NCAG will provide the center of activities for Tivolifest 2018 in the Danish Villages in Iowa on Sunday May 27th! See veteran art and hear the awesome Polka Police…food, art and fun!!
DANISH AMBASSADOR VISITS NCAG KIMBALLTON GALLERY
The New Century Art Guild hosted the Ambassador of Denmark to the United States on April 4th at the New Century studio in Kimballton, Iowa. Guild members provided the Ambassador, Mr. Lars Gert Lose, with a tour of Kimballton’s Hans Christian Anderson sculpture garden, and concluded the visit with a reception at the New Century art gallery. The Ambassador met with New Century’s President Jim O’Keefe, Art Director Troy Muller, and was gifted a photograph by Veteran Artist and long-time New Century Art Guild member Bert Leaverton. The Ambassador expressed his sincere respect for American veterans, and hopes to collaborate with the New Century Art Guild on international veteran art projects in the near future.
NCAG KIMBALLTON GALLERY OPEN HOUSE
Vet-X-Press Creativity Workshop #12 – Edible Art –Sushi Making
Learn the delicious art of rolling your own sushi…share your creations with other members of the group, or savor for yourself! Veggies, seafood, rice and even sizzling beef will be part of your artistic palette!
Vet-X-Press Creativity Workshop #11 -Art of the Shadow
Create frame-able self portraits, or family portraits from projected light and paper. This 18th Century art form will be revived for one night only to capture your “best side”!
NCAG KIMBALLTON GALLERY OPEN HOUSE APRIL 7th
Also, War is Trauma poster folio, works created by veterans on view!
SPRING 2018 VETERAN CREATIVITY WORKSOPS BEGIN AT BU-MVSC
Join us again for food, fun, and cool projects!
NCAG CO-SPONSORS VA’s NATIONAL VETERANS CREATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL REGIONAL ENTRIES
Here are the necessary forms for submitting veteran artists to fill out/sign on the highlighted areas:
Here are the VA rules for visual art division:
Art_Division_Rules_and_Categories
Regional entries are due March 15, 2018!
VET-X-PRESS CREATIVTY WORKSHOP #9 — Join the (Wax) Resistance!
Use a variety of oil pastel and painting techniques, including layering and washes, to bring vitality to your artwork! Experiment with dry brush, wet on wet, masking, resist and other experimental mixed-media techniques.
VET-X-PRESS CREATIVTY WORKSHOP #8 — St. Patty’s Patently Popular Puppets
Make your own lively marionette figure. Use plaster, wire, wood (and maybe some luck-‘o-the-Irish) to create interactive and entertaining 3-D kinetic sculptures.