If you want to apply for membership send an email to requesting an application.Įven if you have paid you cannot become a full member until you have sent in the application. Youth Membership- under 15-year-olds: $10 The renewals have been very high for 2022.Ģ022 dues are $25.00 good through December, 2022. We are proud to have over 110 members in 2022 including working professionals, aspiring pros, hobbyists and collectors from all over the world.
Tentatively coming to OMC (dates TBD): Xavier Mortimerand Doc Eason in person lectures, Cardistry Night, Close-Up Contest (November 1) plus teach-ins and more Virtual Lectures. Open Virtual Stage– Perform something you are working on and get feedback if you are interested. If this is popular, we will do it most months. If someone wants to buy it they can express interest and you can work out details privately. Present an effect you’d like to sell but first you must perform it. Show & Sell- Following the lecture we are trying a new idea suggested by a member at the recent Flea Market/Auction. Follow the signs.ĭoor open at 6:30: Magic Library Reopening to checkout books and DVDs plus informal meet and greet. Tuesday, September 13– In person (subject to Covid conditions) in the 3rd floor Blue Room. OMC Stage Magic Contest Intraclub Contest We hope it will be in person but could be hybrid. Tuesday, October 4 -Interclub Stage Contest. Tuesday, September 13– OMC Stage Magic Contest– Members Only can compete for Cash Prizes & Trophy. Zoom links will be sent to members on Monday, others Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday, August 2– Paul Lembo Virtual Lecture (see below)- Free for OMC members All others $15 Christopher Wood, Victorian Painting, London 1999, pp.236-242.ĭoes this text contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve or change? We would like to hear from you.Because of the uncertainty of Covid variants, the Oakland Magic Circle board has decided to postpone the Intraclub Stage Contest to Tuesday, September 13. Waterhouse, Oxford 1989, pp.37-8, reproduced p.36. When the picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1886 the critic for the Magazine of Art wrote 'Mr Waterhouse, in The Magic Circle, is still at his best - original in conception and pictorial in his results' (quoted in Hobson, p.37).įurther reading: Anthony Hobson, J.W. The meaning of the picture is unclear, but its mystery and exoticism struck a chord with contemporary observers. But within its confines are flowers and the woman herself, objects of beauty. Outside the circle the landscape is bare and barren a group of rooks or ravens and a frog - all symbols of evil and associated with witchcraft - are excluded. With the wand in her right hand she draws a protective magic circle round her. In her left hand she holds a crescent-shaped sickle, linking her with the moon and Hecate. Her dress and general appearance is highly eclectic, and is derived from several sources – her hairstyle is like that of an early Anglo-Saxon and her dress is decorated with Persian or Greek warriors. The woman in this picture appears to be a witch or priestess, endowed with magic powers, possibly the power of prophecy. This is one of Waterhouse's earlier works, and reflects his fascination with the exotic. His oeuvre also includes a number of middle-eastern subjects, in which he drew on the work of contemporary artists such as J.F Lewis (1805-76) and Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), rather than on actual experience. More specifically, the notion of woman as enchantress is one that recurs in images such as Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysees (1891, Oldham Art Gallery) and Hylas and the Nymphs (1896, Manchester City Art Gallery). Miracles, magic and the power of prophecy are common themes in Waterhouse's art.