The Sedalia Visual Art Association is an organization of area artists, both professional and amateur, who are dedicated to providing a forum for their artistic expression with the opportunity to learn from each other.
The Sedalia Visual Art Association meets on the first Thursday of each month, 6:00 p.m. downstairs at Third National Bank's Residential Lending Center, 403 W. Broadway (southwest corner of Broadway and Moniteau Ave.), Sedalia, Missouri.
Monthly meetings include lectures and demonstrations by guest artists, as well as programs exploring the use of various media.
Workshops, field trips and paintouts are planned throughout the year and are open to all area artists, members and non members.
The Association sponsors several competitions during the year and co-sponsors the Fine Arts Events at the Missouri State Fair along with the Mid Missouri Artists and the Missouri State Fair.
The Association has gallery space available at the Liberty Center for individual member and group shows. The gallery space is also available to non members. For more information, please call Madge Gressley at 660-826-7080 or email mgressley@sbcglobal.net.
Officers for 2009
Cynthia Morris , President
Myrna Ragar, 1st Vice President
Judy White, 2nd Vice President
Madge Gressley, Secretary
Glenda Miller, Treasurer
Newsletter Editor , Madge Gressley
Sedalia Visual
Art Association
Art Events Calendar 2009
programs for 2009
January - 2009 - Linda Hoover talks on her trip to Russia & an unexpected side-trip to Iceland.
February - 2009 - Vicki Weaver - The Art of Laughter
March - 2009 - Faith Bemis - Photography
April - 2009 - Libby Ritter, Nancy Sams, Martha Aldridge and Elizabeth Solofsky-Howe - Western Art and Sculpture
May - 2009 - Loran Creech - Watercolor
June - 2009 - Don Stoll - Oil painting
July - 2009 - Stacey Embry - Acrylic painting
August - 2009 - Missouri State Fair - no meeting
September - Kansas City Volunteeer Lawyers Association for the Arts - Copyrights and other are related topics
October - 2009 - Shawn & Linda Harris - Glass & Paintiing
November - 2009 - Joyce Kimball - Studio Tour, Ceramics & hands-on mini demonstration of Clay Monoprinting
December 2009 - Christmas Dinner
workshops & outings
February 21, 2009 - Monoprint Workshop - Paul Allen
May 1 & 2 - A Painting in Hand: Small Format Workshop - Cynthia Padilla, Learning different techniques using Chroma Interactive Acrylics - Two-day workshop. Call for details and cost, 660-826-0312.September 12 & 26 - Raku with Alan Weaver
(Workshop and Outing dates are subject to change. Please call or email for information.)
shows & competitions
• January 2009 • Sedalia Middle School Young Masters' Art Show
• February 2009 • Black History Month Display
• Collector's Choice, Liberty Center
• March 2009 • Sacred Heart Art Show
• April 2009 • F-Stop Photograph Competition
Gerald Harvey, Judge
• MMA Spring Art Show
• Palm Sunday Art Show
• June 2009 • Summer View Art Show
• August 2009 • Missouri State Fair Art Competition
• MO50 Exhibition
• MO Junior 50 Exhibition
• Vendor Input Form
((Vendor Input Form must accompany entry forms for Missouri State Fair art competitions.)
• November 2009 • SVAA Members Show - Liberty Center
• December 2009 • Smith-Cotton High School Young Masters' Art Show
CLICK HERE for Membership Form ORM
ART RELATED LINKS
Daum
Museum
of Contemporary Art
The
Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art
Kansas City
Artists Coalition
St.
Louis Artists Guild
Holly Gressley receives top honors at the Kaysinger Conference Art Show. In addition to Best of Show, Holly placed First in Watercolor and Charcoal, Second in Acrylic and Fourth in Mixed Media.
Madge Gressley, Elizabeth Ritter, Nancy Sams and Martha Aldridge have all been selected for the Western Spirit Art Show & Sale 2009 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The show is sponsored by the Old West Museum and will open March 7th. Madge will also have a piece in the Vandewark Miniature Show. Jurors for the show are Sandra Starr, Senior Researcher at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian; Debbie Mathew, wilderness guide and art lecturer at the university of Wyoming and Rebecca Barrett, professional photographer, owner and director of the Link Gallery in Cheyenne, Wyoming.