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| Don Getz may be reached by phone at: (330) 657-2807 Email djgetzbgolly@hotmail.com. Mail: Don Getz, AWS, 1239 West Hines Hill Rd, Peninsula, OH 44264 |
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| Don Getz Artist's Workshops For 2008 | ||||||||||
| JUNE 22 - 26 MACKINAC ISLAND, MI; a 4 Day 'plein air' watercolor & journaling workshop on historic Mackinac Island, headquarters at the charming Murray Hotel. Call 800-462-2546 for hotel reservations. Special rate for the five nights start at $547 for two. The workshop fee is $260 for the four day session. Refer to the GETZ WATERCOLOR JOURNALING WORKSHOP. Please call asap, as the hotel is saving a block of rooms for the session, until April 30th. We need a minimum of nine persons to make this session happen; with a max number of fifteen, so you will get a lot of personal instruction - and a grand time on this historic island. Info on ferry boats to the island will be mailed with your confirmation. Don Getz will mail supply lists, etc, also at that time. Contact Nisa Sultan , hotel manager, for any other island info; Don Getz at 330-657-2807, for any other workshop info. | ||||||||||
| JULY 9-12 CUYAHOGA VALLEY / PENINSULA, OH; 4 Day 'plein air' Watercolor & Sketching Workshop in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The valley of the artist, Getz will show you his favorite sites, visiting at least two sites each day to sketch & paint at your leasure. Other medium are welcome, altho Don will demonstrate in watercolor and ink & wash sketches. Fee of $280 includes the $80 deposit to hold your space in the session; limited to 12 participants. Please call Judie at 330-657-2807, to make your reservation. Subjects will include the quaint village of Peninsula, the Cuyahoga River, farms and historic structures and the people of the valley. A ride on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad will also be a part of the session. Daily hours will be 9am-noon, 1-5pm. | ||||||||||
| Aug. 11 - 15 Southwest Harbor, ME; a 5 day 'plein air' session with watercolor on gesso surfaces at Acadia National Park. Participants may also work with acrylics, should they prefer. This area has been the favorite for many painters in the past; absolutely fabulous vistas of the ocean, harbors, fishing boats, pleasure craft & windjammers - and spectacular rock out croppings. Working 9 to noon and 1 to 4pm, with a lunch break and a brief group critique at the end of the afternoon, with constant assistance from Mr. Getz. Contact Acadia Workshop Center, 207-244-3020 or 800-249-9250, or info@acadiaworkshopcenter.com. | ||||||||||
| Sep. 12 - 14 Canton, OH; Glenmoor gathering of Significant Automobiles, Automotive Fine Art Exhibition. | ||||||||||
| Sep. 22 - 26 Camden, ME; 4 day journaling & Photography workshop about the windjammer, ANGELIQUE. We board the Angelique on Monday evening in Camden Harbor, sailing on the high tide at dawn Tuesday; four days along the coast of maine...sketching, painting, journaling and great photo op's, as we cruise the coast, past lighthouses, working fishing boats and autumn scenery. Subjects also include the crew & participants onboard the ship, including several excursions into coastal ports. One evening will be highlighted with a lobster cookout on an island. This is Don's third trip aboard the Angelique and he can certainly vouch for the friendly crew & fabulous grub! Getz will work with each individual artist, any level, to stimulate your creative juices with design, value patterns, use of ink & watercolor wash, light patterns and the emphasis on the focal point. Arrangements are planned, so that photographers can print out digital pix each evening. The class fee of $995 includes workshop fee, all meals & your cabin. Contact Lyn Donovan, 207-594-4813, info@coastalmaineartworkshops.com, or www.coastalmaineartworkshops.com. | ||||||||||
| Oct. 4 - 5 Louisville, KY; Louisville Concours at Churchill Downs, First year. Automotive Fine Art Exhibition. | ||||||||||
| NOVEMBER 5 - 8 CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH; 4 Day Studio & Outdoor Session; Watercolor on various surfaces. We will work on gessoed paper, regular watercolor paper, paper treated with matte medium, Yupo synthetic paper, Claybord and several other alternate surfaces... lots of experimentation with watercolor - and you may use acrylics, should you prefer. Any watermedium is acceptable. Contact Linda Nye at Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, 330-928-8092, for this special session. Reservations required by October 15th; all levels accepted. | ||||||||||
| Don Getz Artist's Workshops For 2009 | ||||||||||
| MARCH KANUGA WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS, Hendersonville, NC; 5 days. | ||||||||||
| APRIL 13 - 17 TUBAC, AZ; Watercolor on Various Surfaces 'en plein air', all levels. Los Reyes Gallery Workshops. 5 days, all levels. 520-398-9222. | ||||||||||
| JUNE 22 - 26 CLOUDCROFT, NM; 5 Day Watercolor on Gesso; One Day of Watercolor Journaling. Contact Cloudcroft Artist Workshops, Jan Rasch, PO box 1202, Cloudcrpft, NM 88317 | ||||||||||
| SUMMER, 2009 OLD FORGE, NY; 4 Day 'Plein Air' Watercolor Workshop at The Arts Center/Old Forge. Dates to be confirmed asap. | ||||||||||
| OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 6 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK; 5 Day Watermedia on Various Surfaces Workshop in the studio. All levels. Details to come... third year. | ||||||||||
| Participants in Getz Watercolor Workshops have the option of working
in the medium of their choice: transparent wick on gesso or wc paper,
gouache or acrylics. Getz stresses the importance of design, use
of colors and self-expression. He prefers to help each participant develop
their own personal style of painting. Getz paints on location with transparent
& gouache watercolors, with acrylics his favorite studio medium.
Each workshop participant receives one of his color art posters as a
memento of the session. All of his sessions are limited to a max of
20 participants, unless a smaller number is mentioned. Supply lists
are available upon your registration deposit. Cheap Joe's Artstuff (800)
227-2788, carries all of Getz' supplies at a super low price. Most of these workshops are limited to 20 participants and fill fast. Make your reservations now. |
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| Awards and Art Collections |
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| Original paintings by Getz have garnered over forty national awards, including four gold medals and have been selected for exhibition in most every national show, including American Watercolor Society (ten), Watercolor USA, Rocky Mountain Watermedia Exh., the Butler Midyear (Ohio), Midwest Watercolor Society, Niagara Frontier National Watercolor Society and numerous regionals. Along with a lengthy list of one-person shows, Getz was honored in 1992, with a 30 year retrospective at the Butler Institute of American Art. In 2000, he completed a 48" x 96" acrylic mural of the Ohio-Erie Canal, "Spring 1877", commissioned for the Cascade Locks Park Association in Akron, Ohio. In 2003, Don completed a two year project, another canal mural "July 4th, 1844", for the Spread Eagle Tavern in Hanoverton, Ohio. Getz' works are included in most of the major rubber company collections, major midwest banks, universities and numerous corporate, as well as private collections in the United States, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong and Japan. In 2002, Getz was featured in 'Artist Sketchbook, Oct. 02, 'The Artist's Magazine' Oct. 02 and 'Watercolor' Fall, 2002. His latest challenge, creating watercolor journals, is featured in a new book on 'Plein Air Painting', published by International Artists. | ||||||||||
| Getz is listed in Edition XXIII of the Dictionary of International Biographies, Cambridge, England and in the 16th Edition of Men of Achievement. | ||||||||||
| Brief Biography |
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| Born in 1934, in the small northeast Ohio town of Salem, Don Getz took to art at the ripe age of five, drawing steel trucks and cars of customers at his father's steel fabrication business. Getz, Sr. was artistically inclined; able to create almost anything to order from metal. Don's mother also had a flare for art which influenced her son. | ||||||||||
| Getz worked in commercial art for 23 years, as an illustrator and producer of TV commercials; turning to a career in fine art in 1977, He began painting for relaxation in 1962 and quickly began to teach others. He founded the Boston Mills Artfest in 1972, directing the two weekend event for 25 years. In 1978, he was instrumental in the founding of the Ohio Watercolor Society, serving as the founding president until 1988. In 1980, Getz organized the Boston Mills Artist Workshops, offering up to 40 summer classes in the final year of 1984. | ||||||||||
| In 1985, Getz was granted signature membership in the prestigious American Watercolor Society. He has designed and supervised the production of the annual AWS Exhibition Catalog since 1985, is a life member of AWS and serves as 4th V.P. of AWS. He also served Knickerbocker Artists-USA, as a director, for several years in the early 90's. Don is also responsible for creating a series of poster paintings of the Adirondacks since 1986, for the Arts Center / Old Forge, NY. This series has become highly collectable and serves as an annual fundraiser for the art center. Getz presently serves as curator of a series of educational art exhibitions, Art @ M.D. Garage, in a restored 1940 era gas station owned by the National Park Service, in the heart of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, where he and wife, Judie, reside. Getz is also an advisor to the NPS "Artist-In-Residence" Program at CVNP. | ||||||||||
Email djgetzbgolly@hotmail.com. Mail: Don Getz, AWS, 1239 West Hines Hill Rd, Peninsula, OH 44264 |
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