http://www.manassasartguild.com/blog Promoting the appreciation of art and fine crafts through workshops, lectures, demonstrations & exhibits. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:03:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Native American Beading Workshop Present by Kaherisakhe Crystal T. Henry [caption id="attachment_187" width="170" caption="Kaherisakhe Crystal T. Henry"][/caption][caption id="attachment_184" width="300" caption="Native American Beaded Pouch"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.manassasartguild.com/blog/2008/08/03/native-american-beading-workshop/ 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)! http://www.manassasartguild.com/blog/2008/07/13/shanes-wild-birthday-bash/ 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 ... http://www.manassasartguild.com/blog/2008/07/08/mag-at-the-farmers-market/ 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 ... http://www.manassasartguild.com/blog/2008/06/23/mandala-workshop/ 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 http://www.manassasartguild.com/blog/2008/06/23/choc-full-o-nuts/ 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." ... http://www.manassasartguild.com/blog/2008/06/19/new-videos-posted-to-mag-videos-page/ 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 ... http://www.manassasartguild.com/blog/2008/06/14/and-the-winners-are/ Thursday night we had the monthly Manassas Art Guild membership meeting with our very own artist, Michele Frantz, doing a limited palette lesson and demonstration. Michele went over the advantages of using a limited palette (less paint = more $ in your pocket) and the ways she uses a ... http://www.manassasartguild.com/blog/2008/06/08/manassas-art-guild-june-members-meeting/ The morning was beautiful and the it rained with damaging thunderstorms in the afternoon, however, the show went on.  Paint! Manassas 2008 succeeded in drawing 18 local artists to create and display over 50 pieces of fine art which depicted Old Town Manassas and the historic Manassas Civil War Battle ... http://www.manassasartguild.com/blog/2008/06/01/paint-manassas-2008-show-pictures/ Take a look at the "Paint! Manassas" page if you'd like to see what some of our participating artists have been up to. Several paintings posted so far, hope to see more soon! -- michele frantz, show coordinator http://www.manassasartguild.com/blog/2008/05/24/paint-painting-1/