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Vidabeth Bensen
Publishes book about Screen Printing





Carol Owen

Carol has an article published in a new magazine,
Somerset Apprentice.




The article is titled Layered Landscape,
and it’s about a technique Carol uses in her altered books.

Somerset Apprentice is published by Somerset Studio, a national paper arts magazine that has featured Carol's work in the past. Apprentice is one of their new magazines (this is the second issue, the first was last year), and is out on newsstands now.





Thank you!

To Jane Bruce & Joyce Bryan

for their gifts
of beautiful pottery presented to

Guild Director Maggie Zwilling &

Guild graphic designer Maggie Wilson


See Joyce/'s work


See Jane's work




2009 winners!



NC Potters featured
in Nationwide TV Broadcast


Mark Hewitt




Kate Ladd


Featured Artist at
Jordan Lake School of the Arts
September 26
1:00-4:00 pm


Our condolences

Barbara Isenberg, 96 year old mother of
Guild Artist Vidabeth Bensen
passed away June 5, 2009.

She had been at Brookshire Nursing Home for many years and
Vidabeth was a caring and wonderful daughter to her.

As Vidabeth has been to the Guild - always there for all of us -
so she was for her Mom..


"Solitary"
screen print by Vidabeth Bensen


Guild Photographer Juan Pons



has updated his web site
and is offering photo workshops for 2009

"The new website's goal is to provide advice and tips that you will find useful, no matter your level of expertise. We already have a few articles, reviews and commentary posts up on the site, and have a schedule full of future articles. Naturally the website will also feature a lot of great images illustrating the articles."


http://wildnaturephoto.com/



Kate Ladd featured on Literary Blog

Guild painter Katherine Ladd is the top featured artist on
LITERATTI - AN ARTISTIC BLOG.

Click here to see!
http://literatti-aliteraryblog.blogspot.com/


Chatham Artists Guild is now on MySpace!

As part of our PR program, I have set up a Facebook presence for the Chatham Artists Guild.
You need to be a Facebook member to see it. It is free. Set up a Facebook membership for your art business, Then, you can link to the Guild site, post messages, etc.

Hopefully, Google will pick the site up as it is used more.

I am trying to use social networking technology to raise the awareness of and enhance the communications within our Guild.
Stay tuned,
Forrest



2008 winners!

Chatham Artists Guild &
Studio Tour in the News!

Sixty local artists open their doors to the public starting this weekend for the Chatham County Studio Tour, giving visitors a chance to meet the artists where they work and to enjoy a unique shopping experience.
Founded in 1992, the Chatham Studio Tour is scheduled for the next two weekends—this Saturday and Sunday as well as Dec. 13–14—from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and from noon until 5 p.m on Sundays.

The North Carolina Arts Council's Artful Traveler visited with artists Joyce Bryan, Kathleen Jardine, Siglinda Scarpa, Rita Spina and Edwin White in their studios recently to discuss their work and the impact of studio tours in Chatham County.

Watch the video


Or go to http://ncarts.org/

Click on Open Studio Tours
on the left side of the page
under the heading Experience the Arts



The Vintage Fashion Show Extraordinaire
is here again!
Click the link below to see a slide show of all the excitement!

http://www.smokyhollow.us/fashion.html

Eddie White
installs new piece in the courtyard
of the North Carolina Arts Incubator in
Silre City NC


Click image to enlarge


New Chatham Community Library
Art Request for Qualifications

Chatham County is requesting statements of qualifications from artists for the following projects to be located in the Chatham Community Library. Artists will be selected based on qualifications, level of interest, and compatibility of their approach with the design of the library.



An Artist license plate?!?

Joan Sommers' work reviewed




Forrest Greenslade in the news


"Night Music" painting by Forrest Greenslade

"Retiring can be traumatic,” shared Forrest Greenslade.“ In one day you go from making important decisions, having your name known, being invited to all the big meetings, and having authority and influence, to having all that gone. In one day. A lot of people don’t survive it. A post-retirement career is the best health change you can make. You have to find something you are passionate about and study, study, study, so that you can become the best you can be at it.”


Read the whole story in the Southern Neighbor

A former apprentice of
Potter Mark Hewit
is moving to a town
near Madison WI,
where they too have a studio tour.

Painter Phyllis Burns
featured on WRAL TV's
Tar Heel Traveler

"Chatham County Woman Finds
Art Inspiration on Her Farm"
WRAL’s Scott Mason profiles a watercolor artist who captures the farm animals she loves.


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