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.
A reminder: Please send your SCWS annual $35 dues to Dale Johnson. Also, if you have a gallery page on this website, please remember to also send a $10 fee to take care of the annual hosting fee with Iversen Design. Also reminder: you must be a member to have a page on the website.
Plein Air: Thursdays (Call Shirley for location and time- Shirley’s phone number appears on the membership calendar on this site.)
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)
Membership News:
Members Exhibits:
Coastal Art Alliance: ongoing at The Hindquarter ( Linda Lord, Anne Harding, Lee Taiz, Sammy Fantham, Judy Feinman, Jere Ann Hall, Marilee Gregory, Nancy Howe)
Nancy Howe will be showing at the Doon Art Show
Show Opportunities:
Dale is now accepting entry fees for the 2016 SCWS Annual Show at the Robert Blitzer Gallery which will run for the month of August. The reception will be the First Friday, Aug. 5.
The fees will be similar to last year’s show: $100 for approximately a ten foot space or $35 for single paintings. We encourage your entries to be for sale and do not require that they be recent works. Please commit to entries by June 30, 2016. All pieces need to be framed and ready to hang. *Please use white matting. If your framing varies from this, please consultwith Linda or Aimée. The hanging committee will attempt to make the show cohesive if there is any variation.
Open Studios Santa Cruz is now accepting applications for the 2016 Tour : South County Saturday and Sunday Oct. 1 and 2, North County Saturday and Sunday Oct 8 and 9 and Encore weekend Saturday and Sunday Oct 15 and 16. Applications are available at: zapplication.org.
Deadline is midnight Saturday, April 30.
Santa Cruz Art League: 86th Annual California Land and Sea Exhibit Open to all California residents: paintings of Ca. landscapes above and below the sea. All traditional media, oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel and mixed. Online entry through www.OnlineJuriedShows.com . SCAL members: $35 for one entry, $10 each additional up to 5, Non members $40 for one, $10 each additional up to 5. Deadline Monday, April 18, 2016
Juror: David Gallup $2000 in awards. Art League: 426 5787
Classes/Workshops:
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Santa Cruz Art League:
Watercolor – Linda Lord – Thursday
This class is geared to facilitate those who have never painted and those who have advanced their skills. Most class sessions will include a demo and then time to work on the elements of the demo. Information on materials, including colors and “gimmicks”,and tools is given throughout the six-week period. The goal of this class is to encourage the joy of painting, while improving skills and knowledge.This is a “fun” class, so bring a sense of humor and whatever materials you have and enjoy. Level: All. Offered: 6 Thurs., Beginning: April 28, 1 to 4pm Fee: $155 / $135 Members Instructor: Linda Lord is a self-trained artist and illustrator with over 16 years teaching experience in her studio and via the SC Watercolor Society; an Open Studio artist whose exhibits include Cozumel, Mexico. Linda also publishes with a decorative art publisher.
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Northwest Watercolor Society Spring Workshop
Kathy Winters will be taking a much deserved break from running the popular Spring Paint Out on Samish Island this year and Jan Wurn will be filling in for her.
As those of you who have attended know, NWWS members and friends can spend a few days painting inside or outside of the buildings, networking, eating great meals cooked by the extraordinary staff and share techniques with their fellow artists on the church campgrounds overlooking spectacular views of Samish Bay, oyster beds and the San Juan Islands. It’s a truly renewing and restful experience.
The 16th Annual Spring Samish Paint Out will be held from dinner on Wednesday May 11th through breakfast on Sunday May 15th. No children or pets, please and no liquor is allowed on the premises. Both beginners and experienced painters are welcome and you do not have to be a member of the NWWS to attend.
If you want to attend, please fill out the registration form on the NWWS website (click to open) and mail it with your check to the address at the bottom of the form. The Spring camp fills up fast and there are artists waiting to register so please respond ASAP so that you don’t miss out! You may call Jan at 425-486-6781 or email her at Jwurn@Hotmail.com if you have any questions.
Lodging and all meals are included in the cost. There are two types of lodging, plus RV spaces are available. There are 16 newer rooms that have attached bathrooms shared by two rooms and there are individual cabins that require a short walk to bathrooms. If you would like one of the new rooms you need to register immediately since they fill up very fast.
There are enough cabins for everyone to have their own but several have four to six cots per cabin if you want to room with friends and many campers do. Each camper must provide pillows and all bedding. The standard cabins are basic- heat, lights and cots with mattresses.
Dress for the northwest- cool, misty, hot, sunny, Whatever! and bring enough paper and other supplies to last the weekend as there are no art stores nearby.
Full registration payment will be due on or before April 19th and checks should be made out to the “Northwest Watercolor Society” (or NWWS) and sent to my address. A deposit of $75.00 will hold your space, but you will have to act immediately.
Cancellations made within a week of the event may not be refundable if your cabin reservation cannot be filed at the last minute.
An email will be sent in early May to all registrants giving directions, a map to camp and other helpful information.
Looking forward to seeing you, Jan Wurn 9324 NE 176th Street Bothell, WA 98011-3619
Bonni Carver: Plein Air April 14 Aladdin Nursery on Freedom Blvd. 9-noon $20
April 19: private gardeen in Soquel 4851 Cherryvale Ave., Soquel. Bring a sack lunch, 10-2 $20
Contact Bonni: 763 3603 or bonnicarver@aol.com
Bonnie Carver: Mission San Antonio dePadua Watercolor Retreat
Wed evening through Friday morning May 4-6
This painting retreat includes all meals: Wednesday’s dinner, three meals on Thursday and Friday’s breakfast. Bonni brings snacks, and games. Participants are welcome to bring adult beverages.Thursday Bonni will instruct and demonstrate her loose watercolor style, in both the morning and afternoon. Thursday evening there will be a social hour where painters display their work and and enjoy an informal critique. Friday morning there will be another demonstration. Accommodations: There are two twin beds in each room. (Folks pay the same price for single or double occupancy.) There are banks of bathrooms and showers – for about every six rooms. Everything is clean and tidy and reminiscent of a quieter time.
Fee: $300 bonnicarver@aol.com or 831 763 3603. To register go to www.scal.org
Exhibits Around Town:
Robert Blitzer Gallery: Catamaran Literary Reader – closing reception: First Friday April 1, 5-9. Original works from artists featured in the last four quarterly issues of Catamaran Literary Reader
Artists: Richard Bennett, Andrea Blorsuk, Noah Buchanan, Carol Camp, Poppy de Garmo, Jessica Dunne, Frank Galuszka, Melissa Gyn, Julie Heffernan, Molly Cliff Hilts, Gary Hughes, Ralph Joachim, Barbara Lawrence, Peter Loftus, Tim Matthews, Adrienne Momi, Larry Morace, Margaret Niven, Yari Ostovany, Ian Pines, Cher Roberts, Christina Sayers, Charles Schmidt, Colby Sempek, Neal Snidow, Marc Trujillo, Robert Winfield.
Exhibits In Bay Area:
Interesting Books/Websites:
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith: An Artist, a Place and a Time by Martha R. Stevens (watercolorist, South Carolina low country, 1876-1958)