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Letter from the President:
Did you attend our 50th Anniversary Golden Gala Exhibit reception, at Quiet Waters Park on
Sunday, May 25, 2025 from 1:30-3:30 pm? The reception was catered by A&A Catering, and Jenny Cawood was our awards
judge. Awards were given to members as
well as local guest artists participating in the show. The Friends of Quiet Waters Park had
installed signage throughout the park advertising our Art Show. Consequently, we had a lot of park visitors
coming through and enjoying our artwork as well as members who brought family
and friends. What a wonderful afternoon
making memories and celebrating our 50th Golden Anniversary!
Be sure to
check this Newsletter for two different Plein Air/Sketching opportunities the month of June; one during the week and one on the weekend. What a great opportunity to hone your
sketching skills and/or paint outside in the great outdoors.
VOLUNTEERS – This club runs on Volunteer Power!
The more
people who offer to volunteer, the more programs and opportunities will become
available to us. We are working to
cross-train members to fill in for a chairperson who may be out sick, on
vacation or unavailable. Chairpersons
need to attend one board meeting a month and will have a vote on important club
decisions. Perhaps you only want to volunteer
to help with one event a year. That is fine, but you need to let us know so we can contact you. All you have to do is place your name, phone
number and what you would like to volunteer for - in the red box at the back of the
room in Seelos Hall on June 11 at our Members' Meeting. We will contact you and provide any
necessary training. Essentially, we
would like to have two people for each position; the chairperson and a
back-up person. Currently we have (2) people supporting Salon and (2) people supporting Plein Air. It
works!
As a
volunteer you not only support our club but our community! We need your ideas,
your energy and enthusiasm!
Juanita
Green, President |
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June 11 - In-Person Meeting - 1-4 pm
Seelos Hall at St. John Neumann Church
1:00 pm Art Salon 1:30 pm General Meeting with President Juanita Green 1:45 pm Painting Demonstration by Guest Artist Joan Cranor NOTE: Bring your favorite snacks or desserts to share |
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For our new AWC members, here is the location of St. John Neumann Church |
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Art Salon
Bring your art work in process, or completed, to our in-person Art Salon at Seelos Hall. We will start the set up for exhibiting at 1 pm.
Come share your ideas and critiques as you view each others' work. We learn from each other! |
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Starting at 1:45 pm
Joan Cranor
Will Give Us A Painting Demonstration
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Join us on June 11th at Seelos Hall as we welcome our in-person demonstrator, Joan Cranor. Joan has a Masters of Fine Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and taught art in Talbot County for 38 years. She is a member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society, teaches workshops at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, and has won several awards including Best of Show and the Martha Hudson Award in watercolor.
She envisions her semi-abstract watercolors as imaginative works using strong lines and bold colors to create a sense of movement and interest.
Joan’s piece (right) below entitled "Tempest" (22” x 15") was a featured painting from the Baltimore Watercolor Society’s "From Pigment to Pixels" All-Member Online Exhibition.
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Thursday, June 19 – Outdoor Watercolor/Sketching at Hancock’s Resolution in Pasadena
Come paint with us at Hancock's Resolution, a large 17th-century farm, located just 2.5 miles off Rt. 173 on Ft. Smallwood Road. Boasting of old-world charm, the stone and wood structures along with beautifully curated gardens make a nice, quiet place to paint or sketch. The lavender fields will be in full bloom and just waiting for your admiration. Let’s meet at the barn/visitor’s center around 12:30 to discuss and share ideas. Click here for directions on Google Maps See you there!
ADDRESS: 2795 Bayside Beach Road Pasadena, MD, 410-952-2798
PARKING: The main parking is near the Barn/Visitor’s center. In general, the land is uneven for walking, bug spray is recommended, and perhaps something to shade yourself. Please stay within the park boundaries.
DATE/TIME:
Thursday, June 19, 10 am – 2 pm.
COST: Only $5.00
FACILITIES:
The restrooms are on the left side of the barn
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Self-sponsored Event
Saturday, June 21 Plein
air painters are invited to paint at Kinder Farm Park’s 100th anniversary celebration
on June 21, 11am to 3pm (rain date June 22). Enjoy painting a domestic farm
scene or focus on a funky chicken. This is a beautiful working farm that
consistently gets rave reviews from its customers. If you plan to attend, send
a note to your AWC plein air painter friends so we can join you!
ADDRESS: 1001
Kinder Farm Park, Millersville, Maryland
https://www.kinderfarmpark.org/farmhouse100YearCelebration.html |
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Sketching/Plein Air Event: Willow Oak Flower and Herb Farm on May 20
Review By Jan Morris
Willow Oak Farm is one of the best locations to paint plein air! Nature abounds from every nook and cranny and washes into the wide-open pond and patios. It’s quiet (except for the new roof installment) and there are many places to sit. The six of us scattered through the trails and got to work on a partly sunny but cool day. We met at the end to discuss our work. Everyone praised the location and would like to come back again. Let’s do it! Here are some photos from that beautiful day! |
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OTHER EVENTS IN THE AREA:
Sunday June 1st – Sunday June 9th , Paint Annapolis Celebrate a week of outdoor painting in downtown Annapolis where there is something for painters at every level. Check the website for scheduled events including an all-night plein air event. https://www.visitannapolis.org/events/annual-events-and-festivals/paint-annapolis-plein-air-festival/
Plein Air Painters In The Garden The William Paca Garden in Annapolis is open to plein air painters next week:
Monday 6/2- Thursday 6/5 from 10 am – 5 pm
Friday 6/6– Saturday 6/7 from 10 am – 2 pm
Free admission to the Paca Garden for painters William Paca House, 186 Prince George Street, Annapolis 21401 |
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May 21 - July 6, 2025
Our Golden Anniversary Gala exhibit at Quiet Waters is now installed and is a beautiful representation of the Annapolis Watercolor Club and its creative artists. Each piece in the exhibit was embellished with gold, either leaf, paint or golden color. The reception on Sunday afternoon, May 25 was crowded and the whole atmosphere was joyous as our many guests celebrated with us.
The exhibit was perfectly installed by the dedicated Friends of Quiet Waters Park Art Committee, led by David Diaz along with Ottilie and John Habercam, and our thanks go out to them for their usual perfection. Receiving day was a bit hectic with so many artists arriving all at once early in the morning, between 8:00 and 9:00 A.M. and I’d like to thank Kris Angelis, Janice Hendra and Terri Jackson for their gracious assistance checking everyone in.
Our club was founded 50 years ago by a dedicated group of artists under the leadership of the renowned watercolor artist, Joanne Scott. Thanks go out to Connie Robinson for putting together a tribute to Joanne with a continuously running “slide show” of many of her paintings, a biography, and small framed painting by Joanne displayed in the gallery.
The Best In Show Award winner was Guest Artist, Angela Di Cicco for "Matador."
The AWC member winners were: First Place, Karen Norman, for “Deflection;" Second Place, Kay Fuller for “Carnival Jester,” and Third Place Theresa Jackson for "Valletta Reflections." Honorable Mentions, selected by Friends of Quiet Waters Park volunteers who chose 2 paintings that they felt best exemplified Quiet Waters Park, went to Annette Uroskie for “Golden Morning” and Joan Machinchick for “First Light, December Wetlands.” The Children’s Award, selected by six-year-old Thomas Hempel was presented to Cheryl Duvall for her “Nest of Dreams.”
In addition to our AWC members, the exhibit was open to several Guest (non-member) Artists, whose work was exhibited in the Garden Gallery at the Visitors’ Center. The winners in the Guest Artists category were: First Place, Carole Falk for “A Dream”; Second Place, Nancy Thomas, “Morning Gold”; and Third Place, Lynn Gosman, “Immersion.”
The paintings will remain in the Quiet Waters Galleries until July 6. I encourage everyone to go and enjoy the outstanding artwork in this unique exhibit. And while there, spend some time strolling the lovely wooded paths that contribute to making Quiet Waters the jewel in the crown of Anne Arundel County.
Below are some photos by Connie Robinson from the May 25th reception.
Joan Machinchick, Exhibits Chair |
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Thank you, Joan, for eight years of organizing art exhibits for AWC. |
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Thank you Jenny Cawood for being our
exhibit judge. |
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We will SOON have a list on our AWC website of the prize winners with their art work. In addition, the description of the reasons WHY our judge chose the wining paintings will be included. https://annapoliswatercolorclub.org/
A few winners are shown below:
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Best-In-Show Award went to
Guest Artist, Angela Di Cicco, for "Matador" (painting shown) |
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Guest Artist First Place Award went to, Carole Falk for “A Dream” (painting not shown)
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AWC Member Annette Uroskie received a
Honorable Mention Award
for “Golden Morning” (painting shown). |
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Everyone had a good time with long-time friends, and visitors. |
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Carol Kramer and Connie Robinson did not win an award, but still had fun exhibiting. |
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Be sure and see the tribute to our
AWC founder, Joanne Scott, |
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Thank you (L-R) Judge Jenny Cawood - Joan Machinchick Exhibit Chair
AWC VP Eileen Hempel - AWC President Juanita Green (and many other volunteers). |
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What Are Our AWC Members Up To? |
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AWC members, Joan Machinchick and Carolyn Councell are organizing and exhibit of art from the Arts Aweigh group at
Ginger Cove Retirement Community
Members of AWC are participating in the exhibit and talk.
SHOW: “Progressions" in the Ginger Cove Gallery, June 14 - August 1, 2025.
TALK: Ginger Cove, South River Room, June 17, 2025, 2:00 pm.
Artists participating in the Ginger Cove SHOW will be giving five-minute talks about their art journey, from early work to present. Artists may bring a painting to help describe and explain their interest and "progress."
ADDRESS: Main entrance at - 4000 River Crescent Drive, Annapolis 21401 |
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Paint At Colonial Players
Theater Workshop
Connie Robinson, Properties Designer for The Colonial Players Theater in Annapolis, is giving a workshop at the theater annex on Saturday July 26, 1-5 pm, titled "Creating Props and Set Piece." Come and paint fake food, frame period art and photos, create props for a show this season, and learn where Connie found props for over 21 shows! Sign up here: Tickets | Workshops | The Colonial Players, Inc.
You will see there are many other creative workshops to choose from: lighting, sound, set design, costume sewing, etc.
Learn and come join the CP Team - it is fun volunteering! |
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WEBSITE AND MEMBERSHIP
This is the last newsletter for several months, but don’t forget to check the website for news over the summer. Any plein air events scheduled over the summer will be listed under ‘Upcoming Events’, and updated information about exhibits or workshops will be listed there as well. To ensure that you continue receiving communications from AWC, keep your contact information, especially your email address, up to date by editing it yourself under your member profile; if you have any difficulties, just contact Liz Grimes at website@annapoliswatercolorclub.org and I can make the changes for you. As of June 1st, membership for the remainder of the calendar year is reduced to half-price, $17.50, for new members. If you are not a member, or if you are a member and have a friend who might be interested in joining, now is a great time to join! Our membership year runs from January to December, so current members will receive dues reminders in December regardless of when they joined. Liz Grimes, AWC website administrator |
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SUNSHINE CLUIB
As we celebrate our Golden Anniversary – 50 Years of fabulous watercolor adventures, just a quick reminder that the Sunshine Club is here to help any of our members celebrate the milestones and accomplishments in their life and artistic journey. If you or someone in our club has an occasion to celebrate, or perhaps something to commiserate, please send name, email and occasion to sunshine.AWC.dw@gmail.com and we will send a beautiful Jacquie Lawson ecard to acknowledge the event.
Thank you, Dina Weavers
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Don't forget that you can always find art supplies at the Art Things store in Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase St, Room #108, lower level.
Call owner, Sarah Winchester, and ask if she has what you want.
410-878-7786. Hours: M-W-F 10-3, Sat 11-2 |
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AWC CALENDAR 2025
(click here to print copy with more details)
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MEETINGS:
June 5
7 pm Board Meeting
June 11 - In-Person Members' Meeting
1:00 - 4 pm Seelos Hall
Painting Demo by Joan Cranor
NO MEETINGS IN JULY AND AUGUST |
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EXHIBITS:
May 21- July 6 Quiet Waters Park Golden Anniversary Exhibit
EVENTS:
PLEIN AIR SKETCHING AND PAINTING
June 19 - Hancock''s Resolution, Pasadena June 21 - Kinder Farm Park, Millersville
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Below are the dates and locations for our 2025 Members' Meetings:
June 11 - Seelos Hall, 1-4 pm (July and August, no meetings) Sept 10 - Zoom meeting 6:30-8:30 pm Oct 8 - Seelos Hall, 1-4 pm Nov 12 - Zoom meeting, 6:30-8:30 pm Dec 10 - Seelos Hall Holiday Party 1-4 pm |
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OPEN POSITIONS FOR
BOARD MEMBERS AND CHAIRS
As noted below, we have the following volunteer positions open.
Please consider serving a two-year term for one of these fun jobs!
PRESIDENT (Dec 2025)
TREASURER
HOSPITALITY CHAIR
WORKSHOP CHAIR
Email President, Juanita Green, for more information about any of these positions.
President@annapoliswatercolorclub.org
Or, email the person in the job at the present time. |
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www.annapoliswatercolorclub.org Our Mailing address is:
Annapolis Watercolor Club, PO Box 6030, Annapolis, MD 21401-0030 |
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