Congratulations LAG; at the end of our membership drive we officially have 31 members. Looking forward to a great year. We have a gallery to show in, with multiple places in addition to show for the year; LUX, Gallery 9, Red Path Gallery in Seward, Trinity Fine Arts Fair, Nebraska City and the ANAC Convention. We will let everyone know of additional art venues. Carmen Stineman, President

We will be in room 522 at the Sheridan Lutheran Church for our March 13th LAG meeting. Program is:

Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing – It Doesn’t Need to Be Scary! 

We will be working with a live model – 5, 10 and 20 minute sessions

1) Seeing and capturing basic shapes – orbs, eggs, pyramids, cones, cubes, etc. and organizing them into a portrait

2) Gesture – Orienting the figure in your space

3) Expression – what key elements make this subject special? 

Materials:

Drawing pad, 9×12” or larger

Drawing clipboard (optional)

Easel – if you want to stand (also optional)

Charcoal pencils – hard and medium (I recommend General’s – available at Michaels, Hobby Lobby or Gomez)

Cretacolor sticks or Conte’ pencils, if you like (optional) I will probably be using Cretacolor for some drawings

Utility knife (razor) and sanding block for sharpening – available at most any hardware store

Chamois cloth

Kneaded eraser

If possible, it would be helpful to have a few trash cans scattered around the space for shavings, sanding dust.  

Program facilitator will be Chuck Schroeder

• Bring work to the LUX on Wednesday April 2^nd from 11 –1
• Must have name, title and price on back of your entries IN ADDITION to forms emailed to Carmen Stineman cmstine@hotmail.com
  •  (paper mail to 3300 SW 80^th Circle, Lincoln, NE  68532) Make copies to use the forms from the bottom.  Bring your entry fee along Wednesday the 2^nd when you bring in your work.
• Maximum entries for Spring Show is 3, with a $10 entry fee for each.
• All entries will be considered for ribbons and monetary prizes.
• Must have been completed within the last two years.
• May not have been shown at a previous Fall or Spring Show.
• May not have been completed within a class or workshop.
• ANAC selections will be chosen from this show.
• If work is selected for ANAC consideration, the work may NOT be changed at all after the judging.  You may change out a frame, but you may not change anything on your work.
  • If you do not wish to have your pieces considered for ANAC consideration, let the chairman know.
• All works will be photographed at the show, and if appears that there have been changes, the Chairman will not present your work at the convention.
• ANAC entries will be confined to original works in drawing, printmaking, collage, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, textiles, and blown glass. If work was done using a computer, a sheet explaining the program and/or process used is required.

General Rules

• All work must be dry.
• No saw tooth hangers, only wire. Twisted edges of wire must be taped to avoid scratching a wall. New!
• Work must be ready to hang.
• No glass (exception for pastels) must use plexiglass.
• Two-Dimensional work may not exceed 40” x 40” including frame.
• Edges must be lapped and all staples must be covered.
  • Gallery wrapped canvas is acceptable without a frame BUT the canvas edges must be painted around the sides.
• Three-Dimensional work may not exceed 36” in any direction and weigh less the 75 lbs.

If selected for ANAC traveling show – must have a sturdy shipping container and provide a pedestal for work to be displayed.

• All works will stay in the gallery for the entire month or the entirety of the show.
  • Sales need to be done through individual artists – LUX will not sell.
  • Show details (artist’s contact will be available at desk at the LUX.
• Show chairmen have the right to refuse artwork not prepared properly, or is not of a family friendly nature. (no nudity or political references)
• Judge’s decision is final.

For those of you who bring art to the Spring Show, if it has glass or plexiglass; can you send me a photo of the picture before you frame it?  I have difficulty taking photos of work due to glare, and I want to present your work as expertly as I can for our digital viewers and the web page.

LAG Judged Art Show Pre-Registration Form

Please print information very clearly and return to: Carmen Stineman.  Please print one form for each piece you are entering.  Mail this form with the required fee to Carmen Stineman, 3300 SW 80^th Circle, Lincoln, NE  68532.  You may also email your entry forms to cmstine@hotmail.com and bring your fee in when you bring your work on Wednesday April 2nd.  Make your check payable to LAG or Lincoln Artists’ Guild.

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Artist name_____________________________________________Phone__________________

Title_________________________________________________________________________________

Medium__________________________________Sale Price___________________________

LAG Show Entry Fee Enclosed:  $10.00__________

LAG Show Entry Fee will be brought in on Wednesday April 2nd with art work. ________________

Happening this summer will be our Fourth of July Show in Seward, held at the Red Path Gallery. Members will be limited to a maximum of two entries. Space is limited, so be cognizant of the size of your pieces, and if they are large, limit your entry to one piece. Entry fee will remain at $10 for three months, (what a deal) and work sold will have a 30% commission tacked on to your sale price. In addition there will be a mini show to further the 70’s theme of the Seward Fourth of July theme.

  Mini Show: The 2025 Seward Summer Art Show will have a theme representing the opening of their 1970’s time capsule (which is pyramid shaped) at their Fourth of July Celebration.  In honor of that event, the Lincoln Artists’ Guild Show at the Red Path Gallery will feature a mini show homage to that event with 8” x 8” canvas squares (hung in the shape of the pyramid) depicting something from the 70’s.  These may be in any media, but the edges must be finished as there will be no framing.  Entries will not have an entry fee, and LAG will be providing the canvases.  Pick yours up at the March LAG meeting. All pieces will be due at the May monthly meeting.  Pieces sold, (at $70 each, following the 70’s theme) will still be paying a commission fee but remaining profit will be passed on to the particular artist of that piece.  Photos will be taken of each one prior to hanging, so if sold during the summer, the photo representative of that piece will be put in it’s place in order to keep the “pyramid” shape. 

  The LAG will still continue to provide our typical show of pieces, but only the mini show will follow the summer theme. 

As we roll into spring, March crept up quickly, so we are negotiating with the Gallery 9 to reopen our gallery for the three months of April, May and June. We are filling our walls and if you are interested in showing at this beautiful gallery in downtown Lincoln, contact Jan Garvin. 402 318 9757. Hanging day will be Sunday March 30th.

We are in the process of changing out our online presence to include current information.  We are changing our web page.  As we process this change, we would encourage each of you, if you have a website, and you want to have that information linked to our page, please let us know.  You can email Lisa at (limabean77@gmail.com) with that address.  We should have the new page incorporated by the end of next month, so don’t delay.  If you want to check out what is done so far, go to Lincolnartistsguild.blogspot.com.  If you see an error, or have something that we can add, let me know.  We will eventually have our members information here so that we don’t have to create a booklet again.  (that will be a members only site – not for public viewing)