrating the beauty, grace, diversity and athleticism of dance. No entry fees required for this non-profit project. Cash prizes. Deadline: June 1, 2011. Visit: http://www.movingmoments.org/ for 2011 guidelines, 2010 winning images and 2011 application. Questions? Contact Dorothy Rosenberg at dorothy.rosenberg@att.net.

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Local Workshops… Carole Barnes Water Media Workshop, Virginia Beach 3 days of education, creative stimulation, and fun, July 26-28, 2011 All levels welcome

Using acrylics or watercolor on paper, award winning artist Carole Barnes will share her painting process for creating richly layered, luminous images by applying paint, and lifting it off and painting again.

This has been a very popular workshop, limited to 20 participants. So please sign up early to ensure your space.

For more information Call Julie Nelson at 757-301-7260 or email Marjorie Sciulli at mailto:m_sciulli@yahoo.com information: http://www.carolebarnesartist.com/

You can help the Arts in Virginia—Here’s how!! Virginians now have the opportunity to contribute part o f their state income tax re fund to the

Virginia Arts Foundation by checking a box on their return form. It’s never been so simple to support the arts in Virginia.

Because the foundation may receive but not solicit private funds, money will have to come from the purchase o f arts license plate and other special sources, such as this tax check o f f box.

The interest on all funds received will be distributed in grants by the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Please help support the arts in Virginia. Check o f f a contribution for the Virginia Arts Foundation on your state income return. It’s one o f the most important checks you can write – and now, it’s one o f the easiest.

Check out the news from some of our sister organizations in the Tidewater Area:

Chesapeake Bay Art Association (CBAA): http://www.chesapeakebayartassociation.com/

Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists CBW):

http://www.chesapeakebaywatercolorists.com/

D’Art Center http://www.d-artcenter.org/

Charles H. Taylor Arts Center

http://www.hamptonarts.net/