Congratulations to members: Amber Roland, Jane Chesnut, Debbie Martin &amp, and Jerry Hall. They participated in the Lincoln Arts Council JURIED Show, “The Lincoln Arts Festival,” September 25-26, an outdoor event at the Lincoln SouthPointe Mall. This was the Arts Festival 16th year. Despite some rain on Saturday, Sunday proved to be a fantastic fall day, with great sales, fantastic artwork, & just an all around delightful atmosphere!!. KUDOS to all the artists; it’s a HUGE HONOR TO BE ACCEPTED into this show. Great job everyone!!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28^th 5:00pm to 8:00pm Out of the Box, 366 N. 48th ST. Lincoln, NE. * Lower Level Entrance.
Lincoln Artists’ Guild FOURTH Friday
Join us & enjoy an engaging experience where art comes to life through a wide range of styles & materials, all so tempting and available for sale. Explore the gallery & discover new items everywhere you turn, visit with the artists & enjoy refreshments, wine & live music. FEATURED ARTISTS: JULIE CHILDERS, Exciting artwork with swirling colors, blending into art filled with energy and emotion. So intriguing!!!! MUSIC BY: Marcia Claesson. Marcia is one of our Lincoln Artists Guild Member’s; she will be playing a variety of music on her Auto Harp, so expect really beautiful but delicate music. Web Site: http://www.lincolnartistsguild.org Phone: 402-488-0388, Look for us on Facebook. Thank You for supporting local artists. Feel free to share this invitation with friends, family and art lovers!

Julie Childers grew up in the small village of Bow Valley in northeast Nebraska. She attended Cedar Catholic High School, Wayne State College, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Southeast Community College. While at UNL, she attended classes in drawing, design, and photography. She is influenced by those classes, but she also takes her inspiration and some techniques from Gerhard Richter and Jackson Pollock. Her favorite quote by an artist comes from Richter: “I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.”

Inspired by other artists, and curious just to see how well she could express herself through it, she started painting in 2014. It provides a quiet pastime but also a way for her to creatively show emotion through color and shape. Instead of a brush, Julie prefers to use palette knives or her bare hands to manipulate the acrylic paint. Julie loves to experiment with new techniques, sometimes choosing to sand down or scrape away the layers to reveal what’s underneath, creating a new image. In her mixed media pieces, she uses torn pages from old books, decoupages them to the canvas, then paints over them and sands down through the paint to reveal pieces of the paper. She considers herself a tactile person and enjoys playing with the weight, body and viscosity of the paint as it moves on the canvas. She usually doesn’t start with a finished picture in mind. Instead, she picks her colors and technique, building up layers into an image.

In 2015 Julie won an Award of Merit for her piece, “Untitled”, in the Lincoln Artists’ Guild 2015 Winter Show. She won the People’s Choice Award for her piece, “White Swirl”, in the Lincoln Artists’ Guild 2015 Spring Show. Her piece, “Blur”, qualified to go to the 2016 Association of Nebraska Art Clubs statewide competition. Julie gave a presentation on her art and techniques at the Palmyra Memorial Library on June 5, 2016. She showed her pieces, “From a Great Height” and “Blue Swirl” at the Seward Civic Center in June-July 2016. Julie is also a member and volunteer with the Lincoln Artists’ Guild, serving as Board Secretary, on show committees, as well as Webmaster since March 2016, and promoting the Guild through social media and advertising. Julie lives in Lincoln, NE with her husband and four cats.

Julie’s artwork is available for purchase, and she also does work on commission. To see her full portfolio online, go to julieachilders.wordpress.com. Contact her at julie.a.childers@gmail.com or 4027708714.

Eleven LAG members and one guest had a great time Saturday, Sept. 24^th, when they traveled to Ashland to make a day of touring the city which is full of artistic things to view and appreciate.  Mary Roncka greeted us as we entered the Willow Point Gallery that showcases her husband’s art.  Gene had made it a gallery that also displays preserved wild game animals in a unique wooded setting. Visitors can relax with a cup of coffee while choosing pictures to buy or quality frames to have made for them.  Copper’s Gallery also gave us another view into his completely different technique of painting that was bright and bold. We saw his studio and how he works from his images that he puts on a TV screen.  Kim David Cooper works right where patrons can watch him paint. His gallery also houses works by other pottery artists’.   As a member of the Historical society, he also gave us a tour of the historical Episcopal Church and shared great history of Ashland.  Of course, you can’t tour Ashland without lunching at Cherio’s with ice cream later in the afternoon.  Also, there are many other interesting shops and building such as the Market Place to see.  It was a day of interaction for everyone with emphases on art. Now, we’ll have to plan another outing soon since it was a great day for everyone.

Winners of the People’s Choice Award for our 1^st 3-D Show are:  Best of Show:  “Evolving Wild Life” by Reida Wrenholt, Merit Award:  “Existence” by Jane Chesnut, and Honorable Mention Award: “Firewood” by Greg Sparling.  Congratulations to all.   Let’s have another 3-D show, next year. Start now to think about what you can do for next year.

Change Date for new artwork at Out of the Box will be Monday, OCTOBER 31 between 10a.m. and 1:00.  If you cannot be there in that time period, you may bring your paintings on Saturday, OCT. 29th or Sunday, the 30^th with the required paperwork and labels, including info. on the back of each painting and labels for display with title, price, etc. NO more than 5 paintings total, please. You may bring in all new art, or leave the 5 you have there, or exchange a few; whatever works best for you.

***ALSO ON OCTOBER 31st, BRING YOUR FALL SHOW ENTRIES, at the same times/dates as mentioned above. Make sure you put a note on fall show entries, so we know that piece of art is for the show. We are looking forward to seeing some new art and great show entries. See you Soon.
Thank You,
Out of the Box Committee

Mark your calendars for January 21 and plan to meet at the Imperial Palace Restaurant on 27th and Vine Street for our annual Chinese New Year Party.  Cost is $12 per person. You can mail your money to Wanda Medina (7563 Diamond Cr. Lincoln, NE 68506) or bring it with you that night.  Spouses are invited too, so don’t leave them home to miss out on the fun.  What fun you ask?  Well……. we encourage everyone to bring a self portrait (no name on the front please) to be voted on as to:  1. most realistic  2. most comical   3. most interesting use of media   4. most abstract   5. most identifiable to the artist and 6. most extreme rendering.  We will also try to match the portraits to their artist creators.  The evening will include a gift exchange ($15 limit) of something along the artistic line.  Please RSVP to Carmen Stineman – 402 476 1177 – cmstine@hotmail.com if you are planning to attend or add your name to the sign-up sheet at the October or November meeting.