Weekly critique group: Tuesday 1PM at the Santa Cruz Art League 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz. The first Tuesday and third Tuesday will be an open paint day and/or presentation day. These have proved to be enjoyable. Bring your supplies and join us.
Plein Aire: Thursdays (Call Shirley for location and time.)
If you would like to receive the membership newsletter for contact information on Plein Air and other membership events, please refer to ‘contact page’ and become a member. ($35 yearly)
Opportunities to exhibit:
The SCWS annual show ‘The Best of the Central Coast’ will be March 28- April 20, 2014 Reception: Sunday, April 6 from 2-4pm will include music and light edibles.
Plan to exhibit 1-3 works. Work will be received Tuesday, March 25 from 2-5. $25 first painting hanging fee and a $20 fee for each subsequent piece. Entries must be framed and ready for hanging. White or off white mats are encouraged to insure consistency in hanging.
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Santa Cruz Art League : 84th Annual Statewide Exhibit ‘ In a Golden State’, Ed Penniman: Curator, Juror: David A. Leffel We are delighted this year to host one of the most accomplished and collectable painters of our time.He is a painter, teacher, and author of several books on painting. For more about this year’s juror, lecturer and demonstration artist: http://www.brightlightpublishing.com/david-leffel-biography.html
June 6 – July 6, 2014, Reception: June 14, 3-5pm
Download Prospectus & Entry at: http://www.onlinejuriedshows.com Deadline: Jpeg & Prospectus deadline Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 11:59pm
Questions: doreen@scal.org Santa Cruz Art League 526 Broadway Santa Cruz, CA 95060, Wed. – Sat. Noon – 5, Sun. Noon – 4 (831-426-5787) www.scal.org
Call for Entries to 2014 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition
CALL FOR ENTRIES Submission Deadline: May 12, 2014 (mailed in)
May 26, 2014 (online) Exhibition Dates: September 13 – October 26, 2014
Foothills Art Center is pleased to announce that Linda Doll will serve as the juror for the 41st annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition.
Ms. Doll will offer a workshop, “Seeing the Light”, at Foothills Art Center August 5-7, 2014 (Tuesday-Thursday). For more information, please visit the ‘education’ page on our website: www.foothillsartcenter.org or email education@foothillsartcenter.org or call 303-279-3922 extension 32.
DESCRIPTION The Rocky Mountain National Watermedia (RMNW) exhibition, in its 41st year, is presented by Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado. This is a highly competitive juried exhibition and Foothills Art Center encourages artists to submit work that is appropriate for display in a fine arts institution.
Artwork will be selected based on content, composition, and technique. Artists are encouraged to choose subject matter carefully and avoid clichéd imagery. RMNW attracts entrants and jurors from throughout the United States, and is regarded as one of the top watermedia exhibitions in the country.
FOOTHILLS ART CENTER In 2013, Foothills Art Center (FAC) celebrated its 45th anniversary. Located in historic downtown Golden, Colorado, Foothills Art Center (FAC) was created for, and is devoted to, leading and inspiring the community through art, education and cultural excellence. FAC was founded in 1968, and is housed in a former First Presbyterian church constructed by pioneers in the Gothic style (1872), and a Victorian mansion built by Perre O. Unger (1899). The buildings are both works of art themselves, and are official members on the United States National Registry of Historic Buildings.
Valli Thayer McDougle, Contemporary Watermedia and Collage Artist 8057 E. 24th Drive, Denver, CO 80238-3062 Phone: 303/955-8750 or cell: 858/442-2699 E-mail: valli@mcdougle.com Web: vallimcdougle.com
Classes:
From Ed Penniman at the Santa Cruz Art League:
Foundations of Watercolor It is true, possibly…that watercolor requires more knowledge of the paints than other media. However, I believe it’s a fallacy that it is the most difficult medium! Come and learn the basics with a seasoned teacher of 40 years (wow! am I really that old?). We will review color theory and how it applies to watercolor. You will practice the techniques of wet into wet, washes, glazing, creating hard and soft edges. You will learn the most important tools for watercolor and you will see for yourself that most errors are repairable. At the end you will have 3 or 4 small finished projects to mat and frame, not to mention and have had a whole lot of fun. Oh yes, I am ALL about painting and fun!! Bring a lunch. Jo-Neal comes to us with 40 years of teaching experience, more than 20 of them working for Santa Cruz City Schools. She began painting in watercolor 25 years ago, then returned to school so that she could teach painting and art at the secondary level. During that year’s leave she studied fresco painting and restoration, serigraphy and oils in Florence, Italy. Her first love will always be watercolor but recently she has been painting in oils, acrylics, pastels, as well as on silk, which she also marbles.
Level: Beginner – Offered: July 12 & 13 Time: 9:00am – 3:30pm Fee: $150 / $130 Members Instructor: Jo-neal Boic
Workshop through the Santa Cruz Art League:
Color and Light Intensive Advance your artistic self by devoting a weekend to painting in watercolor!! Bonni will lead a watercolor workshop in her Watsonville garden; it’s a delicious time of year to get outside and paint. She will demonstrate different techniques in the morning and give practical pointers throughout the day aimed at clarifying the process. Light refreshments will be provided. Bring a brown bag lunch. Offered: May 24 & 25 Time: 9:30 – 3:00 Fee: $150 / $130 Members. Instructor Bonni Carver was born and raised near Buffalo, New York, but lived most of her life in California. Attended the Academy of Art Studying with Charles Reid had a strongly influence and encouraged her to paint the figure. She has been an ongoing Open Studio participant. Has conducted art classes on international cruises, has been artist-in-residence at Yosemite National Park. Bonni has been teaching art for the past 13 years.
Level: All Offered: May 24 & 25 Time: 9:30am – 3pm Fee: $150 / $130 Members Instructor: Bonni Carver
Exhibits around town:
*Santa Cruz Art League : The Best of the Central Coast March 28-April 19
BAY AREA, SAN FRANCISCO SHOWS YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO MISS:
Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery LEGION OF HONOR -Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art. Impressionist and post-Impressionist works from the National Gallery are on view. Artists included in the exhibition: Monet, Renoir, Gauguin and Degas and many others. November 09, 2013 – September 07, 2014 This jewel-sized exhibition features 23 paintings, drawings, and bronzes from SFMOMA’s internationally acclaimed collection of the work of Henri Matisse, joined by four important paintings and drawings from the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Celebrating the Bay Area’s early and long-standing enthusiasm for the French artist, the exhibition traces four decades of Matisse’s career, from a Cézanne-inspired still life from the turn of the last century to his richly patterned interiors from the 1920s and 1930s. Of special note are the vibrantly colored pictures from the artist’s Fauve period, from 1905 to 1908, when Matisse first rose to prominence as a leader of modern French painting.
Asian Art Museum: THE CARVED BRUSH: CALLIGRAPHY, PAINTING AND SEAL CARVING BY QI BAISHI October 29, 2013 — July 13, 2014
Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco) www.thecjm.org or 415 655 7800 ‘Frog and Toad and the world of Arnold Loebel’
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