Founded 1943

April 2024 News and Notes

Paul Brand • Apr 02, 2024

Beauty Unleashed by Bekah Hoagland


One of Leonardo's suggestions for stimulating the imagination was to "look at crumbling walls, glowing embers, clouds or mold, because in these irregular shapes one can find strange inventions just as we are apt to project words in the sound of church bells".  Anna Held Audette


FROM THE QUOTABLE ARTIST, BY PEGGY HADDEN


TWO-DAY
ACRYLIC PAINTING WORKSHOP

Take Your Painting to the Next Level

by Aaron S. Bivins


JULY 19–20, 2024

9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. | Toledo Artists' Club


Aaron Bivins Workshop

Toledo Artists' Club on Channel 13 News

Mexican News, 1851, Alfred Jones, Corcoran Collection, National Gallery of Art

Lissa Guyton with 13 ABC News is showing a segment on the club on Friday, April 12 at 4 pm, and Sunday April 14. It will also be shown 13 ABC News Facebook and Instagram.


3-D Art at the Club

The club welcomes three dimensional art in addition to two dimensional work. Submit your sculptures, carvings and assemblages for our regular shows.


Shrink Wrap Machine and Library for members.

The Lending Library, located in the room on the north side of the studio, with a large collection of art books and tapes, is now available.


The shrink wrap machine is located in the same room; members may use it. The club requests a donation to support the cost of materials. Linda, our Gallery Manager, can demonstrate its use.


Tuesday Plein Air group

The Tuesday Plein Air group meets weekly at various sites around northwest Ohio to paint, followed by lunch and discussion. All club members are welcome. The first meeting is April 16.

Tuesday Plein Air Schedule 2024

Join us for The Second Annual Sylvania Plein Air Festival

July 28, 2024 – August 2, 2024

Our plein air registration is taking off! We have 75 adult registrations in less than 2 weeks. Registration is capped at 125 adults, so don't wait to register. Picturesque Sylvania offers the artist many landscape and architectural options including accessible residential and commercial areas all conveniently nestled between two park systems including a river trail and a historical village. All Festival activities are located within walkable areas. Downtown Sylvania boasts ample parking and is a short distance from US-23 and I-475.

Register for Sylvania Plein Air Festival

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The masterworks highlighted here represent only a small part of the more than 150,000 sculptures, decorative arts, prints, drawings, photographs, and paintings in the National Gallery’s permanent collection. Taken together, they offer a vibrant picture of the power and range of human creativity.

Like the collection itself, this selection of highlights will change over time. Explore it to learn more about the National Gallery, its collection, and the artists who created the works now held in trust for the nation.


Many of the images of artwork in the National Gallery are in the public domain and may be downloaded at no cost.

By Paul Brand 04 May, 2024
Lilacs and Sun by Paul Brand
By Paul Brand 05 Mar, 2024
Treasures from Nature by Christine Ueberroth-Krall
By Paul Brand 09 Feb, 2024
Winter Calm by Robert Fife
By Paul Brand 05 Jan, 2024
Middle Ground Series by Ann Abate
By Paul Brand 04 Dec, 2023
The Summit by Melanie Stinson
By Paul Brand 10 Nov, 2023
Robert Fife Winter Calm
By Paul Brand 22 Oct, 2023
Jordy Poma at the Toledo Museum of Art
By Paul Brand 05 Oct, 2023
Early Autumn at Side Cut by Michael Hill
By Paul Brand 05 Sep, 2023
Sorbet Sunrise by Laura Williams
By Paul Brand 06 Aug, 2023
Sun on the Maumee, Oil, Paul Brand
Show More
Share by: