Welcome to the Grand Junction Brush & Palette Club
The Brush & Palette Club meets on the third Thursday of the month at 1:00 p.m. at the Art Center, 7th & Orchard, Grand Junction, CO. The meeting starts with a short discussion on club events and member voting on the mini-show (club members are asked to bring a recently completed painting for the show). It is followed by a program at 1:30.
All meetings, workshops, and demonstrations are open to the public. Members receive a discount for paid events.
Keep on painting!
Brush and Palette Club Member Artwork
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B&P Members: Helen Stenmark and Linda Dembitsky. Artwork by Connie Syas at Lincoln Park barn.
Paint/Draw at Michaels
The Brush and Palette Club has reserved the classroom at Michaels every Friday afternoon from 1pm until 3pm. It is free studio time for anyone who would like to participate.
read moreB&P Library Display, August 28 – October 25
B&P members are invited to display artwork at the downtown Mesa County Library beginning August 28, and running through October 25 (or so). If you would like to participate, take your artwork to the downtown library, downstairs, on Tuesday, August 28, between 9:00 and...
read moreSeptember 20, Jody Ahrens, 1pm at the art center, glazing
Jody Ahrens is an experimental artist. Her current abstracted landscape paintings frequently start with plein air oil studies or photographs that focus on capturing a feeling or mood. In the studio, she uses colored pencils to convert the traditional landscape objects...
read moreGrand Junction Brush and Palette Club Fine Art Show, October 17 through November 12
The 2018 Grand Junction Brush and Palette Club Fine Art Show will run from October 17, through November 10, in Studio Colorado at the art center. A prospectus will be mailed or emailed to members in early August, and will be available at the art center. It is also...
read moreTerrie Lombardi workshop Friday, Oct. 19 – Sunday, Oct. 21, upstairs at the Blue Pig Gallery in Palisade
Terrie Lombardi was born and raised in Denver, and has been painting for nearly three decades. She has studied with many exceptional fine artists including: Quang Ho, Kang Cho, Albert Handell, Michelle Torrez, Lorenzo Chavez, Doug Dawson, Desmond O'Hagen, and Kevin...
read moreCassie Gobbo, October 18, multi-media, 1pm at the art center
Cassie Gobbo has had a difficult and interesting life. She uses art as her self-motivation, escape and for growth/therapy. Her passion for art led to a BA in Media Arts and Animation in 2009. She works professionally as an artist, and art teacher, and has been in...
read morePaint/draw, November 15, location tba
Members art show with $60 in prizes plus food and drink, December 20, 1pm at the art center
Bring your artwork to this meeting for prizes and critiques.There will be food and drink provided by the board, and (6) ten dollar prizes awarded. Everyone votes for six of their favorite artworks, and later we talk about art and maybe even give some helpful critiques...
read moreVinje Lawson, January 17, 1pm at the art center, ink on foil
Linda Armstrong, February 21, 1pm at the art center, acrylic
Seirrha Key, March 21, 1pm at the art center, printmaking
Susan Metzger, April 18, 1pm at the Blue Pig Gallery in Palisade, batik/encaustic
Susan Metzger fell in love with batik while living in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The cracking that occurs in batik seemed to her to be the perfect way to interpret the age and beauty of the old manors and plantations that dot the island of St. Croix. She also uses the...
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