Group Events

Schedule

We plan on having a range of events for our members and are open to any of your suggestions. We are focusing on fine art and would appreciate your thoughts on whom we can invite to meet with us, whose studios we can visit, galleries or museums that we should see, clubs or venues that would be interesting.

If you have a suggested guest, location or topic that you would like to have WAC consider having as part of studio time, a business meeting or a field trip, please submit the suggestion with any details that you may have.

Here is what we have planned so far but please visit here often as we enter more activities for our members.

Open Studio

Except for the first Thursday of the month, we meet each Thursday morning from 10-noon at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center. Often, many of the members meet afterwards for lunch at a local eatery. Soon, we will also be adding an evening or weekend open studio. Stayed tuned!

Business Meetings

The first Thursday of each month we have a business meeting from 10-noon at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center. Often, we have an activity or presentation following the meeting.

April- May Display at the Deane Center

We are fortunate to feature Mary Rock, Suzan Richar and Janet Gyekis on display this month in the Deane Center windows and interior. We are searching for members who would like to be included in the next display for June-July.

April Business Meeting

We will hold the April business meeting on April 2nd from 10-noon at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center. We have a guest speaker, felt artist Kari Roslund, with us. She will do a short presentation of her work and then engage us in a needle felting of a 2-D 4” x 6” felted “painting” that you can create following Kari’s example or you may create your own image. Please see more information about Kari below. The fee for the class is $30.

May Meeting - Luncheon

Each May we gather as a community and enjoy a luncheon meal together to celebrate each other, our talents and art. This May is no exception. We want each and everyone one of you to please join us! Location TBD but please monitor this site for more information.

May Open Studios

Each year the Wellsboro Art Club produces a float to be included in the Laurel Festival Parade. This year, during open studio, we will plan and create this year’s float. Please make some time to participate, however, if you would rather, you may work as usual in the studio on your own work.

Also, on one of the open studio days, Mark Douglas, an Art Club Member, will demonstrate how to make and use a quill from an eagle feather then you may make your own. Members may also participate in creating their own feather brush that they can use with the homemade nut oil that Mark will provide. Fee, if any, TBD.

May 30th -31st - Picnic and Painting!

Come and enjoy the fun! Who doesn’t love a picnic? And right at the crossroads between spring and summer. All members, the public and family members are invited. Bring your easel, paints, and drawing materials or lawn games and enjoy the outdoor fun.

In the morning and into the afternoon, Elodie Gyekis will conduct an adult Plein Class that kick off the outdoor art season! This is a paid course that you are welcome to enroll in. More info to come.

On the 31st, Elodie will conduct two youth courses; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. We’ll add details as they are known.

June-July Deane Center Display

Susan Lovejoy-Storment and Jim Storment will be displaying their work at the Deane Center but we’d like to include additional members’ work. If you are interested, please talk to Mary Rock (VP) or Susan (P).

June Business Meeting

Meeting will be held from 10-noon at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center. Activities TBD. We may need to work on the Laurel Festival Float but this needs to be determined.

We will be participating in the the Laurel Festival parade on June 21st with our Art Club float. Also, we plan on having vendors at the Gmeiner. Members may be required to pay a small fee (TBD).

July Business Meeting

Meeting will be held from 10-noon at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center. Activities TBD.

August Business Meeting

Meeting will be held from 10-noon at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center. Activities will include preparations for the Plein Air Competition. More info to come.

September Business Meeting

Meeting will be held from 10-noon at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center. Activities TBD.

October Business Meeting

Meeting will be held from 10-noon at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center. Activities will include submissions to the annual WAC Art Show. We may also include another activity. More info to come.

November Business Meeting

Meeting will be held from 10-noon at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center. Activities TBD

December Meeting - Luncheon

Each holiday season we meet to celebrate the club and what we’re thankful for. We share a lunch together and enjoy each other’s company.

January Business Meeting

Meeting will be held from 10-noon at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center. Activities will include Valentines Cards creation for the local elderly who are located in nursing homes. This is an important annual, communal club effort and community contribution that the club makes each year. We would appreciate everyone’s contribution. Some supplies will be provided but please feel feel to bring your own or make them at home. We need ~200 cards each year. We need everyone’s help to make this meaningful contribution.