ANA NEWS

ANA offers several ways to be involved including opportunities to show your work in local and regional shows, being featured as our artist of the month and attending monthly membership meetings. Our goal is to support your artistic goals.

BLOOM Exhibit

ANA Gallery Group Exhibit

April 3 – May 30, 2024

Springtime is here in NWA – So see whats blooming!
Flowers are blooming, the temperature is warming, and Spring is here. Come join us for the BLOOM Exhibit by the ANA Gallery Group.

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 11, 2024
4:30 – 7:30 PM

ANA Gallery @ the Rogers Experimental House
121 W. Walnut Street
Rogers, AR 72756
1 pm – 5 pm: Tuesday – Sunday

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Writer’s Presentation

Gail Cowdin and Donna Hanson with Dave and Rosie Floyd

Thursday, April 18, 2024
1:00 – 3:00 pm

ANA Gallery @ the Rogers Experimental House
121 W. Walnut Street
Rogers, AR 72756

Free and open to the public.

April 18’s Writers’ Presentation will feature two accomplished local authors who use art and graphic design to enhance and market their creative works.

Authors Gail Cowdin and Donna Hanson have self-published books successfully through Amazon’s KDP and other distributors as well. They will be discussing their creative process; conjuring their stories with factual research and imagination. They will also delve into the technical aspect of submitting their works for publication.

ANA members Dave and Rosie Floyd were involved in creating the book cover design for Gail’s recent book.

Join us in April for this program.

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ANA Social Paint Night

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
5:00 – 8:00 PM
FREE

ANA Gallery @ the Rogers Experimental House
121 W. Walnut Street • Rogers, AR 72756

Bring whatever artwork you’re working on or start something new. We are setting up tables in the big room or bring your easels and come paint or work with us. We will all work together for the evening and visit amongst ourselves. You can discuss what you are working on and find inspiration and support in the group setting. We’ll have some finger foods and wine of course.

This is an event that you can mark on your calendar – the 4th Tuesday every month is Social Paint Night.

Gary Johnson – Watercolor Workshop

Intuitive and Representational Abstract Watercolor Workshop

Monday, April 29 – Thursday, May 2
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

ANA Gallery @ the Rogers Experimental House
121 W. Walnut Street • Rogers, AR 72756

This is a four day workshop covering both Intuitive and Representational abstract watercolor techniques.

The first two day portion of the four day workshop is designed to teach all levels of students to paint intuitively, starting without any preconceived ideas.

The last two days is the Representational Abstract portion of the workshop where the instructor will develop a representational abstract drawing and then paint it using loose watercolor styles to create a finished piece.

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Gerald “Scout” Hatley

Creating Dynamic Skies in Watercolor Landscapes

Saturday, May 18, 2024
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

ANA Gallery @ the Rogers Experimental House
121 W. Walnut Street • Rogers, AR 72756

In this course we will work with color and contrast in both “wet-on-wet” and “dry brush” techniques to create dynamic, expressive landscape skies. Special attention will be given to flat washes, gradating washes and contrasting tonal washes to develop effects depicting various times of day, lighting and weather conditions in landscape painting with a strong emphasis on the hues of the sky.  We will work on 3-4 different scenarios (time permitting).  Come to learn while having fun!

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Richard Stephens

Lighten Up, Loosen Up

Richard Stephens Watercolor Workshop

Wednesday, August 28 through Friday, August 30.
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

ANA Gallery @ the Rogers Experimental House
121 W. Walnut Street • Rogers, AR 72756

When you take a Richard Stephens workshop you will be exposed to three main things.
Informative technical information sprinkled with humor and antidotes, entertaining and educational painting demonstrations and lots of one on one time with Richard as he helps you through your individual painting process. Richard has a true passion for watercolor and enjoys the opportunity to share his knowledge and experience with students of all levels.

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