ARTIST WANTED in Saint Joseph Missouri

ARTIST'S WANTED!!!!! We need artists ages 14 and up to help in the creation of a communitymural!The project will be part of the Artist in Action at Trails West! August21st - August 23rd. Whether it's one hour or all weekend, we could useyour help. If you could like to contribute some of your time and talent, pleasecall Martha Greer at 271-4121 or Tammy Santos at 233-0231 for moreinformation. Please pass this info to your friends, the more themerrier!

Allied Arts Auction June 25,2009

Fellow artists, the Allied Arts Council will hold a reception and silent auction June the 25th at the downtown US bank on Francis. The Visual Arts Committee is asking for art donations from our local artists. We have the pails and tiles to auction off and we would love to have art work to round out the auction. We would appreciate anything, prints, matted not frame pieces, 3d work, or even an original that you have had for a long time. (most of us have old pieces we don't show anymore) The art will be on display from June the 10 thro the 25th. Patrons can place bids anytime while it is on display. It will cost $15 to get into the reception but if you donated a piece you can come to the reception for free. US bank is having it catered and there will be live music. The money raised is not part of the Arts Fund Drive. This revenue is going to support the programs for Allied Arts. Artists in the schools for example. This should be a fun evening and a great benefit for the arts. If you would like to donate please bring you piece, finished tile or pail,to the Allied Arts Council office by the 9th. I hope to see as many artists at the reception as possible. If you have any questions call Tammy at 816-233-0231 or me at 660-663-2446. Thank you, Wanda Taylor chair for the Visual Arts Committee

Sacred Art Workshops at Conception Abbey

Conception Abbey, a lovely monastery just 45 min. north of St. Joseph, is hosting two sacred art workshops in August: Manuscript Illumination, August 9-15, and Early Byzantine Iconography, August 23-29. I attended the Manuscript Illumination workshop last summer and thoroughly enjoyed it. The instructor, Jed Gibbons, was excellent. The Early Byzantine Iconography workshop will be quite good as well- it's being taught by the founder of the Prosopon School of Iconography, Master Iconographer Vladislov Andreyev. These are unique opportunities to study traditional painting techniques close by in a beautiful, peaceful setting. Hope to see you there!

-Lisa F.

Call For Creative Artist "Art Pailet" 2009

Calling All creative artists!
Allied Arts Council has an art challenge for you!
Create a fun piece of art using this pail or wood tile. You can pick up your pail or tile FREE at the Allied Arts office. Then donate your piece back to Allied Arts by May 31, 2009 for our first "Art Pailet" auction June 2009.
The auction is to support programs of the Allied Arts Council such as Artist in the Schools, Artscape, Mayor’s Awards for the Arts and Poetry Out Loud. It will also support our NEW community Art show (Name to be announced later this year).
For more information Please contact the Allied Arts Council Office
118S. 8th Street, Saint Joseph, MO
816-233-0231
www.stjoearts.org

Who is the Allied Arts Council Visual Arts Committee?

The Visual Arts Committee is a representative of the Allied Arts Council. The purpose of the committee is to support, promote, and celebrate our local and area visual artists. The committee has created programs to expose the public to the abundance of talent we have in Saint Joseph and the surrounding communities.

We are Painters, sculptors, Photographers, art glass creators, Mixed media artist, pen and pencil artist and art supporters.

Committee members
Teresa Fankhauser - Executive Director
Tammy Santos - Program Coordinator
Wanda Taylor - Chair
Jim Fly - Committee
Brenda Reilly - Committee
IIa Dell Youngblood - Committee
Pat Benedict - Committee
Terri Rader - Committee
Rick Rader - Committee
Lisa Fracica - Committee

For more information about the Visual Arts Committee Please visit our link on the top right hand side of this blog.