 Beloit Art Center Announces WRAP Winners, January 2024 Photography Class, and Call for photographers for the March Juried Photo Exhibit
Beloit Art Center is excited to announce the State Event Award Winners and Honorable Mention Award Winners. WRAP originated in 1940 as an outreach program of UW-Madison and is now administered by the Association of Wisconsin Artists (AWA). WRAP encourages nonprofessional, student, and emerging artists to create and exhibit their work across Wisconsin. It is for people who have a serious interest in creating art. Each location coordinates a juror, who gives critiques and awards at the local workshops. These events also include an art demonstration or lecture. The top one third of artwork advances to the state exhibit, which will be held at the Pyle Center in Madison in August 2024. The State Event Award Winners are Alice Blue. “Golden Hour On the Nile”, Joan Bredendick: “ Koi Dancers”, Gary Dencker: “Rock Pile Pheasant”, Mpho Green: “The Matriarch”, Sue Herring: “A Dance of Light, Tom Lieder: “Rainbow Spawn”, Barbara Mathews: “Love Ya”, Jo Ribordy Christopherson: “Monterey Bay”, Carol Scott: “The Bridge of Stone”, Melissa Lauer: “Tundra Morning”, and Pierre Charles: “Out of the Dark”. The Honorable Mention Winners are John Bittner: “Canal Bridge in Winter”, Gary Bredendick: “Between Earth and Sky”, Connie Fry: “The Guardian”, Greg Lamont: “The Factory Crew”, Jeane Milner: “Tiffany Bridge at Sunset”, Kimberly Muller: “Distorted By Love”, Susan Porubcan: “ Untitled”, Michael Shea: “Don’t Look Back”, Carol Spitznagel:“I Can Only Imagine”, Pam Veitenheimer: “Going My Way”, and Anita Wildermuth: “Nashville Music Row". Registration is now open for the Introduction to Digital Photography I class held Monday nights from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. beginning January 15th through February 26th Are you getting started in digital photography? Or are you frustrated with your experience with your digital camera? This course is for those with any type of digital camera who want to get out of Auto and start unleashing the creative potential of their camera. We will learn how to utilize shutter speed, aperture, and ISO to control exposure and explore how aperture and shutter speed can be used creatively. Students will learn to shoot successfully in program, aperture, and shutter modes. We will also learn how our camera meters the light in a scene and the options our camera gives us to achieve the best focus. Bring your camera and camera manual. Fee for this four-week class is $80. Please note: There are no refunds for classes not taken. Supplies are purchased based on registrations and are non-refundable. Please be sure the dates and times of the class work for your schedule before signing up. To register visit: www.beloitartcenter.com/classes--events Calling all photographers! Beloit Art Center is now accepting submissions for the annual juried photography exhibit that is held at the art center every March. This community event gives amateur photographers from the area the opportunity to have their work displayed in a gallery. Juried by a panel of three judges, the top submissions will be displayed in the gallery and awards will be presented on March 1, 2024 during the First Friday Gallery Reception beginning at 5:00 pm. Registration for the Juried Photography Exhibit and submission of images can be done online at www.beloitartcenter.com and is open until January 28, 2024 (by 2pm). Beloit Art Center is located at 520 E. Grand Ave. in downtown Beloit and has established a mission of partnering with the community and regional artists to maintain a center to teach, display and promote art through events, classes, and studio space. To learn more about Beloit Art Center visit www.beloitartcenter.com. Gallery hours are Monday 10am – 2pm, Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm and Saturday 10am – 2pm.   This dedicated group of artists meets at the Art Center every Thursday evening at 5:30pm to create, share and learn from each other. Guided by Mariclare Sheil, Thursday evening Open Studio Group welcomes all artist working in any medium to join them anytime! Beloit Art Center is happy to announce this month’s exhibits, which will open on Friday, December 1. The Art Center will be open for extended hours from 5pm – 9pm in conjunction with the downtown Holidazzle Event. Stop for a cup of German Gluwein, a hot spiced wine served at the outdoor Christmas markets in Europe. At 6pm there will be a Gallery Talk. The Art Center Gift Shop is the perfect place to find unique holiday gifts for friends and family while supporting local artists. In the Sveum Gallery, join us as we celebrate and welcome the Beloit Art Center Studio Art Group, featuring artists Alice Blue, Leslie Crowhurst, Connie Fry, John Hines, Ian Hobson, Gigi Mullen, Colleen Roberts, Mariclare Sheil, and Norm Starks. The Studio Art Group meets weekly to work on projects and talk about art. A studio leader helps with tips and techniques. All mediums and skill levels are welcome to participate.
 Don’t miss the Upcycled Holiday Cards…With Postage Stamps class coming up on Saturday, December 2nd, from 10am-12pm The cost is $20 per person for materials. Join BOBBI SAMPSON in this fun winter class! Whether mailing a letter or adding to your collection, postage stamps are anything but humble! With an assortment of used stamps and a bit of Mod Podge, Bobbi will help you create two beautiful holiday cards to keep or send! Class size is limited to 15 students, age 10+. Pre-registration is required by visiting www.beloitartcenter.com/classes--events Beloit Art Center is located at 520 E. Grand Ave. in downtown Beloit. The gallery is free and open to the public. Gallery and gift shop hours are Monday 10 am – 2 pm, Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 5 pm and Saturday 10 am – 2 pm.   October 29, 2023 - Beloit, Wisconsin – Beloit Art Center Announces November Exhibits and Classes BELOIT WISCONSIN REGIONAL ART PROGRAM | SVEUM GALLERY Beloit Art Center is excited to welcome thirty-two regional artists to the Main Gallery in November for the Beloit Wisconsin Regional Artists Program (WRAP) Exhibit. A First Friday Gallery Reception will be held November 3 from 5-7pm. A gallery talk will be held at 6pm. The reception is free and open to the public. WRAP originated in 1940 as an outreach program of UW-Madison and is now administered by the Association of Wisconsin Artists (AWA). WRAP encourages nonprofessional, student, and emerging artists to create and exhibit their work across Wisconsin. It is for people who have a serious interest in creating art. Each location coordinates a juror, who gives critiques and awards at the local workshops. These events also include an art demonstration or lecture. The top one third of artwork advances to the state exhibit, which will be held at the Pyle Center in Madison in August 2024. SHAIMAA SALEH | BELL GALLERY In the Bell Gallery, artwork by Shaimaa Saleh will be on display. Working with different mediums, from graphite to acrylic painting to printmaking, her chosen medium for her illustrations are watercolor, ink, and graphite on watercolor paper. Inspired by nature, marine life, botany, and landscapes are her favorite subjects to draw and paint. “Art has always been a hobby since childhood and in my adulthood it was a staple and a form of therapy”. With time her skills have evolved and she was accepted in Art school where she received her second BA degree in fine art and majored in illustration. The holidays are right around the corner and the Beloit Art Center has some workshops to help get you ready. On Saturday, November 11, there will be a Holiday Tree Workshop. Using crushed glass and resit students will create a 4x12 canvas which can be displayed on a table or hung on the wall. Then, on Saturday, December 2nd we will be offering an Upcycled Holiday Card class. With an assortment of used stamps the instructor will help you create two beautiful holiday cards to keep or send. For more information on classes and more, visit the Beloit Art Center website.  Beloit Art Center is located at 520 E. Grand Ave. in downtown Beloit and has established a mission of partnering with the community and regional artists to maintain a center to teach, display and promote art through events, classes, and studio space. To learn more about Beloit Art Center visit www.beloitartcenter.com. Gallery hours are Monday 10am – 2pm, Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm and Saturday 10am – 2pm. Beloit Art Center is pleased to announce the October exhibits which will open with a First Friday Gallery Reception on October 6th from 5-7pm. A gallery talk featuring the artists will be held at 6 pm. Both exhibits will be open through October 26th, 2023.  In the Sveum Gallery, Mr. and Mrs. B present: Oil Paintings - Watercolors - Colored Pencil Drawings. As an artist, Gary Bredendick’s intent is to engage the viewer with a sense of residing in a place. Nature’s beauty can provide an interlude of quiet contemplation and reflection, offering us perspective, serenity, and optimism about our lives. Everyday challenges become momentarily subordinate to the realm of calm and tranquility found in nature. Using a variety of special brushes and techniques for effect, texture, tonal hues, and value are used to create a sense of depth and atmospheric perspective in his work.Over the years, he has explored using pastels, wet-on-wet watercolor, and air-brushed watercolor to convey the atmospheric light and perspective of the Midwestern skies. Once he was able to devote his attention to painting full-time in retirement, he switched back to working with oil on canvas. It was a rekindled love of the medium from many years ago as an undergraduate student. Joan Bredendick relies on the transparent nature of the watercolor by using multi-layered glazes of paint to achieve rich color saturation and deep value contrast. As a watercolor painter venturing into colored pencil work, she is amazed at the similarities between the mediums in the transparent layering necessary to achieve depth and richness of color and contrast. Both mediums are challenging to create an inviting surface glow. “I use watercolor paint without preconceptions of what a watercolor should look like. Paint is paint. Each painting or drawing tells a story. I provide the clues and the viewer adds their own interpretation to the narrative”       In the Bell Gallery, Amy Rundle has been an artist since the math pages of first grade, but on a serious platform for 20 years. She loves nature, architecture, animals, and country living. In her art, Amy prefers realism and keeps her colors, bright and clean. She has also won fair awards for her art of “Best dairy animal”. Other ventures that keep Amy entertained are prop making, costuming for local theater productions, and decorating for different events. Amy gives all thanks to God above for her gift of art. With no school experience, she has been able to capture His beauty with her natural talent.
Beloit Art Center is located at 520 E. Grand Ave. in downtown Beloit. The gallery is free and open to the public. Gallery and gift shop hours are Monday 10 am – 2 pm, Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 5 pm and Saturday 10 am – 2 pm. Be sure to visit beloitartcenter.com for information on upcoming classes and events.
CROSSING PATHS: TRAVELING TOGETHER | Sveum Gallery Janine Bessenecker | Beth Mastin | Elizabeth Sawyer Kelly | Marcia Smith | Mary Tilton  Beloit Art Center is pleased to announce the September exhibits which will open with a First Friday Gallery Reception on September 1st from 5-7pm. A gallery talk featuring the artists will be held at 6 pm. Both exhibits will be open through September 28th. In the Sveum Gallery, the art of Liz Kelly and Friends will be featured. Liz Kelly embraces the challenges and techniques inherent in watercolor to allow the interplay of color, pattern, nurture, and relationship to dominate the story of her art. “My formal training as an artist consists mainly of local art classes and some inspiring workshops. I continue to grow and learn about the world of art and the infinite capacity to grow as an artist.” Janine Bessenecker paints in watercolor and enjoys the appearance of one color flowing into another and the layered effect it produces. Beth Mastin’s art features the unfolding arc of Fibonacci’s Sequence. Known to artists as the golden mean, it shapes and directs her lines and guides her in the overall balance and movement of her paintings. Marcia Smith finds inspiration in her travels and uses the idea of a high horizon and perhaps trees, hills, cliffs or water to explore the wonderful, fluid, and textured world of watercolor. And finally, Mary Tilton “... tells a story using shapes. How pieces fit together to create a whole is a foundation for all my artistic endeavors, just as words are used to relate a story. My attention will be caught by the sweep of a tree limb, the gentle curve of a hillside, a posture that conveys attitude, or some other evocative pattern, and that will be the beginning of a painting.” JENNIFER MURRAY | Bell Gallery In the Bell Gallery, artist Jennifer Murray will be featured. Murray creates art on canvas through the use of acrylics, oil pastels, water mixable oils, markers, watercolor, pencil, and alcohol inks. Her hope “ … is that you have an experience when you listen to or view art of any kind. The openness to stepping into a song, a photograph or a painting is a journey only you can take.”
Beloit Art Center is located at 520 E. Grand Ave. in downtown Beloit. The gallery is free and open to the public. Gallery and gift shop hours are Monday 10 am – 2 pm, Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 5 pm and Saturday 10 am – 2 pm. Beloit Art Center is pleased to announce the August exhibits which will open with a First Friday Gallery Reception on August 4th from 5-7pm. A gallery talk featuring the artists will be held at 6 pm. Both exhibits will be open through August 27th. In the Sveum Gallery, we welcome Greg La Mont. Greg has been fascinated with art and artwork since he was young, always experimenting with wall art, illustrations, mechanical drawings, and caricatures for the high school name book, to name a few. Intrigued by creating in many different genres, he continued to build on his knowledge bank. A self-taught artist, he brings an eclectic mix to his body of work. “I enjoy visualizing and creating my work in varying mediums.” In the Bell Gallery, we are pleased to feature Kendra Kett. Kendra’s art is a collection of mixed media artworks about the power of healing and recovery after loss, betrayal, abuse, and grief. Using abstraction and color theory Kendra’s art attempts to visually communicate that sadness can be overcome and that healing is available to us every day. The Beloit Art Center is pleased to announce its upcoming art classes. Starting August 1st, the Art Center will be offering a new beginner six-week wheel throwing pottery course. It will be held Tuesday evenings from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.. The class is intended for beginners, but all skill levels are welcome. Sign up quickly as this course will be limited to 7 students. A new six-week session of Mosaic Mania will be starting August 8th. The workshop meets weekly and is held on Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.. Students of all skill levels are welcome and can work on any project of their choice. To register for any course and to see information about all of the courses offered, visit www.beloitartcenter.com or call 608-313-9083. Thank you to all of the artists who decorated and donated a butterfly to this year’s Butterfly Beloit Fundraiser, held in July. The butterflies were auctioned and proceeds will be used to support Beloit Community Art programming and scholarships. Thank you to Bagels & More, The Villager, Walnut Creek, and Bushel & Peck’s for displaying the butterflies and to the many community members who bid on the butterflies. Beloit Art Center is located at 520 E. Grand Ave. in downtown Beloit. The gallery is free and open to the public. Gallery and gift shop hours are Monday 10 am – 2 pm, Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 5 pm and Saturday 10 am – 2 pm. Sveum Gallery artist, Greg La Mont. Bell Gallery artist, Kendra Kett.  
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