GALLERY ARCHIVE JANUARY 11 - FEBRUARY 18, 2012 Creative Art and Gourds in January Celebrate Creativity by the Creative Artists’ Guild of Southwestern Michigan Gourd Art by Harold Harris A reception for both exhibits will be held on Sunday, January 15, 2012 from 2:00 to 4:00pm at the BAC. The shows will close on February 18, 2012. The Creative Artists’ Guild of S.W. Michigan was begun in 1998 “to encourage the appreciation of, and interest in, the arts.”  The group is based in Coloma Township and meets monthly.  This exhibit will feature works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, colored pencil, photography, handmade baskets, quilts, and sculpture.  Guild membership is open to anyone from beginning to advanced status.  Various art classes and workshops are offered with a facilitator available to teach, and/or merely assist if desired. Anyone interested in joining the Guild may contact the North Berrien Senior Center at (269) 468-3366. Harold Harris, a St. Joseph, Michigan resident, first encountered gourd art about nine years ago when, intrigued by an advertisement for the Indiana Gourd Society, he decided to “go and see what they do with gourds.”  Inspired by what he saw Harris returned home with “a back seat and trunk full of gourds, paint, and tools to work with gourds.”  Since then, he has won both First Place and Second Place medals in the Annual National Veterans Creative Arts Festival.  His artwork includes intricate carving, painting, beading, and other creative work.  One of his pieces includes a lamp in which the entire piece including shade and finial are made from gourds.  “It is extremely satisfying to create something that is mine alone,” says Harris. NOVEMBER 15 - DECEMBER 29, 2011 BAC Student & Faculty Show Northern Indiana Pastel Society Members' Show EXHIBIT RUNS THROUGH DEC 29, 2011 ARTISTS' RECEPTION * 5-7 PM DECEMBER 7, 2011 Pastel Pathways, a show of art in soft pastels, by members of the Northern Indiana Pastel Society, will be held November 15 through December 29, 2011 in the Roti Roti Gallery of the Buchanan Art Center. Simultaneously, the Buchanan Art Center Student-Faculty Show will take place in the Show Place and Hess Gallery. A reception with refreshments and awards will be held 5:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 7. Formed in 2006, the Northern Indiana Pastel Society is based in South Bend and welcomes artists from Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois. The group’s purpose is to stimulate interest in pastels as an art medium. David Baker, emeritus professor of art at Southwestern Michigan College, will judge this show. Two of the prizes will honor the memory of Mary Lou Lonergan, a member who passed away in December 2010. Much of the art will focus on people and landscapes of the Midwest. The theme relates to specific views that include pathways or roads, as well as the pathway each artist follows in creating art. Each artist will submit one or two works and about 40 works are expected. Pastel does not refer to pale colors, according to Society president Cathy McCormick. “The name pastel comes from the French word ‘pastiche’ because the powdered pigment is ground into a paste and rolled into sticks,” she said. “Pastel is not colored chalk. Pastel is pure pigment, the same pigment used in making oil paints and watercolors. Pastels offer brilliant colors and can be used to achieve a wide range of effects, from crisp lines to soft feathery textures. Pastel artworks from the 16th century exist today, as fresh and alive as the day they were painted,” stated McCormick. The BAC Student-Faculty Show will include artwork by any person who has taught or taken a class at the Buchanan Art Center in the last two years, and must have been produced at the BAC during that time period. Artwork shown previously at the BAC may not be entered. Entries may be both 2- and 3-dimensional. There is no entry fee, the show is not juried, and each person may enter up to two pieces. All hanging pieces should be matted and/or framed. Framed pieces must have a wire attached to the back for hanging. The drop off date for artwork is Sunday, November 13, 1- 4pm and pick up is Friday, December 30 from 10am – 5pm and Saturday, December 31, 10am – noon.   CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE NORTHERN INDIANA PASTEL SOCIETY WEBSITE. OPENING RECEPTION NORTHERN INDIANA PASTEL SOCIETY DECEMBER 7, 2011 BAC STUDENT & FACULTY SHOW ARTWORKS ARE BY MARY ANN PALS, MEMBER OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA PASTEL SOCIETY AND EXHIBITION PARTICIPANT. THESE PIECES MAY BE VIEWED DURING THE SHOW WHICH RUNS THROUGH DEC 29, 2011. CLICK HERE TO VISIT MARY ANN'S WEBSITE.

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