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Current Events
Seeing Circles: Art by Full Circle Arts members, May - June
FCA associate and exhibiting members are currently showing their art at the Hiddenite Art & Heritage Center, Lucas Mansion, in Hiddenite, NC.
There will be an opening reception at the Center Saturday, May 6, 1:00 – 3:00 pm.
Those participating are L. Michelle Bitler, Genie Greenlaw, Janice Harris, Clay James, Meredith Janssen, Walt McGervey, Karen Parker, Chris Parsons, Ellen Schwarzbek, Ernie Sills
FCA associate and exhibiting members are currently showing their art at the Hiddenite Art & Heritage Center, Lucas Mansion, in Hiddenite, NC.
There will be an opening reception at the Center Saturday, May 6, 1:00 – 3:00 pm.
Those participating are L. Michelle Bitler, Genie Greenlaw, Janice Harris, Clay James, Meredith Janssen, Walt McGervey, Karen Parker, Chris Parsons, Ellen Schwarzbek, Ernie Sills
Featured artist Clay James, new Exhibiting Member, June 9 – July 8
Upcoming Events
Full Circle Arts annual members' meeting, June 20
Pop-up show of art by FCA exhibiting members, June 23 – July 8
Tiny Art, July 28 – September 2
Full Circle Arts' annual fundraising Auction, September 22 – October 5
Fall Competition “Colors of Autumn” Oct. 26 – Dec. 2
On-going Event
ART BOOK SALE
A sale of slightly-used books to raise funds for Full Circle Arts.
Books generously donated by Christopher S. Whitener of Equity Financial Group, and others.
ART BOOK SALE
A sale of slightly-used books to raise funds for Full Circle Arts.
Books generously donated by Christopher S. Whitener of Equity Financial Group, and others.
Past Events
Spring Competition, April 27 - June 3.
The Spring Competition includes 25 artists from the area. There is no specific theme for the show, so all ideas are expressed in all sorts of media: painting, photography, glass art, paper, wood, collage.
Sponsors are Douglas Bishop, CPA, Meredith Janssen, L. Michelle Bitler, and Allen Finley Advertising.
The show was judged by Bud Caywood, a long-time furniture designer, visual artist, and poet who has won awards and has judged art exhibitions throughout North Carolina. Winners listed with the judge’s comments:
First Place: “Space #7”, by Clay James
“Can a painting breathe? Can it move you?
Can it draw you into some elevated vantage you’ve never visited?
Can it reel you into a place you’ve never dreamed of?
I found that painting!”
Second Place: “Kayaker in the Mist”, by Jill Jarrell
“There are always places I want to go to!
Places I want to experience and then dream about.
To know that the experience speaks to me.
I know this place.
I have been to this place.
I will return again and again.”
3rd Place: “Innocence”, by Beth Ocakowski
“The way she looks at me comforts me.
I am certain that the way she speaks, and acts will comfort me as well.
Who is she? What kind of person is she?
I feel like we have already met.”
Honorable Mention:
“Dutch Tattoo Model”, by Ken Harbert, “Evening Bliss”, by Chris Witherspoon, “Mornings Twilight” by Chris Witherspoon, “You, the Sea, and I”, by Kristy Lee "Daybreak - Cypress Swamp”, by Meredith Janssen, “Horse in Status”, by John Murgo
“Honorable Mention” is always the toughest category to interpret.
It conjures up unique emotional responses to the challenges and decisions
I have to make. And that is what I most noted to myself.
In reviewing these works I responded to a range of competencies and imagination,
from florals and still lifes to abstracts and landscapes to photographs.
Congratulations to ALL who have exhibited in this exhibition! ---Bud Caywood
The Spring Competition includes 25 artists from the area. There is no specific theme for the show, so all ideas are expressed in all sorts of media: painting, photography, glass art, paper, wood, collage.
Sponsors are Douglas Bishop, CPA, Meredith Janssen, L. Michelle Bitler, and Allen Finley Advertising.
The show was judged by Bud Caywood, a long-time furniture designer, visual artist, and poet who has won awards and has judged art exhibitions throughout North Carolina. Winners listed with the judge’s comments:
First Place: “Space #7”, by Clay James
“Can a painting breathe? Can it move you?
Can it draw you into some elevated vantage you’ve never visited?
Can it reel you into a place you’ve never dreamed of?
I found that painting!”
Second Place: “Kayaker in the Mist”, by Jill Jarrell
“There are always places I want to go to!
Places I want to experience and then dream about.
To know that the experience speaks to me.
I know this place.
I have been to this place.
I will return again and again.”
3rd Place: “Innocence”, by Beth Ocakowski
“The way she looks at me comforts me.
I am certain that the way she speaks, and acts will comfort me as well.
Who is she? What kind of person is she?
I feel like we have already met.”
Honorable Mention:
“Dutch Tattoo Model”, by Ken Harbert, “Evening Bliss”, by Chris Witherspoon, “Mornings Twilight” by Chris Witherspoon, “You, the Sea, and I”, by Kristy Lee "Daybreak - Cypress Swamp”, by Meredith Janssen, “Horse in Status”, by John Murgo
“Honorable Mention” is always the toughest category to interpret.
It conjures up unique emotional responses to the challenges and decisions
I have to make. And that is what I most noted to myself.
In reviewing these works I responded to a range of competencies and imagination,
from florals and still lifes to abstracts and landscapes to photographs.
Congratulations to ALL who have exhibited in this exhibition! ---Bud Caywood
Reflections March 9 - April 8, 2023.
A competition / exhibition open to all visual artists in the area using photographic media
Artists have been asked to look for reflected images in the world around them.
The judge is Jeffrey Wilhelm. Wilhelm took up photography while studying engineering at NC State. He was a Photographers Mate in the Navy in Spain and on the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier until 1983, then a photojournalist on staff of the Charlotte Observer. He retired as a photo editor in 2014 and continues to photograph for himself and his friends.
Winners:
First prize: Reflected Refractions by Meredith Janssen Second prize: Downtown Underworld by D.D. Weaver Third prize: Flashy by John Koval
Honorable mentions: Bruges - Venice of the North by Amanda Tyler McGuire, Ghost Gator by Amanda Tyler McGuire Reflections of Bergen by Kathryn Regel.
A competition / exhibition open to all visual artists in the area using photographic media
Artists have been asked to look for reflected images in the world around them.
The judge is Jeffrey Wilhelm. Wilhelm took up photography while studying engineering at NC State. He was a Photographers Mate in the Navy in Spain and on the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier until 1983, then a photojournalist on staff of the Charlotte Observer. He retired as a photo editor in 2014 and continues to photograph for himself and his friends.
Winners:
First prize: Reflected Refractions by Meredith Janssen Second prize: Downtown Underworld by D.D. Weaver Third prize: Flashy by John Koval
Honorable mentions: Bruges - Venice of the North by Amanda Tyler McGuire, Ghost Gator by Amanda Tyler McGuire Reflections of Bergen by Kathryn Regel.
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Guest exhibition, Lenoir-Rhyne University Visual Art Program Advanced Studio Practices. Three senior Visual Art majors, Lauren Conroy, Jess Zeppeli, and Neve Duston, display their work. February 2 to March 4.
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Competition/exhibition Cool, Cool, Cool January 29 to February 18, 2023, Art related to a season of cool.
Congratulations to the winners First: Footprints in the Snow, by Matthew Strawn; Second: The Coolest Chick in Town, by Vyvyan L. Dunne; Third: Forecast: A Skiff of Snow in Higher Elevations, by Judy Rider
Honorable mentions: Farmer Hubbard Was Caught Off Guard As Jack Frost Skipped Through His Pumpkin Patch at Dawn, by Cinders;
Outrageous, by Lesli Garvett; After the Ice Storm, by Meredith Janssen
Judge for the show was Thomas Thielemann, Director / Instructor of the Visual Arts Program at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
Congratulations to the winners First: Footprints in the Snow, by Matthew Strawn; Second: The Coolest Chick in Town, by Vyvyan L. Dunne; Third: Forecast: A Skiff of Snow in Higher Elevations, by Judy Rider
Honorable mentions: Farmer Hubbard Was Caught Off Guard As Jack Frost Skipped Through His Pumpkin Patch at Dawn, by Cinders;
Outrageous, by Lesli Garvett; After the Ice Storm, by Meredith Janssen
Judge for the show was Thomas Thielemann, Director / Instructor of the Visual Arts Program at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
Paintings by Dr. Mary-Louise Biasotti Hooper December 15 - January 21, 2023 oils and watercolors
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Tenth Annual TINY ART Show, and Student TINY ART Show, October 20 – November 12, 2022
Full Circle Arts continues display of the very small in all sorts of visual media. There is also a Tiny Art Show by students from Northview Middle School.
Congratulations to the winners: First, Silhouettes, by Chris Witherspoon; Second, Dog Walk #2, by Karen Parker; Third, Cold Windy Winter Day, by Judy Rider'
Honorable mentions: Before the Wedding, by Anita Rhoney; We Didn't Do It, by Anita Rhoney; From Where the Waters Flow, by Chris Parsons; Autumn Crown, by Krystallin Loudermilk; Untitled, by Elizabeth Vanover; Daisy, Daisy, by Judy Rider; Is It Friday Yet?, by Jennifer Cline; Studio Figure, by Ellen Schwarzbek; The Wanderers, by Alison Willard; Apple of My Eye, by Maria Register; Moms on the Run, by Jill Jarrell; Still Waters, by Meredith Janssen.
People's Choice: Untitled (dog, close up), by Connie Dale
Genie Greenlaw created special tiny ribbons for the adult category.
The show was judged by Randy Bell, recently retired art instructor from Fred T. Foard High School and part-time teacher at Lenoir-Rhyne University, drawing and painting, sculpture, printmaking, and art history. He is currently teaching a watercolor class at CVCC. Mr. Bell studied art at Marshal University in Huntington WV. He earned a bachelors degree in art and physical education and a masters degree in art education and art supervision.
Full Circle Arts continues display of the very small in all sorts of visual media. There is also a Tiny Art Show by students from Northview Middle School.
Congratulations to the winners: First, Silhouettes, by Chris Witherspoon; Second, Dog Walk #2, by Karen Parker; Third, Cold Windy Winter Day, by Judy Rider'
Honorable mentions: Before the Wedding, by Anita Rhoney; We Didn't Do It, by Anita Rhoney; From Where the Waters Flow, by Chris Parsons; Autumn Crown, by Krystallin Loudermilk; Untitled, by Elizabeth Vanover; Daisy, Daisy, by Judy Rider; Is It Friday Yet?, by Jennifer Cline; Studio Figure, by Ellen Schwarzbek; The Wanderers, by Alison Willard; Apple of My Eye, by Maria Register; Moms on the Run, by Jill Jarrell; Still Waters, by Meredith Janssen.
People's Choice: Untitled (dog, close up), by Connie Dale
Genie Greenlaw created special tiny ribbons for the adult category.
The show was judged by Randy Bell, recently retired art instructor from Fred T. Foard High School and part-time teacher at Lenoir-Rhyne University, drawing and painting, sculpture, printmaking, and art history. He is currently teaching a watercolor class at CVCC. Mr. Bell studied art at Marshal University in Huntington WV. He earned a bachelors degree in art and physical education and a masters degree in art education and art supervision.
First, Silhouettes, by Chris Witherspoon
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Second, Dog Walk #2, by Karen Parker
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Third, Cold Windy Winter Day, by Judy Rider
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People's choice: Untitled (dog, close up)
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Hot, Hot, Hot, July 28-August 27, 2022
This is a free-wheeling show where artists are presenting their personal expression of what “HOT” means to them.
The winning art is: First prize: Watchfires, by Karen Parker; Second prize: Chaise, by Carol Turner; Third prize: Forest Heat, by Andrew Atkin
Honorable mentions: Cooling Off, by Jennifer Cline; A Midsummer Night's Bloom, by Vyvyan L. Dunne; Itsy Bitsy Still Fits, by Millie Hefner; Paloma, by Maria Register; Hot Debate, by Tommy Stine
The competition was judged by Paula Koch Miller, Program Manager at Children’s Hope Alliance Heartstrings Therapeutic Music and Art Program in Statesville.
This is a free-wheeling show where artists are presenting their personal expression of what “HOT” means to them.
The winning art is: First prize: Watchfires, by Karen Parker; Second prize: Chaise, by Carol Turner; Third prize: Forest Heat, by Andrew Atkin
Honorable mentions: Cooling Off, by Jennifer Cline; A Midsummer Night's Bloom, by Vyvyan L. Dunne; Itsy Bitsy Still Fits, by Millie Hefner; Paloma, by Maria Register; Hot Debate, by Tommy Stine
The competition was judged by Paula Koch Miller, Program Manager at Children’s Hope Alliance Heartstrings Therapeutic Music and Art Program in Statesville.