Show at Lakeview/Coffee Gallerie comes down today

Please note that this Thursday (May 15) is the final day for the NSAG show. Please make
arrangements to pick up your artwork on Thursday from either location.

You are welcome to pick up your pieces any time on Thursday. The Coffee Gallerie
closes at 6 pm and the library closes at 8. Keep in mind the library may have an
event that evening in the reading or meeting room.

Pieces not picked up will be taken to Dana's office at the Northside News at 2702
International Lane, Suite 203. You may make arrangements to pick them up from Dana at work next Monday or later. Call Dana at 661-0060 -- calling ahead is best so someone is there to assist you.

Spring Reception

Spring NSAG reception is this Saturday, 11 am to 1 pm at Lakeview Public Library and the Coffee Gallerie. Beverages will be provided at the library's back reading room. This is a very informal reception, so drop if you are able to chat with your fellow artists.

Gallery Night May 2

Be sure to check out NSAG member Kristi Hall's solo show at Off-Center Studios, 2716 Atwood Ave., on Friday May 2 from 5 pm-9 pm.

Kristi's show will run through the end of May.

Congratulations, Kristi!

Spring show moves to the Northside

The Overture show is down and, with some minor changes, is being remounted as our annual spring show at the Lakeview Public Library and the Coffee Gallerie at Northside Town Center.

We are particularly excited about the library's new hanging system! Thanks to the library for taking the time and making the effort of installing this new system. Tell the folks at the library how great it looks. The reading room looks brand new again.

The Coffee Gallerie part of the show will be hung on Friday, April 11. Announcements will be arriving shortly.

Pictures from the Exhibition

Photos from the reception last Sunday.

Show's up!

It was a rainy day to hang some art...but we were fortunate there was no snowstorm.

Some dedicated NSAGers helped put the "Reflections of the Northside" show up in the Overture Gallery III this morning. We had plenty of knowledge, the world's cutest level, were scant a few pencils, and definitely needed some better erasers.

"Reflections of the Northside" offers a wide-ranging look at the neighborhood where the artists live, work and play. Many of the thirty-some pieces of art in the show reflect the area’s many wonderful natural areas, depicting Cherokee Marsh, Warner Park, Troy Gardens, the Yahara River, Lake Mendota, Governor’s Island, and Lake View Hill. Other artists have an abstract interpretation of what life on the Northside feels like to them. Media include oils, acrylic, clay, pastels, watercolor, photography, glass mosaic, metal, monotype and mixed media.

The show looks great and we are looking forward to the reception on Sunday, Jan. 27, from noon-2 pm -- hey, there's no football that Sunday! Did they plan that? Yes they did! NSAG thinks of everything! Come and bring your friends.

Northside Farmers' Market Art Presence

Here's a retrospective report from NSAG artist and booth participant Kristi Hall:

My first experience as a vendor at the Northside Farmers Market came on October 21st of this year. It was the last outdoor market of the season but you wouldn't have known it looking around. The sun was shining, warm on our backs, as we talked with our neighboring vendors. Patrons mingled about catching up on the week’s events. And a table full of kids were busy decorating bags for Meals on Wheels with Forrest Espinoza and her son, Sage, for the activity at our Northside Artists Group booth. That is where I spent my Sunday morning; at the Northside Artists Group, or NSAG, booth. It was our organization's first year at the Market but hopefully not the last.

The NSAG booth served two purposes for our members this year. It gave us a fairly regular venue to showcase our artwork and sell some if we were so inclined. But it was also there to educate the community about NSAG. With such a wonderful crowd at the Market that day there were plenty of chances for me to tell people about how NSAG is comprised of artists who live or work on the Northside. I was able to explain that the group promotes the many talents of those Northside artists, creates opportunities for them to exhibit their work and encourages members to network with other artists. For many of the members just being able to share their work with others and having a place to do that is very gratifying.

For me, NSAG has done all of those things and more. In the two years that I have been a member I've showed my photography in exhibits, worked on community projects and joined other photography organizations. The people I talked to at the Market, those who admitted to having no artistic talents as well as fellow artists, were excited to hear about NSAG and thought it was great that we had a group like NSAG right here on the Northside. I hope I was able to recruit more members because of the exposure at the Market. But even if I didn't, I know the Market is a great Sunday morning opportunity for our current members that is sure to continue and grow.