Feb 7-10  Juried exhibition entry delivery at Shrode Art Center in Mt. Vernon (at Cedarhurst)  $15. entry fee for up to 3 works. for info go to www.cedarhurst.org of phone Carrie Gibbs at 618-242-1236 ext 249

Feb 10  Hang Children’s Show at Village Square Mall. 3-5pm. See you there.

Feb 11 & 12  EAG Children’s Show at Village Square Mall.

Feb 14  EAG Meeting, 7pm. Park Dist. building. Program, John Gabb on encaustic painting.

Feb 17 Entry deadline for Lakeland College Photography Show. For info phone 217-234-5445 or 234-5363.

Feb 17,18 & 19  Cedarhurst Watercolor Workshop with Carol Carter. $270 for members and $300 for non members. Phone 618-282-1236 ex. 249 for more information.  To see Carol’s work go to:  www.carol-carter.com

March 13  EAG Meeting 7pm, Program: Karen Weber on Charcoal drawing.

March 24  Workshop with Karen Weber. Charcoal Drawing. To be held in the artroom at Teutopolis High School. to register phone 343-2827. Cost $20 members and $25 for non-members.

March 31 Entry Deadline by mail  for Crawford County Show at Palestine, Il.
Show April 15 to 28.  More later….

April 10 EAG meeting 7pm, Program: Ben Cohan, LLCC instructor, Presentation and demo of his plein aire paintings.

April 20 EAG show begins. More later.

April 28 Artisan Fair Downtown Effingham

We will have canvases for the yearly project available at a cost, entry fee of $15.

Remember to bring a work in progress and a Valentine smile to share (bring your Valentine too).  Hopefully the transparent oil workshop will give us lots to show off!

Please remember the Children’s Show which takes place the weekend before our meeting, we need lots of help!

Stay warm and see you on the 14th.

13^th Annual

Children’s Art Show

February 11 & 12, 2012

February 11: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

February 12: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Reception: Sunday, February 12, 3p.m. – 4 p.m.

Village Square Mall

South Banker Street

Effingham, IL

Monetary awards and ribbons will be given for Best of Show, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.  Ribbons for Honorable Mention will also be given. Each grade will be judged separately, with best of show by division. Reception will be held from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. February 12. Awards will be announced at 3:30pm. Artwork must be picked up by 4 p.m. after the reception.  We are not responsible for unclaimed artwork.

Artwork is to be brought to the Village Square Mall on February 10th from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Effingham Art Guild is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support and encouragement of the arts.

1. Entry Deadline: January 30.  Please send entry to:
Rose Sutton
506 South Third Street
Effingham, IL 62401
PH: 217 347-1030   roseann0104@hotmail.com

2. Artwork to be brought to the Effingham Village Square Mall on February 10 from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Work is to be suitably mounted for hanging (with wire) or framed.

3. NO ENTRY FEE.  Limit of two entries per artist. MUST BE ARTIST’S ORIGINAL WORK.

4. Please have all requested information on the back of each entry.

Download the Registration Forms and Brochures Here:

Art Show Information Brochure

Registration Form

Children’s Art Show Brochure

Christmas 2011 Image

The EAG Christmas Party 2011.

Thanks to everyone who attended.  We are so bless to have such a wonderful group of people in our Guild.

Carolyn Lambert presented 1,000 Scholarship awards to the following students:

• Alex Sager of Altamont, Illinois (Image 1)
• Rendy Ricketts of Mason, Illinois (Image 2)

Congratulations!!

“”Power Of Now”" was awarded the honor Outstanding Abstract by FAV Jury.

To see Jan’s winning entry, along with the other winning paintings click on the link below:
http://contest.fineartstudioonline.com/winners/70

Jan’s award includes a feature article in http://informedcollector.com, that will be scheduled to run in the upcoming weeks.

Congrats Jan!

Information provided by:
Clint Watson
Software Craftsman and Art Fanatic

The Lake Land College Foundation will host its 33rd Annual Photography Show sponsored by the General Electric Mattoon Lamp Plant and invites professional, amateur and student photographers to submit their work. Student entries are open to grades seven through 12.
Photographers entering the show will compete for prizes in five categories. The categories are as follows:

•    Category One: any subject with the work done totally by the photographer, film or digital;
•    Category Two: any subject, film or digital, with the photo taken by the photographer but commercially printed;
•    Category Three: any photograph following a theme of “Black and White”, taken by the photographer (note: the theme does not have to be limited to black and white photography, but rather the photographer’s perception of subject matter and how it relates to the theme);
•    Category Four: digital manipulation photography such as electronic manipulation including scanning, cropping and color change;
•    Category Five: student entries open to grades 7-12 only.

Awards for Categories One through Three will be $100 in cash to both the professional and amateur winners.  Category Four will be awarded a single prize of $100 and students in Category Five will each be awarded a prize of $50 in cash. The Best of Show award will be $150 in cash and will be awarded to the best overall entry for the professional and amateur categories. New for 2012 is the Best of Show award of $100 in cash for the student category.

Each photographer may enter two photos per category.  Photographs entered may have been taken anytime, but not previously entered in a Lake Land College Foundation Photography Show.

A $5 fee for each entry is being charged to help defray the cost of insuring photographs while they are on display at the college for professional and amateur entries. The student entry fee is $3 per photo.  The entry fee is due at the time you submit your entry form. Entry forms must be submitted by Friday, Feb. 17.

Photographs entered in the show must be delivered to the Virgil H. Judge Learning Resource Center on the Lake Land College campus either on Wednesday, Feb. 22 between 12 and 6 p.m. or Thursday, Feb. 23 between 12 and 6 p.m.   Due to lack of space, photographs will only be accepted at the Virgil H. Judge Learning Resource Center on these dates.

Presentation of awards and individual critiques for photographers who request one will take place during the reception on Thursday, March 8 at 7 p.m. in the Virgil H. Judge Learning Resource Center.

For further information or to request and entry form, please call the Foundation Office at (217) 234-5363 or Special Events at (217) 234-5445.