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Book Club- “The Lost Wife”, May 2, 2023
Article and Photos contributed by Lee Asta What a stimulating afternoon we had today! We had two hours of interaction of sharing, talking and listening to a lively discussion led by Artist Member Lynn King, who led our session about “The Lost Wife” by Alyson Richman. This was a historical fiction book about Nazi Germany and a young Jewish …
Book Club: “The Last Van Gogh” Feb. 7, 2023
The Last van Gogh by Alyson RichmanHostess- Verna Sheldon Summer, 1890. Van Gogh arrives at Auvers-sur-Oise, a bucolic French village that lures city artists to the country. It is here that twenty-year-old Maurguerite Gachet has grown up, attending to her father and brother ever since her mother’s death. And it is here that Vincent Van …
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Wesley Stout – January 9, 2023
RECAP of Today’s Meeting from Secretary Cathy Burnside Just wanted to congratulate President Lee Asta on our first meeting of 2023. We had 2 new members join today. That is an awesome way to start the year. It was a great meeting with 23 in attendance. 13 of us went to lunch at Southern Kitchen …
First Book Club Meeting – Nov 1, 2022
First OAG Book Club -November 1st, 2022, at Braised Onion in Ocala. Our first book was: “Fake Like Me” by Barbara Bourland was rated by us as a 4 (ratings were 0-5 highest). Summary: this book was very interesting to me as an Artist—I found the Author’s use of colorful phrases and language basically stimulating. …
Dracula! at the Civic Theatre
October 20-23, 2022 The stage at the Ocala Civic Theatre soon will be “darkened” by the performance of Dracula! Ocala Art Group members have had unusual painting parties lately. Their Bats!!! that will hang from the Civic Theatre ceilings and will be for sale during the run of Dracula in October. Several OAG members will …
Tuscawilla Park – October 15, 2022
Car and Music Fest On Saturday, October 15 the Ocala Art Group joined other art associations for a beautiful afternoon in Tuscawilla Park. The event sponsored by Jenkins Auto included live music, food trucks and art. We enjoyed talking to the other art groups and many interested visitors. Another fun time was had by ALL! …
BATS!! BATS!!! for Dracula – August 6
NOTE from Jan TindallIt has come to my attention that many members aren’t aware of the importance of the bats. They serve a two-fold purpose: one is a gift to the Civic for their decor and the second is that we can sell the bats at that first weekend performance and the Civic gives the …
Marion Theatre – Apr 23, 2022
LUNCH and a MOVIE Once again, our recent outing to see the OAG FINE ART SHOW and the “somewhat classic” movie, “Princess Bride” at the Marion Theatre in Ocala was a lovely fun ARTventure!!!!. Although we didn’t wear our red shirts this time, we were able to easily spot one another as we only had 6 attending. As always, …
Vivian Drawneek- Painting with Fabrics – Apr 11, 2022
Meeting Apr 11, 2022 at 12 PMfollowed by aPresentation by Vivian Drawneek Vivian Drawneek has elevated fabric collage to an art with her intricate fabric paintings. At OAG’s recent Exhibit “Stroke of Genius”, Vivian’s fabric collage “Contemplating” (inspired by Winslow Homer’s work “The Green Hill”) was awarded Second Place. Intrigued by her detailed fabric art, …
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