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The 46th Annual Collin County

Adult Art Show

 

The 46th Annual Collin County Adult Art Show will be held April 9-11, 2010, at

the MPAC (McKinney Performing Arts Center) in downtown McKinney on the

square.

 

Thursday, April 8th

1:30 - 3:00 pm: Art Club members can submit their artwork.

3:00 - 7:00 pm: Non-members can submit their artwork.

 

Friday, April 9th

3:00 - 7:00 pm: Art Show is open to the public.

 

Saturday, April 10th

10:00 am - 10:00 pm: Art Show is open to the public.

Reception is from 7:00 - 10:00 pm.

Prize winners will be announced and awards presented at the reception.

Free refreshments will be available.

 

Sunday, April 11th

1:00 - 4:00 pm: Art Show is open to the public.

4:00 - 5:00 pm: Entries must be picked up.

 


More information is included in the documents below.

 

Download the Art Show Rules (PDF)

Download the Art Show Entry Form (PDF)


 

The Art Club of McKinney


Monthly Meeting on March 11, 2010

 

When: March 11, 2010 at 10 am


Where: Heard-Craig Gallery, 306 N. Church Street, McKinney (park in back, across the street from the yellow house on Hunt Street)


Win a prize: Bring an entry for "Painting of the Month" sponsored by Asel Art Supply.


Guest Artist

Maureen Brouillette will demonstrate a mixed media painting using water based paint. The demo is free.


After the meeting she will conducting a mini workshop. The cost of the workshop is $25. If you are attending the workshop, bring your own supplies (listed below). Advance reservation is not necessary. Pay at the door and make check out to Maureen Brouillette for the workshop $25. This intensive three hour class is designed to get everyone off to a flying start using collage and paint to make a creative mixed media painting.


You will need to bring the following items for the workshop:
  1. Supports: one or two small (9x12 or 12x12) canvases or canvas boards -or- 140lb. watercolor paper in similar sizes

  2. Whatever water-based paint you like, in whatever colors you prefer. Maureen will be using Golden and Liquitex acrylics...mostly earth tones plus a few brighter accent colors. Bring watercolors, if that's all you have.

  3. Your favorite brushes

  4. Any drawing materials you are fond of such as pencil, ink, charcoal, pastels, color pencils and water soluble crayons

  5. Scissors, paper towels, palette

  6. Acrylic matte medium if you already have some. If not, Maureen will have a large bottle of it to share.

  7. Collage material (the most important part) -- Bring your own black and white, or color images, pictures from magazines, post cards, fabric, ribbon, old drawings or paintings, rice and tissue papers, old books, receipts, letters, tickets, maps, candy wrappers, labels, stamps, etc., etc. Copies of family or vacation photos(not the originals) are also nice. Bring any two dimensional elements that speak to you.

    The main thing is to bring images of various sizes so that you can create a good design format for your piece(s). Your dominate image is going to be your center of interest, so make that LARGE in comparison with your other components in the painting. It should cover about 25% of the surface of your canvas, or paper.

For additional information about Maureen's collage workshops, go to mbrouillette.com, and click on Workshops.





Join the Art Club of McKinney!


Explore the visions of your world. Give them form, color, and texture with materials of your choice.


2-D or 3-D? Are you into drawing, painting, photography, pottery, glass, china and decorative painting, sculpting, carving, something else?


Bring and share your interest, enthusiasm and expertise with other like-minded residents of Collin County who have joined the Art Club of McKinney. There are activities of all kinds going on all year The club is growing along with the diversity of its membership.


We Welcome New Members..

Click here to go to the new member application

 
What We Do

carol k mast pics0002 carol k mast pics0002 We hold meetings each month, during the day or evening as announced on the calendar and at specified locations. ....usually at the Heard Craig carriage house or gallery

We hold a monthly contest for members and vote on favorites for that meeting. The winners receive a gift certificate and have their artwork shown in the featured artist blocks on this page.

If you are interested in any area of visual art, come check us out. You might just want to join us and become a member. If so, you will be eligible for a small fee to have your very own page to show your work on our web site.

 

 
Our Activities

Our many activities include lectures on art topics, demonstrations of techniques in various media, and workshops to try out the skills taught.

There are field trips to museums and gallery exhibits in many locations. Small shows, art sales, and field trips to “paint outside the gallery” in small groups. There is always a Holiday party held inside the elegant Heard Craig Mansion decorated lavishly for the season.

Each year we sponsor a major exhibit of art from MISD students to encourage their endeavors and share them with visitors.

We have held one major County-wide art show/sale each year and plan to continue this 3-day event which is free to the visiting public. Our events will be announced in the calendar section of this site.

 

Featured Artist

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