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Newsletter of Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona February 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
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
__Andre Gide
"Expect the best, plan for the worst and prepare to be surprised."
__Denis Waitley
"Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves."
__Gandhi
Five Steps to Help You Become the CEO of Your Own Happiness
1. Put yourself at the top of your list. Tune into your inner voice; care for your body and spirit; slow down and enjoy life. By doing this you can offer your best to others.
2. Set boundaries. Say no to things that are not suited to your emotional fitness or priorities - they lead you to feeling over-extended and stressed-out.
3. Approach each day from a mindset of positivity and gratitude. Focus on positive thoughts and keep an eye out for open doors, open arms, and open minds.
4. Look closely on a regular basis at what you're tolerating. Look for changes that you can make to eliminate things that are draining your energy and dimming your light.
5. Remember that the people you spend the most time with have a huge impact on the quality of your life. Choose carefully and then spend lots of time with them, especially the ones who make you laugh.
__from Tiny Buddha
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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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Arizona Aqueous
2012
Tension Marti White
Western Fed 2012
Sabino Deanna Thibault
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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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Eden Lisa Mishler
Next Meeting: Friday, February 3, 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: Lisa Mishler
Acrylic Mediums
Lisa Mishler is a CASA member and an instructor of abstract acrylic painting at the Drawing Studio and at Toscana Gallery in Oro Valley.
Many acrylic mediums are available for enhancing your work and giving texture and depth to your acrylic and collage paintings. Lisa will be demonstrating crackle paste, light molding paste, coarse pumice and lava rock. She will cover how to apply the mediums, explain the drying process, and then demonstrate how the paint works on these mediums.  | |
Magic Passage Lisa Mishler
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Mini-Workshop with Lisa Mishler
February 3, 2012, 1-5 pm
Working with Acrylic Mediums
In this workshop everyone will experience the joy of working with acrylic mediums in a non-intimidating environment. The possibilities are endless. Spontaneity, expression and fun are the goals. You will be experimenting with crackle paste, light molding paste, coarse pumice, and lava rock. Each attendee will select and learn how to apply one of the mediums to a board, then take it home to paint.
There is a $10.00 supply fee in addition to the registration fee for this workshop.
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Photography & Encaustic Co-taught by Catherine Nash and Robert Renfrow! special class
Two Friday mornings 9:30-12:30 January 13 and 20
Get inspired by the depth and space that encaustic offers your photography! We will be collaging photographic imagery printed on varied papers, layering for depth and light and translucency, and experimenting with photographic transfer techniques. Enhance your work with a painterly hand using tinted wax pours and expressive brushstrokes of color. Build up texture as contrast, enrich with metallic leafing and heighten the image with markmaking.
Encaustic and the Artist Book: Hands On! with Catherine
Two Saturday monrings 9:30-12:30, January 14 and 21
Consider the concept that the book is a container of ideas, of knowledge, of human imagination: the artist book becomes a unique way to voice content. Wax/encaustic based collage, assemblage, monoprint, painting and drawing are all fair game: participants will learn varied ways to incorporate words, the use of stencils for repeated imagery, as well as a simple Japanese stab binding. From the specific exploration of a single image, color, or word, or the sequencing of many, in this workshop we will look for a playfully synthesized connection between structure, message and visual presentation. Opening a book is a ritual act imbued with anticipation and curiosity.
Check the class listings in the left column for further workshops with Catherine Nash and Robert Renfrow.
Catherine Nash
1102 West Huron St.
Tucson, AZ 85745
520-740-1673
cnash@wvcnet.com
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30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself
This is a great article and a good way to jump start your New Year with solid advice on how to make the best of your time and energies. Take the time to read it - it may change your life.
click here for a pdf of the article
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Exhibit Opportunity at Tohono Chul Park Gallery
click here for prospectus |
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Classes with Deanna Thibault
Mondays at the SAWG Gallery
Wednesdays in her new studio
Tuesdays in Green Valley at
the Performing Art Center
Call Deanna for details and to sign up at 907-6108
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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 Bed and Breakfast on Weds-Fri January 25,26,27 (Session 1) and Weds-Fri February 22,23,24 (Session 2). Wednesday 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. You can also visit Elizabeth and see "New Abstracts in Oils" at: Waterfront Fine Art & Wine Festival in Scottsdale February 17,18 &19, 2012 7135 E. Camelback Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
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Message from the Presidents
It is always good to be back in the routine of things after the holidays are past. We hope that you had a wonderful break during December with good things happening in your lives, but it is now time to get back into the groove of creating art and spending time together at CASA meetings. It is our hope that you will be as excited as we are about the possibilities of growth that CASA offers in contemporary mixed media art. There are some great mini-workshops scheduled for you and the registration is now open for our three-day workshop with Robert Burridge. We have made the submission criteria for our show at Contents Interiors wide open for any and all contemporary works in all media. Pull out all the stops and create some amazingly experimental work for this show. Think about what might appeal to someone looking for colorful, exciting art work for the walls in their home. Your Board of Directors will be tackling the daunting task of trying to define what we mean by contemporary art. We are open to your ideas! How do you see CASA moving into this new year with a fresh concept of who we are as contemporary artists in an organizational community. Let's have some fun growing together and opening up to change.
Sandy Brittain and Marti White, Co-Presidents
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"Birds with an Attitude"
a solo exhibition by
Ruth Canada
at
Kirk Bear Canyon Library Gallery
8959 E. Tanque Verde Road
January 2 - 31, 2012
Reception with the artist
Sunday, January 22, 2012
2:00-4:00pm
Viewing hours: Mon-Thur, 10am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm and
Sunday 1-5pm
Collect your free "Birds with an Attitude" bookmarks
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Painting Without a Brush
At the January meeting Nadia Hlibka, the program presenter, mentioned the book, Painting Without a Brush. The author is David Perry, it was published in 1991 and may have been reprinted. Check Amazon or Barnes and Nobel for availability. |
CASA Spring Workshop Features
Robert Burridge
Robert Burridge, an internationally recognized, award-winning California artist, teacher, author and publisher is coming to Tucson on March 21,22 and 23, 2012 to present one of his dynamic workshops at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4831 East 22nd Street, Tucson.
Burridge has been winning prizes for his art since he was in the sixth grade. He was named some years ago by the Los Angeles Times as one of California's top ten emerging artists and is a winner of the prestigious Philadelphia Watercolor Society Crest Medal, previously won by such artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Andrew Wyeth and Pablo Picasso. He created twelve huge abstract paintings for the film, "Dean Quixote," and won first place honors for his abstract painting at "Affair in the Gardens" in Beverly Hills.
Burridge currently exhibits his work in California, North Carolina, Arizona, Oregon and Hawaii. He is on the faculty at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria where he teaches painting, and has been presenting workshops all over the U.S. and abroad for the past twenty years.
Here are some workshop attendees' unsolicited written comments:
"Out of 25 workshops - this is the best I've ever attended."
"A shot of confidence."
"Learned new ways to let go and paint!"
"Not like any workshop teacher I've ever had."
"I liked the freedom and permission to do my own thing."
"The hardest I've ever worked, the most I've ever learned."
Check out Bob's website by clicking here. You can sign up for his free e-mail newsletters which are full of art tips and Bob-news.
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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 ofDecember 10, 2011 6,777.35
Revenue 696.00
Disbursements 0.00
Ending Balance 7,473.35
Savings Balance as of December 10,2011 4,638.28
Revenue 0.19
Disbursements 150.00
Ending Balance 4,488.47
Petty Cash 60.00
Grand Total 12,021.82
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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
Collage Inventory
click here for downloadable pdf document
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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
Nina Beland has a painting in the current exhibit at Old Pueblo Grille, 60 N. Alvernon. Enjoy lunch and a great exhibit now through April 9. Nina also has two paintings at the Ward Six office through January 16.
Lorrie Parsell and Barbara Brandel will be exhibiting work in the lobby and Suite 109 of the Pioneer Building at 100 N. Stone Ave. in Tucson. The show is the seventh in a series of exhibitions organized by the Tucson Pima Arts Council to showcase artwork by Pima County artists. Both artists will be exhibiting collage work. Lorrie creates her work with a no-brush method that produces intense color and multiple textures. The exhibit will continue through March 28, 2012. Viewing hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm.
The International Society of Acrylic Painters 4th Annual Signature Member's Show (online) includes paintings by Carol Ann, Glass House XXVII, and Marti White, Yellow Spot.
Deanna Thibault's painting, Sabino, has been juried into the Western Federation Watercolor Societies 37th Annual Exhibit.
Ruth Canada will be showing her "Birds with an Attitude" at Kirk Bear Canyon Library gallery January 3-31, 2012. A reception will be held on Sunday, January 22, from 2-4pm. Ten of Ruth's bird paintings are hanging in the Fire and Spice Southwestern Grill at the Sheraton Hotel, 5151 E. Grand Rd., through April 16, 2012. Run for Your Life was sold at the SAAG Sheraton Show.
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. JoAnne Hungate's painting, Emergence, Deanna Thibault's painting, Eleven and Marti White's collage,Tension, have been accepted into the show. Carol Chambers has a collage painting included in the exhibit.
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.
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.
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: 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.
Blue Raven Gallery and Gifts new show, "Fins, Fur, Feathers and Scales" features 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 and see Leslie Sinclair's beautiful watercolor painting, Ringneck Duck.
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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. If you mail them to Bernita, please take them into the post office and have the package weighed so that you put the proper amount of postage on it. Some have been coming with postage due. Questions? Call Bernita at 733-1093. |
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Notes from Nadia Hlibka's Design Presentation
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 difficult case of shingles.
Wanda Hein has not been doing well. She is at home and would enjoy cards and calls. Wanda celebrated her 93rd birthday on January 4, 2012.
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 March, 2012, newsletter is February 10, 2012. |
Marti White Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona |
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