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President
Anne Leonard
Anne Lane
Vice-President
Peggy Steffens
Secretary
Karen Samson
Treasurer
Susan Ettl
Membership
Peggy Steffens
Exhibits Chair
Mary Bourret
Patti Lewis (Signature Members)
Programs/Mini-Workshops
Aimee Smythe
Mary Ann Brewer
Nancy Kozlik
Jean Nerenberg
Immediate Past President
Marti White
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CASA Meeting
September 5, 2014
9:30am to noon
St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church
4625 E. River Road
Tucson, AZ 85718
Presenter: Miles Conrad
"Off the Wall"
Miles Conrad works from a studio granted by the Artist-In-Residence program at Process Museum in Tucson, Arizona. He received the Award of Excellence from the Tucson Museum of Art for his work in the Arizona Biennial 2011. He earned his BFA from CalArts in 1992 and his MFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 2009. He is the founding director of Conrad Wilde Gallery. Since 2005, he has hosted innovative exhibitions in Tucson and at international art fairs in Los Angeles, New York and Miami.
Miles' Artist Statement:
"My work is best described as biomorphic abstraction, closely informed by a tradition of post-minimalist sculpture. I recycle industrial materials and found objects into relief-based encaustic forms referencing the body as it relates to injury, trauma and the apparatus of pathology."
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NEWS and UPDATES
CASA Exhibits News for the 2014 - 2015 year
Positions open on Exhibits Committee:
Co-chair: someone who wants to take over as Chair for 2015-16 season.
The committee also needs a Reception Coordinator, and 4 people to come early for reception set up.
Also needed: greeters, guest book attendant, and general reception help.
Fall of 2014 Shows:
1. St. Francis, Ravencroft Gallery - November 1 through November 30th
This is a mixed media/collage show, with a theme: "Small Treasures."
Requirements:
- No more than 12'' in any direction
- Mount or do the piece on the deeper cradleboards or canvases.
- Keep art lightweight. All art for this show is being hung with 3M Command Strips.
- No Glass, No frames. Finish the edges.
Prospectus will be included in the August/September newsletter.
Jury date: Friday October 3rd, during the CASA meeting
Installation Date: Sat, November 1, 2014
2. Habitat for Humanity Tucson - November 8 through April 4, 2015
This is an any media, any size show.
Jury Date: Friday Nov 7, 2014... during CASA meeting
Installation Date: Saturday, Nov 8 take down previous show; install new show. Any media.
Reception: Thursday December 11 from 5 to 7 pm at Habitat
Signature Shows:
To achieve Signature status, you must be accepted into three (3) separate juried CASA art shows. You are qualified to enter the Signature Only shows and participate in the Habitat Signature wall shows.
Two walls at Habitat have been set aside for two Signature members to show their artwork for two months. The selection of those two artists is made at our monthly CASA meetings. Signature members must be present at the meeting to accept or defer their participation at that time.
Patti Lewis, our Signature Show Coordinator, has researched all CASA juried show records starting in 2005 to May 2014. She has 'certified' that each of the new members has been accepted into 3 juried CASA shows and noted each show. We have 16 CASA members who have achieved signature status. Congratulations to all of you!
Signature Members:
Mary Bourret - Eulalie Brown - Joan Cawthorn - Mabel Dean - Jan Evans - Denise Glover -Doreen Graber - Sheryl Holland - Mary Kunkel - Mary Jane Lyon - Jean Nerenberg - Nancy Norton - Lorrie Parsell - Agnes Paulsen - Joanne Pritzen - Aimee Smythe.
Patti will have certificates to give to them at the September meeting. Thank you, Patty, for all your hard work!
Looking forward to a wonderful year!
Mary Bourret
Exhibits Chair
A friendly reminder....
We are a community of people who come together to make something happen, and it won't happen unless you participate, so please volunteer once in awhile. Thanks!
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"Small Treasures"
St. Francis in the Foothills
Ravenscroft Hall
November 1-30, 2014
Our first exhibit is "Small Treasures," and the jury date is the October meeting on October 3rd.
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Message from CASA's New CO-Presidents
The two Annes are looking forward to our new art season. We hope we can begin to fill Marti's shoes. Anne Leonard will be the public face, running the meetings and setting the agenda. Anne Lane is doing the newsletter and other behind-the-scenes' tasks. We are both available and open to your concerns.
We look forward to a productive year with many opportunities for CASA artists. The exhibits and mini-workshop committees have planned some exciting events and programs, and we are proceeding with the October workshop led by Jacqueline Sullivan. However, more help is needed if we are to have a committee to set up a spring 3-day workshop. Jane Coppola has generously offered to help but she is not going to go it alone! Step up folks-as we have said, if we don't have a committee by September we will have to skip a spring workshop.
Anne Leonard (APL) anne @alartworks.com
Anne Lane (AKL) anne.cabinfever.lane51@gmail.com
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Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona
C.A.S.A. Mini-Workshop Registration
This registration form is for all Mini-Workshops to be held during the 2014-15 year. The cost for each workshop is $40.00. There may be an additional supply fee payable to the workshop teacher. If signing up for multiple workshops, use one form and a separate check for each workshop.
click here for registration form
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Youth on Their Own
Youth on Their Own (YOTO) has become an ongoing project for CASA. A place to drop off personal products will be available at all meetings and someone will deliver them to YOTO to be put in tote bags for distribution. Tote bags and back packs are all still needed as well. If you have simple housewares like pots and pans, coffee pots, dishes, etc. that you are ready to move on to a new home, these can be delivered directly to YOTO headquarters at 1660 N. Alvernon Way.
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Youth On Their Own (YOTO)
CASA Outreach
YOTO Mission Statement:"Youth On Their Own ...is dedicated to support the high school graduation and continued success of homeless youth by providing financial assistance, basic human needs and guidance."
At the February, 2014 meeting, members provided enthusiastic feedback to the outreach project for Youth On Their Own (YOTO), Tucson. YOTO currently has just over 800 youth (to age 21) registered. The primary reason that youth are "on their own" is due to court order.
Toiletry-School Supplies Bag:
CASA members will provide a repurposed tote bag or backpack; tote bags can be decorated by you OR left for the young person to do it OR left as is.
Any of the following may be donated: toilet paper, paper towel, deodorant, tooth brush/toothpaste, shampoo (2 in 1 if you can), body wash or soap, girls - tampons,notebook, loose leaf, pencils, pens, markers, pencil crayons
Additional Ideas from CASA members:
-journal with pens and collage supplies (will be given to YOTO staff for distribution to an interested student)
-soaps, shampoos collected from hotels are welcome
-band aids and other first aid supplies
-non-perishable foods (could go to the YOTO "mini-mall" where youth can get items they need)
-small appliances e.g. toaster, coffee maker, etc. (Cathy Lacey will deliver)
-we did a collection ($81.00) to buy Visa gift cards and/or essential items; cash donations can still be made
-for members unable to assemble a bag of items, volunteers will stay following the March meeting to assemble whatever loose items have been brought in
-a handmade card of any type will be put into each bag with a greeting from CASA
CASA members feel strongly that we need to collect for YOTO at each monthly meeting. We will need 2-3 volunteers to agree to put out collection boxes, store items for tote bags or deliver them to YOTO.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR MORE IDEAS, PLEASE CONTACT CATHY LACEY AT: c.lacey@sasktel.net
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S.O.S!
ATTENTION: Website Help Needed!
Currently, there is no one person who is able to manage our website. Among other things, this means there is no one able to update the member gallery on the website. (We thank Peggy Steffens for the help she has given, but she is not able to do this.) While we could certainly use a web master/mistress to rework the whole site, we need at least someone who knows how to enter pictures in the system we currently have. Several possibilities that we had hoped for have not panned out. We are hoping to budget for a new site that will be simpler to manage. This is definitely on the agenda for the coming season. Please, if you have any skills, contacts or suggestions let us know!
Anne Lane: anne.cabinfever.lane51@gmail.com
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2014-2015 Dues
We are accepting membership dues for the 2014-15 year. It is best if you use a Renewal from, a Reinstatement form or an Application for Membership form when you pay your dues. These forms are available on the CASA website under" forms." Please note that the dues are now $45.00/year. Please do this as soon as possible so that your name will appear in the CASA membership directory. Also, remember that we are a volunteer organization, so please select an area that you may be able to provide assistance when you complete the form.
If you are not able to pay at a meeting, feel free to send your dues to Peggy Steffens, CASA Membership Chair, 7002 N. Donatello Way, Tucson, AZ 85741.
We are looking forward to an exciting year of painting, learning, and camaraderie!
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Article Headline
Major Workshop Coming in October!
Workshop: CONTEMPORARY TEXTURAL COLLAGE
Instructor: Jacqueline Sullivan
Course Description This class is about building highly textural collages and collage elements. Texture will be formed in many ways including use of miscellaneous acrylic media and other household items. On the first and second day of the workshop, students will work on paper and develop several textures. During this process, they will learn about using several acrylic mediums as glues and textural elements. These textural elements will then be painted with acrylic paints and students will review color theory and learn about paint additives. Metallic foils and paints may be added to highlight textured areas of the paining. Small collages will be made combining these textural pieces in various ways, including layering and weaving. On the last day of the workshop, students will switch to working on canvas and develop a highly textured mixed media abstract, using the processes that they learned on the first 2 days. Design qualities of an Abstract Painting is an integral part of the class. Each student will receive a book with instructions and color photos for the various techniques that are covered in the class.
Time: Wednesday, October 22 through Friday, October 24, 9 AM to 4 PM. Place: Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson, Goddard Hall, 4831 E 22nd St., Tucson, AZ 85711 Cost: $250 for members, $275 for non-members (membership is $45).
*Registration priority for members prior to September 7.
A supply list for students will be provided by e-mail; or, if you wish, send a self addressed stamped envelop for a hard copy.
Payment: Payment by check is due with registration form. If class is full, check will be returned and you may be placed on a waiting list. If a minimum of 10 participants is not obtained before September 17, the class will be canceled and refunds sent to those who registered. If a registration is canceled prior to 30 days before the workshop, CASA will refund the fee less a $10 administration fee. If canceled later a substitute may be found from the waiting list. If a substitute can be found the new applicant will pay the individual who canceled. If no substitute can be found, the person who canceled will remain responsible for the full fee.
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Jacqueline Sullivan workshop, Oct 22-24 2014. Mail this form with payment to: Anne Leonard, 15139 N. Pelham Rd., Tucson, AZ 85739. For questions and or more information contact her at anne@alartworks.com, 520-825-3449. Make checks payable to CASA.
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Anne Lane
*Deadline for article submission for October newsletter: Sept. 10, 2014
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