The Greendale Public Library is proud to announce a call to artist for its fifth annual Wisconsin Regional Art Exhibition.  The first goal of the WRAP event is to solicit artwork for an exhibition at the library which runs during the months of July, August and September.  The second goal is to have that artwork evaluated through a juried process that leads to some of the artists’ work qualifying for an additional exhibition at the state WRAP event. 

Entry Blank Due: Saturday, August 2nd until 5PM
Make check payable to sponsor: GREENDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, INC.
Artwork drop off: Monday, July 28-Saturday, August 2, 2014 (M-Th, 10 am-8 pm, F-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)
Workshop: Saturday, September 6, 2014, 9 am-3:30 pm
Place: Greendale Public Library, 5647 Broad Street, Greendale, WI 53129
Coordinator: Gary Warren Niebuhr, 5647 Broad Street, Greendale, WI 53129, (414) 423-2136 X 225, Fax: (414) 423-2139, Gary.niebuhr@mcfls.org

To enter the WRAP program, you must be a non-professional or an artist who makes art but not as their major source of income.  You will find a registration form at the Library or you can DOWNLOAD it from the WRAP website here:  http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/art/wisconsin-regional-art-program/wrap-schedule.htm

A $20 entry fee allows the artist to display up to three works of art for the library’s exhibition.  Entry forms and art are due by Saturday, August 2nd. 

A WRAP Workshop will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2014, in the lower level of the Greendale Community Learning Center at 5665 Parking Street in Greendale, WI, 53129.  The day begins at 9:00 a.m. with a presentation by the wonderful artist and textile historian Beverly Gordon, author of Textiles: The Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, Significance, who will speak for one hour on the creation of her own found object art.  Interested members of the public are welcome to attend her talk for at $5.00 donation to the Greendale Public Library Foundation, Inc.

The exhibition juror, Wisconsin Lutheran College Associate Professor of Art Chad Lindemann will then lead a discussion/critique on one piece by each participating artist in the exhibition emphasizing its strengths and areas needing improvement. 

At the end of the day, Professor Lindemann will reveal the Wisconsin Regional Art Program Honorable Mention and State Exhibit winners. 

Chinese Fine Art Association is an independent, nonprofit, educational organization established in 1999 here in Madison, WI. It is an organization open to general public. The primary focus of the organization is to promote and raise awareness of various oriental arts particularly the traditional form.

The goal is to bring the Eastern and Western art styles together, to create unique images of the subjects that artists observed and to introduce famous ancient techniques to interpret and create present images in their artworks. The objectives of the CFAA are to organize workshops for members and general public who are interested in exploring various forms of Chinese art, to exhibit their artworks in local community and to provide networking forum for sharing ideas and techniques among artists.

Currently, CFAA has 20 members reside at Greater Madison and Milwaukee areas. In the past few years, many exhibitions were held and received well at local galleries such as Museum of Wisconsin Art, UW Hospital Skylight Gallery, DeRecci, Memorial Union, Arboretum and former Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton’s Office.

Any questions about CFAA can be addressed to Yvonne Lee, President, at 608-271-7528, Vina Yang, Art Coordinator, 608-798-1005  or visit website at www.cfaamadison.org

“There are some paintings you can contemplate, some you can walk through, and some make you want to stay forever”, explained an elderly Chinese artist. The CFAA members hope you will find their paintings invite you to stay and enjoy them forever.

About International Federation of Asian Culture and Art (IFACA)

Many CFAA members are also members of IFACA which based in Japan with sponsoring organizations from Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and U.S.  The purpose of the organization is to promote art educations, and to foster the sense of beauty by encouraging submission of ink brush paintings. The mission of the contest and exhibition is to advance international cultural exchange which will help to build a better and more harmonious global community. The International Asian Sumi-E Brush Painting Contest, a juried contest, takes place annually at Japan and award winners’ artworks exhibit at Osaka Fine Art Museum, Japan, and galleries and museums in Taiwan and art centers and galleries in U.S.A. Detail information can be found at www.ifacasumi-e.org.  CFAA members have participated in annual International Sumi-e Contest in Japan since 2001 and won numerous prestigious awards. This is a juried contest and exhibitions are held at Osaka Museum and Taipei art gallery. Participants enter with paintings that are in long scroll format and/or framed paintings. The medium used is always Chinese pigments on silk or rice paper.

Plan to visit this lovely exhibition many times and then join us for the November 1 closing reception and meet some of the artists!

The July 12 deadline has been extended to July 22nd for artists entering the annual Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) exhibit.  There is a twenty dollar fee to participate.  The exhibition will be hung July 31st and end with a workshop on Saturday, August 24.

For the last two years, the Janesville Art League has sponsored one of the largest WRAP exhibits in Wisconsin.  Artists from across the State, as well as artists from out of state, compete in this annual art program. Started in 1940, WRAP is a program developed and administered by the UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies as part of a coordinated statewide program with over 20 WRAP exhibits/workshops. The purpose of WRAP is to recognize and encourage non-professional artists (meaning artists who do not make most of their income from there art) to develop their artistic abilities. Meritorious works chosen from the regional shows are then eligible to exhibit and compete in the State Annual Conference, in September each year.

Entry forms should be mailed by July 22 to L'Atelier Studio, 509 Laurel Ave., Janesville, WI 53548. For information call Nancy McKinnon at (608) 752-0679 or Barbara Leonard at (608) 754-6630. Art may be dropped off at the Janesville Performing Arts Center, 408 S. Main Street, on July 31st between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The public may view this exhibit during JPAC hours from Aug. 1st through Aug. 23th.   If you are interested in attendign the closing workshop contact Barbara or Nancy.  The workshop is free for exhibiting artists

Access the state WRAP website here.  You can download an entry form and find guideline for the WRAP exhibition online here.

Here is a great short video about the 2013 WRAP in Janesville.  Check it out to see how it works