Atchison Art Association

Radioactive Day by Robin VanHoozer

    Radioactive Day is currently on exhibit at the Muchnic Gallery in Atchison. Robin VanHoozer is a native Missourian and thriving artist. Her work has recently been displayed on national television during a May 2005 episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The exhibition will be open from November to the end of Decemeber 2005.

 Artist's Statement

    Whimsical paintings created with both abstract and figurative imagery combines in a unique way in my work. Abstract backgrounds surround more figurative elements of figures, game pieces, fireworks, and noisemakers. Oil painting and encaustic (melted wax) painting techniques are used. Encaustic painting technique uses melted beeswax with pigment and damar varnish. Heat is used to fuse the wax layers together. Large-scale oil paintings, encaustic paintings, and installation pieces continue the ideas generated in part by photographs that I have taken, only on a larger scale. Objects such as beads, fireworks, and bits of glass add a collage element to some pieces. A nostalgic feel with a present day kick gives my paintings an unusual and different visual combination.

Music at the Muchnic

    The Atchison Art Association’s Board of Directors will host a holiday celebration in the lavishly decorated parlors of the Muchnic Gallery, located at 704 North Fourth Street in Atchison, Friday evening, December 2, from 7 – 9 p.m. The Celtic folk music group Rowan will entertain with seasonal and traditional Celtic tunes, while the guests dine on hors d’oeuvre and enjoy festive beverages.

    Rowan is based in Lawrence, Kan. The band is on the Kansas Arts Commission Touring Program as well as the Heartland Arts Fund regional artist catalog. Rowan has performed with numerous world-renowned Celtic artists such as “Patrick Street” and “The House Band.” The group has been featured twice on the nationally syndicated radio program “River City Folk,” hosted by Tom May and produced through WFMT in Chicago. Rowan has been performing throughout the central United States for the last seven years to appreciative fans of all ages. Rowan also presents Celtic music programs in secondary schools.

High Tea

The Atchison Art Association hosts the annual winter High Tea in the festively decorated parlors of the Muchnic Gallery Sunday, December 11, from 3 – 5 p.m. The Gallery is located at 704 North Fourth Street in Atchison Kan. The cost is $7.50 for adults; $5.00 for children under 13. Reservations are required.

Participants in the event will enjoy traditional English tea, accompanied by a delicious buffet including tea sandwiches, cakes and scones with an assortment of jellies, marmalades and spreads. While dining, guests will be entertained with classical harp and guitar pieces performed by the Hansens. Erin and Erica Hansen are two talented youth from the Atchison area.