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President
Marti White
Vice President
Sandy Brittain
Secretary
Ann Loud
Treasurer
Miriam Otte
Programs
Nancy Norton
Exhibits
Carol Chambers
Membeship
Sandy Brittain
Paula Porter
Newsletter and Website
Marti White
Workshops
Jo Ann Daly
Lorrie Parsell
Mini-Workshops
Carmen Williams
Jill Ballesteros |
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New Signature Members
Jill Ballesteros
Anne Leonard
Sharyn Binam
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Class Schedule for
Catherine Nash and
Robert Renfrow
Upcoming Spring Classes - sign up now!
ROB
Mastering the Basics of your Digital Camera starts this Monday!
3 Mondays: March 4, 11 & 18, 2013. 9:30am. - 12:30pm.
Photoshop Elements Quick Start
One Saturday: March 16, 2013. 9:30am. - 12:30pm.
Photography in the Field- On Location with Robert Renfrow
2 Tuesdays, April 2 and 9, 2013, 9am- 12 pm
CATHERINE
Western Papermaking: Get Your Hands Wet!
One Saturday: Mar 23rd, 2013 ...from 10am - 4 pm
Paper from Plants: Focus on Japanese Papermaking
One Sunday: Mar 24th, 2013. 10am - 4pm
Take the full Papermaking Sat/Sun for a discounted rate
repeat participants most welcome! ...a great chance to make a LOT of paper |
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See at Tubac Center of the Arts
"Border Connections"
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See at Tucson International Airport |
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Next Meeting
April 5, 2013
St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church
4625 E. River Road
Tucson, AZ 85718
9:30-Noon (come early and visit)
Remember that jury for the Habitat Benefit Exhibit
is today! Please check prospectus below for changes!
Presenter: Robert Renfrow
"How to Document Your Artwork
in Today's Digital World"
Robert Renfrow, recipient of many national and international awards for his innovative photography, co-founder of Artist Research Tours and International Studio, and teacher of photography and Photoshop joins CASA in presenting "How to Document Your Artwork In Today's Digital World". He received his BFA in Photography/Video from Kansas City Art Institute graduating as Salutatorian of his class. His studies continued at the University of Arizona where he earned his MFA in Photography.
His professional life includes teaching Photography and Photoshop at his Tucson studio. He and artist Catherine Nash, both studio owners, offer individual classes in both art and photography and some very innovative collaborative instruction. These may be accessed at www.papermakingresources.com/classes.
He is also an Artist-in-Residence for the Arizona Commission on the Arts and on the faculty of the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum of Art Institute. As co-founder of ARTIS, a non-profit organization, he dedicates his time to helping students, professors, and artists travel and study abroad. He adds to his credits many years of teaching at the university and to independent students in Italy. Exhibitions of his work have been viewed throughout the United States and Europe. We are so lucky to have this very gifted and accomplished individual in our community. Plan to attend as he offers us skills in navigating art and the technical world. Put very simply in his words: "You only need to know what you need to know."
Mini-Workshop with Robert Renfrow
follows the meeting
Participants will need a laptap computer with Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 installed and working before coming to the workshop. This software is available online or from Best Buy, CostCo or other office supply stores. For users of Apple computers, the Apple software that comes with your computer is not appropriate for this workshop.
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Applying for Signature Membership Status
Signature Membership is conferred on active members who have been accepted into three juried exhibits. We no longer issue certificates to member participants in shows. The exhibits chair keeps a record of what shows you have been in. When you feel that you have been in three juried exhibits, you need to contact the exhibits chair, currently that is Carol Chambers, carolchambers@q.com, who will double check with her records and then inform the membership chair that you now have signature status. Your name will be listed in the next newsletter and on the Signature Members' roster. |
President's Message
What a great meeting we had with Miles Conrad. He answered so many of our questions and gave us lots of good information about moving forward with our art in whatever way we are headed. I always feel so very proud of CASA when we have speakers who are outstanding members of the art community visit us and make presentations. I think they go away with a new appreciation for who we are and how we impact the local art scene.
Elections were held for three of the four elected positions on the CASA Board of Directors. We have a President (Marti White), a Vice President (Anne Leonard) and a Secretary (Ann Loud). We are still looking for a Treasurer. We also need people to fill the positions of Program Chair, Mini-Workshop Chair, and Newsletter/Website Chair. These are important positions for our organization. I must admit to being very discouraged by the difficulty we are having in finding the leadership needed to continue the work of CASA. Without these positions we may be facing having to disband the organization. When I consider that in the sixteen years that CASA has been in existence and has grown into the program that it is today, there have always been people who were willing to help with the leadership of the organization, it saddens me to think that we might have to cease to exist for lack of people willing to give something back. There is support help to get you started. Please consider taking one of these positions. You can contact me or Nancy Norton if you just want to talk about what is involved in the job.
I am really excited about the opportunity of being involved with a benefit show for Habitat for Humanity. I look forward to seeing what you will be bringing us to fill their beautiful new building with art that we hope will make some money for them (and, in the process for you) through sales of our artwork. Check out the prospectus in this newsletter for details.
Marti White, President |
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Newly Elected Officers for 2013-2014
President - Marti White
Vice-President - Ann Leonard
Secretary - Ann Loud
Treasurer - OPEN
Program Chair - OPEN
Exhibits Chair - Carol Chambers
Membership Co-Chairs - Paula Porter & Katherine Sylvan
Newsletter & Website Chair - OPEN
Workshop Co-Chairs - Jo Ann Daly & Lorre Parsell
Mini-Workshop Chair - OPEN |
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Your Important Input Is Needed
In the next few months, your board members will be planning the programs and events for the year 2013-2014. We would really like to have your input on what you would enjoy experiencing in the next year. Nancy Norton has put together a survey to get a feeling for your opinions. Since so many of you leave when spring comes to the northern states, we would like you to take the time now to answer these questions and e-mail or send the completed survey by snail mail to Nancy before you leave (or as soon as possible if you are not leaving). It really does help in making plans to have your input. A survey is attached to this article. You can download the pdf, answer the questions and copy paste into an e-mail for Nancy or print it off, fill it out and mail it to her. Please do take the time to do this!
address: 13891 N. Big Wash Overlook Place, Tucson, AZ 85739
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Habitat for Humanity Benefit Show Coming in April
The long awaited news about a benefit show for Habitat for Humanity is finally a reality. After months of planning and negotiating with Habitat, we have a plan and some details for you. There is the potential for a very large show so we will be opening up the submissions to four paintings or assemblages per entrant. The entry fee will be low. This show will be juried on April 5, 2013 at our regular meeting. Habitat will be having two receptions - one by invitation only to their most loyal supporters and another open house. These are scheduled for April 11 and 12, 2013. All exhibiting artists are invited and encouraged to attend both events - all CASA members are encouraged to attend the open house. A 25% portion of any sales will go to Habitat. Artwork will go home with the purchaser and the artist can replace the spot with another painting. Habitat will allow us to leave the artwork up as long as the artist is willing to leave it - it will still be for sale throughout that time period. Habitat supporters are encouraged to purchase artwork that will stay in the building.
There is a very loose theme which can be interpreted broadly. Habitat stands for HOPE, HOME, FAMILY, and COMMUNITY. Other themes are CONSTRUCTION, BUILDING, HOUSES, PLAYGROUNDS, ETC. Habitat wants the work to be saleable, so if these themes are not where you are right now, do your best work and submit it.
In addition to the benefit show, a group of CASA members has created a collaborative work that will become a permanent installation in the entryway of the building which is located on Mountain Avenue, just south of Prince Road. We hope to be having a dedication of that work with media coverage at some point in the spring. There will be a plaque on the wall identifying CASA as the creators of the artwork.
Pictures of the Permanent Installation
You can visit the installation at 3501 N. Mountain Avenue
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Tortured Metals,Tangled Words
Spring Three-day workshop
with
Victoria Pittman
March 20, 21 and 22, 2013, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Church Goddard Hall
4831 East 22nd Street
This workshop incorporates metal textures and color with traditional and non-traditional elements as you create exquisite metal leafed papers on acrylic backgrounds. We will use transfer techniques and patinas to further develop surfaces and to find new freshness in your work through an intuitive design approach by working with carefully selected fragments, letterforms, natural and industrial objects. Copper, brass, silver sheet gold and Palladlium leaf may be used. This fun and creative exploration will culminate in mixed media collages or assemblages.
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Another Opportunity to Exhibit
St. Francis in the Foothills Art Committee will be scheduling exhibitors for Ravenscroft Hall, 2013-2014, at the church on March 16 from 11am to 2pm. If you are interested in exhibiting call Ellie Voght at 219-1659 or e-mail her at archeort@gmail.com to schedule an appointment to have your work reviewed. |
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Watch Our Walls (WOW) Summer Rental at SAWG Gallery
Sawg Gallery is once again opening their walls during the summer months for rental by all Tucson artists. Information regarding the program can be found on their website www.southernazwatercolorguild.com or by contacting Judy Constantine at judycons@gmail.com or 520-743-3389. On the website you can find the floor plan, a contract, an inventory list, etc. The walls rent by the month or for the whole summer. |
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Eileen Dudley
"The Road To Ruby"
Tucson International
Airport
Center Gallery
on the ticketing level -
between Delta and Southwest
Through May 31 |
 JoAnne Hungate at the Airport Thirty-One Paintings by JoAnne Hungate at Tucson International Airport Through May 4th Located on the Arrival Level by Carousel #7 and the walkway to Rental Cars and Parking Garage Reception: March 24, 3-5pm All are invited! |
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Fun with Images by Nine CASA Artists
Kirk Bear Canyon Library
April 1-30, 2013
Meet the artists on Tuesday, March 2, 4-6pm
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Coming in the Fall of 2013
CASA at Contents
CASA will be having another show at Contents in October, 2013. Jury for the show will be held during the September 6th General Meeting. All media will be welcome - one entry per person with an entry fee of $10.00. Be working toward this show this summer OR if you will not be here in September, plan to leave your entry with a member who will be attending the September meeting so you can have a chance at being in the show which will run from October 5 - November 15, 2013. A prospectus for the show is attached to this article.
click here for a prospectus for Contents Show
An exhibit at Tucson International Airport is still in the planning stages for fall. |
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"The Artistry of Assemblage"
CASA at Mesch, Clark and Rothschild Law Firm
259 N. Meyer Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701
January 15, 2013 - May 1, 2013
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Patron Saint of Bad Hair Days Ann Loud |
Winners
Best of Show - Ann Loud
First Place - Carol Chambers
Second Place - Lorna Ross
Third Place - Nancy Norton
Honorable Mention - Terry Bustamante |
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Teaching Opportunity for Artists
Hi artist!
If you're interested in teaching art classes or workshops at the Blue Raven Gallery - or know someone who would like to, please fill out the attached Blue Raven Art Teacher Application Form. (If you can't access this, please let me know.)
We're patching and painting and hoping to start classes in the new, improved one room site (formerly Blue Raven Gallery and Gifts) in mid- to late October. Possibilities for classes and workshops include the following. Suggested time blocks are listed on the form.
Possible classes/ workshops: drawing, nature drawing, watercolor painting, oil and acrylic painting, mix media, gourd art, linoleum block printing, hand building in clay, wheel throwing (clay), tapestry, felting, how to use your digital camera, photography, composition, matting and framing your artwork, silver jewelry making, cork art, flower pressing, mosaics, furniture painting, others?!
Please let us know if you're interested! We may want to meet with you to find out your teaching strategy.
Thanks!
Katie Iverson and Lynne East-Itkin
Blue Raven Gallery, 3054 N. 1st Ave., Suite 4
Tucson, AZ 85719
520-405-3657/ katie@katieiverson.com
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Classes with Francheskaa
Francheskaa is offering classes through OASIS at Armory Park downtown
between 5th and 6th Streets. Call 322-5627 to register for:
Abstract Painting and Water Color/Mixed Media
Six week session March 18 - April 22
To register for Francheskaa's classes at Arizona Art Supply at 4343 N. Oracle
between Limberlost and Wetmore call Francheskaa at 520-780-3367.
Abstract and Pouring Painting
Fridays 10am-12:30pm and Sundays 11am-1pm
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The Wonderful World of Color
On-Going Class in Visual Art
Taught by CASA member Susan Ettl
Community Performance and Art Center in Green Valley
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Collage with David Adix
March 15 and 16, 2013
9am to 3pm
at the studio of Deanna Thibault
contact David to register: dcadix@gmail.com
Think outside the envelope or collage an envelope. David will facilitate a two day collage workshop at the studio of Deanna Thibault. We will work only with paper: vintage, hand-crafted, found. We will begin by working on quick studies, gradually working longer and on larger pieces. By the end of the two days you will have a nice body of work. Hopefully this will give you inspiration to continue creating in this profound medium. All surfaces will be provided. You will need to bring your own collage papers, glue sticks and "Yes" paste. This workshop is limited to 11 people. Check with David for availability.
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250 WEST CONTINENTAL ROAD*PO BOX 1301*GREEN VALLEY, AZ 85622
TEL (520)399.1750*FAX (520)648.20011*WWW.PERFORMINGARTSCENTER.ORG*INFO@CPACFOUNDATION.ORG
"JUMPING TO NEW HEIGHTS"
CPAC ART SHOW 2O13
APRIL 5TH TO APRIL 29TH
Entry Deadline: March 21, 2013
Community Performance and Art Center (CPAC)is pleased to announce a new visual art exhibition, Jumping to New Heights.This exhibition challenges artists to try a new technique, fresh subject matter, different media, unusual color schemes, etc. to push their work to "new heights." It is time for an adventure!
Arizona artists are invited to participate in this non-juried exhibition at CPAC. Submissions are welcome from across the spectrum of visual arts. Each artist can submit up to three pieces. The entry fee is $25 for CPAC members and $35 for non-members. All artwork must be for sale. CPAC will retain 25% of the sale & handle the paper work. Please remember this as you price your work on your entry form.
Go to the website address below and click on programs and then exhibits. You will find the prospectus link at the bottom of that page.
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Members in the News
Ilona Halderman's carved gourd owl mask with stand was accepted for a show at Contents Interiors, 3401 E. Ft. Lowell. Two and three dimensional artwork will be on display through March 28 and a reception will take place on February 23, 2-4pm
Francheskaa is exhibiting at the SAWG Gallery at River and Craycroft in Tucson and Contents Interiors on Ft. Lowell Road. Francheskaa's painting, Watch'n the Cows, was accepted into the 39th Annual Exhibition of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.
Eileen Dudley will be exhibiting a series of large abstract landscape paintings, Road to Ruby, at the Tucson International Airport in the Center Gallery (ticketing level between Delta and Southwest Airlines) from February 18 through May 31.
Mabel Dean has a new website and blog and invites you to visit it at www.wildsageart.com. Go to the blog section to sign up for new posts.
Marti White has an ongoing show of her work at the Foothills Office North of Coldwell Banker Realty at 2890 E. Skyline Drive, Ste. #250, phone 577-7433. Abertura III is included in "Paper from All Sides" at Tohono Chul Park January 24 - April 21, 2013. Marti has two paintings, Desert Pricklies and Virga, included in the "Border Connections" exhibit at Tubac Center of the Arts, March 15 - April 28. Marti's mixed media painting, Harbor Ghosts, was awarded an Honorable Mention in Light Space Time Online Gallery's March show, "Nature."
JoAnne Hungate teaches watercolor monotype workshops in her studio. The workshops are one half day for $65 with all materials furnished. She will resume these workshops after her treatments for breast cancer are over. JoAnne will be in the Best of American Landscapes book that will be out later this year. JoAnne is participating in "Reflection and Art" at Still Harbor in South Boston, MA. Work is donated by the artists. Thirty-one of JoAnne's paintings are on exhibit at the Tucson International Airport through May 4th. Her painting, Fiesta Time, is part of the "Border Connections" exhibit at Tubac Center of the Arts, March 15 - April 28. JoAnne's watercolor, Sitting One Out, was accepted into the March Annual Show, "March Madness," at SAWG Gallery.
Jan Huthoefer's work will be displayed at a new shop in Old Bisbee, "K's" at 52 Main Street. The new store is operated by Katie and Jim Harrelson, Jan's daughter and son-in-law. Also for sale will be Jim's jewelry and music DCs and Katie's photographs, as well as serapes, pottery and many beautiful and inexpensive baskets all made by the Tarahumara Indians located in a remote area of Mexico. Contact Jan for more info at Jhuthoefer@cox.net or 520-803-9657.
Fran McNeely's painting, Border Books, was juried into "Border Connections" at Tubac Center of the Arts, March 15 - April 28
Sandy Brittain has an ongoing show at the Cafe' al'a Carte' at the Tucson Museum of Art. Sandy's painting, Spirit II, will be in "Border Connections" at Tubac Center of the Arts, March 15 - April 28. Her painting, Teeming, was juried into SAWG's March Madness Annual Show.
Anne Leonard has several paintings showing at the Toscana Studio and Gallery, 9040 N. Oracle Road, Oro Valley, AZ.
Jo Ann Daly continues to show at the Old Pueblo Grille on Alvernon. New show dates are April 8 - July 8. She is in Tucson Mountains Artists' Collective show "All Over the Map" at Murphey Gallery, March 9 - April 11. Jo Ann is one of the award winning artists featured at the Oro Valley Library show of the Southwestern Arizona Artists' Guild, April 15 - May 15. She is represented in the SAWG 45th Annual Show, "March Madness" March 5 - 31, at the SAWG Gallery at River Center Plaza, Suite 131, 5605 E. River Road.
Francheskaa and Deanna Thibault are showing at Pita Jungle at Broadway and Craycroft until March 18.
Carol Ann and Miriam Otte are participating in a seven-month docent training program at the Tucson Museum of Art.
Carol Ann, "Journey through Color and Form," Crizmac Art and Cultural Marketplace, 1642 N. Alvernon Way, February 15 through March 15. Carol Ann's mixed media painting, Montage 4, is included in "Richeson 75: Small Works 2013," Richeson School of Art and Gallery, Kimberly, WI, February 5 - March 22.
Carmen Williams' piece, Marilyn, is in the on-line show representing IEA - International Encaustic Artists Association - 2012.
Elaine Pageler's painting, Red Hot and Sizzling, was accepted into the 39th Annual Exhibition of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.
Deanna Thibault's painting, Yellow Roses, was accepted into the 39th Annual Exhibition of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.
Nine CASA members - Jill Ballesteros, Mary Bourret, Carol Chambers, Eileen Dudley, Patti Lewis, Ann Loud, Stephanie McInroy, Marti White and Carmen Williams - will be exhibiting "Fun with Images" at Kirk Bear Canyon Library, April 1 - 30, 2013. Meet the artists on April 2 from 4-6pm.
Jan Evans' mixed media painting, Reconnoitering, was juried into "Border Connections" at Tubac Center of the Arts, March 15 - April 28.
Melissa Johnson now has paintings at the Wilde Meyer Gallery at 3001 E. Skyline Dr., Tucson, AZ (520-615-5222). Stop by or come to the Gallery Walk at Gallery Row on Thursdays from 5-7pm.
Paula Sherick Jimenez's mixed media painting, Enigma Mosaic, was juried into the SAWG Annual Show. Juror for this show was Stephen Quiller.
Pat Duncan will be exhibiting in Ravenscroft Hall at St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church during the month of April. The name of her show is "Wordless Stories."
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Mixed Media 101 Articles from Sharyn Binam
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Treasurer's Report
Bank Accounts
Checking
Balance as of February 9, 2013 11494.26
Revenue 385.00
Disbursements -1949.61
Ending Balance 9929.65
Savings
Balance as of February 9, 2013 4490.91
Revenue 0.17
Disbursements
Ending Balance 4491.08
Petty Cash 60.00
Grand Total 14480.73 |
Deadline for the May, 2013 newsletter is April 10, 2013. Please send all news to Marti White at martiaz@simplybits.net.
The May newsletter is the last newsletter for this season. September newsletter deadline is August 10. |
Marti White
Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona |
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