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Great Review of Tom Semmes!

Yellow Ban instructor, Tom Semmes, is reviewed in the Gazette for his exhibit in Orchard Gallery.  Check out the great article below!
http://www.gazette.net/stories/05042011/entemon112329_32535.php

"An Evening with the Arts: A Benefit for the Children's Inn at NIH"

Friday, May 20th 2011 

6:30-9:00pm

The Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen Echo Park

Tickets are $40 and available at 

www.niharts.com

The Washington Conservatory of Music will perform "Music from the Village, Dave Brubeck to Miles Davis", while artists Jordan Bruns, Walter Bartman, Jackie Hoysted, Margaret Panas, and Lida Stifel will render their unique expressions of the performance in paint.  Guests will be entertained with extraordinary sounds and sights and have the opportunity to purchase the original artworks created that evening through a silent auction.

  All ticket and art sales benefit the Children's Inn at NIH. 

The Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health is a residential "place like home" for sick children and their families.  Families stay in residence with the child while he/she receives ground-breaking medical treatments at the NIH.  While the NIH takes care of the child's medical needs, The Inn tends to the child's heart, soul, and spirit.

Graciously sponsored by The Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery, Banfi Wines,

Plaza Art Materials, Gamblin Paint, Norman's Farm Market and 

The Arts and Humanities of Montgomery County

Instructor Tom Semmes at Orchard

Tom Semmes


Orchard Gallery
7917 Norfolk Ave in Bethesda, MD
orchardartgallery.com


April 22 - May 12
Reception 
Saturday April 23 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm

Opening, Saturday April 9th from 5:00-7:00pm

Art Opening for "An Evening with the Arts"


Featuring the work of:
Walter Bartman
J. Jordan Bruns
Jackie Hoysted
M.M. Panas
Lida Stifel


From 5:00-7:00pm
The Pop Corn Gallery at Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Blvd.
Glen Echo, MD 20812 


This exhibition features the work of the five artists painting in the May 20th, "An Evening With The Arts: A Benefit for the Children's Inn at NIH".  Tickets of the the May 20th event are available at www.niharts.com.  All proceeds go to arts supplies for the Children's Inn at NIH. 

More Great press from Christine Lashley!

Click here!

Christine Lashley

Check out the giant image by Christin Lashley!  This was featured in last weeks "The Weekend Section".

Review of the Instructors Show at the Pop Corn Gallery

Check out the great review of the Instructors Exhibition!
Click here!

Jordan Bruns

Great review of instructor Jordan Bruns!

Christine Lashley

You are invited to Christine Lashley’s solo show:

Artist in the Garden

On exhibit: March 30 - May 1, 2011 at ArtSpace Herndon

Opening reception: Saturday, April 2, from 2-5pm

Christine will demonstrate painting flowers April 2, 2-3pm

750 Center Street, Herndon, VA 20170, 703.956.6591(www.artspaceherndon.com).
Hours: Tue/Wed/Thurs 10am-2pm, Fri 10am-8pm, Sat/Sun 12pm-5pm, closed Mon.
Located near the Fortnightly Library and W&OD bike trail in downtown Herndon.

"Iris Garden" oil, 30 x 40"

SPECIAL PLEIN-AIR WORKSHOP
Paint Flower & Gardens with Christine on April 28 & 29 from 9:30am - 3:30pm at Tree Frog Nursery in Great Falls, VA (indoor studio space at ArtSpace in case of rain), tuition $190. More details and register online at www.christinelashley.com (classes) or click here.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Long-time gardener and environmentalist, Christine Lashley, will exhibit her impressions of natural spaces, from the formal gardens of France and Italy to her own Certified Natural Habitat backyard. Christine’s artwork explores the role of plants in our lives in traditional and less conventional ways. 

Christine Lashley earned her BFA at Washington University in St. Louis, after studying in Paris at the Parsons Art Institute and the Sorbonne. She has held many solo shows in different areas of the country and has competed in numerous juried exhibitions, winning many top awards.  Christine’s work has been featured in publications such as: American Artist Magazine, Elan Magazine and The Washington Post.  She has earned signature membership in several juried art organizations. An art instructor for over 10 years, she is a faculty member of several art academies  in the DC area, including ArtSpace.
MORE UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Spring Plein-Air Watercolor, Yellow Barn/On-location, Fridays May 6 - June 24, 10-12:30 (only 1 spot left!)
- Summer classes in watercolor, Yellow Barn, see my website for 3 class offerings. Enrolling now.
- Baltimore Watercolor Society Annual Juried Watermedia Show, Strathmore Hall, MD, April 5- May 21

Christine Lashley
christinelashley.com

Artists Speak

Hey Artists,
Check out "Artists Speak", http://arttistsspeak.blogspot.com/
Great place to get yourself know!

Gallery 322 New Website

Check out the new webpage of Co-Opp gallery in Frederic, Gallery 322.  Started by Yellow Barn Director Walt Bartman.  http://www.gallery-322.com/

Yellow Barn Instructors at the Pop Corn Gallery, Glen Echo Park

Come check out the Yellow Barn instructors showing their work in the Pop Corn Gallery.  The show will be open Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00-6:00pm this March.

PLEIN AIR COMPETITION AT RIVERBEND PARK

In fact a series of competitions--twice a month--the first to be a a week from this Saturday--that's Saturday, March 12, 2011.

All painters are welcome to compete for the $100.00 prize--winner to be determined by vote of the participants.

There is a $10 entry fee--with ALL proceeds going directly to the park.

The rules are simple: show up at the park between 7am and 9am and have your canvas stamped--all artwork must be produced on the day of the competition and on the grounds of Riverbend Park.

Prize money will be contributed by local sponsors.
Have your canvas turned in and ready for judging by 12:30pm. There will be a grace period of five minutes, after which artwork will be disqualified!

If fewer than four artists show up there will be no competition, so encourage your friends to take part.


In fact, please forward this notice to every artist you know!

Questions? Phone Jack Warden at 703-437-9681.

Thanks for your interest and good painting to all!

Day 23- Tom Semmes, Glen Kessler

Day 23- Glen Kessler snuck into the Stone Tower early today to fix the upper left corner of the Self Portrait/Still Life painting.  "It has been really bothering me," said Glen, "I wasn't planning on working on it anymore, but I had a great idea and came in early to knock it out."
Tom Semmes finished up the day with some decisive surgery to the Carousel Painting.  "Now it's exciting!" said Tom, "It was kind of hovering between a really serious painting and... the hot dog painting.  I think that it's more unified with the balloons."
Personally, its a welcome view of a carousel that has been painted so seriously for so long.  It's nice to view the carousel much like a kid does, exciting!

There are a few loose ends that will be tackled when Jordan Bruns paints on our final day in the tower.  "Just clean up the last of the loose ends!" Bruns says, "For the most part, the paintings are done and I'm really excited about the work we ended up with.  I had moments of fear, but I  think that we came together in the ends to make good paintings."
 
Be sure to stop by tomorrow for our "Yellow Barn Open House" from 11:00-5:00pm.  You can see demos by our instructors and also have the chance to bid on the 3 collaboration paintings we've been working so hard to create!  They'll be worth something someday!

Keep checking back to our Yellow Barn Blog for any news regarding our instructors and their events.  They'll notify you here about art openings or events in the future!

Cheers!
-Jordan  

Day 22- Martha Spak

Day 22- Martha Spak, (with a little help from Walt Bartman earlier in the week) brought us a little closer to order in the paintings.  With the last couple of days before we say goodbye to our masterpieces, we are working hard to bring the pieces to a "finished" state.
"The abstract painting is closest to being finished at this point," says Jordan Bruns, "you could work on that one forever, but I think that all the major kinks are getting close to being ironed out.  I also think that once the upper left corner of the still life/self portrait painting is resolved, that piece could be considered finished too.  Tom's got a little more work ahead of him on Friday."
Let us know what you think!

Day 19- Walt Bartman

Day 17-  It was only a matter of time before something like this happens.  "Don't mess with my portrait."  Bartman says.  "I think it comes down to respecting what other artists do.  When your going to build on an idea its good, when you eliminate it, its not good."   We're all trying to make a painting that is our own personal signature.  If you take those personal signatures out, your deluding the uniqueness of the project."

Day 18- Jordan Bruns

Day 18-  Not sure how he did it, Jordan Bruns resolved his likeness in the self portrait/still life painting today.  It may take a magnifying glass, but he's in there doing his "James in the Giant Peach" impression.
"Not sure why I decided to paint that small... it took a brush that looks like it has 3 bristles!"

Article on the Yellow Barn Collaboration!

Check out the second article on our collaboration event!

Remember, next Saturday is the Open House where the auctioning of these three paintings concludes!

Day 17- Glen Kessler, Drawing and Painting

Day 17- Glen Kessler began the unification process today, using the previously painted information and melding it into a more cohesive painting.  Glen, a classically trained painter, created a dramatic space by using black paint.  He also brought up the light as was discussed with Eric Garner the day before.
"I approached the painting as if I were discussing it with my students," Kessler says, "three quarters the way done, it's time to start pulling it together."  Tomorrow, Jordan Bruns and Lida Stifel will be painting from 11:00-5:00pm.  Let us know what you think on Facebook!

You can also watch the interview with Glen Kessler here!