UPCOMING EXHIBITION IN HELEN SCHULER NATURE CENTRE
Members, start painting!! Our exhibition in Helen Schuler Nature Centre is scheduled to run from August 3 to September 26, 2021. The theme of the exhibition is “The Four Seasons in the River Valley“. Painters may choose to paint/draw any aspect of the river valley during one of the seasons. Deadline for entries: midnight, Friday, August 30.
Due to limited space, we are limiting entries to one painting per member, and ask that your canvases/framed works be a minimum of 10″ x 16″ and a maximum of 24″ x 36″. Work must be wired to standards set out in club guidelines.
MEMBERSHIP MINGLE – On Saturday, September 25, from 1 PM – 2 PM come and join us at a Membership Mingle. Location of picnic shelter to be announced. More details will be sent out in late August. We look forward to seeing all our members again!
Also planned are a series of outdoor painting opportunities in the summer and fall. Those destinations will be announced throughout the summer. Members will receive emails from Ivan. Locations will be a blend of city/ county sites and foothills/mountain sites.
Nikka Yuko Gardens – LAC members meet here on Thursday mornings from 10 AM to noon. Join us for a couple of hours in the peaceful, cool garden to capture the balance and beauty of the gardens.
Visit their website for info on passes. We recommend plein air painters purchase season passes if they plan to paint there throughout the summer…it is much more economical. Your pass is good for the entire year, and will give you entry to the Christmas Lights festival. Visit https://www.nikkayuko.com/
2021 RETREAT – this year we return to Rocky Ridge Country Lodge for our annual retreat….scheduled for Sept. 17 – 19. Participants arrive on Friday, stay 3 nights and check out on Monday. (Shorter stays, are possible if bookings allow.) We also welcome artists who want to drive down and paint with us for a day.
Anyone interested should visit Rocky Ridge Country Lodge website,
https://www.rockyridgecountrylodge.com
Look at the rooms and then contact Josh to reserve your room. We recommend you book soon, there are limited accommodations. You are responsible for booking and paying for room. Payment is made at the end of our visit. Cancellation policy is reasonable if you must cancel.
If you plan to attend pls email sue at swilkie02@shaw.ca so we can add you to the group email that goes out with meal planning, (we pot luck suppers). Breakfasts are included with your room, and you should bring your lunches. The Lodge is equipped with a large fridge and cooking facilities which we may use. You are free to come and go, paint outdoors or stay in, photograph, hike, nap, read…whatever you wish. After suppers we gather in the living room for a discussion of our day’s efforts, and more talk about painting.
Support Your Local Business – Art Room opened to fill the need for quality art supplies which was created when The Studio closed. Located within Smith’s Audio Video, 236 – 13 St. N. Lethbridge, they offer for sale good quality paint, brushes, paper, canvas and supplies at very reasonable prices. Gerard is willing to order certain supplies for you.
Gerard is a member of Lethbridge Artists Club and also of the Group of Several. He is a watercolour painter and can advise you about this wonderful, challenging medium.