Book Club is finally happening!

Thanks to all of you who expressed interest and especially to those who participated in this morning's preliminary meeting, we finally have a book club!

Our first book will be "The Memory Keeper's Daughter", by Kim Edwards.

Our discussion meeting will be on Saturday, March 21st, here at the Whitmoyer Art Studio & Gallery, at 9:00 am.

Feel free to attend the discussion even if you were not here this morning. The only requirement to attend is to have read the book.

I would like to compile a list of featured books, so feel free to suggest anything in which you may be interested.

Feel free to e-mail me with any questions,  chiaraw@mac.com

Just a few reminders about upcoming events:

Wednesday, March 4th, at 6:30 pm: drawing group.

Saturday, March 7th. The Whitmoyer Art Studio & Gallery will be CLOSED. We will all be supporting Dario's team at the Odissey of the Mind  competition in Berwick.

Sunday, March 8th, at 4:00 pm, Ladies' Tea in celebration of International Women's Day

Friday, March 13th, at 6:00 pm, Second Friday

Saturday, March 21st, at 9:00 am: Book Club

Peace,

Chiara

Updates

Hello Everybody!

Some new things are happening at the Whitmoyer Art Studio & Gallery and I am very excited about them!

Book Club

We are starting a book club. Saturday, February 28th, at 10:oo am,  we will meet with all who are interested to set it up. The club will not be necessarily meeting on Saturday mornings, the date and time will be determined by the needs of the participants. I am encouraging everyone who will come to the preliminary meeting to bring ideas for the first book, as this will be determined Saturday as well. I have already received a few suggestions and I am in the process of researching them. The club will probably be meeting once a month, at each meeting a different person will lead the discussion and a new book will be selected... unless of course the group decides differently. I am new to this experience, so all suggestions and ideas are welcome. 

Ladies' Tea

Our Ladies' Tea in celebration of International Women's Day is also set on March 8th, at 4:00 pm.  I already have some presenters set up, but there is still time for more. Our theme this year will be "The Art of Being a Woman". We are born women and this was not a choice. But how we live our lives as women in the selection of our education, in our careers, in our role within the family and society... we make choices. We make them and we implement them, and how we implement them and how we live them is an art. This is different for each one of us; sometimes is the result of the environment in which we grew up, somehow it has been affected from the situations we lived, at times it has been a conscious choice to reinvent ourselves. 

We did not choose to be women, but we choose every day how we live our womanhood.

Drawing Group

Drawing Group has been slowed down by the weather a few times. But otherwise is going very well. Everybody loves our model Renee and we have a good number of "regulars" who come every week, as well as new people who show up from time to time. 

For those of you not familiar with it, Drawing Group is a free forming group of artists from different backgrounds and with different level of experience, who meet here at the Gallery on Wednesday evenings to draw from a live model. Everyone over 18 years of age is welcome to participate, regardless of their skills. I have seen some artists compare notes and share some tips or techniques from time to time, just as others keep their drawings to themselves... regardless of your style, the group is very welcoming and fun!

For now these are my updates. I am working on the March newsletter... but by now you all know how that goes... So I figured that this will be a more effective way to get the news out in a timely fashion.

Until next time, enjoy these photos of our Carnevale Masquerade!

Peace,

Chiara

La Galleria

La Galleria

A Newsletter of the Whitmoyer Art Studio & Gallery

February 2009   Issue 8

Hello Everybody!

Here I am,  bringing you a new version of  "La Galleria" the newsletter of the Whitmoyer Art Studio and Gallery.

I find myself very busy lately and I am trying to streamline my activities and commitments in order to keep up with everything. One thing that has been affected by my lack of time and organization has been the newsletter. I am sure you have noticed that the last few months it has been late. In an attempt to streamline the newsletter I have decided to publish it exclusively on this blog. This will save me the time and technical frustration it takes to compose it in "Word" and then upload it on the website. Since most of you are on my e-mailing list I will also cut down on the printed version. A few printed copies will still be available at the Gallery if you would like to pick it up.

I hope this will not inconvenience anybody, but make it easier for you as well. I will send an e-mail notifying you when the newsletter will be posted for the next few months. I do however highly recommend that you subscribe to this blog (if you are not already doing so) so you  will be notified every time I post an article or event. Subscribing of course is free, and will not fill your mail box with junk, just a short reminder when an item is posted.

One of the benefits of the blog version is to make the newsletter more interactive. You will be able to post your comments or ideas directly to the blog, as well as your own events or announcements.

Of course in the end it will be your response to determine if this format will work or not, so please feel free to let me know your thoughts!

February Events

Second Friday

Carnevale Masquerade

February 13th, from 6 to 9 pm

Figure Drawing Group With Live Model

Every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 pm

$10.00 fee per session

Call or e-mail to reserve a seat

It's Carnevale Time Again!

Mark your calendar for this very special Second Friday Event: February 13th, from 6 to 9 pm we will celebrate Mardí Gras Italian Style, with a Carnevale masquerade ball.

We kicked off this event last year and, in my opinion, it has been our most fun event so far. We had fabulous costumes, scores of confetti and streamers, beads, music, dancing, food, drinks and tons of fun! Check out the photos and videos on http://www.whitmoyerartstudio.com to see for yourself.

Come and celebrate with us, share your traditions and learn new ones, make memories and set trends. Wear a costume, mask, headdress, makeup, anything fun and colorful. Come 

ready to dance, eat, make friends and have fun! If you have a traditional dish for this time 

of year, or just anything festive and creative, bring it along to share.

Although I have not had a formal confirmation yet, I am planning on enlisting the help of the "Susquehanna International Folk Dancers" to bring some action to the event.

I have been looking forward to this event for months. Let's make it special together!

International Women's Day

March 8th is International Women's Day. It has been a tradition very dear to me since I was a young girl in Italy, and on this day I would get together with my girlfriends and go out to dinner, maybe dancing, and just celebrate being a woman.

This year we will hold a Ladies' Tea here at the Whitmoyer Art Studio and Gallery to celebrate "The Art of Being a Woman". This is an occasion for women to meet other women in the area and share stories and experiences, as well as some treats and tea.

If you have a special story about womanhood, be it a success story or a struggle, if you are doing something special for yourself as a woman or for other women, if you have a woman-owned business or a woman-oriented business. If you have a lesson to teach, or an experience or skill to share, I invite you to contact me to set up a presentation time.

Of course every woman is invited to participate, even if she just want to have a friendly cup of tea and see what it is all about!

Now Showing at the Whitmoyer Art Studio and Gallery

Chris Badalucco

Dona Blue

Lynne Fiocchi

Larry Ney II

Lori Reese

Jo Thompson Pennypacker

Marlin Wagner

William Whitmoyer

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Whitmoyer Art Studio and Gallery

55, State Route 442 -  Millville, PA 17846

Telephone (570) 458-5267

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