The North Cobb Arts League is pleased to announce that two of our own have been nominated for an Ovation Award: Teresa Barnes for outstanding visual artist and Michael Connell for outstanding instructor!

Join us at The Strand on the Marietta Square on Monday October 26th at 8:00 PM for an evening of celebration, entertainment and inspirational performances.

Tickets are $5. You can buy them at the Earl Smith Strand website or by calling 770.293.0080.

Click the image to enlarge & print!

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We’re happy to announce that the applications for the 2010 Colors Festival of Arts are available on our webpage.  Please click on the following link for information about the festival and for a link to the actual application: http://www.visitroswellga.com/festival-arts.html

The Lake Allatoona Association in Acworth is in need of arts and crafts vendors for their October Fest on Saturday, October 24 from 3 – 10:00 pm. The festival website is www.galakeview.com. Spaces are as follows: 12×12 is $100 and a 24×12 is $200. Limited Power is available.

Please call Michelle Eckhart at 678-574-9222 or fax her at 678-574-4232 if you are interested in participating or would like more information.

Naples Art Association
at The von Liebig Art Center
585 Park Street, Naples, FL 34102
239-262-6517
naplesart.org

Artists Sought for Art Group’s 48th Founders Exhibition

NAPLES (Sept. 3)-The Naples Art Association at The von Liebig Art Center has issued a Call for Artists for its 48th Founders Juried Awards Exhibition, which will be on view Oct. 31 through Dec. 2. The exhibition will feature current work in ten media categories by Naples Art Association member artists (new member artists are welcome to join the association and participate in the exhibition) and will be juried by Daniel Stetson, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, FL. Stetson will present a free public lecture on Oct. 23 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Norris Center to discuss art, his extensive career and the exhibition. Cash awards totaling $2,500 will be distributed at the exhibition opening reception on Oct. 30, including Best of Show ($800), First Place ($400) and Juror’s Choice Award ($300). The deadline to enter is Oct. 12, and the prospectus and application are available at naplesart.org or by calling 239-262-6517 x106. The exhibition is sponsored by Physician Regional Healthcare System, Comcast, Happenings Arts & Entertainment Magazine, ARTMove LLC, and the Collier County Tourist Development Tax.

PAULDING FINE ARTS
ASSOCIATION EXHIBIT

at the Art Station-Big Shanty
2050 Kennesaw Due West Road
Kennesaw, GA 30152
Phone: (770) 514-5930

EXHIBIT DATES
September 3 to 23, 2009

MEET THE ARTISTS
September 5, 2009
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

ARTISTS:
Cathy Amos
Julie Bareld
Paulette Cheek
Linda Fordham
Leslie Grant
Jane Hricz
Faye McLain
Mike Nalley
Mike Palloni
Irona Taylor
Joyce Walraven

Let’s get the year back in gear!

Thursday September 10th at 7:00 PM is our Annual Family Potluck at The Art Station – Big Shanty.

Bring your spouse & kids and a dish to share

Zi De Chen & Michael Wood have a joint show at Gallery 4463 in Acworth, GA.

Reception is Friday September 4th from 6-9pm, and the show runs from September 3-27.

Don’t miss it!

Gallery 4463
4463 Cherokee St
Acworth, GA 30101
404.808.9971

Paulding Fine Arts Association would like to invite NCAL members to set up booths during the annual Fall Festival in Downtown Dallas Georgia:

Paulding Fine Arts Association Presents…

2009

Annual Fall Festival

Saturday, October 10th

in Downtown Dallas, Georgia

from 10 am till 4 PM

Application Deadline: Saturday, October 3rd

You are invited to apply…

Dear Artists, Craft & Food Vendors, School Organizations & Clubs,

Paulding Fine Arts is extremely excited to host our annual Fall Festival in Downtown, Dallas, Georgia on October 10th. There will be quality arts and crafts, food vendors, a large children’s area, entertainment and activities. This promises to be a fun community event. We will have plenty of advertisement. This will be a great opportunity to promote your talents, sponsor your club, or to fund raise for your organization.

For more information on Paulding Fine Arts Association and application forms for this fall festival, please visit our web-site at www.pauldingfinearts.org or click on the following link: http://www.pauldingfinearts.org/SpecialEvents/ApplicationInformation.html and it will take you to our festival information page. If you click on the PFAA logo at the top of the linked page it will take you to an application to print out and send for a booth. You may also contact me at 770-443-9283 or MorehouseJ@aol.com.

Dixie Band playing at the Art Station – Big Shanty Travel back to the simpler days with the Art Station – Big Shanty on Saturday, August 22 from 7-9pm as we end our Melodies in the Meadow summer concert series with the fabulous sounds of traditional New Orleans Dixieland music performed by the Army Ground Forces Dixie Band. You will need to bring a chair or a blanket (and a picnic if you want!) to this free outdoor concert.

For more information please call the Art Station – Big Shanty at 770-514-5930.

Bill Davidson

Artist Reception and Demonstration

Tuesday, August 25

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

5:00 – 5:30 ~ Refreshments

5:30 -7:00 ~ Artist Demonstration

Located at the Booth Art Academy

1 North Gilmer Street, Cartersville, GA 30120

Come Join us at the Booth Art Academy for our “meet the artist” reception and demonstration. Bill Davidson will be discussing what makes a painting really work with a vignette demonstration. He will Simplify the process of how to feel your way into a good composition, how to organize these shapes into simple value patterns that give a painting unity and luminescence.

Bill Davidson is a nationally exhibited artist and sought after teacher that is consistently accepted in the foremost, national, major art competitions. His work is in many private and corporate collections, including in the finest collection of the French Impressionism in the southeast, Sacred Heart Convent, the Georgia Municipal Association, the founder of Applebee’s Restaurants, United States Congressman Nathan Deal, law firms, bank offices, and the exclusive Roaring Fork County Club in Aspen, Colorado. During the last 5 years, 20 of his pieces have been featured in print including Art Business News, Western Art Collector and American Art Collector. Bill travels extensively in Europe and the United States painting on location.

Bill is represented by Buffalo Trails Gallery in Jackson Hole, WY, The Mystic Maritime Gallery in Mystic, Conn , the Quinlan Arts Center and the Burton Galleries in GA.

For more information, contact:
Natalie Goodwin
Booth Art Academy Manager
Booth Western Art Museum
770.387.1300 ext. 251