Christmas Bazaar Pops Up Dec. 3
Celebrate the season on Dec. 3 when Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon gallery joins with other historic Downtown Dunnellon merchants to host a Christmas Bazaar.
Gallery artists will display their art in tents outside the gallery, as well as inside.
Ten downtown merchants, in addition to the gallery, will give out punch cards that visitors will take from store to store. Each participating store will stamp the cards.
Visitors will deposit completed cards at the stores. Then, there will be a drawing for a mystery gift.
The gallery also will have a decorated Christmas tree, loaded with artistic holiday creations.
The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Phone (352) 445-8547 for information.
Lights, Camera, Action: Artists Debut
on WUFT's "Artistry in Motion"
Ro Martinez
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Amy Peters Wood
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Sue Primeau
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Three Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon artists are spotlighted in the WUFT-TV (Gainesville) series, “Artistry in Motion.”
Ro Martinez, Amy Peters Wood, and Sue Primeau have videos showing on WUFT. You can see them on the WUFT website, www.WUFT.org. Click on “TV,” and then on “Artistry in Motion.”
“Artistry in Motion” focuses on the artistic achievements of area artists.
Last year, Rainbow Springs artists Bridget Hanley, Bonnie Eads, and Linda Reitz were featured.
Their videos have aired repeatedly throughout the year. WUFT-affiliated radio stations also have aired audio clips.
* Ro Martinez, a former model and commercial artist, is an abstract and op artist. She lives in Inverness. She works in acrylic black-and-white geometrics, adding splashes of color and often, abstraction.
* Amy Peters Wood, a former veterinarian who also was trained as a scientific illustrator, is a painter who has written she focuses on trying to preserve “the rural character of this special place in the world.”
* Sue Primeau, an Ocala watercolorist, has exhibited in many galleries and shows, including the Florida Watercolor Society show.
Bridget Hanley, the president of the gallery, who was chosen for Artistry in Motion last year, wrote to the winners, “This is fantastic. … Congratulations …” Hanley said after going through the “really amazing and fun process … all I I can say is, ‘Have Fun!’”
Ro Martinez, Amy Peters Wood, and Sue Primeau have videos showing on WUFT. You can see them on the WUFT website, www.WUFT.org. Click on “TV,” and then on “Artistry in Motion.”
“Artistry in Motion” focuses on the artistic achievements of area artists.
Last year, Rainbow Springs artists Bridget Hanley, Bonnie Eads, and Linda Reitz were featured.
Their videos have aired repeatedly throughout the year. WUFT-affiliated radio stations also have aired audio clips.
* Ro Martinez, a former model and commercial artist, is an abstract and op artist. She lives in Inverness. She works in acrylic black-and-white geometrics, adding splashes of color and often, abstraction.
* Amy Peters Wood, a former veterinarian who also was trained as a scientific illustrator, is a painter who has written she focuses on trying to preserve “the rural character of this special place in the world.”
* Sue Primeau, an Ocala watercolorist, has exhibited in many galleries and shows, including the Florida Watercolor Society show.
Bridget Hanley, the president of the gallery, who was chosen for Artistry in Motion last year, wrote to the winners, “This is fantastic. … Congratulations …” Hanley said after going through the “really amazing and fun process … all I I can say is, ‘Have Fun!’”
Gallery Takes a Bow in WUFT's "Greater Good" Series
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From left: Glass fusion artist Sally Saxton, Art Festival Co-Director Bob Nerney, and President Bridget Hanley discuss the Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon gallery with a crew from WUFT-TV (PBS) of Gainesville for a program about the benefits of the gallery.
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Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon gallery is highlighted in a video that's aired on WUFT-TV (PBS) Gainesville’s “Greater Good” Series.
The series is a new program showcasing nonprofit groups of North Central Florida. The gallery applied to be one of the groups highlighted in the half-hour series and was selected. In July, A WUFT crew videotaped several gallery artists talking about the gallery’s contribution to the community and to their lives as artists. The “Greater Good” airs at 8:30 p.m. Fridays, with rebroadcasts during the week. So far, some of the organizations chosen include: |
the Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, Friends of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Farm, and the Ocala Civic Theater.
You can view the gallery's segment and others at www.wuft.org/greatergood/. Those artists interviewed for the segment included Bridget Hanley, president; Susan Jones, founding member; Sandra Copenhaver, member who donates the money from her art sales to the homeless, veterans, and other charitable causes; Bonnie Eads, design committee chair; Sally Saxton, fused glass artist; Ginger Burris, co-director of education and art scholarship coordinator; Erica Sauve, mosaic artist; and Bob Nerney, co-director of the annual art festival. |
Members Win Chance to Shine Under TV Spotlight
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Three Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon gallery members have been selected from a competition to participate in WUFT-TV (PBS) of Gainesville’s Artistry in Motion program, in which audio and video of the artists are recorded and aired on WUFT’s television and radio stations. They are: Bonnie Eads and Linda Retiz of Ocala, and Bridgette Hanley of Dunellon. Reitz specializes in acrylic “flow art”; Eads is a realistic watercolorist and has twice painted a winning horse for Marion Cultural Alliance’s Horse Fever competition. Hanley is president of the gallery and paints acrylic landscapes and wildlife and also is a calligrapher.
A WUFT crew filmed and recorded the threesome April 26, and the segments are posted on the WUFT website: www.wuft.org. |
Photos from Top Left: Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon Gallery Director discusses her flow-art horse. Top Right: Linda Reitz gets ready for her interview. Bottom Left: Bonnie Eads discusses her realistic art.