Mooresville Artist Guild in Mooresville, NC, Offers Holiday Boutique Through Dec. 31, 2012

The Mooresville Artist Guild in Mooresville, NC, has opened a Holiday Boutique in Gallery 3 of the Depot Visual Art Center through Dec. 31, 2012. You will find handmade unique items in all price ranges, as well as gift certificates that can be renewed for anything for sale at the Depot including artwork, classes, gift shop items, etc.

The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11am until 4pm, and will be open for shoppers on Friday evenings until Christmas. There will also be fun activities for children on Friday evenings. Member artists will be featured in the two front galleries, and visitors can vote for their favorite pieces until Dec. 11, 2012. Visitors can also bring new, unwrapped toys for Stocks for Tots until Dec. 11. A Members Holiday Social and potluck will be Tuesday, Dec. 11 from 6-8pm. The Depot is located at the corner of Main and Center in downtown Mooresville.

For more information and a listing of available classes and workshops, please visit (www.MAGart.org) or call 704/663-6661.

Mooresville Artist Guild in Mooresville, NC, is Calling for Entries for Photography Exhibit – Deadline for Take-In will be July 2, 2012

The Mooresville Artist Guild in Mooresville, NC, is excited to announce a call for entries for the Annual Photography Exhibition for July 2012.

Mooresville Artist Guild announces a call to artists for its Annual Photography Exhibition, July 3 – July 27, 2012. The exhibit will be in the Mooresville Artist Guild Depot Fine Arts Center in Mooresville, NC. The exhibit is open to all artists  age 18 or older working in the medium of photography. This includes traditional photography, digital or digitally altered photography, and mixed media with photography works. To download a prospectus click this link (www.magart.org/images/stories/OtherPDF/2012JulyPhotoShow.pdf).

The revised take-in for the Photography Exhibit will be Sunday July 1, 2012 from 2:00 – 4:00pm and Monday, July 2, 1:00 – 4:00pm or 5:00 – 7:00pm. All entries must be submitted at the Mooresville Artist Guild Depot Fine Arts Center, in the Historic Train Depot located at 103 W Center Ave, Mooresville, NC 28115. All artists must be 18 or older to enter. Please bring the completed entry form and $15 for up to 2 entries for MAG Members/Students, $5 for each additional entry, 4 entries Max. or $20 for up to 2 Entries, $10 for each additional entry, 4 entries Max. for Non-Members. Complete details for entry can be found in the call for entries located on the website, (www.MAGart.org). Dennis Kiel, Chief Curator at The Light Factory, will be the Juror. Prizes will be awarded for each category.

The exhibit will be viewable by the public Monday – Friday during depot hours which can be found at (www.MAGart.org). Admission is free and open to the public.

For more information about the Mooresvile Artist Guild and the organization please visit their website at (www.MAGart.org).

Mooresville Artist Guild in Mooresville, NC, Calls for Entries for Its 34th Annual Spring Artfest – Deadline Apr. 29, 2012

The Mooresville Artist Guild, along with Speedball Art Products, will present their Spring Artfest, a judged and awards show to be held May 1 and continue through May 26, 2012.  The show will be at the Mooresville Artist Guilds gallery located in downtown Mooresville, North Carolina, at 103 W Center Avenue. A reception and awards ceremony will be held on Friday, May 11, 2012, from 6-8 pm. The reception is sponsored by Lake Norman Realty and the public is invited to attend.

Intake will be Friday, April 27th from 3-5 pm, Saturday, April 28th from 12-4 pm, and Sunday, April 29th from 12-2 pm. For prospectus and entry forms, go to (www.magart.org) and click on the link to the Spring Artfest on the home page.

Entry fee is $25 for members and $35 for non-members (limit of three works). There will be cash awards in four categories: Oil and Acrylic; Watercolor; all other Two dimensional works; and Three dimensional works. The show will be judged by Roger Hicks. Hicks teaches at the Art Institute of Charlotte (NC) and owned Artworks on Main, a fine art gallery in Mooresville.

The Mooresville Artist Guild gallery is open Tuesday thru Saturday from 11am to 4pm, closed Sunday and Monday.

For further information about the gallery, call 704/663-6661 or visit (www.magart.org).

Mooresville Artist Guild in Mooresville, NC, Calls for Entries for 34th Annual Spring Artfest – Deadline Apr. 27-29, 2012

The Mooresville Artist Guild, along with Speedball Art Products, will present their Spring Artfest, a judged and awards show to be held May 1 – 26, 2012.  The show will be at the Mooresville Artist Guilds gallery located in downtown Mooresville, NC, at 103 W Center Avenue. A reception and awards ceremony will be held on Friday, May 11, from 6-8pm. The reception is sponsored by Lake Norman Reality and the public is invited to attend.

Intake of entries will be Friday, Apr. 27, from 3-5pm, Saturday, Apr. 28, from 12-4 m, and Sunday, Apr. 29, from 12-2pm. Entry fee is $25 for members and $35 for non-members (limit of three works). There will be cash awards in four categories: Oil and Acrylic; Watercolor; all other Two dimensional works; and Three dimensional works. The show will be judged by Roger Hicks, who teaches at the Art Institute of Charlotte and owned Artworks on Main, a fine art gallery in Mooresville.

The Mooresville Artist Guild gallery is open Tue. – Sat., from 11am to 4pm, closed Sunday and Monday. For further information about the gallery, call 704/663-6661.

For prospectus and entry forms, go to (www.magart.org) and click on the link to the Spring Artfest on the home page.

Mooresville Artist Guild Holds The Art Forum 2nd Thursday of Each Month at the Depot Art Gallery in Mooresville, NC.

Mooresville Artist Guild announces The Art Forum, held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7pm at the Depot Art Gallery, 103 W Center Ave (at the corner of Main and Center) in Mooresville, NC.  There is no charge to attend.

Art Forum is an opportunity for artists, sculptors, photographers and other artists to bring in completed works of art and get the benefit of helpful critique. Artists are asked to do an assignment each month to be analyzed in the following month’s forum. Or artists may choose to bring in work that meets an assignment of their own or even an old piece.  The aim of the forum is to make each participant a better artist in the end.

John Triolo leads the discussion, but keeps it as a freewheeling open dialog among fellow artists. Triolo has been an artist his whole life. He was executing oil paintings at age five. He has worked in almost every media including oils, acrylics, watercolors, scenery for plays, sculpture, stained glass, pottery, photography, film making, film editing, and animation. Triolo has taught at The School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and lectured at Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute. He’s a graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. His work has been shown in numerous galleries and has been on exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. However, Triolo is most well known as an Art Director and Creative Director in advertising.

During Triolo’s ad career, he has worked with some of the best artists, photographers, and designers in the world. He has done thousands of print ads and hundreds of TV commercials that you have probably seen. His work has won some of advertising’s highest praise. Triolo’s awards include ANDY’s, Clio’s, Cannes Lion’s, and a One Show Silver Pencil. He has also won an Art Director’s Club Gold Medal, the most prestigious award for an Art Director, for his “Bull in the China Shop” TV commercial for Merrill Lynch, and a Silver Medal for the Merrill Lynch TV campaign. Currently, Triolo is retired, but still works in acrylics on canvas as often as he can. He produces about one or two paintings a month and doesn’t want to work any harder than that.

For more information please see (www.MAGart.org) or contact John Triolo by e-mail at (jtriolo@mi-connection.com) or call 704/896-5263.

Mooresville Artist Guild in Mooresville, NC, Calls for Artists to Join Then for Their 2011 Spring Paint Out Competition – Apr. 2, 2011

Join us for a day of fun and artistic camaraderie. Paint all day at the locations of your choice, share your experiences with your fellow artists during the Artists’ Dinner, and win an award for your efforts! Open to all ages, skill levels and mediums. The fee for participation is $15 per artist.

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The event takes place on Saturday, Apr. 2, 2011. Morning check-in will be from 9-10am, in-take of art will be between 2-3pm, and  the dinner will take place from 3-4pm with the awards being presented after dinner.

Check in will take place at the Depot Fine Arts Center, 103 W. Center Ave, Mooresville, NC.

To RSVP or for further info call Cheri Simmons at 704/660-63-44, 704/817-1086, e-mail to (csimmons@usa.net) or visit (www.magart.org).