Annual Membership Meeting 2025

Annual Membership Meeting 2025

by | Apr 8, 2025 | Homepage, Past Events

annual meeting 2025

Annual Membership Meeting

Date: Wednesday, April 9th
Time: 7pm
Location: The Port Washington Public Library

 

Please join us at our Annual Membership Meeting!  Learn what we are planning for the future and join us for a whirlwind presentation by Debbie Wells, “Artful Fun Facts”.  This is an important meeting, as the issues to be discussed will affect the direction in which we move over the course of the next year. We kindly ask all of our members to please attend. If you cannot attend the meeting, please complete the attached Proxy below prior to the meeting so your vote is counted. (Note that the Proxy is not applicable to our student members; however, they are welcome to attend the meeting).

*You do not need to be a member to attend Debbie Well’s presentation. It is open to all. Voting is restricted to members.

The agenda for this meeting will include:

  • Presentation of Financial Report
  • Election of Proposed Directors
  • Summary of the past year’s events
  • Discussion of future events
  • Presentation by Debbie Wells

Members – unable to attend the Annual Member Meeting? Make sure your vote is included by completing the Proxy below prior to the meeting!

Membership expired? Renew today!
Proxy for Annual Meeting
The Art Insider’s Guide to NYC and Beyond with Debbie Wells

Artful Fun Facts

Presentation with Debbie Wells

Date: Wednesday, April 9th
Time: 7pm
Location: The Port Washington Public Library

*You do not need to be a member to attend Debbie Well’s presentation. It is open to all.

2025 Nassau County High School Scholarship

2025 Nassau County High School Scholarship

by | Feb 6, 2025 | Children Classes, Past Events, Scholarships for High School Students, Teen Classes (Grades 7-12)

2025 Nassau County Scholarship

2025 Nassau County High School Scholarship

Generously sponsored by the Kazickas Family Foundation

 

THE ART GUILD is pleased to sponsor scholarships for graduating seniors who attend high school in Nassau County. Scholarships will be awarded to students who will pursue the visual arts following their high school graduation, and who have demonstrated their commitment to any of the visual arts. This includes, but is not limited to: drawing, painting, sculpture, fashion design, set design, photography and architecture. If you are in theater/set design, you must have had a major part in the design and creation of the described sets/props etc. Award recipients will be selected by The Art Guild. All decisions are final.

DEADLINE: April 7th, 2025

AWARDS CEREMONY: Members Showcase June 6th, 2025

Please note requirements listed below:

  • Students who apply MUST be graduating seniors and attend high school in Nassau County.
  • Students must be pursuing the visual arts following their high school graduation.
  • We welcome drawing, painting, sculpture, fashion design, set design, and photography. If you are in theater/set design, you must have had a major part in the design and creation of the described sets/props etc.
  • You must submit a jpg of each of the five artworks in your portfolio and describe your creative process.
  • Application must be submitted online or postmarked by April 7th to be considered.
Private Screening Dan Welden Lasting Impressions

Private Screening Dan Welden Lasting Impressions

by | Nov 12, 2024 | Homepage, Past Events

Private Screening and Q&A Session

Dan Welden Last Impressions

Private Screening AND Q&A

Come and meet Dan Welden, Judge for our Abstract Show as he presents his film “Lasting Impressions”

Join us in a 58-minute intimate journey through the life & work of world renowned painter/printmaker, innovator and teacher, Dan Welden, and a Q&A session. Told in chapters as art unfolds through the thoughts and observations of his friends & colleagues including Kiki Smith, Eric Fischl, Alice Aycock, Helen A. Harrison among others. This film conveys the essence of the artist and also explores inspirations and motivations that drive the act of creativity. Filmed on location in Sag Harbor and The Catskills with support from Freudenberg Arts and Inspiration Plus Foundation the production revolves around the artist’s creativity and innovative thinking. Directly following the screening will be a Q&A session.

VIEW THE TRAILER

 

DATE: December 8th

TIME: 1:30pm (immediately preceding the reception for Abstract Realms, where Dan Welden is the judge. Doors open at 1pm.)

FEE: Members $10/ Non-Members  $15.

Seating is limited so RSVP quickly!

RSVP
Dan Welden

Dan Welden

As the original pioneer of alternative printmaking since 1970, Dan Welden has been in the forefront of ‘health and safety’ in the arts.  As co-author of ‘PRINTMAKING IN THE SUN’ and director of Hampton Editions, Ltd., his 50 plus years of collaboration include artists such as Willem de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Kiki Smith, and Dan Flavin.  He has received international recognition through his residencies in China, Belgium, Cuba, Peru New Zealand, Australia, and other countries.

 

With 102 solo exhibitions to date, including the paramount exhibitor at the Cape Cod Museum of Art and travels to 54 countries on all seven continents, he was awarded a ‘lifetime achievement award’ from A/E Foundation in New York; a title of Professor Emeritus from Escuela de Bellas Artes in Cusco, Peru and most recently a Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant.

https://danwelden.com/

 

 

 

I  am an experimenter, explorer and a seeker of beauty. When I set out to  work, there is no image in mind, but the vision unfolds as the work  evolves. It usually begins with simple forms and marks with broad areas.  It then becomes more refined and delicate and knits itself together  through line.

I am a process person, interested in employing  materials and techniques to the ‘landscape’ of my mind. My drawings,  paintings and prints evolve from the idea of linear pathways echoing  from the tracks of animals in nature, fissures in rock palisades and the  patterns created by my hands becoming ‘playful’ with my tools.  

Learning  to read a printing plate before inking, is like sensing the log before  wielding the axe. So goes my act of creativity, being aware of what  resonates in front of me and responding with marks, colors and  textures. 

​                                                                                                                                                                                                                       –Dan Welden

best nassau county

For the 10th year in a row, The Art Guild has won Best Art Gallery in Nassau County. In addition, for 9 years in a row, The Art Guild has won Best Art Classes in Nassau County.

Become a member today!

BENEFITS OF BECOMING A MEMBER:

  • Reduced fees for all classes, workshops and camps!

  • $10+ off exhibition entry fees

  • Participation in the annual Members Showcase exhibit

  • Listing in our Members Artist Gallery webpage

BECOME A MEMBER

CreARTive 2024

by | Jun 15, 2024 | Homepage, Past Events

CreARTive 2024

creARTive free art event

Mark your calendar’s, bring your kids to The Art Guild, Sat. Aug 3, 1-4 for a FREE cultural arts experience, tie-dye, painting, Gyotaku printing, mixed media, Rangoli nature design, Djembe drum making  and more…

SPONSORED BY

Photos from Last Year’s CreARTive!

Portraits from Life with Max Ginsburg

by | Dec 27, 2023 | Homepage, Past Events

Portraits from Life with Max Ginsburg

3 day workshop

Portraits From Life
with Max Ginsburg

January 9-11, 2024
9:30 – 4:00pm

Join this mastermind of an artist, who passionately gives to the craft for a 3 day workshop January 9-11, 2024!

Day 1. Oil Painting Head Studies or Portraits from Life (Male & Female Live models). In the first hour of the morning and the afternoon sessions I would paint a demonstration. The students would paint in the second two hours of the morning and afternoon sessions and I would critique their work individually.

Day 2. Oil Painting Nude Figure Study from Life (Female Live model). One pose all day. Demo by me for the first hour in am & pm. Then critique students’ work as on Day 1..

Day 3. Oil Painting Composition of Clothed Figure from Life (Live model). One pose all day. Same procedure as on Day 2.

Required Supplies

OIL PAINTS

Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre,
Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red Lt., Alizarin Crimson, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Green Pale., (Winsor Newton brand), Cinnabar Green Medium (Rembrandt brand), Viridian, Cerulean Blue, UltraMarine Blue, Mars Black

BRUSHES

  • Raphael – Paris, (Type #3572 Bristle Filbert) Size #4, #6, #8 I have these

  • Raphael – Paris brushes at a discount price. I will bring these to the workshop.

  • Escoda Clasico (Cerda Blanca) Sizes #4 & #6

  • Silver Brush Renaissance (Type #7110) Red Sable #1, #2

MEDIUMS

  • Linseed Oil
  • Turpenoid or Gamsol

SURFACES

  • Hardwood Panel gessoed and toned OR GessoBoard toned)
  • OR Stretched smooth Canvas, Primed & Toned)
  • Two 9″x12″ panels or canvases
  • Two14″x18″ panel or canvas

 

OTHER

  • Two metal cups with caps (for turpenoid and linseed oil)
  • Palette Knife
  • Murphy’s Oil for cleaning brushes
  • Rags and Paper Towels
  • A French Easel with legs with a wooden or plastic palette,
  • Or a regular 12”x16” paint box with a traditional 12”x16” wooden or plastic pallet
Register for the workshop

Lecture and Slideshow
with Max Ginsburg

Monday, January 8, 2024
6 – 8:00pm

Join us for a lecture, slide show an discussion with Max Ginsburg. He will  share his process, his art and the masters  that have influenced him along his journey.

Light refreshments will be served. Don’t miss out on this rare opportunity, space is limited.

This lecture is Free to Workshop participants, please contact Tracy Lefkowitz to register tlefkowitz@theartguild.org.

About Max Ginsburg

Ginsburg’s paintings are in many museums and private collections including The Butler Institute of American Art, The New Britain Museum, The Washington County Museum of Fine Art, The Society of Illustrators Museum, The Art Renewal Center Collection, The Salmagundi Club, The Hospital Workers Union 1199 and other public institutions.

He exhibited his fine art from 1953 to the present. From 1980 – 2004 he painted illustrations commissioned by the major publishing companies.

Ginsburg taught art over 60 years:

1960 – 1982 at The High School of Art & Design (NYC).

1984 – 2000 at The School of Visual Arts (NYC).

2008 – Ongoing: at The Art Students League of N.Y.

He has given many PAINTING FROM LIFE WORKSHOPS around the U.S. and abroad.

2020 – Ongoing: Online Painting Classes and Workshops

In 2011 he published his BOOK “MAX GINSBURG – RETROSPECTIVE.”

Over the years he exhibited and received many awards. The following are some of the more recent exhibitions and awards:

2023 – Lifetime Achievement Award, RealismLive

2022 – Love Award, Allied Artists of America

2020 – GOLD MEDAL, The Portrait Society of America

2017 – Solo Exhibition, FEI Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan

2017 – Solo Exhibition, Florence Academy Of Art, U.S.

2016 – Solo Exhibition, Highline Loft Gallery, NYC

2015 – The William Draper GRAND PRIZE at The Portrait Society of America Competition

2014 – Solo Exhibition, ArtRage Gallery in Syracuse, NY

2013 – Gold Medal Award, California Art Club, CA

2011 – BEST IN SHOW at ARC, The Art Renewal Center, International Salon Competition

2011 – Retrospective Solo Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

2011 – Retrospective Solo Exhibition, The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

For more details, awards and Bio before 2011 see Biography in web site www.maxginsburg.com,

and in his book “Max Ginsburg – Retrospective”.

Education:

Although he studied art & painting in the following schools, his education and skill development in realistic painting was learned primarily from his father, Abraham Ginsburg, a portrait painter

1945-1949, H.S.of Music & Art, NYC

1949-1953, Syracuse University (BFA), Syracuse, NY

1960-1963 City College of NY (MA), NYC

CreARTive 2023

by | Jul 24, 2023 | Homepage, Past Events

CreARTive 2023

Mark your calendar’s, bring your kids to The Art Guild, Sat. Aug 5, 1-4 for a FREE cultural arts experience, tie-dye, painting, Gyotaku printing, mixed media, Rangoli nature design, Djembe drum making  and more…

SPONSORED BY