~ PROGRAMS ~

Southern Arts Society

Tuesday Nov 4 we will do the calendar walk
and collate our 2015 Calendars. Please have all
calendar pages signed, especially the extras and leave
the number blank. It is normal to skip a page or three
when signing over 500 pages! Start time 6:30! Bring
a covered dish to share for dinner!
Tuesday Dec 2 SASI annual Christmas party
and gift exchange. Bring a covered dish or dessert
to share. We will draw numbers for our artsy gift
exchange, so if you want to participate, please bring a
wrapped gift, preferably handmade by you or
purchased in our gift shop. Value $20. Start time
6:30!
SASI meets the first Tuesday
of each month.
Social Time 6:30, Program 7:00.
Visitors are Welcome! Bring a friend!

Shutter Light Group
(photography club of Southern Arts Society)
Meeting Tuesday, October 21st: Local
photographer Rick Haithcox. November 18th: Print
Competition open to SASi and ShutterLight Group
members. Details, please contact Ellen Devenny by
email at LDEVENNY@carolina.rr.com. December meeting
will be an outing to photograph the lights in Kings Mountain.
Details contact Ellen Devenny.
Shutter Light Group
meets the third Tuesday each month.
Social Time 6:30 Program 7:00
Visitors are Welcome! Bring a friend!
~ SASI OPEN HOUSE Nov 23 ~
Our annual Open House and Art for Christmas
opens on Sun, Nov 23rd from 1 to 4 pm and lasts
through Dec 30.
Our 2015 Calendars SASI Doodles will be on sale.
We are also raffling off three gift certificates for
$200, $100 and $50. Raffle tickets are $5 each and
available at SASI or from a member. The winning
tickets will be drawn at our Open House on Sun Nov
23. Please come by and buy a raffle ticket and
take a few to sell.
Over 75 artists will be selling their fine arts
and crafts throughout the depot. SASI is open,
free to the public for your shopping pleasure! Take in
of art will begin Saturday November 15 from 10 am to
4 pm, Sunday Nov 16 from 1-4 pm and the next week
during regular gallery hours.
~ SASI ELECTIONS NOV 4 ~
SASI holds elections the first Tuesday in November at
our regular meeting. Nominations are as follows:
President Ronald Shepard, Vice President Camiel
Bradshaw, Secretary Jo Ann Ford, Treasurer
Johnsie Reavis. Call SASI to nominate someone.

~ 2014 GATEWAYS COMPETITION ~
Awards were presented Saturday October 11, for
Southern Arts Societies Gateways to the South annual
art competition and exhibit. Featured prominently in the
exhibit are landscapes, historical sites, and the people
and places that reflect our Southern history and culture.
Local artists have entered over seventy works of art in
this years show. Judge for the exhibit was Seymour
Simmons, III associate professor, department of fine
arts at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. Mr.
Simmons selected first, second, third place awards along
with three merit awards. The exhibit is open to view
October 1 thru November 14.
Winners with comments by Mr. Simmons:
First prize: Elizabeth McAdams Windswept Barn,
Pinnacle, NC, Photograph. This photograph captures
beautifully a scene I have always found fascinating:
lonely, old, weathered, and abandoned farm buildings
set in a barren landscape. With its overall crispness of
focus and incredible wealth of little things to look at, this
image holds our attention and invites us to come back
again and again, almost compelling us to discover more
and more about its subject. At the same time, the
composition integrates the building and surrounding
trees with the earth and sky, while the striking cloud
pattern against the tree limbs and roof top seems almost
to suggest that they are all made of the same substance.
Besides these visual impressions, we get other imagined
sensations: the rough, raw texture of the wood, and,
with the combination of moving clouds and bending
trees, we can almost hear the wind moaning or whistling
through the gaps in the wood.
Second prize: Susan Panzarella Lots o Pots,
Pastel. This big, bold pastel drawing is as much a
statement about the joy of art making as it is about love
of the materials themselves. Its strong colors and
energetic marks combine with the in your face
placement of the pots -- all in the foreground. With its
variety of shapes and patterns, the picture stands out
strikingly even from far across the room. Up close, you
can appreciate the passion with which she laid down the
medium, and imagine what it was like to revel in all that
wonderful messiness. continued on second page.

First Place
Windswept Barn,
Pinnacle, NC
Photography
by Elizabeth
McAdams

(Elizabeth
McAdams is
mother to Lori
McAdams
who won first
place in our
Fresh Look
competition
in Aug.)


SASI Newsletter
NOV / DEC 2014
~ ART TRACKS ~
Nov 4 SASI membership meeting put calendars together
Nov 14 Last day for Gateways exhibit
Nov 15 Deliver art for Christmas Sale
Nov 16 Deliver art for Christmas Sale
Nov 18 - Shutter Light Group 6:30 pm
Nov 23 SASI Open House and Calendar Sale 1-4 pm
Dec 2 SASI Christmas Party covered dish
Dec - Shutter Light Group 6:30 pm

Events are free and at the Depot unless noted otherwise ($)
~ 2015 Membership Dues ~
It is now almost 2015 and your membership is due.
SASI depends on your dues to fund our projects
throughout the year. Please pay your dues on time.
Also, remember that you must be a member to have
work in the gift shop.
General Membership is $25 per year, Family is $35
and supporting Membership is $50. Please mail your
membership dues to SASI at P.O. Box 334, Kings
Mountain, NC 28086. A membership form is available
at the Depot or online. Please write SASI
membership on your check.
~ Volunteers Needed at SASI ~
SASI needs a few hours of your time each month. We
need two hosts for each day. One being a key
person who is a regular and who is responsible for
opening up the building and making sales. The second
host for each day is where you come in. We need a
second person each day for safety and comradery. If
you have a few hours to spare, please call Beth
Caveny at 704-739-8616 to sign up. Thanks!



















SOUTHERN ARTS SOCIETY, INC.
at the Depot
P.O. BOX 334
301 N. PIEDMONT AVE.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC 28086
704.739.5585
Depot/Gallery Hours:
Tues-Sat 10am - 4pm

OFFICERS 2014
Co -President Camiel Bradshaw 704-739-6234
Vice President Beth Caveny 704-739-8616
Secretary J oan Painter 704-824-2768
Treasurer J ohnsie Reavis 704-739-2056
COMMITTEES
Calendars Lea Chrisawn 704-482-3064
Education J ennifer Borja 704-745-6960
Gift Shop J o Ann Ford 704-629-5929
Historian / Library Heather Wilson
Maintenance Camiel Bradshaw 704-739-6234
Membership Tammy Lafitte 704-750-4365
Exhibits / Newsletter J ewel Reavis 803-448-4578
Pottery Carol Picard 704-629-5952
Public Relations Bernice Chappell 704-739-5723
Publicity Cathey Noell 980-329-4030
Social J ewel Elliott & 704-538-7414
J ennifer Borja 704-745-6960
Webmaster Tammy Farley 704-739-7419
www.southernartssociety.org
~ GATEWAYS Continued ~
Third prize: Susan Carlisle Bell Ripe for the Harvest,
Acrylic. Comments Mr. Simmons: Although evidently a
landscape, this small but compelling piece could almost
count as an abstract field painting with the large flat
land form occupying 80% of the image, against a thin
band of blue sky, separated by a deep red horizon that
seems a little like its bleeding. Along with its color/shape
relationships, the painting is enriched by its engaging
diversity of textural qualities, inviting the viewer to
imagine how it was made and even to want to touch the
surface. There is a lot going on in this piece despite the
fact that there are only two things in it you can name:
land and sky.
Merit awards went to Lin Venhuizen, Paul Shafranski and
Lucy Warlick.
POTTERY
Ongoing pottery classes meet Tuesday and Thursday
evenings. Details call Carol Picard at 704-629-5062.

~ SASI Additional Holiday Hours ~

SASI will be open Sundays - November 23 through
December 21 from 1 4 p.m. And our normal hours are
Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm. Come do your Christmas
shopping and pick up your 2015 calendar!
We also need you to volunteer on those extra
Sundays, or anytime you can give! We appreciate it!
~ Holiday Raffle Nov 23 ~
We are raffling off three gift certificates for $200,
$100 and $50. Raffle tickets are $5 each and available
at SASI or from a member. The winning tickets will be
drawn at our Open House on Sun Nov 23. Please come
by and buy a raffle ticket and take a few to sell.
~ COMING IN JANUARY ~
On exhibit for the month of January will be a group show
by the Piedmont Pastel Society out of Charlotte. Their
pastel paintings will fill the entire building and will be for
sale. A reception will be held on Saturday January
10
th
from 7-9 p.m. Save the date on your calendars!
This will be a wonderful show!

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