DAC Foundation Featured at the BMA
August 2, 2018, was a great day for the Dixie Art Colony Foundation! Our day started at 9:30 am at the BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART with coffee and delicious pastries and ended with us reaching over 600 Facebook followers. —pictured is Mark Harris, Founder & Director of the DAC Foundation The warm reception we
“DIXIE DOODLES: The Lighter Side”
The colonists were well known for their casual laid back style and fun-loving sprit. Therefore, it is not surprising that numerous cartoons and caricatures were created by the artists while they were at the colony. We call this collection of sketches, screen prints and painted ceiling panels "Dixie Doodles." In the photograph below Kelly
The Diverse Styles of Arthur Stewart
While researching the life and work of Dixie Art Colony artist Arthur Walter Stewart, several things quickly became apparent. Stewart was an extraordinary friend to many and a highly diverse and multitalented artist whose work has been highly prized and admired for decades. —by Mark Harris, President & Director, DAC Foundation
DIXIE ART COLONY: A New Generation
John Kelly Fitzpatrick's legacy lives on at Nobles Ferry and other sites frequented by the Dixie Art Colonists. Thanks to Alabama plein air painters Carol Barksdale, Barbara Binford Davis, Iain Stewart, Shirley Esco, John Patton, Aimée Harbin, Barbara Moody and others, Central Alabama sites ounce frequented by Dixie Art Colony plein air
River Region Artist Carol Barksdale
Carol Barksdale is pictured participating in a DAC Foundation plein air painting event at Jasmine Hill Gardens. Jasmine Hill Gardens was a well-known plein air painting site for the Dixie Art Colony painter form 1937 until 1948. • Jasmine Hill Cottage, 2018, watercolor on paper• San Miguel, 2018, watercolor on paper John Kelly Fitzpatrick's
River Region Artist Shirley Esco
Shirley Esco is pictured participating in a DAC Foundation plein air painting event at Nobles Ferry on Lake Jordan. Nobles Ferry was the home of the historic Dixie Art Colony form 1937 until 1948. • Corn Creek, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 30"x24" • Nobles Ferry, 2017,acrylic on canvas, 11"x14"• Long Way Home, 2018,
River Region Artist Barbara Binford Davis
Barbara Binford Davis is pictured participating in a DAC Foundation plein air painting event at Nobles Ferry on Lake Jordan. Nobles Ferry was the home of the historic Dixie Art Colony form 1937 until 1948. • Portrait of John Kelly Fitzpatrick, 2018, oil on paper, 12" x 9" • Walk Where They Walked, 2017,
A Four-year Mystery Recently Solved
Mildred Nungester (American, 1912–2009), Weighing Cotton, 1944, oil on canvas, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, Association Purchase, 1944.7, 48" x 168" Above are a few photographs from our January 2018, Lunch & Learn program at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. In the first slide, artist Elizabeth "Bebe" Wolfe the
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Karl Ferdinand Wolfe
Karl Ferdinand Wolfe at the Dixie Art Colony. On January 25, 1904, DAC artist Karl Ferdinand Wolfe was born in Brookhaven, Mississippi. He was the oldest son of Wiley Wilson Wolfe and Elizabeth Heuck. He attended Soule Business College in New Orleans and later attended the Art Institute of Chicago, where he
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Warree Carmichael LeBron
Warree Carmichael LeBron in her Coosa County studio. During the year 2018, we will began recognizing individual Dixie Art Colony artists on their birthdays. Unfortunately, we do not have this information for all of the artists that participated. As we acquire new information, we will add more Dixie Art Colony artists