Thursday, February 6, 2025

Painting from photographs using water color

Painting from Photographs using water media (watercolor/acrylics) $50 per participant (bring your own materials) $60 per participant fee for supplies Cash Only Contact to RSVP Murthy at mlmantha@gmail.com Tentative Date: 3/22/2025 Saturday Duration: 3 hours 1 to 4 pm Place: Irving Art Association Main Gallery, 1975 Puritan Drive, Irving, TX The participants will take home a small completed watercolor or acrylic painting based on their own photograph(s). The workshop includes step by step instructions to simplify and synthesize the photo reference, derive a strong composition and make a colorful painting. The objective is not to duplicate/replicate the reference picture but to interpret the image, capture the essence and represent in your personal way. Bring multiple photographs for a better outcome. Adults of all ages and experience levels are welcome. Subject matter: landscapes, still lifes. Objectionable materials such as pictures of unclothed persons are not allowed. The workshop complies with all the IAA policies that are in effect. Minimum number of participants: 3 Maximum number of participants: 12 About the workshop coordinator: Murthy Mantha is a plein-air artist in watercolors. He serves as a member of IAA, VAL and many local art organizations. He is an award winning artist and his paintings can be seen in the DFW area in many local exhibitions. About IAA: Irving Art Association is an Irving based 501(c) organization serving local artists for many years. Visit our website for more information.

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Newsletter Beginning of December Update

Irving Art Association 1975 Puritan Dr Irving, Texas Hours: Tuesdays for Tuesday Painters 10:30 am - 3:00 pm with Victoria & Creating Art With Raquel Saturdays 1:00pm - 4:00pm We are open Sundays when we have a current Exhibition Reception. Please refer to the calendar for those dates. We will open the gallery for view outside hours if you would like to make an appointment. For questions please email Irvingartactivities@gmail.com to reach IAA. Ariel Esquivel will return emails and answer questions. Board Members: President: Ariel Esquivel Vice President: Junanne Peck Secretary: Jody Moore Treasure: John Hunter Media Promotions: Holly Hertig Artist Quote: Pablo Picasso: "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life". In West Gallery Kimberly Meadows is having a Solo Exhibit. It will be open for the public starting Tuesday. The Reception will be on January 12th 2pm - 4pm. Exhibition will run until January 25th, 2025. Thank you to all the participating artists in our Landscape group exhibition. Currently in the East gallery our Landscape exhibition is open for the public to view. Our next Exhibition in the East gallery will be a retrospective Curated by Junanne Peck & Ariel Esquivel. Retrospective is an invitation for artists to show their past work. Deadline to email images and info is on Saturday 11:59 pm December 21st, 2024. Must Sign up by Email to: Junannepeck@mac.com & arielesquivelartist@gmail.com Drop off will be on Saturday December 28th, 2024 from 2 pm - 4 pm. The Reception will be on January 12th 2pm - 4pm. Exhibition will close on March 1st, 2025 & will be the pickup date for artists to come get artwork. East Gallery Currently in the East Gallery Landscapes Curated by Raquel Gregory and Victoria Robbinson. Exhibition runs October 10th - December 28th. Reception For Landscape is Sunday October 10th 2:00 - 4:00pm Pick up Artwork on December 28th from 1:00pm - 4:00pm Join IAA and have a chance to have a Solo Exhibition and group exhibits. 2026 solo exhibit calendar is open for two months per solo. 2025 is full. We are always in need of volunteers. Contact us if interested at IrvingArtActivities@gmail.com

Sunday, November 24, 2024

Newsletter

Irving Art Association 1775 Puritan Dr Irving, Texas Hours: Tuesdays for Tuesday Painters 10:30 am - 3:00 pm with Victoria & Creating Art With Raquel Saturdays 1:00pm - 4:00pm We are open Sundays when we have a current Exhibition Reception. Please refer to the calendar for those dates. For questions please email Irvingartactivities@gmail.com to reach IAA. Ariel Esquivel will return emails and answer questions. Board Members: President: Ariel Esquivel Vice President: Junanne Peck Secretary: Jody Moore Treasure: John Hunter Media Promotions: Holly Hertig Artist Quote: Thomas Merton "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time" Soon in the West Gallery Kimberly Meadows will be having a Solo Exhibit. We will provide an opening date After setting up. The Reception will be on January 12th 2pm - 4pm. Exhibition will run until January 25th, 2025. Thank you to all the participating artists that were a part of our circus exhibition. Workshops were canceled due to no sign up. Currently in the East gallery our Landscape exhibition is open for the public to view. Our next Exhibition in the East gallery will be a retrospective Curated by Junanne Peck & Ariel Esquivel. Retrospective is an invitation for artists to show their past work. Deadline to email images and info is on Saturday 11:59 pm December 21st, 2024. Must Sign up by Email to: Junannepeck@mac.com & arielesquivelartist@gmail.com Drop off will be on Saturday December 28th, 2024 from 2 pm - 4 pm. The Reception will be on January 12th 2pm - 4pm. Exhibition will close on March 1st, 2025 & will be the pickup date for artists to come get artwork. East Gallery Currently in the East Gallery Landscapes Curated by Raquel Gregory and Victoria Robbinson. Exhibition runs October 10th - December 28th. Reception For Landscape is Sunday October 10th 2:00 - 4:00pm Pick up Artwork on December 28th from 1:00pm - 4:00pm Join IAA and have a chance to have a Solo Exhibition and group exhibits. 2026 solo exhibit calendar is open for two months per solo. 2025 is full. We are always in need of volunteers. Contact us if interested. IAA Artist News
Kimberly Bradshaw Meadows KImberly Bradshaw Meadows lives and works in North East Texas, in rural Wood County. She received her BFA from the University of Texas in Tyler. She has exhibited in solo exhibitions at The UT Tyler Meadows Gallery, The Texan Theatre Gallery in Greenville, and has an upcoming solo exhibit at the Irving Art Association Gallery in December 2024. Her numerous group exhibitions include: The 39th Annual International Exhibition at the the Meadows Gallery in Tyler, Texas, multiple participations in the El Corazon and Day of the Dead exhibits at The Bath House Cultural Center, “The Chair Show” At The Bath House Cultural Center, “Misapprehended” at TWU in Denton, Texas, 500x “open call”, The Mac “Members Show”, and “ArtCon” in Dallas, Texas and the Houston ArtCar Parade, in Houston, Texas. She has also exhibited in multiple group shows with Visual Art League of Allen, The Irving Art Association in Irving, Texas and Winnsboro Center for the Arts in Winnsboro, Texas. Bradshaw Meadows is a “life observer” while also seeking knowledge on various curiosities resulting in degrees and certifications in Art, yoga, metaphysical studies, and herbology. Her work reflects the experience, processing and transmuting of trauma. Images of nature, childhood toys, chairs and glass encapsulations are often used in configurations to represent memory, and imagined possibilities.

Calling Artist!!

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Monthly News Letter

Irving Art Association 1775 Puritan Dr Irving, Texas Hours: Tuesdays for Tuesday Painters 10:30 am - 3:00 pm with Victoria & Creating Art With Raquel Saturdays 1:00pm - 4:00pm We are open Sundays when we have a current Exhibition Reception. Please prefer to calender for those dates. Board meeting: November 12th 3:30pm. For questions please email Irvingartactivities@gmail.com to reach IAA. Ariel Esquivel will return emails and answer questions. Board Members: President: Victoria Robinson Vice President: Ariel Esquivel Secretary: Jody Moore Treasure: John Hunter Media Promotions: Holly Hertig Artist Quote: “If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper West Gallery Currently in the West Gallery Circus Exhibition Curated by Junanne Peck & Ariel Esquivel. Exhibition Runs October 13th - November 23rd. Pick up Artwork Saturday November 23rd from 2:00pm - 4:00pm. Current workshops: November 9th & 16th Holiday Card making $40.00 each class. Taught by Juanne Peck & Ariel Esquivel. Must Sign up by Email to: Junannepeck@mac.com East Gallery Currently in the East Gallery Landscapes Curated by Raquel Gregory and Victoria Robbinson. Exhibition runs October 10th - December 28th. Reception For Landscape is Sunday October 10th 2:00 - 4:00pm Pick up Artwork on December 28th from 1:00pm - 4:00pm Join IAA and have a chance to a Solo Exhibition and group exhibits. We are always in need of volunteers. Contact us if interested. IAA Artist News Andrew Norsworthy With The ramble News Paper came to interview members and participating artists for our most recent reception for Circus. Thank you to the artist who made this possible. This exhibition was meant to evoke childhood memories of the circus.

Lisa Tyndell Batcheder Solo Exhibit