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Artists of Rural Rembrandt Art Club show their art in Madison

5/10/2015

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Royal Dome Parercheron Farm Round Barn, by Lynn Hansen, Waupaca

Wisconsin Regional Art Program Presents
Artists of the Rural Rembrandts Art Club
showing artworks by
Marcia Batley, Fred Behlendorf, Audrey Bunchkowski, Joan Cason, Sue DeLain, Geri Dobs, Cath Eckart, Selma Glunn, Lynn Hansen, Kristina Hauk, Virginia Jungwirth, Karin Livingood, Janet Parrell,  Patsy Radtke, Rachel Pavlic, Lynn Sallee, Aaron Schmidt, Pat Spear, Kathy Teichmiller, Stephanie Walter, and Claire Warnke

On view until July 25, 2015
Weekdays during business hours
at the
Steenbock Gallery

1922 University Avenue

Join us for an
Closing Reception

Saturday, July 25th, 2015
1:00-3:00 PM
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The Wisconsin Regional Art Program and the Wisconsin Academy are delighted to share the art of twenty-one artists who are all members of the Rural Rembrandts Art Club which serves the creative community in the Wautoma-Waushara-Neshkoro-Oshkosh area.

RRAC Mission:  "To promote the practice of and interest in the creative arts and to afford a means of education, encouragement, and opportunity for cooperation in art creation among persons interested in such endeavors."
In 1946, a group of amateur Wisconsin artists formed the Rural Rembrandt Art Club to share art experiences with each other and with their community. For more than seventy years the Wisconsin art club has been providing an opportunity to enjoy art in all its various forms to the local community and has encouraged many aspiring artists by providing a forum for them to display and discuss their work and learn from other artists.
  They continue today with a very active art community and maintain an online gallery of their memberships art here:  http://www.ruralrembrandts.com/


Rural Rembrandts' History with WRAP and WRAA

Early RRAC and Wisconsin Regional Artist Association members Dorothy and Ray Spaulding married in 1945.  They were people with busy lives and an ongoing commitment to creative growth through the arts.  They shared a love of art in general and painting in particular, and they shared a desire to learn more and grow as artists.  Soon they found others who shared their artistic interests and together they pursued informal gatherings where their families could visit and draw. 

Word spread  and the circle of artists grew, and grew, until they formed a club called the Rural Rembrandts Art Club.  Soon they reached out to Professor James Schwaulbach (of WPR 'Let's Draw' radio show  fame), and  the  Wisconsin Regional Art Program, which was engaged in early outreach efforts.  This was the beginning of a long relationship and fruitful between the RRAC and WRAP.  A few years later the Wisconsin Regional Artist Association (WRAA) was formed to be a non-profit partner with WRAP and Ray Spaulding became its first President.  The partnership has continued for since that time.

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PictureMountain Meadows/Streams & Dreams by Virginia Jungwirth, Oshkosh
The Wautoma WRAP continues today as one of the longest ongoing WRAP exhibits.  This exhibition celebrates the current membership.  Plan to come see the exhibition and join us for the closing reception to meet some of the artists!  

You can see the Rural Rembrandts co-sponsored WRAP Exhibit on display June 6th at the Waushara-Wautoma Senior Citizen Center in Wautoma too. 

If you would like ot be a part of that one-day exhibition, entry forms are due on May, 30, 2015.  You can find them below or on the UW-Madison Wisconsin Regional Art Program website here:  http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/art/wisconsin-regional-art-program/wrap-schedule.htm


Entry Blank Due
: Saturday, May 30, 2015
Artwork due: Saturday, June 6, 2015, 8-9am. Artists must supply their own easels for this exhibit.

Workshop: Saturday, June 6, 2015, 10am-3:30pm. (Includes potluck luncheon). 
Watercolor artist and exhibition juror Susan J Spanbauer will present. 

Place
: Waushara-Wautoma Senior Citizen Center, W8220 Cottonville Ave (& Hwy 22)
Wautoma, WI 54982

Make check for $20.00 payable to sponsor: RURAL REMBRANDT ART CLUB

Mail Entry Blank and Check to: Stephanie Walter, 2898 Oakwood Lane, Oshkosh, WI 54904, 920-231-6695

Questions?  Ask Coordinator: Audrey Bunchkowski, W5871 Fountain Ct, Neshkoro, WI 54960, 920-293-8969
abunch@centurylink.net


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3 Comments
Karin Livingood
5/10/2015 10:46:15 pm

Thanks for all your hardworking dear great exhibit

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Timothy Sheehan
9/8/2015 05:31:21 am

Hello! I am a member of the Milwaukee Sketch Club. I am considering a move to the Madison/Middleton area. Can you please tell me if there are any clubs that provide a way for amateur artists to gather on a regular basis to paint and draw together? Thanks

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Helen Klebesasdel link
9/8/2015 06:01:48 am

Hello Timothy,

I know there are groups, but I do not know the specifics. I suggest you send out a message on the Madison Area Artists Yahoo Group list. <madisonartists@yahoogroups.com>. It functions like the Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) list. You will have to join it on Yahoo but it will put you in touch with a lot of area artists fast. In the meantime I will ask around.

Helen Klebesadel
http://klebesadel.com

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