January 16th and 17th Classes

Saturday, January 16th, Sandy Kowallis will teach a much-anticipated and long-awaited ABSTRACT watercolor class! I can hardly wait to be a participant myself. Sandy's work is admired by many and she is sought-after as a teacher.

And what can I tell you about Sunday's teacher, Kathleen Mattox?

Anything you want to know. . . . . IF you come out and take the class! It's hard to write about myself, but I can guarantee we will have a fun day of Mixed Media Exploration on Sunday.

Come out to play, learn, have fun and try some things you haven't even considered before. :)

Art Stand Participants LOVED the Gourd Class Last Weekend!

Toni Best of Visalia taught a wonderful class on dying

and embellishing natural gourds with a hand-sewn band

of pine needles around the top opening last Sunday

at the Art Stand Gallery.

Participants loved it!

They each designed and completed or almost completed a beautiful, one of a kind project in the one day class.

Change in Instructor for the Pastel Class

The pastel class coming up this weekend and originally to be taught by Doris Runyon will now be taught by Kay Owens. As far as I know, there are still openings.

Remember to:

1. Dress in layers.

2. Bring what you have in the way of supplies to any of the classes, knowing that instructors bring supplies and participants are usually wonderful about sharing, too. Do NOT invest a fortune in supplies you may not use again after the class.

3. Bring a lunch for the 6 hour classes. Bring what you need in the way of snacks for any of the classes. Snack bars, water, and hot beverages will be provided for all classes.

4. Look forward to great classes, as always!

Happy New Year's Eve!

Dear Art Stand Gallery artists and Friends:

Hope you all had a very Happy Holiday season and will have a wonderful new year in 2010.

Our Winter Workshops begin in a little over a week on January 9th. If you haven't signed up yet, please do as soon as possible. Either download/print the flyer and send it in or bring it with you on the day of the class with the class fee. If you want to come on the day, do call Elaine Lane (or respond to this post via a comment) to make sure there is still room in the session that you want to take.

If you aren't a "friend" or "follower" of The Art Stand Gallery blog, we'd love to have you join us!

Scroll back to the post of October 28, 2009 to find out "How to Become a Follower of the Art Stand Gallery Blog". Hope to see you soon as a follower and as a participant at one of our winter workshop classes!

The Winter Workshop Registration Flyer

Tiwi Wood and her husband Christopher are again responsible for the fabulous flyer. Thank you both!

I will post the front and back side of the flyer here. You should be able to just double click on either image to enlarge them, and then you can print them out and register as described on the flyer.




Looking forward to seeing you at one or more of the Winter Workshops. We have new offerings this time and many of the classes are filling up quickly. So, if you are interested, send in your registration and check to reserve your spot(s).

Winter Workshops coming up!

Signups are being taken for our Winter Workshops and flyers will soon be available. If you've attended before or signed up as being interested in attending, you will receive one via email or as a hard copy in the mail. As soon as the flyers are ready, one will also be posted here on the blog.

Some classes are already beginning to fill up so if you are interested please send me an email and I'll see that you get on the class list or come out to the Art Stand and sign up there.

Classes and dates are as follows:

Jan. 9  (Sat.)     Pastel/Doris Runyan  10-2, $30.00
Jan. 9  (Sat.)     Ceramics/Tiwi S. Wood 2-6 PM, $30.00
Jan. 10 (Sun.)  Gourds/Toni Best 10-4, $45.00
Jan. 16 (Sat.)   Abstract Watercolors/Sandy Kowallis, 10-2, $30.00
Jan. 17 (Sun.)  Mixed Media Art/Kathleen Mattox, 10-4, $45.00
Jan. 23 (Sat.)    Oils/Acrylics/Sally DeLap John, 10-4, $45.00
Jan. 24 (Sun.)   Digital Photography/Jeri Burzin, 10-2, $30.00
Jan. 30 (Sat.)    Dichroic Glass Jewelry/ Kay Gaston, 10-4, $45.00
Jan. 31 (Sun.)   Dichroic Glass Jewelry/Kay Gaston, 10-4, $45.00

If you take 2 or more workshops, you may take $5.00 off the cost of each workshop you will attend.

Art Hop: Thursday, November 19th from 5-8 PM

Welcome to Art Hop at the Art Stand Gallery,
Thursday, November 19th from 5-8 PM.

The featured artists this month are Kay Gaston and Elaine Towne Lane.

Kay Gaston's cloth art dolls are each unique and portray characters
from life or fantasy.She has merged her fused dichroic glass,
cloth doll making and silversmith skills to create a
unique style of glass enhanced silver jewelry.

Elaine Towne Lane's 20+ years in Southeast Asia, Africa

and Central Americahave inspired her creativity.

Her love of pre-Columbian art is a dominating influence

for her works in ceramics, glass, and jewelry.