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Gertrude (Wyss) Sluterbeck was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1915 and received arttraining at South Side High School. She took numerous classes and workshops, practiceher art throughout her life and especially enjoyed working in pastels and coloredpencils. Gertrude won many awards and exhibited her work throughout various locationwithin West Central Ohio and Eastern Indiana. Her late husband, Garland was amusician and hairdresser and they had two children, Kay and Val. The family moved toVan Wert, Ohio, in 1960 and joined the Van Wert County Art Club.

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Who says you cant do what you love twiceLittle boys spend their entire childhood dreaming of what they want to be when they grow upFrom firemen and policemen to soldiers and doctors, the entire world is open to their fantasie

But at the top of almost every male childs list there is one special achievementhat stands out, being a racecar drive

The speed, the thrill, the excitement of the screaming crowd, and the mounting clima

to that glorious finish that leaves you breathless and ready for more

TOM BUTTERSLiving his dreams through artTom Butters was a part of the thrill and excitement known as the motor sport world for over forty years as anadvertising copywriter and a corporate communications manager. He and his wife, Mary Anne, both held anational racing license and were race drivers. Tom created campaigns for Fiat, Ford, Lotus, Alfa Romeo,Pirelli, Budweiser Racing and other well-known racing names. He worked in Indianapolis, New York and St.Louis, coming back to Indianapolis in 1982.

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Although fascinated by the racingworld, Tom never intended for his life tohead in that direction. Ever since a toddler,his instinct was to draw. At age 13 hebegan taking professional watercolor

lessons. After graduation, he attendedIndiana Universityin Bloomington whereStudio Art was his major. This is where

Tom found his ambitions and interestsbeginning to sprout in different directions.He leaned toward copywriting andadvertising in the sports world and ofcourse, becoming a racecar driver.

Freelancing political cartoons forelections, racing cartoons for the Indy 500and producing a few holiday cards was asideline of Butters, but he never reallylooked at art as any type of passion. Ifsomeone asked, he would paint a picturebut his heart just wasnt in it. When Tomsactivity in the racing world

began to slow down, hiswife coaxed him to beginpainting more and to enterjuried competitions. His veryfirst entry at Minnetrista,located along the WhiteRiver in East Central Indiana,won him the best paintingaward for theirOpenSpacesshow. Tom wasalmost ashamed of thehonor, not feeling worthybecause he really hadnt put

anything into it.April 2007 was the

turning point in Tom Butterscreative life. Still beingprodded by his wife toexpand on his painting, hesigned up and attended hisfirst plein aire workshop inNew Harmony, Indiana,taught by Ken Auster, a westcoast impressionist and

former surfer. It was during this workshopthat Tom saw what he had been lacking allalong. Auster explained to him that hisreluctance and artists block was due tomaking the creative process too

complicated and hard to getthat first stroke on canvas.Once Butters relaxed andbegan seeing everythingaround him as art, he took off,

racing.Tom set up his studioduring that April in aconverted attached garage oftheir 170-year old homesteadwhere Mary Anne had grownup as a child. Located on adead end road, surroundedby trees, creeks and fields,life, was and is, quite a bit

different than the hubbub of the racetrackwhere he had previously spent so much ofhis time.

I am happy being in my studio, I amhappy with the improvement that I see in mywork and am happy that I do notexperience a dearth of ideas or lack ofinterest in painting.says Tom of his secondcareer.

Today Tom is busy painting racecars,comic pop, plein aire, representational,landscapes, just about anything andeverything. He has four to five picturesgoing at one time, both acrylics and oilsand he cant wait to get to his studio to

begin each day.Recently awarded Bestof Showin the annualexhibition at theRichmond Art Museum inRichmond, Indiana. Heis also a featured artist atthe Art Bank, 811Massachusetts Avenue inIndianapolis, Indiana.

The raceway is much more thanpainting scenes of cars dueling in a packon the track to Butters. He explains thatMonzais a view of that famous racetracas seen over the drivers shoulders andRoadster Afternoonemphasizes theafternoon shadows on a racetrack, theirshapes and contrasts; the cars more or lessincidental.Racing is a terrifically aestheticexperience: sound, smells, color,organization, balance, motion andharmony. Its hard to distance myself from race enough to dispassionately paint carson the track. Yes, you can have more thaone love, more than one passion and thetalented capacity to conquer them all. AsTom Butters says, After forty some years ohibernation (in art), I am still a work inprogress, but since Ive come late to theparty I need to make up lost time.

And yes, he still enjoys a good race.Stop off at his pit stop and tune your eyesto more works at: www.tombuttersart.com.

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Tut is in DallasWooden double doors open into a black chamber lit with sconces of scarabs, and

ankhs and after a 90 second introduction, one travels into another chamber greeted bythe statue of King Tutankhamun, found hidden under a staircase near his tomb. This isthe beginning of a wonderfully orchestrated collection by the Dallas Museum of Art in

partnership with National Geographic,Arts and Exhibitions International andAEGExhibitions, with cooperation fromthe Egyptian Supreme Council ofAntiquities.

As one travels through thevarious chambers, one is led on a

journey through the history ofAncient Egypt and the heritagethat made Tutenkhamun theyoung Pharaoh King. Thechambers encompass secrets andanswers as visitors encounterbowls that held perfume, andmodel boats that portray a

pharaoh as a sphinx trampling theenemy.

Statues of gods, goddesses, andbeliefs of a people from long agoalso incorporate the spaces ofthese chambers. Most noticeably isthe beautiful gold sarcophagus of Tjuya, reportedly the great grandmother of the youngPharaoh. Further into the chambers of history, the actual film footage of the discovery ofKV62, tomb of King Tutenkhamun, greets viewers, reminding them of the excitementthat will soon come to pass.

Actual pictures of the find adorn the wall, as various golden treasures that HowardCarver uncovered lie in protective glass cases for all eyes to behold. Here KingTutenkhamun reigns as Head of State, Commander in Chief and High Priest to every

God. The last stop on this journey is the finalburial chamber. In the center of a stoneouter coffin lies the body of the king inprojected form. The projection peels awaylayer upon layer starting with the kingssarcophagus and ending with the skeleton.Gold and jeweled treasures buried withhim stand displayed on the four cornersreminding a visitor of Henry Carversreaction, As my eyes grew accustomed to thelight, details of the room emerged slowly fromthe mist, strange animals, and gold-everywhere glint of gold.

This exhibition will be at the DallasMuseum of Art through May 2009.Proceeds generated from the world tourare being used to help preserve Egyptstreasures, including the construction of anew museum in Cairo where antiquitieswill be housed.

For more information on this review bythe Palettes Colleen Ayala, travel by yourfingers via www.dallasmuseumof art.orgor by land.

Easy art projects for kidWhen cold weather keeps the kidsindoors, here are a few simple art projeages 3 to 9 will have fun making.APPLE TREE PRINT Youll need 18 x 24 whit

construction paper, a kitchen sponge torn into 1 inx 2 inch irregular pieces, tempera paint (red, greegold and brown), paint brush, dishes to hold painand a small apple cut in half lengthwise leaving thstem on one piece.

With the brush and brown paint, paint a tree twith extended branches. Dip the pieces of sponginto green and gold paint and dab leaf shapes onthe branches.

Dip the cut edge of the apple into the red painand print apples among the leaves and branches.EGG CARTON PRINTING Youll need the fllid from a foam egg carton, construction paper,pencil or ballpoint pen, brayer, water-based ink otempera paint, a tray to pour the ink into, andnewspapers.

Cut off the edges of the egg carton lid so youhave a flat rectangle. Using the blunt pencil orballpoint pen, draw a design on the surface. Pres

hard to etch the line into the lid.Use the brayer to ink the surface of the lid. Lathe paper over the inked piece, and rub the papefirmly to make it pick up the inked design. Re-ink tdesign piece and print again, as many times as yowish.CRUSHED FOIL SCULPTURE Youll needaluminum foil, newspapers, and a cardboard squaabout 12 x 12 inches.

You can make foil sculptures in several ways.One is to model a sculpture out of crushednewspaper shapesand then cover itwith aluminum foil.Another is to use the

crushed aluminumfoil as an armature(base)and cover itwith papier-mch.Or you can use thealuminum foil aloneto create interestingabstract or realisticshapes.

When you startworking with the foil,begin with a pieceabout 9 x 12inches. Crush it, pullit apart, crumple itand model it likeclay. Tear off smallpieces and pushthem back into thesurface. Use apencil point to pushin texture and details. You wont be able to do a of fine detail, but you can create the outer contourthe object. Once youre satisfied with the shape,smooth the surface and cover it with more foil. Ushot glue gun to glue the sculpture to a base of foil-covered cardboard.


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To enrich lives through modern art.

The Akron Art Museum has continued to enrich the lives of those in Northeast Ohio and beyond through modern art. Itsnationally recognized collection was documented through the publication of collection catalogues. Three acquisitions endowments werecreated to ensure the collection's future growth. A greatly enlarged general endowment provided increased, more stable funding,allowing the staff to undertake ambitious programs and exhibitions with national and even international impact. In 2007, itseighty-fifth year, the museum more than tripled in size with the opening of the new John S. and James L. Knight Building, whichadjoins the 1899 building. Spanning three centuries, like the museum's collection, together they symbolize the museum's dual roleas preserver of the past and herald of the future.

OneSouthHigh Akron,Ohio44308

www.AkronArtMuseum.org

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A life size studio

The Forest of Fontainebleau:

Located about 35 miles southeast ofParis, the Fontainebleau was a favoritehunting ground of the kings, a royal

domain until the Revolution. Theroyalty of that time demanded theirhunting exploits be immortalized by theFrench painters of the time.

The Fontainebleau attracted the eliteof the Romantic movement - (Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875), Theodore Rousseau(1812-1867),Jean-FrancoisMillet (1814-1875), ClaudeMonet 1840-1926), Gustav LeGray (1820-1884, and EugeneCuvelier (1837-1900) andsoon became a vast studio

where painters could searchout all the pieces andfragments of rocks, trees,foliage and have a close-upand continuous dialoguewith nature. As early as 1830the paths of hundreds ofartists, engravers,photographers crossed in theforest as did their artisticexplorations. There wascamaraderie among the

painters who were all there to observeand learn about nature and get a close-up view in which to transcribe and

recreate this picturesque landscape.The exhibit was displayed in 11 rooms

of the Musee dOrsay. One of thepaintings that I particularly liked waspainted by the famous painterJean-Francois Millet, The Wood Sawyers

(1848). I have a copy of Millets paintinThe Gleaners hanging in my family roomI love his use of blue the same blue

used in the head scarf of one of thegleaners is used in the trousers of TheWood Sawyers. As you view thepaintings, you begin to see the styles ofthe artists, the colors they use, shading,and the shapes you soon begin to

recognize the artistwork even before youlook at the nameplate very much like youdo of artists today.

The Fontainebleauwas a place of infinitelandscapes. For many

it was an escape tosolitude and silence,so necessary to anyworks of observationand analysis. Goingdeep into the forest toaccurately capture itsluxuriant vegetation,dramatic framings,and views at groundlevel, all emphasizedthe feeling of power

The Forest of Fontainebleau Exhibit at the Musee d Orsay in Paris, France was on display in May 2007, oneof the exhibits my daughter and I chose to view on our trip to Paris. As we viewed the exciting works of themany famous artists, I couldnt help wish for this exhibit to find its way to the United States. The good newswas the Forest of Fontainebleau was exhibited this year in Washington D.C. and then went Houston, Texas.

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emanating from this place where so many artists tooktheir materials until the beginning of the 20th century.

Many artists starting out in their careers were attractedthere because of what they heard or read about thepresence of great established artists. Some chose to livenearby some were content to spend a couple of daysthere.

The Fontainebleau was considered as the real schoolof contemporary landscape. The years 1875 to 1880 saw agreat influx of artists and had become an essential part ina painters development.

Picasso came to stay in Fontainebleau in May 1921,very much full of the memories of Italy. He completedsome of his masterpieces there, including Trois Femmes a

lafontaine (ThreeWomen at theFountain), along withmany sketches,drawings, and studiesincluding the minusculeNu assis sur un rocher(Nude seated on a rock).He also painted theremany of his rare landscapes.

In 1880, David Croal Thompsonpublished a book entitled: TheBarbizon School of Painters, bringingtogether the biographies of theFontainebleau working artists.

So why did he name his book TheBarbizon School of Painters? Barbizonwas a little village that had beenestablished over some time with the

Ganne Inn, almost like a branch of the Ecole de Rome where thepainters gathered and shared friendships, stories and fellowship.

In 1867, an exhibition at the Hotel Siron had already broughttogether the Barbizonian painters who were aware of being part of agroup, but whose only real link was the fact that they had all worked

in the Forest of Fontainebleau. Why Barbizonand notFontainebleau?Clearly we shouldsee, in this choice, thevictory of the realvillage; opening itsdoors to rustic,plebeian, Frenchpainters from all overthe town, the seat ofkings, patrons ofrefined art, and

foreigners.Meanwhile the

forest would developits own reputation tobecome a living, open

-air museum. Thanks goes to the artists who organized themselvesfrom 1850 onwards, and those who obtained protected status for theforest in 1861, making it the first protected natural site in the world.

I can assure you the exhibit changed my view of foliage, trees, rock,etc., and it even changed the way I paint them.

By Joan Crawford-Barnes


The Wood Sawyers by Jean-Francois Millet 184

Three Women at the Fountain by Pablo Picasso

Le Pave de Chailly by Claude Monet 185

Gustav Le Gray 1855

La Hutte du Charbonnier by Theodore Rousseau 1850


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SOME OF THE AWARD WINNERS are from the left: (seated) Kylee Mongold, DickRohr, Layce Watson; (second row) John Zielinski, Alice Schneider, Judy Ingleman, MariaMiller; (back row) Jodi Hattery, Jon Ingleman, Bill Christie.And the winners are . . .

Out of over 300 photographs enteredby area photographers, 201 were selected

by jurors for display for theWassenbergArt Center of Van Wert, Ohios 31st

Annual October Photography Exhibit.Winning the Charles Wassenberg Best of

Show awards were, for black and white,Alice Schneider of Lima, Ohio and forcolor, Bill Christie of Fort Wayne,Indiana.

The Van Wert County FoundationAward went to Dr. Jon Ingleman of FortWayne, Indiana.

Two awards, each with color andblack and white divisions, are for bestwork by an active Wassenberg Camera

Club Member. The Wilbur HartmanAwards were won by Layce Watson ofVan Wert (black and white) andJodiHattery of Van Wert (color). The Katy

Mounts Awards went to Richard Rohr ofCridersville. Ohio (black and white) andMaria Miller of Payne, Ohio (color).

Wassenberg Art Centerawards arepresented in each category, as follows.Portraits:Jim Gabbard of Fort Wayne,Indiana first place; Bill Heinemeier ofLima, Ohio second place. Landscape:

Judith Ingleman of FortWayne, Indiana first

place; Dr. Jon Ingleman,second place. Still Life:Denise McQuillan ofFort Wayne, Indianafirst place; EugeneMcQuillan, secondplace. Plants:JimGabbard, first place;George Mundell of FortWayne, Indiana secondplace. Animals: Layce

Watson, first place; Dr.Jon Ingleman, secondplace. Architecture:

Denise McQuillan, firstplace; Alice Schneider,second place. Sports/photojournalism: CarlHartup of Fort Wayne,Indiana first place;Maria Miller, secondplace. Nighttime: Dr.

Jon Ingleman, firstplace; Don Gagnon ofFort Wayne, Indianasecond place. Special

Effects:Jodi Hattery, first place; EugeneMcQuillan, second place. Miscellaneou

John Zielinski of Toledo, Ohio firstplace;Jodi Hattery, second place.

TheJohn Flagg Youth Awards went to:Dakotah Hollis of St. Marys, Ohio firstplace and second place in black andwhite; Kylee Mongold of Van Wert, firsplace in color; Chloee Gamble of OhioCity, Ohio second place in color.

Honorable Mention was given to:

Deborah Kania of Warren, Michigan;Steve Ganger of Greenville, Ohio; BillHeinemeier; Carole Elchert of Findlay,Ohio; Micki Evans of Toledo, Ohio;Howard Weiler of Fort Wayne, IndianaDenise McQuillan; Alice Schneider;Greg Gamble of Ohio City; CindyLarschneid of Lima, Ohio; Brian J. Leeof Fort Wayne, Indiana; Layce Watson;Shirley Hollis of Wapakoneta, Ohio; BiChristie; Bill Sorensen of Lima, Ohio;Kylee Mongold; and Mary Jo Knoch ofWapakoneta, Ohio.

For information call 419-238-6837 ortoll free 888-238-3837; e-mail ; or visitwww.vanwert.com/wassenberg.

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Nelson chooses

winners for showArtwork by 40 artists exhibiting in

Artlinks 7th Regional Exhibition wasjudged by Patricia Nelson, Professor ofArt, Ball State University, Muncie,Indiana. Nelson selected three artists

who were each presented with a checkfor $500 by gallery director, Deb

Washler .The three Indiana winners were

Andrew Lemmon of Kendallville,Wendi Norton of Goshen, andJoshuaWitten of Fort Wayne.

Nelson also recognized threeoutstanding artists with HonorableMentions: Alexander Jones of WinonaLake, Vicki Sievers of Leo and Susan T.Suraci of Fort Wayne.

Muncie site of art

award celebrationThe City of Muncie as host of the 2009

Indiana Governors Arts Awards.I am confident the City of Muncie will makethe 2009 Governors Arts Awards program

an outstanding celebration of the arts in ourstate, said Governor Daniels.

This marks only the second time in 35years for the event to be hosted in a cityother than Indianapolis. It is an honor forthe City of Muncie to be selected for theenviable position of being the host site of the2009 Governors Arts Awards, saidMuncie Mayor Sharon McShurley.Muncie has a vibrant cultural communityand this award will enable us not only toexpand our artistic horizons but also allowsus to showcase Muncie to approximately 500art enthusiasts from around the state and

beyond. WThe 2009 Governors Arts Awards

program will be presented next fall.

New leader of education picked for Arts PlaceMrs. Heidi Steinke Meade has been selected for Arts Places Director of Education. As the Center Director for

Arts Places Collective Center in St. Marys, Ohio, her responsibilities have expanded to include the coordination othe Innovations and Arts in the Parks programs for centers.

Arts in the Parks is a summer art program for students aged seven and older located in communitiesthroughout Jay, Adams and Blackford Counties in Indiana, and Mercer and Auglaize Counties inOhio. Innovations is a program of visual arts and dance workshops and classes for adults and students held atArts Place centers in Portland and St. Marys.

Meade is a native of St. Marys, Ohio. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the University of

Cincinnati College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning and a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the Universiof Notre Dame. She previously served as adjunct faculty at the University of Notre Dame, Wright State UniversityLake Campus and Edison State Community College.


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What If?

What if you were me?

What if you were born into my family?

What if your eyes would see what my eyes have seen?

Or what if I was you?

What if I was born in your family?

What if my eyes would see what your eyes have seen?

Then perhaps-

I would understand you and you would understand me!

Peace on Earth

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