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Hamilton County Artists’ Association is hosting the

“YOUTH ART CAMP”
June 21,22,28 and 29
Noblesville, Indiana

 The Hamilton County Art Center & Birdie Gallery
195 S. Fifth St. (corner of fifth & Cherry St.)
Come to the Youth Art Camp at the Hamilton County
Art Center & Birdie Gallery
For children entering 1st through 6th grades.
$10.00 per session or $35.00 for 4 sessions.
To reserve a space please contact Karen Fehr
317 896-3754 or E-mail: k.fhre1@comcast.net

Register Now!
The “Birdie Gallery” hours are 10AM-5PM Thur,Fri & Sat
Website: www.hcaa-in.org  Phone: 317 776-2278

HCAA is a 501 (c) (3 )not-for profit organization

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Ken Bucklew receives Distinguished Alumnus Award
from Ivy Tech-Columbus
May 20th, 2010

Ken Bucklew received the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus on April 30 at its annual awards banquet. In order to receive this honor, a graduate must have completed his or her program five or more years prior to receiving the award, must have excelled in his or her field, and must have given back to the community in which he or she resides.

Bucklew has received numerous other honors, including the following:

• He has received six first-place awards in the Indiana Duck Stamp Competition;
• He is an 11-time winner in the Indiana Game Bird Stamp Competition;
• He has been named Artist of the Year by Indiana Ducks Unlimited;
• He has placed in the top ten of the U.S. Federal Duck Stamp Competition;
• He is a three-time winner at the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association.

Ken is a regular award winner at the Annual Hoosier Salon. This annual exhibition, held at the Indiana State Museum, puts artists’ creations in front of some of the state’s most active collectors. His oils have become regular award winners in the Indiana Heritage Arts Annual Exhibitions in Nashville, Indiana.

Ken received an Associate of Science degree in Commercial Art from Ivy Tech-Columbus in 1979. In addition to his work as an artist, he has worked with advertising agencies and has taught courses in commercial art at Ivy Tech.

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March 24, 2010
For Immediate Release

“Indiana Plein Air Painters Association
to Launch Painting Indiana III Project”

Hoosier artists once again have the opportunity to be a part of history-in-the-making as the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association (IPAPA), in partnership with Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, launches its third Painting Indiana project.  History, art and architecture have always been important to the people of Indiana and it will make an interesting subject matter for this latest collaboration.  The end result will be the publication by Indiana University Press of a book featuring 20 historic landscape paintings by early Hoosier artists, and images of 80 to 100 paintings of similar scenes to be produced by some of IPAPA’s 200 member artists.

The new Painting Indiana III book will showcase never-before-published reproductions of paintings of Brown County hills, the valleys of Brookville and Metamora, cityscapes in Corydon and the Dunes on Lake Michigan by such revered Hoosier artists as T.C. Steele, William Forsyth, J. Ottis Adams, John Bundy and Frank Dudley.  Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana will help to identify potential sites of inspiration for current artwork by today’s artists, who continue the tradition of capturing en Plein air (on location) the natural and scenic beauty found throughout the state. 

The book’s text will be written by art author Rachel Berenson Perry.  In addition to articles in American Art Review and Traces of Midwest and Indiana History, Perry is the author of T.C. Steele and the Society of Western Artists: 1896-1914 (I.U. Press, 2009).

 “This is the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking Painting Indiana project,” IPAPA President Shaun Dingwerth explained. “The project has brought awareness to the plein air movement and has continued the rich tradition of painting in Indiana.  It also offers our state’s artists the opportunity to have their works exposed to the public.”

A call for artists to participate in a juried competition of works is currently underway. Specific parameters for paintings and information about the logistics and deadlines may be obtained from the project’s website www.inpainters.org and through the IPAPA newsletter.  Artists will have 18 months to create their submissions with judging set for the fall/winter of 2011.  The annual meeting of IPAPA will be held Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. at the Columbia Club in downtown Indianapolis.  Artists interested in participating in the project are encouraged to attend.
 
For more information, visit www.inpainters.org or e-mail IPAPA at inpleinair@yahoo.com.  You may also contact:

Shaun Dingwerth,                        Bill Wissel, Coordinator                Marsh Davis,President
IPAPA President                                 IPAPA Painting III                        Historic Landmarks Richmond Art Museum                         317-370-9328                        Foundation of Indiana 765-966-0256                                    cc976@aol.com                                    317-639-4534 shaund@rcs.k12.in.us                                                        mdavis@historiclandmarks.org