Contact Program Chairperson, Rita Blum for suggestions and more information about monthly meetings. Go to Meetings for details on time, location and directions.

2008 - 2009 PROGRAMS

September 23, 2008 - John Bunker - His magnificent vibrant paintings created over his extensive 40 year career has been experessed by one art critic as, "simmering with energy, saturated with fragments of color, and wonderfully alive." Slide Show Demonstration http://jiaarts.org/gallery.htm

October 28, 2008 - Mary Ann Beckwith - An award winning artist and teacher celebrated for her representational and abstract images created with intense, bold and expressive colors. She is a member of many organizations, notabley the National Watercolor Society, an author, and is internationally recognized for her workshops. Demonstration http://www.fa.mtu.edu/~mabeckwi/
FALL WORKSHOP - October 29 - 31, 2008 - 3-Day Workshop with Mary Ann Beckwith at Captain's Club, Beach Blvd. Jacksonville, Florida
November 2 - 30, 2008 - JURIED FALL SHOW at the St. Augustine Art Association, Marine Street, St. Augustine, Florida. For details call Show Chair, Annette Porter at 904-797-7732 Judge: Mary Ann Beckwith The Opening Reception will be held on Sunday, November 2 from 2-5 pm. See Shows for additional information.
November 18, 2008 - Desiree Kantrim - "What facinates me the most are the three elements, fire, water, and earth. The different moods of the ocean, ranging from a smooth sunlit surface to a raging, totally pitiless maelstron" describes her passion for painting nature. Water color demonstration.http://www.pastafineartsgallery.com/html/desiree_kantrim.html

December 2008 "There are no scheduled activities for the month of December so that our members may fully enjoy this wonderful time of year with family and friends.

Happy Holidays and see you in 2009!"
January 27, 2009 - Eileen Corse - She is the owner of Corse Gallery & Atelier in Jacksonville and her vivid impressionistic paintings capture nature with intense emotional colors, and the essence of her landscapes and portrait subjects. Acrylic Demonstration. http://www.eileencorse.com/eileen_corse_005.htm

February 24, 2009 - Ted Head - Was featured in the 2007 edition of the Best of America Watercolor Artists. His background as a graphic designer led to his detailed and realistic paintings depicting the light and shadows of his fascinating and intense nature scenes. Watercolor demonstration. http://www.tedheadwatercolors.com/
March 24, 2009 - David Daniels - "...an accomplished watercolorist who displays a remarkable range of experimentation with the medium and a unique personal sense of composition and color. His impressionsitic style gives new fressness to the beartury fo nature, and his sense of color is inspired." Watercolor Demonstration http://www.mrwatercolor.com/
SPRING WORKSHOP - March 25 thru March 27 - 3-day workshop with David Daniels at the Captain's Club, Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. For details, call Joan Dorrill 904-471-3439
March-April 2009, JURIED SPRING SHOW
April 28, 2009 - Larry John Davis - His possessive aesthetic approach blends both realistic and abstract expression influenced by four decades of figure drawing. Likewise, his enduring emphasis on landscape subjects results from years of travel within the U.S, Canada, Japan, and Western Europe. Inkwash with watercolor pencil demonstration.
May 26, 2009, - "Artist's Gathering" Year-end Pot Luck Social and Installation of Officer's