Placerville Arts Association monthly newsletter for members
and all who are interested in the fine arts in the Sierra foothills October 2008 |
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President’s Letter . . . . .
3-D ARTISTS SHOW AT THEIR WORK Our PAA Roster shows that almost one-third of our members are 3-dimensional artists! On Sunday, September 14th, we got to know and appreciate the work of eight of them: 1. Patty Sisneros (beginning sculpture) " I've always wanted to build things with clay, even back when I was little making mud-pies in the backyard." We ALL felt we knew these artists up close and personal after this meeting..... maybe we can make the Mini - 3D Show an annual event ? Respectfully submitted by MOTHER LODE SHOW WRAP-UP Once again it is time to give a FINAL report on the 42nd Mother Lode National Art Exhibition. This year there were 293 entries of which 65 artists showed their work. 25 of that number were PAA members! Of the 65 artists, 14 were award winners-- three of whom won double awards! The awards were made possible by twenty three sponsors giving PAA cash, gifts, and gift certificates totaling $3,487.00. Perhaps you would care to know what the budget looks like for the show. I will list just the major categories of expenditures: Facility: $1601 Printing: $184.12 The total income was $7,856.50, total expenses were $7,096.97 This profit is kept in reserve for future Mother LodeShow equipment and expenses. Unfortunately the rental fee for next year will be costing us $300 more due to utility fee increases, so the reserve will help out. That's it folks.
BEVERLY FIELD’S WORKSHOP Beverly Field’s August 12th class in collage turned out to be more fun in one afternoon than anyone should have. Beverly has great ideas and enthusiasm for collage. Her primary inspiration is to create designs with an Asian theme. She showed the class a nice selection of the Using collage, the artist creates without first drawing a design. Starting with a theme and an idea of the colors that will provide the feeling you want, you then focus on composition, color and texture. Beverly likes to use water color mat board, as a base. The mat board will accept a wet-in-wet under painting of watercolor. When working on a collage, you can go crazy with color and design and create layer after layer if you like. Watercolor paints can be sprayed over interesting shapes to add dimension to the design. You can use rubber stamps, photos, pictures, wrapping paper, rice paper, tissue paper, leaves, cloth, buttons, ribbons, embroidery floss, and parts of your own old paintings -- there is no limit. White gesso is used to affix items to the mat board. It will dry clear. Black gesso is used to create designs. Acrylic paints and pastels may also be used. During the three hour class, all of the students created attractive collages. Several were completely finished and ready for framing. I would recommend Beverly’s collage class to anyone who loves art and is interested in learning about this freeing, enjoyable form of self-expression. Linda Lockwood THANK YOU ! “I just wanted to thank the PAA Board & Members for the 3D recognition meeting held on Sept. 14th. I enjoyed participating and really appreciated being selected to receive the work station. It's very neat and will come in handy to lift projects to a more convenient height. Thank you all very much.” "PASTELS ON HIGH" - OCT 5-25 The Sierra Pastel Society is proud to present the seventh "Pastels on High" International Exhibition held at the prestigious Hang It Up Gallery located at Town Center, 4359 Town Center Blvd, Suite 113, in El Dorado Hills. The fine art show runs Sunday, October 5 to Sunday, October 25. The public is welcome to come and meet the artists at the Gala Reception and Awards Presentation at Hang it Up Gallery on Saturday evening, Oct. 11, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Society has garnered more than $6,000 in donated awards for ribbon-winning artists, making this exhibition one of the more prestigious in Northern California. Admission is free and all paintings are for sale. DK Cellars Winery and Starbucks will provide beverages for the reception. CROCKER-KINGSLEY SHOW The Kingsley Art Club, in cooperation with the Crocker Art Applications for the exhibition will be accepted to Nov. 15.
SANDHILL CRANE ART SHOW The 12th Annual Sandhill Crane Festival is soliciting original artwork for its juried Art Show. Art will be displayed as part of the Sandhill Crane Festival November 7-9, 2008, at Hutchins Street Square in Lodi, California; deadline for entries is October 17, 2008. Two categories are offered for entries: 1. Sandhill cranes or 2. other California wildlife and its habitats. Artwork will be judged on WORKSHOPS / CLASSES Pottery Classes at the Placerville Senior Center, 937 Spring St., Placerville Thursdays - 9:00 a.m. to 12 Noon. For information, call Ada Crosby at [530] 644-2695. Tuesday Morning Group at the Placerville Senior Center - All mediums. No charge - 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Call Valerie Bye for information [530] 622-4111. Barbara Nilsson - Oil painting lessons for all levels - adults and childrens classes - at her studio in Camino. Call Barbara at [530] 644-5294 or e-mail at info@barbaranilsson.com Beverly Fields - My studio, 7301 Green Valley Rd., Placerville. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sign up at [530] 622-4440. Blanche Kawahara - Pastels [530] 622-8026 Ellie Malone - Watercolor/Oil classes - [530] 677-2682 Margie Lopez Read - gives workshops on Gourds on occasions. Check with her by e-mail if you are interested at bread@jps.net Anita Wolff - Regular classes are offered at her studio on Thurs. and Fri. at 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., in pastel, oil and watercolor. SHOWS AND OTHER EVENTS Sept. 14-Nov. 9 - National Art Competition Exhibition - Sponsored by the Stockton Art League, showing at the Haggin Museum. For more information, go to www.hagginmuseum.org Sept. 30-Oct. 25. “Bold Expressions” Show at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Jurors Gloria Burt and David Lobenberg. Send SASE to 5330B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, CA 95608 for Prospectus or go to www.SacFineArts.org. Phone: [916] 240-6312. OCT. 5-25 - International Pastel Exhibit. Hang-It-Up-Gallery, 4359 Town Center Blvd., Suite 113, El Dorado Hills. (See article pg. 14.) Oct. 24-26. Mother Lode Art Assn., Sonora, CA. 56th Annual Art Exhibition. Sonora Opera Hall, 205 E. Washington St., Sonora, CA. Oct. 24-26. Crocker Museum Annual Art & Antiques Show & Sale. Held at Scottish Rite Center, H Street & Carlson Drive, across from main entrance to CSU Sac. Free parking; Admission $6.00. Oct. 25-26 - Fall Home & Garden Show. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. At El Dorado County Fair Grounds. Come out and support our 3-D artists, who will be selling their wares to help support PAA’s Scholarship Program. NOV. 7-9 - 12th Annual Sandhill Crane Art Show. Deadline for entry Oct. 17th. Obtain prospectus at www.cranefestival.com or call For Sale - FREE-STANDING KILN ! Inside dimensions: 18 by 17 inches square Good condition. NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS 6 Joseph Cordova
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OCTOBER 19th MEETING PROGRAM We again welcome Margaret Welty to guide us through a CRITIQUE session. Bring a couple of your works for review. All media are acceptable – it’s true - from the traditional oils to sculpture. You may have work that is finished and framed that needs some comment. Also welcome, any piece that has you stumped, you can’t figure out whether it’s the composition, We ask a donation of $2 per piece which goes directly into the Scholarship Fund. Meeting and activity updates start at 1:30, Critiques about 2:00 on Sunday Oct. 19th at the Senior Center on Spring Street in Placerville. Home and Garden Show So far we have several 3D artists who have volunteered to represent us at this show with 75% of proceeds going to the 3D artist and 25% being put into the PAA Scholarship Fund. They are very accomplished potters from the Foothill Potters Club. From PAA: Mary Peters, pottery; Marilyn Jassowski, pottery; Lucile Kapple, Pottery; Margie Reed, gourds; Sandy Wilson, gourds; Kaaren Poole, jewelry; Mary Barnes, jewelry and Cherie Greeninger, jewelry. Our space is limited to 4 tables plus the small areas we use for prints at the spring show. Setup: Setup for the show is on Friday, Oct. 24th, beginning at 8 AM. I will be there earlier so that we are sure to get tables. I will need a couple of volunteers to help with getting the tables and signs set up. If those who will be putting their items out on Friday arrive around 8:30 AM (I recommend this for pottery and gourds, but not for jewelry) we should have the place ready. I have red table covers and red plaid table covers. You may want to enhance your display with special touches or perhaps have additional red fabric covers. For those with jewelry, the show begins at 10 AM on Saturday and Sunday and you would want to arrive with ample time to set up your display before the 10 AM opening. You will need to be in attendance to guard your wares during the show. Vehicles are not allowed on the grounds on Saturday or Sunday so bring a cart. Also bring a warm jacket as the entry can be breezy and cold. I am requesting that each artist or group have a receipt book with a triplicate receipt: one to retain, one for the customer and one for the cashier. The customer will bring your receipts to the cashier with the merchandise and return with the customer copy marked paid to take possession of the merchandise. If the customer buys from one or more artists, we can simply add up the receipts and add tax to the total. We will do a central collection of monies so that we can compute the tax due. I am going to try to have a charge system available. We will reimburse the artists the 75% (less the expense of charges for charged items if that applies). If you have wrapping supplies, that would be very helpful. Thousands attend this show, and I am hopeful of a good amount of support with our beautiful display items---and a nice addition to our scholarship fund. If there are questions, please contact me, Lucy Kapple at OPEN STUDIO TOUR The wonderful quotes that appear in the Artists Studio Tour Map book give us some great thoughts. My favorite is, "ART WASHES FROM THE SOUL THE DUST OF EVERYDAY LIFE" by Picasso. Wendy Mattson, the tour book graphic designer, has added many quotes in the tour book to enrich our thoughts. Final figures are not yet complete but overall, things remain the same each year. Some artists sold very well, some medium and some low. I believe total sales will be down from last year but with our recent economy, sales and attendance were satisfactory. I will have final figures for the next meeting and newsletter. And ‘thank you’ to all who worked on the tour and to the businesses who sold our tour books. Nothing is possible without the artists and the visitors who came out to see Diane Sewell, Chairman ART CLASSES OFFERED AT Beginning in October, Gallery 4 will be offering specialized art classes for intermediate and advanced artists. The classes will be taught by some of Northern California's premier "selling" artists. Not only will you learn new skills and approaches, the classes will be geared toward presenting and selling your art in galleries. The classes will be held at Gallery 4 in Creekside Place. All artists completing the courses will be featured in a special show in Gallery 4. The students will take over the Gallery! The first course of classes will be taught by Vicki Catapano. Vicki is one of the most successful and award winning artists in America. Her works hang in some of our most prestigious art museums as well as top galleries from coast to coast. Her classes will implement a new and exciting program for creating portraiture. You will be guaranteed to leave the course with a dynamic tool for your painting arsenal. The courses will begin Tuesday, October 7th, and each Tuesday through October 28th. The same course will be offered on Wednesday October 8th, and continue through October 29th. Both courses will kick off at an orientation meeting on Monday evening, October 6th. The students will meet the teacher and enjoy cocktails and a light buffet by the creekside. For more information please stop by or call Gallery 4..… MARKETING TIP: Put Your Art on the Websites can be expensive, but not having your work on the Internet can cost you sales and opportunities. A free "blog" is the answer. Don't know what a blog is? A "blog" is a journal on the web, or web log, or "blog" for short. To see the result of my efforts here is my blog address, just click on it. http://www.havepaintswilltravel.blogspot.com. AUTUMN LEAVES OR GRAPE VINES
75th Crocker-Kingsley: California Biennial The Kingsley Art Club in cooperation with the Crocker Art Museum sponsors a biennial juried exhibition. While normally held at the Museum, the exhibition will be held at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria in Downtown Sacramento due to construction for the Museum’s expansion. This year celebrates the 75th Crocker-Kingsley exhibition. The first was held in 1927. The show was first juried in 1940, a tradition that continues to the present day. The show aims to attract California’s established artists as well as those just emerging on the scene. The exhibition is open to any artist currently living in California. Six cash prizes range from $250-$3,000. The show is scheduled to run from January 10, 2009 to February 6, 2009. Call for Entries Minutes of September Meeting Placerville Art Association meeting was called to order by Lucia Rothgeb who lead the group in the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Lucia encouraged members and guests to vote for their favorite artist presenting today. The winner was Judy Arrigotti. |
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