The Fine Arts Society of Middle Georgia
Newsletter - August 2019

Fine Art Society of Middle Ga
Monthly Meeting
4th Monday of each Month 7 p.m.
Fine Art Society Gallery
147 S. Commercial Cir., Warner Robins, Ga



Aug 2019  Newsletter
Next Meeting Aug 26, 2019
 
*The FAS Board met on Aug 15, 2019 at the Gallery:  Dates for Art-tober Fest will be Oct 25- 27. 
  Cost for 3 days for vendors is $40.  Forms should be in by the end of Sept. Sign up to be a vendor!!
 
Our program for August will be Megan McNaught.
She is an artist, educator and curator. She earned an MFA from UMass Amherst and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at The Museum of Arts and Sciences and Mercer University here in Macon. She has taught at Suffolk University School of Art and Design, Montserrat College of Art, Chester College of New England, Anna Maria College, The Community Colleges of Rhode Island, Middlesex Community College, Middle Georgia State University, and Wesleyan College. She is currently the Curator at Macon Arts Alliance and Owner of Black Cat Studios in Macon Georgia.
 
We are selling Belk Charity Day tickets to raise money for FAS.   Get them at the Gallery at $5 each. 
The date for the sale is Aug 24th from 7am -close.    The ticket you buy is for admission and you get $5 off
your purchase and FAS keeps the money from the ticket sells.    If we sell all our tickets we can make
$1000 for FAS.   
 
Art Happenings
 The Houston Co. Country Club will be having art for sale at one of their events.  Art must be brought to Gallery on Aug 30th before 2:00pm for the show that night.  You can bring 3-5 pieces.  Pickup on Aug 31st after 2:00 at Gallery.  Include card with phone number and price.
 
Gallery News
 
Your Gallery of Fine Art has Wi-Fi, and a phone, 478-449-8240.
Leslie Hoops-Wallace unicornsquest@hotmail.com 478-396-9198.
Bottled water donations for the Gallery would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to volunteer to help Mike Gillies and the GMAC students on the Mural contact Mike at 478 396-2179.
                                                                        Art Quiz (New feature in the Newsletter)
Why do some watercolor pigments stain paper while others don’t?  Should those pigments be avoided
in your paintings?
Some pigments are called stains because once the wash dries they stay where you put them.  You can glaze over them or work an area with several brushstrokes and they won’t dissolve and mix with fresh paint.
These pigments are powerful, add strength and can be used as undercolors because they glow through later washes.  These include Phthalo, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmiums, Permanent Magenta, Prussian Blue, Hansa Yellow, Hooker’s Green, Indigo and Payne’s Gray among others.  These are pigments that add a lot to
a painting and should absolutely be used.
 
FAS Gallery List of Art Classes 
Call the instructor for more information, and to sign up for the class.
149 S. Commercial Circle, (S Davis and Watson Blvd) Warner Robins GA
Open Wednesday-Friday, 11:30am-5:30pm. Tuesday 11:30-7:00pm.
Director: Leslie Hoops-Wallace, 478-449-8240
 
Oil Painting with Deanna Griffin, learn portrait, still life and landscape painting Tuesday 3-6pm $20 There is a supply list. Call Deanna 478-714-0600 to register
Drawing with pencil and pen and ink Leslie Wallace Tuesday 12-1pm $20 bring Sketchbook pencil and ruler and kneaded eraser. 478-396-9198
Watercolor with artist, Leslie Wallace  Tuesdays 1-3pm $20 Leslie at 478-396-9198 or email unicornsquest@hotmail.com. There is a supply list. 478-396-9198
Watercolor with artist, Lee Wettstein, at the Gallery. Thursdays, 1-4pm. $15 a class and there is a supply list. 478-714-6000
Serenity Art Class Acrylic Paint class Friday 10:30AM-Noon $25 Barbara Wilkinson 478-538-4904  There is a supply list.
Stained Glass by Patrick Madison available Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30-4pm $15 478-361-8888 pjfmad@gmail.com  www.pmstainedglass.com
Wire Wrapping Jewelry by Nancy Sutton Teaching you wire wrapped earrings and pendants. 3rd Saturday of the month from 1-3:30pm Call Nancy 770-596-0509
Free: Art Talk/movie night Pot Luck. Come watch a movie or art talk 2nd Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Gallery. 478-449-8240
Free: Sketching Session, Tuesdays 6pm – 7pm Anyone who is interested in sitting for sketching, will get free portraits. Let the gallery know if you want to be a model.478-449-8240.  Sketching will be discontinued until Sep after Tuesdays session.
 Other News
West End Frames, 145 S. Commercial Circle, Warner Robins – If you are interested in displaying your art, contact Carmen Antonio, 775-338-2386.
 
Linda Mead is having a Low Country Boil on Sep 2nd at 6pm.  Her address is 109 Robinson Way. Warner Robins, Ga.  RSVP dentistryga@gmail.com.  478 808-0378  BYOB  Linda asks that if you are coming to the Low Country Boil to please pay $5 to help cover the cost of the seafood.  Please RSVP at least a week before the event if you are going to attend.
                                                               
                                                                                              

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