Have story, will tell

March 2O15 Have story, will tell One afternoon last year I spent some time going through ADSO archives looking for information that I was hoping would shed some light on some past events. My search took me through many old and fragile, yellowing documents, handwritten notes, correspondence and photos. I did not find what I was looking for but ended up connecting with something much more valuable. A half hour quickly turned into one, then two, then three. I came to realize how much has changed in the life of ADSO and more importantly, how much has not. The early years and the pursuing six decades in the colorful and fascinating history of ADSO is a story to which and in which we all are connected to each other through the same hopes and dreams, achievements and successes, the same struggles and uncertainties. It is our story, it is history repeating itself. It would be a great injustice to assume the past is in the past and quietly resting tucked away. ADSO was built on a foundation stone of ideas and aspirations that are as relevant today as they were then, over half a century ago. Each new generation that shapes ADSO, writes their own chapter, as they should. The aspirations of the ADSO pioneers endure in the many traditions we still maintain and honor today. We all have a story; the story of who we are, where we come from, and where we belong. The one special chapter for which, to most of us, no other chapter in our lives quite compares, is the where we come from. It is the one chapter we find ourselves going back to for all our lives. It is a place for reassurance, for comfort and security. It is where your questions find answers, and your doubts are blown away. During that quiet afternoon in ADSO archives I did not only find those but I found the reason, and I saw the future, and, above all, I found the sense of indebtedness to those who came before us. Hanna

Gallery News: Pat Roberts & Pam Folse The Hands On! Show was a great success, with all sorts of entries in many media, and with all sorts of interesting interpretations of the theme. Congratulations to all of you who met the challenge--everything was cool! First Place: Mike Veal, "Magnolia Tower," Wood Second Place: Marcy Eady, "Melinda," Clay Third Place: Mike Lewis, "Who Needs an Art Gallery When You Can Build a Parking Lot There?," Digital Honorable Mention: Holly Bain, "Wasteland," Sculpture Sherry Cooler, "Touch Me, Shake Me, Any Way You Want Me," Clay Jim Eustace, "Captured," Mixed Media First Place Second Place Third Place Give Us Your Best Shot Open to All Artists: March 10-March 27, Reception: Friday, March 13, 6-8 pm (Please bring finger food to share). Sneak Preview: Aaaargh!! Get Your Pirate On! This year the Greater FWB Chamber of Commerce will co-sponsor our Shiver Me timbers! Show, in conjunction with the 60th Billy Bowlegs Festival. One feature will be a display of some of the pirate-y things available for purchase in the Chamber's Booty Store, in the latter part of May. The Chamber has suggested that some of our artists might be interested in putting pirate-related art in the Booty Store as well. More information on that available soon; keep your eye to your spyglass to see what's coming!

Upcoming Events March 31-April 10: Annual Van Porter Student Art Show Outstanding student art on display! Reception: Thursday, April 9, 5-7 pm Please bring finger food to share. April 11-18: A Real Gem of a Show The Gem and Mineral Society will be showcasing their works. Reception: Saturday, April 11, 6-8 pm April 21-May 1: Fun Fest Posters Show ADSO hosts The Sixth Annual Okaloosa Arts Alliance Poster Competition for the OAA Family Fun Fest. Posters are creations of Okaloosa County students Grades 1-12. The poster contest deadline is April 20, 2015. Reception: Friday, May 24, 6-8 pm May 5-29: Shiver Me Timbers Show Work, in any medium, will have a pirate theme, with a nod to the Bowlegs Festival Turn in work: Saturday, May 2, 1-4 pm, and Monday, May 4, 9-12 Members, 2 pieces/$25; Non-members, 2 pieces/$35 Opportunities! NWF/UWF Library Venue From Paul Williford, Library Director, at the NWF/UWF Joint Campus, Fort Walton Beach: "Please inform your members that we welcome art exhibits at our library on the NWF/UWF Joint Campus in Fort Walton Beach. We have lots of wall space, an exhibit case, and wonderful light. We are also a good venue for holding an opening reception. Interested artists should contact me directly (850-863-6577/williford@uwf.edu)." ADSO 2015 Open House, a Great SUCCESS! Carolyn Williams The Membership Drive and Open House in late January was a great success, thanks to the 49 member artists who contributed their work. We made about $750 to add to ADSO s coffers. Thanks also to the artists who demonstrated their talents throughout Friday evening and Saturday. They included watercolorists Thalia Newton, Pat Farwell and Jim Owens; Helen Blair, recycled paper art, photographers Jeremy Bacon and Jane Montgomery; computer artist, Mike Lewis; Marissa Farnsworth, painting of magazines; Pat Roberts, acrylics; and Helen Harris, encaustics. We also featured Pat Basque, Rick Otoupalik, Marcy Eady, and Teddie Ciudad-Real, clay. With Wally Ratcliffe s help, we signed about six new members, and several of our old members renewed. Many thanks also to Tuny Jennings for helping with hanging the show and supervising the kitchen, as well as contributing several of her goodies for all to enjoy. Thanks to all who contributed finger foods for both days!

Van Porter Student Art Show and Reception: March 31-April 10, 2015, Reception, Thursday, April 9 The Arts and Design Society will host the annual Van Porter Student Art Show March 31-April 10. The exhibit showcases outstanding 8th grade and 12th grade art work. A reception is scheduled for Thursday, April 9, 5 pm-7 pm. The public is invited to help support upcoming young artists by attending the Reception or by visiting the Art Center Gallery at 17 First Street, SE, Fort Walton Beach. Admission to the reception and Gallery is free. The Gallery is open 12 noon-4 pm, Tuesday-Friday, and from 1 pm - 4 pm, Saturday. For more information, call 850-244-1271 or visit the Website at http://artsdesignsociety. The Gem and Mineral Society s "Real Gem Show," April 11-17, Reception, Saturday, April 11. ADSO will be hosting The Playground Gem and Mineral Society's Real Gem Show from April 11 through 17. The show will highlight the activities of the club, as well as some of the wonders of nature. The reception will be Saturday, April 11, from 6 to 8 pm. The Playground Gem and Mineral Society was founded in 1978. The membership includes jewelry craftsmen and artists, who incorporate metal, stone, glass and other objects into their pieces, as well as fossil collectors, and people who just plain like rocks. Join us to celebrate the wonders of nature! Don't miss the chance to see what our talented neighbors are up to, as they strut their stuff in this exciting show! Okaloosa Arts Fest Call to Artists The Okaloosa Arts Alliance announces a call for artists and crafters for the Okaloosa Arts Fest, which will be held on Saturday April 18, 2015 from 10:00am to 6:00pm at Destin Commons. The event will be hosted by Destin Commons to benefit the Okaloosa Arts Alliance. The event is a free, family friendly event that will feature artists and artwork from around the Emerald Coast. For more information, please contact Amy at amybaty1@gmail.com or 850-499-8335 or check the application on the OAA webpage, http://www.okaloosaarts.org/. Deadline for booth applications is April 3. Coming in October! Workshop with Tom Francesconi How to Paint Rich and Dynamic Watercolors Deadline for registration September 4, 2015. October 12-14, 2015 (Mon-Wed) 9 AM 4 PM with a lunch break. Cost: $330 member / $360 non-member Supply list available at the office. Emphasis will be on creating stronger paintings through a better understanding of value relationships, color, and design. Subjects for this workshop may include, but are not limited to: landscapes, rocks and water, urban landscapes and the figure. Each morning begins with a discussion about the day s topic, followed by a full demonstration, with student questions. Afternoons are reserved for student painting time during which Tom attends to each student individually. Every day will end with a class critique. See website for complete details: http//artsdesignsociety.org.

We Need You! Jeremy Bacon, President, Photography Group The ADSO Photography Group meets the third Wednesday of every month in the Gallery from 7 9 PM. The meeting starts with a presentation of a photographic topic of interest, a question and answer period, and then ADSO members show and discuss photographs they bring for comment and questions from other members. This show-and-tell period is a great learning experience for everyone, as we review and learn from the current photographic projects and interests of our fellow ADSO members. The Photography Group needs more members. Many of you who are artists are also photographers. We need you in the group. We have ADSO members who are entering and winning ADSO photo competitions, but we never see you. We need you in the group! Just as ADSO artists learn and polish their skills from interaction with other artists, we photographers need to do the same thing. And we need YOU to make this possible. Let us know what you would like to see in the Photography Group, and what day you think we should meet if Wednesday is not suitable. Please forward your suggestions to Jeremy Bacon at jeremy.bacon@gmail.com. A paperless society! Note that this year, ADSO, in its march towards fiscal responsibility and a greener world, will make the Membership Directory available online for the membership, as opposed to printing it. Meantime, please renew your membership, if you haven't already, so you can be included in our list! Vacant windows! We need artists to display their works in our Window Gallery in October, November, and December! Please contact Helen Harris (hch45@cox.net, 218-2155) if you would like to be our featured Artist of one of those Months! This information is always featured in Showcase, in the Daily News! Thanks to Our Gallery Sitters! Many thanks go to our February Gallery sitters, Iris Brown, Tuny Jennings, Dan Robison, and Jim Thoreen, for donating three hours of their time, to keep the Gallery open on Saturday. Without our volunteer sitters, the Gallery would be closed on Saturdays. If you've not spent a Saturday afternoon (1-4) in the Gallery, please consider giving it a try. It's a pleasant way to spend an afternoon--read, work on your art, or do crossword puzzles...and represent ADSO to any visitors. Sometimes it's busy, sometimes, not. You may answer questions, give out ADSO literature, or just smile and say, "Thanks for visiting!" Three hours once in a while isn't a big chunk of time--but it makes a big difference to ADSO. Please sign up! Sixty Years Young and Still Growing and Glowing! In 2016, ADSO will be celebrating its 60th Anniversary. Such a special event requires a special celebration, and it's not too early to start planning. We need a work group! Anyone interested in helping to plan this celebration, please contact Hanna Joensuu at hanna222@cox.net or 582-1329.

Signed Show Posters Many members have commented on the beauty of our monthly show posters, designed by our own Rick Otoupalik. You may order any one of the 16 x 25in. posters for $15.00, or $25.00 signed by the artist. Contact Sandy at 244-1271 or adso@artsdesignsociety.org if you are interested. ITEMS AVAILABLE! Check out our ADSO store in the Art Center Gallery: Mugs. $15.00 Key Chains $4.00 T-Shirts (Various colors, sizes S,M,L,XL, two designs)... $25.00 License plates... $15.00 ADSO Magnets... $4.00 Signed Show Posters.. $25.00 ADSO Tote Bag. $20.00 2014 ADSO Calendars.. $10.00 ADSO Aprons... $25.00

Volunteers Needed Help us all! Support your Gallery! Forty hours worked each year as a volunteer in many categories earns you a free membership for the coming year. Start volunteering and logging in your hours for this benefit in 2015! Include hours worked as a Chairman, Gallery sitting, helping with Summer Art Camp and Art Week (not teaching), at luncheons and receptions, and helping with take in of art work for shows. Please consider working a few hours each month or on individual projects. It will benefit ADSO--and you! Here are some of our current needs: We need volunteers for Gallery sitting on Saturdays 1-4 pm. We need volunteers for special events, such as Art Week. If you are interested in volunteering for any of the above, please contact Hanna Joensuu at hanna222@cox.net / 582-1329 or Sandy in the office at adso@artsdesignsociety.org / 244-1271. Policy Regarding Retrieval of Work After Shows Works not collected from all ADSO shows, including special shows (Beaux Arts, Fair Show, SE Regional) on the designated dates, will incur a storage fee of $10. This fee will be collected for works held one day to two weeks after the show closing. ADSO will not be responsible or liable for any damage to those works during that time. After two weeks, unclaimed works will become the property of ADSO. Exceptions can be made for special requests made in advance. Don t forget to check out ADSO on Facebook and Twitter Arts & Design Society of FWB @ADSO_FWB The Photography Club will meet on Wednesday, March 18, at 7pm. ADSO WINDOW DISPLAY: Featuring Marcy Eady and her students! Don't miss this month's Window Exhibition, with Marcy Eady and her students' clay works! If you would like to be one of our illustrious Window Artists of the Month, we still have openings in October- December for 2015! Don't miss the opportunity to have your own one-man show! If you're interested, contact Helen Harris at hch45@cox.net or 218-2155.

Dates & Things to Remember Starving Artists (that's us) Sale Update on Starving Artists: What Everyone Needs to Know! ADSO will be maintaining a table where we will be selling donated art, etc. We will accept donations of art items, gently used/new art supplies, and art books for sale at the ADSO booth during Starving Artist Sale; drop off time: Friday, March 27, 12-4 PM, only. (No magazines, no flea market items). Artists will set up between 12 and 4 on Friday. If you have signed up to volunteer there will be a short meeting of volunteers on Monday, March 16, 11 AM, so that everyone's in sync and ready to roll. Those interested in helping set up on Friday 12-4 PM and working on Saturday should contact Jane Helms at jane@helms.us.com before the 16th. There are still a few tables left for those who would like to sell their art and/or materials. Call to Student Artists: Okaloosa County Student Poster Contest, Deadline, April 20 All students, at any grade level, that live in or attend schools in Okaloosa County, are invited to enter the Annual Okaloosa Arts Alliance's Okaloosa County School Poster Contest, sponsored by OAA and hosted by ADSO. The theme is "Summer Fun," and must be done on paper, using markers, paint, pastels, etc. There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes, each, at elementary, middle, and high school levels. All of the poster contest entries will be on display at the Arts & Design Society from April 21-May 1 with a reception announcing the winners on Friday, April 24, from 6-8 pm. Only one entry per student, on standard size (8 ½ x 11) paper, and should include, the name of the artist, their grade, and the name of their school. Turn in all entries at the Arts & Design Society Gallery, open Tuesday-Friday, noon-4 pm, and Saturday, 1-4 pm, and located at the Art Center, 17 First Street, SE, Fort Walton Beach. For more information, call 850-244-1271 or visit the Website at http://www.artsdesignsociety.org. The Okaloosa Arts Alliance is the officially designated 501 (c) 3 non-profit arts agency for Okaloosa County. Please contact Amy Baty at (850) 499-8335 or amybaty1@gmail.com if you have any questions. For more information go to www.okaloosaarts.org. STARRING Loretta Menendian and Students Loretta Menendian and her students are displaying their art in a show at NWFSC's Student Union Building through April 24. Don't miss Loretta and gang's wonderful art--whatever they do is always extra special! PHOTO CLUB FIELD TRIP: Dale Palmer Dale Palmer is organizing a field trip for the Photo Club on Saturday, March 14, IF the weather behaves. If it does, the group is to meet at the wildlife refuge next to the Convention Center on HWY 98 at 10:30am to photograph the pond, heron, ducks, owl?, bridge, beach, trees, etc., for about an hour, and then meet upstairs at the Boardwalk Crab Trap (across the street) for lunch at around Noon. If the weather doesn't cooperate, Dale will notify members and reschedule the field trip.

Workshops Spring's Coming! Be Prepared with a Butterfly House! Butterfly House in Clay Instructor: Sherry Cooler Saturday, March 14, and Sunday, March 15, 9 am - 3pm Make a butterfly house from clay with Sherry Cooler. Everything is supplied, but if you have something that makes awesome impressions, bring them along. You will also need to bring your lunch. Cost $70 for members; $85 for non-members, plus $15 supply fee, which includes Drawing the Human Form Workshop with Heather Clements, Saturday, April 18 Heather Clements will offer a workshop, Drawing the Human Form on Saturday, April 18, from 10 am-4pm. The class will learn the basics of gesture, balance, and proportions. Cost: $70 for ADSO Members, $80 for Non- Members, for the 1-day workshop. Students provide their own materials; a supply list is available on the ADSO website or at the office. For further information concerning supplies and to sign up for this workshop visit the ADSO website at www.artsdesignsociety.org or call 850-244-1271 during office hours (Tuesday-Friday, 1 pm-4 pm). Samples of Heather's art may be seen at www.heatherclementsart.com. Nails-n-Clay Workshop with Sherry Cooler, Saturday, May 23 Nails-n-Clay is the subject of Sherry Cooler's one-day workshop on Saturday, May23, offering a unique way to express your creativity. Class time is 9 am- 3pm; bring a lunch and your imagination. Cost of the workshop: $35/members, $40/non-members, plus $5 firing fee. For further information and to sign up for this workshop visit the ADSO website at www.artsdesignsociety.org or call 850-244-1271 during office hours (Tuesday-Friday, 1 pm-4pm).

WEEKLY AND MONTHLY CLASSES Clay and Pottery Open Studio Monday and Wednesday, 9am-noon / Monday evening, 6:30pm-9pm Monday/Wednesday morning Instructor: Pat Basque Monday evening Instructor: Marcy Eady Working with clay, hand building or wheel throwing. Cost per session: Monday/Wednesday am: $10/Member; $12/ Non-Member Monday pm: $12/Member; $15 Non-Member Materials and firing included. Beginners welcome. Oil Painting, Chiaroscuro technique Tuesday, 9 am - 1 pm Instructor: Dale Gauvin Using lights and darks, students learn to paint in the style of the Old Masters. Cost per month: $70/Member; $85/ Non-Member Watercolor Tuesday, 9:30 am - noon Instructor: Pat Farwell Cost per month: $70/Member; $85/Non-Member Art Class for Children Ages 6-12 Tuesday, 4-5:30 pm Instructor: Marcy Eady Using principles of basic drawing, painting, and sculpture, students learn about the master artists and their styles; media vary each week. Cost per month: $60/Member; $70/ Non-Member (All supplies included.) Open Studio Tuesday, 7-9:30 pm No instructor. Students bring own supplies and work on own project in company with other artists. Cost: $5/member; $7/Non-Member Call Marcy 585-4967 to be sure studio will be open. Photography Group (Meets in the Gallery) 3rd Wednesday of month, 7-9 pm All photographers from beginner to professional are welcome; the group's mission is to encourage fellowship and to provide a place where photographers may discuss and exhibit their work. Cost: N/A Life Drawing 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6-9 pm No instructor. Students bring pencils and paper and hone drawing skills with the human figure. Cost: $10/Member; $12/Non-Member (May change, depending upon number of artists.) Life Drawing / Life Painting session 3rd Saturday 9 am 12:30 pm No instructor. Students bring their own materials and work in any drawing or painting media. No photography will be allowed. There are two models per session - one does short poses and the other does a single,long pose. Cost: $15 per single session, plus a tip for the model. ADSO members may purchase a discount card good for 4 sessions for $50 (available from Mike at session). Advance registration and payment is requested, by calling (244-1271) or going by the ADSO office, Tuesday-Friday, noon- 4 pm. For further information: Mike Radford (850-803-5707).

March Luncheon: Laura Destin and Tony Akers, Shop Owners and Teachers Laura Destin and Tony Akers, co-owners of A Ceramic Studio and Hobby Shop in Valparaiso, will be the speakers at the ADSO Luncheon on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. The couple works in their shop with adults and children, creating fun and practical works of art with poured clay and paint. They also conduct Fused Glass workshops and hold after school classes for children. Destin and Akers will give their talk at the Art Center Gallery, 17 First Street, Fort Walton Beach. The Luncheon, which is open to the public, will begin at 11:30. Cost of the luncheon is $12. Reservations must be made no later than Monday, March 23; cost of luncheons for reservations after that date is $15. Please send reservations request to: adsorsvp@gmail.com or call Risa at 850-376-3901. Preview of Luncheons to Come: April 22: Melody Bogle - Artist in pastels, oils, and more! May 27: Alice Noyes - Basketry June 23: Charlotte Arnold-Portrait Welcome to all our new members! Welcome to new members Lori and Don Allgood, Carol Dickson, Sandra Ransone, and Mary Travis. And please note the correction that last month we listed Ronald Rogers as a new member; the member is actually Karen Rogers. Apologies. Contact information will soon be available in the Membership Directory. I know nothing with certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. Vincent Van Gogh 17 First Street SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday 12-4pm, Saturday 1-4pm, Sunday-Monday Closed 850-244-1271 Email: adso@artsdesignsociety.org www.artsdesignsociety.org