September 2012 Newsletter
January 15 2013 is set for the Annual meeting of Santa Cruz Watercolor Society. Please reserve this date for our potluck social and business meeting.
Weekly critique group: Tuesday 1PM at the Santa Cruz Art League
526 Broadway, Santa Cruz
Plein Aire: Thursdays (Call Shirley for location and time.)
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Member News:
Two wineries in Bordeaux will feature paintings by Ed Penniman painted on location at the individual wineries. Chateau Larre Bellevue, established in 1592 in Quinsac will bottle a wine named after the painting, “Les Trois Freres”, or the three brothers. The owners three grandchildren are shown in front of the chateau. Also, Chateau St. Esteve, established in 1860 in Corbieres, will feature a painting of the chateau with a statue of Ganymede in the courtyard entry. Both vintages will be released after four years in oak barrels. Ed plans to attend the wine release events in 2014.
Nancy Riedell’s new studio/gallery is finally completed and ready to receive visitors. The address is:
Nancy Riedell Fine Arts
17th Ave. Studios
980 17th Ave. (Back Building)
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
(Enter driveway next to the Live Oak Fire Station. Go all the way to the back and turn left.)
Hours are: Monday – Thursday 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM. Fridays and weekends are By Appointment Only
Please call (831) 278-1215 to either book an appointment or let Nancy know that you’re coming as the doors are locked for security.
Please visit!
Aimee used an online company for printing a 2013 calendar. She recommends: copycraft.com. The the process was relatively painless and their service was excellent.
Members Exhibits:
Pat Towery’s exhibit at the Santa Cruz County Government Center will take place August 20th through October 15th. It is on the fifth floor. The subject is: “Sumptuous watercolors capture the spirit of the Rainbow Goddess, Iris, from Greek Mythology. Patricia’s colorful paintings of Irises pay homage to the many gardens she has visited and painted in all over Santa Cruz County”. There will be approximately 18 – 20 paintings on display.
The Cultural Councils annual: Open Studios Art Tour will take place:
South County: Oct. 6 & 7; North County: Oct 13 &14; Encore: Oct. 20 & 21
Santa Cruz Watercolor Society members who are participating are:
Pat Michaud-Towery
Carol Riddle (Carol will be exhibiting with Peggy Snyder and Dyann Paynovich on Meder Street)
Aimée Bagur Nelson
Susan Hancey
Lee Taiz watercolors are at th Nova Care Center through October.
Exhibits Around Town:
Santa Cruz Art League:
Make a Wish Foundation International Benefit Auction
Sept.12 – 16, 2012, Reception: Sept. 9, 3-5pm
Open Studio Preview
Sept. 29 – Oct. 21, 2012, Reception: Sun., Sept. 30, 3-6pm
Coming to MAH (Museum of Art and History) August 11- November 25: Rose Sellery- Passages Get ready for a thoughtful exhibition that makes a lasting impression. Passages is a dark fairy tale with a happy ending. The whole-gallery installation walks the visitor through a narrative that describes the life of a woman who longs for a husband, marries an abusive man, loses herself, finds herself, escapes, and, ultimately, lives happily ever after with a loving partner. Works include a rug made of baby shoes, a bed made of bones, and an installation reflecting on vanity and aging that includes a pair of “Gray Haired Mules”. The works in the exhibition are stunning and provocative, taking the viewer on an unforgettable emotional and visual journey.
Rose Sellery is a noted Santa Cruz artist, assistant director of the Cabrillo College Gallery, and 2011 Gail Rich award winner. She works in the materials essential to the piece; from metal to bone, cigarette butts to rose petals, fabric to photographs, creating humorous, thought-provoking and occasionally disturbing objects.
UCSC:
Natural Discourse: Artists, architects, scientists and poets in the Garden.
An exhibition at the UC Botanical Garden
July 14, 2012–January 20, 2013
This is a collaborative project between the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley and a multi-disciplinary group of artists, writers, architects and researchers who have been invited to spend time in the Garden’s extraordinary collection of plants, engage with the horticulturalists and develop site-specific work.
UCSC- Lewis Watts: New Orleans Suite
+ new work from Cuba October 3- November 21
Reception: October 3, 5:00-6:30pm followed by artist talk
in the Digital Arts Research Center DARC 108 from 6:45-7:45pm
This exhibition brings together photographers, jazz musicians, and discourse surrounding Hurricane Katrina and life in New Orleans and Cuba.
Forthcoming book New Orleans Suite by Eric Porter and Lewis Watts University of California Press.
Bay Area/San Francisco shows you might not want to miss:
Asian Art Museum: Out of Character: This exhibition decodes the secrets behind China’s most revered art form. With masterpieces on view for the first time in the West and works from modern and contemporary artists, Out of Character is a bold and unprecedented presentation of Chinese calligraphy.
Legion of Honor:
René Bouche (1905-1963): Letters from Post -War Paris
July 14- October 14
In 1940, art director and fashion illustrator René Bouché (1905-1963) left war-torn Paris for New York and became a regular contributor to Vogue magazine. In 1945, Vogue commissioned Bouché, who was an art director and fashion illustrator in Paris before World War II, to cover the first post-war couture shows in Paris. The trip to Europe was traumatic for the artist, who discovered a people struggling to regain normalcy after the war. This exhibition contains his “letters”—some of which were published in Vogue—illustrated with sketches of Parisians: poignant observations of young girls on bicycles, women waiting for their bread rations, black marketeers, American GIs amid crowded theaters and cafés.
De Young Museum:
Opening September 15: A Taste for Modernism includes works by Matisse, Picasso, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Derain, Gauguin, Rouault, Bonnard and Vuillard.
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