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CAL Among Symposium Sponsors/Patrons

The Sixth Annual MU Life Sciences and Society Symposium takes place March 2010. CAL takes its place among the symposium's sponors and patrons.

From Art to Biology and Back Again will examine provocative new work arising from intersections between the life sciences and art - the biological contexts of our response to art and aesthetic contexts of our response to scientific visualizations, as well as twenty-first century art that has found inspiration at their convergence. In the process, the talks will inquire into the relationship between artistic and scientific invention. The symposium is free and open to the public. more >>

re-posted March 2010

Tall Stories Show Winners

First Place: Annie Helmericks-Louder, "Big Fish"

Second Place: Cody Finley, "Time Lapse"

Third Place: Lynn Graznak Saults, "Grandmother Frost"

Honorable mentions:
Nancy Brown, "Taste"
Anna Cranor, "Wolf at the Door"
Peg Crawford, "A Murder at CAL"
Nora Othic, "Parting of the Red Sea"
Thom Smith, "The Happy Executioner: An Homage to Sir Thomas More and John Calvin"
Wei Wu, "Makings of a Perfectionist"

CAL Emerging Artist Award:
Oliver Clark, "The Fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Evil"
Katy Ross, "I can do it!"

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Reception slideshow
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posted March 2010

Thom Smith show at William Woods University

A one-person show of Thom Smith's oil paintings and 3D work will be on view at the Cox Gallery of William Woods University, Fulton MO, February 8-28. A reception is planned for Thursday, February 18, from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Eric Seat selected for international illustration competition in NYC

The work of local Columbia artist and illustrator Eric Seat has been selected by a jury for the Society of Illustrators 52nd Annual Exhibit in New York for their 52nd annual Illustrators competition.

His mixed media portrait of author Kurt Vonnegut was published on the cover of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Macenas Publishing in Budapest, Hungary. The illustration will be on exhibit at the Museum of American Illustration in New York City from January 27 to February 20, 2010.

Sharing the walls in the permanent Society of Illustrators collection are works by famous illustrators, such as Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth, Howard Pyle, Fredric Remington, and Maxfield Parish, among others.

In addition to the public exhibit, Eric Seat's illustration of Kurt Vonnegut will be published in the Society of Illustrators 52nd Annual Book. The portrait was displayed recently in Columbia as part of Eric's one-man show at Orr Street Studios.
Eric Seat's work can be seen locally at the Columbia Art League and in CAL's Online Artist Village, the Rocheport Gallery, as well as at the artist's website.

posted February 2010

Sense of Self Show Winners

First Place: Mark Langeneckert, “The Limner”

Second Place: Thom Smith, “The Artist’s Brain as Workbench”

Third Place: Anatasia Pottinger, “What Time Creates”

Honorable mentions:
Susan Taylor Glasgow, “Spiritual Growth”
Jerry Berneche, “Autobiographical Images”
Brooke Cameron, “Is blood thicker than water”
Katy Ross, “Katy”
Eric Seat, “Self portrait/Directions”
Amber Chapin, “Clash”

CAL Student Award: Ian Reid, “Self portrait”

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Students strive for perfection at CAL show (Columbia Daily Tribune)

A myriad of masterpieces (Columbia Daily Tribune)

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posted January 2010

Give a Gift of Art Members' Show Winners

First place: Emily Nickel "The Queen"

Second place: William Helvey "Bryce Canyon"

Third place: Eric Seat "Urban Solitude"

Santo Foundation Special Recognition Emerging Artist Award:
  Lauren Orsheln "Self-Portrait"

Honorable mentions:
  Mary Clohessy "The Gift"
  Dola Haessig "South Woods"
  Tony Irons "Swing it Two"
  Tom Stauder "Cherry Platter"
  Holly Stitt "Lemons"
  Carrie Yonley "Winter Lit Tree"

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Good showing (Columbia Daily Tribune)


Emily Nickel: The Queen

William Helvey: Bryce Canyon

Eric Seat: Urban Solitude

posted December 2009

CAL Annual General Meeting

Thursday, December 10, 5:30pm at the CAL Gallery, 207 S. 9th Street

The CAL Board of Directors will be holding the Annual General Meeting prior to the opening reception for 'Give a Gift of Art' on Thursday December 10, 2009, at 5:30pm. CAL Board President, Tootie Burns, will introduce the new 2010 board members and present a summary report of our 2009 business. All CAL members are welcome to attend.

posted November 2009

CAL Among Symposium Sponsors/Patrons

The Sixth Annual MU Life Sciences and Society Symposium takes place March 2010. CAL takes its place among the symposium's sponors and patrons.

posted November 2009

Retrospective: 50 Years of CAL

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50 years of inspiration (Columbia Daily Tribune)

Following creative footsteps (Columbia Daily Tribune)

Art History (Columbia Daily Tribune)

posted October 2009

50th Annual Boone County Art Show Winners

Bank Purchase Award

Jahner Johnson "THE JOY OF RUNNING "

Popular Choice Award

Diane Chappell "KAY SARA "

See all the winners >>

posted October 2009

Betty Brown Tea Slideshow

Betty Brown Tea slideshow
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Fond Memories (Columbia Daily Tribune)

posted October 2009

Missouri Watercolor Society Exhibition Winners

First place : Shirley Nachtrieb "Illumination"

Second place: Loran Creech "The Painter"

Third place: Brenda Beck Fisher "All American Boy"

See the Missouri Watercolor Society Reception slideshow
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posted October 2009

Plein-Air Art Day

Saturday, September 19, 2009 9:00am - 4:30pm

The Columbia Art League and the Daniel Boone Regional Library are partnering for a one-day painting and drawing competition as part of One Read.

To participate, bring paper or canvases to the Columbia Public Library between 9 a.m.-noon, where library staff will stamp them to register you for the contest. Then, paint or sketch anywhere outdoors, and turn in your best piece to the library by 4:30pm.

From 11:00am to 1:00pm, at three locations around the city, artists will be on hand to offer assistance:

Chris Frederick will give watercolor tips at Stephens Park,
Jane Mudd will help with oils and acrylics at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and
David Spear will give advice on sketching with pencil and charcoal at the Columbia Art League, 207 S. Ninth St.

For more information, please see the Daniel Boone Regional Library One Read site.

CAL's new education director

CAL extends a warm welcome to Patty Jaconetta Groening, our new education director, and a fond farewell to Amy Meyer, our first education director. Read more: Art in a class by itself (Columbia Daily Tribune).

posted August 2009

The Betty Brown Memorial Tea

The Betty Brown Memorial Tea will take place September 15, 2009, at the University Club. more >>

posted July 2009

New online gallery includes Dennis Murphy

On Friday, April 17, 2009, The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit will launch Contact, an online gallery of artists, including local painter Dennis Murphy. The Online exhibition itself will launch at 7pm on April 17. Please visit at the gallery www.contactexhibition.com.

posted April 2009

Image, Imagination & Intuition Winners

Winners have been named in the Image, Imagination & Intuition show. The show continues through May 9, 2009.

Winners:

1st place - Jerrold Carton: Atalanta and the Golden Apples, oil on canvas
2nd place - Susan Taylor Glasgow: Chandelier Dress, glass
3rd place - David Spear: Apple, charcoal

Honorable mentions:

John Andrews: Playground, intaglio vopper etching monoprint
Jerry Berneche: Moonlight, watercolor & tempera
Brooke B Cameron: The Killing Fields: Tuol Seng Prison, photo vinyl gravre
Janice Coffman: The Art Class, digital art
Bob Hartzell: Jeff, silk screen
Cynthia Morris: Flea Market Find, colored pencil
Byron Smith: Storm over Boonville, watercolor
George 'Papa' Tutt: Dark Glasses, egg tempera

posted April 2009

Altered Realities Winners

Winners have been named in the Altered Realities show. The show continues through March 28, 2009.

Winners:

1st place - Susan Taylor Glasgow: Building a Nest
2nd place - Dan Howeth: Dan Howeth
3rd place - Tori Pelz: Subsistence

Honorable mentions:

Bob Hartzell: Michelle
Thom Smith: The Wizard of the Bible Belt
Julie Kendall: The Brown Virgin
Jerrold Carton: Jane Doe representing the subdued majority called Womanhood

Susan Taylor Glasgow: Building a Nest