WE'RE IN OUR NEW HOME!

Friday, July 12th. saw the doors open at the new MAG Gallery at 217 West Jefferson Street, Madison, GA, open for the first time. The new gallery is caddy corner across from the "old" Cottage Gallery location, and is directly across from Town Park. It's a great new, airy space, and our artists are busily making it an exciting venue with 2 and 3 dimensional works, as well as various fabric arts. 

Our grand opening will be held on Friday, July 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. at 217 West Jefferson Street in downtown Madison. Bring a friend for this fabulous occasion to enjoy the art, light refreshments, and entertainment.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: MMCC / MAG JURIED SPRING SHOW

 

"Heritage: Natural and Cultural:"

A Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Juried Art Show with the Madison Artists Guild

CALL FOR ENTRIES
The Madison-Morgan Cultural Center and the Madison Artists Guild are pleased to announce a call for entries for “Heritage, Natural and Cultural”, a Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Juried Art Show with the Madison Artists Guild. Heritage is a tie that may bind or separate human beings. Our earthly inheritance may include fauna and flora, landscape and landforms. There is also the heritage of both physical and intangible markers of who we are as individuals and as a society. Whether natural or cultural, our heritage is based on an individual’s life experience and open to his or her interpretation. The intent of the show will be to reflect the highest quality art from MAG artists in a broad range of media showcasing the talent of MAG member artists.

The juror is Alan MacTaggart, Chair of the Department of Art at Augusta State University. Mr. MacTaggart, a graduate of Pratt Institute, East Tennessee State University, and Clemson University, has been the recipient of two Fulbright Awards, to England and Bulgaria. He was Artist-in-Residence at Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany, and Supervisor of Special Exhibitions/Sales at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. MacTaggart served as Dean of Arts and Humanities, Chair of Fine Arts, and Professor at Lander University. An experienced juror, Mr. MacTaggart’s work has been exhibited more than 100 times at home and abroad.

This show is open to any artist age 18 and up who is a current member of the Madison Artists Guild or joins or renews membership at the time of entry. A $20 entry fee allows each artist to submit up to three (3) entries. Entry deadline is February 28, 2012. Works must be delivered on site at MMCC on Monday, March19, 2012. Terms and conditions of participation are enumerated in the Prospectus for Juried Show. You can download a Prospectus and Entry Form from either website: www.mmcc-arts.org ; or www.madisonartistsguild.org.
The Madison-Morgan Cultural Center is a multi-disciplinary non-profit arts organization located in a renovated 1895 Romanesque Revival school building in historic Madison, GA. Through the performing and visual arts, the Center serves an 11 county area and maintains an active membership base approaching 1000 members.  For more information on the Cultural Center, please visit www.mmcc-arts.org or call 706-342-4743 (877-233-0598 toll free). The Center is located at 434 S. Main Street, Madison, GA

Madison Artists Guild is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the education in and encouragement of artistic endeavor in its members and the community through planned programs and regular gatherings. For more information about MAG, please visit www.madisonartistsguild.org or call 706-342-5200 or visit the Guild’s Cottage Gallery at Town Park Wednesday – Saturday, 11 AM to 4:30 PM or Sunday 1 to 5 PM, 248 West Jefferson Street, Madison, GA.

2011 GINGERBREAD WORKSHOP By the Madison Artists Guild

The holidays and the Madison Artists Guild are the perfect partners in the 10th annual Gingerbread Workshop to be held at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Hall.  The Guild has been making this magical evening possible for ten years and it just gets better and better!

Thursday, December 8th at 6 pm the Hall will be transformed into a holiday Fun Factory where kids and parents will construct fantastic "gingerbread" houses from small recycled boxes, frosting, candy, and tons of other artistic "building" materials.  Mrs. Santa and her team of Teen Elves will direct the whole show and orchestrate an evening of excitement and creativity that will become a family tradition for years to come.  At just the perfect time The Snow Queen will descend from her mythical Ice Palace to dust the incredible creations with her magical glistening snow as the evening draws to a twinkling conclusion.

This is the most affordable holiday event you'll ever enjoy at only $15 per house built (two kids may work on one house together if you like).  Guild members in good standing pay $13 per house.  Pre-registration is required and you'll be able to do that at the Guild Cottage at Town Park, 248 W. Jefferson Street, Madison.  The Cottage is open Wed. - Sat. 11:00 am till 4:30 pm and Sunday 1 - 5 pm.  We have registration forms there or you can download one from our website at , www.madisonartistsguild.org.  This event fills up fast, so don't delay!

The Guild is very excited to once again partner with the Cultural Center as the venue sponsor in this magical holiday event and is grateful to our materials sponsors - Ingle's Grocery and Antique Sweets on the square.  To donate building materials or your time please visit our website or call Karen Strelecki at 706-752-0137.

Morsberger Speaks! Saturday, October 15 at 5 pm

Morsberger Speaks!

An afternoon artist’s talk with Philip Morsberger

Saturday, October 15, 5 pm
at the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art

Hosted by Madison Artists Guild

(free to public, donations appreciated)

STMA and MAG invite you to a once in a life time opportunity to hear Philip Morsberger talk about his art, his influences, and his show "The Eye of the Beholder," works by Philip Morsberger and Anita Huffington. Philip is internationally known, has held prestigious positions at Oxford University, Berkeley, Augusta State University and more.  Don't miss this opportunity to talk with him about art, humor, color, and inspiration!

 

For more information, please contact:
Madison Artists Guild

706-752-0137 • www.madisonartistsguild.org

 

Morsberger Speaks! location:

Steffen Thomas Museum of Art

4200 Bethany Road, Buckhead, GA

www.steffenthomas.org

The Eye of the Beholder - a Great Opening!

The Eye of the Beholder opening was attended by approximately 150 people (by the wine glass count and visual guestimates)!  That is an excellent number and I can't thank you all enough for attending, helping, supporting, donating, etc.!

Of course our wonderful sponsors, Eenoco Japanese Steak & Sushi, Olde South Wine & Spirits, Boxwoods Gardens & Gifts, Madison Oaks Inn & Gardens, Godfrey's Feed, and Rutledge Frames deserve a standing ovation for everything they did to make it possible to present this show.  Please remember to thank them the next time you are in their establishments!

Great thanks go to STMA, our partner in this effort.  Were it not for the generosity of Lisa Conner and the help of Heather Haney and Pam Tomany, this show would not have been possible!

Guildies & friends who stepped up to the plate in so many ways deserve special recognition:  Pete Muzyka, Pete "Atlas" Ekstrom, Greg Strelecki, Kevin McGowan, Cathy Best, Mev Rozsman, Willene Coggins, Laura Rice, Ira and Roberta Block, Louise Lauderdale & Pam Baxter, Martha Lower, Sue Foy, Julie Noland, Rick Crown, Janet Mason, Jan Reilly, Solveig Harden, Kiki Pollard, Gaye Chatov, Pat Farmer, Ann Huff, Cheryl Whitestone, Liselott Johnsson, Margaret Ligon, Amelia Steele & Beth Goodwin.  All these folks either helped with financial donations, food contributions, physical help, and or some sort of service in the cause!  Thank you all for being a part of the Eye team!

Philip and Anita were so grateful for all our efforts and were very happy with the results.  We all made them feel warmly welcomed and they were thrilled with the venue, their accommodations, and the new friends they've made in Madison.  The show runs through Oct. 30.

This show was a year in the making and required a real team effort.  Thank you all for participating!  Visit our Facebook page for pictures from the opening, courtesy of photographer, Greg Strelecki!

THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: Works by Philip Morsberger & Anita Huffington

Opening reception, Friday, September 9 from 7-9 p.m.
Steffen Thomas Museum of Art
4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead, GA 30625

The Madison Artists Guild and partner Steffen Thomas Museum of Art are proud to bring two world-class artists to Morgan County.  Selected works by Philip Morsberger and Anita Huffington will be on view in at STMA from Sept. 9 through Oct. 31, 2011.  Entitled Eye of the Beholder, this exhibit showcases the talents of these two friends, one a painter and the other a sculptor.  The opening reception for this show will be on September 9, at 7 pm; it is free and open to the public.  The show’s co-curators, Liselott Johnsson and Karen Strelecki of the Madison Artists Guild, have chosen works that exemplify the depth of talent of both artists.

Morsberger was the Morris Eminent Scholar Emeritus in Art at Augusta State University and paints daily in his studio in Augusta.  He travels frequently to Oxford University in England where, from 1971 to 1984, he was the Ruskin Master of Drawing.  Major collections on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia, boast exuberantly colorful Morsberger paintings.

Huffington’s figural sculptures in stone, wood, bronze and mixed media can be found in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia, and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, to name a few.  She and her late husband moved from New York in 1977 to a log cabin in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas where she found a visceral connection to nature, which is exuded by her work.  She draws inspiration from her life in the woods and her mythical sculptures convey this oneness with nature.

The Madison Artists Guild would like to thank the following in-kind sponsors for making this show possible: Eenoco Japanese Steak and Sushi, Olde South Wine and Spirits, Boxwoods Gardens and Gifts, Godfrey’s Feed & Seed, Madison Oaks Inn and Rutledge Frame Shop. 

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2011 Firefly Festival

For the third year in a row, the Madison Artists Guild participated in the City's Firefly Festival at Town Park by staging a Twilight Paint Out.  Guild members Sam Traina, Wendy Adams and Cheryl Whitestone set up their easels and documented the festivities Friday and Saturday evening.  The Guild also had a large tent which housed other paintings and prints by the 3 painters.  The paintings that were created during the Firefly were sold at silent auction and several paintings sold.

This year, in addition to the Twilight Paint Out, the Guild offered a Kooky Craft Tent under which the kids who attended on Friday evening could paint and create Glow Worm Goggles or Firefly Wands.  MAG members who participated in the fun were Rita Knight, Louise Lauderdale, Marjean Meadow, Martha Lower, Lisa Hamilton, Stacey Lewis and Janet Mason.  As night descended on Town Park the Kooky Creations turned on the park as kids ran around showing off their glowing goggles and wands.  It was hard to pack up at 9 because more and more kids wanted to score on a pair!

Thanks to all the helpers, painters and especially to Pete Muzyka who captured it all on "film"!