PaintAmerica - Call to Entries

For immediate release PaintAmerica Executive Director

PaintAmerica Announces 2008 Paint the Parks Call to Entries

PaintAmerica, a national, non-profit organization to support and promote the visual arts, has announced the Call to Entries for the 2008 “Paint The Parks” National Artists’ Competition. Paint The Parks will attract many of our nations’ top artists, with a $10,000 purchase award for the Grand Prize. Many other cash prizes and purchase awards will also be available, making Paint The Parks one of the country’s richest art competitions. Full details and entry forms are available at www.PaintAmerica.org

The 2008 Paint the Parks100 Competition and the Paint the Parks “Mini50” provide the country’s top national venue for established and emerging representational artists to showcase their talents. The competition celebrates our country’s national parks, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the National Parks Foundation (www.nationalparks.org) The competition also supports the PaintAmerica mission of providing scholarships for young artists and promoting the visual arts across America.

The Paint the Parks Competition format rewards artists with great potential for sales of their work. It also provides recognition, exposure and awareness through a national traveling exhibition and an online display. The exhibition will be shown in venues such as The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, MO; The RW Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA; and The CACEG Gallery; Estes Park, CO. Showcasing the beauty and qualities of America’s National Park system as seen through the eyes of its artists is another benefit of the program.

The Second Annual Paint the Parks 100 carries on the tradition of the long-running Arts for the Parks competition. Last years grand prize winners were John Agnew of Cincinnati, OH for his painting “Looking for the Shore” and Ray Hunter of Santa Barbara, CA for his mini painting “Lesson on the Yellowstone”.

Entries representing any of the 390 National Parks are submitted and judged within one of the three National Park Regions. The highest scoring painting from all entries is named the Grand Prize Purchase Award Winner and claims a $10,000 purchase award. It, and the top 33 paintings from each of the three regions advance to the Paint the Parks100. Other artists in the top 100 also have the chance to receive additional cash prizes and purchase awards. Recognition is also given to the “2nd 100” artists.

The “mini” competition is for works up to 180 square inches. The full-size competition accepts work up to 720 square inches. A discounted entry is available for meeting the early deadline of May 1, 2008. The final competition entry deadline is May 31, 2008. Galleries interested in exhibiting the Paint The Parks Top100 should contact PaintAmerica at mail@PaintAmerica.org

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Paint Historic Charleston, S.C. with Hilarie Lambert

NOVEMBER 2, 3 & 4, 2007
Come paint in historic Charleston for 3 glorious days.

Thursday night is a BBQ at the Lambert house to introduce ourselves. Hilarie will be doing a demo Friday morning, you paint after that and in the afternoon as the workshop continues with instruction by Hilarie.

Saturday morning take advantage of watching the artist in the park for the Annual Charleston Fine Art Dealer's Association Weekend. Some of the best in the country will be painting there. In the afternoon the workshop continues as Hilarie follows up with each individual artist.

The workshop schedule is complete with painting from 10-2 on Sunday.

Workshop is open for beginning to professional oil painters. Space is limited to 12
Mail deposit of $150 to

Hilarie Lambert

749 Willow Lake Road

Charleston, SC 29412

hiljohn@bellsouth.net

Studio 843.822.1707
www.hlambert.com

Additional information along with material list will be provided at sign up.

Armand Cabrea Workshop

PAINT LIKE A PRO

October 2007 workshop with artist Armand Cabrera to be hit!

http://www.madisonartistsguild.org/

A dedicated painter, Armand Cabrera's style is to paint alla prima,completing his paintings in one sitting in the studio or out of doors.

Armand has spent 12 years as a successful production artist in the computer games industry, creating conceptual designs, background art, and special effects animation and storyboarding.

His clients included LucasFilm Games, Virgin Entertainment, Microsoft and Paramount Pictures.

Now a full time fine artist, Armand Cabrera is represented by art galleries across the country.

He has had numerous one-man exhibitions and his work is found in corporate and private collections around the world.Armand is a regular guest columnist for OutdoorPainting.com a sponsor of The Grand View, a National PBS painting series about painting outdoors.

Ken Wallin Workshops

Ken ususally schedules workshops on St. Simons Island, Georgia so check his web site often for updates to this link.

http://www.wallingallery.com/workshops/index.html

Marsha Savage Workshops

Three workshops are planned for 2007 Florida --
The first and second sessions are plein air (outdoor), with locations in the Melbourne/Indialantic area yet to be determined. These two sessions are geared for any medium, but demonstrations will be in pastel.The third session is a pastel studio class with some painting plein air on the Andre property (which is beautiful, on the intercoastal waterway, with palm trees, a wonderful pond, etc). This session is more appropriate for the beginning student, though more advanced students will still receive individual attention geared to their level. You may bring your own photographs (no copyrighted material, please), or you may paint from mine -- or from a still life set-up. Pastel is my main instruction medium and the demonstration medium, but you can take the workshop if you paint in other mediums since I also paint in oil and acrylic. Critiques will be held each day of each workshop.Emphasis will be on composition and value, with temperature and color a strong second! There will be an added emphasis on design by quickly creating a thumbnail sketch to work from, blocking in the darks and lights, and finding the colors and developing the painting . . . but, you will not necessarily finish each painting. These workshops are not just to paint a pretty painting from start to finish . . . the principles of starting and working through the painting are foremost.The class fills up in a hurry, so if you are interested, please e-mail me or call Jeanne Andre at 321-773-2434 or Lynda Trader at 321-723-2191.

Returning students are given priority, but there is usually space available for several new students each session. This is a fun class, especially inspirational with all the artwork being created around you and the discussions, questions and answers with the other students.

Classes will be held at 3800 N. Riverside Dr., Indialantic FL 32903 and the local area around Indialantic and Melbourne Florida area. The class size is held to 12 students for more individual attention!

Blue Ridge, GA & the Toccoa River Spring, 2007 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday)Deposit of $50 requiredsupply list and directions upon registration
I am trying at this time to plan a spring plein air workshop -- the date has yet to be determined -- but most likely will be in April.If you are interested in plein air painting (painting from life) then you should be at this workshop. The cost is $225 for three painting days and 3 nights plus students share in the cost of food. Arrival day is on Thursday late afternoon, menus are planned and we shop for food, and departure day is Sunday evening. Painting days are Friday, Saturday and Sunday from approximately 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. with a break for lunch of about 2 hours. The middle of the day is not an especially good time to paint.Instruction will be in pastel, my main medium. If you are interested in painting plein air with any other medium that will be fine. I paint in oil and acrylic also. Watercolorists will be instructed regarding all aspects of painting plein air, just not in your technique of watercolor. Class is appropriate for beginners and/or advanced students as each student rreceives individual instruction and constructive analysis.I have been asked in the past about co-ed accomodations -- in the future we will try to accomodate both male and female students. Remember - this is my vacation home and a "cabin" with close quarters. The cost of the class is reasonable enough for students to also pay for accomodations in nearby Blue Ridge at a motel or bed and breakfast. For those students staying at my cabin, students will share in the cost of groceries for the three days.Emphasis is on composition and value, with temperature and color a strong second! There will be added emphasis on quickly creating a thumbnail sketch to work from, blocking in the darks and lights, finding the colors and developing the painting -- but, you will not necessarily finish each painting. This class is not just about painting a pretty painting from start to finish -- but the principles of starting and working through the painting being foremost.

Send me an e-mail at marshasavageart@yahoo.com.

L. Diane Johnson Workshops

For more information about L. Diane Johnson and her workshops, visit, www.ldianejohnson.com

2007
Soft Pastel Landscape WorkshopAugust 24-26, 2007 Raleigh, NC Availablity

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3-Day Workshop
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Location/Registration:Yates Mill County Park 4620 Lake Wheeler RoadRaleigh, NC 27603
· Beginner to Advanced Painters· Workshop Fee $295· Workshop Information Package
September Song Landscape WorkshopSeptember 24-28, 2007 Raleigh, NC
Closed

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5-Day Comprehensive Workshop
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Location/Registration:Yates Mill County Park 4620 Lake Wheeler RoadRaleigh, NC 27603
· Acrylic, Oil, Soft Pastel· Beginner to Advanced Painters· Workshop Fee $495· Workshop Information Package
Breath of Autumn Landscape WorkshopOctober 15-19, 2007 Raleigh, NC
Availability

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5-Day Comprehensive Workshop
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Location/Registration:Yates Mill County Park 4620 Lake Wheeler RoadRaleigh, NC 27603
· Acrylic, Oil, Soft Pastel· Beginner to Advanced Painters· Workshop Fee $495· Workshop Information Package
Autumn Splendor Landscape WorkshopNovember 12-16, 2007 Raleigh, NC
Availablity

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5-Day Comprehensive Workshop
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Location/Registration:Yates Mill County Park 4620 Lake Wheeler RoadRaleigh, NC 27603
· Acrylic, Oil, Soft Pastel· Beginner to Advanced Painters· Workshop Fee $495· Workshop Information Package

Linda Blondheim Workshops

2007 Linda Blondheim Workshops:

For workshops or classes contact Linda directly by eMail.
If you have a special workshop need, contact Linda and she will create a custom workshop addressing your needs or let you know which workshop would make the best fit for you.

"The Big Three", near Micanopy FL
"Beginning Acrylics", Blondheim Studio, Gainesville FL
"Composition & Design in Landscape", John C Campbell Folk School, Brasstown NC
"Flowers & Reflections", John C Campbell Folk School, Brasstown NCJun 23
"All About Painting Trees", Blondheim Studio, Gainesville FLJul 28 "Fun with Fruits & Veges", Blondheim Studio, Gainesville FLJul 29-Aug 3
"Oil Painting Landscapes", John C Campbell Folk School, Brasstown NCAug 13-17
"Design Elements in Your Landscape", Gibson House, Haverhill NH