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Marble Falls High School
4th Humanities Photography Exhibit
"Freeze-Frame Life"
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Since the beginning of the school year, the
Humanities class has explored various aspects of the question: What makes
us human? Through studies of philosophy, art, music, and history, we have
opened our eyes to a whole new perspective of the world in which we live
--- freeze-frame!
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Riverbend Fine Art
Gallery, “Artists Looking at Art” Series with
Royce Gilliland
Saturday,
April 5th, noon to 5pm, with sculptor, Royce
Gilliland.
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Riverbend Fine Art
Gallery, “Artists Looking at Art” Series with Milbie Benge
"Artists Looking at Art”
series, March featured artist, Milbie Benge
Milbie will be painting a
Texas landscape at the gallery each Saturday in March, talking
informally about her work and the work of others who have inspired her.
Come see what favorite work she will bring from her own fine art
collection, which images she will share from art history, and her favorite
books. We hope you will join us each weekend to watch her painting’s
progress and to spend time with this gracious and talented artist!
Every
Saturday during March 2008, noon to 5 p.m. (March 1 - 31, 2008)
Milbie will begin the
painting Saturday, March 1 and complete the work in the gallery Saturday,
March 29th, during the Marble Falls Bluebonnet Blues and Jazz
festival in Marble Falls.
www.bluebonnetblues.com.
Riverbend Fine Art Gallery, “Artists looking at Art” Series
with
award winning pastel artist, Kathleen Cook
“Artists
Looking at Art” series, February featured
artist, Kathleen Cook
Kathleen will be at
work in the gallery, talking informally about her work and the work of
others who have inspired her. Come see what favorite work she will
bring from her own fine art collection, which image she shares from
art history, and her favorite books.
Saturday, February
9, noon to 5 pm
Kathleen will be
bringing new smaller works, treasured & beautiful valentines!
There is no charge for
this “day of love of art” Valentine from Riverbend Fine Art.
Kathleen’s paintings
explore a diverse array of emotions and mood, some darker and somber,
others light and whimsical; but, in all we hear the artists voice,
“Come with me into this little world. Let me show you what delights,
intrigues, mystifies and moves me. Perhaps we will be kindred
spirits.”
Riverbend Fine
Art Gallery, “Artists Looking at Art” Series with Milbie Benge
“Artists Looking
at Art” series, March featured artist, Milbie Benge
Milbie will be
painting a Texas landscape at the gallery each Saturday in March,
talking informally about her work and the work of others who have
inspired her. Come see what favorite work she will bring from her
own fine art collection, which images she will share from art
history, and her favorite books. We hope you will join us each
weekend to watch her painting’s progress and to spend time with this
gracious and talented artist!
Every Saturday during March 2008,
noon to 5 p.m. (March 1 - 31, 2008)
Milbie will begin
the painting Saturday, March 1 and complete the work in the gallery
Saturday, March 29th, during the Marble Falls Bluebonnet
Blues and Jazz festival in Marble Falls.
www.bluebonnetblues.com.
This is a come and
go event, there is no charge!
All events will be held at the gallery:
710 1st
Street
Marble Falls,
Texas
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Acclaimed
Texas Artist, Rusty Jones
Rusty traces his
earliest influence to his grandmother who was the first to
place a paintbrush in his hands and encourage his interest in
art. He vividly remembers
her studio on the second floor of an historic home that once
served as a stagecoach stop just outside San Antonio.
Saturday,
November 17, noon - 5 pm,
Sharing
joy this holiday season and watching Rusty paint!
"Masterful
painting is a technical skill driven by intellect, guts, heart
and emotional purity."
Rusty Jones
Marta and
Rusty
Rusty Painting in
Gallery
Rusty Painting in Gallery
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William Melstrom
William Melstrom uses bowls,
platters and vases
to display his extraordinary glazes
and surface effects.
Currently, the
artist is exploring the shimmering, mesmerizing qualities of
crystalline glazes.
“The
Art of Crystalline Glazed Porcelain”, art talk and
exhibit
Saturday,
November 3 ,
2007
Remington,
oil, "The Fall of the Cowboy", 1895
"Night
on the Riverbend Trail"
F.
Remington Birthday Party and Western Art Exhibit
Saturday,
October 6,
2007 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
"Remington's
Life and Art"
with Amon Carter Museum's,
Morris
Matson at 6
pm
October
is Frederic Remington's birth month. On Saturday, October 6th RIverbend
Fine Art Gallery featured our excellent collection of contemporary
painters who are inspired by Remington's work. Morris Matson an art
historian and docent from the Amon Carter Museum in Ft
Worth gave a lively power point and slide presentation that kept the
crowd mesmerized. After Mr. Matson's talk we celebrated with birthday
cake and enjoyed viewing Riverbend's art with attending
patrons, painters and sculptors
www.cartermuseum.org
Jerry Owens, gallery owner, with Amon Carter's Morris
Matson
Marta Stafford, gallery director, with Amon Carter's,
Morris Matson
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“An Afternoon
with Gary Jack”
Thornton's
traditional painting of cowboys and
the country they live in are bold, authentic & colorful.
Gary
Jack Thornton painted in the gallery
Saturday,
July 7th from 1pm to 5pm
"The
romance of the West will be with us forever, but the lifestyle is
disappearing right before our eyes. I simply want to be a small part of
preserving that lifestyle."
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Saturday, June
2,
6:00
pm to 8:00 pm
Pride
of Place
Wine
pairings with Fall Creek Vineyard
(Photos by Linda Tyler)
Artists
are moved to create images of the special places which inspire, sustain
or offer solace. The theme
of our
exhibit is “Pride of Place”. Susan
Auler, vinter, will pair paintings with wine from Fall Creek Vineyards.
Susan
and Ed Auler, Fall Creek Vineyards
www.fcv.com
"Riverbend
Rendezvous" with Kathleen Cook, PSA
Saturday,
November 4, 2006, Kathleen worked in the gallery from 1-5 pm
Left is Kathleen Cook with Jeff St. John. Right is
Kathleen Cook with two of her paintings.
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"Riverbend Rendezvous"
Dorothy Long, noted regional
ceramicist, talked about her work and Don Ward, the
quintessential Taos painter, worked in the gallery.
Noon to 4:00 pm, Saturday,
September 30, 2006
September 30, 2006 Dorothy Long |
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Don Ward painting one.
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"Museum
and Miniatures"
UNIVERSITY
OF TEXAS BLANTON ART MUSEUM
And our own
PAINTER OF MINIATURES, LINDA
MORGAN
Saturday,
August 5th 11:00 am and 1:00 pm
11:00
am: Linda Morgan will be an artist working in the gallery,
creating her miniature paintings. Linda is a native Texan. "As long
as I can remember, the process of arranging lines and colors on paper,
and later canvas, has been important to me. The subjects I've chosen to
paint have been from the environment or society around me at the time. I
enjoy using different mediums, but in recent years water media has been
my favorite." Linda has won awards in national juried shows and is
included in many private, corporate and municipal collections throughout
the United States, Europe and Japan.
Noon:
Break for lunch - maps of area restaurants available
1:00
pm to 2:00 pm: panel of 4 University of Texas, Blanton
Museum docents to talk gallery visitors For
example," you will hear about a gold panel from the Florentine
artist Gerini thought to be lost forever but rediscovered in the Suida-Manning
Collection! And an altar piece by Barbelli, the only painting
outside this artist's native Lombardy, Italy."
Blanton
docents are going share information about “Austin’s new
cultural gem”, The Blanton Museum of Art. We will hear about the
different collections from these well versed individuals.
v
New Contemporary
acquisitions
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Suida-Mannning
Collection of Old Master European Paintings, along with recent additions
to this collection and the September traveling exhibition of works by
Luca Cambiaso
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James & Mari
Michener Collection of American Modern Art which is now meshed with our
Latin American Collection and called "America/Americas"
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Leo Steinberg
Collection of Rare Prints and Drawings
v
C. R. Smith
Collection of American Western Art
Hope
you can join us at the gallery for this special event,
learn more about the programs this extraordinary museum has to offer and
see artist, Linda Morgan, at work!
No
reservations are required & there is no fee.
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When
Earth and Sky
Meet
Dusk and Dawn
The
Purkinje Collection
hangs through July 31, 2006
When
Earth and Sky
Meet
Dusk and Dawn
Saturday, June 3, 2006
6:00
pm to 8:00 pm
The
Purkinje Collection and
wine
tasting with
the
Hill Country's
Fall
Creek Vineyards
(the
purkinje bacchanalia is here)
Imagine
discovering wines that have the distinctive characteristics of your
favorite paintings.
Fall
Creek Vineyards, Susan Auler, is recognized by Wines
and Vines as one of the top 50 people in the world wine
industry. She will be complementing the wines with the
Riverbend Purkinje collection.
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The Merlot is a soft, smooth, and
easy-drinking wine with a nice balance of bright, cherry fruit
and oak. The finish is smooth and supple. This is exactly what
the Merlot drinker is looking for.
Johannes
Evengelista
PURKINJE
(1787 – 1869)
While
walking through the lush blooming Bohemian fields at dawn and
dusk, Jan Purkinje observed his favorite red flowers appeared to
be a different color in the light at dawn and dusk compared to
sunny full daylight. He
established that our eyes have not one, but two systems adapted
to see colors: one
for bright overall light intensity and the other for night
vision, with our eyes transitioning during dusk and dawn.
The Purkinje Effect is experienced during the time (about 50 minutes)
of the shifting from the usage of one system to the other, as
eyes adapt from light to dark, or dark to light. |
The
Granite Blush is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin Blanc and
Johannisberg Riesling. This wine exhibits sweet peach and
raspberry fruit flavors. It is the perfect blush wine.
Johannes
Evengelista
PURKINJE
(1787 – 1869)
While
walking through the lush blooming Bohemian fields at dawn and
dusk, Jan Purkinje observed his favorite red flowers appeared to
be a different color in the light at dawn and dusk compared to
sunny full daylight. He
established that our eyes have not one, but two systems adapted
to see colors: one
for bright overall light intensity and the other for night
vision, with our eyes transitioning during dusk and dawn.
The Purkinje Effect is experienced during the time (about 50 minutes)
of the shifting from the usage of one system to the other, as
eyes adapt from light to dark, or dark to light. |
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Susan and Ed Auler, Fall
Creek Vineyard
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Ed Auler, Marta
Stafford, and Susan Auler
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as
we toast and celebrate
with
vigorous beverage
the
intoxicating beauty of twilight on form
transcending
usual perceptions on the earth
as
she spins and grapes ripen
in
the reverie of life.
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Marble Falls High School
Exhibit at Riverbend Fine Arts
May 2006
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Bob
Rohm
art
talk and painting demonstration
Saturday, April
1
Bob has
been painting most of his life. He received classical training at New
York Academy of Arts in Pennsylvania. Now a resident of, Texas, his
paintings reflect a lifelong passion, a thoughtful approach and an
observant eye.
Rohm teaches
internationally. He is a signature member of Oil Painters of
America,the Pastel Society of America and the Au Premier Coup Society.
He is listed in several Who's Who publications and has been featured
in many publications including American Artist, The Artist's
Magazine, The Pastel Journal, Southwest Art, Fine Art Connoisseur,
International Artist and the Showcase of American Pastel
Artists.
He has exhibited
in national and international shows and has won numerous awards. His
art and teachings have been featured in many publications and can be
found in corporate and private collections internationally.
“He
has the ability to create shimmering oils and pastels punctuated by
contrasts between soft and hard shapes, between gentle and stark
boundaries. His sense of color can be as bold and assertive in one
painting as it can be subtle and evanescent in another; depending on the
mood and topography, his light and dark values can be almost theatrical
in their dramatic beauty. “
Southwest
Art
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Marble Falls High School Humanities Class visits Riverbend
Fine Arts
with instructor, Shirlene Bridgewater
Riverbend
Fine Art was delighted to receive guests in the gallery last week
from Marble Falls High School. Previous to their visit the students
had received information from other instructors in art history and
color and design. After arriving at the gallery and sharing snacks
prepared by associate Lori Sears the students participated in an art
talk with gallery director, Marta Stafford.
Young
people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three
days each week through at least one full year are:
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times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement
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times more likely to be elected to class office within their
schools
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times more likely to participate in a math and science fair
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times more likely to win an award for school attendance
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times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem
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Young
artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:
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music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently
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| Participate
in youth groups nearly four times as frequently
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| Read
for pleasure nearly twice as often
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| Perform
community service more than four times as often
Living the Arts
through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-based Youth
Organizations, Shirley Brice Heath,
Stanford
University
and Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching,
Americans for the Arts Monograph,
November 1998)
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The
facts are that arts education...
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a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child
and has proven to help level the "learning field"
across socio-economic boundaries.
(Involvement in the Arts and
Success in Secondary School, James S. Catterall, The
UCLA Imagination Project, Graduate School of Education &
Information Studies, UCLA, Americans for the Arts Monograph,
January 1998)
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a measurable impact on youth at risk in deterring delinquent
behavior and truancy problems while also increasing overall
academic performance among those youth engaged in after school
and summer arts programs targeted toward delinquency prevention.
(YouthARTS Development Project, 1996, U.S. Department of
Justice, National Endowment for the Arts, and Americans for the
Arts)
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Businesses
understand that arts education...
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builds a school climate of
high expectation, discipline, and academic rigor that attracts
businesses relocating to your community.
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strengthens student
problem-solving and critical thinking skills, adding to overall
academic achievement and school success.
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helps students develop a
sense of craftsmanship, quality task performance, and
goal-setting—skills needed to succeed in the classroom and
beyond.
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can help troubled youth,
providing an alternative to destructive behavior and another way
for students to approach learning.
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provides another opportunity
for parental, community, and business involvement with schools,
including arts and humanities organizations.
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helps all students develop
more appreciation and understanding of the world around them.
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helps students develop a
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Saturday,
March 4
Gallery Talk at 11:00 am -
5:00 pm
11:00
am to 1:00 pm, art talk and demonstration
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, artist working in the gallery
You
are invited to come & go as you wish.
An art
talk and painting demonstration with featured artist,
Royce Gilliland
Come see & hear how a bronze is created
beginning with the armature (the skeleton) and ending with what a
foundry does to create the final bronze sculpture. Royce will
have different sculptures in varying stages of the creative process.
A
unique opportunity for collectors!
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Milbie Benge
Saturday,
February 4
11 am
to 5 pm
Featured artist, Milbie
Benge, speaks with reverence of her time and training with Dalhart
Windberg and A. D. Greer. It was A. D. Greer who introduced Benge to
the luminous style of painting, typical of the Hudson River School artists.
Join us for an art talk as she shares her recollections and her collection of A.
D. Greer.
Acclaimed for her captivating country
landscapes, Milbie Benge's work has been called "romantic
realism" as her ability to softly convey the beauty of nature
evokes a true sense of place. Having studied under such notable artists
as A.D. Greer and Dalhart Winberg, Benge's work reveals her interest and
ease in the natural world. From the mirrored surface of a river at
sunrise, to leafy country lanes and fields sparkling with wildflowers,
Benge's paintings capture a single serene moment in time, evoking the
peaceful pace of the outdoors.
Her wide and accurate knowledge of the
rural countryside, especially in Texas, Colorado , Arizona and her
native California , gives her an unusual sweep of view. A time honored
technique of outdoor painting, this “plein-air” style has been
favored by many classic landscape painters. Painting outdoors has its
obvious charms, but one must be adept at painting quickly in order to
capture nature’s fleeting lighting effects. Most noted for her
signature "halos of light," Benge's talent for depicting the
effects of sunlight and moonlight speak of a subtle sense of mystery.
Her atmospheres are often laden with mist, giving a sense of the
refreshing quality of early spring-that seasonal touch that is always
present in her landscapes.
The daughter of a Baptist minister, Benge became fascinated with drawing
at a young age. Her father and several high school art teachers eagerly
encouraged her artistic development. Born in a migratory camp hospital
near Sacramento, California , Benge became very familiar with rural
scenes as she traveled from town to town in California and Texas because
of her father's missionary work. As a young adult, her passion for the
rural landscape continued to grow. She traveled extensively throughout
the U.S. , Europe and the Far East, studying and painting country
landscapes-from English cottages and rose gardens to weathered Kentucky
barns and ancient fence posts.
Her work has gained a wide following of collectors in the U.S. and
Europe, including Baylor University in Waco, TX ; Burt Reynolds; Tom
Landry; Byron Nelson and the estate of the late Barbara Stanwyck.
A resident of Austin , TX since 1968,
Benge has taught numerous painting workshops in Texas and has generously
supported charitable causes by donating her work to fundraising
auctions, including Habitat for Humanity, The Austin Symphony League,
The March of Dimes, Ballet Austin and the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes.
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Our
Riverbend Rendezvous was held with
Milbie
Benge
Saturday, February
4
Collector
and artist, Milbie Benge, shared her painting techniques and
personal collection of A.D. Greer paintings with guests at Riverbend
Fine Art.
It
was her 45th wedding anniversary and the gallery surprised her with an
anniversary cake in celebration of Reed and Milbie's special day.
 
Milbie
and Reed Benge
celebrating
their 45th wedding anniversary
with
Riverbend
Fine Art Gallery
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Riverbend
Rendezvous, an art talk with
Gary
Jack Thornton
Saturday,
January 7, 2006
11am
to 5 pm
An
art talk and painting demonstration with featured artist, Gary
Jack Thornton.
Thornton's traditional paintings of cowboys and the country they
live in are bold, authentic & colorful. He will be painting in the gallery
all day. You are invited to spend the day watching or visit early in the
day, have lunch in Marble Falls and return at close of day to witness the magic.
"The
romance of the West will be with us forever, but the lifestyle is disappearing
right before our eyes. I simply want to be a small part of preserving that life
style."
Bold, authentic, and colorful are the words most used when
describing Gary Jack Thornton’s traditional paintings of cowboys and the
country they live in. His work captures the unique spirit of the action, romance
and adventure of America’s Old West and is collected by individuals and
corporations nationwide.
Gary Jack was born in Oklahoma City in 1941. He attended
the University of Tulsa on an athletic scholarship and graduated with a degree
in commercial art. A career in design and illustration over the next 37 years
produced a significant body of award winning work. Along the way he founded the
Beat of The West Gourmet Food Co. and grew it into an international company. In
1988, Gary Jack retired to paint. Growing up in the Charlie Russell country of
Montanan, the horse country of Oklahoma and the the mystique of Texas, the West
was in his blood. He is a self-taught painter and he will quickly tell you he is
no real cowboy. But he often “cowboys” on various ranches to research,
study, get in the way, and have one hell of a good time. His inspiration is the
dust, sweat, smells and the action. Gary Jack believes you must experience the
lifestyle to be able to paint it.
“I enjoy painting the West,” Gary Jack says.” It’s
a combination of landscape, figures, motion and incredible beauty. The romance
of the West will be with us forever, but the lifestyle is disappearing right
before our eyes. I simply want to be a small part of preserving that
lifestyle.”
Gary Jack enjoys traveling with his wife Nancy and
searching for new and inspiring scenes to paint. He is active in the Star of
Texas Rodeo in Austin to raise scholarship money for Texas kids. He is a member
of both the Founders Club and the Calf Scramble Committee. Gary Jack also enjoys
weight training and is the 2005 Senior Olympics State Champion in Power Lifting
in the 60-64 year old age group.
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