Call For Entries/Events

Call For Entries/Events Congratulations to Marla Parnell, of Parnell Studios Pottery & Portraits, who has had two paintings accepted into the Arkansas Pastel Society’s juried Fifth National Exhibition in Little Rock, Arkansas. She also received an honorable mention award for Reflective, a painting of a cat – this painting was also in the MOAK 4-State Regional Exhibition last year at the Springfield Art Museum

The second painting “Giddy Up” sold. Yippee! It depicted a little boy on a horse, with sunglasses reflecting other children on horses. This painting won a BOMH Award of Excellence at the 2013 Artsmart Conference show at Fresh Gallery.

• Saint Charles Riverfront Arts (SCRA) will be hosting their Spring 2014 series of “Artists Workshops”, for St. Charles County residents ages 13 and older. The six-week “Artists Workshop” classes will be held at the St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre, located at 1 St. Peters Centre Boulevard (at St. Peters City Hall) on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 until 8:30 pm, beginning March 12th and concluding on April 16th, 2014.
• Downtown Excelsior is having their Second Fridays Art Crawl on Friday, March 14.
• Ozark Brush & Palette Club: The Dogwood Festival Art Show is being held at the 1st National Bank of Camdenton April 14 thru 19th, 2014, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Dogwood saplings will be given away – Friday and Saturday Free coffee & cookies – Free painting drawing Saturday.For info: 480-0738
• Columbia Art League – ElementalApril 15 – June 20, 2014
  Opening Reception: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 6-8pm
  Artwork submission dates: Friday 11th & Saturday 12th April 2014
• The Waverly House March 11th – 22nd – Best of Missouri Hands Invitational Show
  Reception for the artists, friends and the community
  Saturday, March 22nd from 6-8 pm
  April 4th – 26th Opening reception Friday, April 4th from 5-7:30 pm
  Linocut Prints by Deby Gilley and Jewelry by Marie Scarpa
• Allied Arts Council of St. Joseph
• Congratulations to Darla Zook, she is excited to be at Silver Dollar City during the Harvest Festival this September and October. This is Darla’s third year at Silver Dollar City; she accredits becoming juried due to her meeting with Kim Carr who encouraged her to go through the process.

Darla is also proud to announce her watercolor titled “Around the Curve” won 1st in the watercolor division, “Summer Sun on the Missouri” placed 2nd, at the Parkville In Art, Paint Out, Exhibition and Auction this past October. Darla was also excited to be involved in the Holiday show during December with Summit Art League members at “Got Art on Third”, Lee’s Summit Mo, and in January, 2014, to be a part of the Harrisonville Fine Arts Association juried show at Got Art on Third also.

Last, but not least, she is very excited to have “Evening Stroll” juried into and showing through April 6, at the Missouri Valley Impressionist Society 3rd Annual Art Show, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St Joe Missouri.