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Posted On Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Artists Wanted to be featured on local Public Radio
Beth Norwood from 89.3 WLRH public radio station is interested in scheduling interviews with local artists for her Friday afternoon show. If you are interested please contact Beth at norwood1@hiwaay.net or 895-9574! This is a wonderful opportunity!
Tune in Fridays at Noon
Upcoming interviews:
Gregory Price, artist and printmaker, August 27
Hester Bass, children’s author, September 3
Rachel Lackey, artist, September 10
Marcus Hunt and or Neki Garrett, art lawyers, September 17
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Martina Svoboda
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Posted On Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 7:36 PM
Huntsville Art League Members,
You are invited to attend an Art Law Workshop: "Copyright and Trademark Basics".
Marcus Hunt, Arts Attorney with the Duell/Hunt Law Firm, LLC. in Birmingham and founder of Alabama Lawyers for the Arts, is scheduled to speak to the local arts community 9AM to 12PM, Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 at Lowe Mill ARTS and Entertainment in Huntsville, AL.
Alabama Lawyers for the Arts (ALArts) along with Lowe Mill ARTS and Entertainment are hosting the workshop entitled Copyright and Trademark Basics. Marcus Hunt and Niki Garrett, Director of Alabama Lawyers for the Arts, will present information on the everyday issues that relate to those in the arts as well as arts organization in the areas of Copyright and Trademark Law. This workshop will benefit songwriters, musicians, writers, poets, visual artists, photographers, producers, actors, dancers and performers, as well as, those involved in arts organizations.
If you would like to attend the event, RSVP to Gina Hurst at 256.361.4960 or gina@ginahurst.com by September 20th. Cost is $15 to be paid at the workshop. Cash or check will be accepted. Checks should be made out to Alabama Lawyers for the Arts (ALArts).
For more information on the Copyright and Trademark Basics workshop please contact:
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Posted On Monday, August 23, 2010 at 1:20 PM
Question from Mia West:
- I was wondering what he has done or what he is planning to do about stimulating the local art community, especially the Huntsville Art League?
First I have a good friend Peter Grant who has been very involved in HAL for years and brought me along almost 5 years ago. I believe I understand the importance of the visual arts as part of the culture in Huntsville. I have attended two “Unique Views of Huntsville” at the Huntsville Art Museum and purchased a painting at one of the shows. I even have other art work from HAL hanging in my home.
Most recently I attended the ribbon cutting for the new addition to the HAL Gallery. I was excited to see the expansion and the opportunity for both displaying more art and providing space for our artists to work.
I will support HAL in the future. I understand the daily struggles of a non-profit organization (I am on four no-profit boards now) and am proud of what HAL has accomplished during the last 50 plus years. I want HAL to get stronger for another 50 yrs.
The HAL Director Walt Schumacher has my number and he knows I am willing to support when and where I can.
Art is part of our Huntsville community as is sports, theater, museums, and art needs to stay there. Art is a part of life and I will help keep it there the best I can.
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Posted On Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 11:06 PM
Walt and Janet Schumacher
will be the HAL Limelight artists for the month of August. Their exhibit is titled "Ghost Towns of Montana", featuring photographs they took last summer. This exhibit was shown at the Huntsville Times in June, and their photographers were favorably impressed. Janet's are in color, and Walt's are all in Black and White.
The ghost towns are Bannack, Garnet, Virginia City and Nevada City. Bannack is one of the best-preserved ghost towns in the country, founded in 1862. Most inhabitants had moved on by the 1950's, and sixty structures remain standing. Garnet also came alive in 1862 when gold was discovered nearby. It was abandoned around 1918. Virginia City still has 132 inhabitants, and its nearby neighbor, Nevada city, is a re-creation of the original city plus many buildings moved there from other ghost towns, including Yellowstone's "Recreation Hall", built in 1910.
Come get a fascinating glimpse into the Wild West of yesteryear!
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Martina Svoboda
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Posted On at 10:53 PM
John Rodgers, Molly Voigt, Lynn Marino are exhibiting their artwork at the Huntsville Art League (HAL) Gallery, August thru September. They are "Visiting Artists" from the Alabama Designer/Craftsmen Inc, a statewide fine crafts organization open to all Alabama residents interested in the promotion, production and preservation of fine traditional and contemporary crafts. These three artists are displaying functional pottery, colorful sculptural claywork, and whimsical gourd designs.
For further information, please contact HAL Gallery at 534-3890
www.huntsvilleartleague.org
John Rodgers
I make decorative, functional pottery of reasonable durability for everyday use. It is my intent that my pots will delight the eye, and engage the user whether on the table, in the hand or on the shelf.
My pots are food safe and can be used under what may be called classic potter use conditions. With reasonable care, they will last a lifetime, and with a little luck, last for generations to come.
Molly Voigt
Bio
I began my career as a designer craftsman by doing my own version of batik – “Mytik”.
I now use my own version of glazes and clay to produce my new vision – “Claytik”
Background
BA at Auburn University in Interior design
Art shows from 1972 until 1982, and again starting in 2007 with Mytik
Art show from 1982 until the present in Claytik
Vision
“I want my work to brighten, cheer, and make happier the lives of those who view it.”
Lynn Peace Marino, Gourdie Burdees and Friends
I am a registered nurse by training and an artist at heart. Growing up with 4 siblings we didn’t have money so, I started creating art from things from odds and ends laying around our house.
A friend , while visiting at the gulf purchased a goofy looking ceramic bird with long legs. You couldn’t help but smile when you looked at it. I wanted one too but wasn’t able to pay over $100 for one so decided to create my own.
The basic shape was of one of the gourds growing on our back fence so I used it for my burdee’s body.
Friends and family began requesting them.
In 2005 a very talent artist friend encouraged me to enter a juried art show. I was shocked yet thrilled , excited and scared when I received my acceptance letter.
I have had my work in several galleries and limit myself to 4 shows a year.
I am a current member of The Society of Arts and Crafts in Montgomery, Alabama, Alabama Designer Craftsmen, and serving as president of The Irondale Arts Association.
I use only Alabama grown gourds. Some I have grown , others are either purchased or given to me. The gourds age over a 6-9 month period and dry out and getting covered in mold. They must be soaked and scrubbed clean. My hands take over as I sculpt with an air drying clay on the gourd. I never really know what the gourd will be as each takes on its own character. The gourd is painted using an acrylic based paint and a protective coat is applied before any trim , feathers or beads are added. They are not recommended for outdoors use unless it is a birdhouse. If I told you more, the burdees would kill me! It is said, art isn’t what you see but rather what you feel. I hope my work makes you feel like laughing or at the very least, smiling. PEACE!
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Posted On Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 4:08 PM
CALL FOR ART!
“Unique Views of Huntsville”
is an annual juried exhibit hosted by Huntsville Art League and shown at the Huntsville Museum of Art
Exhibit dates:
Saturday, September 11 thru Sunday September 19, 2010.
Public Reception on Sept. 16, 2010
Artwork Subject:
“Representational Art” can depict any geographic area, with emphasis on the “Greater Huntsville area”. “Non-representational Art” (jewelry, pottery, abstract art) need not depict the area
Rules:
•You must be a member of the Huntsville Art League to be eligible. Anyone may join HAL for a $30 annual Membership fee. Call 534-3860.
(Current members’ dues should be up to date, as of mid-August.)
•All entries will be juried, and each piece will require a $15 entry fee.
•There will be three separate juries.You will indicate how each of your entries is to be juried
on the entry form.
The categories are:
2D (e.g., painting, collages, or anything that hangs on a wall),
3D (e.g., pottery, jewelry, fabric)
Photography (Reminder: photographs should be signed)
•We will jury from digital photographs... more on that below.
•A paragraph MAY be included for each entry, if it is felt that this explanation would benefit the
jurors.
EMAIL your description to: Mail@HuntsvilleArtLeague.org.
Include your Name, and the Title of the art.
•Art that was previously not accepted for UVH is eligible.
•Art that previously appeared in a UVH exhibit is not eligible.
•Any number of pieces may be entered, however, only a maximum of 4 pieces can be accepted
by any one artist. (Entering more does increase your odds!)
•Applications are due at 6PM, August 20, 2010
For more information : www.huntsvilleartleague.org
