November 2019

November 2019

Contact Information: Secretary   victoriasketchclub@gmail.com VSC website   www.victoriasketchclub.ca    Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/victoriasketchclub/ Fall schedule  December, 2019  Time: 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm Location: Windsor Park Pavilion Dec 3  Christmas luncheon   Thank you! Nirmala Greenwell, Program Director Indoor program convenors: Ruth Beninger, Franny Kerridge, Joan Head and Niramon Prudatron   Tentative 2020 Winter/Spring Schedule Time: 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm Location: Windsor Park Pavilion (Dates are firm, however activities are tentative) Jan  7  Printmaking with Avis Rasmussen; demo workshop Jan 14 Nude model Jan 21 Still life Jan 28 Critique with Steve Dickerson, Victoria College of Art Feb  4 Character model Feb 11 Bring Your Own (member demo on glazing and varnishing in acrylic techniques)   Feb 18 Nude model Feb 25 Still life Mar 3  Character model Mar 10 Bring Your Own (show final prep review, framing and hardware guides and check, frame swap) Mar 17 - 22 VSC 111th Show at Glenlyon School  Mar 24 NO SESSION (Windsor Park Pavilion unavailable) Mar 31 Art Appreciation Apr  7  Still life Apr 14 Nude model Apr 21 AGM Apr 28 Spring Luncheon Scenes from November 5  A still life study Scenes from November 12  Working with a character model Scenes from November 19  A Bring-Your-Own Day Scenes from November 26  A silvery still life History Corner Saxe Point, a favourite painting venue, again featured in Peter’s summer schedule. For 25 years this was the home of one of our club’s most distinguished members, Ina Uhthoff, who took inspiration from the beach, the woods and the views across the Strait to the Olympic Mountains. Born in Scotland in 1889, Uhthoff arrived in Victoria via the Kootenays in 1923. She quickly gained recognition as an art teacher and established the Victoria School of Art with herself as principal. Versatile in both the arts and the crafts, she continually experimented in portraits, landscapes and abstracts as her painting evolved. As an influential and unifying figure in the Island Arts and Crafts Society (IACS,) she was able to straddle the differing artistic views of the traditionalist establishment and the maverick Emily Carr, being the only artist to contribute to both the traditional section and the Modern Room in the IACS 1932 exhibition.  In 1936 a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts bore testament to her growing stature, as did her inclusion in the 1941Who’s Who in Northwest Art. Uhthoff befriended and introduced into the art community the newly arrived sculptor Kathleen Maltwood. An outstanding teacher, Uhthoff taught at the Summer School for teachers and various schools, including Glenlyon,in addition to working for the government’s Correspondence program. An effective administrator and communicator, she was a key figure in the establishment of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the recruitment of Colin Graham as its first director in 1951, and who was also a respected arts columnist for theVictoria Daily Colonist. Despite the unselfish neglect of her own painting activity due to her wider efforts in the community, Uhthoff’s tremendous talent is well represented in the permanent collections of all the leading galleries in Victoria and Vancouver as well as in private collections. Since her death in 1971, some ofher artistic gifts have been passed on to grandson Michael, a local furniture designer and builder. Our Club is indebted to Michael and his late mother Joy for their help and encouragement during the 2009 Centennial celebrations. We have even a closer connection in that Ina gave lessons to our own Ann Nolte! Ina D.D. Uhthoff, Girl Welder at Work, 1943, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Members News Victoria Sketch Club Art Show 2020 March 17 - 22, 2020 Members, you have three months to produce paintings for the 2020 Show. February 18, 2020 is the deadline to submit the form indicating which option you chose, and the size, medium, price, title, etc., of the paintings you wish to submit. More information will follow. Members may choose one of the 3 options below when submitting paintings for the March 2020 show;   Option 1: You may submit up to 2 paintings of the following sizes or smaller: 1 Large painting, MAXIMUM size 32 x 42 inches (including frame) and 1 Medium painting, MAXIMUM size 26 x 26 inches (including frame) Option 2: You may submit up to 3 paintings of the following sizes or smaller 2 Medium paintings, MAXIMUM size 26 x 26 inches (including frame) and 1 Small painting, MAXIMUM size 14 x 15 inches (including frame)   Option 3: You may submit up to 4 paintings of the following sizes or smaller 1 Medium size painting, MAXIMUM size 26 x 26 inches (including frame) and 3 Small size paintings, MAXIMUM size 14 x 15 inches (including frame) If you have any questions, please contact Agnes at agnesoosterhof@hotmail.com Myra Baynton's show Visit the Bruce Hutchison Library, located at 4636 Elk Lake Drive, to admire VSC member Myra Baynton's work. Runs to January 7th.  15th Annual Winter Celebration Art Show Our own Niramon Prudatorn is participating in the Annual Winter Celebration show at the Fireweed Studio & Moss Cottage Gallery, located at 277 / 281 Durance Road. Dates are November 30th & December 1, 10 am to 4 pm. Imagine Artworks Collective See the work of VSC artists Anne Bowen, Sharon Wareing and Maureen Ness at the ongoing group art show at the Marriott Delta Ocean Pointe Spa, 100 Harbour Road. Illumination of Love at Mattick's Farm The Gallery at Matticks' Farm and participating artists continue to support the BC Children's Hospital Foundation. A portion of paintings sold through to December 31 will be donated in support of the BCCHF.  Paint Out 2020! Paint Out 2020 is coming up fast! Next year's Paint Out is at Cusheon Lake Resort on Salt Spring island. This includes 1-bedroom cabins, cedar chalet cabins, and 2-bedroom cabins. September 21 –  28, 2020.   Please contact Glen Tremblay at:  1-866-899-0017 to book your accommodation. Be sure to tell him you are with the Victoria Sketch Club: 1 bedroom cabins $969 per week   Cedar Chalet cabins $969 per week 2 bedroom cabins  $1474 per week Please note: These prices do not include the 15% tax  There is a deposit required and 7 days notice for cancellation. Quotes to Inspire Creativity compiled by Virginia Hutzuliak “I am painting on my own vision now, thinking of no one else's approach-- trying to express my own reactions.“ -- Emily Carr, 1934                               “I think I have gone further this year, have lifted a little. I see things more as a whole, a little more complete.” -- Emily Carr, 1936                                                        Do you have news you'd like to share? Are you an artist in residence or participating in a show or workshop? Please forward your news, along with any relevant pictures, to the newsletter editor

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