 Buenaventura Art Association E-Newsletter
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April 13, 2009 - Vol 1, Issue 2 |
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| Volunteer Opportunities |
| Bring-In Coordinator: Have you ever wondered how the bring-in volunteers are found? Who calls them? Who makes sure we have plenty of people to make bring-in as easy as possible? Betty Buckner! However, she has been doing the same job for YEARS and would like someone to take over the position. If this interests you, please email Chris. This is a perfect job for someone who needs to do their volunteer work from home. |
| Art in Action at the HVG |
Nancy Raymond and Debby Sutton set up their tables for the Cottontail Days event near the Ventura Harbor Village Big Lawn on Saturday, April 4! If you're interested in setting up your table of art or CREATING your art in front of interested Harbor Village visitors, then let me know! Emily !
There are many Harbor Village Events throughout the summer we can enhance with our talents!
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| Gloria Rupio is this month's Featured Artist at the Artisan Store |
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Before turning her talents to making jewelry, Gloria Rupio experimented with stained glass, pastels and oils. One holiday season, she chose to make beaded jewelry for gifts, and never looked back. Now working in precious metals and semi-precious stones, Gloria's uniquely styled jewelry is popular with her fellow artists. She gets her inspiration from the materials themselves, and her designs showcase the simplicity of the stone shapes, often with an Asian or Native American flavor.
In addition to jewelry, Gloria has created a very popular and fun line of handbags exclusively for our galleries. With a focus on re-purposed materials, her unique "newspaper purses" use laminated newsprint and hand-painting to create a one-of-a-kind accessory. Her hand-stitched leather bags are often adorned with semi-precious stones and metalwork. A native Venturan of Phillipine and Spanish descent, Gloria sells her work exclusively through the galleries of the Buenaventura Art Association. She may be contacted at eniemini@charter.net
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| Greetings! |
Welcome again to our new 4Members Only E Newsletter. Please feel free to offer suggestions for topics you'd like to see in our newsletter. This is YOUR organization and we want to make it the best it can be! |
| From the Executive Director, Christine Beirne |
 Greetings from the warm waters of Central America! Happy Anniversary BAA and Congratulations to Jack, Laudine and Wanna for three great shows!! See you when I return... Chris |
| Meet Your Board |
 Born in Los Angeles, California, Photographic Artist & Printmaker, Lis J. Schwitters began her interest in photography in 1976 and continued as a Staff Photographer for her high school, college, and local community newspapers having published over 2000 photographs. In 1985, she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Photocomunications from California State University at Fullerton where she studied under Professor of Photography Emeritus, Darryl Curran and visiting Professor John Szarkowski. While enjoying both photographing (the capture of an image), and printing (the creation of an image), she directed her career towards laboratory work. Schwitters has worked as a Photographic Lab Technician (Printmaker) for such notable institutions as California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA/JPL) in Pasadena, Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, and Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, California. Influenced by Photographic Modernism (1920's - 1930's) and Russian Constructivism, Schwitters uses traditional and digital photographic methods in creating her prints. As a photographic artist, Schwitters has won numerous awards including an Artist Fellowship supported by the Community Services Department, Cultural Affairs Division of the City of San Buenaventura. Her photographic prints have been exhibited in; the Palm Springs Art Museum, the Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, and at other notable museums and galleries. Her photographic images are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Ventura County, the California Museum of Photography, and in private collections across the Country.
Board positions:
- Exhibition Coordinator (Clophine Dooley & Santa Clara Galleries)
- Board Development Committee Member (Current Chair)
- Nominating/Election Committee Member
- Marketing Committee Member
- Standards Committee Chair
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| Enter a Drawing for Volunteer Time! |
What?!! That's right ... enter a drawing for 3 hours of volunteer time!
HOW?
IF you have a piece of art in the current group show, just show up for First Friday (the First Friday of the month) between 5-8 pm. Stay for two hours, socialize, party.
Fill out a form with your time, and place it in the box provided. We'll draw a name at the end of the evening for 3 volunteer hours!
Yes ... we shouldn't have to bribe you to attend a reception where your work is on the wall ... but we are. |
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Our Members Shine |
Hilda Kilpatrick's exhibit "The Light of Spring" will be showing at the Ventura Visitors Center starting April 25 until Mid May 2009.
Regina Vorgang's fiber studio at the Bell Arts Factory will be open for ArtWalk, Saturday April 25 & Sunday April 26.
Hilda Kilpatrick and Emily Thompson will each be painting an enlarged page of the Ventura County Stars' Children's Coloring Book at Visitors Center for ArtWalk, Saturday, April 25 from 1-4 pm. Free Coloring Books available there!
Ines Monguio has a monotype accepted at the prestigious Ink & Clay 35 exhibition at Cal Poly, Pomona.
Erik ReeL and Vonder Gray have an exhibition of paintings called "Turbulence" at the SeaBreeze Art Gallery from 26 March to 18 April 2009. Closing reception Saturday 18 April from 5-8 Gallery Hours are 3-7 Fridays, 2-5 Saturdays and by appointment, 805.643.3973 
Bob Privitt had an Assemblage Art Project with the 1st graders at Walnut Canyon Elementary School in Moorpark on March 31, as part of the Focus On The Masters program, "Learning To See." Privitt had two assemblage sculptures in the SCIART West "Love" Show, which runs through April 19 and had one sculpture in the Mt. St. Mary's College show called "Insight/Inside LA", which closed April 4. This was an exhibition created in conjunction with the annual meeting, in Los Angeles, of the College Art Association.
Phyllis Doyon and Wendy Lefkowitz are featured artists in their show "A Pigment of my Imagination" at Fox Fine Jewelers, 210 E.Main St. Ventura. Show is May 14-July 6. Reception is May 16 6-9 p.m. They invite their fellow artists to attend the reception.
Kathy Ikerd is the featured artist for the annual Moorpark Arts Festival. Her work will be on display Sunday, April 26 from 11 am - 4 pm at the Moorpark Civic Center. On Sunday, April 19, Kathy will do an acrylic demonstration at the Santa Paula Society of the Arts meeting at the Limoneira Pavillion from 2-4 pm.
Wana Klasen had two pieces of work juried into the Westlake Village Art Guild Annual Open Competition running from March 18 through April 8.
Judith Crowe will be showing her pastel paintings at 71 Palm Restaurant during the ArtWalk April 25 and 26.
Jack Halpert, Kathy Ikerd, Liz Schwitters and Julieanne Case were juried into the Erotica exhibit at Artist's Union Gallery.
Irena Jablonski has five paintings included in the show in La Gitana Gallery in San Fernando. The show 'Fringes' runs from April 18 through June 20.
Janet Black, Judy Gibbs and Betsy Quinn have entered a three-door triptych at Stoneworks Studios. The door murals were painted in collaboration by all three artists, and are part of the "West Side Door Project" on exhibit in the Stoneworks galleries and garden during the month of April and including the Ventura Spring Artwalk. 300 N. Ventura Ave., 805.643.5431 www.StoneWorksStudios.com.
Sarah Kalvin curated the E.P. Foster birthday exhibit at the E.P. Foster Library, April 4 to April 30. Reception was Saturday April 4. A small exhibit of E.P.'s personal items and a rarely seen Brewster portrait of E.P. in his prime years, restored by Sarah Kalvin, will be presented to the library by the Foster's great-granddaughter Millie Schofield.
Santa Paula Art & Photography Exhibit
Congratulations to BAA Members who won awards
Luann Perez Honorable Mention in Watercolor
Jan Faulkner Honorable Mention in Mixed Media
Hilda Kilpatrick's "Let's Go Surfing" 2nd Place in painting and 2nd Place in the People's Choice Awards
Darlene Dewing 1st place People's Choice in Pastel and 2nd Place Founders Award for "Morning Stillness, Lake Casitas"
Gwenlyn Norton 3rd Place in the People's Choice Award in mixed media
Wana Klasen and Harvey Steinberg were juried into the show as well.
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| Art News |
Rancho Santa Clara del Norte is the setting for Art Alfresco, an open air exhibition and art sale to benefit the Museum of Ventura County on Saturday, May 16, from 2-5 p.m. Twenty-nine selected regional artists exhibit and sell their paintings, prints, photographs, and sculpture on the lawns of the Rancho, while musicians play and catered refreshments are served. The artists featured are Virginia Beale, Sherri Cassell, Michele Chapin, Gayel Childress, Roger Conrad, Steve Cook, Bill Dewey, Pat Richards Dodds, Gail Faulkner, Emilia García, Maribel Hernández, Connie Jenkins, Hilda Kilpatrick, Norman Kirk, Gerd Koch, Karen K. Lewis, Carole L. Milton, Laurel Mines, Mona Neuhaus, John Nichols, Arturo Pérez, Susan Petty, Gail Pidduck, David Rivas, Stephen Schafer, Pamela Kendall Schiffer, C. Lynn Tegenfeldt, Sylvia Torres, and Hiroko Yoshimoto. Tickets are $55 for the general public and $45 for museum members. A portion of the proceeds of each artwork sold will support the exhibitions and programs of the Museum of Ventura County. To attend, please call (805) 641-1876 x304.
Fillmore Artists, many of them BAA Members, are joining together to create a Fillmore Artist Association. Their first meeting is on April 26 at Jan Faulkner's home in Fillmore. The Artists are looking forward to artful networking out in the boonies along with more carpooling into BAA and HVG. Email Jan for more info: lady.jan@sbcglobal.net
Ojai Center For The Arts "The Figure As Art" April 4 through May 7. An exciting exhibit of Ventura county artists using the figure for inspired and original works of art. Reception held Sunday April 5, 1-3 pm at the Ojai Center For The Arts, 113 Montgomery St. 805-646-0117. Gallery open 12-4 pm Tuesday through Sunday. Contact: Susan Seaberry artseaberry@yahoo.com, 805-985-0500. |
| Call to Artists |
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Mural in a Day Project at Harbor Village Gallery: Gloria Rupio's rendering of the Ventura Harbor Wetlands Area has been chosen as the image for the mural to be painted in ONE day in the 1559 Courtyard-above Village Market in the Ventura Harbor Village. We are looking for a few more artists who would like to volunteer their painting skills in creating another great public art piece for the Ventura Port District. If interested please let Emily know.
- Send two examples of your paintings.
- 10-13 Artists will be selected for the event.
- Artist must bring their own brushes.
Artists Union Gallery: Women Growing Wings ~ 'Hope is the thing with feathers' Open/Juried show May 9-June 14, AUG Upstairs Gallery. Jurors are Santa Barbara artists Patti Post and Jill Sattler. Art drop-off May 4, 4-7 pm and May 5, 9-Noon. Reception, Saturday May 9 from 6-9 pm. Curator: Laurie Pegg-Scott 805-650-8252.
National Watercolor Society 89th Annual Exhibition Slide/Digital deadline June 27, 2009. Show opens October 10, 2009. Original watermedia on paper. $25,000 in awards. Free Catalog for entering artists. For prospectus, download at www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org or send SASE to: NWS, 915 S. Pacific Ave, San Pedro, CA 90731
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| Workshops and Classes |
 Watercolor workshop with Norman Kirk. Six week workshop at the Ojai Art Center April 2 thru May 7, 2009, Thursdays from 1-4 pm. A range of subjects be covered with the emphasis on composition, technique and concept. Registration required by March 26. The cost $225. Please call Norm at 525-9788 for more information. Bell Arts Studio Artist Catherine Moore leads hands on workshop creating a modern abstract painting on canvas, during Spring Art Walk Sunday April 26 at 11 am, $12 for materials. Studio 84, Bell Arts Factory, 423 Ventura Ave. RSVP - catelcorbin@yahoo.com Sarah Willey is teaching a Claymation class for kids 8-14 yrs old at Vita Art Center. This 4-part class will be every Wednesday starting April 29 through May 5, 2009 from 4-5pm. Learn modeling, story boarding and staging to create a short animation. Fee: $50. Vita Art Center at the Bell Arts Factory 432 N. Ventura Studio 30, Ventura, CA 93001, 805-644-9214.
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| Plein Air Schedule for April 2009 |
 All artists interested in painting or sketching are welcome to join us on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. There is no fee and we welcome artists of all skill levels. See the current schedule. Call Chris Weber at 985-1464 for more information. |
| Artists Sales |
Your monthly Artists Sales will now be listed online!To check on past months, just go to the Buenaventura Art Association website at www.buenaventuragallery.org and click on Current Members, then click on this link : Artist Sales |
| Member Show at HVG Jurors Comments |
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Susan Krieg's Juror Comments for the current HVG Member Show
1. What would be a brief summary of your art background?
I did three years of my undergraduate studies as a painting/drawing major at California College of Arts and Crafts and ended up with a BFA in Psychology from Ottawa University. I continued my education in life drawing at the Art Students League in New York and Trompe-l'œil oil painting at Otis. My 20 years as a professional artist includes 4 years of commercial design for Phoenix Art Group and Accent Graphics, ongoing gallery representation for my body of mixed media figurative work, a couple dozen public art mural projects in Los Angeles and as an educator I have taught mixed-media abstract workshops in Montreal and Trompe-l'oeil painting at Learning Tree University.
2. Overall, what did you feel about the quality of work submitted?
The overall quality of the work submitted was from good to very good. There was a tremendous amount of vitality in every piece.
3. What was exceptional about the art of the Merit Award winners?
I initially narrowed my choice to 14 works, based on obvious craftsmanship, handling of the medium, and something that made the piece stand out as unique or intriguing. I would have been happy to leave it at 14 winners. My final three choices were made by a degree of mastery of refinement, attention to finishing details, and quality of line, surface, and texture.
4. What would you say was your main criteria in jurying this show?
First was the initial effect of the piece to attract me.
Second was the control of the chosen medium and analysis of detail - craftsmanship.
Third was composition, integration and interrelationship of visual elements.
5. Do you have any additional comments regarding the artists or gallery?
I know the disappointment of having your work returned to you and not shown. I thought every piece was of the caliber to be shown. Some work that maybe fell behind others in skill, made up for it in originality. So, the hard part was eliminating pieces. This had to be done because of limited space. | |
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Let me know where you're showing, about awards you may have received, and Art News, Special Events or Classes being offered. Deadline April 22 (Happy Earth Day)
Emily Thompson
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