DATES TO KNOW!

Wednesday, APRIL 16th - 630PM 650 Magnolia Blvd, Community Center 2nd Flr

April Meet Up :  Discuss events, volunteering, and more.  We also invite you to create recycled art.   Bring items meant for the landfills and start creating.

Thursday, APRIL 24th: Upcycled/Recycled Art Journal with Karen Michel (sign up necessary) See below for details. $15 for members $25 for non-members starts at 630PM

Sunday, APRIL 27th- Magnolia Community Center Event

Green CORE : Creating Opportunities & Recycling Education presented by Youth and Family Services of Long Beach.  West End Art Members will be creating art out of cans/bottles.  Volunteers inquire westendarts@yahoo.com


Wednesday, MAY 21ST-Exhibit at Art Alcove at LIAC at Freeport - Freeport Recreation Center Members will exhibit their work as well as have handcrafts in their display cases. To participate please email westendarts@yahoo.com to secure your space, space is limited- Show ends June 12th


Saturday, May 24th- Greenfest and Arts in the Plaza .  WEA will display work of their "Green" artists and invite the community to create recycled art/crafts.  www.artsintheplaz.com

Recycled Art Journal Workshop April 24TH  630-9PM

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Come and join artist and designer Karen Michel, as she teaches us how to create an "upcycled-recycled" Art Journal.  Learn how to create your own art journal using all those pretty plastic shopping bags that are stashed in your kitchen cupboard.

April 24th 630-9PM
Magnolia Community Center - 650 Magnolia Blvd, Long Beach NY

$15 members (current membership required)
$25 Non-member

Space is limited (20 max)

You can also mail a check to WEA, PO BOX 1002, Long Beach NY
and email westendarts@yahoo.com that you will be attending.

What shoud I bring?
Plastic Shopping bags, Plastic food bags (bread, fruit, veggies, etc)
Iron (optional, we will have some to share)
Paper Remnants: Junk mail envelopes, paper bags, scrapbook paper, notebook paper, old drawings, etc.
Bookbinders awl : Option, we will have some to share
Scissors (we have a few for those without - DollarTree  has great ones)

Questions?? Email karenmichel@gmail.com 

For samples visit www.karenmichel.com




Mixed Media in March (3/19/14)

MARCH ART MEET UP
March 19th 630PM

WHERE??
Magnolia Community Center/ 2nd Floor
 650 Magnolia Blvd, Long Beach

Front Entrance OR Rear back, all the way in the back for elevator
Do not slam or close these doors, it will lock.

Refreshments/General Meeting/Art Class

Elizabeth Connolly and Jennifer Aly Present
Basics with Mixed Media
Mix media/Collage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_media  

We will be providing the board and other materials such as paints to give you the basics on creating your own work of art!  If you do this form of work, just come and create and maybe lend a hand or knowledge.

 We suggest you bring items that you may want to incoroprate, papers, magazines, photos, materials.  Get creative, it is suppose to be fun! 
 
Materials are FREE for members only, $5 for non-members.
Membership/Renewals accepted at the meeting.
Free to attend.

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FREEPORT LIBRARY PRESENTS

"WORKS ON PAPER" 

ART WORK BY 

WEST END ARTS &  LONG BEACH ART LEAGUE MEMBERS
 
JANYARY 3RD TO 30TH 2014 (P/UP 31ST 10-2)

RECEPTION  JANUARY 10th 7-9PM

Freeport Library, 144  W Merrick Rd, Freeport NY


Congratulations to the winners of the Works on Paper at the Freeport  Library

First Place: Selma Stern LBAL
Second Place: Linda Sedda WEA
Third Place: Andrew Boynton WEA
Honorable Mention: Naomi Diracles LBAL
Honorable Mention: Brenda Chapman WEA
Honorable Mention: Rupert Howard LBAL

PICK UP OF WORK JANUARY 31ST 10-2PM


AWARDS-REFRESHEMNTS
EVENT PAGE  https://www.facebook.com/events/371958439614849/?notif_t=plan_user_joined




MEMBER EXHIBIT/COMMUNITY CENTER  NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2013

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Humeyra E. Mavruk  our November guest speaker currently is exhibiting her art work Ebru Art at the Community Center, located on the 2nd Floor 650 Magnolia Blvd, Long Beach NY.  Humeyra demonstrated her art form and taught each of our members how she creates, each person that participated took home their own Ebru painting.  Humeyra demonstrates to kids, adults, rehab clinics. The practice of Ebru is relaxing and therapeutic. See her site for more details. 

Visit her site: http://humeyramavruk.jimdo.com/ 

                                                            PROJECT: HOME SWEET HOME
    REPURPOSING THE ORIGINAL BOARDWALK INTO A COMMUNITY ART INSTALLATION

Prepping the Wood for painting/inspiration           /                    LB HSH Magnets
by Karen Michel bottom left corner                                       $3 or two for $5 at events     

HOME  SWEET HOME DONOR/SPONSOR LETTER ON OUR HOME SWEET HOME PAGE
GET YOUR NAME/LOGO ON A PIECE OF THE BLOCK BY READING THIS LETTER
COMMUNITY PAINTING OF WHAT "HOME" MEANS IS FREE, CHECK BACK FOR OUR NEXT PAINTING EVENT AND FOLLOW us www.facebook.com/homesweethomelb

                                                                    Letter at this link
                               http://www.westendarts.org/home-sweet-home.html

                                          HOME SWEET HOME SPONSORS                                             

                                                 HOME SWEET HOME  SUPPORTORS                                                   

    • Key Food Fresh  East End
    • Rockville Centre Lanes
    • Starbucks of Long Beach

                                                             HOME SWEET HOME DONATIONS                                                   

  • The Walsh Family 
  • Long Beach Art League
  • Max Bialystok Bagels of Long Beach  

MAKE A DONATION FOR OUR PROJECTS / RAFFLE TABLE YOU CAN ALSO MAIL US GIFT CARDS OR WE CAN PICK UP GOODS FOR THE RAFFLE TABLE FOR AUGUST 15TH RECEPTION.  ALL MONIES GO TOWARD BOARDWALK COMMUNITY MURAL, INFORMATION ON PROJECT TBA.  WEA PO BOX 1002, LONG BEA

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