"Goals"

"Goals" is an oil painting I recently finished. The inspiration is from a hike in Glacier National Park. I felt like Alice in Wonderland (keeping an eye out for bears) it was so enchanting. The painting is 8.5" X 17.5" and it is for sale (unframed) for $595.00 USD. Please contact me for further information.

Loveland Studio Tour

I will be participating in the First Annual Loveland Studio Tour on:

Saturday, October 17
10 am – 4 pm

Sunday, October 18
11 am – 4 pm

I will be sharing Pat Saunders-White studio with her for the tour.

We will be at 5901 Sacajawea Way, Loveland

http://www.patsaunderswhite.com/

a map and directions can be found at the Loveland Studio Tour website:

http://lovelandstudiotour.com/

Chilson Center Fall classes

Youth classes

http://www.ci.loveland.co.us/parksrec/LTF09/LTFall09_16YouthClasses.pdf


Art for Preschoolers
http://www.ci.loveland.co.us/parksrec/LTF09/LTFall09_13TotClasses.pdf

Fall 2009 Loveland museum classes for children...

Loveland Museum/Gallery

Youth Programming

503 N. Lincoln Ave.
Loveland, CO 80537
(corner of Fifth & Lincoln
Downtown Loveland)
970-962-2410

You can find the fall flyer on this pdf file link...I have quite a variety of kids classes here and at the Chilson Recreation Center.

Unfortunately, due to budget cuts, I won't be offering any adult classes until early 2010.

http://www.ci.loveland.co.us/Cultural_Services/CultSvcs_Fall09.pdf

Mile High National 2009

http://www.timescall.com/entertainment/entertainment-story.asp?ID=17284

Art Opening

The opening for the Mile High National 2009-pastel show is
Aug 7, 2009 from 7-9pm.
Here is more info online:
http://www.pastelsocietyofcolorado.org/documents/MHN_2009_postcard.pdf

Stove Prairie School Days 1896

"Stove Prairie School Days 1896"
is a 9.5 x 11" oil painting of mine that is up for sale at the 2009 Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction. It will be held on September 6 in the Rist Canyon of Colorado. This painting is based on a historical photo from the Ft Collins archive (and I obtained permission to use it)
Gallery Price: $650
minimum starting bid $225
for more info, visit their website:
http://www.richardschmidauction.com/Mary%20Giacomini.html

Mile High National

I got two of my pastels, " A Walk to Remember" (left) and "Nymph Lake" accepted in the Colorado Pastel Society's ' Mile High National show held in Longmont, Colorado August 2009. I'm looking forward to the show & am thrilled to get in!

Oregon Trail Days

I will be participating as an invited artist in the Oregon Trail Days art show this weekend:
July 9-11, 2009. I will have a booth set up with originals, prints & cards for sale. For more info, visit their website:
http://www.oregontraildays.com/

Creative Capitol

Two of my canvas giclees,
"Rocky Mountain High" (left)
and "The Loch" (right)
are currently on display at the State Capitol in Denver, Colorado as part of the juried 'Creative Capitol' show.
"The Loch" is in the basement rotunda
(until November 2009) and "Rocky Mountain High" is in the lieutenant Governors office. (through August 2009)
This show is open to the public.

Untraditional Landscapes

Let your imagination run wild like the watercolor flows. Learn to let go. After we briefly check out the Wayne Thiebaud exhibition at the Museum, we will head back to The Sequel to draw, then paint a landscape using your imagination, inspiration and memories to complete a unique and personal expression. We will use watercolor, then watercolor pencil and/or black markers to accent the painting. All materials will be provided. Instructor: Mary Giacomini Fee: $45 Host	WAYNE THIEBAUD | 70 Years of Painting
	Education - Class
	Global

Date:	Thursday, June 11, 2009
Time:	5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:	The Sequel, just north of Loveland Museum/Gallery
Street:	503 North Lincoln Avenue
City/Town:	Loveland, CO

Phone:	9709622410
Email:	museumweb@ci.loveland.co.us

Sweeter Compositions

Adult art class

Host:	WAYNE THIEBAUD | 70 Years of Painting
Type:	Education - Class
Network:	Global

Date:	Thursday, June 4, 2009
Time:	5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:	The Sequel, just north of Loveland Museum/Gallery
Street:	503 North Lincoln Avenue
City/Town:	Loveland, CO

Phone:	9709622410
Email:	museumweb@ci.loveland.co.us

Description

Learn how to improve your composition by playing with food – the Wayne Theibaud Way. Why not have fun while you paint? Isn’t that what it’s all about anyway? We will check out the Museum’s current exhibition of Wayne Thiebaud’s art to get inspired and then head over to The Sequel to compose our own individual creations with watercolor. We will have some sweet treats to play around with, sketch and paint with watercolor.

All materials will be provided.

Instructor: Mary Giacomini

Fee: $45

The Chair Show

The Berthoud Recorder wrote a very nice article about my show last month. Click on the link to see the pictures..........

Thursday, Apr 9th, 2009
By Megan Reece
Berthoud Recorder

Mary Giacomini has always known she wanted to be an artist. In fact, “I’ve always been an artist,” she says, “it’s getting the bravery to call yourself one” that is the hard part.

Giacomini is this month’s featured artist at The Great Frame Up in the Promenade Shops at Centerra, 5943 Sky Pond Drive, E130 in Loveland. The show opened up on Friday, April 3, and will be up throughout the month of April. The work featured will be some in her chair series: “The Chair Show: Places to be Peaceful.” The Chair Show will highlight artwork of chairs in different places.

“Comfy places to hang out,” is what Giacomini says of her inspiration for her chair show. Each of the paintings represent places where Giacomini has found herself comfortable and comforted. “My backyard” is one, she says of her home west of Loveland. Other places in the chair show include locations in Glenwood Springs and Allens Park.

Giacomini grew up in Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in 1983. Since then she and her husband have had three children, two now grown and one still a teenager. After her children got older, Giacomini was able to take her artwork more seriously. She has become very involved in the local art community and she says that she appreciates the arts and the local events in Loveland and Berthoud. Seeing artists celebrated outside of Denver helps her to appreciate her own town.

Giacomini has lived throughout the Loveland and Fort Collins areas for 16 years and still appreciates the area for its small-town feel. She grew up near the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and so Loveland still feels small to her. The closely-knit feel of the community has inspired her to become involved with her local art community.

For example, last year Giacomini submitted a design to be displayed as part of Loveland’s “City with a Heart” program. The program puts up public displays of art, all of them individual artists’ representations of Colorado and the Loveland area on large, three-dimensional hearts. Giacomini’s piece is at 29th Street and Taft Avenue, and features many of the symbols and landmarks that make Loveland a part of Colorado.

For her featured show at The Great Frame Up, Giacomini chose about a dozen pieces of chair art to be displayed. When asked about her art and how long she takes to finish an individual piece, Giacomini laughs softly. “It takes all your life,” she says. Art flows with time and every piece is different. A piece can always be changed and transformed.

With change the only constant, perhaps a visit to Giacomini’s chair show can bring reminders of comfy places you have gone to sit in the past.

To learn more about Mary Giacomini and to see examples of some of her art, visit her Web site at: http://MaryGiacomini.com.

http://www.berthoudrecorder.com/News/2009/apr/9/sports/find-your-happy-place-cha