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chesterton art centerCELEBRATING OUR 59TH YEAR

115 S. 4th St. • Chesterton, IN 46304 • 219 - 926 - 4711 www.chestertonart.com • gallery@chestertonart.com

chesterton art center

HOURS OF OPERATION

Weekdays: 11 AM - 4 PM // Saturdays: 10 AM - 2 PM // Sundays: Closed unless there is an event scheduled

The Chesterton Art Center is dedicated to enriching the cultural landscape of Northwest Indiana. We believe that art is for everyone!

Association of Artists and Craftsmen of Porter County - A Not-For-Profit Arts Organization

Captured MomentsThe Works of Debra Simanski, Sharon Goodall,

and Susan BrandstetterDuring the month of July, the Chesterton Art Center will be featuring the workof Debra Simanski, Sharon Goodall, and Susan Brandstetter in an exhibit titled,"Captured Moments". The exhibit will begin July 2 and hang through the end ofthe month. Guests are invited to meet the artists at the Opening Reception onSaturday, July 13 from 1-4 pm.

Debra Simanski is a lifetime artist working out of her studio on Porter Beach.She is third generation here on the shores of Lake Michigan. Prior to retirement,

Debra had her own graphic arts business in Plymouth, IN. For over 40 years, she owned and operated her business designinglogos, newspaper/magazine ads, display materials, catalogs, and promotional campaignsfor small businesses, corporations, and political campaigns. Although she favors paintingwith oils, this exhibit is featuring Debra's love for the Dunes with many acrylic paintingsdone over the last 5 years.

Sharon Goodall's love of art began while growing up in Northwest Indiana. At a very youngage, Sharon learned to draw from her artistically gifted father. Throughout her school years,she learned many forms of art, including drawing, ceramics, fine art, and art history. Inthe last year, Sharon joined the Duneland Plein Air Painters. Painting directly from naturehas proven to be extremely challenging and has opened up a whole new world of oppor-tunity in her artistic journey. When she isn't painting, she is practicing yoga, walking her

dogs on the beach, and enjoying time with her grandchildren.

Susan Brandstetter and her family are longtime residents of Porter Beach. Susan graduated in 1997from the University of Illinois in Chicago with a degree in Business Administration. With no formalart training, Susan fell into welding by taking a class at Ivy Tech. This led to her creating metal sculp-tures. Many of her inspirations come from children's drawings, mosaics, family pets, nature, friends,and old-time fiddle music. Susan moved to Porter Beach full-time in 1990. Now that her children are older, she is finding timeto venture into some new and exciting art projects. This exhibit will feature Susan's unique customart pieces using a combination of recycled bottle caps and mosaic tiles.

The "Captured Moments" exhibit will open on July 1 and be on display through July 31 at the Chester-ton Art Center, with the Opening Reception taking place on Saturday, July 13 from 1-4.

SPONSORS

ABELSON FUND TRUSTJOHN ANDERSON FOUNDATION

DUNELAND RESALELUELLA DEWULFMEAD FAMILY

FOUNDATION - RITA BERG

CORPORATESPONSORSPINES VILLAGE RETIREMENTCOMMUNITIES

INDIANA DUNES TOURISM

BENEFACTORS

INDIANA ARTS COMMISSION/SOUTH SHORE ARTS

CHESTERTON WOMAN’S CLUB

CHESTERTON DUNELAND KIWANIS CLUB

DELTA THETA TAU SORORITY

JEAN BARGERON

RITA BERG

JANEL BORSOS

PAT CARLISLE

DON & SUSAN COOK

LU DEWULF

MINAKSHI GHUMAN

KATHRYN HARRIS

JOEL JANOWSKI

JUNE LOOBY

WENDY & MARTY MARCINIAK

MARK & PHYLLIS MONTGOMERY

ALEXANDRA NEWMAN

PAUL ORTEGA

KATHY THOMASON

Artist OpportunitiesTeaching Opportunities

The Art Center is expanding our class offerings while continuing the ongoing classes you know and love.We’re seeking instructors to teach art classes for all ages, including pre-school through young adult. Course work canencompass all art forms, not limited to 2D and 3D. This can include jewelry, sculpture, writing, mixed media, paper, fiber,along with the traditional drawing, painting, photography, glass, and more.

Teachers should have art instruction experience and a unique vision for future classes. All interested parties shouldsubmit a resume and/or artist cv, along with class proposals. Each class proposal should include title, description, lengthof class, class size limits, and required supplies. For the specifics, visit our website’s home page - www.chestertonart.com

Art Book Lending Library Available to Members

The Art Center has an amazing collection of books avail-able to loan out to members. These books have been giftedto the Art Center by members, the public, and the families ofartists who are no longer living. There is an array of subjectmatter, and many are instructional in media such as drawing,watercolor, oil painting, glass, clay, fiber, and more.

Many thanks to Board member Janel Borsos, a former li-brarian, who organized and categorized the whole collection.Janel says, “Books and art are my passions, so I combinedthe two and helped put together a resource for all of our mem-bers to use and enjoy.” The check-out system is simple to use. Stop in and take alook.

The 61st Annual Chesterton Art Fair - This year’s Art Fair will be held on Saturday, August 3rd and Sunday, August4th. The extended application is up on our website for artists who wish to apply. Deadline to apply is July 15, 2019. Mem-bers receive a discount on booth fees.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! The Art Fair is our biggest fundraiser.

If you have volunteered in the past, mark your cal-endars! You will be receiving a call to ask if you can helpout again this year.

If you are new to helping at the fair, we have manyjobs to suit any age or ability level. It’s FUN! Booth-sittingto give artists a break, selling pop or water, or helping inthe hospitality booth are just a few of the ways you canhelp out. If you’d like to give it a try, please give the officea call at 926-4711.

Shown checking out the new art book library are left to right,Sandi Church, Board member Janel Borsos, who organizedthe collection, Dick Church - watercolor instructor, and stu-dent Anam Ismail.

It’s Coming! Saturday, August 3rd

and Sunday, August 4th.

Member NewsAdult Art ClassesMembers: Please send us your art news aboutexhibits, awards, etc. for the August newsletterno later than July 18, 2019.

Ceramics with Tom CerniusBegins July 1 from 5:30-8:30. During this 5-week class, begin-ning students will develop fundamental wheel-throwing tech-niques, while returning students will refine their techniques tocreate more complex forms. The instructor, Tom Cernius, willperform short demonstrations while assisting students individu-ally to improve their throwing skills. Hand-building and sculptureare also encouraged. Students can try their hand at slab-build-ing, pinch-pot hand-building, as well as basic sculptural tech-niques - including figurine/small statue construction. All thepieces will be glazed during the final class.The cost for class is $135, with members receiving a $25 dis-count. The cost of clay is an additional $15, payable to the in-structor on the first day of class. All other supplies are included

Herb Helm Watercolor Workshop Herb Helm will teach a 2-day watercolor workshopat the Chesterton Art Center on Monday, July 29and Tuesday, July 30 from 9-4 each day. An oldbarn will be the focus of the class. It is designedfor an advanced beginner and above. Painting thescene will require a number of techniques, includ-ing splattering, glazing, and using masking fluid.The painting will incorporate both positive and neg-ative painting, with opportunities to add a personalinterpretation. A supply list will be provided uponregistration. Students will receive an hour for luncheach day. The cost of the class is $170, with mem-bers of the Art Center receiving a $20 discount.

Prismacolor Pencil Drawing with Leona JurincieLeona Jurincie will be teaching a 4-week Prismacolor Pencil class startingSaturday, August 10 from 9-12 at the Chesterton Art Center. Participantswill learn blending, layering applications, various techniques with Prisma-color pencils and art sticks, plus utilizing the correct solvent for specific ef-fects. The class is designed for beginners. A supply list will be providedupon registration. The cost of class is $170, with members receiving a $20discount.

Oil Painting with Leona JurincieLeona Jurincie will be teaching a 4-week OilPainting class starting Saturday, August 10 from1-4 at the Chesterton Art Center. The class isdesigned for beginners, as well as more ad-vanced students. Beginners will learn basic oil painting techniques. Leona will walk them through startinga project, mixing colors, using/cleaning brushes, and utilizing solvents. Intermediate and advanced studentswill practice using still lifes or reference photos. They will learn how to enhance their work with color, andhow to use more than one reference photo.A supply list will be provided upon registration. The cost of class is $170, with members receiving a $20discount.

Frames and Mats for Sale.The Chesterton Art Center has quite an array of gently used frames and cut mats for sale in various colorsand sizes. Most are under $10. You may find just the frame you are looking for to compliment that pieceof art you recently finished! They are cleaned up, packaged up and ready to go. Come check it out!

Peggy Carter and Steve Bensing have winningphotos in the 2019 Great Waters Photo Contestfrom the Wisconsin Department of Natural Re-sources. Peggy's photo is titled, "Devil's Island SeaCaves." It was taken at the Apostle Islands NationalLakeshore on Lake Superior. Steve's photo iscalled, "Bayfield Morning Sailboats." The image wascaptured at the harbor in Bayfield, Wisconsin.Both photos appear in the 2019-2020 Wisconsin'sGreat Waters Calendar, available to the public be-ginning on August 1st at the Wisconsin State Fair,at Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources Offices,and at National Parks visitor's centers.

The Duneland Photography Club meets the firstTuesday of each month. The next monthly meetingwill be Tuesday, July 2nd. Mentoring will be at 5:30,with the regular meeting beginning at 7:00 pm.Member Norman Turner will be doing a presentationon Frequency Separation. Steve Bensing will leada "Photo Techniques Scavenger Hunt." Please bringyour camera, tripod, and camera manual.July will be a month of summer photography. Wewill have a sunflower photo shoot. There will alsobe photo opportunities at the Porter County Fair andother events in the area. More information will beavailable at the meeting.

Nostalgic Structures & Scenics exhibit will featurethe work of Northwest Indiana Photographic ArtistLarry A Brechner at the Village Gallery, located in-side the Pines Village Retirement Community (3303Pines Village Circle) in Valparaiso. The exhibitopens on Sunday, July 14th at 1:30pm with a gallerytalk that is open to the public, and will remain on dis-play until August 15th. Nostalgic Structures & Sce-nics will feature over twenty pieces including:curious buildings, classic lighthouses, coveredbridges, an assortment of sunrise/sunsets, localesincluding other scenic wonders, plus view of herons,and other fauna.

Robyn Feeley will have a show titled "In Her OwnStyle" at the Miller Beach Arts and Creative District,Marshall J Gardner Center for the Arts in Gary, INlocated at 540 S Lake St, Miller Beach. The showopens July 12th and runs through Aug 4th. Recep-tion is Friday, July 12th from 6-8 pm.

Mary Ann Pals has achieved Master Circle statuswith the International Association of Pastel Soci-eties, an honor bestowed on artists who haveearned 5 points from IAPS by having artwork ac-cepted into their exhibits and/or winning awards intheir exhibits. She will receive her engraved goldmedallion at the 2021 IAPS Convention in Albu-querque, NM. Mary Ann also won the BronzeAward in the Great Lakes Pastel Society 2019Members Exhibition, which is on display at theCarnegie Center for the Arts in Three Rivers MIthrough Sept. 7.

Board of Directors

Joel JanowskiPresident

Larry BrechnerVice-President

Jane DelligattiTreasurer

Rita BergSecretary

Janel BorsosCarol Lynn Brechner

Luella DeWulfKathryn HarrisDaniel KeilmanRobert KollarAshley Lafata

Christine Newton Marcia O’SullivanBrooke Sutter

STAFF: Wendy MarciniakExecutive Director

Chris ActonPublicist

Marie Englehart

Children’s Art Education

The Art Center is a GREAT place for a party!

July Cookies and Canvas

Ice Cream!Friday, July 12. Children ages 3-7 attend from 5-6:30, andages 8 & up attend from 7-8:30. This fun art evening in-cludes an 8" x 10" canvas painting, cookies and juice. Costis $10 per child, or $5 for members. Students must reg-ister and pay no later than Thursday, July 11.

Photo by Larry Brechner

Birthday Parties! with Kristy Horb

Parties can celebrate other occasions as well.

Call the office for more information.

Our Policy Regarding Class/Workshop Fee PaymentsAll classes must be paid for in full one day before class starts. This givesyour instructors more time to spend on teaching you rather than taking classtime to collect fees. This can be done by calling the Art Center withcredit/debit card, stopping in, or by using Eventbrite online ticketing. Thankyou!

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The goal is to introduce children to variousartists, their styles and techniques, with proj-ects reflecting what they are learning.

Classes meet weekly and are open to allages and skill levels. Several mediums willbe used including drawing, painting, papiermache, mosaic, sculpture, collage and more.

We hope all of our students have ahappy summer! Be sure to check out allof the fun summer Art Camps.

They are filling up fast, be sure to registernow to be sure you get in the ones yourchild will enjoy.

We will be back in the fall with pre-school, home school, and after schoolclasses.

Summer Art Camps!with Jennifer Martin

Week 3: Kids Art Camp - July 15-18Fiesta Art Week

The projects for Week 3 will include paper banners,sombreros, guitars, pinatas, and cactus crafts - all inbright, vivid colors! A painted stretched canvas artpiece will also be added to the colorful mix!

Week 4: Kids Art Camp - July 22-25National Park Art Week

During Week 4, students will explore the beauty of several National Parks - in-cluding ours! Participants will visit the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Redwood, and

the Indiana Dunes, to name a few. Projects will includewild animals, land formations, and lots of nature! Apainted stretched canvas project will round out theweek! Cost is $90 per week, with members receivinga $20 discount.

Each camp will run Monday through Thursday, withages 4-7 meeting from 9-11:30 a.m., and ages 8 & up

meeting from 12-2:30. Children will have plenty of opportunities to paint, ex-plore, create, and express themselves through art! All supplies included. Reg-ister early! These popular classes fill up fast.

Kids Clay Camp!with Kristy Horb

The week of July 8-11 from 9 am until 11 am.Ages 6-12. Kids will have fun with air clay,

making an array of projects throughout this week, including bowls, dogs, beadsand clay stamping projects. Cost of this class is $80 with members receivinga $20 discount.

Welcome New Members!Susan Brandstetter, Tom Coulter, Hot Shop Valpo, Bridget Nadolski, and Lou Ann Taylor-Combs. Thank you for becoming members!