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Fun Shop: The Art of Altered Books with Kristy McKamy

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Category: Fun Shops

Published: Sat. Oct 6, 2018

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 9:00 am 

Lutheran Church of the Master - 114th and Center - Omaha, NE 

Members $4 / Non-Members $5 Bring snack to share – coffee/water is provided 

The Art of Altered Books: 

Kristy McKamy, a recently retired teacher with Millard Public Schools (33 years) is teaching us how to transform an ordinary book into a piece of art. Now that Kristy is retired, she is teaching swim lessons at the Little Waves Family Swim School, owned by herself and husband, Mike McKamy. This Omaha native likes to keep busy with numerous projects. Pick up a book from the Dollar Store or a thrift shop and join us for some fun. 

Supplies: 

• A hardcover book of at least 350 pages 
• Scissors 
• Centimeter Ruler 
• Mechanical Pencil (a sharp/point line is needed) 

Fun Shop: Plein Air Painting with Barbara Egr

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Category: Fun Shops

Published: Fri. Aug 31, 2018

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - Plein Air Painting 10:00 am - 1:00pm

Bring a sack lunch & beverage – $4 Members/$5 Non-Members

Location: Home of Sharon Clawson - 8112 Pawnee Road - Omaha, NE.

Barbara Egr was awarded the 2018 Omaha Artists Inc Memorial Scholarship. She attended the Tim Horn See the Light Oil Painting Workshop last June in Cincinnati, OH. The focus of this workshop was value, composition and color. Barbara will be sharing the experience of plein air painting. She learned plein air painting with oil but, this Fun Shop is open for all artists and your choice of medium for this class.

Depending on your choice, ie watercolor, acrylic, pastels or oil, come prepared with containers of water, solvent, containers and bags for your own clean up detail.

Any questions, please contact Barbara Egr 402-686-0521.

We will meet at the Lutheran Church of the Master parking lot, at 114th and Center at 9:15 am and car pool, caravan, or GPS driving on your own to Sharon Clawson’s address. See directions at the end of this article.

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Fun Shop: Portraits Continued – Nose & Mouth by Rachel Mindrup

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Published: Sat. May 5, 2018

Wednesday – May 16, 2018 9:00 am

Lutheran Church of the Master114th and Center Street (upper north door)Omaha, NE

Cost $4 Members /$5 Non-Member. We welcome newcomers!

Please bring snacks to share. Coffee and water provided.

We are excited to have once again, Artist Rachel Mindrup continuing teaching portrait drawing—now the nose and lips. 

Supplies:

• Newsprint Paper 11x14
• Drawing board to put it on (or you may use table)
• Charcoal Pencils – 2B and 4B
• Pencil Sharpener for these pencils
• Kneaded eraser 

We will be drawing from life…breaking down the portrait into parts - the nose and the mouth. 

Rachel Mindrup, is a Resident Assistant Professor at Creighton University. She received her BFA from U of N at Kearney and atelier studies at the Art Academy of Los Angeles. She received her MFA from the Art Institute of Boston. Her current painting practice is about the study of the figure and portraiture in contemporary art and its relation to medicine. Mindrup's client list includes: Kiewit Corporation, Boys Town, Creighton University, Boys Town National Research Hospital, and the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. Her artwork is held in many private collections including those of Primatologist Jane Goodall and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Fun Shop: Love Letters Brush Lettering by Jenny Waltemath

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Category: Fun Shops

Published: Thu. Apr 5, 2018

Wednesday – April 18, 2018 9:00 am to noon

Lutheran Church of the Master
114th and Center Street (upper north door)
Omaha, NE

Cost $4 Members /$5 Non-Member

Please bring snacks to share. Coffee and water provided.

We will learn a brush lettering alphabet with watercolor brush pens and watercolor brushes.

Jenny Waltemath of Scriptorium Calligraphy, is a local calligrapher in Omaha with over 30 years of experience. She fell in love with calligraphy at the age of 12 and has had a passion for it ever since. Jenny began as a self taught calligrapher and in the last ten years has traveled to study with the world's top calligraphers including Sheila Waters, Yves Leterme and Jake Weidmann.

Supply list:

• Brush pen – optional (color of your choice) Jenny will provide some to use and have pens for purchase
• Set of watercolors or a tube of your favorite watercolor or gouache
• Cup or bowl for water
• A pointed brush (small to medium) Jenny will also provide some and some for purchase
• Plain white copy paper
• Watercolor paper – a few sheets or an inexpensive pad

Fun Shop: Lessons Learned with Susan Stevens

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Published: Tue. Feb 6, 2018

Wednesday – February 21, 2018 9:00 am to noon

Lutheran Church of the Master
114th and Center Street (upper north door)
Omaha, NE

Cost $4 Members /$5 Non-Member

Please bring snacks to share. Coffee and water provided.

Susan Stevens the winner of the Omaha Artists Inc Memorial Scholarship is sharing her experience of the Susan Crouch Watercolor Workshop she attended in West Jefferson, North Carolina last July.

Susan chose this workshop because she admired how Susan Crouch’s paintings glow with light, bright colors and the way she interprets her subjects. She wanted to learn this process and particularly how Ms. Crouch approached painting her backgrounds. In this workshop we will be painting a hibiscus bloom, focusing primarily on creating an interesting background. A drawing to trace will be provided so we can focus on the painting techniques. Along the way you will make a brush blotter, learn ways of controlling the wetness of your brush, mixing paint on the palette and on the paper, ways to lift color for form and effect, creating soft edges.

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Fun Shop: Mixed Media Integration with Becky Kinloch

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Published: Fri. Dec 29, 2017

Wednesday – January 17, 2018 9:00 am to noon

Lutheran Church of the Master
114th and Center Street (upper north door)
Omaha, NE

Cost $4 Members /$5 Non-Member

Please bring snacks to share. Coffee and water provided.

Let's start the New Year adding beautiful color to our lives...join us for a Fun Shop meant to add color to your art creations using a variety of media.

Our instructor is Omaha Artists Inc member Becky Kinloch, who is an award-winning artist, former teacher and an artist in residence teaching and showing her art at the Fine Art on 5th in Malvern, Iowa. Becky will be helping us know how to add color to our art creations using a variety of media!

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Card Making Fun Shop and Potluck!

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Category: Fun Shops

Published: Sat. Nov 4, 2017

November 15 at 9:00 am
Lutheran Church of the Masters
2617 S. 114th St. (upper north entrance)

We will be making cards for our courtesy chairman, Dorothy Tuma for use during the year. 

So bring color pencils, acrylics, watercolors, watercolor pencils, or markers,etc. Any other supplies, such as water, paper towels, brushes etc as needed. Dorothy will provide the cards for our use and any further instructions. 

Afterwards we will have our annual potluck luncheon. Please bring your favorite dishes, casseroles, salads, desserts, etc.

Fun Shop: Learn Watercolor with Madalyn Bruning

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Category: Fun Shops

Published: Fri. Oct 6, 2017

Wednesday – October 18, 2017 9:00 am to noon

Lutheran Church of the Master
114th and Center Street (upper north door)
Omaha, NE

Cost $4 Members /$5 Non-Member

Please bring snacks to share. Coffee and water provided.

Learn Watercolor from well-known and award winning artist, Madalyn Bruning.

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Fun Shop: Making Floral Paper Roses

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Category: Fun Shops

Published: Sat. Sep 2, 2017

Wednesday – September 20, 2017 9:00 am to noon

Lutheran Church of the Master
114th and Center Street (upper north door)
Omaha, NE

Cost $4 Members /$5 Non-Member

Please bring snacks to share. Coffee and water provided.

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May Lunch and Program

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Published: Sun. May 7, 2017

Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Board Meeting at 11:00
Luncheon and General Meeting at 12:00

Charlie's by the Lake
4150 South 144th Street
Omaha, NE

• Order from the menu.
• Reservation deadline is Monday, May 22.
• If space is needed for program but no meal, make your reservation as such.
• Reservations should be made at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call Carol McCall at 402- 449-7071

Program

Our program speaker is the well known artist, Kristine Allphin Brakenhoff from Hastings, NE.

Kristine's education and experience in illustration and composition bring an original style, sensitivity, and craftsmanship to her batik work. Although Batik is a challenging medium, Kristine's goal and purpose as an artist are to push the limits to a level of fine art. She utilizes her knowledge of illustration, design and experimentation of non-traditional batik materials to produce many complicated color blends and combinations.

Kristine has won numerous awards and exhibitions including, Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, Stuhr Museum, Nebraska Art's Council, Fred Simon Gallery, Longwell Museum of Art and the Museum of Nebraska Art. She was featured in Nebraska Life Magazine and the April 2016 issue of Western Art and Architecture Magazine as an Emerging Artist To Watch. Her work has been purchased for use on Hollywood movie sets, corporations, hospitals and private collectors as far away as Canada and Sri Lanka.