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)!

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

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.

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

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 limited palette to achieve consistent colors in her works. Below is a chart showing how to use a six primary color wheel.

Michele’s colors are:

- Cool: Phthalo Blue, Cadmium Yellow Light, Quinacridone Red
- Warm: Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Red Light

As you can see from the picture above Michele also did a very nice demonstration of a still life using an acrylic six primary limited palette. I was not able to stay until the end so I did not get to see the finished painting but Michele got off to a great start.

Rob Burkhard

The above photos are of the reference photo that Michele used and the “finished painting” at the end of the demonstration.

Shane Williams

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 Grounds.  Numerous pieces of original artwork where sold to local business owners and citizens at the show.  The remainder are on display at the following Old Town businesses through June 2008:

ArtBeat Gallery
Ashby Jewelry
City Square Cafe
Creative Brush Studio
Fulton Bank
Manassas Museum
Opera House Gourmet
Prospero’s Books
The Things I Love

Click the above picture to visit the gallery of Paint! Manassas 2008 show pictures.