PLEASE NOTE A TIME CHANGE: RECEPTION NOW STARTS AT 12:30 DUE TO AN UNFORESEEN CONFLICT WITH B&N

WAC is happy to spotlight our Vice-President, Carol Osborne, whose unique vision and artistic style brings joy to group!  Here’s her artist statement:

Growing up outside of New York City, I had the opportunity to visit world class museums and galleries.  This allowed me to foster my interest in creating art.  I attended Syracuse University and graduated from Pratt Institute earning a degree in Art Education.

After college, I met my husband and settled in Rochester and briefly taught art at Hillside Children’s Center, teaching children with severe behavioral issues. While teaching, I pursued a Master’s Degree in special education. After completing my degree, I taught special education at Monroe Orleans BOCES 2 in Spencerport for over 31 years. I instructed high school and college aged students with mild and moderate disabilities (including Autism) who struggled with academics, embedding the visual arts into the curriculum. This proved to be highly successful for students’ overall outcomes.

In June of 2019, I retired from teaching and began making art. I was very rusty, so I took courses locally and online. Additionally, I joined the Webster Art Club to meet like-minded individuals and to have an opportunity to display my work.

My overall goal is to continue to express myself throughout my art in unique ways including painting, ceramics and drawing. I keep pressing forward to learn new strategies for self-discovery.

Let's celebrate the season creating together and enjoying some holiday treats!  

A longtime member and past president of WAC, Donna has been involved in art her whole life.  As a creer cartographer for the US Airforce, Donna drew plans, maps and other images that were complex and detail oriented.   Her own personal artwork reflects a unique style: delicate, sensitive, often reflecting a love of nature and small in size. Donna is a master of the miniature!  An avid rock collector, Donna often incorporates a cabachon (polished rock) into a pen and ink deisgn.  She also uses acrylic, watercolor and pastels.

Presented by WAC member Christy Vitale, we practiced three exercises ranging from the basic placement of facial features to shading areas of the face in shadow, to drawing contour lines of the hills and valleys of the face.  

Interested in joining a friendly group of artists to work with and learn from? Consider joining  Webster Art Club! dues are only $35/year.  For our first meeting of the new season, we're having a "Show and Tell" of the work we've been creating over the summer.  Contact us at Websterartclub@gmail.com or message us on Facebook if interested in joining us or have any quesions.  We're a friendly group and we'd love to have you join us!

An exhbit highlighting the theme of "Eclipse" is currently being shown at the Webster Rec Center through the month of December. It supplements a poster exhibit by Ithaca artist, Tyler Nordgren, who is famous for his stylized designs of celestial events across the country.  WAC's work features a variety of media and interpretations of "eclipse."
ews media were on hand to cover the opening of the exhibit December 2nd.  Stop by and see it!

What a wonderful and well planned demonstartion self-taught artist, Rebecca Maynard, gave the WAC last week!  Painting on mulberry paper, Maynard, demonstrated how she alternates watercolors and the juducious application of hot wax to create her wonderully sensitive and interesting images.  Here are some photos of the event.

Our newest member, Jean Fowley, will share her art history with us and demonstrate how she creates her complex collage paintings.  Come join us!  Meeting in room 210 at the Webster Rec Center.

OCTOBER MEETING: 

Reconstructing by Layering: Breaking Down and Building Anew

Our newest member, JEAN FOWLEY, did an AMAZING JOB sharing her creative process with us.  Her body of work reflects her evolution as a collage artist; each piece is complex, interesting and fun to explore.  A native of the Rochester area, Fowley moved around the country, taking classes in Seattle, Boston and New York City.  In her early years as an artist, she enjoyed representational art, especially portraiture.  However, she now balances representational with the creative freedom of collage.  An enthusiastic presenter, Fowley described how she moves between layers of paint and collage, cutting photos of things she finds inspirational.  (She enjoys the color in graffiti images and often uses this in her work.) She paints, cuts, pastes, and repeats the process, adding and subtracting, cutting and experimenting until things feel right.  After Fowley’s presentation and demonstration, members had a chance to create their own piece, enjoying the spontaneity and freedom of the process and the vibrancy and energy of the results!

I was born in Manabi, Ecuador's most beautiful province.  Some of my paintings reflect memories from there. I have been interested in drawing ever sinceI was a kid.  It was my favorite hobby.  I had always dreamed of becoming a designer of sorts when I was older.  Eventually, after I moved to Rochester, I got a degree from MCC in graphic design.  It wasn't until the last decade that I took up painting.  Everything I've learned about this type of art has been through self-guided learning.  Painting has become very therapeutic for me. I love it! It's a blessing to be part of the Webster Art Club and I'm truly grateful for it!

Join us for the first meeting of the new season on Wednesday, September 13 at 6:30pm.  After our business meeting updating everyone on new developments, we're going to do a bit of "Show 'n Tell" and share what we've been working on over the summer.  Dues will be collected: $30/adults; $15 for HS and college students.  

PLease bring one framed piece for our new Rec  Center wall display.

Newcomers welcome!

I majored in art in high school and, briefly, at RIT, but have learned primarily through workshops since raising a family.  I'm enjoying the Rochester area and the art community that is both flourishing and nourishing!

Check out our flier!  We'd love to have new members join us!
We now have high school/college memberships available for $15/yr in addition to our adult dues of $30/yr.

Our new season begins September 13 at 6:30pm  at the Webster Rec Center.  Join Us!

Art has been an enjoyable activity for as long as I can remember. Probably you could call me "An Art Nerd."  After having a very creative and slightly quirky Art teacher in fifth grade,  the idea of becoming an Art teacher was born. I have never been sorry. 

For about 30 years I taught at all levels, but High School Art filled about 90% of my teaching years. I love High School students for their honesty and ability to always amaze. 

After retiring, painting and creating almost everyday is my great love. 

The Webster Art Club has been the perfect addition. Spending time with other artists gives me support, love and great friendships. If you are interested in creating art as a beginner or experienced artist, the Webster Art Club is a great place to socialize, create and grow. 

We are proud to have as our presenter artist Jeff Lindgren who will discuss his work and give a demonstartion in oils.  FEBRUARY 7TH at the Webster Rec Center.  6:30pm  business mtg; 7pm presentation.

Shirley presented an interesting and humorous presentation on her own career as a gallery owner and the history of art in the Rochester area.

This is our favorite meeting of the year!  We are always impressed by the art making and presentation skills of our high school students!  Thank you to the students and Webster art teachers for participating in this annual event!

“It’s Not the Output; It’s the Experience”

These words of artistic wisdom from artist Phyllis Bryce Ely began WAC’s April meeting on Plein Air painting. This highly informative and inspirational presentation reflected Bryce-Ely’s challenges, suggestions, humorous experiences and many successes as a Plein-air artist. She suggested one not always focus on the finished product but to enjoy the experience of painting outdoors which brings a direct connection to nature.  Tips were given on how to prepare materials beforehand to facilitate a smooth outdoor experience given different weather conditions.   Phyllis Bryce Ely left our members ready to go outside and start painting!

Member Spotlight: Sara Walczak

A life-long resident of Webster, Sara has always been interested in art.  She graduated from Thomas HS with a strong art background, having taken classes with teacher Bill Stephens. Sara has been a member of the Webster Art Club for over twenty years and is currently the club’s longest participating member and even served as its president in the past.  She enjoys the friendly nature of the club and likes the community spirit it provides. 

Sara has studied under many of the area’s well know painters: Chris Kolupsky, Brian O’Neill, Pat Tribastone, Rosa Montante (oils) and Wendy Gwirtzman (watercolor), and has taken other workshops both nationally and internationally.  Sara has an expressive style to her painting and many are impressed to see how quickly she often works!  She also likes making creative mosaic pieces.

Besides being a wonderful artist, Sara is now also enjoying being a grandma to her two new granddaughters Della and Ava.  Watch for some nice portraits in the future!

Spring Show, May ‘24

Barnes & Noble in Pittsford is the setting for WAC’s Spring Show this month.  And, what a creative show it is, reflecting our growing exploration of new styles and media, and the unique personalities of different members, themselves. Thank you to our judge, Carolyn Carlton, who did an excellent job critiquing her chosen winners.  What a hard job, for sure. 

Also, big thanks to show organizer, Carol Osborne, for the great job coordinating the event, and our volunteers for setting up and hanging the show.  

The following artists won awards:

Best of Show: Jean Fowley for Recollections

Most Creative: Mary Dailor for Rebirth

Juror Awards: 

Adelina Bravo for Within

Mary Coy for High Wire Act

Mary Coy for Fissure

Karla Esley for Chloe

Corrine Robideau for Goldfish Pond

Jean Fowley for Suspensions

Merit Awards

Laurie Copeland for A Glimpse of Past and Future

Donna Smith for Bobbin Along

Christy Vitale for On the Way Home

Sara Walczak for Misty Meadow

Joan Woody for I Love My Dad

Remember to vote for your favorite piece by filling out our Viewer’s Choice ballots near the pink box.

Bold colors, detailed and realistic are three descriptors that one could use to describe Jim William’s paintings.  As a painter, William favors acrylic paint, but has also worked in watercolor.  His organized planning and deliberate approach to painting is evidenced by the filling of the canvas from top to bottom, left to right; a palette that reflects the colors he needs, a minimal amount of color mixing that happens on the canvas; and a slower and examined application of paint to canvas, not one that is rushed or highly textured with thick paint.  Williams was an engineer for Xerox, and his painting method reflects an engineer’s mindset.  But his finished work reflects that of an artist; engaging to look at, colorful and full of interesting details.