We bring news of the new Arizona Consortium for the Arts.  Please visit their website at www.Artizona.org.  There you can submit your entry from the front cover and logo design for the “The Blue Guitar Magazine”. Hurry, the deadline is Oct. 31st.  Here is an excerpt from their newsletter.

A Call To Arizona Artists — We are asking artists to submit their artwork for the first cover issue, which will also become the logo for “The Blue Guitar” magazine. It is free to enter the contest. www.artizona.org Click on “submissions” to get detailed information on how to enter the contest. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2008.
A call to Arizona writers will be announced in December.

For more info, email info@artizona.com.

The Gilbert Visual Art League (GVAL) invites Arizona artists to submit their original artwork for the 6th annual Fine Art Show. The show is hosted at the Gilbert Historical Museum in Gilbert, AZ and will be available for public viewing from November 8 through 22, 2208. The show is judged and juried, includes all mediums and subject matter, and features a non-juried, youth division.

 This is GVAL’s second Fine Art Show for 2008. The league chose to move the show date to November so they could coordinate with the Town of Gilbert’s annual Gilbert Days celebration. Many of the club members are Gilbert residents so the change seemed like a natural choice.

Awards will be presented at the show reception on November 16, 2008. Ribbons are awarded to the top three works in each category. In addition, a cash prize is given to Best of Show and Peoples Choice winners. Renowned painter, John Cox, will judge the show. Cox has more than thirty years fine-art experience and has hosted many solo and two-man shows.

Artists interested in submitting work can download the official call for entry at the Gilbert Visual Art League website www.gval.org. All entries must be postmarked by September 27, 2008. Acceptance letters will be mailed starting on October 10, 2008.

The Gilbert Visual Art League’s goal is to create a venue for local artists to show their work and be recognized for their talents. The league strives to increase artistic awareness and appreciation in their community and surrounding areas.

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If you would like more information about the GVAL 6th annual Fine Art Show, or to schedule an interview please call Jasmine Holmes, at 480.219.9069 or email at newsletter@gval.org.

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Previous “Best of Show”

“Gooey Chocolate Caramel Nougat #1“, by Edward Kinnally 

ARTIST TRUNK SALE
Exhibiting Artists and Artists from the Community will SALE their ART at Artistic Mystic on Fri. 10-8PM and Sat. 10-6PM July 25th and 26th –

Please join me, Sandra Wilderman, and other in-studio artists for a reception this Saturday, June 14th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm, at Art on Boston Gallery in downtown Chandler. There will be live music and refreshments. For more information or directions read the e-vite below or call the gallery at 480-917-1112.

I hope to see you on the 14th!
Sandra

Art on Boston Gallery
Contemporary art gallery ~ Artist studios ~ Artists Cooperative ~ Art classes

ESSENCE
Through June 29, 2008

Reception for artists:
7-9 pm, Saturday, June 14
Free and open to the public
Refreshments ~ live music
With special musical guests:
Kai Woods Decker, vocals and Devon Hancock, guitar
Performing jazz at 8 p.m.

Featuring Art on Boston In-Studio Artists:
Sandra Neumann Wilderman, watercolor; Deborah White, oil; Anita Bonesteel, oil; Ginger Stephens, Revolution Media; Jacque Tobias, mixed media; Kaye Jolie, oil portraiture; Nicole McKinney, oil

with Jerry Becker, watercolor; Nancy Green, fiber; Margit Kagerer, fiber; Evan Pomerantz, ceramics; Verisecha Williams, glass; Kevin Caron, metal sculpture; Pam Howard, beaded jewelry;
Mariann Mckee, acrylic; Richard Rozinski, neon, metal sculpture; Mary Snyder, jewelry

Artists Cooperative:
Therese Bliss, Gail Boyd, Kathy Canuel, Jill Irvin, Debbie Jennings, Chris Kane, Dale Kesel, Kathleen Maley, Marcia McGovern, Alice Van Overstraeten, W.L. Smith

Art on Boston
Contemporary art gallery ~ Artist studio spaces ~ Art classes
11 West Boston Street, Suite 1
Chandler, AZ 85225-7877
Gallery: 480-917-1112
www.ArtOnBoston.com

Hours:
Monday & Tuesday: By appt.
Wednesday, Thursday: 12-6 pm
Friday, Saturday: 11 am to 8 pm
Sunday: 1-5 pm

Historic Downtown Chandler
Art gallery … artist studios … art classes

Monday & Tuesday: by appt.
Wednesday: 12-6 pm
Thursday: 12-6 pm
Friday: 11 am to 8 pm
Saturday: 11 am to 8 pm
Sunday: 1 to 5 pm

Proud member of Arizona Chain Reaction, a non profit group of small and medium locally-owned Arizona businesses joined to spread the “shop local” message. Check out their website www.azcr.org.

Members of GVAL are invited to submit news of their showings, awards, instruction schedules, pictures of their latest art or other art related news for consideration of publication in this blog. Email edwardkinnally@gval.org with complete text (& pics) as you wish to see printed. We reserve the right to edit the text as we deem necessary or to reject submissions, but it is our desire to please and to promote our member’s art. Here’s an opportunity for a little free PR.

On March 12, 2008, the East Valley Tribune reported that “Among possible cuts that the town will discuss in coming weeks is the elimination of the town’s arts and cultural position and minor program costs that go with the job - a total of $98,260 annually” (article ref).

The estimated median household income in Gilbert in 2005 was $76,171 (ref); the budget amounts to less than $0.50 per resident per year.

The Tribune article states that “town officials have complained they aren’t getting enough art for that money, and have seen only about four grants in five years.” In the past the employee concentrated on “free programs due to the town’s desire to keep costs down and the minimal funding for the arts.”

If the town provided minimal funding through Gilbert’s recent boom years, what can we expect for the arts in the future?