DSFAA July Meeting with Metal Artist Jill Rabalais

DSFAA July Meeting

Guest Speaker- Jill Rabalais

Metal Artist

These are a few photos taken from the meeting held July 7, 2014. Everyone had the chance to try their hand at Metal Tooling. A very good time was had by all. I would like to say "Thank You" to Jill Rabalais for a wonderful demo and for letting us participate. Photos not provided by Charlotte Walker. We miss you Charlotte! Hurry back!

Chris Bajon Jones

President -Denham Springs Fine Art Association

DSFAA July 2014 Meeting with guest artist Jill Rabalais

Metal Artist

Jill Rabalais

The Denham Springs Fine Art Association General Meeting will be held Monday, July 07, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Building located at 941 Government Street in Denham Springs, LA. Jill Rabalais,a metalwork artist and teacher from Denham Springs, LA will be our guest speaker for the night. 

She will give a demonstration of the processes involved in tooling metal to create unique and singular works of art. 

I hope we will have a nice showing of members and guest. Please try to come and invite others too. 

Thank you, 

Chris Bajon Jones 

President_ Denham Springs Fine Art Association 

Email :chrisjonesthouart@gmail.com 

Denham Springs Fine Art Association Painting 2014

Denham Springs Fine Art Association Painting 2014

"DOWN ON THE BAYOU" an acrylic painting done on  textured canvas.Painting size is 16" x 20".
The drawing for this painting  was done by Bonnie Smith Williams as a demo project.   Members of DSFAA painted the canvas as a program for the March meeting. Each member worked on the painting to use as a fund raiser for DSFAA.  All members who worked on the painting signed the back of the piece.  The painting of a swamp scene with a cabin was created using a limited color palette. It is pleasing to the eye and would fit in any room. For a one dollar donation your name will be added to become the owner of this painting and for five dollars your name will be added six times. The donations will be used to fund more art projects in schools and to help with equipment to hang shows for public viewing. During the year DSFAA organizes, promotes and sponsors,  projects to keep art in the public venue.  The painting will be given away at the December meeting. Contact any member if you are interested in putting your name in for the painting. 

For more information contact:

Chris Bajon Jones

President - Denham Springs Fine Art Association

Email :chrisjonesthouart@gmail.com

or 

Bonnie Smith Williams

Email : myartandsoul@hotmail.com

DSFAA June 2014 Meeting with Terri Kennedy of Potterri Studios

Denham Springs Fine Art Association

June 2014 Meeting

Guest Speaker : Terri Kennedy with Potterri Studios

in Denham Springs, LA

Here is a movie of the photos that were taken by DSFAA member Charlotte Walker. Terri Kennedy with Potterri Studios in Denham Springs, LA was our guest speaker. What a nice demo and very much to our surprise we all had the chance to play with the clay! What a fun and exciting experience. A big thanks to Terri for a wonderful time!

For more information on contacting Terri Kennedy:

www.terrikennedypottery.com or email: terikens@bellsouth.net or phone (225) 664-7667

Chris Bajon Jones

President: Denham Springs Fine Art Association

Denham Springs Fine Art Association Spring Art Show 2014

DSFAA Spring Art Show 2014

A big "Thank You" to Charlotte Walker for providing the photographs from our DSFAA Spring Art Show Reception held May 5, 2014 at the Denham Springs/Walker Branch Library. The show will hang the month of May.The library is located at 8101 Florida Blvd. E, Denham Springs, LA. I encourage all to go and see the beautiful artwork and I want to Thank all that participated and made this happen.

Chris Bajon Jones

President: Denham Springs Fine Art Association

Results of the show are as follows:

Works NOT under Glass: 

1st:  Margaret Shipley; 'Burden Cabin'

honorable mention: Mary T Head; 'Free At Last'

 

Works under Glass:

1st:  Chris Bajon Jones; 'Rolling R "Big Man"'

Honorable Mention:  Peggy Schwab; 'Head Start'

 

Photography:

1st:  A. Lynne Jones; 'Sunset from Round Top'

honorable mention:  Charlotte Walker; 'Fungus Among Us'

 

Miniatures:

1st:  Margaret Shipley; 'Painting Anyone?'

honorable mention:  Chris Bayon Jones; 'By the Sea'

For more information on joining this fine group contact:

Chris B. Jones-President

chrisjonesthouart@gmail.com or (225)664-5290

or 

Sandra Middleton-Vice President

smiddle856@aol.com or (225)664-9565

DSFAA General Meeting April 7, 2104

Denise Hall -Adams

De Lou Glass Designs LLC

Guest Speaker for April 2014

The Denham Springs Fine Art Association General Meeting will be held Monday, April 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Building located at 941 Government Street in Denham Springs, LA. Denise Hall -Adams with De Lou Glass Designs, Denham Springs, LA will be our guest speaker for the night. Here is a little about the artist from her website:

My name is Denise Hall-Adams, I started learning about stained glass when I took a class to make a window for my bathroom. After that...I was hooked. I then learned to slump and fuse. Then I thought about all the beautiful glass going into our landfills. I try to incorporate some recycled glass into my projects.  Besides designing and fabricating window panels, we make garden art, useful bowls and platters, jewelry, and many more items. We use new and recycled glass for our creations.  We teach begining and advanced stained glass, fusing, mosaics, and will be adding other classes for art glass projects. Check our website for time and dates of our classes, or you can call 225-771-9878.

 or you can visit her website:

www.delouglassdesigns.com

I hope we will have a nice showing of members and guest. We will be discussing our upcoming Spring Show as well as other activities and events coming up. Please try to come and invite others too.

Thank you,

Chris Bajon Jones

President_ Denham Springs Fine Art Association

Email :chrisjonesthouart@gmail.com

Tom Wallace Memorial Art Wall at Ochsners Medical Center

 Elizabeth Thompson, Bonnie Williams, Derrell Robinson, Sarah Wallace and Gwin Brister

 Derrell Robinson

Gwin Brister

Remembering Tom Wallace
Elizabeth Thompson, Bonnie Smith Williams, Derrell Robinson, Sarah Wallace, Gwin Brister are in the photo. The group met to take down art and hang Derrell and Gwin's work for the month of March and April.  The afternoon  with Sarah Wallace and Amy Delany was spent remembering Tom and  giving Sarah a tour on what has been happening with the art wall. A number of people stopped while we were changing the paintings to say how much they loved seeing art on the wall. How it made their day brighter to have something interesting to view. Tom Wallace was responsible for getting artists work to and from Ochsner's hospital to hang on the art wall. He organized shows every two months and worked so hard to keep work on the wall. At his death the hospital named the wall the Tom Wallace Memorial Art Wall. At that time Elizabeth Thompson took over Tom's job of bringing the work to and from the artists. She organized the shows on the wall until 2013.  Bonnie Smith Williams is helping now, by maintaining a list of artists who want to display art on the wall. Many thanks to Amy Delany and the hospital for being supporters of the arts.