Booth Hosts Elementary School Art Exhibition

For the second year in a row, the Booth Western Art Museum is hosting the Elementary School Art Exhibition in the Borderlands Gallery. Student's artwork is selected from each of the Bartow County Elementary schools as well as Cartersville City Primary and Elementary school to be on display in the exhibition.

An Opening Reception was held for the Elementary School Art Exhibition on Thursday, April 15. The young artists and their teachers, parents, grandparents, siblings, friends and more visited the Museum to view their artwork on display.

The exhibition is open now through May 15. Check out a few photographs of the talented artists and their proud teachers and parents:
(<--) Carli Clymer of Euarhlee Elementary School and her parents.

Elaina Northrop with her mother and art teacher at Cartersville Primary School, Linn Dreisbach. (-->)

(<--) Some three dimensional pieces of artwork in the exhibition)

Cloverleaf Elementary School art teacher Cindy Collar and her student, Erika Berger. (-->)

Booth Artists' Guild Off to a Great Start

The Booth Artists’ Guild (BAG) held its first meeting last Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at the Booth Art Academy located in the Teacher Resource Center. In addition to learning more about the purpose and function of BAG, the 50 people in attendance heard from Elaine Elder of A New Dimension who presented a program on how to properly photograph one’s artwork and the process of making giclees.

“We were thrilled with the attendance and interest in the BAG and look forward to more opportunities to network with artists representing different mediums and styles,” commented Booth Museum Scheduling & Volunteer Coordinator, Marcia Dillard.

BAG is intended for artists of all levels and experience to continue art education, have the opportunity for their work to be displayed in yearly exhibitions at the Booth Museum, and meet and network with fellow artists. In addition to networking opportunities, the intent is to have a guest speaker at each meeting share something unique and beneficial with the members.

Continued Dillard, “Though we already had a few programs scheduled for upcoming meetings, some ideas for future programs were suggested by several in attendance and included: color mixing and matching in both oils and acrylics; figurative painting and drawing; using Corel and/or Photoshop; calibrating cameras, computers and printers for color printing; setting up personal websites to showcase artwork; marketing artwork during a recession; color in landscapes; pottery demonstrations and how to varnish one’s work successfully.”

Booth Art Academy Manager Natalie Goodwin added, “The vast number of suggestions we received and the wide range of topics prove to me that networking and continuing art education opportunities are a welcome addition to the artists’ lives right now.”

Of the 50 people who attended the first BAG meeting on April 6, more than half paid dues and officially joined the group.

The next meeting of the BAG will be Tuesday, May 4 at 6:00 pm at The Teacher Resource Center. Atlanta artist Henry Patton will present a program on his “Blue Horse” artwork. Membership in the BAG is $24 per year and runs concurrently with a Booth membership. For more information, contact Marcia Dillard at 770-387-3849.

New Twist on Art for Lunch

Many people have come to expect a great lecture or presentation the first Wednesday of every month as part of Art for Lunch. However, things will be slightly different for tomorrow's Art for Lunch....

Booth staff members Robert Hyde and Leonard Gandy, along with Tommy Culpepper and Gary Turner, will present “Civil War Camp Life” in the Booth Ballroom - - instead of the typical Booth Theatre location.

The four gentlemen will dress in Civil War uniforms and will have original artifacts from the Civil War as well as authentic equipment and supplies soldiers in camp would have had. The program will highlight what went on in camp during the Civil War – including the boredom and hardships which were endured. The program will also tie into several art pieces we have in our permanent collection at the Booth Museum.

Also new to the typical Art for Lunch, we will offer lunch for purchase in the Booth Ballroom. For $7, visitors can have an all-you-can-eat soup and salad bar with a drink, or have a sandwich (turkey, ham or chicken salad) with chips, cookie and a drink.

We are expecting a large crowd due to the topic and great lunch selection being offered, so be sure to get here in plenty of time to make it to the 12:15 pm Art for Lunch.

Hope to see you there!