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Latimerartclub.com From our President Happy New Year and Happy 100th Birthday to Latimer Art Club. Imagine taking lessons from Lorenzo Latimer 90 or 100 years ago. You would have been an upper class, wealthy woman who had at least a maid, housekeeper, and a cook thus with lots of spare time on your hands. I stay so busy at home that I barely notice that we are supposed to stay home because of the pandemic. But instead of painting, I have continued to sew and will show a quilt photo this month as I haven’t painted very much lately. I need to get back at it! We have many things planned for this 100th year celebration and I am sure Eileen Fuller will update you on the exhibits coming up and the book on Latimer and his student artists that Jack Bacon is finishing to publish in conjunction with the anniversary. Have you been able to keep in touch with family and friends via Zoom the past few months? It is amazing to see each other on the computer (or your phone) without masks and with big smiles. We had a Latimer Board meeting via Zoom a few weeks ago and Quilt approved the funds to pay for a Zoom account for Latimer Art Club. With By Vicki Curwen this we will be able to have virtual meetings with a presentation or demonstration following. The first one will be February 13th with Charlene Hadwin and our website designer providing instruction on how to use the Latimer website to show off your paintings and promote sales if that is your intent. Carol Foldvary Anderson will arrange for future presentations via Zoom until the time we can gather together and meet as we used to. We are in need of a few members to step up and help with the running of Latimer Art Club. Jennifer Haffke has had to resign as Secretary, Vicki Toy Smith has resigned as Historian and Susan Christopher cannot be our Membership chair this year. Thanks very much to the three of them for exceptional work for the club. Please think about it. Especially this year, there is not a huge amount to do – a good way to ease into a new volunteer position. We will be looking at a way to amend our Bylaws to allow new members to join ‘virtually’ and there is lots of planning to do to get ready for 2021 exhibits and celebrations. Please pay your 2021 dues if you have not already done so. Thanks, and please stay well. Vicki Curwen
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FEBRUARY 2021 MEETING
To All Latimer Members:
The February meeting will be a virtual meeting utilizing ZOOM over the internet. Guests are also welcome to
attend.
Time: Feb 13, 2021 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Latimer Art Club – Membership Renewal 2021
A Reminder That LAC Membership Fees are Due
Please Renew ASAP
There are two ways you can renew:
1. Access the Latimer website, go to the Member Area tab, and click on Renew Your Membership. Select $30 (full
member) or $20 (associate member) then click “Subscribe”. You can use a PAYPAL account if you have or pay by
credit card.
2. 2. Send your name, address, phone number and email address with your check for $30 ($20 for associate members)
to:
Terrye Kocher
6349 Cokenee Court
Sparks, NV 89436
Latimer Art Club is powered 100% by volunteers. We have many volunteer opportunities from being an officer, helping
with our website, to working on the show committee with Eileen Fuller. Let Vicki Curwen know if you would like to help
in any way. Thanks and remember, renew your membership for 2021. It will surely be a better year!
3 Volunteers Needed! The SHOW COMMITTEE wants you, your ideas, and your paintings, sculptures (April show), and a little of your time. 1. 2021 is the 100th anniversary of LAC and we will be leading off with an April month at the Artists Co-op gallery. A theme or subject matter needs to be decided upon, in addition to promoting the anniversary. April 1 -30 is our time slot, with an online entry and deliveries accepted beginning Wed. March 25th, a week prior to the first. 2. July will be an Artown show and sale at the May Museum, where we held our highly successful "America the Beautiful" show last year. We will share the month there with another exhibit of textile art and photography, so our show will begin there mid-month. More helpers and ideas for a title/theme needed here. This will need to be decided EARLY so we can take advantage of the Artown publicity. The show will go from entry day July 12th with opening on 7-15, and end on August 15th. We will want to be promoting the Nevada Museum of Art exhibit and "The Latimer School" publication that is slated to begin by the end of July, with direction from Amanda Horn at NMA. 3. It is a rare privilege to be allowed a group show at NMA of our current members' work. President Vicki and I will be conferencing with Amanda Horn and Ann Wolfe at the museum on February 3rd to get more information on this. As we have mentioned before, Jack Bacon's publication "The Latimer School" and the exhibit of many works from the early days of the club - the first members as well as Lorenzo Latimer's works - will be a featured exhibit for up to 6 months. The museum is celebrating 90 years as well as the club's 100 years. Early members of LAC were instrumental in the museum's formation, so it is a beautiful means of combining both anniversaries. As I understand it at this moment, our artwork in this exhibit will not be for sale at the museum but will be viewed by a large audience with a prospect of sales after the exhibit ends. Since we will have an overlap of show dates, you will need to be submitting different works for this show, and the museum will want to "jury" them in. More specifics will follow just as soon as we get them. (A July "paint- out" on the roof will also be planned.) 4. Also while the NMA exhibit continues, LAC will again host the statewide invitational miniature show at ACR in October. This takes pre-planning, with donor prize solicitations, selecting a judge, getting the word out, and more. It will be our 14th annual consecutive mini show, and a crowning celebration for the club's 100th year. After our 2020 year of cancelled group activities, no meetings since last January, the one-member show in July and the miniature show we hosted, it will be great to have so many activities in 2021. It does take "a village" to get things done behind the scenes, so we will be counting on YOU to step up and help as well as produce great work! Why not call now and volunteer! THANK YOU! Eileen Fuller, Show Chair 775-233-4796
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Colleen Reynolds
Brief Background – (i.e., Where are you from; how long in Nevada; and when did you join LAC?
Family info if you wish to share.) I grew up in small town Nevada, primarily Ely, but Ruth, Baker,
and Tonopah, as well. I graduated High School from Eldorado High School in Las Vegas. My parents
moved to Utah in the middle of my senior year of high school, though, so they whisked me away on the
day of graduation. About four months later, I joined the U.S. Navy on a whim. I started out as a
Seaman Recruit and finished as a Lieutenant, retiring after 20 years in July of 2000. I have been “out”
now as long as I was “in” – feels crazy. I joined the Latimer Art Club at the invitation of my fellow
Navy retiree, Carol Evans, in December of 2019.
As a career U.S. Navy officer in an operations field, how did you transition into a successful art profession? (i.e.., art
classes, formal education, inspiration). My mother loved creating art and learning. My childhood was filled with drawing and
drawing books. I created art all during my Navy years. I drew portraits and caricatures for shipmates. I learned to paint in oil by
taking classes at the Old Torpedo Factory artists’ center in Alexandria, Virginia. I entered Navy sponsored art shows, even won an
award or two. Since retiring, I spent some years teaching human resources for college programs, still just doing art “on the side.” In
2007, I gave up the day job and went back to school at the University of Utah, to earn a B.F.A. in Painting & Drawing. It was then I
discovered the myriad possibilities of watercolor. I graduated in 2009, adding to my previous degrees in math and education. I
opened an art studio in Salt Lake City in 2010 and started teaching classes and hosting art workshops in order to pay the studio rent.
After about six years in the rented studio space, the landlord decided to demolish the building to put up fancy apartments. Grrr.
Their decision provided one of the prompts for leaving Utah and coming “home” to Nevada, this time to Carson City. We moved
here in April 2017.
Your watercolor portfolio includes botanicals, animals, Nevada, buildings and
Navy warships. How do you develop your outdoor paintings? (i.e., sketching,
photography, travel?) I have taken many photographs from around the world. My
husband is a photographer who enjoys taking photos of flowers. He likely prompted my
interest in “plant portraits.” I painted a picture of a Navy Aircraft carrier once to
accompany a little story I wrote for the Utah Watercolor Society newsletter. It was
called a “Big Ship and a Little Tug.” Having lived on an Aircraft carrier for a couple of
years, it was fun to investigate my floating home from a spectator’s view. I have tried
to make peace with plein air painting. I like painting from life, but I do not like fighting
the sun and the bugs and minimizing all the art “stuff” to fit in a backpack. I make
myself enter plein air competitions, so I get out there and paint at least once a year.
After I’m in it, it IS fun, but I’d rather paint in my studio. I like looking out the
‟Tribal Branch”
windows for my not-so-plein air.
Your passion is portraiture; and you also teach portrait painting. Describe your
subjects, style, classes. I have always been attracted to portraiture. My mother had
us all sit as models for her portrait work. She taught me the proportions of the face
before I went to kindergarten. All my childhood sketchbooks were filled with
portraits, not just human portraits, but cats, dogs, and horses too. Early on, I was able
to capture likenesses really well. The art curriculum at the U of U focused on the
human figure. I thought I was a pretty good portrait artist going in, when I finished
though, my skills had really improved. I try to capture the broad essence of a subject,
rather the details. I concentrate on shape, color, and value, rather than “the subject”.
The discipline of the art education has been critical for me. Teaching art also makes
me break down the process of painting and creating, so that I really have to learn
“how it’s done.’ Teaching also makes me paint a lot. I call it “miles on the brush” – ‟Gathering”
there is no better educator than practice. Since the pandemic, I have transitioned my
Carson City studio classes from weekly sessions to monthly 3-day workshops, with just a very small group.
5 You have earned several watercolor awards in recent LAC exhibits. Where else do you exhibit? (other awards?) In addition to the Latimer Art Club, I am currently an active exhibitor with the Watercolor Association of Sacramento Horizons (WASH), San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS), Utah Watercolor Society (UWS), and the Nevada Artists Association (NAA) in Carson City. I have a one-person show coming up at the Western Nevada College (where I teach watercolor classes) in the Atrium gallery January 25th through early March. I have won a few ribbons from exhibiting in these groups. I’m always a bit surprised and quite thrilled when I do. I enjoy the comradery of art groups. The workshops, classes, meetings, etc. make us all better. I also have my own little gallery at my new studio location; CRM Endeavors, Exploring Watercolor, in Carson City. I am a resident in the building on 400 W. King Street, just across the street from the Brewery Art Center and the Nevada Artists Association Gallery. You have thrived in art and marketing. Any advice for artists who strive to be more competitive in exhibits and selling their works? To be more competitive: Present your work professionally (use quality materials and framing). Paint (or create) a lot. Commune with other artists. Pay it forward; buy art that inspires you. Continuously learn. Know the principles and elements of design and composition, and then practice. Did I say practice? Practice more. Marketing and sales. Ugh! No one likes to do it. I find I have to devote just as much time to promotion as I do to painting. Be willing to spend time and money on marketing tools and materials, like safe email marketing systems, a website, professional brochures and business cards. Having an online presence has been important for me, both a website and a social media presence. Keep your commitments. Make it easy, safe, and professional for customers to buy your work. Have your own PayPal, Square, Venmo, etc. accounts. An art purchase is an impulse buy. If it is hard to buy your art, the customer is likely to have a change of heart. Exhibit your art. Website: www.colleenreynolds.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/CRMEndeavorsExploringWatercolor/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/colleenrartist Carol Foldvary-Anderson What brought you to Nevada? What did that entail in creating an arts career? It is interesting what goes through your mind when you are asked what brings you to a certain area to live—Nevada, and what that entailed in creating a career. I believe it is the sense of place that dictates the potential and possibilities one achieves in their choice of place (home) and lifestyle. The question caused me to look back on all the ups, downs, sideways, and U- turns my life has taken as an artist. Looking back, I realize I have always been an artist. My art has been a part of me, every step of the way of my life. I was born in 1952, Southern California, the City of Angels, Los Angeles. I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, Woodland Hills. In grade school I was told I was an artist, that I didn’t necessarily think like everyone else. At that age I didn’t know what that meant. All I knew is that I loved to draw and color. When I learned to write my name, in cursive, I was ecstatic! I wanted to write everyone’s name, beautifully. When I attended junior high my interests turned to music. I felt that was where my life might lead, plus it was fun. In high school I signed up for a sign painting class. That, I really enjoyed. I would have liked wood shop, but it wasn’t offered to girls at the time. When I went into Pierce College in Woodland Hills in Southern California the counselor suggested I take advertising and graphic design and strive for a humanities degree. Advertising and graphic design was perfect! I was intrigued with advertising already. Studying commercials on TV I was always intrigued at how a one-minute (graphic and sounds) commercial is able to entice someone so deeply to act, buy or think in a certain way? I excelled in graphic arts. I took the courses that interested me most. I did well in business law. Before the end of my junior year, I left Southern California for South Lake Tahoe. I finished college with an associate of arts degree attending South Lake Tahoe Community College where the only credits I needed for the degree was in the sciences. Living in Tahoe was the perfect place to study science. I fell in love with the outdoors and felt a certain sense that something, something special, was here for me in Tahoe. I walked the casinos my first time looking for work, with my graphic art portfolio not realizing that marketing firms were in charge of advertising and corporations were behind everything. I also checked out the newspaper for a position in graphics. The smell of the ink and solvents from the printing press didn’t sit right so after almost taking a position as a keno writer I ran across the street to the Radio Station KOWL and applied for an account executive position. I spent hours after work in the production studio, late into the night, writing and producing the commercials I had sold during the day. I played with voiceovers and sounds creating 15-second, 30-second, and 1-minute commercials. I was in my happy place, I was in my element, combining music and writing. One of my clients owned a tea shop and when I entered her store all the labels were written in calligraphy. She showed me the pen she had used, and It was like finding a magic pen. My favorite book as a child was “Harold and the Purple Crayon!” Well, this Calligraphy pen became my purple crayon, and I started a sideline business designing logos, writing menus, and even getting back into my drawing and coloring. Another client owned a bookstore. I would spend hours just visiting and enjoying being surrounded by books. He had taught calligraphy at South Lake Tahoe Community College and was moving on and thought it would be a good idea that I take on teaching calligraphy in his place. It was a community college and no high degree was required at the time, for teaching on the community education level, so I thought why not! I took the position and have never stopped teaching calligraphy. I have put in 20 years with Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, teaching not only calligraphy, but drawing, oil pastel smudge and a lecture class, Make Art Your Business.
6 My husband-to-be was the marketing director of the South Lake Tahoe Visitors Bureau. In that position he met a gentleman from a novelty company based out of San Francisco wishing to produce novelty items for the Tahoe area. Aware of my illustrative abilities and the company’s need for an illustrator, he suggested I could create a Tahoe image for a mug. They were impressed with my illustrative style and I was commissioned to illustrate over 12 mugs, distributed throughout San Francisco and the Bay area. Licensing my work gave me the experience, later in my career, to be accepted as a designer member of CHA, the Craft and Hobby Association which has changed their name to AFCI, Association of Creative Industries, of which I have been a member for over 10 years. AFCI is the premier trade association for the global creative arts products industries. A vibrant and innovative community that enriches people’s lives through crafts and other creative activities. Members include manufactures of product, suppliers, buyers, designers, educator/demonstrators, digital content creators and professional makers/DIYers. What is the “Oil Smudge” technique you have developed and taught to others? I left Tahoe for Douglas County, off the hill, not my plan, my husband’s. We had a beautiful, intelligent, kind-hearted soul of a daughter together. Unfortunately, we divorced. I continued to teach calligraphy classes at the Brewery Arts Center and later Western Nevada College. My Mother lived in Reno so to offset the cost of driving to Reno from Carson City I began teaching outreach programs through Sierra Arts in all types of various venues and at the same time worked as the artist/director in a summer arts program with the Tahoe Tallac Association in South Lake Tahoe for 10 years. Sierra Arts had a booth every Thursday evening during the summer months at the Sparks Farmers Market. I shared the booth with a woman, we were there to promote Sierra Arts creating free art projects for children passing by. One evening she showed a project working with oil pastels. I can’t remember what the art was, but the technique caught my eye. I spent literally years looking for and searching out the effect that she achieved and didn’t see it anywhere on the professional level. I brought the technique to the summer arts program at the Tahoe Tallac site. Sharing how to create landscapes of the Tahoe ‟Yosemite” environment. I received so many happy reviews from the students, many of whom were teachers from other areas of the country and their families. I thought: “I have something here that I can package”. With a 10- year membership with the Inventors Association packaging and making a product in art became a wonderful challenge. I started by giving the technique a name: “Oil Pastel Smudge.” I applied for grant monies from the Nevada State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts to promote the technique with the creation of a how-to booklet, and funding to produce a 4-minute introduction video. As a member of AFCI, I taught several workshops, had a display in the “Innovation Showcase” and another year competed in the “Ultimate Pitch" at their yearly convention CREATIVATION sponsored by Michaels where I had hopes to be the winner of $10,000 to further promote the oil pastel smudge technique. I currently offer classes locally with TMCC/EPIC. You have matched your art with business and authorship. Describe some of your achievements and awards. I have had the fortunate opportunity to have had several mentors in my life. Individuals that have encouraged me to grow and excel. One especially comes to mind, “Hunter” Sandy Gibs. He encouraged me to be an expert in my field, to be of service and to practice reciprocity. He sticks in my mind the most. He was in my life when things really began to happen for me: public art opportunities, winning contests, the many awards I received during that time. Plus, there are others. Just hearing the right word at the right time, has instilled my drive to keep creating. Even people I didn’t really know had a special message to give to me about my art and creativity. I listened intently. Dave Morgan, a newsman who still is here in my life, encourages me that I am still in the state of becoming. I like that! I never wish to stop, becoming more! It has been difficult for me to write this “Spotlight” and simply, just name and describe my achievements. Doing so took me back to when they happened. My life, the things that were going on around me personally, and in the world, and always it was my art that I held onto most. I feel most fortunate, the many opportunities that have come my way. I can only list them, but there is really so much behind each and every experience. A story; a beginning, a middle and an end…than on to the next opportunity. I just work at my art, I always think there is more I am to do. I hope I get the opportunity to do all there is. I feel as if I will never be fulfilled and content to not create something new! At times it is a burden, at times it is a gift. Sometimes it is neither when I just wish to be! And then, I cannot imagine being or doing anything else but art and being an artist. Here is the list of my achievements (not in any particular order). Painting on stage in front of 1,500 children and teachers with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra playing Young People's Concert - such a HUGE treat! 3 times I had this experience. The ultimate! Commissioned by the Nevada State Arts Council to create an ornament for the white house President/Mrs. George W. Bush Carson City Community Awards - “Artist of the Year 2001”. Nominated by an individual whom I didn’t know. So that tells you, you never know who’s watching you. Artist in residence - Yosemite National Park Nevada State Dept. of Tourism Commission to write in calligraphy a tribute to out-going Governor Bob Miller Reno Public Art Project - Downtown Reno Arts District Sidewalk Enhancement Sun...Wind….Water...Life Dover Publishing Illustrated 3 Adult Coloring Books (My all time favorite publisher for reference material) Nevada Magazine -Jewelry of the Silver State Wire Wrapped Obsidian Stone ( I love Rocks) StageCraft - Company producing stages and backdrops worldwide. The Pope, Music Concerts, Theatre
7 Public Art Wall of Honor Western Nevada College Minden, Douglas County campus. Contest Winner. Designed and fabricated a 9x28 ft Mural of a country gentleman's library with brass plates adhered to the books of the names of the financial donors who contributed to the new college. Public Art Wall of Honor Western Nevada College, Center for Technology Carson City Campus. Designed and coordinated the production of a brushed metal and glass piece with graphic images of the industries serving the Center of Technology. Public Art Wall of Honor Western Nevada College Jack C Davis Observatory, Carson City. Designed and coordinated the production of a donor space in the foyer of the building. Materials: aluminum, brass, glass and hired a muralist to paint the ceiling and walls of the universe Nevada State Legislature -Calligraphy under the photographs of the 71st session of congress Nevada State Legislature -Illustration of the building exterior, limited edition prints Nevada State Legislature Illustration representing the legislative chambers provided to the printing department 2000 Carson City Millennium Silver Coin - Contest Winner Sierra Arts Riverside Hotel Restoration Project - Mural of Ballerinas 5 Free Downloadable Adult Coloring eBooks for FaveCrafts/Prime Publishing Jeweled Mandalas . Festive Winter Theme . Spring Theme . Summertime at the Beach . Fall Theme 12 novelty designed mugs for the San Francisco and bay area, CA Competing for a $10,000 prize at AFCI (Creative Industries) CREATIVATION. Sponsored by Michaels Crafts Teaching several oil pastel smudge workshops to members across the globe - ‟Dry Creek” AFCI CREATIVATION Receiving several grants from the Nevada State Arts Council & the National Endowment of the Arts..Gigantic paper sculptures, oil pastel smudge, calligraphy Receiving a professional artist grant from Sierra Arts - gigantic paper sculptures Participating in Project Embellish, a jewelry competition taking place at AFCI CREATIVATION Writing articles promoting the arts organizations in the Reno/Lake Tahoe Area Generation Boomer Magazine - “Support the Arts” Accepted to the Nevada State Arts Council State Artist Roster of Art Instructors Burning Man “Alcove 12”, center camp -Black Rock City. Several sculptures incorporating benches Designer / Demonstrator for pentel arts at NAMTA National Art Materials Trade Association public art South Lake Tahoe promotion - CeleBEARtion “Bearing Gifts” sponsor: Tahoe Tribune Public art donor wall for the south shore ice arena designed, executed and coordinated materials: giant cut logs, plexiglass and brass plates As a teacher and writer what do you offer art students who need confidence in improving their skills? My suggestion is “Never Give Up!” Either you will be living your dream or living someone else's. I choose mine! Take classes, join like-minded associations and groups, be open to new ideas and experiences, as you never know who you will meet or where life will take you. All of life has its ups and downs with disappointments and achievements. It is in the place of knowing and believing that you have importance in being an Artist, and a message that no one else has to give! I believe artists initiate the change necessary for all of us to grow into the human beings we are meant to be, and initiate change by letting their authenticity self-evolve. As you grow in your art you will expand in your trust in your potential in creating. I have learned not to get bogged down by one thing or think I should be at “this time” in my life or career. I vacillate between Calligraphy, Oil Pastel Smudge, Illustrating, photography and sculpting in wood, metal and beads! At some point it will all come together. I hope to be ready when it does, otherwise, in the meantime, I am having fun! Life is good! Please share a good New Year’s “resolution” for moving forward as an artist. My favorite quote is by Rumi! Let the Beauty of what you love be what you do! If you don’t love what you are doing you are not loving life! When you are in love with life you are happiest and most productive. Sure, the business part of being an artist…if you wish to make it your business and life…can be boring, tedious, and dull, but the rewards are more satisfying when done because you did it for yourself! Another inspiring quote is by Anatole France: To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan but also believe. (Carol was LAC Vice-President, serving for 3 years. She currently serves as LAC Presenter/Arranger and is planning our 2021 guest speakers and training lectures. She enjoys educating us all, with her choice of guest speakers and reminds us that we are wonderful, talented, insightful artists, always in the state of becoming something more!) Primary Website: varyCarol.com OilPastelSmudge.com
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Celebrate Latimer at the Nevada Museum of Art
Organized on the 90th anniversary of the Nevada Museum of Art, The Latimer School: Lorenzo Latimer and the Latimer
Art Club (July 31, 2021 – March 28, 2022) brings together landscape paintings by the watercolor painter Lorenzo
Latimer, alongside those of the artists he mentored, including Hildegard Herz, Esther Peckham, Dora Groesbeck, Echo
Mapes Robinson, Minerva Pierce, Delores Samuel Young, and Nevada Wilson Reilly. These artists joined together to
formally found the Latimer Art Club in 1921, the founding volunteer organization of the Nevada Art Gallery—now known
as the Nevada Museum of Art. The Latimer Art Club is still active and celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2021.
To honor this important history, and to celebrate concurrent milestones in our community, the Museum will host a
juried exhibition of present-day Latimer Art Club members. Selected works will be on view in the Wayne and Miriam
Prim Theater Gallery.
In addition to hosting this exhibition, the Museum looks forward to collaborating with the Latimer Art Club on
complimentary programs throughout the year, to foster community spirit. More details about these programs will be
available in the coming months at www.nevadaart.org.
JURIED EXHIBITION: Northern Nevada Landscapes
July 10 – September 1, 2021
• Submissions from Latimer Art Club members due by May 1.
Works must be submitted digitally to pamela.chadwick@nevadaart.org.
• Each member should submit three original works for consideration.
Paintings must have been created after January 1, 2020.
Workshop paintings will not be accepted.
• All works should be Northern Nevada (Northern Sierra) landscapes.
Image size should be no wider than 24 inches, (frames may extend beyond this size).
• The Museum will coordinate a set date/time for drop off and pick up at the museum.
Paintings must be delivered in museum quality frames with hanging hardware attached.
Lorenzo Latimer
Freel Peak and Jobs Sister from Carson, Nevada – Yellow Blossom Sage Brush, not dated
Watercolor on paper, 9 x 13 inches
Collection of Steven and Karen Williams
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LATIMER ART CLUB INFORMATION
Upcoming member events
The Latimer Art Club's website provides an opportunity for members to list their upcoming
events. If you have an upcoming event and would like to add it to the LAC's website click on the
submission link with the details of the event and it will be added to the members event and calen-
dar pages. Here is the link to submit your event https://latimerartclub.com/2020/03/04/member
-event-form/
Member renewal fees
The LAC's website now offers an easy way to renew your membership. It's easy and does not take
any time at all. You can find the renewal link at https://latimerartclub.com/membership/
#renewals
. If you don't have a paypal account no worries just continue as a guest and you can enter in any
credit card you prefer to use. If you do not wish to renew online you can send a check. Please
make payments to LAC and send the check c/o Terrye Kocher, 6349 Cokenee Ct., Sparks, NV
89436. Additional payment methods are listed elsewhere in the newsletter
Member’s Art
If you haven't done so already, don't forget to get your art showcased on the LAC's website. All you
need to do is fill out the members art submission form and we'll do all the rest. Here is the link to
submit your information and art. https://latimerartclub.com/2020/03/04/member-page-
submission-form.
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LAC Members Offer Courses at Truckee Meadows Community College
To register, call EPIC Programming (775) 829-9010, or EPIC.tmcc.edu
(COVID requirements are in effect including masks and social distancing)
Online Registration HERE
Playing with Paints, TMCC (Meadowood Campus, Reno, NV). (Saturday, 4/24), 9 am – 12 pm
($69) Instructor: Charlene Hadwin
Play with paints like never before as you learn various techniques to create unique abstract art. Mix your own paint as you
familiarize yourself with the simple supplies needed to enjoy this medium. Discover the newest techniques used in fluid acrylic art
and explore the dirty pour, swipe, balloon smashing, airbrushing and fluid flow pour methods. Practice, paint and take home your
masterpiece. Beginners welcome.
Watercolor Basics, TMCC (Meadowood Campus, Reno, NV). (Saturdays) 4/10 & 4/17, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
($109) Instructor: Colleen Reynolds
The class is scheduled to be conducted in-person AND online, meeting two Saturdays for six (6) hours each. Colleen will
guide students through basic traditional watercolor concepts applied to a different simple subject each week. Students can attend in
person in the classroom or online, or both. Online learning (if implemented) will be through the college’s Canvas learning manage-
ment system. Internet connectivity is required for the online learning option. The online portion will be available as pre-recorded
videos, rather than live sessions.
Silver Watercolor, TMCC (Meadowood Campus, Reno, NV). (Saturday, 4/24), 10 am – 4 pm
($99) Instructor: Colleen Reynolds
The class is scheduled to be conducted in-person OR online, meeting one Saturday for six (6) hours. Colleen will guide stu-
dents through painting three or four simple subjects, using one watercolor method, still to be determined. Students can attend in per-
son in the classroom or online, or both. Online learning (if implemented) will be through the college’s Canvas learning management
system. Internet connectivity is required for online learning. Canvas indoctrination will not be addressed in the course. The online
portion will be available as pre-recorded videos, rather than live sessions.
Silver Acrylic Painting, TMCC (Meadowood Campus, Reno, NV). (Fridays) 1/29 – 3/19, 9 am -12 pm ($109) Instructor:
Tricia Poulos Leonard Note: You may still join in the second week, on 2/5. E-mail me first for details: triciaLeonardstu-
dio@gmail.com
Great news! I have finished my video series, “Waterrmedia and Mixed Media Painting”. The first four lessons are basic and
cover color theory and values. The second four are intermediate and explore different painting surfaces as well as many techniques to
take your painting to the next level. If you have a foundation in color and values, you may want to start with this section. The third
section is advanced and for the artist who is ready to assert her own voice. These sessions help you produce unique, individual work.
All lessons tell you what materials are needed. The cost for these lessons is: First four basic lessons -$67, Second four intermediate
lessons -$89, Third four advanced lessons $119. However, if you order the whole series it is $197. The basic lessons would be great
for a child who you want to introduce to painting. These lessons would be appropriate for someone as young as 9 years old, or some-
one just starting out up to 99 years old. Think about this as a gift during this COVID confinement. To order, go
to www.triciastudio.thinkific.com.
Learn Calligraphy, TMCC (Meadowood Campus, Reno, NV). (Thursdays March 18th & 25th. 1 pm to 4 pm)
($89) Instructor: Carol Foldvary-Anderson
Create your own beautiful lettering ranging from the traditional to the whimsical. Practice writing with a calligraphy pen,
pencils and a paintbrush. Explore the exciting ways you can use your newfound talent for invitations, specialty items and more.
Your award-winning instructor will show you how satisfying it is to learn this graceful artistry.
Make Art Your Business & Life, TMCC (Meadowood Campus, Reno, NV). (Thursdays April 3rd & 10th. 9 am to 12 pm)
($89) Instructor: Carol Foldvary-Anderson
As an Artist wishing to create a business out of your talents, one needs to learn how to think like a business, be a business
and act as one, while not loosing your gift of creative spirit. Focus in on what you really want out of your creative talents. Who do
you wish your clientele to be, are gallery shows your focus, the internet, teaching? Discover if you are even ready to pursue your
business at this time and what it takes to be ready to make it happen. Creating a business in ART is creating a life you love!
Pastel Landscapes, TMCC (Meadowood Campus, Reno, NV). (Thursdays March 18th & 25th, 6 pm to 8 pm)
($89) Instructor: Carol Foldvary-Anderson
Create beautiful landscapes in minutes with oil pastels. Regardless of your experience, enjoy this straightforward simple-to-
learn artistic style. Design your own exciting works of art with this powerful new method that teaches you how to think and look at
the world and art completely differently. Finish five to eight images ready for framing, cards and gift giving for special holidays.11
LATIMER ART CLUB PAINTOUTS 2021
2020 was a very difficult year for most of us but now with vaccines available we can all celebrate 2021 with painting
OUTDOORS!! A great way to feel healthy again.!
Plan to meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month: April thru October, 9.30am to 12.30p.m. Please bring a lunch for an
optional after PAINT & SHARE. Times are guidelines. Most sites have restrooms. Bring a painting partner if you are
concerned about being alone. Carpooling is encouraged especially for out of Reno locations!! Severe weather or emergency
alerts could cancel any planned paint-outs so it is important to RSVP the week before. I will send out an E-BLAST the
weekend before each PAINTOUT. Please call or email me with any questions, comments or suggestions. Looking forward
to seeing everyone in APRIL!
Location details will be E-Blasted the week before.
Happy painting to all. Co-chair Carol Grigus. 813.1172 grigusart@yahoo.com
April: San Rafael Arboretum, Reno
May: River Fork Ranch Genoa, NV
June: Stewart Indian School, Carson City
July: Tahoe Meadows
August: Rooftop Paint at the Nevada Museum of Art
September: Virginia City
October: Galena Creek Park
By Carol Grigus12
JANUARY— SHAWNA BAKER, ISABELLA DIBITONTO, CAROLA NAN ROACH
FEBRUARY— TETYANA ANDERSON, CHARLENE HADWIN, ALETA HURSH,
DIANE SEWELL, JOANNE SHONNARD
MARCH— BERNARD COLAS, JEAN HARE, JACK PHILLIPS, REID SEWELL,
LARRY JACOX
SPONSORS 2021
Thank you to all the generous donors of awards. Be sure to frequent these
businesses for your art supplies, framing and printing needs.
Ampersand Art Supply ampersand.com
Blick Art Materials dickblick.com
Breea Reese Momenta.com
Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff cheapjoes.com
Eagle Framing & Art Gallery eagleframingandart.com
Golden Artist Colors, Inc. goldenpaints.com
H.K. Holbein, Inc. holbeinhk.com
M. Graham &Co. mgraham.com
Nevada Fine Arts nevadafinearts.com
Pan Pastel, Colorfin, LLC colorfin.com
Pixels & Ink pixelsandink.us
International Artist internationalartist.com
Strathmore Artist strathmoreartist.com
en.canson.com (France)
Terry Ludwig Pastels, LLC terryludwig.com14
LAC Officers and Committee Chairs
for 2021
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President
Vicki Curwen 775-626-9316
vcurwen819@gmail.com
2021 MEETING DATES Vice–President
Carol Evans 775-424-4196
cdr6801@yahoo.com
Treasurer
Terrye Kocher 775-354-2646
The February 2021 meeting will terryek@yahoo.com
Secretary
be a Zoom internet meeting OPEN
E-mail Correspondence
See the information regarding Ruth Jaeger 775-335-9899
ruthmeri@gmail.com
Art Show Chairman
the meeting on page 2. Eileen Fuller 775-233-4796
Eileen.fuller@sbcglobal.net
Presenter/Arranger
Carol Foldvary-Anderson 775-721-5338
art@varycarol.com
Scholarships
Michelle Hall 775-409-3405
crystalgarden@comcast.net
WEBSITE Historian
OPEN
https://latimerartclub.com/
Hospitality
The link below is to access the member profile form Sharon Peters 775-870-1239
haronss@yahoo.com
https://latimerartclub.com/2020/03/04/member-page- Paint-Outs
submission-form/ Carol Grigus 775-813-1172
grigusart@yahoo.com
Also, check out the Latimer Facebook page Marjee Smith 775-224-5289
marjee198@gmail.com
Website
Charlene Hadwin 702-575-5719
Amagicalart@gmail.com
Membership
OPEN
Newsletter
Rich Haffke 775-690-9831
latimer.newsletter@gmail.comYou can also read
