Dear Kiawah Art Guild Members,
Happy New Year to all of you! We are ready for a new year and new artistic inspirations! We want to share some news and updates.
Kiawah Island Town Municipal Center - Rotating Gallery
Starting next week four of our artists will be displaying several of their works at Town Municipal Center this month through April. Please stop by to see the talented works of: Katherine Gagnon, Ann Moriarty, Vicki Parry, and Claudia Waldron.
Member Constructive Art Critique
We have scheduled a member critique on January 24th at 10am - 12pm. Please sign-up on line (www.kiawahartguild.org) or send an email to Dan (prickettdan@gmail.com) and bring one or two of your most recent paintings to share and discuss. There is no fee to participate.
Fall Art Shows and Sales
This fall, KAG members participated in two important opportunities to have our community view and potentially purchase their paintings.
11/4/23 - Kiawah Municipal Center all-day KAG sponsored art show was highly successful with seven members displaying their work. Many artists selling multiple paintings. The location highly very visible and parking is plentiful. The visitors are typically interested in purchasing art since that is the event's sole focus.
11/17-18/23 - The KICA Art & Artisans Show held at the Sandcastle featured a wide range of hand-crafted arts ranging from jewelry to cutting boards. The expanded floor space this year and the complimentary wine on Friday evening for Kiawah residents, improved attendance (exceeded 450 on Friday). Again, seven of our artists participated including some first-time participants who had successful art sales.
Collaboration with Arts Etc. for School Art Contest (upper right image)
KAG was honored to collaborate with Arts etc. and KICA to support the education of fine art for young students in our community. KAG's common objective with Arts etc. in supporting fine arts within John's and Wadmalaw Islands schools, and to contribute to the visual artistic development of our community. To that end, Barbara McDuffie of Arts Etc. hand delivered the contest participant's student art, grouped by grade to KAG, and we assembled a team to judge the submissions for the purpose of rewarding students and encouraging participation. KAG's judging team was comprised of Vicki Parry, Mary Houston, Dan Prickett, and Lisa Giles. Works were judged for composition, perspective, color, mark making, and sophistication by age group. Awards were given for the following categories by elementary, middle school and high school: Gold, Bronze, Silver, Honorable Mention and Participant. Thanks to Sam Moreland of KICA who made adjustments for space to accommodate our team.
2024 Workshop Availability
Please take another look at the 3 scheduled workshops. Kyle Stuckey March 4-6; Chris Groves April 15-17, Ciara Connell May 13-15. We still have some spaces available, and hope to fill each workshop with KAG members. However, if we don't have enough members six weeks prior, we will open the workshops up to non-members.
Regular Location for Weekly Paint In
We are exploring a regular site for members to meet and paint on a weekly basis. A few sites have not worked out yet, but we will keep you appraised as we continue our search.
Thank you for your continued engagement and membership!
Mary Houston, Dan Prickett, and Lisa Giles
