Page 13 - The Springs Magazine July Issue 2018

The Springs • July 2018 • 13

Richard Stephens (l) and Gary Simmons (r) will “team teach” an art workshop
July 25-27 at the Landmark Building.
Stephens & Simmons to

“Team Teach” 3-day Workshop

The Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance (HSACA) and Henderson
State University-Hot Springs Academic Initiatives are offering artists a unique
workshop opportunity. Internationally acclaimed pen and ink artist, Gary Simmons
and internationally recognized watercolorist, Richard Stephens will be “Team
Teaching” a three-day workshop titled, “From Design to Drawing to Painting”.
This 3-day workshop will center on the importance of preliminary value
sketches and basic drawing skills as preparation to the actual painting. Both artists
agree that drawing is a major problem for painters working in any medium, but
especially watercolor. Simmons will lead this aspect of the workshop.
Stephens will lead the painting stage of the workshop, helping students
translate their value sketches and contour drawings into finished watercolors. The
objective is to provide several sequences of, first drawing and then painting, in
order to reinforce the skills and relationships between these two stages of creating
and painting. Lots of one-on-one assistance and input will be offered by both
instructors as students work on the projects.
The workshop is in the Landmark Building, July 25-27. Hours 9AM-
4PM, with a break for lunch. Cost is $225. Artists must provide their own supplies.
A Supply and Materials List will be available at sign up.
This workshop is a part of the “Teachers Are Artists Too!” art exhibit at
The Landmark Building, located at 201 Market Street, Hot Springs.
Online registration can be found at www.HotSpringsArts.org. For more
information email donna@dunnahoe.com, or call 501-545-0534.
Call for Entries Deadline Aug. 15

CALL FOR ENTRY: It’s that time again! Quickly becoming a show of
national significance, the Art of the Heartland National Competition is ready for
entries from now to August 15. Art of the Heartland National Competition, hosted
by SouthWest Artists, Inc., is an annual juried show of original, 2 dimensional,
representational art with a focus on America. The judge for the show is a well-
respected, long time member of the national art community.
There are cash awards totaling over $8,625, plus merit awards which are
divided among 5 categories. Best in Show receives an award of $4,000.
Entry fee- $45 for first entry. $25 per additional entries. More specific
details may be found in the prospectus. Join the mailing list at barakafs@gmail.
com, for a one day, reduced fee. Prospectus and entry form can be found at www.
smarterentry.com/callsforentry/swa.
HS Geocachers Have Ample

Opportunity to Place & Find

Into Geocaching? Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting
game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS
coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.
There are 855 geocaches in various locations around Hot Springs according to
Geocaching.com. The City of Hot Springs Parks & Trails Department maintains a listing
of all caches placed in city parks and along city trails through a free permitting process.
If you are interested in hiding a cache in a city park or along a city trail,
the approval of cache content and location must be granted by the Parks & Trails
Department prior to placement of any items on City of Hot Springs public lands.
Please call 501-262-1519 to schedule an appointment to meet on-site at the
location of your proposed cache.
If you are interested in finding caches in city parks and along city trails,
please see the Parks & Trails Geocache Listing and map for coordinates and other
information at www.cityhs.net/632/Geocaching.