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Newsletter of Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona January 2012 |
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Board of Directors
2011-2012
Co-Presidents
Sandy Brittain and
Marti White
Vice-President
Lorrie Parsell
Secretary
JoAnne Hungate
Treasurer
Miriam Otte
Immediate Past President
Jo Ann Daly
Programs
Carol Ann
Paula Porter (helper)
Fran McNeely (helper)
Membership
Pat Duncan
Vanessa Dearing
Jennifer Clark (helper)
Mini-Workshops
Carmen Williams
Jill Ballesteros (helper)
Workshops
Eileen Dudley
Sharyn Binam
Website Manager
Cherrie Lucerne-Martin
Exhibits
Carol Chambers
Newsletter
Marti White |
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50/50 for 2011-2012
The board has decided that the money from the 50/50/raffle this year will go to help members who find their dues or mini-workshop fees are more than their budget can manage. Please contact the appropriate chairperson, Pat Duncan for dues or Carmen Williams for mini-workshops, to apply for help. |
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Please
take special note!!
For some time now, the exhibits committee has not been requiring any specific percentage of collage in a piece that is presented for jury into a CASA show. You do not have to be concerned with whether your painting meets any special amount of collage or whether that collage material is paper or some other material. Assemblage and encaustic work has been accepted in several shows in the last two years as well. |
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American Frame Club Number
Please use our club number when you order from American Frame. We get money back for every dollar you spend with American Frame. The number is A490. |
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Class Listings for
Catherine Nash and Robert Renfrow
click for class schedule |
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Monotype Workshops
with JoAnne Hungate
JoAnne offers small workshops in her studio for 2 or 3 people. $60 with materials from 9:30am to 1pm. Contact JoAnne at 615-9426 for more information. |
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Wisdom Words
"Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings"
__Jonathan Lockwood Hule
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
__Henry David Thoreau
"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."
__Buddha
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserves your love and affection."
__Buddha
"Of course there is no formula for success except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings"
__Arthur Rubinstein
The Path to Living the Life You Dreamed About
Overcome Your Biggest Pitfall:
The answers to your success are not outside yourself - the answers are always inside. Your best creative work is done when you are connected to that inner wisdom.
Relax Into Your Calling, Purpose and Passion:
When you stay present, as best you can, you let life unfold. Sometimes it'll feel like chaos inside of your body, but that's okay. It's the human experience.
Learn to Trust Who You Really Are:
Learn to trust that inner voice. Learn to stay present, and learn to just be. There is no rush. There is only now.
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Journey in Art
At our December meeting, we shared stories that related to our lives as artists. Sharyn Binam has compiled them into a very readable and informative article called "Journey in Art." Click on the link below to read about your fellow CASA members and get to know them better.
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Ten Ways to Complain Less and Be Happier
1. Change the way you think . 2. Allow yourself to vent every once in a while. 3. Practice yoga. 4.Train yourself to be less judgmental. 5. Make a list of things you're grateful for. 6. Be the change you wish to see in the world. 7. Accept responsibility. 8. Find what makes you happy. 9. Take care of yourself. 10. Simply ask yourself when you open your mouth: would you rather complain or be happy?
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Archived Newsletters
Please check the web site for archived newsletters. Go to the contact page and click on "archives" to see back issues.
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Altered Book Nadia Hlibka
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Next Meeting: Friday, January 6, 2012
9:30 am (social time 9:00-9:25 come early)
St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church
4625 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718
Presenter: Nadia Hlibka
Critique as a Self-Evaluation Tool
Do you think your piece is finished and you don't know why? You think your piece needs "something" but you don't know what that "something" is? You hate your piece and you don't know what to do next? Bring in unfinished pieces for a critique. Finished pieces will engender a discussion of a different sort. Do not fear critique. It's a great learning process and one can always learn something!
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Body Nadia Hlibka |
Mini-Workshop with Nadia Hlibka
January 6, 2012, 1-5 pm
Composing with Collage
In this mini-workshop, Nadia will focus on color texture and pattern. For her, it is the hallmark of collage, the reason for gluing and cutting.
Collage is an additive/subtractive/destructive process; be willing to try this way of working. We willl do some short exercises as warm up then jump into a longer more involved piece. Work on your choice of substrate: paper, board or canvas. Nadia will provide the acrylic gel.
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Double Happiness Nadia Hlibka |
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Earnest Nadia Hlibka |
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Of course you know you don't need a lot of equipment to be creative. Paper and pencil is fine. Paints and brushes. Scissors and glue if you work multi-media. But in our consumer society, we are pushed to be "creative" by buying equipment, products, "stuff" that will make us better artists. "If I buy this left-handed brush made with the eyelashes of a thousand virgins surely I will be able to paint perfectly." I've been there.
There is a fine line between "need" and "want," and even if the line is clear, it doesn't mean we don't want. There is also that slight frisson of fear that if we buy one more thing, the producers of Hoarders will come to our door while we shriek, "I'm an artist, those are my tools!"
If you have limited space (who has huge studios with endless storage like those featured in those yummy studio magazines?) you need to make careful choices of what you need and how you will store it. It doesn't make sense to have the perfect piece of equipment if it takes you an hour to find it. So how do you make that choice?
I asked my spouse, who is a chef. Yes, he has a ton of equipment, too, but here are some great kitchen rules that work in the studio:
1. Choose equipment that does more than one thing. For example, toasters ovens can cook without heating up the whole kitchen, broil, and make toast, but a specialized bagel toaster can just toast bagels. Does anyone need a banana hook? Look for equipment that can do more than one thing. A paper cutter for example, can trim straight edges, cut papers in half or other fractions, make triangles, squares, and other straight-edge geometrics. A paper cutter can also cut heavier papers for covers, pockets, and cards.
2. Avoid equipment that requires you to buy more than one to achieve the same idea. Years ago, we used a square cake pan and a round cake pan to make amazing cake shapes. Now you can buy cake pans in the shape of brains, vampires and SpongeBob SquarePants. How often will you use each one of these? The same thing works for shaped hole punches that you can buy in eight sizes. Will you really use all eight sizes of butterflies? Nope. But when you are standing in the store, you aren't sure what size you will need the most, so you buy them all. Marketing loves your indecision; they are counting on it.
3. Buy the best of what you use the most. For a chef: knives and pots. (Notice these are all multi-use tools.) You need good ones and several because you are not going to take time to plan your meal so you can keep washing one pot and reusing it. The same is true for paint, brushes, paper, and whatever you use in your specialized kind of art.
What purchase do you regret? What was a great discovery? Let me know in the comments.
--Quinn McDonald is an author and creativity coach who works with creative people who are stuck. |
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Choose to Be Kind and Change the World
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
__Plato
It is not results that soothe our souls; it's actions. In a difficult world, kindness has amazing power. Go slowly. Breathe, smile and be present. Seek opportunities to make a difference.
BREATHE: One can choose to be engulfed by the mayhem, or detached, able to savor each moment.
SMILE AT EVERYONE YOU MEET: Your smile brings light to the world. Spread happiness and feel it grow inside you.
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS: It takes courage to put your thoughts out there. Be courageous.
PRACTICE COMPASSION: We can make a difference in the lives of others by sharing our time and compassion.
FEED THE HUNGRY: In today's world, hunger touches every community. Every community also has a food bank. It's very easy to volunteer, and many will benefit from your actions.
LIVE A GIVING LIFE: Life becomes complicated when its difficulties overpower our capacity to love others. Let go of complicated. Choose simple. Make people smile. That is how you make a difference.
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Varnishing to Avoid Glazing
We have been discussing how to finish a collage or a painting that is matted so that no glazing is required. There are several ways to go about this. You can use a brush-on Golden UVLS Varnish that comes in matte, satin and gloss. This is good for any collage or painting regardless of matting, but it is also effective as a protective shield on a mat so no glazing is needed. It is recommended that you use a base coat of either matte or gloss medium before you put on the UVLS Varnish. Thin coats should be used to avoid buckling on the mat board. If buckling occurs, you can cover the mat board with freezer paper or wax paper and weight it down or use gel medium to glue down the edge of the mat. The other product that gives you a UV protection and is a great barrier on both collage and other paintings is Helmsman, Spar Urethane varnish which you can get in matte, satin or gloss at Sherwin Williams paint stores. If your artwork is too fragile for a brushed on finish, the UV varnish from Golden also comes in spray form in matte and satin. Many galleries prefer no glazing on paintings to cut down on the glare. No plexi also cuts down on costs of framing and the weight of the artwork when shipping, transporting or hanging.
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Workshop Opportunity with Elizabeth Quinn-Worrall Elizabeth Quinn-Worrall is teaching a three day workshop, "Creative Breakthroughs for 2012," at the Sonoita Inn on January 11,12, 13 (Session 1) and January 25,26,27 (Session 2) Wenesday 12:30-4:30pm; Thursday 9:30-4:30pm; and Friday 9:30-1:00pm. (Arrive Wednesday and check out Friday). The Sonoita Inn is located 40 miles southeast of Tucson in wine country. In-depth explorations of abstraction, color, principles of design and composition, layering collage and mixed media, contrasts and values. Cost is $175 for the three-day workshop. Rooms are $109.00 double occupancy. This will be a fun and creative launch to your New Year!! Call Ellizabeth at 730-3561 or e-mail eliz1art@aol.com to reserve space. Limited to 6-8 person per session. Elizabeth's website is www.elizabethquinnart.com and she is listed in AZ Collector's Guide 2012.
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Message from the Presidents
Here's a question for you. In what ways do you think of yourself as a member of the CASA family? Research shows that strong social ties promote brain health as you age. Friendships can have a positive impact on your psychological well-being as well. Whether you participate in an art guild, a coffee group or a book club, the connections you make with other people contribute to your emotional, spiritual and physical health.
How great it is that many of you regularly connect with other people through CASA! That Friday morning meeting or that Friday afternoon workshop contributes to your well-being in ways you might not realize. Keep on coming together in community and you will grow in your healthy lifestyle.
CASA provides support to you in your friendships and social networks. This newsletter and our meetings contain articles and advice about relating to one another in our art walks. Our many programs and workshops provide great discussions and support for you.
As you prepare for the holidays, remember you are also a part of our CASA family and we wish you the best the season can offer and look forward to seeing you in the new year.
Sandy Brittain and Marti White, Co-Presidents
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The show is open during business hours, 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday, through January 5, 2012. You are welcome to drop by and see the show during those hours. An appointment will ensure that you can see all the rooms. (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays)
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Robert Burridge Workshop
I am getting lots of e-mails asking about the Robert Burridge workshop on March 21, 22 and 23, 2012. Here's the scoop:
- Registration will open on January 11, 2012, the day the February CASA newsletter arrives in your e-mail inbox. The fee will be $325.
- Click on the designated link to pull up your registration form.
- Mail your check for $325 and the registration to me. My address will be in the form you click on.
- Registrations will be on a first-come, first-served basis, and will be placed according to postmark date and time. As soon as I get your check, I will e-mail a supply list to you. We have room for the first twenty people. After that, names will be placed on a waiting list.
Eileen Dudley, Workshop Coordinator
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Spring Show at Contents Interiors
Our next exhibit is all set up and a prospectus for it is attached to this article. We will be showing our work at Contents Interiors. This is a great opportunity for you to put your work out there where the general public, buying furniture and accessories for their homes, can see it and see how it might complement their decor. There are also many interior designers who come into the store with clients and may see your work and want to see more of it! So be thinking about which of your paintings might appeal to the person looking for art to complement their home's interior design. For this show we are encouraging you to look broader than we have before at your mixed media and experimental pieces. We are a group of contemporary artists and we work in many mediums - collage, mixed media, acrylic abstract and assemblage to name a few. The show wiill be juried by two interior decorators from Contents Interiors. They will be looking for what will complement their inventory. You might want to go take a peek at what their store looks like. The entry fee is low - $15.00 for one entry. We don't know yet how many pieces they will actually take to display, but your investment is small for the kind of exposure you may get if your work is accepted. This is a new approach for us. We hope you will want to take a bold step forward!
click here for a prospectus
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Treasurer's Report
Bank Accounts
Checking
Balance as of November 10, 2011 7549.35
Revenue 274.96
Disbursements -1,046.96
Ending Balance 6777.35
Balance as of November 10,2011 4,638.09
Revenue 0.19
Disbursements 0.00
Ending Balance 4,638.28
Petty Cash 60.00
Grand Total 11,475.63
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Look for work by Sandy Brittain, Jo Ann Daly,
Carolyn Quarnberg and Marti White
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Collage 101 Articles from Sharyn Binam
Sharyn has made these interesting tutorial articles available for you to use in better understanding how to work in mixed media/collage.
Air Dry Clay
click here for downloadable pdf file
Picture Planning Worksheet
click here for downloadable pdf file
Seven Principles
click here for downloadable pdf file
Color Theory
click here for downloadable pdf file
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Healing in Tucson
The Healing Response to the Violence of January 8th, 2011
December 1, 2011 through February 27, 2012
Behavioral Health Pavilion Gallery Exhibit
University of Arizona Medical Center - South Campus
Mabel Dean's Suite of three collages entitled "Absence" is included in the exhibit.
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Members in the News
Ginny Seabrook's collage, The Women, won the prize for collage at the Santa Rita Art League juried show. This is a new prize this year and is given in memory of Donna Kroschel who was a member of CASA.
Deanna Thibault's painting, Sabino, has been juried into the Western Federation Watercolor Societies 37th Annual Exhibit.
Mary Kunkel is showing her acrylics on canvas at Kirk Bear Canyon Library during the month of December. The title of her show is "Elements in Art."
The SAWG Gallery presents "200 Under $100" from December 7 - December 31, 2011. A reception will be held at 6:30pm on Tuesday, December 13, 2011.
Arizona Aqueous opens at Tubac Center of the Arts on January 12, 2012 and runs through March 11. The reception is set for Thursday, January 12, 2012, 5-7pm. Sandy Brittain's acrylic painting, Horse Heaven, JoAnne Hungate's painting, Emergence, Deanna Thibault's painting, Eleven and Marti White's collage,Tension, have been accepted into the show.
Sandy Brittain and Carol Chambers will have a show at the Campus Christian Center, 715 North Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719 (across from the main entrance to the U of A campus), January 9, 2012 through March 12, 2012.
Del Marinello has a permanent display at the Coyote Grill on La Canada in Green Valley.
Lois McDonald has four paintings at the SAAG Sheraton show continuing until April, 2012. She will also be participating in the Open Studio Tour.
Diane Haug has two pieces accepted into the Columbia River Gallery in Troutdale, OR.
Carol Ann is currently represented by Artworks in Austin, TX and Convergence Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. Carol Ann will also have two pieces in the Attorney General's Office Exhibition, Tucson, which is sponsored by the Arizona Arts Alliance. These pieces will hang from October through February.
Sandy Brittain and Marti White will be exhibiting at Northwestern Mutual Financial Network for the months of October, November and December.
Elizabeth Quinn-Worrall will be advertised in the Arizona Collector's Guide for 2012.
Marti White and Lois McDonald are featured in a new online book by Sue St. John called, "A Walk Into Abstracts, Vol. 3."
Lisa Mishler will be teaching at The Drawing Studio this year. Abstract Painting: sessions as follows: October 10-November 28, December 5 - 19, January 2 - 16, January 30 - March 26, and April 9 - May 4. She will also be teaching ongoing Abstract Painting classes at Toscana Gallery on Wednesdays from 10am - 1pm starting September 14.
Marti White has two collages accepted into TCA's Miniature Show, Generations 2 and 3. The exhibit dates are November 18, 2011 - January 2, 2012.
Sandy Brittain's painting, Natural Surroundings, and Carol Chambers painting, Run Silent, will be included in Tubac Center of the Arts Members' Juried Exhibit, November 18, 2011 - January 2, 2012. Rebecca Swiggett also was accepted into this show.
Blue Raven Gallery and Gifts new show, "Fins, Fur, Feathers and Scales" will feature work by Sandy Brittain, Jo Ann Daly, Carolyn Quarnberg and Marti White. The show runs through January 14, 2012.
Go to the Online Richeson 75 "Animals, Birds and Wildlife" show (Richeson Gallery, Wisconsin) at www.richeson75.com/wildlife/index/html and vote for Leslie Sinclair's beautiful watercolor painting, Ringneck Duck.
Pat Duncan will have five paintings in the new Desert Artisans Gallery show, "Expressions in Art," opening November 15. The gallery is open 7 days a week and is located at 6536 Tanque Verde.
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Valentine Cards Instructions
Card stock will be available at the January meeting for making the Valentines for the children's wards at local hospitals. Samples will be on display at the January meeting. Please bring the finished cards to the Februarly meeting. 1. Please include a lettered Valentine greeting inside the card - "Be My Valentine" "Happy Valentines Day" - anything child appropriate. 2. Sign your name on the front or very back of the cards. 3. No buttons, candy, glitter (gel glitter OK) or other items that can be ingested or get into the bedding. 4. Only 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" cards will be accepted. Please align them horizontally. 5. Please - no digitals. 6. Envelopes are not needed 7. Keep in mind that the cards are for children ages 3 and up. Thank you for your assistance with this project. This is good exposure for CASA and for you as everyone who comes into the child's room sees the cards. For the past 17 years CASA has provided this project to children hospitalized over Valentines Day. If you cannot make the February meeting, please mail your cards to Bernita Brisson, 2121 S. Pantano Rd. #180, Tucson, AZ 85710-6118, before the February meeting. Suggested materials to use include: scissors, a tacky glue, permanent glue stick, colored pencils, crayons, markers, stickers, stamps, cut outs, collage papers, etc. Have fun with this and help put a smile on a child's face. Bernita Brisson, Project Chairperson Don't forget to bring your finished cards to the February meeting!
If you cannot be at the meeting, send your cards to Bernita Brisson, 2121 S. Pantano Rd. #180, Tucson, AZ 85710, by February 3, or send them to the meeting with someone who is coming. Questions? Call Bernita at 733-1093. |
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Notes from Francheskaa's Presentation:
Design and Composition Principles
Sharyn Binam generously takes notes on our presentations and prepares them for you to print out for yourself. Attached is a downloadable pdf file that you can access by clicking below.
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Members Who Have Need of Our Thoughts and Prayers
Marilyn McQuarrie's husband died on November 3. Please remember her with cards and notes. There will be no service at this time.
Pat Duncan is recovering from a difficulat case of shingles.
Wanda Hein has not been doing well. She is at home and would enjoy cards and calls.
Cleo Teissedre has recovered well from her recent surgery. However she is tied down at home caring for her husband, Jack. She would love to hear from you - calls and visits are welcome. |
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Please send any items for the newsletter to Marti White at martiaz@simplybits.net. The deadline for the February, 2012 newsletter is January 10, 2011. |
Marti White Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona |
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