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 2008
Cynthia Morris , President
Janice Hargrave, 1st Vice President
Myrna Ragar, 2nd Vice President
Madge Gressley, Secretary
Glenda Miller, Treasurer
, Social Correspondent
Newsletter Editor , Madge Gressley
Sedalia Visual
Art Association
Art Events Calendar 2008
programs
January - 2008 - Dennis T. Yates will present a demonstration of oil painting.
February - 2008 - Regular meeting at the 3rd National Residential Lending Center at 6:00 p.m. After the business meeting we'll take a short trip to Douglass Freed's studio where he will talk about his new work.
March - 2008 - David Spear abstract painter. Columbia, MO
April - 2008 - Mary Jane Matranga, Assistant Professor of the School of Design and Fashion at Stephens College.
May - 2008 - Jo Dey, mixed media
June - 2008 - Barbara Cooney - assemblage
July - 2008 - Kathleen Stroup - watercolor
August - 2008 - Missouri State Fair
September - 2008 - Peggy Kelley - gallery & studio tour
October - 2008 - Myrna Ragar - mini-workshop on trees
November - 2007 - Shirley Horack - mini-workshop on collage
December - 2007 - Christmas Party
Programs for 2009 TBA
workshops & outings
February 16, 2008 - Monoprint Workshop - Paul Allen
April 5, 2008 - Hand-Coloring Monoprints - Paul AllenJune 28, 2008 - Mixed Media Workshow - Jo Dey
November
(Workshop and Outing dates are subject to change. Please call or email for information.)
shows & competitions
• January 2008 • Smith-Cotton High School Young Masters' Art Show
• February 2008 • Black History Month Display
• Collector's Choice, Liberty Center
• March 2008 • Sacred Heart Art Show
• April 2008 • F-Stop Photograph Competition
• MMA Spring Art Show
• April 2008 •
• May 2008 •
• June 2008 • Summer View Art Show
• August 2008 • 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.)
• October 2008 • SVAA Members Show - Katy Depot
• November 2008 • SVAA Members Show - Liberty Center
• December 2008 • Sedalia MIddle 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
Bemiss' photo places in Colorado show
Egg Bearer, a black and white photo by local photographer Faith Bemiss, has won Second Place in the People in Black & White at the Louisville Art Association's Seventeenth Annual National Juried Photography Show in Louisville, Colorado.
Bemiss's entry was one of the 105 images selected out of 831 entries to hang in the Denver area show.
The show will open Saturday June 28, at the Louisville Center for the Arts and run through July 6.
The True Life Adventures of
Delaney Mulvaney: If Wishes Were Horses...
Illustrated by SVAA members
Madge Gressley and
Holly Gressley
Book is available online at www.trafford.com or at www.amazon.com or at
Sedalia Book & Toy
Thompson Hills Shopping Center
SVAA Members Place at Ike Parker Memorial Art Show in Clinton
Best of Show - Janice Lackey - Night Moves, pastel
Professional:
1st - Janice Hargrove - Color Commentary on the World (colored pencil)
2nd - Cynthia Morris - Shady Character (colored pencil)
3rd - Shirley Horacek - Mind Garden (water color collage)
Photography:
1st - Madge Gressley - Delicious Elegance
2nd - Scott Linsenbardt - Untitled
Sculpture:
2nd - Elizabeth Socolofsky-Howe - Penny's Treasure Box (raku clay)
3rd - Martha Alrdridge - Party of Three (bronze)
High School:
1st - Holly Gressley - Christ (acrylic)
SVAA Members Win at
Summer View Fine Art Show
Professional Division Winners
Best of Show - Janice Hargrave
Prof. 1st Place - Terry Owensby
Prof. 2nd Place - Cindy Morris
Prof. 3rd Place - Shirley Horacek
Prof. Honorable Mentions
Connie Jo Foster
Janice Hargrave
Kathy Menefee
Rebecca Limback
Debi Langdon
Faith Bemiss
Cindy Morris
Elizabeth Socolofsky-Howe
Amateur Division
1st Place - Holly Gressley
2nd Place - Holly Gressley
3rd Place - Glenda Miller
Amateur Honorable Mentions
Steve Ayers
Donna North