Artline Editor: Ray Almond, contact at : raymondalmond@yahoo.com

of the food tables and bar for

our opening night, and also

Norfolk Collegiate’s assistant

director of communications:

Sara Steil, who promoted and

designed the promo posters that

greatly helped me with the

publicity for this show.

And the deadline for .jpg

photo submittals, is Monday,

October 20th

, for the “TAA

2014 Juried Portfolio

Exhibition” .

The prospectus for this show is

now uploaded to our TAA

website, and is being chaired

by TAA’s Michelle Barnes !

That entry date is coming very

soon , so get ready for a very

competitive show, that will be

held at The Art Institute of

Virginia Beach Gallery !

And our TAA President,

Barbara Hennig-Loomis has

arranged for two more TAA

open shows that will have

their openings in 2015:

A TAA “Miniatures” show

at the Hermitage Museum &

Gardens Gallery in Norfolk, where our miniatures show

originated over 25 years ago!

And also a May 2015 TAA

open show to be held in the

galleries of The Suffolk

Cultural Center for the Arts !

So there is a lot of painting and

sculpting for our members to

put together for the remainder

Editor’s Letter

October 2014

There will be a TAA General

Meeting this month at a new

location in Norfolk, Sunday,

October 12th

, at the first floor

”Party Room”, at 2:00 p.m.

of the Algonquin House in

Norfolk, which was reserved

for by our generous TAA

member, Edie White !

Note: (Guest Parking in the

Algonquin lot is limited, and if

no spaces are available, please

park on the street to avoid

being towed away if you park

in a reserved and numbered

parking resident’s space !)

Our “The Artist’s Favorites

Exhibition” show’s opening

reception on Friday Sept, 26th

,

at The Norfolk Collegiate

School’s Meredith Center

Gallery was well attended and

an enjoyable night for all.

-See photos of that Opening

Reception on pages 5 & 6

below, and the opening of :

“Norman Goodwin &

Company”,opening Friday,

October 3rd

on page 7 below!

As the show’s chair, I want to

thank the supportive art staff

department members at the

Norfolk Collegiate School :

Cathy Wright, who helped me

all day Saturday at the drop-

off’s, and organized the set up

Tidewater Art Alliance for Visual Artists Non-profit organization

of this year, and the other shows

in the works for 2015 as well !

Sincerely, Ray

Below is another inspirational

quote by an artist who was

always finding his path in art,

as he never visited a tropical

jungle, but visited abortoriums

in France to get the ideas for

his paintings of tropical scenes!

“When I go out into the

countryside and see the sun and

the green and everything

flowering, I say to myself "Yes

indeed, all that belongs to me!"

Henri Rousseau, 1844-1910

Executive Officers President — Barbara Hennig-Loomis 1st. V.P.— Al Benas 2nd. V.P.— Eloise Shelton-Mayo

Secretary —Dianne Hottenstein Treasurer— Megan Killion, CPA

Board of Directors President: Barbara Hennig-Loomis Director/1st VP: Al Benas Director/2nd VP :Eloise Shelton-Mayo Director/Secretary: Dianne Hottenstein Director/Treasurer: Megan Killion, CPA Director/Web Master: Jeff Gallo Director/Membership: Mike Young Director/Past President: Ray Almond

Member Volunteers Artistic/Show Chairs:

Position Available Artline Editor: Ray Almond (757) 638-5227 Treasurer/Controller: Megan Killion, CPA Exhibitions/Events: Position available

TAA History: Position available Hospitality: Ann Moore Artline Member Biographies: Eloise –Shelton-Mayo (757) 563-2680 Membership:

Mike Young 624-9604 Photographers:

Jeff Gallo (757) 648-8466 Ray Almond, (757) 638-5227 (backup)

General Meeting Programs: Position Available Public Relations:

Norman Goodwin 423-6305 Publicity:

Ray Almond 638-5227 Recruiting:

Position Available Reception Host:

Position available Volunteer Coordinator:

Position Available

Website curator: Jeff Gallo (757) 648-8466

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General Meetings “As Scheduled” for 2014-2015

Member’s Regular Meetings when scheduled : 2nd Sunday each month at 2:00 p.m. at the first floor Party Room of The Algonquin House Apartment Building,7320 Glenroie Avenue, Norfolk, Va. Turn off Hampton Boulevard onto North Shore Road, and then right on Glenroie Avenue, and the multi-story Algonquin House is on your left. Note: Park only in guest spaces or on the street !

Note: There is an October 2014 General Meeting, at The Algonquin House in Norfolk See bottom right

of this page !

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Kudos Korner

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A Note about Kudos Submissions:

In order for Kudos Korner to applaud TAA Members, it is important for individual artists to submit their own good deeds (or those of

another artist!)

Submissions can be made via new TAA Editor email :

raymondalmond@yahoo.com by the 15th of every month for the next edition of our

Artline Newsletter. Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message,

and mention that it’s for ‘Kudos’!

Please follow normal guidelines for submitting to Artline: see the box on page 8

of this issue.

“Thanks to the Norfolk Collegiate Upper School’s staff members shown below who helped TAA with the 2014 TAA “The Artist’s Favorites Exhibition” in their Meredith Center for the Arts Gallery :

Jennifer Schero, Art Teacher, who secured this exhibition for TAA

NANCY TOPPING BAZIN received a Second Prize for her painting "Destruction and Rebirth" in the Peninsula Watermedia Society exhibit currently at the American Theater in Phoebus (part of Hampton, VA). The exhibit will end on October 13, 2014. ( image below)

(Above) TAA President, Barbara Hennig-Loomis and TAA’s Secretary Dianne Hottenstein, who helped to arrange the final hanging of the artworks for the Norfolk Collegiate show’s opening ! My thanks to both of you ladies!

(Above) Opening Night TAA artists and guests reviewing the works on display ( At left) TAA member’s art works on display in the Meredith Center’s gallery

Catherine Wright, Art Teacher : organizing the show’s reception and making all of the artwork’s labels for this exhibition for TAA, and who was most helpful and invaluable to me as chair for this show.

Catherine Francis, Fine & Visual Arts Dept. Chair & reception bartender !

Sara Steil, for providing the flyer publicity for the Opening Night

Tom Hubert, Facilities Manager, for updating the gallery’s lighting

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Current Local Art Shows to See or Enter of Note :

Continuing at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Va. Formerly known as the Courthouse Galleries,– (757) 393-8543 - email: contact@portsmouthartcenter.com Mailing Address : 521 Middle Street , Portsmouth, Va. 23704 Exhibition Hours : Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.,· Sunday: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Closed Mondays, except Monday Holidays

“Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition” March 7 – October 12, 2014

The Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center (PACC) joins with the TCC Visual Art Center to host glass exhibits and programming that celebrate the studio glass movement in Hampton Roads. The two locations combine to offer work by instructors and past and present art glass studio assistants at the Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio and/or completed their studies in glass at the Visual Art Center, Portsmouth. Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio Manager Charlotte Potter's work will be featured in "Personal Cartography" at the Visual Art Center. The The works include: Greco-Roman Remnants by Dahlia Bushwick; is this ok by Sean Donlon; EKG of Unconditional Love by Hannah Kirkpatrick

Also Continuing from : April 4 – October 12th, 2014 Chrysler Glass Studio Assistants: MAPPING THE NEXT GENERATION

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4205 Victoria Blvd. Hampton, VA 23669 – (757) 727-1490

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Opening at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center 4205 Victoria Blvd. Hampton, VA 23669 – (757) 727-1490 - email: jwjones@hampton.gov

Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10:00a.m. - 6:00 p.m.-Weekends : 1:00p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Web Show 2012-13 Exhibition & Show Info : http://www.hamptonarts.net/charles-h-taylor-arts-center-/exhibitions

“That’s Funny : Art With a Sense of Humor”

September 13th 2014 – October 19th 2014 Art doesn’t always have to be serious. It can also be funny, droll, comical, playful, silly, whimsical, farcical, witty, satirical or humorous. This group exhibition will present about 120 artworks in all media by invited artists whose works display a sense of humor. The Gallery Manager will also select artworks juried in from an open call for entries. Works will include a wide range of media in both two, three or four dimensions including traditional art forms as well as cartoons, comic strips or books and videos. Some of the artists invited to participate include: Anne Bousquet, Kacey Sydnor Carneal, Fred Freeman, Karen Freidt, Larry Hollowell, David Johnson, Wade Mickley, Janet Shaughnessy, Walt Taylor, John Tobin, Fran Ward and Hal Weaver.

Sign Up for TAA Member Dr. Norman Goodwin’s “Continuing creative 4-week Studio Art Classes” :

“Creating Mixed-media Works on both paper and canvas” Next Class Begins: Wednesday Oct. 10th,2014 from 1-3:00 p.m. at the One-Eleven Art Gallery, 111 Pennsylvania Ave. Norfolk, just off Granby Street. Call Norman at (757) 423-6305 for the required class materials, etc.! 4-week class only : $70.00 ! (or e-mail him at : terrysos@cox.net ( Norman’s Studio classes continue every 4 weeks, challenging your creativity, both painting and drawing with mixed-media -techniques of watercolor,acrylics,

oil-pastels, ink,etc., on both paper and canvas surfaces )

( Above:) Dr. Norman Goodwin in class demonstrating one of his many methods of making mixed-media art in his class at the 111 Art Studio in Norfolk off Granby Street )

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Photos of the “Opening Night”-“TAA Artist’s Favorites Exhibition”

Friday, September 26,2014, at The Norfolk Collegiate School

(At left) Opening Night guests and TAA artists talking about artworks on display and renewing old acquaintances

(At right) Meredith Gallery guests enjoy the snacks and food provided by our TAA exhibiting members in the show.

(At right) TAA’s Ivy Garrenton and her artistic daughter having a fun night out in the gallery !

(Above) Erlene Hendrix at left conversing with TAA President Barbara Hennig-Loomis

and TAA Secretary Diane Hottenstein

(At left) TAA 1st V.P. Al Benas enjoying the moment with TAA’s Nancy Topping Bazin in the Meredith Gallery Opening Night guests and artists about the artwoks on display and renew old

(At left) TAA’s Diane Hottenstein talks with Norfolk Collegiate’s art teacher Cathy Wright about the nice gallery

spaces

(At left) TAA’s Howard Martinez talks with Bob Bazin on their recent summer activities . (At right) a long view down the corridor of the well-lit Meredith Gallery in the Norfolk Collegiate Upper School’s Center

for the Arts.

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Below: More Photos of the ”-“TAA Artist’s Favorites Exhibition” Friday, September 26,2014, at The Norfolk Collegiate School

(At left) A past TAA president, Rieneke Lenders , was a surprise guest on Opening Night, as she had been living in Baltimore, Md, this past year !

(At right) TAA members & guests enjoy the buffet as always during

the evening hours

(At left) A guest takes a close look at a small painting that he is interested in

(At right) TAA’s Yvonne Boone at the wine bar provided by the school, and served by the Fine Arts chair, Cathy Francis !

(Left & right) Opening Night conversations and TAA art and a rare wall sculpture by Larry Hollowell on display in the center !

(At left) Both member artists and guests hang out at the delicious buffet provided by our TAA member artists!

(At right) Al Benas talks to a former co-worker and art patron, Yvonne Mingee, in the gallery on

opening night.

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New Class Beginning at The 111 Art Gallery in Norfolk

One-Eleven Art Gallery and Foundation,111 Pennsylvania Ave, (near the 3900 Block of Granby Street), Norfolk, Virginia. (757) 625-1110, Web: http://one11foundation.org/happening-now/

Opening: Friday October 3rd,

7-9:00 p.m. - Friday, October 31, 2014

Opening Reception,The d’Art Center- Friday Oct. 3rd

, 6-8:00 p.m., through Oct. 26

th: “TUNDE AFOLAYAN – SOLO EXHIBITION “

In the Selden Arcade, 208 E. Main St., Norfolk, Va., (757) 625-4211, http://www.d-rtcenter.org/

Norman Goodwin & Company: “ A Special Kind of Beauty”

Recent Works by Norman and members of his Mixed Media Art Class

Sharpen your skills by taking a class… Norfolk Drawing Group, Tuesday Nights ,7- 9:30 p.m. in

the Alchemy Building, 806 Granby St., Norfolk, Va.,23510

Email: norfolkdrawing@yahoo.com

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Norfolk-Drawing-Group/211671581320, & Flicker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacdraw/ The NDG meets every Tuesday evening from 7:00 to 9:30 pm. We start off with 1 minute and 5 minute poses and work our way up to 20 minute or 40 minute poses after the short poses. The first Tuesday of the month is Painting night. We meet at 7:00 to 10:00 pm and work on one 3 hr. pose. We welcome (age 18 and older) all artists and anyone interested in modeling for the group. Sessions cost $7.00/night or $20.00 for four consecutive sessions. Students with proper ID can pay $3.00.

Gallery Hours : Tuesday-Saturday 10AM-5PM, Sunday 1-5PM FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

Opening at The One-Eleven Art Gallery, Norfolk, Va.

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You can help the Arts in Virginia—Here’s how!!

Virginians now have the opportunity to contribute part of

their state income tax refund to the Virginia Arts Foundation by checking a box on their return form. It’s never been so simple to support the arts in Virginia.

Because the foundation may receive but not solicit private funds, money will have to come from the purchase of arts license plate and other special sources, such as this tax check off box.

The interest on all funds received will be distributed in grants by the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Please help support the arts in Virginia. Check off a contribution for the Virginia Arts Foundation on your state income return. It’s one of the most important checks you can write – and now, it’s one of the easiest.

Check out the news from some of our sister organizations in the Tidewater Area:

Tidewater Art Alliance (TAA) http://www.tidewaterartalliance.org

Chesapeake Bay Art Association (CBAA):

http://www.chesapeakebayartassociation.com/

Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists CBW): http://www.chesapeakebaywatercolorists.com/

D’Art Center

http://www.d-artcenter.org/

Charles H. Taylor Arts Center http://www.hamptonarts.net/

The Artists Gallery

www.theartistsgallery.org Norfolk Botanical Gardens 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. daily ( Regular grounds access fees apply ) See : http://norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/programs-events/indoor-exhibits

…and remember to check our own TAA website often:

www.tidewaterartalliance.com

Note : New email address for submitting items for the TAA Artline : Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message! (...unless you want your message to get lost in the tons

of email your editor receives every day.) If your message doesn’t say “Artline” it might get rejected as trash! Each photo needs its own caption, in its own email. Please send each photo, properly captioned, in a separate email. Use

another email for each additional photo, along with its caption. That way your Editor won’t get photos mixed up with the wrong caption. Please limit file size to about 1megabyte per photo. (1 MB is sufficient for online viewing, and we’re not printing posters here!) What’s a proper caption? Please write a full sentence, identifying the principal people or art pieces in the photo, with an explanation

of what’s going on (which event, award, etc.) Feature Articles: If you have an idea for a feature article (say, to highlight your work or a favorite technique), make the suggestion to

your editor, Ray Almond ( raymondalmond@yahoo.com ), who will be glad to work with you to produce your article. And include “Artline” in your subject line! Please!! Deadline: 15

th of the preceding month.

TAA President’s Phone (757) 312-9662 http://www.tidewaterartalliance.org

New Website for the Arts in Hampton Roads…

www.artscenehamptonroads.com

(Just click on it; in case you haven’t noticed, all links shown in Artline are live!)

Calls to Artists, for the 2014 timeframe

To get newly posted calls, please check the following websites often:

http://professionalartistmag.com/ http://www.artshow.com/juriedshows/

http://www.callsforartists.com/ http://www.d-artcenter.org/

The listings there will be more comprehensive and up-to-date than any listing copied into Artline. If you know of any other websites for Artist Calls, please send what you know to your Artline editor ( raymondalmond@yahoo.com ) for

printing in future issues for other members’ benefit.

Won a prize? Got into a show? Been selected as a juror? Tell your editor about it, and you may be featured in a

future issue of Artline!

Don’t be bashful!