Andrew Family Art Gallery
Thanks to our dedicated Art Committee, the gallery regularly features the work of local and area artists. From professionals to hobbyists to elementary school children, we're fortunate to enjoy these inspiring displays all year long. Stop in and browse at your convenience. We think you'll be impressed!
It is the mission of the Creekside Place Art Committee to raise awareness of art and make art accessible to everyone in the community; to support art in the public schools and the community; to support area artists; and to add value to Creekside Place. To accomplish this, the Art Committee will:
- Display a consistent showing of high-quality, professionally presented contemporary artwork for public viewing
- Provide a venue for area artists to present and sell their work
- Promote area artists and present a variety of media
- Provide social and educational opportunities to meet and learn from artists
- Support Creekside Place through commissions from artwork sold
Current Exhibit: Jonathon Wilde
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Please join us for the opening reception featuring Jonathan Wilde
Creekside Place, 102 Maple Street
Evansville, WI
Friday, May 10, 2019 - 5:00-8:00 pm
Free Admission. View the many boards along with the Art Gallery. Snacks and drinks are provided.
Exhibit runs May 8 - June 21, 2019
Creekside Place, 102 Maple Street
Evansville, WI
Friday, May 10, 2019 - 5:00-8:00 pm
Free Admission. View the many boards along with the Art Gallery. Snacks and drinks are provided.
Exhibit runs May 8 - June 21, 2019
Call for Art: Portraits
“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not the sitter.”
–Oscar Wilde
Theme and Selection
The Creekside Place Art Committee is accepting art in the area of portraiture. The exhibit titled “Portraits” will be displayed in the Andrew Family Gallery at Creekside Place at 102 Maple Street, Evansville, WI. Subjects represented may include likenesses of people, animals, including self-portraits. The artwork will be available for viewing from August 21through October 4, 2019, with the opening reception on August 22, 2019.
Eligibility & Media
This competition is open to all artists and photographers 18 years of age or older. Entries must be original, and in any still medium, e.g., paint, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, collage, or fiber art. Your art must be your own original concept and not a copy of anyone else’s copyrighted material. (If your image infringes upon another’s copyright, it will be disqualified.) Sculptured works must weigh less than 100 lbs. and be free-standing. (It will be displayed indoors.) Two-dimensional wall art must be framed and wired for hanging with metal D-hooks or eye hooks and wire.
The Entry Process
Entry forms and images must be submitted by mail to: Creekside Place, 102 Maple Street, Evansville, WI 53536, or email to: art@creeksideplace.org by July 12, 2019. Alternatively, artists may deliver entries for review to Creekside Place between July 8 and July 12, 2019, from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. Monday – Friday or by appointment. Please note: We cannot be responsible for returning photos submitted by mail.
Entries are limited to three (3) per artist. YOU MUST SUBMIT A SEPARATE ENTRY FORM FOR EACH PIECE (see below). If your piece(s) is (are) selected, an artist’s agreement will be available for your signature. Every entry must be identified with artist’s name, title, size, and price or NFS, securely attached to artwork. Artists will be notified by July 19, 2019.
Accepted entries must be delivered to Creekside Place, 102 Maple Street, Evansville, WI, by August 16, 2019.
Judging
There will be a People’s Choice Award, determined by ballot vote at the Artists’ Reception on August 22, 2019.
Artists’ Reception and Award Ceremony
An Artists’ Reception will be held on August 22 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at Creekside Place, 102 Maple Street, Evansville, WI.
Commission
Creekside Place will receive a 20% commission on all sales of artwork. Artists may bring notecards related to the theme of the show to the reception for sale. Prints of displayed pieces may also be offered for sale if the artist provides a sling.
Pick Up
Artists are responsible for picking up their work between October 7 through October 11, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday – Friday or by appointment.
–Oscar Wilde
Theme and Selection
The Creekside Place Art Committee is accepting art in the area of portraiture. The exhibit titled “Portraits” will be displayed in the Andrew Family Gallery at Creekside Place at 102 Maple Street, Evansville, WI. Subjects represented may include likenesses of people, animals, including self-portraits. The artwork will be available for viewing from August 21through October 4, 2019, with the opening reception on August 22, 2019.
Eligibility & Media
This competition is open to all artists and photographers 18 years of age or older. Entries must be original, and in any still medium, e.g., paint, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, collage, or fiber art. Your art must be your own original concept and not a copy of anyone else’s copyrighted material. (If your image infringes upon another’s copyright, it will be disqualified.) Sculptured works must weigh less than 100 lbs. and be free-standing. (It will be displayed indoors.) Two-dimensional wall art must be framed and wired for hanging with metal D-hooks or eye hooks and wire.
The Entry Process
Entry forms and images must be submitted by mail to: Creekside Place, 102 Maple Street, Evansville, WI 53536, or email to: art@creeksideplace.org by July 12, 2019. Alternatively, artists may deliver entries for review to Creekside Place between July 8 and July 12, 2019, from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. Monday – Friday or by appointment. Please note: We cannot be responsible for returning photos submitted by mail.
Entries are limited to three (3) per artist. YOU MUST SUBMIT A SEPARATE ENTRY FORM FOR EACH PIECE (see below). If your piece(s) is (are) selected, an artist’s agreement will be available for your signature. Every entry must be identified with artist’s name, title, size, and price or NFS, securely attached to artwork. Artists will be notified by July 19, 2019.
Accepted entries must be delivered to Creekside Place, 102 Maple Street, Evansville, WI, by August 16, 2019.
Judging
There will be a People’s Choice Award, determined by ballot vote at the Artists’ Reception on August 22, 2019.
Artists’ Reception and Award Ceremony
An Artists’ Reception will be held on August 22 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at Creekside Place, 102 Maple Street, Evansville, WI.
Commission
Creekside Place will receive a 20% commission on all sales of artwork. Artists may bring notecards related to the theme of the show to the reception for sale. Prints of displayed pieces may also be offered for sale if the artist provides a sling.
Pick Up
Artists are responsible for picking up their work between October 7 through October 11, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday – Friday or by appointment.
Attention Artists
Interested in featuring your work in our gallery? Our Art Committee would love to meet with you.
Previously Featured Artists
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Connie Glowacki
Connie says fascination with light and shadow as they define shape and textures has led her to an increasingly wider scope of subject matter. Her goal in painting is to show a time and place which enriches the viewer's life, restores positive values, informs of something new and gives a feeling of awe and joy! |
Karen Gilbank
Karen takes inspiration from the rural countryside of Wisconsin and its animal inhabitants and then depicts her observations through printmaking. This allows her to explore different techniques, including multiple drop monotypes, relief, intaglio, and solarplates. |
Mike McKinnon
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Barbara Mathews
Barbara is an area artist and teacher who specializes in watercolor. “Composition, shape, values, color, design, and my own passion for a subject, leads me through my paintings. My passion has turned into an obsession...it’s my life!” Facebook: @LazyRiverStudio. Email: bmathews2@charter.net. |
Lynn Barber
Watercolor batiks on rice paper. Batik is a technique of layering wax and watercolors to produce varying shades of color. Lynn uses Ginwashi rice paper, a semi-transparent paper with small fibers running through it. “This paper gives the batiks a wonderful texture and a unique natural look,” Lynn said. “The edges are deckled, which gives the batik a feathery finish.” Visit Lynn's website: naturesartstudio.weebly.com/ |
Diane Adams
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Barbara Leonard
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Trent Schmick
Trent painted five vibrant canvases for his exhibit in our gallery. His artwork focuses on painting, drawing and printmaking. Trent lives, teaches and creates in Evansville, WI. Visit his facebook page. |
Jan Norsetter
Jan is an award-winning oil painter known for vibrant landscape paintings en plein air and evocatively detailed studies in still life. Learn more at www.norsetter.com. |
Steve Wagner
Steve's watercolors capture the fluidity and unpredictability of nature. His style invokes daydreams of horses galloping across the plains to birds massing in the sky. More of Steve's work can be seen at www.wagnercolor.com. |
Kristine Moser
Moser has created tapestries for twenty years, and her work can be found throughout the United States and around the world. |
Mary Koehl
A former Evansville teacher who works primarily as a metal smith and sculptor. She has shown her work regionally and nationally. |
James Steeno
A Milwaukee-based artist whose mediums include oil painting, watercolor, sketches, paper collages & illustration. www.jamessteeno.com Like James on facebook |
Mary Mason Braunschweig
A former middle school art teacher, Mary has spent most of her life drawing, doodling, coloring and scribbling. She says, "My current artwork is done just for fun…I finally found a way to turn my doodles into the type of work I’m happy to frame and give to my friends. I hope you like it." |
Butch Beedle & Steve Feeney
Butch Beedle has been to Panama eight times in the last fifteen years, leading more than 140 students and chaperones on trips of discovery. Steve Feeney has been on three of those trips, working with Butch on his photography skills. Fortunately for those of us back home, they've taken countless photos of these adventures. |
Richard Krake
A Wisconsin native who discovered the joy of drawing as a child on his family farm. Visit Richard's blog at Cooksville Farmhouse Inn |