Programs & Meetings
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Meeting Location Meetings will be either on Zoom or in-person. Location of in-person meetings may vary - see program details below for more information on location. |
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Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024
In-Person Location: Atlee Branch Library 9212 Rutlandshire Dr. Mechanicsville, VA 23116 (Atlee Meeting Room) 12:00pm: Book Swap 12:30 pm: Business Meeting 1:00pm: Helen Oderissi |
NOTE: This meeting will start at Noon with a Book Swap, followed by the business meeting and then the main program.
——Free Book Exchange: Bring a Book, Take a Book ——- Bring in your gently used ‘How-To’ art books to the MAPS meeting on November 9. Books on any art media welcome, NO textbooks, art history books, or magazines. Simple "How-To" craft books are welcome. Please stick within the theme of art instruction. No money will be exchanged, bring only books you are willing to give away. At the meeting, whether you brought in any books or not, everyone will be welcome to look through the group offerings and take a few books home for yourself. Any books left over will be donated to Brightpoint Community College library for their free student book give-away. The swap will begin at Noon on November 9. __________________________________________________________ MAIN PROGRAM Helen Oderisi (In-Person) - "How to Take Better Photographs of Your Art" In this fun, hands-on program, Helen will guide us through some simple techniques to get the best possible photographs of our artwork. Helen Oderisi is the owner of Helen’s Place Photography in Williamsburg and has been a professional photographer for over 35 years. She has taken photographs all over the world and distinguished herself locally by photographing a number of dignitaries including President Bill Clinton, Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, and President Joe Biden when he was a Senator. Her greatest passion has always been photographing children. As she is retiring, she is finding true joy in teaching how to see and how to really love the art of photography as she does. |
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Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
Zoom Meeting (Link will be emailed to members) 12:30 pm: Business Meeting 1:00 pm: Ian Roberts Presentation |
Ian Roberts Presentation (Zoom) - "Mastering Composition"
Subtitle: A 40-minute talk on using composition to dramatically improve your paintings Ian Roberts has painted for over 40 years. For over twenty-five years he taught landscape painting in Provence, France each spring, through his school Atelier Saint-Luc, named after the patron saint of painters. He’s written two books — Creative Authenticity: 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen Your Artistic Vision and Mastering Composition: Techniques and Principle to Dramatically Improve Your Paintings, which has sold over 60,000 copies. His YouTube channel, Mastering Composition, has 200,000 subscribers. He also teaches a series of online courses on Mastering Composition. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Anne Ward, also a painter. Learn more about Ian Roberts at Ian Roberts website. |
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Saturday, March 8, 2025
Zoom Meeting (Link will be emailed to members) 12:30 pm: Business Meeting 1:00 pm: Luana Luconi-Winner Presentation (90 minutes) |
Luana Luconi Winner (Zoom) - "How Would Sargent Paint Them: The Color of People"
Portrait artist, master pastelist, author, and favored instructor Luana Luconi Winner will present an active program inspired by the 2023-24 “Fashioned by Sargent” exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum of Boston and at the Tate in London. After a short history of Sargent, she will then focus on Sargent’s extraordinary handling of skin tones. Luana will explain the very specific differences in how Sargent depicted the blue bloods of Europe, the creamy debutants of the United States, and the country people in the small villages he visited on his travels. Luana will show how some of his favorite subjects might have been created with demos in pastel on five different skin tones in miniature copies of Sargent’s portraits. Following will be a short portrait demonstration, copying the head only from Sargent’s portrait of Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect of more than 100 public parks in the U.S. from Central Park in New York to the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC. Luana is a founding member of the Portrait Society of America, a Juried Member of the Portrait Society of Atlanta, an elected Master Circle member of the International Association of Pastel Societies, and a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America. She is also a Signature Member, past president, and honorary lifetime member of the Pastel Society of North Carolina; Master Pastelist with the Southeastern Pastel Society, North Carolina Ambassador for the Portrait Society of America, and an active member of several other art boards and national art organizations. Learn more about Luana Luconi Winner by clicking here. 
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May 2024
In-Person Reception Time: 6pm - 8:30pm Fee: $20 (Member Only) $40 (Member + 1 Guest) Location: Provided on Registration Form |
Live Evening Reception and Demo with Aline Ordman
Please join us for an opportunity to meet and talk with Aline Ordman, our Spring Workshop instructor. Aline is a Master Pastelist with the Pastel Society of America, an Eminent Pastelist with the International Association of Pastel societies, A Signature Member of The American Impressionist Society and a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America. Her work has appeared in various publications, receiving Awards in the Pastel Journal’s including the Founders Award. In 2017 she received the Prix de Pastel in the International Association of Pastel Society’s National Juried Exhibition. This evening will begin with a buffet of heavy hors d'oeuvres. This is a great opportunity to catch up with your fellow pastel artists and meet Aline. The buffet will be followed by Aline’s announcement of our Judged Exhibit Award Recipients and then she will demonstrate her process and technique. And, of course, we will give away 2 door prizes for 2 lucky members who are in attendance. To learn more about Aline Ordman go to Aline Ordman Fine Art |