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Sketchpad Nancy James, President December 2008 Studio Group, Inc. 1305 North Franklin Street Wilmington, DE 19806 302-656-7304 SketchPad Nancy James, President December 2008 Delaware Art Museum 500 applications were accepted the first year. Outstanding among his students December Schedule Holiday Tour were Frank Schoonover and N.C. Wyeth, father of Andrew, grandfather of Jamie. Wednesday, December 3 The event takes place on Saturday, De- Drop off painting at the Studio cember 13th from 10 AM to 4 PM. Please After Pyle’s death in 1911, the three stu- for Loop Night mark your calendars and encourage your dios were sold to Pyle students Stanley friends to sign up for the tour by contact- Arthurs and Clifford Ashley. New flooring Thursday, December 4 ing the Delaware Art Museum. Because Hang for Loop Night and was laid in the Master’s studio, including of this additional exposure, make sure to Clean for Open House the section of buttonwood tree which is bring your BEST work for December Loop where Pyle had stood as he was teach- Night. (This is not a miniature show.) Friday, December 5 ing. The Moroccan chest fronts seen at Loop Night Holiday Exhibit ceiling level were also added then. In preparation for your hostess duties Thursday, December 11 during the tour, please read the articles Holiday Card Workshop with below, highlighting the histories of Howard The Studio Group, Inc. Carolyn Anderson Pyle and the Studio Group. By Pat Zolper Monitor: Marjean Willett NOTE: The Studio Group, first organized in There will be no Cookie Exchange Howard Pyle’s 1935 as a small group of women painting Franklin Street Studios together, purchased the Franklin Street Saturday, December 13 By Pat Zolper property in 1964. Studio One is named Delaware Art Museum Holiday Tour of the Howard Pyle Studio in honor of one of the founders, Eugenia 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM In 1883, Howard Pyle, one of the out- Rhoads. Today one of Eugenia’s paint- standing illustrators of the Golden Age of ings hangs in the entry of Studio Two, Sunday, December 14 Illustration and the father of the Brandy- now named for its benefactor and former Last day to submit a sealed bid wine tradition of art, built his own studio member Helen Farr Sloan. Helen was the for the MacLellan Auction. at 1305 North Franklin Street. Pyle was a wife of John Sloan, who was part of an painter, writer, illustrator and teacher, and artists’ group known internationally as The Monday, December 15 the first to teach the art of illustration. Eight. In 1978, the three studios were ac- Wining Bidders of the MacLellan cepted for listing on the National Register Auction will be notified. In the style of Georgian Revival, the of Historic Places. studio was a free adaptation of a Tu- Wednesday, December 17 Pick up work from the dor cottage, sparked by Pyle’s interest Members hold weekly gatherings to paint Wilmington University Exhibition, in English history of the 16th and 17th on their own or with visiting instructors. 10:00 - 12:00 Noon centuries. He asked that the interior be The group is involved in community art the “color of telegraph poles,” conducive efforts, fund raisers and scholarships. Thursday, December 18 to the dark interior of the Victorian age. Special shows are held throughout the Still Life Painting A porch was in the rear and there were year and the studios are open the first skylights both north and south. (Only the Friday of the month, with the exception of Thursday, December 25 northern skylights remain, the most con- January, July and August, as part of “Loop MERRY CHRISTMAS stant light desired by artists.) A small area Night”. Tours can be arranged. In 2008, south of the main room probably served the Howard Pyle Studio celebrates 125 January Schedule as a washroom and office. Later this area years of continuous use as a working stu- would be used for his secretary; today a dio. The Studio Group, Inc., which owns Monday, January 12 kitchen. A storage room was above. Later and maintains the studios, is dedicated Executive Board Meeting Pyle built an addition for his sister Kather- to ensuring the buildings’ future as a re- ine to use as a studio. Katherine was also Thursday, January 15 source for artists and the community. both an artist and writer. Initially there was General Meeting no electricity. Fireplaces provided heat. IN MEMORIAM Thursday, January 22 - half day Note the wrought iron hinges, bulls-eye Marjean Willett presents windows, Dutch doors and other details of Bernard Felch died the first week of “Looking Back, A Retrospective late 19th century architecture. November in Unionville, PA. A well of 40 Years of Painting” known artist, he taught several work- By 1900, Pyle built two adjoining studios shops for The Studio Group. He was Thursday, January 29 for students coming to join the Howard the father of Lindsey Felch, who rented Snow Day - Paint together Pyle School of Art. There was no tuition; Studio One for an art gallery business students paid for rent and art materials in the early ‘80’s. which their teacher sold at cost. 12 out of Charles MacLellan Exhibit paintings that she offered to include in her future classes at Winterthur as student Four works by MacLellan have been restoration projects. We were waiting to restored and are offered for sale at a hear from her, but years quickly rolled by. Sealed Bid Auction. The work is currently When we contacted her in January 2007, on display in Studio Three and will be she said that maybe something could be featured for the December Art Loop. done in the fall of 2008. Bidding will continue through December The committee decided a renewed effort 14. Minimum bids are posted. Winning to sell was in order, and, in view of many Bid Holders will be notified on Monday, new Studio Group members, invited December 15. Studio members and Associates and their For more information, please contact friends before advertising the sealed bid Audrey Van Dyk. auction sale to the public. In view of the Carol Kardon during her fascinating pastel continuing deterioration, the committee demonstration. She also offered a workshop in reevaluated the works and set minimum oils this fall. bids. Letters were mailed and the sale took place on March 23rd and 24th, 2007. Member News Much to our surprise all the paintings were sold and we were able to hand a Ollie Crossan is not able to come to the check for $9,064.00 to our treasurer. Studio due to health problems. We miss It is a story of mystery and treasure given her, and I’m sure she would love to hear Charles Archibald MacLellan to us in a very strange way by a very from her fellow artists. Please send her a talented friend of Studio Group – Charles note or give her a call at 610-345-1508. Part Two of Story in Two Parts Archibald MacLellan. By Audrey Van Dyk Continued from November issue) Shirley Rigby will be teaching a poetry/ Holiday Card Workshop art workshop in January for 4th graders at Those next assigned were the already Christ Church Preschool. She also had a established Helen Farr Sloan committee, Carolyn Anderson will give a workshop show at Wilmington Drama League and at which consisted of Norma Day, Barbara in the design and production of hand Stonegates this past month, and will ex- Selby, Audrey Van Dyk and, ex-officio, the crafted Holiday Cards on December 11. hibit in the Spread Eagle Show in March. presiding President of Studio Group. In February, 2002, the inventory of twenty- This will be a mixed media workshop and Anna Bellenger is having an opening one paintings were all re-photographed all are encouraged to bring whatever you reception at the Talleyville Gallery on and the committee contacted Joyce Hill enjoy to paint with, stamp with, glue on, or December 5. The show will feature her Stoner, Conservator and Professor at whatever else fun stuff you can think of. paintings of dogs. Winterthur and the University of Dela- Carolyn will provide cards for everyone. ware Program in Art Conservation and her student, Tatiana Boreis. PWCS Exhibition The Philadelphia Water Color Society An- niversary Exhibition, currently at Mitchell Hall at West Chester University, will close on December 19. Pay a visit to see work by Anna Bellenger, Lori Hollenbeck and Siv Spurgeon. Mitchell Hall is located on Joyce and Tatiana spent an afternoon Church Street near the intersection with viewing and evaluating the work. Joyce Sharpless Street. Metered street parking sent us a detailed report, categorizing is available, but scarce. There is also a the works in four groups of conservation parking garage on Sharpless Street near Janet Hammond discusses one of her paint- priority. She also studied the paintings the Church Street intersection. ings following her critique of members’ work. that had been restored, and sadly for us, reported that “Girl With Apple Blossoms”, that had been restored by the Illustration SketchPad Submissions House, “appears to have been glue-lined and cut down from the original format. It Publicity date is the 1st of each month. has been permissively over-painted and Submission deadline is one week prior. has disguised the artist’s real technique (High resolution images only) and brush stroke on the face. Unac- ceptable treatment in any professional Siv Spurgeon, Editor conservator’s book.” She advised that it 600 North Swarthmore Avenue Swarthmore, PA 19081 should never be sold. 610-544-1829 [email protected] The other paintings in the Studio collec- Siv Spurgeon’s “Spring Sparkle” was this tion were very well restored by Twistback, year’s winner of the Helen Farr Sloan Award (email submissions preferred) in Oxford, PA.
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