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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 IAA Artist News Junanne Peck & Ariel Esquivel are hosting a workshop. Details below.

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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.

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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.

Landscape call for art

Call for art for a landcsape themed exhibition. entry deadline is October 31th, 2024 to email submission info and pictuires up to three images. Deliver on November 2nd, 2024 1:00pm - 4:00pm Reception is Sunday October 10th 2:00 - 4:00pm Please pick up Art work on Saturday December 28th from 1:00 - 4:00pm. Email Curator Rachel Gregory at rgregoryartworks@yahoo.com End/pick up date will be posted soon once I recieve info.

Circus Reception

Tetra Pak Drypoint Printmaking Workshop $40

Tetra Pak Drypoint Printmaking With Junanne Peck and Ariel Esquivel RSVP junannepeck@mac.com Tuesday-August 20 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm $40.00 - EXACT CASH- WE CANNOT MAKE CHANGE RSVP by August 16, 2024 to junannepeck@mac.com Location: Jaycee Center for the Arts, 1975 Puritan Drive, Irving, TX 75060 In this 3 hour workshop, we will use laminated food packaging, milk cartons, butter cartons, coconut cartons etc. to create our plates; engraving, cutting away and adding layers that will become our printing plate, we will experiment with creating interesting colorful backgrounds to print our plate onto. You will learn how to transform packaging into printing plates, how to make images on them and how to print them to get exciting results. These materials and techniques can be used to create intaglio prints that can be used in journaling or stand alone. workshop will bring: Scissors x-acto knife Etching needle Paper (we use Speedball Arnhem 1618) Akua Intaglio Ink Some containers Speedball Brayer Participants Bring: Apron 1 Roll of paper towels (Viva) Old Phone book...if you can find one Cartons will be provided but if you have your own saved we encourage you to bring them along to share.

Introduction into Printmaking Workshop $40

PRINTMAKING – TRY IT FOR $40 Join Junanne Peck and Ariel Esquivel RSVP junannepeck@mac.com Spend three fun hours carving, scratching, & rolling your way through an introduction to the wild world of printmaking. Try monotype, eraser carving, & drypoint. Work with stencils. It will be just enough to pique your interest and whet your appetite. You’ll leave with a variety of prints and hopefully a desire to come to see if you want to dive into a full day workshop! RSVP by- August 10, 2024 Size limit 12 Workshop Saturday: August 17, 2024 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm location: Jaycee Park Center for the Arts, 1975 Puritan Dr. Irving TX 75061 All materials supplied We will be working with non-toxic Akua Intaglio Inks and printing on Speedball Arnhem 1618 paper

Circus Call for Artist Updated

“Circus” A call for entry October 5, - November 23, 2024 Curated by Junanne Peck and Ariel Esquivel RSVP to: with images of your work junannepeck@mac.com arielmicheleesquivel@gmail.com Step Right Up Immerse yourself in the circus Your Circus and Your Monkeys Did you ever want to run away and join the circus A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists. we dare you not to catch your breath when you view the art created by artist. Show us your Circus Art If you juggle, ride a unicycle or any of the circus acts please feel free to entertain us at the reception. And come as a clown and the best dressed clown will be given a prize of some sort... The content must be of a nature that a public entity can display for the enjoyment of a diverse, family-type audience. Deadline:October1st, 2024 Hand delivery only: Saturday October 5th, 2-4pm 1975 Puritan Dr. Irving, TX $5.00 for 3 pieces. Paid at time of delivery of art - Cash only in the amount of $5.00 Reception: Sunday October 13th, 2-4pm All work must be wired and ready to hang - no exceptions Pick up Work: Saturday November 23, 2024 2-4pm Make arrangements if you are unable to pick up your work, we do not have storage.

Ariel Esquivel Solo Reception Sunday June 30th 1:30pm