Some Like It Hot - Port Arthur

Thanks to our wonderful members, Junanne Peck and Darlyne Hartman, our Some Like It Hot exhibition traveled to Port Arthur, Texas. It opened this weekend at the Texas Artist's Museum.

The members of TexasWAX/Houston also participated, and Gwen Plunkett did an encaustic painting demonstration during the opening.

It sounds like the reception was a great success, and the work looks fabulous. (I'm going to work on putting names with all the images below.) Thanks to Gwen for the photos.

Thanks again to everyone who helped put this together. I'm continually amazed at the energy and enthusiasm of this group!

reception

reception

Sandy Trevino-Wigley, Interim Executive Director

Choral group from Lamar

Franziska Bader

Silvia Thornton

Elaine Thuene

Peggy Epner, Carmen Menza

Peggy Epner, Carmen Menza

Charlotte Cornett

Carolyn Fox-Hearne

Carolyn Fox-Hearne

Vet

Vet

Diane reader Dorn

Franziska Bader

Brett Dyer

Susan Crowson, Linda Walker

Susan Crowson

Diane reader Dorn, Franziska Bader, Susan Crowson, Linda Walker

Diane reader Dorn

Top: Robin Walker Lower: Larry C. Kitchen

Trayc Claybrook

Mirtha Aertker

Trayc Claybrook

Trayc Claybrook

Trayc Claybrook

Junanne Peck

Janet Reynolds


Brett Dyer

Diane reader Dorn

Larry C. Kitchen, Brett Dyer

Junanne Peck

Deanna Wood

Cheryl McClure

Julia Koivumaa, Gwen Plunkett, Julia Kiovumaa

Gwen Plunkett, Julia Kiovumaa

Gwen Plunkett, Julia Kiovumaa

Julia Koivumaa

Linda Walker



Julia Kiovumaa, Nancy Lea,

Julia Kiovumaa

Julia Kiovumaa

Deanna Wood

Deanna Wood

Ivonne Acero

Elaine Theune

Suzanne Shield-Polk

The show closes on November 28, so if you're in the area, please check it out!

Global Swarming Talk at the MAC

November 12, 2008
6:30 PM

McKinney Avenue Contemporary
3120 McKinney Avenue, Dallas 75204

Where would we be without pollinators in our natural world?

How would this effect food production?

What are the environmental, social and economic impacts of this?

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a phenomenon currently effecting honeybees. What is at hand appears to be a perfect storm created by pesticides, introduced pathogens, viruses and perhaps GMO foods. Research is ongoing in this critical area.

Panel members:
Brandon and Susan Pollard, Texas Honeybee Guild
Deanna Wood, Founder, Texas WAX/Dallas
Janet Reynolds, Texas Master Naturalist, member of Texas WAX/Dallas

Next Meeting

Please join us for our next meeting!

Sunday, November 16th
1-3 pm

Trayc's studio:
3116 Commerce St, Dallas Tx
Suite E

Hope to see you there!

October 2008 Meeting

We had a great meeting at the Bath House today!

Let's see if I can remember who all was there:
Deanna Wood, Mary Wright, Robin Walker, Janet Reynolds, Silvia Thornton, Susan Sponsler, Junanne Peck, Trayc Claybrook, and Vet.

We were joined by new members Jackie Chaiken, Nancy Lea, Juliana Robles, and Peggy Epner. Oh and some random guy named Paul who makes candles happened to be walking by and heard someone talking about wax. Junanne gave him her contact info, so if she goes missing, that's why. :-)

If I missed someone (I know I did), I apologize...

Some Like It Hot:
Junanne talked about the Some Like It Hot (now) touring exhibition. At least 4 people from the Houston group will be participating as well.

Junanne took the work that will be traveling on to the Texas Artists Museum in Port Arthur.

Here's the timeline:
*ASAP - submit your images to Junanne (even if you sent them to Janet prior to the Bath House show, please send them to Junanne), along with information on each piece - title, media, size, price
October 29 - deadline for work to be delivered to Junanne
October 31st - she will drive the work down to Port Arthur
November 1 - installation
November 9, 2:30 - 4:00 - reception - demo at 3 pm (someone from the Houston group will do the demo)
November 29 - Junanne will pick up the work from Port Arthur and take it to her studio in Fort Worth

Junanne has also secured a spot for the exhibition at the Firehouse Gallery in Fort Worth, Feb 9 - March 7th, 2009. We have the option to do a workshop or demo.

Thanks so much to Junanne for doing all this!

Global Swarming:
November 12, 2008 - we're still scheduled to do the panel discussion at the MAC - on the panel will be me, Janet, and 2 beekeepers. Hope everyone can make it! At that time we'll submit a proposal for the show for next year.

September, 2009 - the Global Swarming show will be on exhibit at the Texas Discovery Gardens in Fair Park during the fair. We can be a major part of the facility's opening celebration.

We can have a presentation of work at the same time at the MAC, along with possible talks and demos.

Degrees:
May 9 - May 31, 2009 at M2 Gallery in Houston .

Gwen from the Houston group has secured this show for the 4 TexasWAX groups. I'll be sending out the formal prospectus as soon as it's finalized.

The theme is "Degrees." Interpret that however you would like.

The Bee Team:
I shared information about The Bee Team, a group of Etsy sellers that I joined recently:

They have a blog as well.

So if you have any wax/encaustic work on Etsy, please join.

They are also working on a show dealing with Colony Collapse Disorder, so perhaps we can join forces with them at some point.

White Rock Lake Artist's Tour:
October 18 & 19, 2008
Silvia will be participating in this studio tour. Visit the official website for more info.

Next meeting:
Sunday, November 16, 1-3 at Trayc's studio in Deep Ellum - directions to follow. Hope to see everyone there!

October Meeting

Just a reminder that the October meeting of TexasWAX/Dallas is Saturday, October 4, 11:00 - 1:00 at the Bath House Cultural Center in Dallas.

We'll be picking up our work from the Some Like It Hot exhibition or passing it along to Junanne Peck, who secured a show for us at the Texas Artist Museum in Port Arthur, Texas. Thanks, Junanne! So that makes Some Like It Hot officially a touring exhibition. That's exciting! Oh, and the TexasWAX/Houston is participating, too, since they're so close to Port Arthur.

Hope to see everyone at the Bath House.