SW Members Exhibits and Workshops/Classes for October
Exhibits:
Gary McCall -St Luke’s invited me to show in Boise for October. A group show at Initial Point too. Will be doing plein aire with many others on the fourth for Surels first Friday. Then Finer Frames week long plein aire.
Shelly Johnson has been invited to participate in the 2024 National Watercolor Exhibition at Mark Arts in Wichita, Kansas. Her painting, “The Barrel Racer”, will be on display from October 4 to December 21 at Mark Arts, 1307 N. Rock Road, Wichita, Kansas. Opening Reception is October 4 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Shelly Johnson’s painting “Remi” was selected for the 2024 Richeson75 Figure/Portrait competition and exhibition finalist list. This is an online exhibition that opens September 27 on richeson.com.
Mary Gardiner- In October Mary is exhibiting in Hidden Worlds at the Full Moon gallery, Twin Falls. Mary also has a painting in the TVAA exhibit Masks at the Gem Center for the Arts and in TVAA Opus. First Friday, October 4, a participating artist in the Surel’s Place art stroll. Initial Point a Touch of Landscape with other artists and a reception – we’d love to see you. Also, come October, Mary will have a new studio at the Gem Center for the Arts. Visitors welcome!
Lauren Johnson will be holding her studio open for the BOSCO OPEN STUDIOS TOUR again this year. She will be open on the second weekend of the tour, October 12th and 13th from 10-5 both days. Her home studio is located at 109 S Stephenson St in Eagle, and you can contact her by email at laurenjohnson3@mac.com or call 208-215-1588 if you need more information. She’d love to have you drop by and bring any guests you would like.
Frankie Sims -I’m honored to have had a painting judged into this year’s TVAA Opus show, alongside the work of many local artists I admire. Bright, colorful tropical fish, as I envision them, play on my canvas, inquisitively encountering one another in a blue ocean kelp bed. I hope you can stop by the Riverside Hotel in Boise between October 4 and November 3, to take a look at my watercolor painting, and enjoy the 66 other creative, interesting and diverse works of art in Opus 2024.
Joyce Green -A very special THANK YOU to all the wonderful friends and artists who attended the awards presentation at Meridian City Hall on Saturday, September 21st! I was so honored to receive the Tammy de Weerd award for Excellence in the Arts, and even more honored to be so well represented by my IWS group! Joyce Green
“Tres Amigos”, a watercolor by Joyce Green, is currently on view through October 26th at the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibit at Evergreen Center for the Arts in Evergreen, Colorado. Check it out if you are in that neighborhood!
Joyce Green -You are invited to visit Joyce Green’s garage studio during the 2nd weekend of October, the 12th and 13th, from 10 to 6 for the BOSCO (Boise Open Studios) event. Come see what I do and how I do it in watercolor, including my “wild hairs”! (My exploratory works) The address is 1088 West Chateau Avenue in Meridian. The easiest access is east off Linder on Chateau despite what GPS says. I am one of the farthest out studios, even though I am in old Meridian, so I will welcome all the visitors I can and you can ask all the questions you want!
Workshops/ Classes:
Marina Zavalova, I will be teaching watercolor classes at College of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls starting October 16 through November 20, beginning/advanced. I am sure everyone in IWS is very skillful painters, but if people know someone who is afraid to start or want to improve I am here.