Huntsville Times Arts Writer Jon Busdeker Review on PANOPLY

What was the best thing about Panoply '09?

Monday, April 27, 2009

By JON BUSDEKER

Times Arts Writer jon.busdeker@htimes.com

Here's my job description when covering the Panoply Arts Festival: Walk around Big Spring International Park, watch awesome local bands, paint a refrigerator-worthy masterpiece and then write a story about it.

As the arts writer at The Times, I have the sole responsibility of covering North Alabama's largest arts festival. I enjoyed covering Panoply 2009, especially on a weekend where skies stayed sunny and temperatures didn't dip below 80 degrees.

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Great News from Gurley, AL Sculptor, Alan Derrick

From sculptor Alan Derrick: 

Hi all,

 

I've been extremely busy getting my art prints ready for sell with earnest.  So busy, in fact that I forgot to write earlier to let you  know about my radio interview that aired earlier today on WLRH.  It was taped back in January.  Nina (wife) said that it was both insightful and entertaining.

 

 I am in the midst of another benefit auction.  This piece has been one of my favorites since finishing it in January.  I really hate to see it shipped out.  Click here to see which one.  It benefits Quail Unlimited and ends this Sunday at 9:00PM Eastern.  This will be the last chance for a while.  (this weekend)  The on-line benefit auction prices for my original sculptures have been all over the place, so I'm not sure how many more I will have this year. (Great for the worthy causes they benefit but expensive for me.)  I have some other irons in fire that I can't really share just yet (don't want to put the mojo on it!)  No matter what, I'll always strive to work in a worthy cause in some way.

 

I have one of my larger sculptures scheduled for juried exhibition April 27 –May 13 in Memphis, TN.  Click here to see which one.  Stop in and take a look if you get a chance to visit.  I'd like to thank my niece, Sarah for helping me get it delivered, diverting hundreds in transport costs.

                              "2009 Annual National Juried Exhibition"

                              Germantown Performing Arts Center

                              1801 Exeter Rd.

                              Germantown, TN

 

I've got some newly completed sculptures ready to post to my web site, but just haven't had time since the last writing.  I'll let you know as soon as I get it handled!

 

Thanks,  Alan

alan@derrick.com

(256) 776-4762 Studio

 

143 J.B. Hawkins Rd.

Gurley, AL 35748

 

View fine art sculptures inspired by the common bird feather by visiting www.derrick.com

Panoply Arts Festival 2009 Ticketing Poster By Todd Phillips

Panoply Arts Festival 2009 Ticketing Poster By Todd Phillips

Panoply Arts Festival 2009 Commemorative Poster, By Leslie Lockhart

Panoply Arts Festival 2009 Commemorative Poster, By Leslie Lockhart

Panoply Arts Festival 2009 Poster Artist Leslie Lockhart Bio

Growing up in South Carolina, Leslie developed a passion for creativity. Her mother was a constant source of encouragement—always giving her artwork to “lucky” friends and family. But instead of pursuing a degree in art, Leslie chose to study interior design in Atlanta to develop her love of architecture. Following graduation, she worked for large design and architectural firms in Atlanta and Winston-Salem, NC. Once she and her husband, Drew, had children, Leslie took some time off to be home with their boys. During those years at home, art was always a hobby. Although she experimented with a variety of mediums, Leslie always returned to painting when the need to create something emerged.

By the time she returned to full-time artmaking in 2002, her family had relocated to Huntsville. Within two years, she had her own studio space in the historic downtown area. Leslie soon began showing work in Golden Griffin and Railroad Antiques (Huntsville) as well as Decatur’s Willis Gray Gallery. Leslie Lockhart Fine Art has since been featured at such noted outdoor art festivals as the Panoply Arts Festival and the Monte Sano Art Show.

In addition to being selected as poster artist for Panoply 2009, Leslie has been named poster artist for both the 2008 Early Works Museum Whistle Stop Festival and the 2009 Liz Hurley Ribbon Run (a high-profile breast cancer awareness event). In keeping with the Panoply theme—“Art is a Blast”—Leslie wanted her work to appear as if the festival “took off to the moon…and landed there” and to touch an all of the event’s different aspects and disciplines, from theatre to dance to the fireworks that cap off each evening’s celebrations.

Leslie recently joined a small, hand-picked group of artists commissioned to paint violins for the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra’s annual Crescen-Dough Auction. Corporate collections include Sparta, Clearview Cancer Institute, Center of Imaging Excellence Women’s Center, Progress Bank and Madison Surgery Center. She is truly honored to see area businesses take such an interest in her work.

Leslie is very grateful to have grown in her study of art in workshops with artists Carole Foret, Margaret Dyer, Anne Blair Brown and Nancy Chaboun. Leslie loves to be pushed out of her comfort zone and looks forward to whatever exciting projects lie ahead.

For further information, please visit her website at www.leslielockhart.com.

The Panoply 2009 Commemorative Poster is available by coming by the TAC office and purchasing one or by mail
for an additional charge of $3.50 to cover mailing cost. You can call TAC at (256) 519-2787 (ARTS) and
place your order; we accept cash or checks. You may also mail your check to The Arts Council,
700 Monroe Street, SW; Suite 2, Huntsville, AL 35801. www.artshuntsville.org Checks should be made out to The Arts Council.

More about Panoply please visit http://www.panoply.org

Emerging Arts Leaders of Alabama - Mentoring 101

From: "Barbara Reed" barbara.reed@arts.alabama.gov

Subject: Emerging Arts Leaders of Alabama - Mentoring 101

Emerging Arts Leaders of Alabama presents Mentoring 101

Looking for an opportunity to be mentored by one of Alabama's seasoned arts veterans? Ever wanted to share your years of experience with an eager up-and-comer? If so, please join the Emerging Arts Leaders of Alabama for "Mentoring 101 - An introduction to EALA's Mentorship in the Arts Program (MAP)", featuring guest speaker Lisa May Simpson from the Illinois Arts Alliance. Mentoring 101 will take place on Thursday, April 30, 2009 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. in the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center's Reynolds-Kirschbaum Recital Hall in Birmingham, AL. Join EALA and guest speaker Lisa May Simpson, as we discuss EALA's Mentorship in the Arts Program (MAP). Based on the Illinois Arts Alliance's Mentorship Connection Service, MAP is a nine-month, intensive, mentee-driven mentorship program for anyone interested in arts administration. Mentors and Mentees will both apply for the program and will be paired via a thoughtful matching process. Applications to the program will be accepted beginning May 1 and must be received by July 31. Pairs will be matched during August and the program will begin in September. Mentee application fee is $10. Donations from Mentor organizations are accepted.

After the presentation, everyone is invited to stay for the Alys Stephens Center's newest outdoor series, After Work at the Alys, co-sponsored by EALA. Local spoken word artist Sharrief Simmons will perform and all EALA attendees will have complimentary access to After Work's exclusive V.I.P. Lounge for drinks and hors d'oeuvres. For more information, please contact Wesley Taylor at emergingartsleaders@gmail.com or by phone at (205) 305-4257. Admission is FREE.  Administrators of ALL ages and experience levels are invited to attend! RSVP is requested to emergingartsleaders@gmail.com, but not required. 

Huntsville Photographic Society will interpret our real world with abstract pictures

The Huntsville Photographic Society will interpret our real world with abstract pictures 

at the monthly competition on Monday, April 27th, 7:00 PM, in Wesley Hall, Trinity United Methodist Church, 607 Airport Road, Huntsville, Alabama.    The competition subject is  "Abstract".   
 
Visitors are welcome but only members may compete and there's no admission charge .  

See "contest details" at www.huntsvillephotographicsociety.org

Marketing Your Art Business with VIDEOs!

Watch Our Video, click HERE.

Video is a great way to reach a vast audience and potential buyers. Pass out your video at shows, include it in your marketing kit, and post online- just to name a few ideas!

Feel free to contact Alissa for more information on how to use video to market your art business! Alissa@AverageToArt.com.

Kathy Lumsden's opportunity to show in NY!

Please vote for Huntsville Art Blog's April Featured Artist Kathy Lumsden. She sent this info: 

Subject: Please vote for me!

If I get the most votes, I will get a solo exhibition at this gallery in NY. Please click on the link below and vote for me. Thanks!   http://apwarts.com/WOIvol2poll.html www.kathylumsden.com

The Featured Picture by S a m T u m m i n e l l o now at The Olde Towne Coffee Shoppe // Exhibition Announcement

"Mysterious Mooring, Florida" by Sam Tumminello, copyright

ANNOUNCEMENT An Exhibition of Prints   by   Sam Tumminello Jane Grote Lowery Auditorium Huntsville Madison County Main Library 915 Monroe Street, Huntsville, Alabama The exhibition continues through  April 30th, 2009 ~~~ Original and Limited Edition Prints  available in the  Special  HAL "VISIONS" GALLERY  3005 L&N Drive Huntsville, AL 3580 ~~~ This is the featured print now at  The Olde Towne Coffee Shoppe  located in historic Five Points - Huntsville, Alabama

http://www.knology.net/~samjt

The work  is on exhibit at the  Coffee Shoppe   511 Pratt Avenue in historic Five Points in Huntsville, Alabama.    The hours are 6 AM to 7 PM Monday – Thursday, 6 AM to 10 PM Friday and Saturday, and 8 AM to 7 PM Sundays.

Review of New Art Retreat for Woman Artists

I have recently had the opportunity, along with another artist and friend of mine, to be the first guests at the Art for Art Lovers Retreat. Let me tell you, it is a dream come true. I am going to try and write a review on it, but keep in mind…I am NOT in any way a writer.
The retreat is situated in the historic part of Ft. Payne,Al. The house built in the 1890’s, was true to its character. Sitting atop a hill, the teal green home with white trim almost called to us. As we pulled in to the circle drive we could almost feel ourselves opening up. The large trees and the view of the mountains close by, were all we needed for inspiration. Once we stepped into the back door, we knew we had arrived at the home of a true artist. There were paintings everywhere, soft comfortable furniture and a wonderful eclectic feel from the décor. We felt that we had come to visit family.
We arrived at the art retreat on Saturday and were given the day to ourselves to become acquainted with our surroundings, unpack and get settled in. Our host Ann Hamilton was nothing short of amazing. She gave us the space we needed for that first day. Soon our right brains would be thrown into the art. Taking one day to settle into the home and the slow pace helped us to unwind and let go of the busy world we had come from. We do suggest that you schedule enough time at the retreat to do this.
The retreat is not a place to be pampered and catered to but yet a place to snuggle into for a time of healing. A place to submerge oneself into the creative surroundings and the ability to paint at whim any time of day or night. We made sure that we had gotten enough groceries (lots of healthy food) for the week. There was going to be no stopping us once we got started.
For the next week we spent our time painting, napping, talking, eating and generally enjoying the right side of our minds. Ann provided us with a space to spread our creative wings. She also was able to teach several classes according to our different skill levels and requests. I had taken classes before but was pleasantly surprised at the amount of art that was produced this past week. The ability to learn a new technique and then apply it to a canvas for as little or as long of a time period as I like, was a gift.
Every day at the retreat was a new adventure. A new lesson learned. And a connection with God and art that was almost overwhelming. We visited the nearby Desoto Falls and had lunch at the Wildflower Café. We spend time getting to know our host and letting her know us. Ann Hamilton is a woman who is filled with an abundance of art and spirituality. And we left this retreat with much much more than we bargained for….something I cannot even put into words.
If you would like to read more about the retreat you can visit Ann’s website at http://artforartlovers.net/
Or you can get a little closer look into our time there by visiting http://www.micheleleeart.com/ or
http://pickmybrainsart.blogspot.com/

HSV Times Features: Ron Hogan's Art Glass studio

Artists let the sun shine in color

Sunday, April 12, 2009

By KAY CAMPBELL

Times Staff Writer kay.campbell@htimes.com

Glass workers keep old art form alive and vital here

About three miles from where scientists fracture light in the laser labs at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, on a Wednesday morning, glass artisans construct the rainbow, one piece at a time.

For the most part, the glass artisans in Ron Hogan's Art Glass studio work in ways that would be familiar to someone from the 18th century.

"I should have been born in a different time," remarks designer and glass painter Judson Portzer as he fits pieces of cut glass into a pattern on a light table in the shop.

On the table in front of him lies a portrait of three children he drew from their photographs. A guardian angel watches the children from the background, her pearly wings outstretched above her swirling robes and protective hands. Behind the children, a setting sun melts into a blaze of warm orange and yellow puddles.

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For more info about 

Ron Hogan Glass, 2222 N. Memorial Pkwy Suite G, Huntsville AL 35801, 256-517-1515, 256-679-5786, ronhoganartglass@bellsouth.net, www.RonHoganGlass.com

Great Opportunity for Artists to Reproduce their Artwork

New company specializes in large-format printing, graphics

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

For the Madison Spirit

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Imagine Media can print on paper, canvsas, fabric, vinyl

By GREGG L. PARKER

Imagine Media is a new company but has produced quality graphics for years as a part of Southern Convention Services, a venerable Madison business.

Imagine Media specializes in large-format printing with in-house printers ranging from 42 to 104 inches wide. "We produce graphics at this range on a daily basis," said Melissa Markow, a graphic design and production manager.

"We can print not only onto paper but canvas, fabric, vinyl and wallpaper at any width," Markow said. Imagine Media produces the large graphics at the same quality of any other scale.

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Imagine Media is located at 10446 County Line Road. For more information, call 772-0222, send e-mail to melissa@scsonline.com or sherrie@scsonline.com or visit www.imaginemediaonline.net.

ARTBABBLE: A NEW ART VIDEO WEBSITE

From Charlie Smoke, Mobile Arts Council

Videos on art (from a variety of sources) are now available online through a central clearinghouse created by the Indianapolis Museum of Art: ArtBabble. Here's an article about it that appeared in yesterday's New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/arts/design/07babb.html?emc=eta1.

Emerging Arts Leaders of Alabama

Arts Consortium of Alabama

Serving Alabama's Arts Community

Check out the discussion 'Mentorship 101 - Join us April 30th, 4:00p.m. at the Alys Stephens Center in Birmingham, AL'

You're invited to join the EALA group as part of the Arts Consortium of Alabama's social network. It's a great way to learn about future EALA events. Join us April 30th for our Spring meeting! 

 Wesley Taylor: wesley@alabamadancecouncil.org

Emerging Arts Leaders of Alabama presents Mentoring 101 An introduction to EALA's Mentorship in the Arts Program (MAP), featuring guest...

Discussion link:

Mentorship 101 - Join us April 30th, 4:00p.m. at the Alys Stephens Center in Birmingham, AL

Schedule: Artist Interview Series with Beth Norwood- WHRL 89.3 Public Radio

Today, painter, Katrina Weber was featured on WHRL 89.3 FM Public Radio's "Talking About Art" with Beth Norwood

Artist Interviews are every Friday at Noon

Coming up interviews:

Friday, April 17, Carole Esk'ridge, painter
Friday, April 24, Alan Derrick, sculptor

Please keep posted for further schedule.

If you are interested in speaking with Beth Norwood about your art, please contact her to schedule an interview.

Beth Norwood
WLRH 89.3 FM Public Radio
bnorwood@wlrh.org

UAH Campus
John Wright Drive
Huntsville, AL 35899
256-895-9574
www.wlrh.org

Among Friends

About the Program:
Local visual and voice artist Beth Norwood hosts "Among Friends" Monday through Friday on WLRH from 12 Noon to 3 PM. It features classic and classical music for about three hours, combined with several other small programs:

"Among Friends" focuses mainly on promoting the arts in our area. Occasionally, people from local arts, theater and music groups will do interviews on-air about their upcoming events. There is usually a news break from NPR for about 5 minutes at the top of each hour.

Beth also features diverse classical musical selections--hear obscure, modern, vocal and well-known classical music along with a dash of jazz, new age and who-knows-what.

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle calls arts 'heart and soul' of city

al.com Posted by Jon Busdeker April 06, 2009 6:30 AM
HUNTSVILLE, AL -- During the first few days of Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle's term, he called the Arts Council. Battle wanted his office -- located on the eighth floor of City Hall -- decorated with art by Huntsville artists.

With the Panoply Arts Festival less than three weeks away, Battle sat down with The Times to discuss the state of the arts -- both visual and performing -- in Huntsville. The Times consulted several arts groups before the interview.

Battle spoke candidly about the Huntsville Museum of Art's expansion, parking issues around the Von Braun Center, and ways to better promote the arts in Huntsville.
Continue reading for the full Q&A with Battle.

The city has always shown great support of the visual arts, providing funding to the Huntsville Museum of Art. Does the city have any plans to provide similar support for the performing arts, especially as several groups struggle in this economy?

Battle: Balancing the arts is one of the hardest things that you have to do. We've got some terrific performing arts. We try to provide venues for the performing arts. That's one reason we're redoing the Concert Hall at the (Von Braun) Civic Center to provide a venue for the performing arts. All segments of the art community are important. Whether it's your visual arts, whether it's your performing arts, whether it's your vocal arts. They're all a necessity to make up what we want to call this place called Huntsville.

Merrimack Hall, founded after a $3 million investment by Debra and Alan Jenkins, is an example of how private money can be used for public good. Does the city have any plans for or interest in developing incentives to encourage others to pursue similar types of projects?

Battle: I wish we could find an answer to that, because it would be good to have some type of incentive for somebody to do what the Jenkinses did. They have come out and given back to the community.

If you look at what the Hudsons (Jim and Susie) did over at Lowe Mill -- they did a terrific job for the art community with their lofts, and there are facilities for glass blowing and pottery. Unfortunately, I don't think it will ever be government being able to carry this.
When a local theater group presents an event at the Von Braun Center Playhouse, the participants in the production (all volunteers) must pay to park. Is there anything the city can do to help those performers?

Battle: I haven't heard that one, but that's one I'll pass along to (Parking and Public Transit) because we actually own the lot over there. We may be able to do something for the performing crews. It won't be the best lot, but it will be a good lot.

What are your thoughts on the Huntsville Museum of Art's expanding into the park?

Battle: Mixed. I don't like (its) going into the park. I like the Museum of Art. They have some great volunteers and some great people that work for them. The board is dedicated. You don't go out and raise money for four years and not be a dedicated group. I don't like losing the green space. We have worked with them to get their plans down to where they encroach on the least part of the park possible. But it is going to encroach on the park.

The council has voted 4-1 to let the plan go through. They voted to give $2 million -- before I came on board -- to the art museum, along with another $2 million for the expansion. I'll support the art museum even though I do not like losing the green space.

If you could go back, would you try to change that $4 million financial commitment made to the art museum?

Battle: If I could go all the way back to square one, I would try not to have the Museum of Art in the park. I would rather have it somewhere else. Hindsight is 20/20 and we can't go back.

If the Huntsville Museum of Art asks to expand again, would you let them?

Battle: I'm sorry. We can't get the land back from the park. We can't do any more. This has got to be the last shot of doing anything in the park. I can't see it happening anymore.

Several arts groups feel a need for a midsized theater to hold 800-1,200 people. Would the city consider partnering with local arts organizations to build a theater?

Battle: We're in limited-dollar times. During the limited-dollar times, we're going to take care of what we have. We're going to get the Concert Hall redone. We're going to do that expansion on the art museum. It's going to have an auditorium that's in the 400 (seat) range. I think we're going to have to hold off (building a midsized theater) until times get a little bit better.

How can the city better promote the arts?

Battle: We can promote the arts by promoting more art strolls. We can promote the arts by having more events downtown. We can promote the arts by pushing the Monday Concerts in the Park. As many arts groups as we have out there, we've got to promote every one of them.
The arts are the heart and soul of your city. You can have as much as you want of economic development and engineering and all the other things that come with being a city, but if you don't have the arts you don't have a heart, you don't have a soul. And that's what brings people to Huntsville is being able to come down and see what we have.

Calling all artists who wish to give the Lord praise for their talent and artwork.

The Ascribing Artists Blog is a creative ministry bringing together visual artists who wish to "Ascribe to the Lord the Glory due His name." Ascribing Artists recognize that anything they do pales in comparison to the Glory of the Lord. Artist are welcome to share their artwork, techniques, stories, praises, encouragements and advice.

The Ascribing Artists ministry is inspired by Psalm 29:1,2 we are to be "A Reflection of His Glory" in all that we do.

1 ASCRIBE TO the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 2 Give to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in holy array. Psalm 29: 1,2

As a part of this creative ministry, Ascribing Artists will be an avenue to bring together other artists with this same belief and offer a creative outlet for artists who "Ascribe to the LORD."

To learn more about this opportunity please visit www.AscribingArtists.blogspot.com

Submit bio, articles and info to AscribingArtists@gmail.com. Currently, we are looking for Featured Artists to showcase. If you are interested, please e-mail 3 or 4 low resolution images, artist statement or bio to include website or contact info. All info included on the Ascribing Artists blog will be reviewed to keep the spirit of the ministry.

Sponsored by Paul LaBathe (Empty Tomb Graphics) and Gina Hurst (Art Consultant)

Barbara Lawrence: Coppretta Radio Interview

From Barbara Lawrence:

I did an interview with Beth Norwood that will be airing Friday April 3rd at Noon on WLRH 89.3

You can also listen online at

 

http://www.wlrh.org/Schedule/listenlive.asp

 

 

Barbara Lawrence
Coppretta
Hand-Hammered Copper Sculpture

www.Coppretta.com

New Arts Group trying to form in Huntsville, Color Pencil Society of America

From: "David Edwards" <DEdwards@artshuntsville.org>

Hello All,

There is interest in having a local chapter for the Color Pencil Society of America, and they need anyone interested to help them. If you are or know a color pencil artist please pass this along.

Thanks,

 David Edwards

Programs Curator

the ARTS COUNCIL, inc.

700 Monroe Street, Ste 2

Huntsville, AL 35801-5580

(256)-519-2787 x.207

www.artshuntsville.org

Colored Pencil Artists, Aspiring Artists and Art Students,

 

You are invited to join the Huntsville, Alabama Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA). Our goal is to promote colored pencil art in our area as well as establish a local group of artists who share a common interest in working with colored pencils.

 

Our first public meeting will be held Thursday, May 7, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. at Latham United Methodist Church, 109 Weatherly Road, Huntsville, AL 35803 (one block east of S. Memorial Parkway on Weatherly Road).  We will meet in Room 151. Please enter through the covered driveway on the north side of the building and follow the signs to the meeting room.

There will be no obligation or commitment on your part at this first meeting.  It is an informational meeting to discuss the process of becoming a member of first CPSA, then secondly our local chapter.  As the art world becomes more and more aware of the medium of colored pencils and the fine efforts produced by colored pencil artists everywhere, we can all benefit from sharing our knowledge as we encourage one another in our efforts.

We are attempting to contact as many potentially interested artists and students of colored pencils as possible. Since the closest existing district chapters are in Memphis, TN and Atlanta, GA, a wide area will be covered by the Huntsville chapter. Anyone 18 years of age and older is welcomed to come to the meeting.  Feel free to pass this information along to contacts you may have in your circle of artist friends. 

We look forward to meeting and discovering the possibilities that lie ahead for colored pencil artists in our area.  We hope you can join us on May 7^th. We would also encourage you to bring a couple of samples of your colored pencil art work for everyone to enjoy.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of us.

Sincerely,

Susan Terry, President  artsymomma@hotmail.com

              (Please put CPSA in the subject line)  (home: 256-881-7589; cell phone: 256-682-1917)

Caryl Muzzey, Vice President  cmuzz2003@yahoo.com

Athena Little, Secretary-Treasurer dannyandathena@knology.net

Julia Anne Webber, Membership artgirl88@comcast.net  (256-881-7979)

Janet Corbin, Programs  corbinjanet@gmail.com  (cell phone 256-426-9315)

Featured Artist: Kathy Lumsden

"Cherries" by Kathy Lumsden, copyright

"Still Life in Red" by Kathy Lumsden, copyright

"Marble Train" by Kathy Lumsden, copyright

Kathy Lumsden's Bio

Kathy Lumsden was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and lived there and in Mobile until moving to Birmingham in 1992. She only started painting in 2004 and is primarily self-taught.

Ms. Lumsden paints exclusively in oils, and her subject matter consists primarily of still life and portraits. She is represented by Jennifer Harwell Art / Gallery and Studio. Her paintings can be found in homes and galleries in Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and New York City. Her works have been exhibited in the BAA Member’s Shows, solo exhibitions, juried exhibitions, gallery shows in Birmingham and New York, Birmingham Art Walk and in the Birmingham Arts Journal. She is a member of and currently serves as secretary on the board of the Birmingham Art Association.

Current Exhibit: March 2 through April 10, 2009: BAA Member Show at Birmingham Public Library Fourth Floor Gallery.

Upcoming... June 1 through June 30, 2009: BAA Member Show at Birmingham-Southern College.

For more information about Kathy Lumsden and her artwork please visit: www.KathyLumsden.com