MAG Artist’s Blog

Saturday, October 11

10 am to 4 pm

Harris Pavilion,  9201 Center Street, Manassas

The Festival will include demonstrations in various art media; an exhibit and sale by local artists and photographers; musical performances, a children’s art area; door prizes and more. Special guests will include:

Michael Francis Haley was a violinist in the George Mason Symphony Orchestra and has also played with various rock bands. He now performs exclusively as a solo violinist.

The Manassas Art Guild held it’s annual meeting on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. At this meeting, all members of the Board of Directors were up for re-election. In addition, the membership was voting on revisions of the MAG Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. The following members of the Board were re-elected to their positions:

Shane Williams - President
Laura Lavarnway - VP
Michele Frantz - Secretary
Rob Burkhard - Treasurer
Roger Frey - Member-At-Large

In addition to the BOD election, the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws were voted on and passed with unanimous vote. The “new” AOI and Bylaws immediately went into effect. Since the Bylaws changed the BOD membership to a total of 7 members, there was a vote on the 2 “new” positions. The following members were elected to the positions:

Gerry Schaeffer - Member-At-Large, will be taking over Treasurer position following transition period with current Treasurer
Terri Branham - Member-At-Large

Following the annual meeting, the regular membership meeting was held with a Watercolor lecture and demonstration by Mike Flynn, President of Art Beat and former MAG Treasurer. Mr. Flynn demonstrated his style of watercolor painting by painting a landscape. Mr. Flynn also commented on and answered questions on watercolor and watercolor techniques.

Shane C. Williams
President, MAG

The Manassas Art Guild is required by our Bylaws to hold election of officers of the Board of Directors once every year. Normally, these elections are held in May of each year. This year, the Manassas Art Guild did not hold elections in May. In order to meet our requirements as set forth in the Bylaws, the Manassas Art Guild will be holding elections for the Officers of the Board of Directors on October 2, 2008. The elections will be held at our regular Membership meeting that will be held that day.

Current Board Officers:
President, Shane Williams
Vice President, Laura Lavarnway
Secretary, Michele Frantz
Treasurer, Rob Burkhard
Member-At-Large, Roger Frey

Elections announcement that was sent out via email to membership.

In addition, at the October Membership Meeting, the Board of Directors will also be presenting a new set of Bylaws for the membership’s consideration and to be voted on. Copies of the new Bylaws will be
emailed and mailed out to the membership prior to the meeting so that everyone has time to read them. In addition, a summary of changes will be sent with the updated Bylaws.

Native American Beading Workshop
Present by Kaherisakhe Crystal T. Henry

Kaherisakhe Crystal T. Henry

Native American Beaded Pouch

August 16th, 2008
11AM - 4PM

Manassas Museum
9101 Prince William St.
Manassas, VA

Participants in this workshop will learn how to create a beaded necklace pouch using traditional Native
American beading techniques. Fees for this class include costs for supplies to create a beaded necklace pouch and participants will go home with a complete pouch.

Cost: $45.00 (Members)
$65.00 (non-members)
Maximum of 8 people for this workshop
(Register ASAP, spaces will fill quick)

To register, fill out a registration form (found on the MAG website) or here, detach the registration form and mail with check (written out to MAG) to:

Manassas Art Guild
Attn: Beading Workshop
10593 Winfield Loop
Manassas, VA 20109

Watch the Move: the Pirate that doesnt do Anything

For those who were there you already know that our MAG president is a pirate in real life.  We now have the proof.  Watch if you dare (and lock up your kids)!

Catch MAG this summer at the Manassas Farmer’s Market. Located in the West Street parking lot (across from the train station), we will have an exhibit there on the 4th Saturday of every month. We had a great time at the June market and made a lot of sales. The market is open from 7 am to 1 pm.  — mich

On June 22, MAG was pleased to have Sandra Fox come and teach us how to make our very own mandalas. We started by learning a lot of geometry, and finished by making some art. The mandala above is based on a trefoil (3 points), while the ones shown below are all based on “the tree of life.” We also learned how to make five-sided mandalas (very difficult!) and mandalas based on the medicine wheel. Everything begins with a circle! A very fun and informative workshop that gave us all new directions to explore in our art. — michele frantz

Here we are deep in thought (yeah, right) at the MAG Wine & Cheese Party. The evening was fun, weird, complicated, puffy, idiotic and cute. Fun had by all. Many thanks to the hostess! — michele

Two new videos has been posted to the “MAG Videos” web page. One video is the video of Patty Rice and her presentation on “Portraiture”. The video is 1 hour and 42 minutes long, about 250MB.

The second video is of Michele Frantz and her presentation on “Using a Limited Pallete.” The video is 1 hour and 9 minutes long, about 170MB.

Sorry for the delay in posting these.

Please check them both out.

Shane C. Williams
President, Manassas Art Guild.

Paint! Manassas wrapped up today. It was a whopping success! I’ve updated the Paint! page if you want to see some of the work exhibited during this event.

Artist Leonard Justinian was our judge. Here are the winners of this year’s Paint! Manassas:

1st place: Sunny Spot (Manassas Battlefield), acrylic by Michele Frantz

2nd place: Noon Train, acrylic by Michele Frantz.      3rd place: Sudley Manor, watercolor by Laura Lavarnway.
  

Honorable Mentions: (in no particular order:) 1. The Things I Love, by Maria Briganti. 2. Manassas Presbyterian, by Katherine Nace. 3. Prospero’s, by Lorrie Herman. 4. Have a Nice Day, by Laura Lavarnway. 5. Path Less Travelled, by Anita Faurot.

We also gave out a “People’s Choice” award, for which members of the public were asked to vote for their favorite piece. It resulted in a 3-way tie:
1. May, by Michele Frantz 2. Sudley Manor, by Laura Lavarnway 3. Train Station, by Rob Burkhard

posted by Michele Frantz, shows coordinator