The Falmouth Artists Guild is dedicated to the visual arts, providing educational and exhibition opportunities on a year-round basis.  We welcome students of all ages and abilities and all those who enjoy and appreciate art.  We offer a full roster of classes and workshops.  Come see the beautiful artwork in our two galleries which are open to the public.  There is always artwork available for purchase.

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Falmouth Artists Guild Highlights

DEMO DERBY:
Sunday, June 9, 2–4pm

Join as for an afternoon of demonstrations by teachers and members of the Falmouth Artists Guild.  Artists include Kate Aubrey, water color teacher, Susan Jensen, children’s teacher, Betsy Payne Cook, pastel teacher, Suzy Bergmann, weaving teacher, and members Ruth Leech, David Kelley, Betty Jameson, and Linda Walker.  The variety of media to be demonstrated will include watercolor, oil, pastel, and printmaking.  Admission is $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers.

YOUTH & TEEN CLASSES

Summer Art for Kids with Susan Jensen

• DRAWING AND PAINTING: July 1–5
  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:00am–12:00pm
• SCULPT AND PAINT: July 8–12
  Monday - Friday, 9:00am–12:00pm
• FUN WITH PAPER: July 15–19
  Monday - Friday, 9:00am–12:00pm
• AND SEW ON: July 22–26
  Monday - Friday, 9:00am–12:00pm

Art from Nature with Monica Bleiler
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday,
2:00–4:30pm:

• July 16 – 18
• July 23 – 25
• August 6 – 8
• August 20 – 22

MAIN GALLERY EXHIBIT
JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY
May 16 – June 10
CLICK for pdf of Accepted Works

Best in Show
Pilgrim Wife by Dorene Sykes

 LOBBY EXHIBIT
FROM THE BOARD ROOM
May 15 – June 3

Watercolor by John Wharf

Call For Artists:
JURIED ABSTRACT EXHIBIT

The Guild will be hosting its first Juried Abstract Exhibition in June.  Juror Kate Nelson studied printmaking and painting on Cape Cod, in Boston at Massachusetts College or Art, and at Haystack Mountain School on Deer Isle in Maine.  She believes that, “like jazz, abstract painting is born in passion, nurtured in structure and grown by improvisation.  I hope to see my work become like good jazz; disciplined yet free, spare yet full, within a rich tradition yet achingly personal?

Receiving will be on Tuesday, June 11 from 9:30am–7:00pm and the awards reception will be held at the Falmouth Art Center at 137 Gifford Street on Friday, June 14 from 5:00pm–7:00pm.  Awards will be given in the following categories: Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, and Juror’s Choice.  See Art Exhibitions for more information and to download a prospectus.

Framing Nuggets of Joy by Kate Nelson

Masterpiece Theatre: Art Cinema Series
UPCOMING FILMS:

•  May 22:  Chihuly: Gardens & Glass
•  June 12:  The Collector: Allan Stone’s Life in Art
•  June 26:  Who Gets to Call it Art?
•  July 10:  The Desert of Forbidden Art

See Lectures & Demos for more information

THE ART OF COLLECTING ART:
Thursday, June 6, 4:30pm

Helen Addison, of the Addison Gallery in Orleans showing contemplative, decorative art and Chris Quidley of Quidley & Company, Nantucket's and Boston's finest purveyor of Marine, Figurative, Still Life, and Landscape Artwork, will speak on the Art of Collecting Art.  They will consider the reasons for collecting art, what to look for in an artist's background and the importance of collecting emerging artists.   In addition, they will address the financial aspects of art collecting, price-range, insurance, estate planning and selling artwork.