The goal of the Life Canvas Journal Project is to provide interaction and shared creativity among friends and strangers.

The art center will randomly hand out 60 blank journals at the opening reception of Life Canvas: the Words of Art and History. The recipients will be instructed to write, draw, paint, write a quote or a story, make a collage or insert a photo and then pass it on. It is our intent that the journals will travel far and wide as they meet the hands of countless people. The art center will also place 40 journals in places such as: schools, libraries, coffee shops, art galleries, and other places of business. These journals will stay in the establishment they were placed in to encourage visitors to participate.

The journals will contain information on our project and instructions on how to return the journal when it is complete. The returned journals will be a part of our Life Canvas: The Words of Art and History exhibit in 2010.

Since graduating from the Herron School of Art in 1981, her paintings have gained widespread attention in numerous invitational exhibitions and in fourteen solo shows in California, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Kentucky. Her work is in the collections of the Indiana State Museum, the Richmond Art Museum, the Midwest Museum of American Art, and has been exhibited recently on two occasions by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington.

Recognized as one of the top Indiana women artists, Templeton maintains a studio at historic Fountain Square in Indianapolis and shows regularly with Editions Limited Gallery in Indianapolis.

Lois will exhibit a painting (above), provided by Editions Limited and it will be shown along side a juried exhibition of artists that will submit art in all media that incorporate the use of text, writings, poetry, etc. in their work. Lois will serve as one of the jurors. We are currently accepting applications on our website for this exhibit. Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

Our closing reception in June will include a "Conversation with Lois" while guests enjoy dessert and coffee.

Copies of Lois' book "The Studio Book, Finding Your Way," will be available for sale.

Lois is graciously allowing us to display her journals and sketchbooks in the Museum.

Lois has also written a children's book and will be conducting a story group for children. The children will get an opportunity to illustrate the story.

The Art Center will host a series of lectures called: "Conversations About Art". The Art Center staff will select artists to talk about such topics as: Where do your ideas come from? ; What inspired you to become an artist? ; What is your creative process?. The final "conversation in this series will be by our guest artist, Lois Main Templeton , who will talk about why she uses words and/or text in her work, what inspires her, and her life as an artist.

Family Activities

• Calligraphy demonstrations
• Gift-making activity for Mother’s Day

Zionsville resident, ctspalding is a professional photographer specializing in Contemporary Avant-Garde Fine Art Photography for residential and commercial interiors. She is a certified Interior Designer. She teaches creative photography workshops at the SullivanMunce Cultural Center and numerous other locations. Her work is represented by the CCA Gallery of Zionsville. ctspalding will also provide the art for our annual campaign: Point of Inspiration. We will also be featuring her work in a solo show Friday, September 19-Saturday, October 11, 2008.

Conversations About Art
featuring Becky Fehsenfeld, Painter
6 - 8 PM

Becky Fehsenfeld has been painting since she was eight years old. She was raised in an artistic atmosphere with two sisters, both of whom are also painters. Becky attended Otterbein College on an art scholarship, receiving her BFA in Fine Arts, concentration in painting, and a minor in cultural anthropology. She has studied and painted in over sixty countries, and traveled the globe as an artist, capturing cultures, landscapes, wildlife, and figures on canvas in a color-filled, expressive manner.

Becky was selected for the U.S. ART cover feature "Top 25 Artists in America You Should Know Something About", in August of 2000. She is also a member of the Oil Painters of America, Connecticut Pastel Society, Pastel Society of Eastern Canada, the Indiana Artitsts` Club, the Hoosier Salon, the Board of Directors of the Indianapolis Art Center, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She currently maintains the Becky Fehsenfeld Fine Art Gallery in the village of Zionsville, Indiana, and her award-winning paintings are included in numerous private and corporate collections.

JUNE

Plein Air Oil Painting Workshop
Arbuckle Barn in Zionsville
Led by Todd Reifers. Sign up sheet is here: HERE.
Fee: $400 member/$425 non-member

Conversations About Art
featuring Lois Main Templeton, Painter
6-8 PM

Since graduating from the Herron School of Art in 1981, her paintings have gained widespread attention in numerous invitational exhibitions and in fourteen solo shows in California, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Kentucky. Her work is in the collections of the Indiana State Museum, the Richmond Art Museum, the Midwest Museum of American Art, and has been exhibited recently on two occasions by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington.

Recognized as one of the top Indiana women artists, Templeton maintains a studio at historic Fountain Square in Indianapolis and shows regularly with Editions Limited Gallery in Indianapolis.

Zionsville Paint Out
Artists are invited to paint their favorite scenes of our town, Zionsville.
Registration forms are available here HERE.