The Denton Poets Assembly and Visual Artists Society of Texas welcome sponsorships of the 2014 Merging Visions events. 

If you wish to contribute, please print and fill out the information on the sponsorship form link here and present with your check to either organization in person, or mail to:  VAST, PO Box 1281, Denton, TX 76202-1281. We would appreciate your response by February 20, 2014. Sponsorships will still be accepted after this date, but we cannot guarantee recognition in the catalog. Contributions that exceed expenses for the 2014 MV will be placed in the budget for future MV projects.

Upcoming dates for Merging Visions: 

February 15: Poets review enlarged copies of their poems selected for the exhibit at the DPA meeting

VAST appreciates your support, in any form - monetary, time and talent!

Check out the following venues around Denton and consider contacting the corresponding VAST Revolving Art Coordinator to get your work seen!

The Chestnut Tree - Lin Hampton at linhamptonart@gmail.com

Black Box Theatre - Jo Williams at texjo@msn.com

Emily Fowler Library - Jenna Murray at jennatwu@hotmail.com

Barnes and Noble - Gail Cope at gailcope1@gmail.com

THE BLACK BOX THEATER

Ingrid Scobie currently has an exhibition of her fiber work at the Point Bank Black Box Performing Arts Theatre through April 11, 2014.

Ingrid W. Scobie began her art training in the mid-1990s with Jo Williams while she was still an American history professor at Texas Woman's University.  She states, "I found the combination of intellectual and visually creative imagination plus technical skill very

exciting." In 2000 she retired from TWU to continue art studies at the University of North Texas. In 2005, she received a BA in art, specializing in watercolor, and spent two years in MFA work (2009-2011) in watercolor and fiber. She feels her formal training in fiber gave structure to her long-time interest in that area. 

Scobie served as Executive Director for the Visual Arts Society of Texas from 2003-2007. Her work has been exhibited in several invitational one-woman shows, and she has won various awards in juried exhibitions.

Most of the work exhibited at The Black Box has never been exhibited before. It includes one of her earliest fiber pieces at UNT, Inspired Pattern; the first of her new bark cloth pieces, Movement; and the first of another new direction in 3-D fiber, Dances. Examples of her screen prints are also on exhibit.

Another 3-D fiber piece has been juried into the national exhibition, Materials Hard and Soft, opening Friday, February 7, at Denton's Center for the Visual Arts.

The Black Box Theatre Exhibition is co-sponsored by Denton Community Theatre and VAST. Black Box hours are Monday and Wednesday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm and Friday, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm. The art may also be viewed during any of the performances at the Black Box.

Emily Fowler Library

Brad Morgan currently has an exhibition of paintings at the Emily Fowler Central Library through March 6.

Morgan explains, "In figurative paintings, I prefer to situate people in a spare, almost theater set-like room. I find that it is important to accept the artificiality of a painting, and taking this idea to composition and lighting helps. I dress my models in plain white T-shirts. I light them in gloomy, industrial lighting. My "portraits" are not about them. They're not about me. The design of affective painting is always, in my opinion, non-narrative. Painting is a way to capture aspects of human nature and experience that is beyond stupid and clumsy verbiage."

"A new concept I'm trying out is what I call "The Passenger" series. Yes, this is a cheesy allusion to the Iggy Pop song of the same name. These works, while appearing somewhat abstract, are in actuality based on blurry photographs taken at night, while riding in a car. While I've always considered my work to be more abstract in meaning, I am not an abstract painter. This new process allows me access to a kind of "automated" version of abstract painting. I don't have to feel to invent, but because I feel, I can recognize invention, just like always."

This exhibit is co-sponsored by the Emily Fowler Central Library and VAST. The Emily Fowler Central Library is located at 502 Oakland Street; hours are Monday through Wednesday, 9:00am - 6:00pm, Thursday, 9:00am - 9:00pm, Friday and Saturday, 9:00am - 6:00pm, and Sunday, 1:00pm - 5:00pm.

Barnes and Noble, Denton Golden Triangle Mall

Roxanne Musick is showing at the Starbucks in Barnes and Noble, through February.

Roxanne Musick's Statement:

Moving around a lot as a child, art was the one constant that I had.  Every time we would move to another state, my parents would go on weekend "exploring" trips to see what was of interest in the area where we had just moved.  This was the beginning of noticing the nature that surrounded me and it began to influence how I looked at the world."

Musick's focus became exploring the medium of colored pencils in the 1990's and she has been passing her knowledge on to the middle and high school students that she has taught throughout the years. Musick stated that she 'wanted to be able to show my students how to work colored pencil as more than a one-dimensional tool for adding color, thus breaking the mindset of "map pencils."'

Roxanne Musick went on to say, "Much of my inspiration still comes from nature and the gardens that are on the small farm where I live, as well as my travels.  My love for nature still shows in my work, from the realistic to the representational, fantasy to illustrative as well as abstraction.  I love the various texture problems found in nature, from the roughness of peeling paint to the softness of dewdrops on flower petals.  I have found that colored pencil is compatible with many different media and can be just as rich, painterly and beautiful on its own, lending itself to beautiful layers of rich color and details."

This exhibit is co-sponsored by Barnes and Noble.  It can be found in the Denton Triangle Mall; hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:00am - 9:00pm, Friday and Saturday, 9:00am - 10:00pm, and Sunday, 11:00am - 7:00pm.

We need funky, creative handbags to auction off at this year's event. Whether you are a designer or simply a lover of handbags, join the fun by submitting your very own creation!

Tarrant County College presents

James Watkins Workshop 

NE Campus February 13 and 14

Texas Woman's University

Works by Jeannie Hulen and Shalene Valenzuela

Artists Lecture and Panel Discussion

400 E. Hickory Street, Denton, TX 76201 

Meadows Gallery: 

27th Annual Materials: Hard and Soft

February 7 - April 4

Opening Reception: February 7, 6-8pm

Gough Gallery: 

VAST 125-Mile Exhibition

January 17 - February 21

For more information: dentonarts.com

Texas Woman's University Art Galleries

East Gallery and West Gallery 

Jeannie Hulen & Shalene Valenzuela Exhibition

Artist Lecture and Panel Discussion February 13, 5pm

13th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition 

February 20 - March 19

Reception: February 25, 4 - 6pm

Center for the Visual Arts

400 E. Hickory, Denton

Meadows Gallery

27th Annual Materials: Hard and Soft

Gail Williamson Cope and Ingrid W. Scobie have works on exhibit. 

February 7 - April 4

Opening reception: February 7, 6-8pm

Marshall-McPhail Gallery in North Dallas,

11450 Sprowles Street, Dallas, TX  75229

214.902.0952 

January 1 through March 31

Darla Bostick is the featured artist of this one-woman show.

Opening Reception: February 8, 2-6 PM.  The public is invited to this free wine and cheese reception.  

Jaycee Park Center for the Arts

1975 Puritan Drive, Irving

Mi Corazon, A Celebration of the Heart Through Printmaking

Mary Wright has a relief print in this exhibit.

February 2 - February 27

Reception: February 9, 2-4pm

Gallery hours: Sun., Mon., Wed.- 1-4pm and Tues., Thurs.- 10:30-3pm

MCL Grand Theater Gallery, Lewisville

Lorraine Hayes received the 2nd Place Award in the recent Visual Art League of Lewisville (VAL) Black and White Exhibition.

All artworks had to be grayscale, monochromatic or black and white.  Jo Williams selected the art for awards.