Matthews Artists Guild in Matthews, NC, Holds Monthly Meeting with Sharron Burns – Oct. 11, 2016

The Matthews Artists Guild in Matthews, NC, will hold its monthly meeting at the McDowell Arts Center, with a demonstration by Sharron Burns, on Oct. 11, 2016. beginning at 6pm.

Who says a squirrel has to be gray or shells have to be white?  Start with some water, add lots of color, move it around, spray more water and let dry. Then, add a few details and “VOILA” a colorful animal emerges and what fun! Watch as Burns shows you how to create wonderful and whimsical paintings that you will enjoy. This is one demo that you don’t want to miss. No matter what your medium you can create a fantastic piece of art.

Burns, a graduate of Christopher Newport University with a degree in Fine Arts, has exhibited with the Silver Brush Society, Charlotte Artists Society, Matthews Artists Guild, the Guild of Charlotte Artists, and Nancy Couick Studios and Gallery in Charlotte.  She is described as a contemporary still life painter whose works reflect her love of still life subjects plus crystal and glass and how it diffuses the light and shadows.

6:00 pm: View current show in the McDowell Arts Center Gallery
6:30 pm: Refreshments downstairs in the McDowell Arts Center
6:50 pm: “Another Tidbit” of info from one of our artist members
7:00 pm: Demonstration by Sharron Burns

The Matthews Artists Guild meets on the second Tuesday of each month.  Meetings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call the McDowell Arts Center at 704/321-7275 or follow MAG on Facebook at (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthews-Artists-Guild/296534819147).

Matthews Artists Guild Offers Susan Lackey During Monthly Meeting in Matthews, NC – Sept. 13, 2016

The Matthews Artists Guild will offers a presentation by artist, Susan Lackey, at the McDowell Arts Center in Matthews, NC, on Sept. 13, 2016.

Susan Lackey will demonstrate a new twist on the age-old Batik process. This process is suitable for any water based medium from water color to colored inks. Lackey uses wax as a resistance on rice paper and will demonstrate the process and tools involved. There will be lots of whimsical artwork on display as well. She says this about the process: “It’s a bit unpredictable and that makes it more fun. The wax seems to intensify the color of the pigment. You are only limited by the size of the rice paper and your imagination.”

6pm: View current show in the McDowell Arts Center Gallery
6:30pm:    Refreshments downstairs in the McDowell Arts Center
6:50pm:    “Another Tidbit” of info from one of our artist members
7pm: Demonstration by Susan Lackey

The Matthews Artists Guild meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call the McDowell Arts Center at 704/321-7275 or follow MAG on Facebook at (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthews-Artists-Guild/296534819147).

Matthews Artists Guild in Matthews, NC, Holds Meeting – July 12, 2016

Matthews Artists Guild in Matthews, NC, holds monthly meeting, July 12, 2016, featuring Regina Burchett.

Regina Burchett, a pastel artist, will discuss how to incorporate dramatic and realistic clouds into your landscape paintings and how to start creating abstract cloud paintings. During her demonstration, she will paint a common landscape and sky to show how to create a believable sky by studying the light and using soft edges to “set” the clouds. Burchett will also discuss how to digitally maximize the use of cloud photos to increase the interest of your paintings.

6pm – View current show in the McDowell Arts Center Gallery (upstairs)
6:30pm – Refreshments downstairs at the McDowell Arts Center
6:50pm – “Another Tidbit” of info from one of our artist members
7pm – Demonstration by Regina Burchett

The Matthews Artists Guild meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call the McDowell Arts Center at 704/321-7275 or follow MAG on Facebook at: (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthews-Artists-Guild/296534819147).

Matthews Artist Guild Presents Annabelle Prince for Monthly Meeting in Matthews, NC – June 14, 2016

The Matthews Artists Guild will present Annabelle Prince, Manager of Cheap Joe’s (Galleria Shopping Center) on June 14, 2016, from 6:30-8:30pm at McDowell Arts Center, 123 East McDowell Street, Matthews, NC.

Prince will be discussing, displaying, and demonstrating new products from the Cheap Joe’s 2016 Catalog so you can produce even better art!

For further info call GM Martin at 704/608-3086.

Matthews Artists Guild in Matthews, NC, Offers Demo by Albert Handell – May 10, 2016

Internationally acclaimed pastel and oil artist Albert Handell will be giving a demonstration of his award winning pastel and oil techniques. He currently resides in New Mexico and conducts a multitude of workshops annually throughout the world.

The next meeting of MAG will be held on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at 6:30pm in the McDowell Arts Center (MAC) at 123 E. McDowell St. in Matthews, NC.

6pm – View current show in the MAC Gallery upstairs
6:30pm – Refreshments downstairs at the MAC
6:50pm – “Another Tidbit” of info from one of our artist members
7pm – Demonstration by artist Albert Handell

The Matthews Artists Guild meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call the McDowell Arts Center at 704/321-7275 or follow MAG on Facebook at (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthews-Artists-Guild/296534819147).

Matthews Artists Guild in Matthews, NC, Presents a Demonstration by Mark Stephenson at Monthly Meeting – Apr. 12, 2016

The Matthews Artists Guild in Matthews, NC, will present a demonstration entitled, “Painting Like a Sculptor Thinks”, during its monthly meeting on Apr. 12, 2016, at 6:30pm.

A sculptor begins with the largest of masses and shapes, unconcerned with the ‘likeness” of his subject, and so it can be when you paint! Sargent and Cezanne both used color – and not line – to indicate form. These large masses and tones are the foundation of the subject’s recognizable characteristic. It is by refining these masses that other features will begin to appear and in their proper place. The solid shape growing out of and into the background.

In this demonstration, Stephenson will begin painting a head by laying in masses of color and discussing throughout how he looks for the changes in surface planes and shapes, just as a sculptor looks at his subject and indicating these with color and value such that the head begins to appear.

The next meeting of MAG will be held on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 6:30pm in the McDowell Arts Center (MAC) at 123 E. McDowell St. in Matthews, NC.

6pm – View current show in the MAC Gallery upstairs
6:30pm – Refreshments downstairs at the MAC
6:50pm – “Another Tidbit” of info from one of our artist members
7pm – Demonstration by artist Mark Stephenson

The Matthews Artists Guild meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call the McDowell Arts Center at 704/321-7275 or follow MAG on Facebook.

Artist Sherry O’Neill Presents a Demonstration at the Monthly Meeting of Matthews Artists Guild (MAG) – Mar. 8, 2016

Artist Sherry O’Neill will present “De-Mystifying the Process of Creating an Abstract Painting” at the next meeting of MAG, held on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 6:30pm in the McDowell Arts Center (MAC) at 123 E. McDowell St. in Matthews, NC.

In her demonstration, O’Neill will give you a look inside her process – how a simple exercise will activate the right, creative side of the brain and free you from that inertia that prevents you from loosening up and having fun.

6pm – View current show in the MAC Gallery upstairs
6:30pm – Refreshments downstairs at the MAC
6:50pm – “Another Tidbit” of info from one of our artist members
7pm – Demonstration by artist Sherry O’Neill

The Matthews Artists Guild meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call the McDowell Arts Center at 704/321-7275 or follow MAG on Facebook at (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthews-Artists-Guild/296534819147).

Artist Bethany Salisbury Presents a Demonstration at the Monthly Meeting of the Matthews Artist Guild in Matthews, NC, Feb. 9, 2016

The next meeting of MAG will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at 6:30pm in the McDowell Arts Center (MAC) at 123 E. McDowell St. in Matthews, NC.

In her lecture, Pet Portraits and using Social Media to Market Artwork”, Salisbury will demonstrate how she uses acrylic paints to create her pet portraits on gallery wrapped cotton canvases.  In addition, she will talk extensively about using social media and other forms of communication to

6:00 pm:       View current show in the MAC Gallery upstairs
6:30 pm:       Refreshments downstairs at the MAC
6:50 pm:       “Another Tidbit” of info from one of our artist members
7:00 pm:       Demonstration by artist Bethany Salisbury

The Matthews Artists Guild meets on the second Tuesday of each month.  Meetings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call the McDowell Arts Center at 704/321-7275 or follow MAG on Facebook at (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthews-Artists-Guild/296534819147).

Matthews Artists Guild in Matthews, NC, Offers Adrian Chu Redmond for Monthly Meeting – Nov. 10, 2015

The next meeting of MAG will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, at 6:30pm in the McDowell Arts Center (MAC) at 123 E. McDowell St. in Matthews, NC.

Work by Adrian Chu Redmond

Artist Adrian Chu Redmond will demonstrate how to make any subject an interesting painting with her creative composition, use of art tools, and paint application.

For further info e-mail Milton Martin at (miltonmartin301@yahoo.com).

Matthews Artists Guild in Matthews, NC, Offers Malia Bryngelson for Monthly Meeting – Oct. 13, 2015

Artist Malia Bryngelson will presents a demonstration at the monthly meeting of the Matthews Artists Guild on Oct. 13, 2015 at 6:30pm in a program entitled “Perplexed About Pastels?  Let’s Settle the Dust”. The meeting will be held at the McDowell Arts Center (MAC), 123 East McDowell Street in downtown Matthews.

Bryngelson will be doing an animal painting demonstration using a variety of pastel techniques. There will also be a hands-on “petty zoo” of different types of paper surfaces and a variety of pastels that guests will have an opportunity to try.

6:30pm – Social/Refreshments and meet the artist
6:50pm – ‘Another Tidbit’ of information from one of our artist members
7pm – Artist demonstration

The Matthews Artists Guild meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call the McDowell Arts Center at 704/321-7275 or follow MAG on Facebook at (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthews-Artists-Guild/296534819147).