Thank You from PAL & Happy Holidays!!!

A big thank you to all who came to the PAL Holiday Party and brought so many yummy treats!  We had a good time chatting and snacking!  We also took in artwork for our "Best of the Best" exhibit which is now running at the Jon Balke Gallery, second floor of the District 202 Administration Building in Plainfield.  We have over 30 pieces in just our High School competition alone!  Thank you Freddie for all your hard work on making this one of the best yet!!!

We would also like to congratulate the winners of our monthly "One Night Show!" exhibit entitled "Winter Sunsets."  Best of Theme went to Mike Bessler for his photo print on canvas with acrylic brushstroke overlay, "River Rain", and Best of Show went to Cheryl Carman for her acrylic piece "Warm Winter Sky".  Beautiful work everyone!  And special thanks to Jalale Weber for judging this exhibit.

Next meeting will be our "Best of the Best" reception on January 7th at the District 202 Jon Balke Gallery (no demo/meeting in January).  We will have member voting for both member awards and awards for our student exhibit.  Come and support our young local artists!  Bring a treat to share.

If you have any questions or need directions to the venue, please contact us.  Have a creative week everyone and happy holidays!

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Plainfield Art League

PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544
815-277-1013
info@plainfieldartleague.org
www.plainfieldartleague.org

PAL/Plainfield Public Library "Bountiful" Judged Exhibit Winners

PAL would like to congratulate the winners of our November judged exhibit "Bountiful" in conjunction with the Plainfield Public Library.  The exhibit is running through November 21 in the lower lever bay window area of the Plainfield Public Library.  Thank you to all who brought in their beautiful work - patrons and library staff have sent their compliments!  And we would like to also thank our guest judge, Patti Tesdal!

BEST OF THEME: "Hay" by Barb Eberhard - Gum Bichromate photo

FIRST PLACE: "White Synagogue" by Freddie Harmon - Watercolor

SECOND PLACE: "All In A Day's Work" by Amy Turner - Colored Pencil

THIRD PLACE: "Gum In The Garden" by Barb Eberhard - Gum Bichromate photo

BEST OF SHOW: "Blue Hibiscus and Fairy Lights" by Amy Turner - Colored Pencil

***It came to our attention that we needed to amend our judging to allow for only one ribbon to be awarded per artist, per exhibit.  This will be applied to all future PAL judged exhibits.

 

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Plainfield Art League

PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544
815-556-9278
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PAL's Great November Demo & "One Night Show!"

PAL wants to thank Barb Eberhard for her wonderful and very informative demo on the Gum Bichromate photographic process - learning about the involved process of how she creates her beautiful pieces was eye-opening!  Thanks again Barb!

Also, congratulations to our "One Night Show!" winners for November!  Our theme this month was "Life Cycles."   Best of Theme went to Freddie Harmon for her watercolor piece entitled "Red Poppies" and  Best of Show went to one of our new members, Lillian Ebert, for her Oil painting entitled "Fall Fantasy."  Thank you to all who entered - your work was gorgeous and made  judge Murley Wheeler's job a difficult one!

December's "One Night Show!" exhibit theme will be "Winter Sunsets", and will be on December 10 during our PAL Holiday party, lower level meeting room of the Plainfield Library from 7pm to 8:45pm.  See everyone then!!!

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Plainfield Art League

PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544
815-556-9278
info@plainfieldartleague.org
www.plainfieldartleague.org

PAL's October "One Night Show!" Winners

We would like to congratulate the winners of this month's "One Night Show!" exhibit entitled "Conjoined" held during our monthly demo night at the Plainfield Public Library on the night of Oct. 8th. 

Best of Show - Tim Lutrey, acrylic entitled "Trail's End"

Best of Theme - Mike Bessler, photograph on canvas entitled "Abstract Underbelly of the Bean - Chicago"

Thank you to all participants!  Beautiful work everyone!  Next month's "One Night Show! Exhibit is entitled "Life Cycle".

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Plainfield Art League

PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544
815-556-9278
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Mark your calendars....

Our next meeting is Wednesday, October 8th at the Plainfield Public Library (15025 South Illinois Street, Plainfield, Il, 60544) at 7pm. We'll be having a demo by Maribeth Ratajczyk - "Controlling your Camera and your Composition". 

We also have our monthly members "One Night Show!" with a theme of "Conjoined". This show will be a judged/ribboned, show and will be judged by a fellow PAL member. Each member should bring in one piece for that night's show and "Best of Theme", "Best of Show" ribbons will be given out at the end of the night.

And thank you to all of our participating artists in our first exhibit at the BMO Harris Bank of Plainfield!  If you are in the area, drop by to view PAL artwork - exhibit is ongoing until Sept. 27.

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Plainfield Art League
815-556-9278
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PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544

PAL's September One Night Show Winners

We would like to congratulate the winners of our monthly "One Night Show" exhibit, "Twists & Turns," which was held during our September Demo night at the Plainfield Public Library.  A special thank you to our judge for the show, Gabe Bernal, who is a new member of PAL - Thank you and a hearty welcome Gabe!

The winners are:

"Best of Show"  goes to Tim Lutrey for his wonderful acrylic painting entitled "First and Down."

 

"Best of Theme"    goes to Freddie Harmon for her gorgeous watercolor piece entitled "Red Lily."

Beautiful work everyone!  Congratulations!!!

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Plainfield Art League
815-556-9278
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PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544

PAL's July judged Exhibit "Freedom Rings" Winners

Congratulations to our award winners in PAL's judged Exhibit "Freedom Rings" at the District 202's Jon Balke Gallery!  A special thank you to this month's judge, Denise Albright, from Plainfield South, District 202.

Best of Theme:  "Healing Fields of Honor, 2012" - Mike Bessler

Best of Show:  "East River 1912" - Tim Lutrey

First:  "With Bright Shiny Faces" - Amy Turner

Second:  "Simplicity" - Debbie Hart

Third: "White Peony with Red Traces" - Mike Bessler

Thank you to all of our artists who entered - beautiful work everyone!  Our next exhibit will be at the Plainfield Public Library.  Details TBA.

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Plainfield Art League
815-556-9278
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PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544

PAL's June "In The Garden" Juried Exhibit Winners

Thank you and congratulations to all our participants and winners of PAL's June exhibit, "In The Garden," at District 202's Jon Balke Gallery!  As usual, the work was marvelous and we received wonderful feedback.  Our judge for this exhibit was Cindy Egizio, instructor at PSD.

Our winners for this month's exhibit are:

Best of Theme -  "The Pink Farm", Freddie Harmon

Best of Show -  "Life Circle Regalia", Amy Turner

First Place - "Peony With Red Traces", Mike Bessler

Second Place - "Zihautanjo Sunset", Ron Girard

Third Place - "Napa Vinyard", Tim Lutrey 

We look forward to seeing your work for the second month's exhibit at the Jon Balke Gallery, entitled "Freedom Rings".  Drop off for this next exhibit is Tuesday, July 1, from 1:30pm to 2:30pm at the Jon Balke Gallery, second floor of the District 202 Administration Building.  Bring one picture for the judged exhibit (pieces should not have won Best of Show or Best of Theme previously) and up to 3 pieces for the non-judged exhibit - framed and ready to hang.

Beautiful show everyone! 
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Plainfield Art League
815-556-9278
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www.plainfieldartleague.org
PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544

No Member Meetings/Demos in July & August

Just a reminder that we will be taking a hiatus over July and August and will not have member meetings/demos again until September.

We hope everyone has a safe and creative Summer!!!!

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Plainfield Art League
815-556-9278
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www.plainfieldartleague.org
PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544

Fun and Informative June Demo!

We would like to extend a special thank you to Freddie Harmon for providing us with a very informative and fun demo on creating preliminary value studies for future artwork!  Not only was it a great way to hone one's eye when judging values but helps to train your eye when attempting full color work.

At some future point, we would love to have Freddie come back and take us from our black and white study into our color value study....

Thanks again Freddie - it was a lot of fun!
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Plainfield Art League
815-556-9278
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PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544

June's "One Night Show" Exhibit - "Summer Fun"

Congratulations to our winners in June's "One Night Show" exhibit entitled "Summer Fun!"

Best of Theme:  "Tall Ships - Chicago"  (photo) by Freddie Harmon

Best of Show:  :Sunset Sailing on Key West"  (photo) by Mike Bessler

First Place:  "Summer Sand" (oil) by Cheryl Carman

Congratulations again everyone!

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Plainfield Art League
815-556-9278
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PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544

PAL's May Judged One-night Exhibit Winners!

Thank you to all who attended Mike Bessler's Demo on photographing your artwork this past Wednesday - it was very informative!  We would also like to thank our member judge for our one night judged exhibit - Virginia Nordwall!

Winners for our May One Night Judged Exhibit "Holy COW!" are:

Best of Theme - Tim Lutrey with his oil on canvas entitled "Y'er Out!"

Best of Show - Ron Gerard with his watercolor entitled "Wild Sea."

Second Place - Mike Bessler with his photo on Canvas entitled "Lava Falls."

Third Place - Freddie Harmon with her watercolor entitled "Orange Bee."

...and a beautiful piece entitled Arizona Sunset" by Virginia Nordwall which will be re-entered in a future show.

Next month's one night judged show will be themed "Summer Fun."  Can't wait to see what everyone has been working on!

Again...congratulations to this month's winners and we'll see you next month!

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Plainfield Art League
815-556-9278
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PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544

PAL May Demo - Take Professional Photos for your Artwork with Mike Bessler

Get ready for May's Demo with PAL's resident photography expert, Mike Bessler!!!  Mike will be demonstrating how to take photos of your artwork for print and online media.  Be sure to bring some of your artwork AND your camera to the Plainfield Public Library on Wednesday, May 14th, from 7pm to 9pm in the large, downstairs meeting room.

Call or email for more info....

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Plainfield Art League
815-556-9278
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www.plainfieldartleague.org
PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544

Excellent April Demo & "Spring Flowers" Exhibit Winners

Our April Demo with Dick Blick Rep. Kevin was a really fun time last night!  We discussed acrylic paints and acrylic mediums, pan pastels, colored graphites and a wonderful new, no-bleed paper from Crescent called "Render Paper."  Everyone had hands-on time with all the materials and we had a great Q & A session.

Also, PAL held it's first ever one-night, judged exhibit with the theme "Spring Flowers!"  We will be having these on the second Wednesday of every month during our demo meetings from now on - so we hope you're getting creative so you can bring in your new work to share and win ribbons!

This month's one-night, judged exhibit was judged by our resident photography expert, Mike Bessler.  And the winners are...Best of Theme: "Radiant Sunshine" by Freddie Harmon,  Best of Show: "Autumn Splendor" by Ron Girard,  2nd Place: "River Walk" by Debbie Hart, 3rd Place:  "Morning Mist" by Cheryl Carmen. 

Congratulations everyone!  Next month's theme will be "Holy Cow!" - and you don't have to stay within the theme to win ribbons.  We hope to see more members bringing in their work in the future!

See you next month everyone!!! 

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Plainfield Art League
815-556-9278
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www.plainfieldartleague.org
PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544

PAL 2013/2014 "Best of the Best" & Student Exhibit Winners

We want to congratulate all the winners at our annual "Best of the Best" exhibit voting & reception last night at the District 202 Jon Balke Gallery!  It was a wonderful evening.  Along with a heart-felt memorial for our friend JoAnn Deck, we celebrated the night with great art, good friends and way too much food...but a lot of fun!

Our winners include: Debbie Hart, Freddie Harmon, Mike Bessler, Courtney Weed, Gloria Moses, JoAnn Deck (accepted by daughter Tammy) & Amy Turner with our alternates, Heather Randazzo and Tim Lutrey.

And our special student winner of both a ribbon and a $50 scholarship check: 

Alexia Chlibovytsch for her untitled portrait of a young woman in graphite.  Beautiful work Alexia!

Thank you again to everyone who attended and brought oodles of food - it was a wonderful night!  And special thanks to Freddie Harmon for all her efforts putting the event together and coordinating with our District 202 partners.

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Plainfield Art League
815-556-9278
info@plainfieldartleague.org
www.plainfieldartleague.org
PO Box 1543, Plainfield, Il 60544