"Celebrate the Arts" at SRAC!

Kick-off for Indian River County-wide "Celebrate the Arts," (CTA) organized by the Cultural Council of Indian River County, was Friday night, April 19th, in Downtown Vero Beach's Arts District.  14th Avenue was closed to traffic from 19th Street to 23rd Street, and in spite of the sometimes inclement weather there was a decent turnout for this first annual event.

The Sebastian River Art Club's tent was manned by Ray Ground and several other volunteers who volunteered their time and energies to display works by members and hand out information about the Club.

PLEIN AIR FOR CTA
Saturday brought a plein air session for CTA at SRAC's Art Center, on the edges of the beautiful park out back of the Clubhouse.  Although it was a day without shadows, as the sun never showed up, the day was cool and pleasant for painting, and several of us enjoyed the day.  Another session will be offered to the public to enjoy, or try painting it themselves, next Saturday, April 20th 11:00-3:00.  Extra easels, paints and brushes will be provided by the Club for the public to try.  Below is pictured a beautiful scene this blogger painted, one of many beautiful scenes at this lovely meandering park.  And this little duck came a-begging for a treat, which I happily provided for him.  Can't get that experience painting in a cluttered ol' studio!

JOE MILLER, WOODCARVER, FOR CTA
Ongoing in the Art Center for CTA, and throughout the month of May, in the Hume Gallery (SRAC's Guest Artist Gallery) will be works by Joe Miller, et. al, who is the president of the Indian River Woodcarvers.  He maintains a studio gallery at Art Mundo in Fort Pierce. 

Joe is a master woodcarver whose work has been exhibited all over Indian River County and beyond.  Canes, cranes, faces, wildlife and other beautiful woodcarvings will be on display through May.  Joe plans to have a carving workshop for the public at the Art Center in the near future--look for news of that.

VOTE FOR SRAC'S ART CENTER THEMES
In the exhibit rooms of SRAC's Art Center are works on view in all mediums and subjects, but pay particular attention to this month's theme - Gardens - and vote for your favorite.  At the end of each month there will be ribbons given out to the most popular works.  Also vote for last month's theme, "House pets" which missed the mark because of a water problem we had which forced us to remove many works from the walls.  So two votes please for our dedicated artists.

STAY TUNED THROUGH THE SUMMER!
As we all in the SRAC look forward to laying back a little on art-related endeavors for the summer, stay tuned for continuing exhibitions in the Art Center as we paint away and come up with more ideas for the public to enjoy.  Stop by any Tuesday, Thursday and most Saturdays 11:00-3:00 and take a peek at what's going on.  Maybe even join in and take up the brush.  It's a great bunch we have here, we have a good time, do some good work, help the community, share ideas, and find ways to help each other through the creative process.  Have a cup of coffee with us and we'll tell you about it.

Have an "Artsy" day!
Judy Burgarella
VP, and blogger for the
Sebastian River Art Club