Saturday December 7, 2019 - The Importance of the Pencil Sketch in Conjunction to Watercolor Painting, with Robert Gray.
Popular watercolor artist Robert Gray will conduct a two-stage watercolor workshop.
The first stage will be figures and can include animals, with the emphasis on the pencil sketch.
The second stage will be a landscape, done wet on wet.
Materials: See the link below for a list of materials.
http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
Registration: Register on-line at http://www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost: The cost is $35 for All Heritage Fine Arts Guild members and $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
Location: The workshop will take place from 9 am to 3 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd, Littleton CO at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
For additional information, please contact Mary Kay Jacobus at mkstudio@comcast.net;
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals, at all levels of experience in the fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver Metropolitan area.
The first stage will be figures and can include animals, with the emphasis on the pencil sketch.
The second stage will be a landscape, done wet on wet.
Materials: See the link below for a list of materials.
http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
Registration: Register on-line at http://www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost: The cost is $35 for All Heritage Fine Arts Guild members and $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
Location: The workshop will take place from 9 am to 3 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd, Littleton CO at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
For additional information, please contact Mary Kay Jacobus at mkstudio@comcast.net;
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals, at all levels of experience in the fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver Metropolitan area.
Saturday November 2, 2019 - Joyful Collage, with Patricia Barr Clarke.
Patricia Barr Clarke a long-time Denver area artist will show how to make expressive, vibrant collages using watercolor paints, recycled materials, ephemera, and handmade textured papers.
The workshop will focus on design, color choices, value and texture, using the participants’ art materials of choice (watercolor, acrylic, gouache, color pencils, etc). and playful experimentation in abstraction and realism.
Patricia will begin the workshop with a demonstration and examples of 8 or more different types of collage. Participants will have time to play with the materials, and making finished collages.
In addition, Patricia will bring special glues, found objects, handmade papers, ephemera packets, supports, old brushes for glue, for everyone to use.
Materials: See the link below for a list of materials.
http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
Registration: Register on-line at http://www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost: The cost is $35 for All Heritage Fine Arts Guild members and $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
Location: The workshop will take place from 9 am to 3 pm at The First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd, Littleton CO at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
For additional information, please contact Mary kay Jacobus at mkstudio@comcast.net;
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals, at all levels of experience in the fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver Metropolitan area.
The workshop will focus on design, color choices, value and texture, using the participants’ art materials of choice (watercolor, acrylic, gouache, color pencils, etc). and playful experimentation in abstraction and realism.
Patricia will begin the workshop with a demonstration and examples of 8 or more different types of collage. Participants will have time to play with the materials, and making finished collages.
In addition, Patricia will bring special glues, found objects, handmade papers, ephemera packets, supports, old brushes for glue, for everyone to use.
Materials: See the link below for a list of materials.
http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
Registration: Register on-line at http://www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost: The cost is $35 for All Heritage Fine Arts Guild members and $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
Location: The workshop will take place from 9 am to 3 pm at The First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd, Littleton CO at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
For additional information, please contact Mary kay Jacobus at mkstudio@comcast.net;
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals, at all levels of experience in the fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver Metropolitan area.
Saturday October 5, 2019 – Paint Like a Pro, with Lee Wasilik
Join Lee Wasilik for a day of artistic exploration. You will learn how to handle a variety of brushes to create crisp spontaneous strokes. And you’ll have fun working with unorthodox tools that give your paintings that professional edge. Finally, you will take what you have learned to create a painting that is truly all your own.
This workshop is for all levels of experience – from the beginner to the experienced artist. It is designed for liquid media such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, ink etc.,
NOT for pastel, colored pencils, or other non-liquid media.
Materials: See the link below for a list of materials.
http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
Registration: Register on-line at http://www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost: The cost is $35 for All Heritage Fine Arts Guild members and $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
Location: The workshop is scheduled for Saturday October 5, 2019 from 9 am to 3 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd, Littleton CO at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
For additional information, please contact Mary Kay Jacobus at mkstudio@comcast.net;
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals, at all levels of experience in the fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver Metropolitan area.
This workshop is for all levels of experience – from the beginner to the experienced artist. It is designed for liquid media such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, ink etc.,
NOT for pastel, colored pencils, or other non-liquid media.
Materials: See the link below for a list of materials.
http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
Registration: Register on-line at http://www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost: The cost is $35 for All Heritage Fine Arts Guild members and $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
Location: The workshop is scheduled for Saturday October 5, 2019 from 9 am to 3 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd, Littleton CO at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
For additional information, please contact Mary Kay Jacobus at mkstudio@comcast.net;
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals, at all levels of experience in the fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver Metropolitan area.
December 3, 2019 to January 16, 2020 This is Colorado Juried Exhibition
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County is hosting “This is Colorado Statewide Juried Exhibition.” The Exhibition is open to Heritage Fine Arts Guild Members and Non-Members.
The Exhibit will be held December 3, 2019 to January 16, 2020 at Arapahoe Community Collage, Colorado Gallery of the Arts. The collage is located at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, CO. The Gallery is located at the northeast corner of the campus.
Follow the link below for more information and to submit your entries.
https://www.arapahoe.edu/2019-colorado/submission-information
Up to three images may be entered, $35 for members and $40 for non-members.
After you submit your registration you may pay online at www.heritage-guild.com.
The entry deadline is extended to midnight October 31, 2019.
The Juror for this year’s show is Steve Griggs, a local Colorado Artist and teacher. Mr. Griggs graduated from Michigan State University, with a degree in Studio Arts, and attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Although, he has occasionally dabbled in other media, watercolor is his artistic first love.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals, at all levels of experience in the fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver Metropolitan area.
Saturday September 7, 2019 – Acrylic Fun with Lance Green
Lance Green is a Colorist and an Expressionist, a Storyteller that conjures images that take the viewer beyond the mere likeness of a subject into the secret soul that lies hidden beneath. The greater part of his works are self-portraits of sorts, but all are universal in their application, expressing the human paradox of grace and despair in a way that somehow speaks invocations for the subject and viewer in hopes of resolving the work with a sound conviction in an ultimate redemption in all things.
At the beginning of the workshop Lance wants each student to write down exactly what they would like to focus on, be it color mixing, composition, how to paint a particular subject. Everyone has things they struggle with and things they love to do in a painting. Let’s work on whatever it is we need in the area of acrylic painting.
Materials: Bring your acrylic art supplies, water container, apron, etc. and 2 canvases in the 24x36, 30x40, 36x48 range. Lance will provide 3x5 cards and will spend the first ten minutes having attendees write out what they want to work on.
Registration: Register on-line at www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost: The cost is $35 for ALL Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
Location: The workshop is scheduled for Saturday September 7, 2019 from 9 am to 3 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street. Breakfast coffee and treats will be provided. Please feel free to bring treats to share.
For additional information, please contact Mary kay Jacobus, Workshop Director, at mkart1224@gmail.com.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals, at all levels of experience in the fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver Metropolitan area.
At the beginning of the workshop Lance wants each student to write down exactly what they would like to focus on, be it color mixing, composition, how to paint a particular subject. Everyone has things they struggle with and things they love to do in a painting. Let’s work on whatever it is we need in the area of acrylic painting.
Materials: Bring your acrylic art supplies, water container, apron, etc. and 2 canvases in the 24x36, 30x40, 36x48 range. Lance will provide 3x5 cards and will spend the first ten minutes having attendees write out what they want to work on.
Registration: Register on-line at www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost: The cost is $35 for ALL Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
Location: The workshop is scheduled for Saturday September 7, 2019 from 9 am to 3 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street. Breakfast coffee and treats will be provided. Please feel free to bring treats to share.
For additional information, please contact Mary kay Jacobus, Workshop Director, at mkart1224@gmail.com.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals, at all levels of experience in the fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver Metropolitan area.
Saturday June 1, 2019 – Plein Air Workshop with Denver Artist Pat Barr Clark
Patricia Barr Clarke, long-time Denver area plein air painter, will lead a workshop sponsored by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County. With an emphasis on outdoor painting techniques, the workshop will provide individualized instruction for participants of all levels of experience.
Pat is a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society, a member of the Plein Air Artists of Colorado and serves as a board member and instructor at the Art Garage, a community art center in Park Hill. Her recent painting trips include weeks in Spain, Portugal, Chile, and in Durango and Pagosa Springs Colorado. She has taught art classes and art workshops all over the world.
In February 2019 she returned for a fourth time as an invited watercolor teacher at the Curacao Plein Air Festival in Willemstad.
All media are welcome. The session will allow ample time for participants to paint on location. In addition to painting supplies, you should bring a stool, an easel or board to paint on, a hat or umbrella for sun or rain, sack lunch, water bottle, camera, paper towels, and any other materials that you are accustomed to using.
At the beginning of the workshop, Pat will demonstrate some of her painting techniques; then students will choose locations to paint. During the session, Pat will offer suggestions. At the conclusion, she will offer a simple critique of the paintings.
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, June 1, 2019 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm. This session will be held at The Hudson Gardens & Events Center, 6115 S Santa Fe Dr, in Littleton. Meet there at 9 a.m. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
For additional information, please contact Mary kay Jacobus, Workshop Director, at mkart1224@gmail.com. Phone 303-594-4667.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Pat is a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society, a member of the Plein Air Artists of Colorado and serves as a board member and instructor at the Art Garage, a community art center in Park Hill. Her recent painting trips include weeks in Spain, Portugal, Chile, and in Durango and Pagosa Springs Colorado. She has taught art classes and art workshops all over the world.
In February 2019 she returned for a fourth time as an invited watercolor teacher at the Curacao Plein Air Festival in Willemstad.
All media are welcome. The session will allow ample time for participants to paint on location. In addition to painting supplies, you should bring a stool, an easel or board to paint on, a hat or umbrella for sun or rain, sack lunch, water bottle, camera, paper towels, and any other materials that you are accustomed to using.
At the beginning of the workshop, Pat will demonstrate some of her painting techniques; then students will choose locations to paint. During the session, Pat will offer suggestions. At the conclusion, she will offer a simple critique of the paintings.
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, June 1, 2019 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm. This session will be held at The Hudson Gardens & Events Center, 6115 S Santa Fe Dr, in Littleton. Meet there at 9 a.m. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
For additional information, please contact Mary kay Jacobus, Workshop Director, at mkart1224@gmail.com. Phone 303-594-4667.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Saturday May 4, 2019 Intuitive Painting Workshop with Victoria Kwasinski
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County presents another in a series of one-day workshops led by popular Denver artist and teacher Victoria Kwasinski.
Victoria asks the question,” Remember when you were a child, and you were lying in the grass and found stories and shapes in the clouds?” We will explore finding shapes, themes, stories from initial washes of color and mark making; then, using our intuition we will develop these ideas into a great painting. This workshop is for artists of all levels and all mediums.
Kwasinski holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design where she graduated class valedictorian. She has over 30 years of experience as a professional artist and has worked as a corporate graphic artist, freelance illustrator, gallery owner, fine artist and art instructor.
Victoria considers herself an ‘interpretive abstract’ artist. Her goal is to create an abstracted visual interpretation of a thought, feeling or idea through the interplay of color and form that is often interwoven and connected with line.
Ms. Kwasinski has been teaching drawing and painting extensively throughout the Denver Metropolitan area since 1996. She has taught workshops and extended class sessions, served as an exhibit juror, and has held critiques and demonstrations for various arts associations including, but not limited to: The Colorado Watercolor Society, The Colorado Pastel Society, Foothills Art Center, Heritage Fine Arts Guild, Denver Allied Artists Guild, Aurora Artists Guild, Broomfield Art Guild, Park Hill Art Club, Business of Art Center, and other public and private associations.
Victoria works in a variety of art mediums, and the versatility of her work serves a varied audience. She is a published illustrator, and her fine art is represented by galleries, shown in local and national juried exhibitions, and is collected internationally including collections of: The National Institute of Art/Taipei, Taiwan; The National Museum of Brazil/MUBE; His Holiness Cealo/Japan; Dr. Arun Gandhi; musician Nawang Khechog, and numerous private collections. She has contributed art works or services to groups including; The Mask Project, The Global Art Project, Project Safeguard, Art that Heals, and The Alzheimer’s Association.
Of her lifetime journey as an Artist, Victoria states, “Art is my passion and my joy! I believe that we are here to live our purpose as defined by what we are passionate about, that which makes our heart sing.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/workshop_registration_form_2017-4.pdf
Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2019 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Victoria asks the question,” Remember when you were a child, and you were lying in the grass and found stories and shapes in the clouds?” We will explore finding shapes, themes, stories from initial washes of color and mark making; then, using our intuition we will develop these ideas into a great painting. This workshop is for artists of all levels and all mediums.
Kwasinski holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design where she graduated class valedictorian. She has over 30 years of experience as a professional artist and has worked as a corporate graphic artist, freelance illustrator, gallery owner, fine artist and art instructor.
Victoria considers herself an ‘interpretive abstract’ artist. Her goal is to create an abstracted visual interpretation of a thought, feeling or idea through the interplay of color and form that is often interwoven and connected with line.
Ms. Kwasinski has been teaching drawing and painting extensively throughout the Denver Metropolitan area since 1996. She has taught workshops and extended class sessions, served as an exhibit juror, and has held critiques and demonstrations for various arts associations including, but not limited to: The Colorado Watercolor Society, The Colorado Pastel Society, Foothills Art Center, Heritage Fine Arts Guild, Denver Allied Artists Guild, Aurora Artists Guild, Broomfield Art Guild, Park Hill Art Club, Business of Art Center, and other public and private associations.
Victoria works in a variety of art mediums, and the versatility of her work serves a varied audience. She is a published illustrator, and her fine art is represented by galleries, shown in local and national juried exhibitions, and is collected internationally including collections of: The National Institute of Art/Taipei, Taiwan; The National Museum of Brazil/MUBE; His Holiness Cealo/Japan; Dr. Arun Gandhi; musician Nawang Khechog, and numerous private collections. She has contributed art works or services to groups including; The Mask Project, The Global Art Project, Project Safeguard, Art that Heals, and The Alzheimer’s Association.
Of her lifetime journey as an Artist, Victoria states, “Art is my passion and my joy! I believe that we are here to live our purpose as defined by what we are passionate about, that which makes our heart sing.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/workshop_registration_form_2017-4.pdf
Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2019 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
April 25 and 26 – Watercolor Painting with Energy and Freedom with Artist Steve Griggs
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild presents another in its series of fine art workshops. Watercolorist Steve Griggs will invite participants to explore a variety of watercolor painting strategies and techniques with the goal of becoming totally loose and free. Short warm-up sketches will precede finished landscapes, cityscapes and/or waterscape paintings. Steve’s keen sense of humor is sure to invoke lots of laughter and camaraderie as students move out of their comfort zones.
Steve's love of art started early in life. While other children would lament field trips to the art museum, that was his favorite day of the school year! Steve's mother bought his first 'real' watercolor set of six tubes of paint, when he was in elementary school and his love of watercolor was born. Growing up in a large family made finding time and space for painting difficult. Whenever possible Steve would steal away to the basement of his childhood home where he would paint but never show anyone what he had done.
Steve remained a 'closet artist' until he attended Michigan State University and graduated with a degree in Studio Art. Steve later attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and studied Industrial Design. It wasn't until 2005 that Steve began to paint professionally, showing his paintings in galleries and juried art exhibitions. He currently has signature membership with Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society and Colorado Watercolor Society.
Steve's earliest influences and inspirations came from the Great Lakes region where he grew up. Throughout his lifetime he has been enamored of boats. Sailing vessels, lake freighters, military frigates; any type of boat has captured his imagination. Although Steve has resided in Colorado for many years, his paintings often reflect his love of the Great Lakes, fostered by frequent trips to his hometown near Detroit, Northern Michigan, and Wisconsin.
In addition to boats, Steve also paints landscapes and cityscapes. Steve frequently displays and sells work in local, state, regional, national, and international exhibitions and galleries. He offers workshops, demonstrations, and salons, as well as individual and small group painting lessons to help other artists understand and learn his unique style. Steve's students range from the very inexperienced artist to the professional painter. His paintings can be found on Facebook,Twitter, and Instagram.
Steve is currently represented by Mirada Fine Art Gallery in Indian Hills, Colorado. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Watercolor Society and continues his early love of art.
For a complete list of materials required for the workshop, go to http://www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. To see a registration form, go to http://www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
The workshop is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, April 25 and 26 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. in Littleton. Cost for the 2-day workshop is $75 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $100 for non-members.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Steve's love of art started early in life. While other children would lament field trips to the art museum, that was his favorite day of the school year! Steve's mother bought his first 'real' watercolor set of six tubes of paint, when he was in elementary school and his love of watercolor was born. Growing up in a large family made finding time and space for painting difficult. Whenever possible Steve would steal away to the basement of his childhood home where he would paint but never show anyone what he had done.
Steve remained a 'closet artist' until he attended Michigan State University and graduated with a degree in Studio Art. Steve later attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and studied Industrial Design. It wasn't until 2005 that Steve began to paint professionally, showing his paintings in galleries and juried art exhibitions. He currently has signature membership with Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society and Colorado Watercolor Society.
Steve's earliest influences and inspirations came from the Great Lakes region where he grew up. Throughout his lifetime he has been enamored of boats. Sailing vessels, lake freighters, military frigates; any type of boat has captured his imagination. Although Steve has resided in Colorado for many years, his paintings often reflect his love of the Great Lakes, fostered by frequent trips to his hometown near Detroit, Northern Michigan, and Wisconsin.
In addition to boats, Steve also paints landscapes and cityscapes. Steve frequently displays and sells work in local, state, regional, national, and international exhibitions and galleries. He offers workshops, demonstrations, and salons, as well as individual and small group painting lessons to help other artists understand and learn his unique style. Steve's students range from the very inexperienced artist to the professional painter. His paintings can be found on Facebook,Twitter, and Instagram.
Steve is currently represented by Mirada Fine Art Gallery in Indian Hills, Colorado. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Watercolor Society and continues his early love of art.
For a complete list of materials required for the workshop, go to http://www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. To see a registration form, go to http://www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
The workshop is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, April 25 and 26 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. in Littleton. Cost for the 2-day workshop is $75 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $100 for non-members.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Saturday, April 6, 2019 – The Versatility of Painting with Acrylics with Christa MacFarlane
LITTLETON, CO. The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will host a fine art workshop led by Christa MacFarlane. MaFarlane is a professional artist and art instructor who uses different acrylic painting techniques on paper and wood. She calls these techniques “Loose and Drippy and Brave and Intuitive.” This workshop is for all skill levels and will encourage students to loosen up and become more expressive. It’s all about having fun while trying techniques like scraping, dripping and stamping.
MacFarlane says, “Observing nature throughout the fields and trails of Colorado provides inspiration for my paintings and “hits close to home —where I live and who I am. Native Colorado plants often represent a message or story reflecting my life, my philosophy on life or a snapshot of life itself. Adding symbolism and recognition to otherwise overlooked parts of nature intrigues me. Although the subject matter that I paint is often made up of the ordinary, it certainly challenges me to find a deeper meaning and this is what drives me to make a statement. My attraction to the loose and fluid nature of acrylics on raw wood makes sense as it relates to my expressive and explorative nature.”
Christa MacFarlane is attracted to the loose and fluid nature of acrylics on raw wood, as she paints native grasses, seeds, pods and weeds along with other unnoticed elements of nature. When she stops to admire these underappreciated Colorado gems, her medium and subject matter makes sense to her. She is reminded of her childhood memories—running through the wide-open spaces of Kansas cattle fields blanketed in flowing wild grasses. While listening to the whistling chorus of crickets cutting through the summer breeze, she would often pause to release the seeds of a dandelion or to feel the fluidity of the cool stream water rushing through her fingers. These experiences provided her with the freedom and opportunity to dream, explore and nurture her creativity—much like the process of her painting today. MacFarlane’s strong illustrative skills, honed from a young age, aren’t necessarily revealed in her current work. Instead, she chooses to loosely depict her subject matter in her contemporary botanical paintings.
Once she obtained her BFA degree, MacFarlane established over twenty-five years combined experience as an interior designer, graphic artist and art instructor. Eventually she yearned to take time for personal creative reflection. While on a sabbatical in Europe she will never forget the emotional and spiritual impact of some of the greatest masters’ works. It was then that she resolved to transition into a career as a professional artist. This time period of travel and experimenting gave way to new expressive qualities in her artwork.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at (http://heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html). For a list of supplies go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
The workshop is scheduled for April 6 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area. Cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation.
MacFarlane says, “Observing nature throughout the fields and trails of Colorado provides inspiration for my paintings and “hits close to home —where I live and who I am. Native Colorado plants often represent a message or story reflecting my life, my philosophy on life or a snapshot of life itself. Adding symbolism and recognition to otherwise overlooked parts of nature intrigues me. Although the subject matter that I paint is often made up of the ordinary, it certainly challenges me to find a deeper meaning and this is what drives me to make a statement. My attraction to the loose and fluid nature of acrylics on raw wood makes sense as it relates to my expressive and explorative nature.”
Christa MacFarlane is attracted to the loose and fluid nature of acrylics on raw wood, as she paints native grasses, seeds, pods and weeds along with other unnoticed elements of nature. When she stops to admire these underappreciated Colorado gems, her medium and subject matter makes sense to her. She is reminded of her childhood memories—running through the wide-open spaces of Kansas cattle fields blanketed in flowing wild grasses. While listening to the whistling chorus of crickets cutting through the summer breeze, she would often pause to release the seeds of a dandelion or to feel the fluidity of the cool stream water rushing through her fingers. These experiences provided her with the freedom and opportunity to dream, explore and nurture her creativity—much like the process of her painting today. MacFarlane’s strong illustrative skills, honed from a young age, aren’t necessarily revealed in her current work. Instead, she chooses to loosely depict her subject matter in her contemporary botanical paintings.
Once she obtained her BFA degree, MacFarlane established over twenty-five years combined experience as an interior designer, graphic artist and art instructor. Eventually she yearned to take time for personal creative reflection. While on a sabbatical in Europe she will never forget the emotional and spiritual impact of some of the greatest masters’ works. It was then that she resolved to transition into a career as a professional artist. This time period of travel and experimenting gave way to new expressive qualities in her artwork.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at (http://heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html). For a list of supplies go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
The workshop is scheduled for April 6 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area. Cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation.
March 8 and 9, 2019 — Figure Workshop with Watercolorist Don Andrews
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces a two-day workshop led by internationally recognized watercolorist and teacher Don Andrews.
Addressing the figure with the same artistic freedom and looseness as other subjects in nature is the central theme of Don’s figure class.
Throughout the workshop Andrews will stress that successful figure painting is more than a visual experience of mere anatomical parts; it is an exploration of color, design and paint quality as well.
Don’s figure classes are geared to intermediate and advanced painters who are looking for a challenge. Daily demonstrations will excite and stimulate those artists who are eager to stretch beyond the usual answers and discover a new looseness and expressive paint quality in their work. Beyond all that, Andrews believes that painting with watercolor should be fun!
As a graduate of Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, Don Andrews is an active member and past board director of the American Watercolor Society. His paintings have received numerous awards in national watercolor competitions, including three awards from the American Watercolor Society.
Andrews has authored books including "Interpreting the Figure in Watercolor", "Interpreting the Landscape in Watercolor" and "Rough Sketches: Short Stories of a Traveling Artist", He has also created two DVD sets that follow his figure and landscape workshop curriculum. Another of his DVDs, "Making Watercolor Glow" is based on his original video. Don is featured in the Watson Guptill publication "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Watercolor" and the North Light book, "Confident Color". He has had numerous feature articles published in American Artist magazine and the Watercolor issue of American Artist.
A resident of Bastrop, Texas, Don has conducted painting workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe for over 30 years.
Participants will benefit from a more personal understanding of the painting possibilities available in the exciting world of figure painting. This workshop will be packed with demonstrations, discussions, individual help and personal and group critiques. A live model will be central to the workshop.
To view more of Don’s art, go to donandrewsstudio.com.
For a complete list of materials required for the workshop see www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html.
The workshop is scheduled for Friday, and Saturday, March 8 and 9, 2019 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at the Arapahoe Community College 5900 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. For cost of the workshop and to sign up, see (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
NOTE: For a workshop of this type, it is customary for each participant to tip the model five dollars each day.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and monthly workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Addressing the figure with the same artistic freedom and looseness as other subjects in nature is the central theme of Don’s figure class.
Throughout the workshop Andrews will stress that successful figure painting is more than a visual experience of mere anatomical parts; it is an exploration of color, design and paint quality as well.
Don’s figure classes are geared to intermediate and advanced painters who are looking for a challenge. Daily demonstrations will excite and stimulate those artists who are eager to stretch beyond the usual answers and discover a new looseness and expressive paint quality in their work. Beyond all that, Andrews believes that painting with watercolor should be fun!
As a graduate of Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, Don Andrews is an active member and past board director of the American Watercolor Society. His paintings have received numerous awards in national watercolor competitions, including three awards from the American Watercolor Society.
Andrews has authored books including "Interpreting the Figure in Watercolor", "Interpreting the Landscape in Watercolor" and "Rough Sketches: Short Stories of a Traveling Artist", He has also created two DVD sets that follow his figure and landscape workshop curriculum. Another of his DVDs, "Making Watercolor Glow" is based on his original video. Don is featured in the Watson Guptill publication "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Watercolor" and the North Light book, "Confident Color". He has had numerous feature articles published in American Artist magazine and the Watercolor issue of American Artist.
A resident of Bastrop, Texas, Don has conducted painting workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe for over 30 years.
Participants will benefit from a more personal understanding of the painting possibilities available in the exciting world of figure painting. This workshop will be packed with demonstrations, discussions, individual help and personal and group critiques. A live model will be central to the workshop.
To view more of Don’s art, go to donandrewsstudio.com.
For a complete list of materials required for the workshop see www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html.
The workshop is scheduled for Friday, and Saturday, March 8 and 9, 2019 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at the Arapahoe Community College 5900 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. For cost of the workshop and to sign up, see (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
NOTE: For a workshop of this type, it is customary for each participant to tip the model five dollars each day.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and monthly workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
February 2, 2019 - Acrylic Exploration with Lance Green
LITTLETON, CO. The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will host a February 2 workshop led by well-known Colorado artist Lance Green. Green will share his philosophy, knowledge and application of color and expressionism. This enables participants to embrace his process - resulting in an individual art piece from the heart.
Lance Green is a colorist and expressionist but more than that he is a storyteller, conjuring images that take the viewer beyond the mere skin and bone of the subject and into the soul that lies hidden beneath.
The workshop will be divided into several segments. To begin, Lance will spend approximately one hour demonstrating an entire painting. Next, students will warm up with a collaborative painting. Small groups of five or six will divide the painting into parts. One person will work on the painting for ten minutes, then pass it on to the next person in their group who will continue working on it. This segment will last about one hour. The paintings will be allowed to dry during a one-hour lunch break. The workshop will conclude with participants doing a painting based on a photo image of their choice.
Lance Green was born in Colorado and lived there until the age of ten. For several years he traveled about the Southwest with his mother and stepfather, living in the Colorado high country, the bayous of Lake Texarkana and the high deserts of New Mexico and Arizona where he was immersed in native art and culture.
As a teen, the family settled in east Los Angeles where he developed a love for Latin art and culture. While attending high school his art teacher, Linda Stevens, gave him the guidance that he needed to set his life course as an artist.
His work reflects the influence of the the late contemporary master Fritz Scholder with whom he did a series of one-on-one workshops in the late sixties. Others whose works contributed to his unique style include Nathan Oliviera, Manual Neri, and Mexican masters Laura Hernandez and Rufino Tamayo.
Lance now makes his home in Manitou Springs where he paints in his studio. His work is displayed in Copper Moon Gallery in Taos, New Mexico, Canyon Road Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Darpino Gallery in Manitou Springs, and Wilde Meyer Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at (http://heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html). Supply list includes two or three canvases 24 x 36 or 30 x 40, photo images, and your usual acrylic supplies.
The workshop is scheduled for February 2 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area. Cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation.
Lance Green is a colorist and expressionist but more than that he is a storyteller, conjuring images that take the viewer beyond the mere skin and bone of the subject and into the soul that lies hidden beneath.
The workshop will be divided into several segments. To begin, Lance will spend approximately one hour demonstrating an entire painting. Next, students will warm up with a collaborative painting. Small groups of five or six will divide the painting into parts. One person will work on the painting for ten minutes, then pass it on to the next person in their group who will continue working on it. This segment will last about one hour. The paintings will be allowed to dry during a one-hour lunch break. The workshop will conclude with participants doing a painting based on a photo image of their choice.
Lance Green was born in Colorado and lived there until the age of ten. For several years he traveled about the Southwest with his mother and stepfather, living in the Colorado high country, the bayous of Lake Texarkana and the high deserts of New Mexico and Arizona where he was immersed in native art and culture.
As a teen, the family settled in east Los Angeles where he developed a love for Latin art and culture. While attending high school his art teacher, Linda Stevens, gave him the guidance that he needed to set his life course as an artist.
His work reflects the influence of the the late contemporary master Fritz Scholder with whom he did a series of one-on-one workshops in the late sixties. Others whose works contributed to his unique style include Nathan Oliviera, Manual Neri, and Mexican masters Laura Hernandez and Rufino Tamayo.
Lance now makes his home in Manitou Springs where he paints in his studio. His work is displayed in Copper Moon Gallery in Taos, New Mexico, Canyon Road Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Darpino Gallery in Manitou Springs, and Wilde Meyer Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at (http://heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html). Supply list includes two or three canvases 24 x 36 or 30 x 40, photo images, and your usual acrylic supplies.
The workshop is scheduled for February 2 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area. Cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation.
Saturday January 5, 2019 “Abstracting the Ordinary” with Victoria Kwasinski
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County presents a one-day workshop Saturday, January 5, led by popular Denver artist and teacher Victoria Kwasinski.
Victoria Kwasinski holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design where she graduated class valedictorian. She has over 30 years of experience as a professional artist and has worked as a corporate graphic artist, freelance illustrator, gallery owner, fine artist and art instructor.
Victoria considers herself an ‘interpretive abstract’ artist. Her goal is to create an abstracted visual interpretation of a thought, feeling or idea through the interplay of color and form that is often interwoven and connected with line.
Ms. Kwasinski has been teaching drawing and painting extensively throughout the Denver Metropolitan area since 1996. She has taught workshops and extended class sessions, served as an exhibit juror, and has held critiques and demonstrations for various arts associations including, but not limited to: The Colorado Watercolor Society, The Colorado Pastel Society, Foothills Art Center, Heritage Fine Arts Guild, Denver Allied Artists Guild, Aurora Artists Guild, Broomfield Art Guild, Park Hill Art Club, Business of Art Center, and other public and private associations.
Victoria works in a variety of art mediums, and the versatility of her work serves a varied audience. She is a published illustrator, and her fine art is represented by galleries, shown in local and national juried exhibitions, and is collected internationally including collections of: The National Institute of Art/Taipei, Taiwan; The National Museum of Brazil/MUBE; His Holiness Cealo/Japan; Dr. Arun Gandhi; musician Nawang Khechog, and numerous private collections. She has contributed art works or services to groups including; The Mask Project, The Global Art Project, Project Safeguard, Art that Heals, and The Alzheimer’s Association.
Of her lifetime journey as an Artist, Victoria states, “Art is my passion and my joy! I believe that we are here to live our purpose as defined by what we are passionate about, that which makes our heart sing.
This one-day workshop will encourage you to find inspiration from objects that are found in our everyday lives. We will abstract those objects by use of exaggeration, altered color and simplification to find new ideas for 'semi-abstract' work. Plan to bring several objects, i.e. vases, containers, fruit, boxes, etc., and/or photographs of such. Supplies needed are: a sketchbook + pencils/charcoal and your normal painting supplies. This workshop is for all levels of experience, and all mediums.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/workshop_registration_form_2017-4.pdf
Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, January 5, 2019 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Victoria Kwasinski holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design where she graduated class valedictorian. She has over 30 years of experience as a professional artist and has worked as a corporate graphic artist, freelance illustrator, gallery owner, fine artist and art instructor.
Victoria considers herself an ‘interpretive abstract’ artist. Her goal is to create an abstracted visual interpretation of a thought, feeling or idea through the interplay of color and form that is often interwoven and connected with line.
Ms. Kwasinski has been teaching drawing and painting extensively throughout the Denver Metropolitan area since 1996. She has taught workshops and extended class sessions, served as an exhibit juror, and has held critiques and demonstrations for various arts associations including, but not limited to: The Colorado Watercolor Society, The Colorado Pastel Society, Foothills Art Center, Heritage Fine Arts Guild, Denver Allied Artists Guild, Aurora Artists Guild, Broomfield Art Guild, Park Hill Art Club, Business of Art Center, and other public and private associations.
Victoria works in a variety of art mediums, and the versatility of her work serves a varied audience. She is a published illustrator, and her fine art is represented by galleries, shown in local and national juried exhibitions, and is collected internationally including collections of: The National Institute of Art/Taipei, Taiwan; The National Museum of Brazil/MUBE; His Holiness Cealo/Japan; Dr. Arun Gandhi; musician Nawang Khechog, and numerous private collections. She has contributed art works or services to groups including; The Mask Project, The Global Art Project, Project Safeguard, Art that Heals, and The Alzheimer’s Association.
Of her lifetime journey as an Artist, Victoria states, “Art is my passion and my joy! I believe that we are here to live our purpose as defined by what we are passionate about, that which makes our heart sing.
This one-day workshop will encourage you to find inspiration from objects that are found in our everyday lives. We will abstract those objects by use of exaggeration, altered color and simplification to find new ideas for 'semi-abstract' work. Plan to bring several objects, i.e. vases, containers, fruit, boxes, etc., and/or photographs of such. Supplies needed are: a sketchbook + pencils/charcoal and your normal painting supplies. This workshop is for all levels of experience, and all mediums.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/workshop_registration_form_2017-4.pdf
Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, January 5, 2019 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Saturday December 1, Watercolor Workshop with Robert Gray
LITTLETON, CO. Popular watercolor artist and teacher Robert Gray makes another guest appearance at a Heritage Fine Arts Guild workshop. Robert’s relaxed and friendly teaching technique has made him a favorite among past workshop participants. His confident strokes and use of bold and vibrant colors bring students back to his workshops again and again.
This time the focus will be on figures without using a lot of detail yet leaving a realistic impression. Gray will also demonstrate how to use pencil lines to present a professional touch.
Robert Gray is a professional artist born in Denver. He paints in a loose style in several media with a goal of keeping the work exciting and colorful with lots of action. He conducts workshops throughout Colorado.
For a complete list of materials required for the workshop, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. To see a registration form, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday December 1, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
This time the focus will be on figures without using a lot of detail yet leaving a realistic impression. Gray will also demonstrate how to use pencil lines to present a professional touch.
Robert Gray is a professional artist born in Denver. He paints in a loose style in several media with a goal of keeping the work exciting and colorful with lots of action. He conducts workshops throughout Colorado.
For a complete list of materials required for the workshop, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. To see a registration form, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday December 1, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
December 11 to January 17, 2019 Annual This is Colorado Juried Art Show
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County is offering a call for entry for all Colorado artists. (The paintings do not have to be about Colorado, just by Colorado artists.)
The exhibit will be held December 11 to January 17, 2019 at Arapahoe Community College Colorado Gallery of the Arts. The college is located at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, CO. The gallery is located at the northeast corner of the campus.
Follow the link below for more information and to submit your entries.
https:/www.arapahoe.edu/2018-colorado-registration
Up to three images may be entered. $35 for members and $45 for non-members. After you submit your registration online go to the Heritage website www.heritage-guild.com and click on “Shows” on the left side of the screen to make your entry payment.
The entry deadline is midnight November 12.
The juror for this year’s show is Trish Sangelo, Gallery Director for the Colorado Gallery of Arts. Mrs. Sangelo has been a professor of art for 26 years.
You may also enter three pieces of bin work. Bin work must be for sale and there is a 35% commission, the same as for framed pieces. With bin work, you must bring the entry form, which you can download at the Heritage website
Many awards!!!!
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
The exhibit will be held December 11 to January 17, 2019 at Arapahoe Community College Colorado Gallery of the Arts. The college is located at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, CO. The gallery is located at the northeast corner of the campus.
Follow the link below for more information and to submit your entries.
https:/www.arapahoe.edu/2018-colorado-registration
Up to three images may be entered. $35 for members and $45 for non-members. After you submit your registration online go to the Heritage website www.heritage-guild.com and click on “Shows” on the left side of the screen to make your entry payment.
The entry deadline is midnight November 12.
The juror for this year’s show is Trish Sangelo, Gallery Director for the Colorado Gallery of Arts. Mrs. Sangelo has been a professor of art for 26 years.
You may also enter three pieces of bin work. Bin work must be for sale and there is a 35% commission, the same as for framed pieces. With bin work, you must bring the entry form, which you can download at the Heritage website
Many awards!!!!
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Saturday November 3, 2018 Mixed Media Workshop with Amelia Furma
Amelia Furman’s multi-layered works showcase landscapes from around the world. With collage and paint she creates landscapes that invite viewers to access the deeper layers of collage. This workshop affords participants the unique opportunity to walk through each step of her process.
Furman grew up in rural, central Pennsylvania amidst pastoral scenes of farms, fields, and forests. Nature has captured her attention for as long as she can remember. Visual arts were also a dominant force in Furman’s life from an early age. After graduating with a degree in visual art from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2003, she began to explore how she could use paint to express her love of the natural world.
A background in printmaking and illustration has heavily influenced the direction of Amelia’s work. She works in a combination of paper collage, text and thin layers of acrylic paint. A selection of documents, vintage images, handwritten text, and symbols associated with the painted image reminds the viewer that places and objects have many layers of meaning, memory, and beauty.
Along with exhibiting her finished works, Amelia enjoys teaching adults and students in mixed media workshops throughout Colorado. Using accessible techniques and language, she helps beginners learn the basics of mixed media art while also challenging advanced students with her unique style.
Furman displays her work throughout the United States in traditional and non-traditional venues. Residing in Loveland, CO with her husband and two sons, her works can be found in private collections nationwide.
Students are encouraged to bring their own collage materials, but Amelia will also have supplemental supplies from her own collection. Students should also bring a reference photo of a simple landscape. They will then paint the landscape on top of the finished collage background.
For a complete list of supplies, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
The workshop is sponsored by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County. Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. To see a registration form, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday November 3, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Furman grew up in rural, central Pennsylvania amidst pastoral scenes of farms, fields, and forests. Nature has captured her attention for as long as she can remember. Visual arts were also a dominant force in Furman’s life from an early age. After graduating with a degree in visual art from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2003, she began to explore how she could use paint to express her love of the natural world.
A background in printmaking and illustration has heavily influenced the direction of Amelia’s work. She works in a combination of paper collage, text and thin layers of acrylic paint. A selection of documents, vintage images, handwritten text, and symbols associated with the painted image reminds the viewer that places and objects have many layers of meaning, memory, and beauty.
Along with exhibiting her finished works, Amelia enjoys teaching adults and students in mixed media workshops throughout Colorado. Using accessible techniques and language, she helps beginners learn the basics of mixed media art while also challenging advanced students with her unique style.
Furman displays her work throughout the United States in traditional and non-traditional venues. Residing in Loveland, CO with her husband and two sons, her works can be found in private collections nationwide.
Students are encouraged to bring their own collage materials, but Amelia will also have supplemental supplies from her own collection. Students should also bring a reference photo of a simple landscape. They will then paint the landscape on top of the finished collage background.
For a complete list of supplies, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
The workshop is sponsored by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County. Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. To see a registration form, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday November 3, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Saturday October 6, 2018. Take the Mystery out of Digital Entries for Art Exhibits!
LITTLETON, CO. Artists everywhere are finding more and more that in order to enter juried exhibits they are required to present digital images of their work. If you are an artist and you are uncertain about how to take photos of your art or if you aren’t sure about how to submit them to shows that demand digital submissions, then this workshop is for you.
Presented by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County, the workshop is led by Trish Sangelo, a multi media artist and commercial photographer. With a Master’s Degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Trish is the Director of the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton where she has been teaching photography for over 26 years. She will present an informative demonstration focused on taking quality photos of your art, preparing them for download, and introducing you to an easy, free online site to resize your images to specs required for professional entry. The demonstration will be followed by questions and answers.
This will not be a hands-on workshop, so no materials are required by the student.
Pre-registration is required, and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. To see a registration form, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost is $20 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $30 for non-members. Membership in the Guild is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday October 6, 2018 from 9:00 am-12 noon (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Presented by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County, the workshop is led by Trish Sangelo, a multi media artist and commercial photographer. With a Master’s Degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Trish is the Director of the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton where she has been teaching photography for over 26 years. She will present an informative demonstration focused on taking quality photos of your art, preparing them for download, and introducing you to an easy, free online site to resize your images to specs required for professional entry. The demonstration will be followed by questions and answers.
This will not be a hands-on workshop, so no materials are required by the student.
Pre-registration is required, and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. To see a registration form, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost is $20 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $30 for non-members. Membership in the Guild is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday October 6, 2018 from 9:00 am-12 noon (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Saturday September 1, 2018 Watercolor Techniques with Phyllis Vandehaar
LITTLETON, CO. The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County kicks off its 2018/19 season with a watercolor workshop by popular artist and teacher Phyllis Vandehaar.
Instead of holding a typical "paint along with the instructor" type of workshop, Phyllis will spend the day exploring a number of exciting watercolor techniques. Beginning with basics, the class will move toward more complex concepts.
As the workshop progresses, participants will begin creating "little paintings" - more of an example rather than completed larger works although, according to Vandehaar, some of the tiny pieces may well deserve mounting.
With a BA and MA in Fine Art from the University of Colorado, Phyllis spent most of her career as an art instructor at Arapahoe High School in Littleton. She is also a working artist in watercolor, mixed media, pastels, charcoal, and collage, preferring to extract subject matter and relate it abstractly through loosely applied color and brush work.
Her greatest sense of achievement is inventing subject matter using vibrant colors, creating unusual relationships and simply making things up as she goes along. There is often subtle tongue-in-cheek humor in her art, and she often leads her work into “impossible situations.”
“If art isn’t challenging, enlightening, enjoyable, and doesn’t require the thinking process, then there is something wrong” is Phyllis’s mantra. In retirement she still teaches a few classes, some private lessons, and conducts demos and workshops around the Denver Metro area.
Art has always been an integral part of Phyllis. She says, “I don’t know what I would have done with my life had I not been an artist.”
For a complete list of materials required for the workshop, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. To see a registration form, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday September 1, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Instead of holding a typical "paint along with the instructor" type of workshop, Phyllis will spend the day exploring a number of exciting watercolor techniques. Beginning with basics, the class will move toward more complex concepts.
As the workshop progresses, participants will begin creating "little paintings" - more of an example rather than completed larger works although, according to Vandehaar, some of the tiny pieces may well deserve mounting.
With a BA and MA in Fine Art from the University of Colorado, Phyllis spent most of her career as an art instructor at Arapahoe High School in Littleton. She is also a working artist in watercolor, mixed media, pastels, charcoal, and collage, preferring to extract subject matter and relate it abstractly through loosely applied color and brush work.
Her greatest sense of achievement is inventing subject matter using vibrant colors, creating unusual relationships and simply making things up as she goes along. There is often subtle tongue-in-cheek humor in her art, and she often leads her work into “impossible situations.”
“If art isn’t challenging, enlightening, enjoyable, and doesn’t require the thinking process, then there is something wrong” is Phyllis’s mantra. In retirement she still teaches a few classes, some private lessons, and conducts demos and workshops around the Denver Metro area.
Art has always been an integral part of Phyllis. She says, “I don’t know what I would have done with my life had I not been an artist.”
For a complete list of materials required for the workshop, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. To see a registration form, go to heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.
Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday September 1, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Denver Community Credit Union at Mineral to Host Art Exhibit
The Community Credit Union at Mineral in Littleton will host an art exhibit from July 13 thru September 30, 2018.
The exhibit is presented with the cooperation of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County.
An opening reception will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 13 at the Credit Union, 101 Mineral Ave. #100 in Littleton.
Denver Community Credit Union has been serving its communities with quality financial services since 1934. With this art program, the Union aims to engage the community not just through financial services and education, but through art and culture.
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
The exhibit is presented with the cooperation of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County.
An opening reception will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 13 at the Credit Union, 101 Mineral Ave. #100 in Littleton.
Denver Community Credit Union has been serving its communities with quality financial services since 1934. With this art program, the Union aims to engage the community not just through financial services and education, but through art and culture.
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Saturday June 16, 2018 – Plein Air Workshop with Denver Artist Pat Barr Clarke
Patricia Barr Clarke, long-time Denver area plein air painter, will lead a workshop sponsored by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County. With an emphasis on outdoor painting techniques, the workshop will provide individualized instruction for participants of all levels of experience.
Pat is a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society, a member of the Plein Air Artists of Colorado and serves as a board member of the Art Garage, a community art center in Park Hill. Having just returned from plein air painting in Chile, her recent painting trips include weeks in Spain, Portugal and Curacao. She has taught art classes and art workshops all over the world.
In February 2019 she will return for a fourth time as an invited watercolor teacher at the Curacao Plein Air Festival in Willemstad.
All media are welcome. The session will allow ample time for participants to paint on location. In addition to painting supplies, you should bring a stool, an easel or board to paint on, a hat or umbrella for sun or rain, sack lunch, water bottle, camera, paper towels, and any other materials that you are accustomed to using.
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, June 16, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. in Littleton. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Pat is a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society, a member of the Plein Air Artists of Colorado and serves as a board member of the Art Garage, a community art center in Park Hill. Having just returned from plein air painting in Chile, her recent painting trips include weeks in Spain, Portugal and Curacao. She has taught art classes and art workshops all over the world.
In February 2019 she will return for a fourth time as an invited watercolor teacher at the Curacao Plein Air Festival in Willemstad.
All media are welcome. The session will allow ample time for participants to paint on location. In addition to painting supplies, you should bring a stool, an easel or board to paint on, a hat or umbrella for sun or rain, sack lunch, water bottle, camera, paper towels, and any other materials that you are accustomed to using.
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, June 16, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. in Littleton. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Artist Camille Scott To Conduct an Alcohol Inks Workshop
Lttleton, CO. The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces an art workshop on Saturday, May 12, 2018. The subject of the workshop is alcohol inks, and it will be led by artist Camille Scott.
Camille Scott is a native Coloradan and self-taught artist who expresses her love of the state in many of her landscape watercolors. Recently she has discovered alcohol inks and all the wonderful things they can do.
Participants will be using the inks to create greeting cards, small frameable pieces, and other “crazy” surfaces such as tile, metal, and glass. Camille says, “This is a very exciting and easy medium -- one you will come back to often to create gifts and other useful items.”
Currently a member of Foothills Art Center and the Colorado Watercolor Society, Camille gives watercolor classes in her studio in Highlands Ranch.
She has won several awards through the years, and her work hangs in private collections throughout the Denver area.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/workshop_registration_form_2017-4.pdf
For a list of materials see http://heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are athttp://heritage-guild.com/membership.html
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County http://www.heritage-guild.com is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Saturday, May 5 2018 Artist Victoria Kwasinski Conducts a Watercolor Pencil with Water-soluble Graphite Workshop.
LITTLETON, CO —The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County presents a one-day workshop Saturday, May 5 featuring watercolor pencil with water-soluble graphite by popular Denver artist and teacher Victoria Kwasinski.
This workshop encourages participants to explore the many different results that can be achieved by combining drawing and painting skills using watercolor pencils and water-soluble graphite. These tools are ideal for plein air work and/or travel.
Victoria Kwasinski attended Colorado Institute of Art and went on to receive her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design where she graduated class valedictorian. Her love of art has been a lifetime journey that began with her first award at the age of seven. She has over thirty years of experience as a Professional Artist and has worked as a Corporate Graphic Artist, Freelance Illustrator, Gallery Owner, Fine Artist and Art Instructor.
Ms. Kwasinski has been teaching drawing and painting extensively throughout the Denver Metropolitan area since 1996. She has taught workshops and extended class sessions, served as an exhibit juror, and has held critiques and demonstrations for various arts associations including, but not limited to: The Colorado Watercolor Society, The Colorado Pastel Society, Foothills Art Center, Heritage Fine Arts Guild, Denver Allied Artists Guild, Aurora Artists Guild, Broomfield Art Guild, Park Hill Art Club, Business of Art Center, and other public and private associations.
Victoria works in a variety of art mediums, and the versatility of her work serves a varied audience. She is a published illustrator, and her fine art is represented by galleries, shown in local and national juried exhibitions, and is collected internationally including collections of: The National Institute of Art/Taipei, Taiwan; The National Museum of Brazil/MUBE; His Holiness Cealo/Japan; Dr. Arun Gandhi; musician Nawang Khechog, and numerous private collections. She has contributed art works or services to groups including; The Mask Project, The Global Art Project, Project Safeguard, Art that Heals, and The Alzheimer’s Association.
Of her lifetime journey as an Artist, Victoria states, “Art is my passion and my joy! I believe that we are here to live our purpose as defined by what we are passionate about, that which makes our heart sing.”
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/workshop_registration_form_2017-4.pdf
For a list of materials see http://heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, May 5, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
April 5-7, 2018 -- Watercolor Workshop with Internationally Recognized Artist Don Andrews
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County presents a three-day workshop by watercolorist Don Andrews.
Don Andrews is an internationally known watercolor artist and workshop instructor. A graduate of Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, he is an active member and past board director of the American Watercolor Society. His paintings have received numerous awards in national watercolor competitions, including three awards from the American Watercolor Society.
As the author of the books, "Interpreting the Figure in Watercolor", "Interpreting the Landscape in Watercolor" and "Rough Sketches: Short Stories of a Traveling Artist", Andrews has also created two DVD sets that follow his figure and landscape workshop curriculum. Another of his DVDs, "Making Watercolor Glow" is based on his original video. Don is featured in the Watson Guptill publication "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Watercolor" and the North Light book, "Confident Color". He has had numerous feature articles published in American Artist magazine and the Watercolor issue of American Artist.
A resident of Bastrop, Texas, Don has conducted painting workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe for over 30 years.
Andrews believes that learning to paint with watercolor should be fun! His Landscape Workshop is geared specifically for artists of any level who are eager to paint and study in a no-stress studio environment. Each day Don will address a major visual concern. Light, color, granulation, organizing nature and utilizing negative space are just a few subjects to be covered. Participants will benefit from a more personal understanding of the painting possibilities available in the exciting world of landscape painting. This workshop will be packed with demonstrations, discussions, individual help and personal and group critiques.
For a complete list of materials required for the workshop see www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html.
The workshop is scheduled for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 5-7, 2018 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. in Littleton. Cost is $150 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $200 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Don Andrews is an internationally known watercolor artist and workshop instructor. A graduate of Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, he is an active member and past board director of the American Watercolor Society. His paintings have received numerous awards in national watercolor competitions, including three awards from the American Watercolor Society.
As the author of the books, "Interpreting the Figure in Watercolor", "Interpreting the Landscape in Watercolor" and "Rough Sketches: Short Stories of a Traveling Artist", Andrews has also created two DVD sets that follow his figure and landscape workshop curriculum. Another of his DVDs, "Making Watercolor Glow" is based on his original video. Don is featured in the Watson Guptill publication "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Watercolor" and the North Light book, "Confident Color". He has had numerous feature articles published in American Artist magazine and the Watercolor issue of American Artist.
A resident of Bastrop, Texas, Don has conducted painting workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe for over 30 years.
Andrews believes that learning to paint with watercolor should be fun! His Landscape Workshop is geared specifically for artists of any level who are eager to paint and study in a no-stress studio environment. Each day Don will address a major visual concern. Light, color, granulation, organizing nature and utilizing negative space are just a few subjects to be covered. Participants will benefit from a more personal understanding of the painting possibilities available in the exciting world of landscape painting. This workshop will be packed with demonstrations, discussions, individual help and personal and group critiques.
For a complete list of materials required for the workshop see www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html.
The workshop is scheduled for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 5-7, 2018 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. in Littleton. Cost is $150 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $200 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
March 3, 2018. Pastel Workshop with Chuck Ceraso
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County presents a one-day workshop hosted by well-known Denver artist and teacher Chuck Ceraso.
After beginning his art education at the University of Notre Dame in the early 70’s, Chuck continued his studies with Henry Hensche, prominent artist, teacher, and color theorist of the 20th century. Chuck’s goal is to pass the knowledge that he acquired from Hensche on to his students. For many years he has shared this knowledge with artists at the Denver Art Museum, the Art Students League of Denver, the Arvada Center, and in his studio.
Chuck Ceraso’s work is in numerous public and private collections throughout the US and Europe.
This workshop features the still life, with a focus on the color relationships that best describe the form, light, and atmosphere as observed in the setup. Participants will be introduced to a way of using the eyes to facilitate a more accurate color sensation than one can get from simple direct vision.
For this workshop you should bring a good amount of pastels (no amount is too many!) Soft pastels like Unison and Terry Ludwick’s are best. Bring at least two sheets of paper 12”x16” and a cushioned board to back the paper. Canson pastel paper is recommended or a sanded paper (best). Also have handy paper towels or rags, a small paint brush. And most important -- enthusiasm!
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday March 3, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
After beginning his art education at the University of Notre Dame in the early 70’s, Chuck continued his studies with Henry Hensche, prominent artist, teacher, and color theorist of the 20th century. Chuck’s goal is to pass the knowledge that he acquired from Hensche on to his students. For many years he has shared this knowledge with artists at the Denver Art Museum, the Art Students League of Denver, the Arvada Center, and in his studio.
Chuck Ceraso’s work is in numerous public and private collections throughout the US and Europe.
This workshop features the still life, with a focus on the color relationships that best describe the form, light, and atmosphere as observed in the setup. Participants will be introduced to a way of using the eyes to facilitate a more accurate color sensation than one can get from simple direct vision.
For this workshop you should bring a good amount of pastels (no amount is too many!) Soft pastels like Unison and Terry Ludwick’s are best. Bring at least two sheets of paper 12”x16” and a cushioned board to back the paper. Canson pastel paper is recommended or a sanded paper (best). Also have handy paper towels or rags, a small paint brush. And most important -- enthusiasm!
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
The workshop is scheduled for Saturday March 3, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) serving the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
February 3, 2018 -- Watercolor and Ink Workshop: Elegant Writer ® with Phyllis Vandehaar
With a BA and MA in Fine Art from the University of Colorado, Phyllis spent most of her career as an art instructor at Arapahoe High School in Littleton. She is also a working artist in watercolor, mixed media, pastels, charcoal, and collage, preferring to extract subject matter and relate it abstractly through loosely applied color and brush work.
Her greatest sense of achievement is inventing subject matter using vibrant colors, creating unusual relationships and simply making things up as she goes along. There is often subtle tongue-in-cheek humor in her art, and she often leads her work into “impossible situations.”
“If art isn’t challenging, enlightening, enjoyable, and doesn’t require the thinking process, then there is something wrong” is Phyllis’s mantra. In retirement she still teaches a few classes, some private lessons, and conducts demos and workshops around the Denver Metro area.
Art has always been an integral part of Phyllis. She says, “I don’t know what I would have done with my life had I not been an artist.”
This workshop will be one where participants will do some drawing with a tool called Elegant Writer (by Speedball). It is a high quality pen that contains fluid that, when subjected to water, "bleeds" into an array of fluid "values." These pens come in black and a few colors. For more information on Elegant Writer, go to http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/workshop_registration_form_2017-4.pdf
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
For a list of materials see www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
The workshop is scheduled for February 3, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Her greatest sense of achievement is inventing subject matter using vibrant colors, creating unusual relationships and simply making things up as she goes along. There is often subtle tongue-in-cheek humor in her art, and she often leads her work into “impossible situations.”
“If art isn’t challenging, enlightening, enjoyable, and doesn’t require the thinking process, then there is something wrong” is Phyllis’s mantra. In retirement she still teaches a few classes, some private lessons, and conducts demos and workshops around the Denver Metro area.
Art has always been an integral part of Phyllis. She says, “I don’t know what I would have done with my life had I not been an artist.”
This workshop will be one where participants will do some drawing with a tool called Elegant Writer (by Speedball). It is a high quality pen that contains fluid that, when subjected to water, "bleeds" into an array of fluid "values." These pens come in black and a few colors. For more information on Elegant Writer, go to http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/workshop_registration_form_2017-4.pdf
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
For a list of materials see www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html
The workshop is scheduled for February 3, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Saturday January 6, 2018. Heritage Fine Arts Guild presents “Abstracted Realism"
LITTLETON, CO—December 11, 2017 —The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County presents “Abstracted Realism” – a one-day workshop by popular Denver artist and teacher Victoria Kwasinski.
Victoria Kwasinski attended Colorado Institute of Art and went on to receive her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design where she graduated class valedictorian. Her love of art has been a lifetime journey that began with her first award at the age of seven. She has over thirty years of experience as a Professional Artist and has worked as a Corporate Graphic Artist, Freelance Illustrator, Gallery Owner, Fine Artist and Art Instructor.
Ms. Kwasinski has been teaching drawing and painting extensively throughout the Denver Metropolitan area since 1996. She has taught workshops and extended class sessions, served as an exhibit juror, and has held critiques and demonstrations for various arts associations including, but not limited to: The Colorado Watercolor Society, The Colorado Pastel Society, Foothills Art Center, Heritage Fine Arts Guild, Denver Allied Artists Guild, Aurora Artists Guild, Broomfield Art Guild, Park Hill Art Club, Business of Art Center, and other public and private associations.
Victoria works in a variety of art mediums, and the versatility of her work serves a varied audience. She is a published illustrator, and her fine art is represented by galleries, shown in local and national juried exhibitions, and is collected internationally including collections of: The National Institute of Art/Taipei, Taiwan; The National Museum of Brazil/MUBE; His Holiness Cealo/Japan; Dr. Arun Gandhi; musician Nawang Khechog, and numerous private collections. She has contributed art works or services to groups including; The Mask Project, The Global Art Project, Project Safeguard, Art that Heals, and The Alzheimer’s Association.
Of her lifetime journey as an artist, Victoria states, “Art is my passion and my joy! I believe that we are here to live our purpose as defined by what we are passionate about, that which makes our heart sing.”
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/workshop_registration_form_2017-4.pdf
In this workshop, you will learn how to take the elements, values and shapes from a photograph to create exciting abstract work.
Plan to bring an 8" x 10" black and white photograph that has good value shifts and strong shapes. Subject matter can be people, animals, still life, landscape, urbanscape, etc.
Supplies you will need:
design ebony drawing pencil
kneaded eraser
painting supplies for medium of your choice
canvas 16"x 20" or larger (or strong watercolor paper, if you wish)
The workshop is scheduled for January 6, 2018 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Saturday, December 2. Helen Shaffer and “Colored Pencil Pizzazz”
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County presents “Colored Pencil Pizzazz”—a one-day workshop taught by Helen Shaffer. Helen is an award-winning artist who has participated in numerous local and regional art shows. She has studied at the Art Students League in Denver and served on the Board of Directors of the Canon City Fine Arts Association and the Board of Directors of the Colorado Watercolor Society.
She has worked in the creative process for over forty years in different media including oils and intaglio printmaking. One of her favorite painting mediums is casein, a rich paint that was used widely by the masters but not often used today. For drawing, Helen chooses a variety of media.
Helen’s iconography is described as eclectic but she consistently returns to images of the land with its ever changing challenges. When painting landscapes, the major endeavor is to try to be true to what first attracted her enough to want to do a painting, with the forms and colors as she sees them at a particular time.
A series might include highway overpasses, fading sunflowers and the chairs in her home sometimes incorporating the two images, or doorways in different locations, and roads that cut across landscapes.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/workshop_registration_form_2017-4.pdf For a list of supplies, see shaffer supply list.docx
The workshop is scheduled for December 2 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2017 event is set for October 10-November 2. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
She has worked in the creative process for over forty years in different media including oils and intaglio printmaking. One of her favorite painting mediums is casein, a rich paint that was used widely by the masters but not often used today. For drawing, Helen chooses a variety of media.
Helen’s iconography is described as eclectic but she consistently returns to images of the land with its ever changing challenges. When painting landscapes, the major endeavor is to try to be true to what first attracted her enough to want to do a painting, with the forms and colors as she sees them at a particular time.
A series might include highway overpasses, fading sunflowers and the chairs in her home sometimes incorporating the two images, or doorways in different locations, and roads that cut across landscapes.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/workshop_registration_form_2017-4.pdf For a list of supplies, see shaffer supply list.docx
The workshop is scheduled for December 2 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2017 event is set for October 10-November 2. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Thursday and Friday, Nov. 9-10. Homare Ikeda Explores the Mystical Aspect of Painting
This two-day workshop will provide an eye-opening vehicle to the world of the visual unknown.
Homare Ikeda was born on the small subtropical island of Yoron, near Okinawa, Japan. He now lives and works in Denver, Colorado where he shares his vision of art as an instructor at the Art Students League.
"Painting has become a vehicle to travel in and out of the world of unknown. A blob of paints is daubed, scratched, scraped and painted one layer upon another. The thickly painted surface is reminiscent of my journey into the heart of the sea where all my reflections of life are imbued. The sea is the genesis of the original form of life”.
“I begin my painting with a simple vision. The first stages are usually kept fluid and open. As the painting progresses, I keep adding or scraping the layers of paint. I see them as the metaphor of life. At a certain point in this process, the painting starts to take control. The painting is transformed to the state of the unknown. There, I put down my paintbrush. My journey into the dream of sea begins again. Working with painting is mystical. I often don't know what I am doing yet painting seems to know how and what to do. I spend many hours looking at the painting as if it is able to say something. When things are right it does speak. I add one more stroke and wait for her voice to come out. It is a fascinating space."
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at (http://heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html). For a complete list of supplies required, see http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/homare-ikeda-ws-supply-list.pdf
The workshop is scheduled for November 9-10 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup Street in Littleton. Hours are 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am).
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost for the two-day workshop is $100 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $130 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2017 event is set for October 10-November 2. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Homare Ikeda was born on the small subtropical island of Yoron, near Okinawa, Japan. He now lives and works in Denver, Colorado where he shares his vision of art as an instructor at the Art Students League.
"Painting has become a vehicle to travel in and out of the world of unknown. A blob of paints is daubed, scratched, scraped and painted one layer upon another. The thickly painted surface is reminiscent of my journey into the heart of the sea where all my reflections of life are imbued. The sea is the genesis of the original form of life”.
“I begin my painting with a simple vision. The first stages are usually kept fluid and open. As the painting progresses, I keep adding or scraping the layers of paint. I see them as the metaphor of life. At a certain point in this process, the painting starts to take control. The painting is transformed to the state of the unknown. There, I put down my paintbrush. My journey into the dream of sea begins again. Working with painting is mystical. I often don't know what I am doing yet painting seems to know how and what to do. I spend many hours looking at the painting as if it is able to say something. When things are right it does speak. I add one more stroke and wait for her voice to come out. It is a fascinating space."
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at (http://heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html). For a complete list of supplies required, see http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/homare-ikeda-ws-supply-list.pdf
The workshop is scheduled for November 9-10 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup Street in Littleton. Hours are 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am).
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost for the two-day workshop is $100 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $130 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2017 event is set for October 10-November 2. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
October 10-November 2. This Is Colorado
October 10 marks the opening of the “This is Colorado” art show. Sponsored by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County, the exhibit features two-dimensional works of many of Colorado’s finest artists.
The show is held annually at the Arapahoe Community College Gallery of the Arts, 5900 South Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. The gallery is in the main building called the Annex on the northeast side of the campus.
Lance Green, well known Colorado expressionist, will serve as this year’s juror. Awards will be presented at the artists’ reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 12. The exhibit runs through November 2.
Admission to the show is free and viewing hours are Monday thru Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The show is held annually at the Arapahoe Community College Gallery of the Arts, 5900 South Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. The gallery is in the main building called the Annex on the northeast side of the campus.
Lance Green, well known Colorado expressionist, will serve as this year’s juror. Awards will be presented at the artists’ reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 12. The exhibit runs through November 2.
Admission to the show is free and viewing hours are Monday thru Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7. Lance Green Shares His Vision of Figurative Expressionism
(Left) EARTH SPIRIT “Green’s expressionistic canvases exude metaphysical questionings of someone who’s been through it:” Santa Fean Magazine
LITTLETON, CO—September 1, 2017—The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will host an October 7 workshop emphasizing modern expressionism. Taught by Colorado artist Lance Green, the one-day session will enable participants to explore new avenues of color and self-expression.
Lance Green was born in Colorado and lived there until the age of ten. For several years he traveled about the Southwest with his mother and stepfather, living in the Colorado high country, the bayous of Lake Texarkana and the high deserts of New Mexico and Arizona where he was immersed in native art and culture.
As a teen, the family settled in east Los Angeles where he developed a love for Latin art and culture. While attending high school his art teacher, Linda Stevens, gave him the guidance that he needed to set his life course as an artist.
His work reflects the influence of the the late contemporary master Fritz Scholder with whom he did a series of one-on-one workshops in the late sixties. Others whose works contributed to his unique style include Nathan Oliviera, Manual Neri, and Mexican masters Laura Hernandez and Rufino Tamayo.
Lance now makes his home in Manitou Springs where he paints in his studio. His work is displayed in Copper Moon Gallery in Taos, New Mexico, Canyon Road Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Darpino Gallery in Manitou Springs, and Wilde Meyer Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at (http://heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html). Participants should bring brushes, acrylic paint, canvas, a water can, an apron, and any other materials that you are accustomed to using.
The workshop is scheduled for October 7 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2017 event is set for October 10-November 2. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
LITTLETON, CO—September 1, 2017—The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will host an October 7 workshop emphasizing modern expressionism. Taught by Colorado artist Lance Green, the one-day session will enable participants to explore new avenues of color and self-expression.
Lance Green was born in Colorado and lived there until the age of ten. For several years he traveled about the Southwest with his mother and stepfather, living in the Colorado high country, the bayous of Lake Texarkana and the high deserts of New Mexico and Arizona where he was immersed in native art and culture.
As a teen, the family settled in east Los Angeles where he developed a love for Latin art and culture. While attending high school his art teacher, Linda Stevens, gave him the guidance that he needed to set his life course as an artist.
His work reflects the influence of the the late contemporary master Fritz Scholder with whom he did a series of one-on-one workshops in the late sixties. Others whose works contributed to his unique style include Nathan Oliviera, Manual Neri, and Mexican masters Laura Hernandez and Rufino Tamayo.
Lance now makes his home in Manitou Springs where he paints in his studio. His work is displayed in Copper Moon Gallery in Taos, New Mexico, Canyon Road Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Darpino Gallery in Manitou Springs, and Wilde Meyer Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at (http://heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html). Participants should bring brushes, acrylic paint, canvas, a water can, an apron, and any other materials that you are accustomed to using.
The workshop is scheduled for October 7 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked at 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at (http://heritage-guild.com/membership.html)
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County ( http://www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2017 event is set for October 10-November 2. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Sept. 2 Workshop Features Artist Chuck Danford Teaching “Painting Techniques on YUPO®
Fascinating textural effects and brilliant color are hallmarks of watercolor on YUPO® sheets, as shown at left in Chuck Danford’s painting of old buildings in a wooded area. (Image used by permission.)
LITTLETON, CO—June 5, 2017—The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will host a September 2 workshop on “Painting Techniques on YUPO® Synthetic Paper.” Taught by Colorado artist Chuck Danford, the one-day session will enable participants to experiment with the unconventional characteristics of this support.
Originally developed for marketing and packaging applications, the non-porous, polypropylene substrate appeals to fine artists, who can create dramatic textural effects previously impossible to achieve on conventional watercolor papers. Paint can be dripped and manipulated on the smooth, bright white finish. Also, sections of a painting can be “lifted” or the entire image wiped clean and the sheet re-painted.
Chuck Danford (www.chuckdanford.com) is a Colorado native and graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art. Danford started his career as art director at a Denver television station and designer for the Denver Research Institute at the University of Denver. He cofounded Unit One, Inc., a graphic design studio, and began painting professionally in 1998. He is a signature member and past president of the Colorado Watercolor Society. Danford has been teaching design and watercolor for more than 15 years. His work can be found in many private and public collections and is currently exhibiting in local and regional shows.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. Participants should bring a few scraps of textured materials, such plastic packaging wrap, stamps and stencils; a sturdy board; watercolor paints; white gouache; various brushes including a two-inch flat wash brush; YUPO® paper; and reference photos. A complete supply list is posted at http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/heritage_yupo_workshop_supply_list.pdf.
The workshop is scheduled for September 2 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2017 event is set for October 10-November 2. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
LITTLETON, CO—June 5, 2017—The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will host a September 2 workshop on “Painting Techniques on YUPO® Synthetic Paper.” Taught by Colorado artist Chuck Danford, the one-day session will enable participants to experiment with the unconventional characteristics of this support.
Originally developed for marketing and packaging applications, the non-porous, polypropylene substrate appeals to fine artists, who can create dramatic textural effects previously impossible to achieve on conventional watercolor papers. Paint can be dripped and manipulated on the smooth, bright white finish. Also, sections of a painting can be “lifted” or the entire image wiped clean and the sheet re-painted.
Chuck Danford (www.chuckdanford.com) is a Colorado native and graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art. Danford started his career as art director at a Denver television station and designer for the Denver Research Institute at the University of Denver. He cofounded Unit One, Inc., a graphic design studio, and began painting professionally in 1998. He is a signature member and past president of the Colorado Watercolor Society. Danford has been teaching design and watercolor for more than 15 years. His work can be found in many private and public collections and is currently exhibiting in local and regional shows.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. Participants should bring a few scraps of textured materials, such plastic packaging wrap, stamps and stencils; a sturdy board; watercolor paints; white gouache; various brushes including a two-inch flat wash brush; YUPO® paper; and reference photos. A complete supply list is posted at http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/heritage_yupo_workshop_supply_list.pdf.
The workshop is scheduled for September 2 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local venues in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2017 event is set for October 10-November 2. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Artist Patricia Barr Clarke Teaches
"Color in Action" at May 6 Workshop
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Brilliant color and an impressionistic style are characteristics of Patricia Barr Clarke’s paintings, such as “Caprici” shown. She will instruct a May 6 workshop for Heritage Fine Arts Guild. (Image used by permission.) |
LITTLETON, CO—April 6, 2017—Watercolor artists seeking to improve their knowledge and application of color theory may sign up for a May 6 workshop, “Color in Action,” sponsored by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County.
Taught by local artist Patricia Barr Clarke, "Color in Action" will focus on using exciting combinations of colors in limited palettes in wet-on-wet applications and glazes. She will demonstrate landscapes, flowers and/or city street scenes. She will also provide background handouts on color theory and pigment characteristics and give individual instruction to participants of all levels.
Barr Clarke paints watercolors on location in a loose, impressionistic style, emphasizing color and design. She studied art at the University of Kansas, the University of Michigan and Universidad de Costa Rica. A signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society and the Kansas Watercolor Society, she is also a member of Plein Air Artists of Colorado and has won numerous awards. She recently returned from demonstrating watercolor at the Plein Air International Art Festival of Curacao in the Caribbean.
Participants should bring a watercolor palette and pans or tubes of a dozen favorite paints, four watercolor brushes, cold-press 140-lb. watercolor paper, a sturdy board, small spray bottle, drawing supplies, and photos for reference. A full supply list is posted at: http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/supply-list.pdf
The workshop is scheduled for May 6 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event occurred October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Taught by local artist Patricia Barr Clarke, "Color in Action" will focus on using exciting combinations of colors in limited palettes in wet-on-wet applications and glazes. She will demonstrate landscapes, flowers and/or city street scenes. She will also provide background handouts on color theory and pigment characteristics and give individual instruction to participants of all levels.
Barr Clarke paints watercolors on location in a loose, impressionistic style, emphasizing color and design. She studied art at the University of Kansas, the University of Michigan and Universidad de Costa Rica. A signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society and the Kansas Watercolor Society, she is also a member of Plein Air Artists of Colorado and has won numerous awards. She recently returned from demonstrating watercolor at the Plein Air International Art Festival of Curacao in the Caribbean.
Participants should bring a watercolor palette and pans or tubes of a dozen favorite paints, four watercolor brushes, cold-press 140-lb. watercolor paper, a sturdy board, small spray bottle, drawing supplies, and photos for reference. A full supply list is posted at: http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/supply-list.pdf
The workshop is scheduled for May 6 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event occurred October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
April 1 Workshop to Focus on Splashy Watercolor;
Artist Robert Gray to Instruct
Deftly brandishing a loaded paintbrush, Robert Gray creates bright, loose watercolors, such as this painting,
“The Gathering.” (Image used by permission.)
“The Gathering.” (Image used by permission.)
LITTLETON, CO—Mar. 6, 2017—Local artist Robert Gray will demonstrate splashy watercolor techniques in an April 1 workshop sponsored by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County.
Born in Denver, Gray has led art workshops in Colorado and Arizona. He paints primarily in watercolor and acrylic. His paintings have been purchased by corporations in the United States, as well as foreign collectors. Gray had his own gallery/studio in Littleton, Colorado from 1998 to 2003.
Gray attended workshops by such noted artists as Charles Reid, Frank Francese, Eric Wiegardt, Don Andrews, Tony van Hasselt and William Condit. He has won several awards including Best of Show in Littleton’s 1999 “Own an Original,” Roxborough Arts Council’s 2012 “Autumn in the Arts,” and Heritage Fine Art Guild’s 2013 “This is Colorado—Statewide Juried Exhibition.”
“When I’m painting, whatever the subject matter, my goal is to keep the work exciting with lots of action, color and loose style,” he says, “so I lean toward western action. My aim is technique/style rather than subject.”
Workshop registrants should bring their favorite watercolors, palette, brushes, watercolor paper, and reference photos. A full supply list is posted on the Heritage Fine Arts Guild website.
The workshop is scheduled for April 1 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html. Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event occurred October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Born in Denver, Gray has led art workshops in Colorado and Arizona. He paints primarily in watercolor and acrylic. His paintings have been purchased by corporations in the United States, as well as foreign collectors. Gray had his own gallery/studio in Littleton, Colorado from 1998 to 2003.
Gray attended workshops by such noted artists as Charles Reid, Frank Francese, Eric Wiegardt, Don Andrews, Tony van Hasselt and William Condit. He has won several awards including Best of Show in Littleton’s 1999 “Own an Original,” Roxborough Arts Council’s 2012 “Autumn in the Arts,” and Heritage Fine Art Guild’s 2013 “This is Colorado—Statewide Juried Exhibition.”
“When I’m painting, whatever the subject matter, my goal is to keep the work exciting with lots of action, color and loose style,” he says, “so I lean toward western action. My aim is technique/style rather than subject.”
Workshop registrants should bring their favorite watercolors, palette, brushes, watercolor paper, and reference photos. A full supply list is posted on the Heritage Fine Arts Guild website.
The workshop is scheduled for April 1 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.
Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html. Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
About the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event occurred October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Heritage Workshop on March 4 Demonstrates
How to Add Surface Treatments to Acrylic Paintings
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This painting in deep red with textural effects illustrates the work of Jo Ann Nelson, an artist who will lead a March 4 workshop on surface treatments for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild. (Image used by permission.)
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LITTLETON, CO—Jan. 30, 2017—“Adding Surface Treatments” is the topic for a Sat., March 4 workshop taught by local artist Jo Ann Nelson for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County.
The workshop is designed to push the boundaries of participants’ creativity and explore techniques for applying surface textures in an inspirational way. The focus of the workshop will be on combining textures to create a unique surface that has mystery and will keep people guessing, “How did you do that?”
Nelson served as a teacher and administrator for 32 years and considers herself a lifelong learner. She earned degrees from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, and completed post-graduate work in Colorado. In addition, she has studied with professional artists including abstract painters Robert Burridge and Tadashi Hayakawa for four years. “I like the idea of a painting that stimulates a desire to physically touch the art, as well as to provoke thought and explore questions,” she says. Her artwork is displayed in locations from California to Washington, DC, as well as Australia.
Workshop registrants should bring acrylic paints, three 16x20” canvases or boards, glue, wet plaster, and texture media. A complete supply list is posted on the Heritage Fine Arts Guild website.
The workshop is scheduled for March 4 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event occurred October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
The workshop is designed to push the boundaries of participants’ creativity and explore techniques for applying surface textures in an inspirational way. The focus of the workshop will be on combining textures to create a unique surface that has mystery and will keep people guessing, “How did you do that?”
Nelson served as a teacher and administrator for 32 years and considers herself a lifelong learner. She earned degrees from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, and completed post-graduate work in Colorado. In addition, she has studied with professional artists including abstract painters Robert Burridge and Tadashi Hayakawa for four years. “I like the idea of a painting that stimulates a desire to physically touch the art, as well as to provoke thought and explore questions,” she says. Her artwork is displayed in locations from California to Washington, DC, as well as Australia.
Workshop registrants should bring acrylic paints, three 16x20” canvases or boards, glue, wet plaster, and texture media. A complete supply list is posted on the Heritage Fine Arts Guild website.
The workshop is scheduled for March 4 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event occurred October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Phyllis Vandehaar Hosts "Playful Watercolor and Ink"
Workshop for Heritage Fine Arts Guild February 4
Local artist Phyllis Vandehaar, who created this water media painting of a bird on a branch, will teach Heritage workshop participants how to use watercolor and ink to unusual effect. (Image used by permission.)
LITTLETON, CO—Jan. 4, 2017—On Sat., Feb. 4, 2017, local artist Phyllis Vandehaar will lead a one-day workshop, “Be Playful with Watercolor and Ink,” for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County.
Participants will draw with a device called the Speedball® Elegant Writer® calligraphy marker, a high-quality pen containing ink that flows into a lovely array of fluid values when water or watercolor paints are applied. Vandehaar will demonstrate and show examples. Participants will start out with a small piece of paper to experience what the Elegant Writer® will do. Afterward, the class will use a larger format for more elaborate work.
A working artist in watercolor, mixed media, pastels, charcoal, and collage, Vandehaar earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine art from the University of Colorado. For many years, she served as a high school art teacher, primarily at Arapahoe High School in Littleton. Her mantra was always, "If art isn't challenging, enlightening, enjoyable and requiring the thinking process, there is something wrong!" She prefers to abstract her subject matter using loosely applied color and brush work.
Registrants are asked to bring two black Elegant Writer® pens (one broad 3.0 and one thinner 1.0, about $5 each), watercolors, watercolor paper and reference photos. Non-objective or abstract works also are acceptable. For a complete supply list see http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/vandenhaar-desc-material-list.pdf.
The workshop will be held February 4 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event occurred October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
LITTLETON, CO—Jan. 4, 2017—On Sat., Feb. 4, 2017, local artist Phyllis Vandehaar will lead a one-day workshop, “Be Playful with Watercolor and Ink,” for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County.
Participants will draw with a device called the Speedball® Elegant Writer® calligraphy marker, a high-quality pen containing ink that flows into a lovely array of fluid values when water or watercolor paints are applied. Vandehaar will demonstrate and show examples. Participants will start out with a small piece of paper to experience what the Elegant Writer® will do. Afterward, the class will use a larger format for more elaborate work.
A working artist in watercolor, mixed media, pastels, charcoal, and collage, Vandehaar earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine art from the University of Colorado. For many years, she served as a high school art teacher, primarily at Arapahoe High School in Littleton. Her mantra was always, "If art isn't challenging, enlightening, enjoyable and requiring the thinking process, there is something wrong!" She prefers to abstract her subject matter using loosely applied color and brush work.
Registrants are asked to bring two black Elegant Writer® pens (one broad 3.0 and one thinner 1.0, about $5 each), watercolors, watercolor paper and reference photos. Non-objective or abstract works also are acceptable. For a complete supply list see http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/vandenhaar-desc-material-list.pdf.
The workshop will be held February 4 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event occurred October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Victoria Kwasinski Guides January 7 Workshop,
"Drawing is Creative and Fun," for Heritage Guild
This drawing exemplifies Victoria Kwasinski's expressive drawing style. She will guide workshop participants in exploring their personal brushstrokes and signature drawing skills. This type of drawing can be incorporated into dynamic paintings.(Image used by permission.)
LITTLETON, CO—Dec. 7, 2016—On Sat., Jan. 7, 2017, artist Victoria Kwaskinski will lead a one-day workshop, “Drawing is Creative and Fun,” for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County.
Ms. Kwaskinski attended the Colorado Institute of Art and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. She has more than 30 years of experience as a professional artist and has worked as a corporate graphic artist, freelance illustrator, gallery owner, fine artist and art instructor. Ms. Kwasinski has taught drawing and painting extensively throughout the Denver area since 1996.
The morning of the workshop focuses on the dynamics of line, form, proportions, value and shading with traditional drawing skills and methods. Participants will learn to observe and truly see, the groundwork for good drawing skills. They will also learn different drawing techniques to render form. The afternoon focuses on expressive and creative drawing using brush and fluid paint. Registrants will discover their personal brushstroke and signature drawing skills. This type of drawing can be incorporated into dynamic paintings.
The workshop will be held January 7 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
Participants should bring three objects of different sizes and shapes, such as a tall vase, a spherical object, a cylindrical object, etc. For a registration form and a complete supply list, please see: http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited. For further detail, contact Mary kay Jacobus, mkstudio@comcast.net, phone 303-594-4667.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event occurred October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Ms. Kwaskinski attended the Colorado Institute of Art and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. She has more than 30 years of experience as a professional artist and has worked as a corporate graphic artist, freelance illustrator, gallery owner, fine artist and art instructor. Ms. Kwasinski has taught drawing and painting extensively throughout the Denver area since 1996.
The morning of the workshop focuses on the dynamics of line, form, proportions, value and shading with traditional drawing skills and methods. Participants will learn to observe and truly see, the groundwork for good drawing skills. They will also learn different drawing techniques to render form. The afternoon focuses on expressive and creative drawing using brush and fluid paint. Registrants will discover their personal brushstroke and signature drawing skills. This type of drawing can be incorporated into dynamic paintings.
The workshop will be held January 7 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html.
Participants should bring three objects of different sizes and shapes, such as a tall vase, a spherical object, a cylindrical object, etc. For a registration form and a complete supply list, please see: http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited. For further detail, contact Mary kay Jacobus, mkstudio@comcast.net, phone 303-594-4667.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (http://www.heritage-guild.com/) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event occurred October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Pastel Artist Diane Edwards to Teach Pastels At December 3 Workshop
Pastel artist Diane Edwards, a Master Signature Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado, will lead a workshop for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild. Her painting, “Winter at the Pond” at left is an example of her approach to creating a snowy scene. (Image used by permission.)
LITTLETON, CO—Oct. 17, 2016—On December 3, the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will host a one-day workshop with Fort Collins pastel artist Diane Edwards. A Master Signature Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado, Edwards will lead participants as they learn to paint snow, water and reflections in winter scenes, paying particular attention to values, edges and color temperature. She will also teach methods for adding texture to the background of a painting.
Edwards is co-founder of Paint the Poudre Plein Air, a group of artists that paints scenes of the Cache La Poudre River outdoors. The Poudre is one of 208 federally designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers and the only such river in Colorado. She particularly likes to paint “the parts of the landscape that most people don’t notice at all” and work in pastel because the color sticks provide “immediate brilliance” for her artwork.
Edwards earned a Master’s degree in Art and Education from Adams State University in Alamosa, where her painting professor was nationally recognized watercolorist Stephen Quiller. She maintains a studio in Fort Collins and teaches at Aims Community College in Loveland. Edwards’ murals can be viewed at Medical Center of the Rockies, Kaiser Permanente clinics, as well as in local restaurants and hotels.
The workshop will be held December 3 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited.
For complete details including a registration form and supply list for the workshop, please see http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. For further information, contact Mary kay Jacobus, mkstudio@comcast.net, phone 303-594-4667.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Edwards is co-founder of Paint the Poudre Plein Air, a group of artists that paints scenes of the Cache La Poudre River outdoors. The Poudre is one of 208 federally designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers and the only such river in Colorado. She particularly likes to paint “the parts of the landscape that most people don’t notice at all” and work in pastel because the color sticks provide “immediate brilliance” for her artwork.
Edwards earned a Master’s degree in Art and Education from Adams State University in Alamosa, where her painting professor was nationally recognized watercolorist Stephen Quiller. She maintains a studio in Fort Collins and teaches at Aims Community College in Loveland. Edwards’ murals can be viewed at Medical Center of the Rockies, Kaiser Permanente clinics, as well as in local restaurants and hotels.
The workshop will be held December 3 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited.
For complete details including a registration form and supply list for the workshop, please see http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. For further information, contact Mary kay Jacobus, mkstudio@comcast.net, phone 303-594-4667.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Lance Green to Teach Expressionistic Painting
For Heritage Fine Arts Guild November 5 in Littleton
The acrylic painting "City Bear Light," shown at left, is typical of the expressionistic style that Lance Green will teach to guild participants. (Used by permission.)
LITTLETON, CO—Oct. 4, 2016—On November 5, the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will sponsor a one-day workshop on expressionism with Colorado contemporary artist Lance Green. Expressionism enables artists to bypass the limitations of objectivity and make it easier to express themselves.
Students will begin the day by examining expressionist paintings and applying an underpainting to canvas with random colors, shapes and strokes. Next students will observe colors, layers and revealed images, which they will then sketch with charcoal and proceed to paint. Finally, participants will work on color, shading and composition, taking advantage of the underpainted surface.
“Invariably students come away from the workshop with a certain sense of release, as well as enthusiasm for their work, and most come away with a sense of exhilaration,” Green says.
Green has lived in the high country of the Colorado Rockies, the Texarkana Bayou and the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona. He majored in Fine Arts at Rio Hondo College in East Los Angeles and now paints in his home studio in Colorado. Green’s strongest mentor was Fritz Scholder (1937–2005), famous for his controversial, Pop-influenced portraits of Native Americans. “What attracted me to Fritz was the incredible strength in his work. It was the most striking work I’d ever seen,” Green says.
Green’s work is displayed at the Copper Moon Gallery in Taos, New Mexico; Wilde Meyer Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona; Darpino Gallery, Manitou Springs, Colorado; and The Loft Gallery in San Pedro, California.
The workshop will be held from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited.
For complete details and a registration form for the workshop, please see http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. For further information, contact Mary kay Jacobus, mkstudio@comcast.net, phone 303-594-4667.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
LITTLETON, CO—Oct. 4, 2016—On November 5, the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will sponsor a one-day workshop on expressionism with Colorado contemporary artist Lance Green. Expressionism enables artists to bypass the limitations of objectivity and make it easier to express themselves.
Students will begin the day by examining expressionist paintings and applying an underpainting to canvas with random colors, shapes and strokes. Next students will observe colors, layers and revealed images, which they will then sketch with charcoal and proceed to paint. Finally, participants will work on color, shading and composition, taking advantage of the underpainted surface.
“Invariably students come away from the workshop with a certain sense of release, as well as enthusiasm for their work, and most come away with a sense of exhilaration,” Green says.
Green has lived in the high country of the Colorado Rockies, the Texarkana Bayou and the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona. He majored in Fine Arts at Rio Hondo College in East Los Angeles and now paints in his home studio in Colorado. Green’s strongest mentor was Fritz Scholder (1937–2005), famous for his controversial, Pop-influenced portraits of Native Americans. “What attracted me to Fritz was the incredible strength in his work. It was the most striking work I’d ever seen,” Green says.
Green’s work is displayed at the Copper Moon Gallery in Taos, New Mexico; Wilde Meyer Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona; Darpino Gallery, Manitou Springs, Colorado; and The Loft Gallery in San Pedro, California.
The workshop will be held from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (doors unlocked by 8:30 am) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at http://www.heritage-guild.com/membership.html. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited.
For complete details and a registration form for the workshop, please see http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. For further information, contact Mary kay Jacobus, mkstudio@comcast.net, phone 303-594-4667.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Heritage Guild Announces a Sept. 17 Workshop
"Abstract Painting Made Easy!"
LITTLETON, CO—Sept. 6, 2016--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces a one-day workshop titled “Abstract Painting Made Easy!” on Sat., Sept. 17, in Littleton. Denver artist Jennifer Bobola, who has exhibited her artwork at Abend Gallery of Fine Arts, Denver International Airport and the 2014 Denver Modernism Show, will lead the workshop.
The workshop is 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton (northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere St.). Doors open at 8:30 am.
Bobola, an abstract expressionist, has played saxophone and painted since childhood. With a passion for each discipline, she majored in both fields in college. She also studied further with artists Mark Nelson, Jeff Wenzel, and Kevin Weckback.
Samples of Ms. Bobola’s work can be viewed at these links: http://www.jenniferbobola.com/ and http://www.abendgallery.com/html_artists/bobola_jennifer/bobola.htm#.V88gNa2eM3g.
Participating artists are asked to bring acrylic paints, a 12 x 16” or larger canvas and other supplies. The fee is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members and $50 for non-members. A registration form is available at: http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/hfag_newsletter_sept_2016.pdf. For further details and a complete supply list, please contact Mary kay Jacobus (303-594-4667 or mkstudio@comcast.net) or Shirley Lamb (720-394-6422 or lambpaint@yahoo.com).
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors free weekly group painting sessions, as well as workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
The workshop is 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton (northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere St.). Doors open at 8:30 am.
Bobola, an abstract expressionist, has played saxophone and painted since childhood. With a passion for each discipline, she majored in both fields in college. She also studied further with artists Mark Nelson, Jeff Wenzel, and Kevin Weckback.
Samples of Ms. Bobola’s work can be viewed at these links: http://www.jenniferbobola.com/ and http://www.abendgallery.com/html_artists/bobola_jennifer/bobola.htm#.V88gNa2eM3g.
Participating artists are asked to bring acrylic paints, a 12 x 16” or larger canvas and other supplies. The fee is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members and $50 for non-members. A registration form is available at: http://www.heritage-guild.com/uploads/2/3/4/6/23464008/hfag_newsletter_sept_2016.pdf. For further details and a complete supply list, please contact Mary kay Jacobus (303-594-4667 or mkstudio@comcast.net) or Shirley Lamb (720-394-6422 or lambpaint@yahoo.com).
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors free weekly group painting sessions, as well as workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Heritage Guild Announces a Call for Entries
For Member Show Oct. 4-31 at Bemis Public Library
“Lonesome Tree,” an 11x14” pastel, is a sample of artwork by Cal Johnson, the artist who will judge the upcoming Heritage Fine Arts Guild fall art show at Bemis Library in Littleton. (Used by permission.)
LITTLETON, CO—Aug. 17, 2016--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces a call for entries for its member fall art show Oct. 4-31 at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. The exhibit of original member paintings is free and open to the public. The registration deadline is Fri., Sept. 23 and each member artist may submit up to three entries for a total $20 fee.
Artists should check the Heritage website, www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html, or phone show co-chair Linda Millarke (303-973-0867) for details regarding entry and hanging requirements. New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year. Annual membership is only $35 for adults and $25 for students.
The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Tues., Oct. 4 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.; light refreshments will be served. Both the exhibit and the reception will be located in the library’s lower-level gallery, accessible by elevator. All the works are originals and available for sale directly from the participating artists.
The judge for the fall art show is Cal Johnson, an award-winning artist who is a Signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society and the Colorado Pastel Society. Johnson creates colorful and realistic pastels and watercolors of landscapes, buildings and flowers. He also paints abstracts in liquid acrylic and gold gilt. Johnson’s work is on display at the Georgetown Gallery in Georgetown and the Majestic Gallery in Idaho Springs.
The Bemis Public Library location is 6014 South Datura Street, halfway between West Littleton Boulevard on the north and West Caley Avenue on the south and about eight blocks east of Santa Fe Drive. The library is immediately west of the Littleton Museum. The art exhibit can be viewed any time the library is open. Hours are: Monday-Thursday 9:00 am-9:00 pm; Friday and Saturday: 9:00 am-5:00 pm; and Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors free weekly group painting sessions, as well as workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
LITTLETON, CO—Aug. 17, 2016--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces a call for entries for its member fall art show Oct. 4-31 at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. The exhibit of original member paintings is free and open to the public. The registration deadline is Fri., Sept. 23 and each member artist may submit up to three entries for a total $20 fee.
Artists should check the Heritage website, www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html, or phone show co-chair Linda Millarke (303-973-0867) for details regarding entry and hanging requirements. New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year. Annual membership is only $35 for adults and $25 for students.
The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Tues., Oct. 4 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.; light refreshments will be served. Both the exhibit and the reception will be located in the library’s lower-level gallery, accessible by elevator. All the works are originals and available for sale directly from the participating artists.
The judge for the fall art show is Cal Johnson, an award-winning artist who is a Signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society and the Colorado Pastel Society. Johnson creates colorful and realistic pastels and watercolors of landscapes, buildings and flowers. He also paints abstracts in liquid acrylic and gold gilt. Johnson’s work is on display at the Georgetown Gallery in Georgetown and the Majestic Gallery in Idaho Springs.
The Bemis Public Library location is 6014 South Datura Street, halfway between West Littleton Boulevard on the north and West Caley Avenue on the south and about eight blocks east of Santa Fe Drive. The library is immediately west of the Littleton Museum. The art exhibit can be viewed any time the library is open. Hours are: Monday-Thursday 9:00 am-9:00 pm; Friday and Saturday: 9:00 am-5:00 pm; and Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors free weekly group painting sessions, as well as workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Registration Open for Lian Quan Zhen
Watercolor Workshop October 11-November 3
LITTLETON, CO—AUG. 1, 2016--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces open registration for a three-day, watercolor painting workshop from October 19-21 at the Littleton Museum. The workshop will be taught by Lian Quan Zhen, a sought-after watercolor and Chinese painting artist and teacher in the United States and abroad. (See his watercolor titled "Barn," 16x20" at left.)
Lian also will serve as juror for the Guild’s annual “This is Colorado” art show, set for October 11-November 3 at Colorado Gallery of the Arts on the Arapahoe Community College campus in Littleton.
During the three-day watercolor workshop, Lian will demonstrate his way of integrating Eastern and Western art to create a unique style using pouring, blowing, and blending techniques. Lian will also cover fundamentals such as composition, color choices, and negative painting. There will be four to six short demonstrations each day with student practice in between each. In hands-on critique sessions, Lian will advise students how to make their paintings stronger. Students can expect to come away with one or two finished paintings but certainly with enough newly acquired skills to complete them later.
Lian (http://www.lianspainting.com/) started sketching and painting in his childhood and continued art as a hobby while practicing medicine as a family physician in Canton Province, China. After immigrating to the United States in 1985, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and a Master of Architecture Degree from MIT in 1996. He has had many shows in the U.S., Hong Kong and China and has developed an international following. His artwork hangs in numerous institutional and private collections including the MIT Museum, which has collected 14 of his paintings. He has authored four books on Chinese painting techniques, all published by North Light Books.
The workshop runs from 9:00 am-3:00 pm each day. Details and a supply list are available at http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. Fee for all three days is $120 for Guild members, $165 for non-members. The workshop director is Mary kay Jacobus, mkstudio@comcast.net, 303-594-4667. The Littleton Museum is located at 6028 S. Gallup Street, Littleton, CO 80120, near Bemis Library.
Up to 80 paintings will be displayed in the “This is Colorado” art show. Ribbons and prizes will be awarded. All Colorado residents are eligible to enter two-dimensional artwork for the show and work does not need to represent Colorado. Artists may submit up to three digital entries as JPEG images on CD or by email. An entry form with submission specifications and conditions is available on the Guild’s website at http://www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html. All entries must be received by August 15; notifications will be mailed by September 15 to artists whose work is selected.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year. Annual membership is only $35; dues must be received by August 15 for new members to qualify for this show.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 11-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Lian also will serve as juror for the Guild’s annual “This is Colorado” art show, set for October 11-November 3 at Colorado Gallery of the Arts on the Arapahoe Community College campus in Littleton.
During the three-day watercolor workshop, Lian will demonstrate his way of integrating Eastern and Western art to create a unique style using pouring, blowing, and blending techniques. Lian will also cover fundamentals such as composition, color choices, and negative painting. There will be four to six short demonstrations each day with student practice in between each. In hands-on critique sessions, Lian will advise students how to make their paintings stronger. Students can expect to come away with one or two finished paintings but certainly with enough newly acquired skills to complete them later.
Lian (http://www.lianspainting.com/) started sketching and painting in his childhood and continued art as a hobby while practicing medicine as a family physician in Canton Province, China. After immigrating to the United States in 1985, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and a Master of Architecture Degree from MIT in 1996. He has had many shows in the U.S., Hong Kong and China and has developed an international following. His artwork hangs in numerous institutional and private collections including the MIT Museum, which has collected 14 of his paintings. He has authored four books on Chinese painting techniques, all published by North Light Books.
The workshop runs from 9:00 am-3:00 pm each day. Details and a supply list are available at http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. Fee for all three days is $120 for Guild members, $165 for non-members. The workshop director is Mary kay Jacobus, mkstudio@comcast.net, 303-594-4667. The Littleton Museum is located at 6028 S. Gallup Street, Littleton, CO 80120, near Bemis Library.
Up to 80 paintings will be displayed in the “This is Colorado” art show. Ribbons and prizes will be awarded. All Colorado residents are eligible to enter two-dimensional artwork for the show and work does not need to represent Colorado. Artists may submit up to three digital entries as JPEG images on CD or by email. An entry form with submission specifications and conditions is available on the Guild’s website at http://www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html. All entries must be received by August 15; notifications will be mailed by September 15 to artists whose work is selected.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year. Annual membership is only $35; dues must be received by August 15 for new members to qualify for this show.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 11-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Heritage Guild Issues Call for Entries for
"This is Colorado" Art Show; Lian Quan Zhen to Juror
Please note: An earlier version of this release incorrectly listed the opening date of the art show as October 10; that is the date artwork will be hung.
LITTLETON, CO—June 16, 2016--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County has issued a call for entries for its annual “This is Colorado” art show, set for October 11-November 3 at Colorado Gallery of the Arts on the Arapahoe Community College campus in Littleton.
The juror for the statewide show is Lian Quan Zhen, a sought-after watercolor and Chinese painting artist and teacher in the United States and abroad.
Up to 80 paintings will be displayed in the “This is Colorado” art show, and ribbons and prizes will be awarded. All Colorado residents are eligible to enter two-dimensional artwork for the show and work does not need to represent Colorado. Artists may submit up to three digital entries as JPEG images on CD or by email. Art must have been completed in the past two years and not previously exhibited in another show in Colorado. An entry form with submission specifications and conditions is available on the Guild’s website at http://www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html. All entries must be received by August 15; notifications will be mailed by September 15 to artists whose work is selected.
Zhen also will teach a three-day, watercolor painting workshop October 19-21 at the Littleton Museum; more details will be available soon on the Heritage Fine Arts Guild website.
Juror Lian Quan Zhen (http://www.lianspainting.com/) started sketching and painting in his childhood and continued art as a hobby while practicing medicine as a family physician in Canton Province, China. After immigrating to the United States in 1985, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and a Master of Architecture Degree from MIT in 1996. He has had many shows in the U.S., Hong Kong and China and has developed an international following. His artwork hangs in numerous institutional and private collections including the MIT Museum, which has collected 14 of his paintings. He has authored four books on Chinese painting techniques, all published by North Light Books.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year. Annual membership is only $35; dues must be received by August 15 for new members to qualify for this show.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 11-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
LITTLETON, CO—June 16, 2016--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County has issued a call for entries for its annual “This is Colorado” art show, set for October 11-November 3 at Colorado Gallery of the Arts on the Arapahoe Community College campus in Littleton.
The juror for the statewide show is Lian Quan Zhen, a sought-after watercolor and Chinese painting artist and teacher in the United States and abroad.
Up to 80 paintings will be displayed in the “This is Colorado” art show, and ribbons and prizes will be awarded. All Colorado residents are eligible to enter two-dimensional artwork for the show and work does not need to represent Colorado. Artists may submit up to three digital entries as JPEG images on CD or by email. Art must have been completed in the past two years and not previously exhibited in another show in Colorado. An entry form with submission specifications and conditions is available on the Guild’s website at http://www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html. All entries must be received by August 15; notifications will be mailed by September 15 to artists whose work is selected.
Zhen also will teach a three-day, watercolor painting workshop October 19-21 at the Littleton Museum; more details will be available soon on the Heritage Fine Arts Guild website.
Juror Lian Quan Zhen (http://www.lianspainting.com/) started sketching and painting in his childhood and continued art as a hobby while practicing medicine as a family physician in Canton Province, China. After immigrating to the United States in 1985, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and a Master of Architecture Degree from MIT in 1996. He has had many shows in the U.S., Hong Kong and China and has developed an international following. His artwork hangs in numerous institutional and private collections including the MIT Museum, which has collected 14 of his paintings. He has authored four books on Chinese painting techniques, all published by North Light Books.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year. Annual membership is only $35; dues must be received by August 15 for new members to qualify for this show.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 11-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Three New Painting Workshops
Scheduled for Spring 2016
LITTLETON, CO—March 14, 2016--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces three painting workshops conducted by local professional artists. All three events are open to members and nonmembers. The workshops and instructors are:
For complete details, supply lists, and registration forms for all workshops, please see http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html or contact Beatrice Drury, Workshop Director, at btdrury@q.com, phone 303-796-8110.
The one-day April 2 workshop, "Landscapes Bright and Bold," taught by Robert Gray, will focus on bold and intense transparent watercolors. Born in Denver, Robert is a Colorado artist who paints in several media. “When I’m painting, no matter what the subject matter happens to be, my goal is to keep the work exciting–with lots of action, color, and loose style,” he says. Gray attended workshops by such noted artists as Charles Reid, Frank Francese, Eric Wiegardt, Don Andrews, Tony van Hasselt, and William Condit. Gray owned a gallery in downtown Littleton from 1998 to 2003. His paintings can be found in various foreign countries and corporate collections. He has won several art show awards including Best of Show in Littleton’s 1999 Own an Original, Roxborough Arts Council’s 2012 Autumn in the Arts, and the Heritage Guild’s 2013 This is Colorado statewide juried exhibition.
The one-day April 16 workshop, “Abstract Painting Made Easy,” taught by Jennifer Bobola, will help artists develop abstract paintings from primary acrylic colors--yellow, blue, and red. Bobola will supply additional acrylic paint and white frames so participants can frame their painted images immediately if they choose to do so. The frames are $10 each for those interested in taking one home. Another project will involve rice paper and gel medium, which Bobola will provide. Bobola has played saxophone and painted since childhood. With a passion for both disciplines, she earned a double major in college. After college she studied further with Mark Nelson, Jeff Wenzel, and Kevin Weckbach. Since 2000 Bobola has shown her work at Abend Gallery Fine Arts in Denver and has exhibited at the Denver International Airport and the Denver Modernism Show in 2014. Bobola had a solo show at Abend in July 2015.
The two-day May 20-21 “Abstracted Reality” workshop, presented by Victoria Kwasinski, will explore the creation of exciting paintings that reflect a feeling of a particular subject matter taken from reality and abstracted. Using the principles of abstraction (subtract and exaggerate), and pushing art principles and elements of color, shape and line, participants will create work that reflects their own unique artistic voices. Kwasinski will also discuss the importance of finding a signature style and how working within a series will help artists develop a cohesive body of work. Kwasinski attended Colorado Institute of Art and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, where she graduated as class valedictorian. She has more than 30 years of experience as a professional artist and has worked as a corporate graphic artist, freelance illustrator, gallery owner, fine artist and art instructor.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
- April 2 “Landscapes Bright and Bold” with watercolorist Robert Gray
- April 16 “Abstract Painting Made Easy” with artist and musician Jennifer Bobola
- May 20-21 “Abstracted Reality” with artist Victoria Kwasinski
For complete details, supply lists, and registration forms for all workshops, please see http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html or contact Beatrice Drury, Workshop Director, at btdrury@q.com, phone 303-796-8110.
The one-day April 2 workshop, "Landscapes Bright and Bold," taught by Robert Gray, will focus on bold and intense transparent watercolors. Born in Denver, Robert is a Colorado artist who paints in several media. “When I’m painting, no matter what the subject matter happens to be, my goal is to keep the work exciting–with lots of action, color, and loose style,” he says. Gray attended workshops by such noted artists as Charles Reid, Frank Francese, Eric Wiegardt, Don Andrews, Tony van Hasselt, and William Condit. Gray owned a gallery in downtown Littleton from 1998 to 2003. His paintings can be found in various foreign countries and corporate collections. He has won several art show awards including Best of Show in Littleton’s 1999 Own an Original, Roxborough Arts Council’s 2012 Autumn in the Arts, and the Heritage Guild’s 2013 This is Colorado statewide juried exhibition.
The one-day April 16 workshop, “Abstract Painting Made Easy,” taught by Jennifer Bobola, will help artists develop abstract paintings from primary acrylic colors--yellow, blue, and red. Bobola will supply additional acrylic paint and white frames so participants can frame their painted images immediately if they choose to do so. The frames are $10 each for those interested in taking one home. Another project will involve rice paper and gel medium, which Bobola will provide. Bobola has played saxophone and painted since childhood. With a passion for both disciplines, she earned a double major in college. After college she studied further with Mark Nelson, Jeff Wenzel, and Kevin Weckbach. Since 2000 Bobola has shown her work at Abend Gallery Fine Arts in Denver and has exhibited at the Denver International Airport and the Denver Modernism Show in 2014. Bobola had a solo show at Abend in July 2015.
The two-day May 20-21 “Abstracted Reality” workshop, presented by Victoria Kwasinski, will explore the creation of exciting paintings that reflect a feeling of a particular subject matter taken from reality and abstracted. Using the principles of abstraction (subtract and exaggerate), and pushing art principles and elements of color, shape and line, participants will create work that reflects their own unique artistic voices. Kwasinski will also discuss the importance of finding a signature style and how working within a series will help artists develop a cohesive body of work. Kwasinski attended Colorado Institute of Art and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, where she graduated as class valedictorian. She has more than 30 years of experience as a professional artist and has worked as a corporate graphic artist, freelance illustrator, gallery owner, fine artist and art instructor.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Spring Art Show Set for May 2-31
At Bemis Public Library
LITTLETON, CO—Mar. 14, 2016--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces its member spring art show May 2-31 at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. The painting exhibit is free and open to the public.
The judge for the show is Sidney Ann Pitchford, an experienced artist and art instructor based in Denver. Ms. Pitchford formerly operated a private art studio in Naples, Florida. She studied at the University of Evansville and Indiana State University where she majored in fine arts. She will select nine winning artworks for awards including Best of Show.
The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Sun., May 8 from 2:00-3:30 p.m.; light refreshments will be served. Both the exhibit and the reception will be located in the library’s lower-level gallery, accessible by elevator. All the works are originals and available for sale directly from the participating artists.
Artists should call show co-chairs Linda Millarke (303-973-0867) or Orrel Schooler (303-798-6481) for details regarding entry and hanging requirements. The registration deadline is April 22 and each member artist may submit up to three entries for a total $20.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year. Annual membership is only $35.
The Bemis Public Library location is 6014 South Datura Street, halfway between West Littleton Boulevard on the north and West Caley Avenue on the south and about eight blocks east of Santa Fe Drive. The library is immediately west of the Littleton Museum. The art exhibit can be viewed any time the library is open. Hours are: Monday-Thursday 9:00 am-9:00 pm; Friday and Saturday: 9:00 am-5:00 pm; and Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
The judge for the show is Sidney Ann Pitchford, an experienced artist and art instructor based in Denver. Ms. Pitchford formerly operated a private art studio in Naples, Florida. She studied at the University of Evansville and Indiana State University where she majored in fine arts. She will select nine winning artworks for awards including Best of Show.
The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Sun., May 8 from 2:00-3:30 p.m.; light refreshments will be served. Both the exhibit and the reception will be located in the library’s lower-level gallery, accessible by elevator. All the works are originals and available for sale directly from the participating artists.
Artists should call show co-chairs Linda Millarke (303-973-0867) or Orrel Schooler (303-798-6481) for details regarding entry and hanging requirements. The registration deadline is April 22 and each member artist may submit up to three entries for a total $20.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year. Annual membership is only $35.
The Bemis Public Library location is 6014 South Datura Street, halfway between West Littleton Boulevard on the north and West Caley Avenue on the south and about eight blocks east of Santa Fe Drive. The library is immediately west of the Littleton Museum. The art exhibit can be viewed any time the library is open. Hours are: Monday-Thursday 9:00 am-9:00 pm; Friday and Saturday: 9:00 am-5:00 pm; and Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Free Weekly Painting Sessions in Littleton
Open to Members and Nonmembers
Bob Yackel finishes a painting at Paint Day, a group painting session sponsored by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild. Members and non-members are invited to participate in the free weekly sessions.
LITTLETON, CO—Feb. 1, 2016--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County invites member and non-member artists to participate in Paint Day, the guild’s weekly group painting sessions held on Thursday mornings in Littleton.
The 2016 sessions are expected to run through the remainder of the year with the exception of July and August and national holidays. The uninstructed sessions enable aspiring artists to practice painting in a supportive, non-competitive environment, exchange ideas, share skills, and form friendships with other participants. The sessions are free of charge.
Artists bring their own media and supplies to Paint Day, held every Thursday from 9:00 am-2:00 pm in a room equipped with tables, chairs, and a sink in the lower level of Ascension Lutheran Church. The church is located at 1701 W. Caley Avenue in Littleton on the northwest corner of the intersection with South Windermere Street, near downtown Littleton. Parking is available on the north side of the building and along the street.
Membership in the guild is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. For details on Paint Day, please contact Bob Yackel, 303-794-2722 or yackelrobert@gmail.com.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
The 2016 sessions are expected to run through the remainder of the year with the exception of July and August and national holidays. The uninstructed sessions enable aspiring artists to practice painting in a supportive, non-competitive environment, exchange ideas, share skills, and form friendships with other participants. The sessions are free of charge.
Artists bring their own media and supplies to Paint Day, held every Thursday from 9:00 am-2:00 pm in a room equipped with tables, chairs, and a sink in the lower level of Ascension Lutheran Church. The church is located at 1701 W. Caley Avenue in Littleton on the northwest corner of the intersection with South Windermere Street, near downtown Littleton. Parking is available on the north side of the building and along the street.
Membership in the guild is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. For details on Paint Day, please contact Bob Yackel, 303-794-2722 or yackelrobert@gmail.com.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2016 event is set for October 10-November 3. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Heritage Guild Announces Winners for
"This is Colorado" Statewide, Juried Art Show
Susan Moore won Best of Show for her oil painting entitled "Rhapsody."
LITTLETON, CO—Nov. 2, 2015
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces the winners of “This is Colorado,” its annual, juried, statewide art show. The winners were honored during a recent reception at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts (CGA) on the Arapahoe Community College (ACC) campus in Littleton, where the show will be exhibited until November 13. The show is free and open to the public during gallery hours, Monday through Friday from 12:00-5:00 pm and Tuesday from 12:00-7:00 pm.
All 60 of the works in the show are originals. Artist Mary kay Jacobus, first vice president and exhibit director of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, organized the show this year. The juror was ACC Adjunct Professor Marsha Wooley, an accomplished landscape artist and art educator. Prizes were provided by several art supply manufacturers and dealers including Ampersand Art Supply, Blick Art, Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, Dr. Ph Martin, Jack Richeson & Co., Guiry’s Color Source, and Winsor & Newton.
“Best in Show,” as well as the Richeson top award, went to Susan Moore for “Rhapsody,” a three-foot-square abstract oil painting. Susan Yager won first place and a Richeson award for “Vase of Joy,” an acrylic painting. Lee Wasilik took second place and the Cheap Joe’s award for “October, Please Don’t Go,” a mixed-media painting. Third place went to Nancy Raskin for a pastel entitled “Waterfall.”
Juror’s Pick awards went to:
Additional winners were:
Dr. Ph Martin, manufacturer of liquid watercolors and inks, provided awards to:
The CGA is located in Room A1300 of the ACC Annex, on the east side of the college Administration Building at Santa Fe Drive and Church Street. For directions, please see: http://www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html. Free parking is available in lots A, B or C; gallery guests will not be ticketed during CGA operating hours.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year.
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces the winners of “This is Colorado,” its annual, juried, statewide art show. The winners were honored during a recent reception at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts (CGA) on the Arapahoe Community College (ACC) campus in Littleton, where the show will be exhibited until November 13. The show is free and open to the public during gallery hours, Monday through Friday from 12:00-5:00 pm and Tuesday from 12:00-7:00 pm.
All 60 of the works in the show are originals. Artist Mary kay Jacobus, first vice president and exhibit director of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, organized the show this year. The juror was ACC Adjunct Professor Marsha Wooley, an accomplished landscape artist and art educator. Prizes were provided by several art supply manufacturers and dealers including Ampersand Art Supply, Blick Art, Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, Dr. Ph Martin, Jack Richeson & Co., Guiry’s Color Source, and Winsor & Newton.
“Best in Show,” as well as the Richeson top award, went to Susan Moore for “Rhapsody,” a three-foot-square abstract oil painting. Susan Yager won first place and a Richeson award for “Vase of Joy,” an acrylic painting. Lee Wasilik took second place and the Cheap Joe’s award for “October, Please Don’t Go,” a mixed-media painting. Third place went to Nancy Raskin for a pastel entitled “Waterfall.”
Juror’s Pick awards went to:
- Kristie Bradley for “Cracker,” an acrylic work
- Diane Edwards for “The Water Flows South,” a pastel
- Ashley Foster for “Untitled #1,” a charcoal drawing
- Aicha Jacob, “A Sense of S-Tile,” a textile collage
Additional winners were:
- Beatrice Drury for a pastel, “Glory Day,” Ampersand Award
- Chuck Danford for his watercolor, “Wilderness Treasure,” Winsor & Newton Award
- Andrea Mallen for an oil, “Annie Blue,” Guiry’s Award
- Linda Metcalf for her acrylic, “Revelation,” Richeson Award
- Adelaide S. Murray for an oil, “Dinner Time,” Guiry’s Award
- Forrest Plesko for an oil, “Gates Tower,” Blick Art Award
- Barbara Williams for an acrylic, “Thunder Creek,” Blick Art Award
Dr. Ph Martin, manufacturer of liquid watercolors and inks, provided awards to:
- Robert Gray for a watercolor, “Snowed In”
- Patricia Jenkins for a mixed media piece, “Alligator Shoes”
- Kristine Orr for an acrylic, “Emergence”
The CGA is located in Room A1300 of the ACC Annex, on the east side of the college Administration Building at Santa Fe Drive and Church Street. For directions, please see: http://www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html. Free parking is available in lots A, B or C; gallery guests will not be ticketed during CGA operating hours.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year.
“This is Colorado” Statewide Art Show
Open Oct. 21-Nov. 13
LITTLETON, CO—Oct. 7, 2015--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces its juried, statewide art show Oct. 21-Nov. 13 at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts (CGA) on the Arapahoe Community College (ACC) campus in Littleton. The exhibit of paintings is free and open to the public. All the works are originals.
The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Fri., Oct. 23 from 5:00-7:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served.
The juror for the show is ACC Adjunct Professor Marsha Wooley, an accomplished artist who has taught design, drawing and painting at colleges in the Denver area for many years. Along with Trish Sangelo, director of the Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Prof. Wooley will co-lead a painting and photography trip to Spain and France in May 2016. At the show, she will exhibit one of her paintings, “Tree Near Sunset, Canyonlands,” a 30 x 45” oil on linen. Artist Mary kay Jacobus, first vice president and exhibit director of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, organized the annual “This is Colorado” show this year.
The gallery is located in Room A1300 of the Annex, on the east side of the college Administration Building at Santa Fe Drive and Church Street. For directions, please see: http://www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html.
The show hours are:
Monday-Friday 12:00-5:00 pm
Tuesday 12:00-7:00 pm
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Free parking is available in lots A, B or C; gallery guests will not be ticketed during CGA operating hours.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Fri., Oct. 23 from 5:00-7:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served.
The juror for the show is ACC Adjunct Professor Marsha Wooley, an accomplished artist who has taught design, drawing and painting at colleges in the Denver area for many years. Along with Trish Sangelo, director of the Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Prof. Wooley will co-lead a painting and photography trip to Spain and France in May 2016. At the show, she will exhibit one of her paintings, “Tree Near Sunset, Canyonlands,” a 30 x 45” oil on linen. Artist Mary kay Jacobus, first vice president and exhibit director of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, organized the annual “This is Colorado” show this year.
The gallery is located in Room A1300 of the Annex, on the east side of the college Administration Building at Santa Fe Drive and Church Street. For directions, please see: http://www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html.
The show hours are:
Monday-Friday 12:00-5:00 pm
Tuesday 12:00-7:00 pm
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Free parking is available in lots A, B or C; gallery guests will not be ticketed during CGA operating hours.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Heritage Fall Art Show on Display
Oct. 1-30 at Bemis Library
LITTLETON, CO--Sept. 28, 2015--the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces its juried, fall art show Oct. 1-30 at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. The exhibit will showcase members' art in a wide variety of media and artistic styles. The exhibit is free and open to the public. All the works are originals and may be purchased by contacting the artists directly.
The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Mon., Oct. 5 from 6:30-8:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. Both the exhibit and the reception will be located in the library's lower-level gallery, accessible by elevator.
The juror for the show is Michael Dowling, a Denver artist who teaches classical drawing and oil painting of landscapes. He shows extensively across the United States. His work recently was exhibited at Point Gallery Denver and he has a residency at Denver International Airport. his work is in many museum and gallery exhibitions including the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Dowling studied at the Instituto de Arte, Lorenzo de Medici School, in Florence, Italy.
Questions should be directed to show coordinators Linda Millarke, 303-973-0867 or Orrel Schooler, 303-798-6481, who are co-chairs of the show.
The Bemis Public Library location is 6014 South Datura street, halfway between West Littleton Boulevard on the north and West Caley Avenue on the south and about eight blocks east of Santa Fe Drive. The library is immediately west of the Littleton Museum. The art exhibit can be viewed any time the library is open. Hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 am -9:00 pm; Friday and Saturday 9:00 am-5:00 pm and Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Mon., Oct. 5 from 6:30-8:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. Both the exhibit and the reception will be located in the library's lower-level gallery, accessible by elevator.
The juror for the show is Michael Dowling, a Denver artist who teaches classical drawing and oil painting of landscapes. He shows extensively across the United States. His work recently was exhibited at Point Gallery Denver and he has a residency at Denver International Airport. his work is in many museum and gallery exhibitions including the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Dowling studied at the Instituto de Arte, Lorenzo de Medici School, in Florence, Italy.
Questions should be directed to show coordinators Linda Millarke, 303-973-0867 or Orrel Schooler, 303-798-6481, who are co-chairs of the show.
The Bemis Public Library location is 6014 South Datura street, halfway between West Littleton Boulevard on the north and West Caley Avenue on the south and about eight blocks east of Santa Fe Drive. The library is immediately west of the Littleton Museum. The art exhibit can be viewed any time the library is open. Hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 am -9:00 pm; Friday and Saturday 9:00 am-5:00 pm and Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Heritage Guild Announces Start
Of 2015-2016 Season
LITTLETON, CO—Sept. 1, 2015--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces the beginning of its 2015-2016 season with a new website and a full schedule of art shows, critiques, workshops and group paint days.
Website
The guild’s website (www.heritage-guild.org), redesigned by artist Susan L. Stewart, includes full information and details on the guild’s planned activities.
Critique and Kickoff
The season begins with a potluck dinner and painting critique on Wed., Sept. 9 at 6:00 pm, downstairs at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura Street, Littleton. Members are invited to bring two paintings for a group critique. New members are especially welcome. Annual dues are $30 and members receive a discount throughout the year on workshops taught by professional artists.
Art Shows
Members are invited to submit up to three entries of original art for a show scheduled Oct. 1-30 at Bemis Library. Registrations are due Sept. 25 and an artists’ reception is set for Mon., Oct. 5 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. The juror for the show will be announced soon. Questions should be directed to show coordinators Linda Millarke, 303-973-0867 or Orrel Schooler, 303-798-6481.
Together with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts on the campus of Arapahoe Community College, the guild is sponsoring “This is Colorado,” a statewide art show juried by professional artist and ACC professor Marsha Wooley. Exhibit dates are Oct. 21-Nov. 13 at the gallery; an artists’ reception is scheduled for Oct. 23 from 5:00-7:00 pm. Directions to the gallery are posted at http://www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html.
Workshops
On Sat., Sept. 19, Lance Green, a well-known Colorado painter and popular workshop instructor, will teach “Transformations—Express Yourself,” a Heritage workshop on acrylic painting. Green (shown in photo above) will demonstrate his method of using layers of bright hues over under-painted portions with an added emphasis on layers and color as metaphors for harvesting inner transformation and celebrating abundance.
Ana Maria Botero, an architect and artist originally from Bolivia, will teach “Abstract Acrylics: Keeping it Simple,” a Heritage workshop on Oct. 3. Botero says her interest lies in “color, texture and composition” and her focus is the “excitement of color.” Her work has been shown in numerous locations in Colorado, as well as in Florida and California.
For each workshop, the fee is $30 for members, $50 for nonmembers. The workshops http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html are scheduled for 9:00 am-3:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton (northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street). Cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited. To sign up, complete the registration form at http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. For questions, contact Beatrice Drury, Workshop Director, at btdrury@q.com
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Website
The guild’s website (www.heritage-guild.org), redesigned by artist Susan L. Stewart, includes full information and details on the guild’s planned activities.
Critique and Kickoff
The season begins with a potluck dinner and painting critique on Wed., Sept. 9 at 6:00 pm, downstairs at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura Street, Littleton. Members are invited to bring two paintings for a group critique. New members are especially welcome. Annual dues are $30 and members receive a discount throughout the year on workshops taught by professional artists.
Art Shows
Members are invited to submit up to three entries of original art for a show scheduled Oct. 1-30 at Bemis Library. Registrations are due Sept. 25 and an artists’ reception is set for Mon., Oct. 5 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. The juror for the show will be announced soon. Questions should be directed to show coordinators Linda Millarke, 303-973-0867 or Orrel Schooler, 303-798-6481.
Together with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts on the campus of Arapahoe Community College, the guild is sponsoring “This is Colorado,” a statewide art show juried by professional artist and ACC professor Marsha Wooley. Exhibit dates are Oct. 21-Nov. 13 at the gallery; an artists’ reception is scheduled for Oct. 23 from 5:00-7:00 pm. Directions to the gallery are posted at http://www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html.
Workshops
On Sat., Sept. 19, Lance Green, a well-known Colorado painter and popular workshop instructor, will teach “Transformations—Express Yourself,” a Heritage workshop on acrylic painting. Green (shown in photo above) will demonstrate his method of using layers of bright hues over under-painted portions with an added emphasis on layers and color as metaphors for harvesting inner transformation and celebrating abundance.
Ana Maria Botero, an architect and artist originally from Bolivia, will teach “Abstract Acrylics: Keeping it Simple,” a Heritage workshop on Oct. 3. Botero says her interest lies in “color, texture and composition” and her focus is the “excitement of color.” Her work has been shown in numerous locations in Colorado, as well as in Florida and California.
For each workshop, the fee is $30 for members, $50 for nonmembers. The workshops http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html are scheduled for 9:00 am-3:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton (northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street). Cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited. To sign up, complete the registration form at http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. For questions, contact Beatrice Drury, Workshop Director, at btdrury@q.com
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Heritage Guild Announces Entries Due August 15
For "This is Colorado" 2015 Statewide Art Show
LITTLETON, CO—July 28, 2015--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces a call for entries for “This is Colorado,” its annual, juried statewide art show. Entries must be received by August 15 and notifications will be mailed to artists on September 15. The show will be held at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College (ACC), from October 21-November 13.
Open to all Colorado residents including members and non-members of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, the show will feature up to 80 original paintings, all completed in the past two years and not previously exhibited in Colorado. The exhibit will be free and open to the public. Ribbons and prizes will be awarded to winning artists.
The juror for the art show is Marsha Wooley, an art professor at ACC and a practicing artist. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Metropolitan State University of Denver and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania with a focus in painting and drawing. She currently paints both en plein air and in her studio, focusing on landscapes of the West.
“’This is Colorado’ has grown significantly in popularity over the years and we anticipate a lively display with strong attendance,” said Mary kay Jacobus, show coordinator and first vice president of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild. “Once again, we look forward to collaborating with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts for a successful exhibit showcasing the work of Colorado fine artists.”
Submitted images, either framed or 1 ½” gallery-wrapped canvases, must be 8 ½” x 11” or larger and wired for hanging. Subject matter need not reflect Colorado. Artists may submit up to three JPEG images on CD. Entry fees are $25 for ACC students, $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members and $35 for non-members. The entry form is posted at http://www.heritage-guild.com/, the guild’s home page. To request a complete prospectus, artists can also send an email containing their name, physical address and email address to mkstudio@comcast.net.
An artists’ reception is scheduled for Fri., Oct. 23 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Colorado Gallery of the Arts, located immediately east of the main Administration Building on the campus of Arapahoe Community College, near the intersection of Santa Fe Drive and Church Street in Littleton.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 21-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Open to all Colorado residents including members and non-members of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, the show will feature up to 80 original paintings, all completed in the past two years and not previously exhibited in Colorado. The exhibit will be free and open to the public. Ribbons and prizes will be awarded to winning artists.
The juror for the art show is Marsha Wooley, an art professor at ACC and a practicing artist. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Metropolitan State University of Denver and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania with a focus in painting and drawing. She currently paints both en plein air and in her studio, focusing on landscapes of the West.
“’This is Colorado’ has grown significantly in popularity over the years and we anticipate a lively display with strong attendance,” said Mary kay Jacobus, show coordinator and first vice president of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild. “Once again, we look forward to collaborating with the Colorado Gallery of the Arts for a successful exhibit showcasing the work of Colorado fine artists.”
Submitted images, either framed or 1 ½” gallery-wrapped canvases, must be 8 ½” x 11” or larger and wired for hanging. Subject matter need not reflect Colorado. Artists may submit up to three JPEG images on CD. Entry fees are $25 for ACC students, $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members and $35 for non-members. The entry form is posted at http://www.heritage-guild.com/, the guild’s home page. To request a complete prospectus, artists can also send an email containing their name, physical address and email address to mkstudio@comcast.net.
An artists’ reception is scheduled for Fri., Oct. 23 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Colorado Gallery of the Arts, located immediately east of the main Administration Building on the campus of Arapahoe Community College, near the intersection of Santa Fe Drive and Church Street in Littleton.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 21-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Heritage Guild Announces June 6 Painting Workshop
Led by Artist Judith Berlinger
One-day Event Focuses on Simplifying Shapes and Features
Art Talks, Demonstrations and Individual Attention
Art Talks, Demonstrations and Individual Attention
LITTLETON, CO—May 16, 2015--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces “Painting with Energy, Vision and Clarity,” a one-day workshop led by local painter Judith Berlinger. Scheduled for 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. on Sat., June 6, the workshop is for artists with prior drawing and painting experience who want to continue to energize their paintings.
Participants will learn how to interpret and simplify shape with form, values, and color. Art talks, demonstrations and individual attention from the instructor will help participants explore and develop their own painting(s) during this lively and informal workshop.
The workshop will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton (northwest Corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street).
“As I am painting, I hope to have an inspired conversation between my vision and the energy of my subject,” says Ms. Berlinger. “When this works, I have a good painting.” She has participated in juried shows in Colorado at The Lone Tree Arts Center, the Madden Museum of Art, the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, Core New Art Space, Next Gallery, and The Art Students League of Denver. Her paintings are also in private collections.
Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited.
Registrants should bring three to five photographic references of simple subjects or scenes; photos loaded on a laptop or tablet computer are ideal. Artists should also bring their usual supplies for painting in oil or acrylics including paints, brushes (flats and filberts, at least two large ¾”-1” wide), palette, easel, three canvases, gloves, paper towels and drop cloth. Oil painters should bring only odorless solvent with a locking container--no quick-drying mediums.
To sign up, complete the registration form at http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. Contact is Beatrice Drury, Workshop Director, at btdrury@q.com.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Participants will learn how to interpret and simplify shape with form, values, and color. Art talks, demonstrations and individual attention from the instructor will help participants explore and develop their own painting(s) during this lively and informal workshop.
The workshop will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton (northwest Corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street).
“As I am painting, I hope to have an inspired conversation between my vision and the energy of my subject,” says Ms. Berlinger. “When this works, I have a good painting.” She has participated in juried shows in Colorado at The Lone Tree Arts Center, the Madden Museum of Art, the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, Core New Art Space, Next Gallery, and The Art Students League of Denver. Her paintings are also in private collections.
Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited.
Registrants should bring three to five photographic references of simple subjects or scenes; photos loaded on a laptop or tablet computer are ideal. Artists should also bring their usual supplies for painting in oil or acrylics including paints, brushes (flats and filberts, at least two large ¾”-1” wide), palette, easel, three canvases, gloves, paper towels and drop cloth. Oil painters should bring only odorless solvent with a locking container--no quick-drying mediums.
To sign up, complete the registration form at http://www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html. Contact is Beatrice Drury, Workshop Director, at btdrury@q.com.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Paintings by Heritage Guild Members on Display
At Parker and Porter Adventist Hospitals
Exhibits Beginning in Early May are Part of Healing Arts Program
At Both Locations
At Both Locations
LITTLETON, CO—April 20, 2015--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces that nature-inspired paintings by its member artists will be featured in exhibits at the Parker and Porter Adventist Hospitals this spring and summer. The art exhibits are sponsored by the Healing Arts Program of the Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation in support of the two hospitals.
“Research results consistently prove that integrating arts into the hospital environment provides healing and restorative benefits,” said Jude Keller, Director of the Healing Arts Program. “Original works by artists from the Heritage Fine Arts Guild will help provide an inspiring, hopeful space for patients, staff and visitors.”
The framed images on display will be available for sale as unframed originals. The information desk and gift shop at each hospital will each have a price list and contact information for purchasing the pieces.
Guild artists represented in the exhibits include:
Elizabeth Berry
Beatrice Drury
Janet Ford
Pat Greene
Alice Hayden
Shirley Lamb
Linda Millarke
Peggy Peck
Judy S. Purcell
Nancy Raskin
Orrel Schooler
Sue Shenk
Phyllis Vandehaar
Lee Wasilik
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
“Research results consistently prove that integrating arts into the hospital environment provides healing and restorative benefits,” said Jude Keller, Director of the Healing Arts Program. “Original works by artists from the Heritage Fine Arts Guild will help provide an inspiring, hopeful space for patients, staff and visitors.”
The framed images on display will be available for sale as unframed originals. The information desk and gift shop at each hospital will each have a price list and contact information for purchasing the pieces.
- To view the Parker hospital exhibit (May 5-July 5), enter at the main entrance and proceed to the second-floor gallery. The exhibit consists of 12paintings. Selected pieces will remain at this facility’s Cancer Center for display extending to August 5; visitors may use the main entrance to the center for this portion of the exhibit. The hospital is located at 9395 Crown Crest Blvd., near the intersection of E-470 and Parker Road in Parker.
- To visit the Porter hospital exhibit (May 6-July 6), use the main entrance. The display is on the second floor above the atrium lobby and features eightpaintings. The Porter facility is located at 2525 South Downing St. between Iliff and Yale Avenues in Denver.
Guild artists represented in the exhibits include:
Elizabeth Berry
Beatrice Drury
Janet Ford
Pat Greene
Alice Hayden
Shirley Lamb
Linda Millarke
Peggy Peck
Judy S. Purcell
Nancy Raskin
Orrel Schooler
Sue Shenk
Phyllis Vandehaar
Lee Wasilik
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Heritage Guild Spring Show at Bemis Library
Features Member Art in Watercolor, Pencil, Pastel,
Oil and Acrylic
Annual Juried Exhibit on View to the Public May 1-28, 2015 in Library Gallery
LITTLETON, CO—April 13, 2015--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces its annual, juried, spring art show May 1-28 at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. The members’ exhibit will showcase watercolor, pencil, pastel, oil and acrylic artwork in realistic, stylized and abstract styles. The exhibit is free and open to the public. All the works are originals and may be purchased by contacting the artists directly.
The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Mon., May 4 from 6:30-8:00 pm. Both the exhibit and the reception will be located in the library’s lower-level gallery.
The juror for this art show is Julie Williams, a teacher and accomplished portrait artist. Ms. Williams holds a BFA in Painting from Syracuse University, studied at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood NJ, and apprenticed under renowned portraitist Joseph Bowler in Hilton Head, SC. She is a member of the Portrait Society of America.
Artists Orrel Schooler and Linda Millarke, members of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, are co-chairs of the show. “For many years, the Guild has collaborated with the Bemis Public Library to promote the work of accomplished local artists and expand appreciation of the arts in the south suburban Denver area,” said Schooler and Millarke. “We are pleased to continue this tradition.”
The Bemis Public Library location is 6014 South South Datura Street, halfway between West Littleton Boulevard on the north and West Caley Avenue on the south and about eight blocks east of Santa Fe Drive. The library is immediately west of the Littleton Museum. The art exhibit can be viewed any time the library is open. Hours are: Monday-Thursday 9:00 am-9:00 pm; Friday and Saturday: 9:00 am-5:00 pm; and Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Mon., May 4 from 6:30-8:00 pm. Both the exhibit and the reception will be located in the library’s lower-level gallery.
The juror for this art show is Julie Williams, a teacher and accomplished portrait artist. Ms. Williams holds a BFA in Painting from Syracuse University, studied at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood NJ, and apprenticed under renowned portraitist Joseph Bowler in Hilton Head, SC. She is a member of the Portrait Society of America.
Artists Orrel Schooler and Linda Millarke, members of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, are co-chairs of the show. “For many years, the Guild has collaborated with the Bemis Public Library to promote the work of accomplished local artists and expand appreciation of the arts in the south suburban Denver area,” said Schooler and Millarke. “We are pleased to continue this tradition.”
The Bemis Public Library location is 6014 South South Datura Street, halfway between West Littleton Boulevard on the north and West Caley Avenue on the south and about eight blocks east of Santa Fe Drive. The library is immediately west of the Littleton Museum. The art exhibit can be viewed any time the library is open. Hours are: Monday-Thursday 9:00 am-9:00 pm; Friday and Saturday: 9:00 am-5:00 pm; and Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm.
New members are welcome to the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which sponsors additional art shows, weekly painting sessions, workshops and demonstrations during the year.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County (www.heritage-guild.com) is a non-profit corporation organized in 1974 by Colorado artists. The Guild hosts art exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and spring and fall art shows at Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In cooperation with Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, the Guild holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. The Guild also sponsors weekly group painting sessions and workshops by accomplished guest artists. Membership is open to individuals at all levels of experience in fine arts media, as well as those interested in art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.
Heritage Guild Members to Exhibit Artwork For
Littleton Adventist Hospital Healing Arts Program
Colorful Display of Local Artists’ Work on View
For Patients and the Public from March 4-May 4
For Patients and the Public from March 4-May 4
LITTLETON, CO—Feb. 25, 2015--The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County announces that work by its member artists will be featured in an exhibit at Littleton Adventist Hospital from March 4-May 4. The art exhibit is sponsored by the Healing Arts Program of the Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation in support of the hospital.
About two dozen original pieces of artwork on nature-inspired themes will be on view for the enjoyment of patients and the general public. The display will be in the gallery, located in the corridor between the main hospital entrance and the outpatient entrance. A reception with the artists is scheduled for March 18 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
“We are committed to partnering with our community and pleased to feature hand-made pieces by local artists working in pastel, watercolor, and oil media,” said Jude Keller, Director, Healing Arts Program. “Original artwork by Heritage Fine Arts Guild members will help create an uplifting space that is restorative and calming for our patients, staff and visitors.” Keller also noted that research consistently demonstrates the proven healing and restorative benefits of integrating arts into the hospital environment.
The 16x20” framed artworks on display will be available for sale. The hospital information desk and gift shop will each have a price list and contact information for purchasing the pieces.
To visit the gallery, enter Littleton Adventist Hospital at the main entrance, located on the east side of the building.
Following the close of this art show, the exhibit will travel to the Parker Adventist Hospital and will be on display there from May 5-July 6. Selected pieces will remain at the facility’s Cancer Center for an additional month.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County is a non-profit corporation chartered in Colorado and organized in 1974 by local artists. The Guild sponsors artist workshops, as well as art shows at Bemis Library in Littleton and locations including Adventist Hospitals. In cooperation with Arapahoe Community College Gallery of the Arts, the Guild also holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. Membership in the Guild is open to all levels of art abilities in fine arts media as well as to those interested in the Guild for art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado metropolitan area.
About two dozen original pieces of artwork on nature-inspired themes will be on view for the enjoyment of patients and the general public. The display will be in the gallery, located in the corridor between the main hospital entrance and the outpatient entrance. A reception with the artists is scheduled for March 18 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
“We are committed to partnering with our community and pleased to feature hand-made pieces by local artists working in pastel, watercolor, and oil media,” said Jude Keller, Director, Healing Arts Program. “Original artwork by Heritage Fine Arts Guild members will help create an uplifting space that is restorative and calming for our patients, staff and visitors.” Keller also noted that research consistently demonstrates the proven healing and restorative benefits of integrating arts into the hospital environment.
The 16x20” framed artworks on display will be available for sale. The hospital information desk and gift shop will each have a price list and contact information for purchasing the pieces.
To visit the gallery, enter Littleton Adventist Hospital at the main entrance, located on the east side of the building.
Following the close of this art show, the exhibit will travel to the Parker Adventist Hospital and will be on display there from May 5-July 6. Selected pieces will remain at the facility’s Cancer Center for an additional month.
About The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County is a non-profit corporation chartered in Colorado and organized in 1974 by local artists. The Guild sponsors artist workshops, as well as art shows at Bemis Library in Littleton and locations including Adventist Hospitals. In cooperation with Arapahoe Community College Gallery of the Arts, the Guild also holds “This is Colorado,” an annual, juried, statewide art show; the 2015 event is set for October 20-November 13. Membership in the Guild is open to all levels of art abilities in fine arts media as well as to those interested in the Guild for art appreciation. The Guild is supported in part by a grant from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the seven-county Denver, Colorado metropolitan area.