Sign up now for soft pastel art classes: Sat., April 27th for Flower Frenzie and/or Sat., May 25th for Pastel Portraits. Both classes are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Noyes Art Gallery, 119 South 9th St., Lincoln.  The instructor will be Julie Lemons.  To enroll, contact Julie at 402-570-9476 or sign up at the gallery.

The Spring ANAC newsletters should be in your homes now! If you did not get one and joined LAG before the March deadline…please let me know.  Sign up for workshops, book your hotel room, plan to join us at the banquet, nominate someone for the ANAC Award or the scholarship, connect with other LAG members and GO West Prairie Vision ANAC 2013! We hope to see you there! Julie Lemons, Association of Nebraska Art Clubs, president. 402-570-9476

Welcome Alex Fischer, Rafael Garcia, Jr., Tracy Murray and Ted Pardy to the Lincoln Artists’ Guild!  All are new members to LAG in 2013.   Please note their information in your current directory, and be sure to welcome them to our club.
Ted Pardy | 1101 Eastridge Drive | Lincoln, NE   68510 | 402-483-4924
Tracy Murray | 1109 S.31st Street | Lincoln, NE    68510 | 402-474-9902
Rafael Gracia, Jr. | P.O. Box 29204 | Lincoln, NE  68529 | 909-855-4887
Alex Fischer | 2247 Stone Creek Loop N. | Lincoln, NE  68512 | 402-328-8764

“Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
–Picasso

There have been many inquiries about attending the ANAC Conference June 12 – 13.   During LAG’s upcoming May LAG meeting, you will have the chance to discuss the possibility of carpooling to Alliance, sharing lodging and any other questions you may have concerning the conference.

Sue Thelen will be transporting LAG’s ANAC entries to the ANAC conference in June.  If you would be able to assist in transporting the artwork to Alliance, Nebraska p. e call or email Sue. 

LAG’s juried ANAC show will continue to be shown at “Against the Wall” during the month of April.    The show was judged April 5th by Debra Monfelt.  Selected artwork will be taken to the ANAC Conference to be held in Alliance, Nebraska in June.   At that time our selected pieces, along with entries from other Nebraska art clubs, will be further judged.  The final selection of artwork will travel to other cities throughout Nebraska  for the entire year.  Shown below is a list of artwork selected to be entered into the ANAC Conference Show:
1. Caribbean Fiesta – Connie Backus-Yoder
2. The Midas Touch – Jan Blank
3. Taos New Mexico – Alex Fischer
4. Open Vessel – Alex Fischer
5. Foothills of Colorado – Donna Justsen
6. The Dance – Cansa yapi Oyate – Julie Lemons
7. Jazz to the Bone – Julie Lemons
8. Sax player  – Judy Martindale
9. Café R & B – Judy Martindale
10. Roca –  R. L. Pardy
11. Greenwood Dusk – R. L. Pardy
12. Zoya Polish & Salon Glass – Missi Paul
13. Allis Chalmers ‘B’, 1942 –  Missi Paul
14. Board Meeting of the NE Ringneck Pheasants – Donna Pozehl
15. Scoped – Deb Prevost
16. Click Beetle on Poppy – Donna Schimonitz
17. Allanthus Webworm Moth/Purple Coneflower – Donna Schimonitz
18. Evening Church – Linda Stephen
19. You Lookin’ at Me – Sue Thelen
20. Survivor – Sue Thelen

Congratulations to everyone and a special thank you to John O’Hare, owner of “Against the Wall” gallery, for hosting this show for LAG.

ART PICK UP  Please remember to pick up your ANAC Artwork at “Against the Wall” anytime during the last week of April.  The judge’s art evaluations will be there in a basket for you to pick up as well.

“Make a Splash with Watercolor” was a hit at April’s meeting with our own LAG member, Jude Martindale, sharing her skills and a recent workshop experience. Jude attended a Gouache Watercolor workshop in Myrtle Beach . Contour shapes and value studies were made from original photos. Shapes were flattened and simplified, thinking abstractly and value markers were used to decide on the best design. Finally, white gouache was added to colors for the finished  painting!  The workshop instructor, artist  Donna Zagotta , emphasized that “the painting is more important than the subject that inspires it!”  Refreshments were provided by Jan Pippitt.

Each year at the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge A.F.& A.M. of Nebraska (Nebraska Masonic Lodges’ state meeting), there is a silent auction to raise monies for the three youth groups sponsored by the Masonic order in the State of Nebraska. This year Carolyn Plants entered an oil painting for the Masons and their wives.  After several hours of bidding, the painting that Carolyn submitted topped out at $225 with a final bid from Past Grand Master Mike Jones. Following the close of the auction, Most Worshipful Brother Mike presented the painting to Right Worshipful Past Grand Master Ron Aungst of Pennsylvania. The bid was the highest dollar amount on a single item in this year’s silent auction.

Come May 7th at 7:00 p.m. to the LAG’s monthly meeting held at Capitol City Christian Church. Come for a “Learning Experience in Visualizing, Composing, and Color Harmonizing” executed by rapid watercolor painting. Some of our own art members will demonstrate.  Learn how fast you can think and create. Watercolors will be flying! Group participation will be encouraged after the demonstration so we are asking everyone to bring watercolors or acrylics and brushes. Even if you’re not a watercolorist, please give it a try. Basic art knowledge applies to all media.  The “Art Basket Raffle” has been postponed until another time, which will allow more time this month for the plannedactivity.

Kudos to our members.  If you know of someone that has stepped up to help you with you art or helped the club in anyway, let us know.  Send your Kudos or thanks to Joel to add to the newsletter.
Kudos to Myrna Baade who will be helping with the greeting duties.
Kudos to Lisa Cassel & Theresa Tipples for checking into working the LAG Web page.
Kudos to Judy Martindale for the wonderful program at our April 2^nd meeting.
Kudos to Missi Paul on the sale of one of her paintings to the Sheldon Art Museum permanent collection. This is a Great Honor! Congratulations!
Kudos to Howard Kaye on the great article on his career in the Lincoln L Magaziine.  If you missed it, it came out the end of March. Congratulation!
Origami landscape artist Linda Stephen (www.LindaStephen.com) is one of 9 artists selected to the 2013 Lincoln Arts Council’s inaugural CSArt Program (the first community supported art project in Nebraska). She has been commissioned to create a ‘harvest’ of original artworks for 50 CSArt shareholders and will distribute her art during Jazz in June at UNL on June 18. Learn more at http://www.artscene.org/community-supported-art.
Julie Lemons attended the Lincoln Seniors Chautauqua April 7th and demonstrated creating pastel flowers for the audience. The event was held by member Keith Larsen with the Lincoln 55+ Senior’s Paper. Her work was appreciated by everyone.
Many thanks to Keith Larsen for continuing to support LAG with his advertising! It is greatly appreciated!  Continue to send photos of your art to Keith … you never know, you may end up in the publication!! Keith Larsen <info@lincoln55plus.com> or www.lincoln55plus.com -Julie Lemons