Community Support Systems
Annual Art Auction
Friday, May 4, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Artwork from CSS Artists will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
East Side of the Courthouse Museum,next to the Wine Tasting Tent
All items will be available for viewing 2 hours prior to the auction.
Exhibit at Joe Sipper’s Café
March 26, 2018 to May 6, 2018 – ALL Paintings on Exhibit will be for Sale
Check out the Artisan Fair
Saturday, May 5th
10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M
Proceeds of the auction will benefit the CSS Art Program.
When: Thursday, May 24th and Friday, May 25th from 9am – 4pm each day
Where: Effingham U of I Extension Center located at 1209 N Wenthe Dr., in Effingham
Becky Marcussen is from Effingham and a long time current EAG member and held many past Guild posts. Becky is a multimedia artist whose most current work is in watercolor, pastel, and egg tempera. Those of you that know Becky know that she is extremely talented and a wonderful art instructor. She is semi-retired from teaching for 16 years at Lake Land Community College at both the Mattoon and Effingham, IL campuses.
She taught all ages and mediums at here Illinos stucio for 16 years and also taught adults with disabilities for 8 years before moving to Pooler, GA to be closer to her grown children and grandchildren. Becky teaches out of her Sangrena Woods Studio and various other locations in and around Savannah and Tibee Island, GA. She is represented by the Savannah Art Association Gallery, Chippewa Square in downtown Savannah. You may visit here website at www.marcussenmarks.com. Many of you will meet Becky at the Southern Illinois Art Workshop May 21st-23rd at the Dubois Center where she will be teaching Soft Pastels.
Supplies Needed:
*Painting surfaces: heavy weight surfaces work best such as 300 pound hot press paper
or crescent illustration board number 200 or Strathmore heavy vellum illustration board.
I also like canvas boards that have been gessoed. Smooth mat board acid-free also works.
Please gesso ahead of time. Bring some 10 x 10 squares or 11 x 14‘s, a total of six or eight
for the class.
*Small plastic cups to mix with water to thin out paint for the tissue.
*Spray bottle to mist tissue to take paint.
*Scissors although tearing is probably preferable.
*A few tall kitchen bags cheap cheap.
*Water container.
*Golden fluid acrylics work the best but you may use any acrylics you have to save money.
We can make them work and for two days I wouldn’t invest. If you have fluid acrylics
Quinacridone magenta, Quinacridone azo gold, turquoise thalo, Black gesso and white
gesso. This limited palette will make a wide range of colored tissue.
*Polymer gloss medium for gluing also a glass jar with wide opening to fit a sizeable brush.
*Plastic dinner trays, Styrofoam trays, paper plates etc. to mix paint on.
*A brayer and paper towels.
*An assortment of brushes, especially a flat cheap brush to apply polymer when adhering papers.
Feel free to bring any interesting paper, rice paper, patterns and textures from magazines
newspapers, prisma color pencils, oil pastels, strings, etc. I also used old watercolors.
Patterns, print or type, stencils, use your imagination.
Supply List -PDF -Download Link
Registrations with $50.00 fee need sent to
EAG, Box #111, Effingham, Il. 62401 by
Tuesday, May 5th, 2018. Contact 217-821-9766
for available space after the deadline.
President Notes April 2018
The 19th Effingham Art Guild Children’s Art Show (March 15th through the 17th) was held at the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham Public Library. The EAG is very grateful to the Effingham Library management and staff for hosting the Children’s Show this year and to Andrew Dougherty, from the library, for judging the show. Thank you to Co-Chairmen Barb Grant and Stacey Zerrusen for the long hours and hard work that it took to put a show of this caliber together. Thank you Dale Wagoner for all the pictures you took and downloading them on the EAG FB page and website for all to enjoy! A huge thank you goes to any of you that helped with the setup, reception and teardown (I have left out names for fear of forgetting someone). Thank you to Dawn Schabbing, Daily News Reporter for the complete coverage of the show, including winners and pictures in the Monday, March 19th Effingham Daily News. (See further information and thank you’s written by Co-Chairman, Barb Grant, below).
The 24th Annual Fine Arts and Photography Show starts Friday, April 20th with art delivery and show setup at W.S. Broom Furniture, 304 W. Jefferson Ave. in downtown Effingham. The reception and award ceremony will be on Saturday, April 21st and art pickup and teardown will be on Saturday, April 27th. Signup sheets for helpers for setup, reception and teardown days will again circulate at the April 10th meeting. Participation in putting on this show is a very important part and obligation of EAG Membership. Please call me at 217-821-9766 if you can help but will not be at the meeting.
SPECIAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT AT 6PM: ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE REGULAR 7PM TUESDAY, APRIL 10TH MEETING. I am asking officers, the Advisory Board and those willing to help with the adult show to come at 6 PM to see where we’re at with the planning and what needs to be finalized in the remaining 10 days prior to the show..
Ham Hampton, the EAG treasurer will be finishing his 2 year term so we have an opening to fill by the May meeting for the 2018-19 year starting in September. Please think on this and let us know at the April meeting if you are interested. A new treasurer will be announced at the June meeting.
by Stacey Zerrusen
by Stacey Zerrusen
April Artist Presenter
April 10th’s Presenter will be EAG member, Stacey Zerrusen from Teutopolis, Il. Stacey is a very busy lady but she is always gracious to share her art accomplishments with the EAG. A barn quilt is a large, hand painted wooden block typically displayed on the front or side of a barn.
Stacey Zerrusen will discuss the barn quilt movement sweeping the U.S. and Canada. Meetingattendees will have the chance to make their own small barn quilt. All materials will be provided.
Information:
Elizabeth Thurston, EAG Member, was our “Featured Artist of the Month” for March. Elizabeth shared a
wonderful display of her work showing her varied artistic interests from acrylic/oils on different surfaces of
varying sizes from “mini” to large canvases. She also works with fabric, using paint & appliqué to design
beautiful wall art pieces. Thank you Elizabeth for sharing your wonderful creations!
Thanks goes to Paula Boll of Effingham for sharing a portfolio of her beautifully detailed watercolors varying from landscapes to still life’s.
***Please remember that any of you may bring in a piece or pieces you are working on or have finished to share and remember critiquing is FREE!
REFRESHMENTS for the April Meeting will be provided by Chris Detwiler and Sue Drummond.
Thanks to Elizabeth Thurston and Whitney Ruger for bringing refreshments to the March meeting.
The EAG will have a booth at the Artisan Fair on Saturday May 5th. This is the group’s opportunity to show and sell their art. To go ahead with this project, we need commitment from those of you willing to help setup the tent, get the racks, man the booth for the day and tear down and deliver racks back to the Park District Ron Diehl Center. The Guild has paid the $25.00 entry fee and Jan is providing us with a tent. We need to have an accurate number of who will be participating and how many paintings there will be by the April 10th meeting. Those wanting to participate but unable to make the meeting, please call Bonnie Siebert @ 217-821-7577 or Barb Althoff @ 217-821-9766 with your information.
Reminder: Each year we designate a theme to create a piece of artwork to bring to the final Meeting of the year in June. The group chose “Anything Aquatic” as the group project for 2018. No other rules apply to this endeavor, it’s all for the fun of it! (Kill two birds with one stone–create the project on a 12×12 canvas & enter into the EAG 12×12 Show in July!)
We are out of raffle items so, if anyone has an art related item that they want no longer need or want, bring them in. The raffle is $1.00 per ticket & is set up at the sign in table.
The show at Doctor’s Flaig and Malone will be in the fall at their request due to all the construction going on in and around their office building. They asked, if anyone needs to pick up a piece of art before the next show, that they replace it with another so that the waiting room has enough artwork left for the patient’s to enjoy.
Hope to see everyone at the Tuesday, April 10th @ 7PM meeting!
Meet The EAG 24th Annual Art Show Judge
Mark Hillard
Born 1953, Casey, Illinois
BA,MA, Eastern Illinois University
Drawing and painting has been a part of my life since an early age. I graduated with a non-art related degree from EIU and ultimately followed a career in business. During this time I pursued my artistic interests only intermittently. Following retirement, I returned to art and reinvested myself in refining my skills and direction.
My primary interests are color and the geometry of the human form. I feel most successful when I can move past the initial composition and fully engage myself, experimenting with color while integrating and improvising shapes within the form. I most frequently work in oil, or acrylic. Most recently, I have been challenged with bringing the spontaneous nature of a “napkin sketch” or doodle to a large canvas.
My work shows at the Houska Gallery in St. Louis, MO. and at the Vault Artist’s Cooperative in Tuscola, IL
Children’s Art Show – A Great Success
Children’s Show information and Thank you’s by show co-chairman, Barb Grant: We had 287 students with 425 pieces of art work displayed. This is the most students and artwork we have ever had. The attendance for the reception was the largest ever and over 12 dozen cookies were consumed!
Thanks to Teutopolis High School art teacher, Emily Petty, for the use of their racks. We had extra help on Wednesday night from some Effingham High School students, art teachers that stayed and helped with hanging and also with teardown on Saturday. Many thanks to all the art guild members that helped with the show, you know who you are.
Thank You Whitney!
A big THANK YOU goes out to Whitney Ruger for her wonderful presentation on watercolor medium.
Her work is stunningly detailed, beautiful and her control of watercolor is amazing!
Whitney Ruger’s Watercolor
EAG Workshop
The EAG is hosting a “ Oceans, Fish Or Any Aquatic Life “ Workshop with focus on composition on Thursday, May 24th & Friday, May 25th from 9A-4P each day. The work shop will be held in the small room in the basement of the Effingham U of I Extension Center located at 1209 N. Wenthe Dr., in Effingham. The cost will be $50.00 total for both days. Registrations with WS fee of $50.00 must be sent to EAG, Box #111, Effingham, Il. 62401 by Tuesday, May 5th, 2018. Contact # for available space after the deadline is 217-821-9766. The flyers with registration form will be available within the next two weeks so mark your calendars for this great art experience!
by Becky Marcussen
Becky Marcussen is from Effingham and a long time current EAG member and held many past Guild posts. Becky is a multimedia artist whose most current work is in watercolor, pastel and egg tempera. Those of you that know Becky know that she is extremely talented and a wonderful art instructor. She is semi-retired from teaching for 16 years at Lake Land Community College at both the Mattoon and Effingham, Il. campuses.
She taught all ages and mediums at her Illinois studio for 16 years and also taught challenged adults for 8 years before moving to Pooler, Ga. to be closer to her grown children and grandchildren. Becky teaches out of her Sangrena Woods Studio and various other locations in and around Savannah and Tibee Island, Ga. She is represented by the Savannah Art Association Gallery, Chippewa Square in downtown Savannah. You may visit her website at www.marcussenmarks.com . A full description of the Workshop, supplies needed and other pertinent details will be widely distributed to you by the preference you indicated in the Guild Roster. The Workshop flyer will include paintings to view done with this technique. Becky has attended several 3 day workshops on this subject and will be attending yet another one prior to coming to Illinois for this one. Many of you will meet Becky at the Southern Illinois Art Workshop May 21st-23rd at the Dubois Center where she will be teaching Soft Pastels.
President Notes March 2018
Scott Deters
The February meeting hosted a presentation by local artist Scott Deters. Scott’s art expression, born out of his desire to create and overcome barriers, is extremely inspiring. Thanks Scott for showing all of us how you create your wonderful abstract art!
Thanks goes to Ham Hampton for bringing his oil painting entitled “Hillary” to share with us.
*Please remember that any of you may bring a piece you are working on or have finished to share.
REFRESHMENTS for the March Meeting will be provided by Elizabeth Thurston and Whitney Ruger.
Thanks to Bonnie Siebert and Doris Johnson for bringing refreshments for the February meeting.
Hope to see everyone at the Tuesday, March 13th 7PM meeting!
February’s Artist Of The Month
Artist of the Month was Stacey Zerrusen—Stacey talked about her passion for art and the many ways she pursues it. Not only does Stacey stay busy with her own art, she teaches art at the Effingham Junior High. Stacey also assists her brother Scott Deters from time to time with his art.
You can view and support Stacey by attending her current art show at Joe Sipper’s in downtown Effingham
March Featured Artist Of The Month – Elizabeth Thurston.
March Featured Artist Of The Month – Elizabeth Thurston.
Presenter for March
Our presenter for March will be Whitney Ruger from Flora, Il. She states that she picked up watercolor as a hobby nearly four years ago and fell quickly in love with the medium. Her work ranges from highly-detailed illustrations to loose, modern florals. Whitney occasionally teaches beginner watercolor classes at Fresh Digs in Effingham.
For the presentation she will cover watercolor technique, some of her favorite tips and tricks, and if time permits, she may demonstrate some modern florals. Anyone that would like to follow along should bring watercolors (any pan or tube set will do)—a medium size round brush, she will be using a #10 round. Watercolor paper if you have it. The Canson XL watercolor pads at Walmart are perfect for practice and experimenting.
Children’s Art Show
The Children’s Art Show will start Wednesday, March 14th through Saturday, March 17th at the Library. Please contact Barb & Wally Grant or Stacey Zerrusen if you can help. We will need member’s to man the show during library hours.
EAG’s 24th Annual Fine Arts and Photography Show
The EAG’s 24th Annual Fine Arts and Photography Show will be Friday, April 20th (hanging), Saturday, April 21st will be the reception and award presentation at Brooms Furniture in downtown Effingham. The show will be open to the public on Monday, April 23rd through Friday, April 27th and art pickup and tear down will be on Saturday, April 28th. Our Judge this year will be Mark Hillard, a bio will follow closer to the show. The entry form will be included in this Newsletter. The form as already been put on the EAG Website and the EAG FB Page. There are some on the front table so feel free to take some and share with other artists.
Details of the show:
April 21st – April 27th, 2018
W.S. Broom & Co., • 304 W. Jefferson Ave • Effingham, IL
Entry Deadline: Entry & Fee are due, postmarked, no later than Friday • March 30th, 2018
Delivery Date To Broom’s: Friday • April 20th from 10am to 2:00pm
Critique & Award Presentation: Saturday • April 21st from *6:30pm to 7:00pm
*Artists are encouraged to arrive at 6:00pm
Reception For The Public: Saturday • April 21st from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Show Hours:
CLOSED SUNDAY April 23rd-26th • Open Monday-Thursday 8:30am – 5:00pm
April 27th • Open Friday 8:30am – 6:00pm
Pick Up Art: Saturday • April 28th from 10:00am to 2:00pm. W.S. Broom Closes at 4:00pm
Sullivan Workshops
The Sullivan Art Group will have their 1st of four workshops on Saturday, March 17th at the St. Columcille Church, 516 W. Jackson St. in Sullivan. Member dues of $50. Will includes entrance to all workshops. Dee Siegmund from Mahomet, Il. will present a watercolor workshop from 9A-3P. Supplies to bring include, watercolor paper, #4 and # 8 round brushes , a 1 inch flat brush, pencil and paper towels. The subject will be a landscape (she will have a print to go by) and she suggests the following colors: Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Vandyke Brown, Cad Yellow, Orange, Indigo, French Ultramarine Blue, and Lemon Yellow. We can bring along a painting your working on also.
Artisan Fair Booth
The EAG will have a booth at the Artisan Fair on Saturday May 5th. This is the groups opportunity to show and sell their art. Jan is providing us with a tent.
Mattoon Art Council’s 1st Art Show
Hopefully some of you are participating in the Mattoon Art Council’s first art show. The show deadline is past but we can view the show on Friday, March 23rd, Saturday, March 24th and Sunday, March 25th.
Effingham Court House Museum Artwork
We were to switch out our artwork at the Effingham Court House Museum on March 1st but most did not make it. They told Jan that they would try to call the artists to get the paintings exchanged. Please make arrangements to switch out your art as soon as possible.
Dr’s Flaig and Malone Show
We don’t have a date for the show at Dr’s Flaig and Malone yet.
Workshops – 4H
Dana Homann with the University of Illinois Extension office in Effingham is looking for artists that would consider hosting workshops throughout the year for 4H groups. Dana May be contacted by calling the U of I Extension Office at 217-347-7773.
FACE Presents
Noel Coward’s hauntingly funny comedy, “Blithe Spirit”
*STARRING*
Sara Brinker, Jon Zerkel, Christine Fraser,
Elizabeth Soltwedel, Susan P-Tempel, Zac Skees, Veronica Schraer,
Directed by Les Liss
Theater Only Shows
March 15, 16, 22, 2018
Doors open at 7:00pm–Curtain at 7:30pm
General Admission $15-Students through high school $7
Tickets may be reserved or purchased at the door
Dinner Theater Shows
March 17, 23, 24, 2018
Doors open at 6:00pm–Dinner served at 6:30–Curtain at 7:30pm
Reservations Required for Dinner Shows
Dinner catered by Niemerg’s Steakhouse
Adults $25-Students $17
Tickets may be purchased at: Grandma’s Twice is Nice,
1001 W. Jefferson, Effingham, IL 62401
or by calling our business office @ (217) 342 2458
CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED
All shows will be performed in the
Fine Arts Room at the Ron Diehl Center at Hendelmeyer Park.
1906 S. 4th. St. Effingham, IL
Please email any questions to: info@effinghamface.com or call 217 342 2458 during normal business hours.
Show Details:
April 21st – April 27th, 2018
W.S. Broom & Co., • 304 W. Jefferson Ave • Effingham, IL
Entry Deadline:
Entry & Fee are due, postmarked, no later than Friday • March 30th, 2018
Delivery Date To Broom’s:
Friday • April 20th from 10am to 2:00pm
Critique & Award Presentation:
Saturday • April 21st from *6:30pm to 7:00pm
*Artists are encouraged to arrive at 6:00pm
Reception For The Public:
Saturday • April 21st from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Show Hours:
CLOSED SUNDAY
April 23rd-26th • Open Monday-Thursday 8:30am – 5:00pm
April 27th • Open Friday 8:30am – 6:00pm
Pick Up Art: Saturday • April 28th from 10:00am to 2:00pm. W.S. Broom Closes at 4:00pm
To download the updated Entry Form for the 24th Annual Fine Art Show, click the link below.