Association of Nebraska Art ClubsFall 2017 • www.nebraskaartclubs.org

One thing is for sure; York really worked for us.

Kudos to all the custodial staff at York Middle School and everybody who went above and beyond to make it such a success. Pam did an excellent job in securing that venue and staying in constant contact with Mike, our on-site superhero.

We had a GREAT turnout at Chances R for a fun-filled awards banquet where we elected new, enthusiastic board members that will be working hard for you.

From your President...

In this issue...

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Who hasn’t heard or said that before?

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2017 Conference Best of Show pg 2ANAC Signature Award Winners pg 102018 in Scottsbluff pg 15

Travel Show pg 16Club Spotlight pg 17ANAC Board & Committees pg 19

A WORD FROM KOBA

Hi all, Koba the bird here.

If you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting me yet, let me tell you a bit about myself.

Devyn Bonge is my roommate. She’s pretty cool. She is a really scary nurse in a haunted house.

My grandma is Wendy Mues Bonge. She’s pretty cool, too. She is a great art teacher at St. Edwards and is passionate about bugs.

Both Devyn and Wendy are artists. They told me you are all artists, too! I’m looking forward to classes in Scottsbluff so I can learn to be a painter, too! Can’t wait to see you all!

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Our fall meeting at Kearney worked out well, so we will be meeting there again in the spring. Scottsbluff is highly organized already, and I can say with great confidence that trekking west to ‘Art in the Valley’ next June will be all kinds of fun. Hope to see you there.

I’ve been WAY out west to Casper, Wyo., twice recently so it worked out for me to begin my goal of visiting members and clubs during my presidency. I truly admired Dale Masters for traveling the state to visit clubs, and that is the kind of president that I’ve always dreamed of being.

I knew for that to work, I’d have to be retired, and being I’m not, I’ll just do what I can when I can. I visited the Scottsbluff site for the 2018 Conference and then stopped to visit Marcia Bauerle in Imperial on the way back home. Last week, I stopped to see the renovations that Steph Mantooth has done with her studio in Alliance, and I was truly impressed.

I hope I can work more visits into my future.

Meanwhile, I’ll be trying to see what works and doesn’t work with ANAC’s video collection.

I’ve sorted and typed the collection but need to test them. Hopefully I will have a list in the spring newsletter and be able to post the update on our website. It is a slow process because I have a billion boxes of my own to make sense of at home and at school. I have to say, it’s more enjoyable to be under quilt-making stitches, doing art or reading a good book than organizing anything, especially in the winter. I’m bracing for the cold. I sure am glad that hot chocolate and hot tea taste so much better in my awesome York mug. I should mention here that there are some mugs, T-shirts and aprons from York still available. Just let me know and they can be yours.

Our membership will be due on March 1st, so we need to do what works well for ANAC: recruit new members, get news articles out there and be sure your club information is given to your Chamber of Commerce.

2017 Conference Exhibition Awards

BEST of SHOWCertificate of ExcellenceIn TransitTiiu SwanPlatter PaintersOil

Sue Perez talked to Tiiu about her painting and found she often works from old photos from her European past. This piece was worked from a black and white photo that she took in the 50s. She was at a bus stop in Hamburg, Germany, on the way to Vienna. The lady in white was her mother, Tiiu laughed as she remembered her forceful stance.

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MONAPurchase AwardDuetJulia NoyesNoyes Art GuildAcrylic

Julia is the owner of Noyes Art Gallery, in Lincoln, and a past president of ANAC.

Joy LongPastel AwardCertificate of ExcellenceTwo More BathersKathleen LohrGolden Plains ArtistsPastel

Nebraska LifeAwardSame-Old-New-SongRon NordykeCheyenne County Art GuildAcrylic

2017 Conference Exhibition Awards

The Board voted this year to include the Nebraska Life award with the travel show. The travel show consists of all Certificate of Excellence works, and will be seen in eighteen different cities across the state during 2017-2018.

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EliskaCarmen JorgensenFremont Area Art AssociationPhotography

2017 Conference Certificates of Excellence

Road Less TraveledDeb MonfeltBeatrice Art GuildOil

SouthwestStorm Moving InDeb MonfeltBeatrice Art GuildOil

Barn Views IVRon BorzekofskiBeatrice Art GuildPastel

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2017 Conference Certificates of Excellence

RhinoJeff YoachimBellevue Artists AssociationMixed Media

Red OakPaula YoachimBellevue Artists AssociationAcrylic

Hilltop BuffetLois SmithColumbus Area ArtistsWatercolor

Team at the Tate on the ThamesAmy TomaseviczColumbus Area ArtistsPastel

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2017 Conference Certificates of Excellence

Freedom’s PriceRon BrooksColumbus Area ArtistsBronze

Rub a Dub DubLinda JorgensenFremont Area Art AssociationClay/Mixed Media

Spring Reflection 16Brian WeberFremont Area Art AssociationPhotography

Narrow Gage NostalgiaNancy Jo FerrellGeneva Art AssociationPhotography

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2017 Conference Certificates of Excellence

TranquilityNancy Jo FerrellGeneva Art AssociationPhotography

Barnett ParkJack StevensGolden Plains ArtistsPhotography

Hopper HomageJim PohlGrand Island Art ClubDigital Photography

die HupeJim PohlGrand Island Art ClubPhotograph

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2017 Conference Certificates of Excellence

Wild ChildRay WalterMcCook Art GuildPhotograph

Prescribed BurnCliff JohnsonMcCook Art GuildPhotograph

Coming to the RescueRandall MayNorth Platte Valley Artist GuildOil

MagnificentRichard BrownOmaha Artists, Inc.Photograph

2017 Conference Certificates of Excellence

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GirlfriendMarilyn Evelo HansonOmaha Artists, Inc.Alcohol Inks

Only One Can Fill These ShoesChana OrtonSand Painters Art ClubPencil

Autumn HeronDonna SchimonitzSt. Paul Art GuildDigital Photograph

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ANAC SIGNATURE AWARD WINNERSMEMBERS OBTAINING 5 OR MORE CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE DURING THEIR YEARS OF MEMBERSHIP

First Last Total 2017 First Last Total 2017Patsy Smith 19 Le Bloemker 7Lois Messinger 16 Sandy Meyer 7Dave Dorsey 13 Deb Monfelt 7 XXKen Bassett 11 Duane Baker 6Howard Kaye 11 Wava Best 6Leroy VonGlan 11 Leoda Davis 6Judy Greff 10 DonaLee Golden 6Dora Hagge 10 Ralph Hawkins 6Dianne Jeffrey 10 Chari Mitchell 6Chana Orton 10 X Larry Peterson 6Pat Grothe 9 Ladell Stonecipher 6Muschi Mues 9 Julia Noyes 6Amy Sadle 9 Dee SpenceRogers 6Charlette Snyder 9 Jude Martindale 6Jean Welstead 9 Joan Anderson 5Wendy Bonge 9 Donna Binfield 5Missi Paul 8 Ann Covalciuc 5Donna Schmonitz 8 X Don Dernovich 5Lois Smith 8 X MaryBeth Dodson 5Roberta Barnes 7 Carolyn Fairbanks 5Dale Bergantzel 7 Reaford Lewis 5Cynthia Dubb 7 Sammy Lynn 5Sherian Frey 7 Laron McGinn 5Connie Kleckner 7 Leila Peden 5Marjorie Kopf 7 Barb Pokorny 5Mary Ringerberg 7 Sara SumnickWamsat 5Pat Schemmer 7 Jan Wiemers 5Ray Schultze 7 Deb Goodenberger 5

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2017 Conference Honorable Mentions

Artist ArtTitle MediaBassett,Kenneth 4thofJuly OilBiesemierDee,NancyL Unfilling-InsidetheElevator WatercolorChvatal,Melody PocketPunk Clay/FoundObjectsCole,Beth Sheltered OilCoslor,Patricia DancerInLove MixedMediaDorsey,David TheCircleofLife AcrylicDorsey,David FireandIce AcrylicDuffield,Janette SuitsandChaps PhotographyEvans,MargaretAnn MakingTracksforFeedin’Time PhotographyEvans,MargaretAnn Ridin’theWaves PhotographyFuher,Vicki EveningReflection PhotographyHinz,Deonne It'saDance PotteryKleckner,Connie TheWind(Mariah) MixedMediaMcNichols,Kevin LostPhoenix OilNelson,Pat LazyLonghorns PhotographyPerez,Sue IceCreamontheBeach ColoredPencilRichardson,Justine BlueReflections PastelRobertson,Lynn MyBrother’sRose PhotographySpencerRodgers,Dee PrarieFire WatercolorSpencerRodgers,Dee CoralReef WatercolorTeahon,Linda ShadowoftheOldWest PhotographyTenney,Marilyn Pin-Ping-Long Pottery/MixedMediaVolk,Jeri MixedEmotions WatercolorWrenholt,Reida OfficialMoonInspector MixedMedia

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2017 Conference

Instructor, Jim McClelland

demonstrating a cardinal in

watercolor.

Linda Jorgensen works with Polyform Clay in Reida Wrenholt’s class at convention.

Jo Anne Nielsen with doorprize

(pottery created by Wendy Bonge)

Amy Tomacevicz entertained us with a plethora of jokes, as MC for the 2017 banquet.

Devyn Bonge, John Clesson, Marcia Bauerle,

and Nancy Thompson with the 2017 travel

show packed and ready to head

for Cozad.

Wendy Bonge created

the wonderful awards

for our competition...all

52 of them!

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ANAC Awards and Art Info

ANAC AWARD Deb Monfelt, Beatrice Art Guild

Deb has not only been a friend of art for many years, she has also been a servant to art... She has held every office the Beatrice club offered, organized art workshops and served twice as host club member when ANAC was in Beatrice. She has been on state board and was CEO six presidents back.

She is skilled at procuring workshop teachers for Beatrice. She is now judge acquistioner for ANAC.

She holds her own workshops and also teaches art to adults and kids in Beatrice and Fairbury. She holds a MFA and enjoys working in all media.

She exhibits at Red Path Gallery in Seward and Noyes Gallery in Lincoln.

Besides all this, she is a wife, mother and an inspiration to us all.”

A letter from Deb...

To the ANAC Board and members--Thanks for the beautiful ANAC award and all the fun at the conference this year! Thanks also for door prizes I won, including our president’s pottery which is the BEST! I feel very honored to receive the ANAC award. ANAC is a wonderful group and I wish many years of success for the future!

Sincerely,Deb

Gwen McKenzie scholarship Helen Ohme, Vissi d’Arte

The person who earned the Gwen McKenzie Scholarship this year is relatively new to ANAC. What she lacks in years of membership, she makes up for in enthusiasm. She has endeared herself to other members of her club by her ready heart. She participates in the art club’s activities and is a mentor to young artists.

Helen used her scholarship to attend classes at the 2017 ANAC Convention in York.

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2017 GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

The meeting was called to order by president, Pam Hynek, at Chances R in York.

Roll call was taken with 20 clubs present (18 absent).

The secretary’s minutes were approved as printed in the previous newsletter.

Steve Head gave the treasurer’s report as it stands (before conference) $19,500.

The business meeting followed with nominations for open positions on the board. Marcia Bauerle and Mark Van Housen were nominated as Vice President candidates-discussion followed with Marcia being nominated as new secretary-with further discussion, withdrawals and acceptances, Marcia accepted the position of newsletter chairman, and Jana Van Housen volunteered to be the new secretary. The membership cast an electing ballot for the positions on the board. They are as follows:

President-Wendy BongeVice-president-Mark Van HousenSecretary-Jana Van HousenTreasurer-Steve Head

The exhibit board needed 3 new members plus an alternate. John Clesson asked to stay on; elected from nominations from the floor by secret ballot were Devyn Bonge (will fill Marcia’s remaining term; Sara Wamsat (will fill Mark’s remaining term); Amy Tomasevicz-full term member and Diane Noonan will be the new alternate member.

There being no further business, it was announced that the next conference will be June 20-23 in Scottsbluff.

Christy Lewis motioned to adjourn. Jean Cook seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 8:10.

—Sara Wamsat, Secretary

John Baker – Beatrice Art Guild

Audrey Dawes – Jefferson Art Guild

Vivian DeBoer – Cozad Art Club

Betty Fankboner – Omaha Artist, Inc.

Elsie Fisher – Platter Painters

Muriel Glanz – Cheyenne Co. Art Society

Greg Jensen – Artissimos

Mary Regina Lech – Vissi d’Arte Club

Dianna Martinez - Box Butte Art Society

Mushi Mues - McCook Art Guild

Eula Pearson – Columbus Area Artists

Jackie Ravenscroft – Sand Painters Art Club

Marjorie M. Schimonitz - St. Paul Art Guild

In Memorium

Hello fellow artists,

We are looking forward to hosting the 2018

ANAC Conference and welcome every artist

to come to Scottsbluff. Our goal is to provide

a memorable fun time during your stay here

in western Nebraska. We have been in the

planning stages for a few months now. We

are providing a variety of workshops and

reasonably priced lodging, so that all can

make the trip with ease. The exhibit will be at

West Nebraska Arts Center main gallery.

—North Platte Valley Art Guild, Scottsbluff

2018 ANAC Conference“ART in the VALLEY”

2018 ANAC 54th Annual ConferenceScottsbluff June 20-23

The 54th Annual ANAC Conference will be in June in Scottsbluff.

The exhibit will be in the main gallery of the West Nebraska Art Center.

For more information or questions on the 2018 Conference, contact Maria Lena Soto, 308-632-2226, lena@wnac.com

Larry Lambardo: Simple Steps to Watercolor Realism

Brandon Bailey: West Nebraska Landscape in Oil

Yelena Khanevskaya: Figure drawing w/live model

Randall May: Clay sculpting and West Nebraska Animal in Acrylic

Tiffany Schank: Edit Your Photos and Digital painting

2018 Conference Workshops

There will be more in-depth info about each in the Spring Newsletter, but some of the classes for the 2018 Conference will include:

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2017-18 Traveling Show

PickUp Deliver Town Contact6/10/17 6/30/17 Cozad JanAnderson:308-784-45506/30/17 7/20/17 NorthPlatte DeDeHill:308-534-11177/20/17 8/9/17 McCook JohnClesson:308-340-13378/9/17 8/29/17 RedCloud GwenLewis:785-745-26028/29/17 9/18/17 GrandIsland JeanCook:308-380-55969/18/17 10/8/17 Aurora JanaVanHousen:402-694-621010/8/17 10/28/17 Beatrice NancyThompson:402-230-975710/28/17 11/17/17 Lincoln CarmenStineman:402-476-117711/17/17 12/2/17 Fremont BarbaraGehringer:402-960-277512/7/17 12/27/17 Norfolk DianeTweedy:402-371-635912/27/17 1/16/18 O'Neill KiSlaymaker:402-925-56841/15/18 2/5/18 NorthLoup BettyCarlson:308-219-03822/5/18 2/25/18 Comstock SueDowse:308-215-00762/25/18 3/17/18 Valentine PatSchemmer:402-376-42223/17/18 4/6/18 Alliance KyrenConley:308-760-71184/6/18 4/26/18 Oshkosh MyraRing:308-772-99054/26/18 5/16/18 Ogallala MarciaBauerle:308-882-88145/16/18 6/5/18 Sidney JaneEasterly:308-254-4052

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The city of North Platte, with almost 25,000 people, is halfway between Omaha and Denver on I-80/I-76. For our purposes, it is important because it boasts two ANAC affiliated art clubs, both with some amazing artists. And, for the third year in a row, a North Platte artist has won Best of Show at the ANAC convention. (Note: that means three different judges picked North Platte artists!)

This year’s Best of Show went to oil painter, Tiiu Swan (See Swan’s work on page 3) Tiiu is a long time member of Platter Painters, and is also a member of The North Platte Art Guild. Since both clubs meet only once a month, she says dual membership allows her to meet more people and to learn more (members can only submit to ANAC competition with one club). Tiiu works in oil from her studio above the Art and Gift Gallery in downtown North Platte. She used to be afraid of portraits, but her husband kept nagging her to paint people. She tried portraits to quiet him, and now it’s her preferred subject. “Everything else seems kind of soul-less now.”

Patsy Smith, a member of Platter Painters since moving to North Platte 55 years ago, was ANAC’s Best of Show artist in 2016. She cherishes the friendships, encouragement, and critiques club membership provides. Patsy is currently enjoying some recognition with her water media paintings included in a new North Light book, Art Journey: Abstract Painting, a Celebration of Contemporary Art, as well as an article in the November/December issue of Western Art and Architecture.

Best of Show in 2015 went to Sandra Meyer, a member and president of the North Platte Art Guild. She says it’s enabled her to get into art galleries state-wide and nationally, because it gave her the courage to try. For over 20 years, Sandy has taught weekly “Fun with Color”, a painting class for cancer survivors. Doctors noticed effects the class had on their cancer patients and began suggesting other patients join the class, which is centered on creativity, not illness. Sandy has also taught

painting classes in Estes Park, Colorado, and in the Virgin Islands. She specializes in watercolor and mixed media.

Judy Brown, who has been president of Platter Painters for over 30 years, says at one time their membership numbered over 100 from a large area of surrounding communities. They are currently hanging on with seven members, meeting on the second Tuesday of each month in a local restaurant to eat, discuss upcoming shows, and hire a judge to determine their entries for the ANAC competition.

The Art Guild meets on the first Monday of each month at the Art and Gift Gallery. All nine members participate with ANAC. Sandy says, “We’re an ANAC club, so you have to pay your dues.” They try to have some sort of art-making project at each meeting (paper making, painting collage tissue, fused glass, playing with clay, round-robin altered books, photography tricks, sharing books and magazines). They’ve had field trips to art shows in surrounding cities. Their big project is sponsoring the NebraskaLand Days Art Competition, which draws hundreds of entries from all over mid-America.

The Art and Gift Gallery, a co-op with five current members, and several guest artists, provides a great venue for members of both clubs to show their art, sponsoring monthly themed and juried competitions. The gallery also hosts ANAC’s travel show every year. (npartandgiftgallery.com)

NORTH PLATTE: PLATTER PAINTERS AND THE NORTH PLATTE ART GUILD

Club Spotlight

Sandra Meyer’s 2015 best of show..

Patsy Smith’s 2016 best of show..

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Association of Nebraska Art Clubs, Inc. Member Clubs 2017

Club/Town President Phone1 Ainsworth Art Guild-Ainsworth Nancy Klammer 402-722-43292 An Electio-Albion Wendy Bonge 402-395-67303 Arrow Artists-Broken Bow Mary Smith 308-870-41894 Artissimos-Ord Jennifer Lewis 308-730-27865 Ash Hollow Art Club-Oshkosh Myra Ring 308-772-99056 Aurora Area Artisans-Aurora Jana VanHousen 402-694-62107 Beatrice Art Guild-Beatrice Nancy Thompson 402-230-97578 Bellevue Artists Association-Bellevue Kate Overholt-Peterson9 Box Butte Art Society-Alliance Kyren Conley 308-760-711810 Burwell Brush Busters, Inc.-Burwell Mary Ann Struckman 308-346-476511 Cheyenne County Art Guild-Sidney Jane Easterly 308-254-405212 Columbus Area Artists-Columbus Amy Tomasevicz 402-564-249413 Cozad Art Club-Cozad Lyman Anderson 308-785-204214 El Rio Art Club-Lincoln Tita Hynes 402-423-674915 Fremont Area Art Association-Fremont Pam Hynek 402-727-033816 Geneva Art Association-Geneva Jo Ann Heath 402-759-371017 Golden Plains Artists-McCook Deb Goodenberger 308-345-205518 Grand Island Art Club-Grand Island Amy McIntosh 308-894-570319 Jefferson County Art Guild-Fairbury Lacey Schoenbeck 402-446-239220 Kearney Artist Guild-Kearney Larry Peterson 308-234-266221 Lincoln Artist's Guild-Lincoln Carmen Stineman 402-476-117722 Logan Valley Artists-Bancroft Rojane Beineke 402-648-756623 McCook Art Guild-McCook John Clesson 308-345-457424 Mullen Art Center-Mullen Nicole Hoffman 308-546-701625 North Platte Art Guild-North Platte Sandra Meyer 308-532-979926 North Platte Valley Artist Guild-Scottsbluff Janet Nelson27 Northeast Nebraska Art Association-Norfolk Suzann Morfeld 402-750-327128 Noyes Gallery-Lincoln Jana Harsch 402-525-724829 Omaha Artists, Inc.-Omaha Linda Bernett 712-566-232230 Platter Painters Art Club-North Platte Judy Herbst Brown 308-534-971831 Pony Expressionist-Gothenburg Donna Morris 308-537-741932 Ranchland Art Group-O'Neill Ki Slaymaker 402-925-568433 Red Cloud Area Artists-Red Cloud Gwen Lewis 785-745-260234 Sand Painters Art Club-Valentine Patricia Schemmer 402-376-233535 St. Paul Art Guild-St. Paul Donna Schimonitz 402-580-247436 The Art Society-Ogallala Pat Shultz 308-239-441737 Thedford Art Guild-Thedford Terri Licking 308-645-243638 Vissi d'Arte Club-Comstock Sue Oiler Dowse 308-628-4370