TO ALL ALPHA RHO TAU MEMBERS
Your Board of Directors is beginning to meet again in an effort to begin regular membership meetings and demonstrations in 2022. THE FIRST MEMBERS MEETING WILL BE MARCH 21, 2022 IN THE FROSSARD AUDITORIUM OF THE HARDESTY LIBRARY AT 93RD AND MEMORIAL. You will be notified when future meetings have been scheduled.
Jim Buchan, watercolorist, will provide the program for this meeting. We ask that you be fully vaccinated and wear a mask for the entirety of the meeting in order to attend.
Please renew your membership for 2022 by sending a membership form (at the side of this post) and a check for $35. If you are not yet a member of Alpha Rho Tau, please consider joining the civic art group. Dues for 2022 are $35. You may use the 2022 application available in the Side Bar. We already have two shows scheduled to show our members' work in 2022, so please join us in promoting our members art.
Next meeting April 18, 2022 at the Hardesty Library (93rd and Memorial) in the Frossard Auditorium. Program to be announced.
2022 Plein Air Tulsa! “Brush Creek Paint-Out”
The weather should be fine with the sun rising at 6:39am and setting at 8:15pm Event Date: Saturday, April 30, 2022 Rain Date: Sunday, May 1, 2022
This is the fourth annual, Plein air event sponsored by Tulsa Civic Art Association, Alpha Rho Tau (a 501(c)(3)org). This event is open to all artists ages 18 and over.
Event location: BRUSH CREEK, Near
South Yale and East 111 Street; Address: 10900
S. Louisville, Tulsa, OK (between Harvard and Yale Avenue)
This Painting Event will take place entirely on the Brush Creek property.
It’s located inside one of the first Ranches established on Indian Territory in 1898. Since the 1970’s, Brush-Creek has been the site of the annual “Brush Creek Bazaar” site of the “1972, Roy Clark, Christmas Special”. This beautiful and well-preserved 22 acre plot of land is nestled secretly in the rolling hills of South Tulsa.It has stock-pond, ancient trees, a hundred-year-old “Normandy Style” Barn and much more! Complete with modern restrooms on site! There is good parking for all, with the best parking-area reserved for our early-birds.
Judge: (To
be announced)
REGISTRATION Open to all artists (members and non-members).
All artists must register with completed application and pay the entry fee in
order to participate in event. Registration fees are non-refundable.
PRE-REGISTER by April 18, 2022 Early-bird entry fee: $25.00 – Members and Non-Members LATE REGISTRATION: after April 18th and Onsite: $35. Your Early Registration
will make check-in easier and quicker on event day.
To enter:
·
You may register on March 21 / April 18 at our Monthly A.R.T. Members Meetings at
Hardesty Library, 8316 E. 93rd
St. Tulsa, OK. 5:30- 8: 00pm
·
Late
applications and those who enter on day of the event will be subject to a $10
late fee. Please Pre-register by April
18 if possible.
·
If mailing in your application please send
your application form and check to: Randy Oxley, Alpha
Rho Tau, Events Co-Chair, 3828 E. 108th
Street, Tulsa, OK 74137
MATERIAL
REQUIREMENTS All media will be accepted and must be painted/drawn and
completed on-site during the Plein Air Tulsa 2022 event. Blank canvas and art
paper must be stamped and certified by A.RT at time of check-in.
·
At check-in
each artist will have their canvas/paper stamped and will receive a packet
including: identification badge, maps, sponsor gifts and brochures.
·
Unlimited
number of canvas and art paper may be stamped and certified but artist may
submit only ONE FRAMED entry for
competition.
·
A.R.T. Certification stamp must be visible on
back of each completed painting in all media submissions of artwork for
competition. Watercolor paper may be stamped in the front so it is visible or checked
in before framing.
Plein Air Tulsa! “Brush Creek Paint-Out”
(2022). Best of Show, Second and Third
Place award-winners will have
the opportunity to exhibit their pieces in a place of Recognition at
A.R.T. “Summer Show at the Hive”
June 7-30, 2022 (HIVE conducts sales, charges 30% commission). All unsold art
at the Hive must be picked up on June 30, 10am to12pm.
FRAMING: Artwork must be
appropriately framed, mounted and wired
for hanging (i.e., no stained mats, no alligator/saw-toothed hangers,
masking tape or duct tape, etc). Your name and ph # must be written on
back.
ARTWORK PRICING: Artists are responsible for
handling their sales and sales tax collection. No commissions are collected by
Brush Creek Challenge or Alpha Rho Tau.
BONUS OPPORTUNITY * Plein Air pieces winning “Best of Show”, 2nd and 3rd
Places and “Quick Draw” will/can be hung in a prestigious place at the SUMMER SHOW AT
THE HIVE, 2022 in
Jenks, OK June 7-30, 2022.
JUDGING: Paintings will be turned in before 3:00 ON THE DOT to be
cleared for judging, at Headquarters/Normandy Barn
on event day. No late entries accepted
after 3pm
EVENTS JUDGE: Virgil Lampton
AWARDS, PRIZES, AND MONEY: “Best of
Show”, 2nd and Third places will be awarded (Monetary Prizes will depend on the number of Entrants/Sponsors
and money collected.) Specifics on awards and prizes will be coming
soon.
See Alpha
Rho Tau Civic Art Association on Face book and BlogSpot for more information.
PRE - EVENT
ORIENTATION – FRIDAY NIGHT/APRIL
29TH 5:30 – 7:30PM
All artists are invited to attend
the “Meet and Greet” at Ziegler’s Art and Frame at 6 N. Lewis, for a chance to shop for art
supplies after hours. 5:30 to 8pm. Pick-up your
packet including: 2022 Rules, Maps and Schedule of events. Come enjoy shopping and meeting
the other artists participating. Masks
and social- distancing are recommended until further notice.
QUICK DRAW (Special event) at the
Brush Creek Paint-Out 4pm to 5:00pm
·
Quick Draw
entry: $10 and a little ambition.
·
The Quick Draw
event will take place at Brush Creek from 4 to 5:00pm.
·
Each artist
should provide their own 8” x 10” art panel or paper that they will be using. It must be stamped with the
A.R.T. Certification stamp prior to the Quick Draw event.
·
Plein Air
Tulsa Artists are not required to participate in the Quick Draw. The Quick Draw event is open to everyone age
18 and over.
·
Artists will
display their completed “Quick Draw” drawing
or painting on their easels promptly
at 5:00pm at a designated judging area. A frame/a mat are requested for Q.Draw.
·
Winner takes
all! And winning Quick-Draw may be exhibited at the HIVE Summer Show.
·
All Judges’
decisions are final.
TIMELINE
PRE-REGISTRATION March 1 – April 18, 2022
PRE-EVENT ORIENTATION: Friday Night, April 29; 5:30 to 8pm
EVENT
DATE:___________________________ _
Saturday,
April 30, (or on Rain date of May 1st
)
SIGN - IN
__________________________________ _ _ Starts at 7:00am
PAINTING
EVENT BEGINS Promptly at 9:00am
CHECK - IN Turn in art BEFORE or at 3:00pm(sharp)
QUICK DRAW__________________________________________
4:00pm
to 5pm
AWARDS
CEREMONY
Begins at 6:00 pm
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Alpha Rho
Tau is a civic art association established c.1930 in Tulsa, OK where we strive
to promote and foster the Arts, awarding a scholarship to a young artist each
year.
You are invited to visit our Monthly Meetings where we have Guest Artists, Demos, opportunities &
more. Meetings held at the Hardesty Library, 8316 E. 93rd St.
Tulsa, OK. 5:30- 8: 00pm. (On the 3rd Monday of each
month)
TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
The
undersigned understands and agrees that neither Alpha Rho Tau, Plein Air Tulsa/
event sponsors and individuals involved in the “2022 Plein Air Tulsa! “Brush
Creek, Paint-Out” event are not liable for loss or damage to artwork or for any
personal injury incurred during participation in this event.
It is agreed
that during this event, individual artists will manage their own sales with no
commission being taken; however, artists are requested to come to sales table
with their buyer so sales may be record.
Cash, check or credit card (if artist has the capability) may be used to
purchase art pieces. Artist
It is also
agreed that after the Brush Creek Paint-Out, A.R.T. would like to exhibit the
award-winning pieces in a prestigious place at our SUMMER SHOW AT THE HIVE in
Jenks, OK June 7-30, 2022. (Any/all artwork sold at the Hive is subject to a
30% commission).
Disclaimer: (The 2022
Plein Air Tulsa, Brush Creek Paint-Out, is subject to change and could be
rescheduled due to circumstances beyond our control).
Liability, theft, damage: All
precautions will be taken to safeguard artists and their artwork during this
event. Artists are responsible for
insurance of his/her artwork. Entry in this event implies agreement to all
rules and terms stated in this 2022 prospectus.
Please visit Alpha Rho Tau Civic Art Association on Facebook and
Blogspot to review
the event, entry forms and to see what else is happening.
For questions contact: Alpha Rho Tau, Exhibits Committee Chair;
Ken Brown (918) 883-3716 cl. / kenbrownpioneer@gmail.com
