Monday, November 3, 2014

Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!

Don't miss this chance to see the wonderful hand-made Dolls and Accessories created by local Artisans.On  display at the Belfast Public Library during the month of November. 
This fun show is FREE and open to the public during regular library hours!
~Show guide and photos submitted by
Kathryn Garrison, Events Coordinator




Two of our local doll makers

Cecily on the Pandas doll quilt

Raggedy Andy & Raggedy Ann on the Sampler doll quilt

Hankie Tess & Hankie Annie having a tea party.The Teacup doll quilt is also at the tea party!!

Nested gift box dollhouse rooms. These are 1/2" scale.The doll quilt is Poinsettias

Sir Jingles by Sandy Lockwood & Jester with Marrote
 by 
Allegany Artisans Betsy Orlando.

Doll quilts & doll clothing

Fan Fantasy & Bearpaw doll quilts

More doll quilts & doll clothing hanging overhead

Enjoy the show!!! 

Belfast Organization for Artists 

Serving Belfast Area Artists Since 2009


contact Events Coordinator Kathryn Garrison 585-365-8856 for more information 




Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Because You Matter ~ in memory of Amanda on her Birthday

The Butterfly Effect; Everything you do matters~Andy Andrews
"You have been created as one of a kind.
On the planet Earth, there has never been 
one like you...and there never will be again.
Your spirit, your thoughts and feelings, your 
ability to reason and act all exist in no one else.
The rarities that make you special are no 
mere accident or quirk of fate.

YOU HAVE BEEN CREATED 
IN ORDER THAT YOU MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

YOU HAVE WITHIN YOU THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
...
The very beating 
of your heart 
has meaning and purpose
...
Your life...
 and what you do with it today...
MATTERS FOREVER." ~ Andy Andrews

The Belfast Organization For Artists and the Kalkbrenner-Carlton family donate this book to the David A. Howe Public Library in Wellsville, NY and to the Belfast Public Library in Belfast, NY in loving memory of 
Amanda Nicole Curcio October 17, 1989 ~ May 19, 2007
on her Birthday
and 
in dedication and consideration for 
anyone 
who has ever wondered 
"Do I matter?"


Suicide Prevention Resources:
Allegany County  ~ Allegany County Crisis Hotline (888) 448-3367
Hillside Lifeline Resources for Allegany County (November 2013)



Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Annual Art Show 2014

BOFA and the Belfast Public Library 
host Annual Belfast Area Art Show

I finally had the opportunity to venture over to Belfast, NY to see the wonderful work by the Belfast area artists.
AnnMarie Young ~
"Balancing Act With Fireworks"$75

AnnMarie Young ~ "Southwest Beauty"

"Padula Pearl" $45  and "Blues Bowl with Picot Edges" $65
Fabric Art From Belfast Braids Artist Peggy Ann Watts

 PeggyAnn Watts ~ "Stuart" $75

Belfast Braids Classes

Denise Atherton~ "Calling All Cows"

Denise Atherton ~ "Love of Liatris" $25

Katrina Barber~ "Sisterly Love" $25

Katrina Barber ~ "Foody Felts" 

Kathy Garrison ~ "Chiacoscuro" 

Kathy Garrison ~ "The Very Hungry Baby" 

Kathy Garrison~ "Path Not Taken"

Kathy Garrison~ "Rehoboth After The Storm"

Ron Young ~ "Dragon Flies" $60

Ron Young ~ "Fat Fish" $100

Sheila Kalkbrenner ~ "Panama" $90

Monday, June 9, 2014

Amanda Curcio Memorial Scholarship

The Belfast Organization for Artists was founded in loving memory of Amanda. 
There is a memorial scholarship set up at Belfast Central School to benefit a student who intends to pursue the arts. 




Donations can be mailed to 
Belfast Central School, 1 King Street, Belfast, NY 14711.  
Checks should be made payable to Belfast Central School, with a memo/note indicating it is a donation to the Amanda Curcio memorial scholarship. 

If anyone has any additional questions, they can reach either Teresa Heaney at 585-365-8297 or 
Bob Lingenfelter
CA BOCES District Treasurer
Serving Belfast (Mon & Thur) 585-365-8289 &
Friendship (Wed & Fri) 585-973-7618
Alternating between districts on Tuesdays
 


Those who would like to support the Belfast Organization For Artists mission toward creative unity can also indicate if they would like a portion of that support to be applied to the scholarship. 

Newest BOFA member

March 2014
Welcoming Creative Minds to BOFA 

New BOFA member Karen Roll sharing her ideas on & experiences with the creative process in quilting & doll making. Karen's Trunk Show was presented to the Crafty Belles in the Belfast Town Hall on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. BOFA members Kathy, Marie, Sheary, & Cecy were also in attendance.












Karen is a self-taught master quilter, a book illustrator, a watercolor artist, and a maker of wonderful dolls. She will be exhibiting in August at the Annual Art Show and in November at the November 2014 Doll Makers and Doll Artists Exhibition at Belfast Public Library. Accepting works in dolls, miniature (doll) quilts, and doll house rooms (shoe box or kleenex box size) Contact: BOFA Events Coordinator, Kathy Garrison at 585-365-8856 or kgarrison1@stny.rr.com. ~KG

 TWO MONTHS TO GET READY! 
New Members are welcome to join during 
the annual art show at Belfast Public Library. 
Submit Fee, Registration Form, and Artwork July 30th, 2014 3-8PM

Other Summer Activities are keeping BOFA busy this year. 

A Few Photos from the STRUM ACCORD 
event to benefit youth in Allegany County 
 A WONDERFUL SUCCESS FOR THE BELFAST CENTRAL SCHOOL STUDENTS. 









Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Heating up for Summer

Creative Individuals in the Belfast, NY area are invited to join the Belfast Organization For Artists in promoting creative unity, awareness and participation in the arts in the Belfast Area. 




Classes, workshops, and shows abound with Fabric Art and Design, Poetry and Limericks, Drawing and Painting, Music and Performance Art, Photography, Culinary & Baking, Paper Sculpture and Plaster Casts, Woodwork, Collage and Mixed Media, and  Roycroft, it's all Fine Art for all ages at BOFA. Dedicated to sharing opportunities for artists, supporting the community,  local heritage, and Belfast activities and events in loving Memory  of Amanda since 2009, the Belfast Organization For Artists is Creativity In Action. 
I hope you can join us! ~slk

For membership information:
Contact: BOFA Events Coordinator,

 Kathy Garrison at 585-365-8856 or kgarrison1@stny.rr.com


Events:
May~ 29th 1-4pm FREE UFO (Un-Finished Objects) Day at Belfast Town Hall
Do you have unfinished creative projects? Like to have fun and socialize while you work on them? Bring them and your own supplies. No Registration. Just stop in. 
31st ~10a.m.-7p.mBOFA will be at Belfast Central School supporting the Strum ACCORD event to benefit Community Action Angels newest initiative to provide musical instruments to children in need in Allegany County. "The purpose of this event is to exhibit the hard work and dedication of the students in the after school programs. These students have spent all year practicing music of their choice. Our 21st CCLC after school program has a Music Teacher that provides individual and group lessons in vocals, bass, guitar, drums and piano. Of the nearly 80 students who participate, most do not or cannot afford an instrument of their own...STRUM ACCORD is sponsored and coordinated by ACCORD's 21st Century Community Learning Center After School Program.."
"BOFA is proud to support this event. BOFA News, announcements, event schedules and membership information will be available at our vendor table."~slk

Mountain Forest Panel
by Kathy Garrison
June~ BOFA is donating a Six Panel Fabric Arts project, designed and constructed by BOFA members, to the Children's Sock Monkey Story Corner at Belfast Public Library.  June Installation date TBA. 
 CALL FOR ARTISTS to get ready for the 5th Annual Art Show at Belfast Public Library. Open to all ages. Fee $5, registration form, and artwork due July 30th. Active BOFA members enter for free. Contact: BOFA Events Coordinator, Kathy Garrison at 585-365-8856 or kgarrison1@stny.rr.com


CALL FOR ARTISTS to get ready for the November 2014 Doll Makers and Doll Artists Exhibition at Belfast Public Library. Accepting works in dolls, miniature (doll) quilts, and doll house rooms (shoe box or kleenex box size) Contact: BOFA Events Coordinator, Kathy Garrison at 585-365-8856 or kgarrison1@stny.rr.com

July~    
BOFA members Kathy Garrison and Marie Nix will be at the Allegany County Fair doing quilt design and implementation demos with the Allegany County Quilters.







30th 3-8pm Accepting 5th Annual Art Show entries (fee $5, registration, and art work) at Belfast Public Library. Contact: BOFA Events Coordinator, Kathy Garrison at 585-365-8856 or kgarrison1@stny.rr.com

31st 1-4pm UFO (Un-finished Objects) day at Belfast Town Hall. Bring your un-finished project, your own supplies, and socialize while you work. Free. No registration required. Just drop in. 

August ~
1st-31st 5th Annual BOFA art show open to the public at Belfast Public Library during regular library hours. 
BOFA members Kathy Garrison and Marie Nix will be at the Wyoming County Fair doing quilt design and implementation demos with the Allegany County Quilters.

Support BOFA activities. Contribute to the Memorial Scholarship

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Winter Warriors Springing Ahead

(Center) Deep Blue Sea in Progress
Deep Blue Sea  Panel #3 In progress 
Belfast Organization For Artists Events Coordinator, Kathryn Garrison, is moving ahead with the Fabric Art Panels for the Public Service Project to be donated to the Children's Story Corner at the Belfast Public Library.                                                       "When you have a blizzard you (might) spend the day piecing Belfast Organization For Artists - BOFA Library project panels." ~K.G.                                                                      Carleen Hardy (the library story-teller) and Marie Nix (Poet & Fabric Artist,BOFA Member) will also be helping out with this project.
Deep Blue Sea Panel #3 Pieced


Panel #2 In Progress 

Starting Panel #2 

Mountains & Forest (Panel # 2)

Mountain Valley Panel background.
"This strip piecing technique worked well in this context."~K.G.
Challenge Quilt (Panel #4)
"The Jacobean style garden & building will
work well as a school in some of the children's stories."

"Now on to the next Panel -this one is either the sock monkey's tree or the cave. Still working on the final designs for both. I saved the hardest ones for last!!" ~K.G.

The full project is to be hung and open to the public after grant-funded renovations at the library are completed this Spring. 
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Some resources for artist entrepreneurs
I want to make note of the resources that are helping me move forward in my own studio this year. 
The Right Brain Business Plan ~ Jennifer Lee
Zero to Video Hero 15 Day Video Challenge~ Holly SugrueFresh Rag ~ Dave Conroy
The Abundant Artist~Corey Huff
Launch Grow Joy~ Andrea Ayers
The Thriving Artist Summit~ Bonnie Glendinning
Artists Who Thrive~ Ann Rea & her Make Money Making Art presentation on 
Creative Live
Role of Audience and Commerce in Art
Uber Live ~Chase Jarvis
Casey Zeman Online  Blog “talk about the best engagement strategies designed to help you and your business build a thriving online community fast!” and his  Video Marketing strategies (which I will be tapping into as the video marketing efforts increase)
The Art World Demystified~ Brainard Carey
Art Licensing Blog ~Tara Reed
and 
My Inspiration  playlist on youtube