Visual Art League of Lewisville

Gallery Exhibition Fees
Proposal was presented to eliminate gallery exhibition fees. It was decided to table this until the 2005 exhibition schedule. This will be discussed in the May to June timeframe of 2004. Current Guest Speakers and Demonstrators fees were set.

Newsletter Issues
Proposal to drop one or two issues of Viewpoints as a cost cutting measure. Discussion to drop the July and/or December issue of Viewpoints. Monthly meetings are not held in July and December, but other events do which would have other mailings rather than the newletter. It was decided to review this proposal at a later date.

Exhibition Schedule
Dates for 2004 exhibition calendar was established. The board decided to close the gallery in July 2004.

Open House
Time set to 4 to 6 pm on December 6th.

Angel Award
It was brought to the Board’s attention that it was time to select a volunteer to be presented an Angel Award. John Aggus will receive nominations from the membership which will be presented to the Board for selection.

A native Texan, Jo Williams spent her childhood growing up in rural North Texas among the woods and prairies. “Although I love to travel and paint the more exotic scenery of mountains, desert, and ocean, I still love to paint the gentle scenery of my native area.” Williams has painted a gamut of subjects including florals, figures, abstracts, and landscapes.

Williams has lived in Denton, Texas for thirty years where she is very active in the arts community. She has a degree in art education from the University of North Texas and has taught public school art. She has been teaching privately for about twenty-five years and currently teaches classes at the Center for the Visual Arts in Denton. She also taught community education classes for the University of North Texas for many years and teaches workshops throughout Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. In addition to teaching, she gives demonstrations for area art organizations and judges regional art exhibits.

Williams has been a signature member of Southwestern Watercolor Society since 1992 and a signature member of Artists and Craftsman Association since 1987. She is also a member of the Kingston National Registry of Who’s Who in America. Her work has been exhibited in numerous regional and national juried exhibitions. She has won a number of awards including Best of Show in the Texas Neighbors Art Competition in Irving and the North Texas Area Art League Annual Juried Exhibition 2000 in Denton.

She has had several solo exhibitions including invitational exhibits at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri, the Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, Texas Woman’s University, and the University of North Texas Student Union Building. Her work is included in many private collections and public collections including Raytheon, Ben E. Keith Co., Denton Publishing Company, City of Denton, and the Greater Denton Arts Council. Williams’ paintings may be viewed on the web at http://ntaal.org.

Congratulations to the November winners, Jo Ann Vincent and Chuck Hendrickson. Winners of the critique receive $25 and $15 free dollars to spend on “art stuff” at Asel Art Supply. Asel Art Supply is very generous to supply these awards. When you visit one of the stores, be sure to thank them for the support they are giving us. Asel Art has been a staunch supporter of the Lewisville Visual Art League. They provide awards for our monthly Asel Art Competitions. All VAL members are invited to participate in this competition. It is most enjoyable to see what members are working on and the awards are quite nice from Asel Art. Be sure to bring a painting to the next meeting. Asel Art, 2701 Cedar Springs, Dallas, TX 75201. Phone: 214-871-2425. Fax: 214-871-0007. www.aselart.com

Just a reminder to all that Kenna Gallegos will be having a class in PAPERMAKING on the next two Friday evenings and Saturday mornings. It is geared for all ages, so if you know of anyone who would like to attend, please forward this information to them. A person can attend either the two Friday (7-9 pm) classes or the two Saturday morning classes (10-12 am) and it’s $25.00 for the two classes. The class will cover various methods of making paper and types, techniques of manipulating handmade paper, and promote a variety of creative new possibilities.

Just a reminder to all that Kenna Gallegos will be having a class in PAPERMAKING on the next two Friday evenings and Saturday mornings. It is geared for all ages, so if you know of anyone who would like to attend, please forward this information to them. A person can attend either the two Friday (7-9 pm) classes or the two Saturday morning classes (10-12 am) and it’s $25.00 for the two classes. The class will cover various methods of making paper and types, techniques of manipulating handmade paper, and promote a variety of creative new possibilities.