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March/April 2018
Canton Artists League News
An affiliate of Canton Museum of Art
1001 Market Ave North, Canton, OH 44702
http://cantonartistsleague.org
Notes from the CAL President
Amanda Morena
Spring Renewal
Spring is almost here. The creative forces of nature will steadily move
up our United States, eventually reaching Canton, Ohio. The beauty of
nature’s awakening is bestowed on all who choose to see.
The creative force is in every artist. In the physical sense our cell
mechanisms and organisms constantly energize and renew our bodies.
Likewise our minds and hearts evaluating what surrounds. In turn a
newness emerges. Our trained eyes, minds and hands build something
better.
Enjoy this amazing time of regeneration and discovery.
For the first time this year a seed catalog will be delivered to my
mailbox. I have always enjoyed seeing the pictures of the full grown
flowers, fruits and vegetables that each seed is capable of growing. This
year, my intention is to make my garden better than
the year before. Appreciating that every stage of the
tended garden is a delight to the senses.
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March 21: Meet the CAL Family
April 18: Lynn Fiori - landscape painting demo
May 16: Sandy Paradis - poured acrylics.
June: Dino Masseroni - Critique
Bring artwork
July: Marketing (ITR +)
Officers
President
Amanda Morena
330-209-5785
Vice President
Lori Perry
330-327-5514
Secretary
Susan Kelewae
330-832-3852
Treasurer
Sharon Mazgaj
330-607-4195
Board Members
Michele Tokos
330-205-9242
michele.tokos@testamericainc
.com
Suni Lopez-Otriz
330-768-7550
Cynthia Capestrain
330-704-4952
Irene Rodriguez
330-354-3342
August: Picnic TBD
Sept: Frank Dale
Oct: Stark State Show
Nov. Dick Blick
Dec: Party
See calendar list pages for more events, shows, and meetings.
Upcoming Meetings
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Funny Side of Art
Where does a cow hang his paintings? In a mooooseum.
Did you hear about the artist who paints in jail? He had a brush
with the law.
How many visitors to an art gallery does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to do it and one to say "Huh! My four-year old could've done
that!"
A motorcycle cop approached a motorist stopped in the middle of the road
holding up traffic just before a river overpass. The officer noticed the driver
wearing a beret and scratching away in a sketchbook frantically. He asked
the driver, "What in the world are you doing?" The driver replied, "The sign
says Draw Bridge!"
No matter what stage you are as an artist, appreciate those who enjoy your
garden of delights. Allow others to enjoy the product of your artistic husbandry.
When they see and feel in this garden their senses are refined and heightened.
Let us relax and enjoy the benefit of our hard work.
Do We Have Social Responsibility as Artists?
In light of recent cries of despair, their voices silenced, what can we say? What
should we say? It is important for each voice to be genuine. Your unique voice
of calling is significant. Do not stifle any colors, tones or values
no matter how dark or light. Art can speak verses too high for
prose or deep things forbidden by society and then traverse every
place in the spectrum. We communicate what it is to be human.
Your voice is important. It can touch others (perhaps more
importantly yourself) the way nothing else can.
All young passionate adults should have a healthy outlet for their voice. They
should be heard, not stifled. Too often our young people are exposed to voices
that we do not pay attention to. We know not what they say. My hope is each
young person can have the tools to deal with despair; to express it, to have a
voice to carry them through.
As artists we channel different messages. All are important. My
hope is most will take time to stop to hear the subtle voices. These
are most important. I consider my job as an artist to listen to these
still small voices and amplify what they have to say in the most
poignant form of communication known to me, the visual arts.
Do we have social responsibility as artists? I cannot answer this question for everyone, but I think it is an important question to ask ourselves.
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CAL News is
published every
other month
We want to hear about your art successes—exhibits, awards, etc. Send your news to [email protected]
Deadline for submissions is on the 1st of Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov.
Committee Chairs
Facebook Administrators
Anna Rather 510-821-5142 [email protected]
Sharon Mazgaj 330-607-4195 [email protected]
CMA Wall
Nancy Michel 330-323-6539 [email protected]
Historian
Isabel Zaldivar 330-915-6178 [email protected]
Membership
Suni Lopez-Ortiz 330-768-7550 [email protected]
Newsletter Editor, Webmaster
Irene Rodriguez 330-354-3342 [email protected]
Venue Committee
Suni Lopez-Ortiz 330-768-7550 [email protected]
Irene Rodriguez 330-354-3342 [email protected]
Public Relations Committee
Lori Perry 330-327-5514 [email protected]
Michele Tokos 330-205-9242 [email protected]
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CAL Exhibits
Refer to calendar list page for dates and times.
Current and Upcoming Show Plans
Foltz Center, East Canton - February 18— April 1
Peffer Gallery, Canton - April 5—June 3; Reception April 8
Art and History Gallery, Louisville - May 3—July 5; Reception May 17
Stark State, N. Canton - October
First Row Centre for the Arts, Greentown - October—December
Walsh University - January, 2019
Canton Museum of Art - March 19—April 21, 2019
Merging Hearts Gallery, Canton - July—August, 2019
League News
Kevin Walton is having a one man show at Heartland Point, 200 N Main St, Orrville, OH 44667 May 2 tuntil the end of April.
Lori Perry is the featured ar tist at Art Spot in Minerva from March 9 through April 7. There is a reception on March 9 from 5-9. The theme is Things with Wings and all are welcome.
Nancy Stewart Matin has her popular watercolor class star ting the Spring session on April 7 at the North Canton Library. Sign up in March at Library web site. We have great fun!
Jane Heater and Carolyn Jacob along with a fellow photographer/artist and friend, Christine Morrow of Akron, will be presenting an exhibition called Floral Imaginings at Stark State College April 3 to April 28, The exhibition will run the gamut from realism to imagination and everything in between using various media. The Show Reception will be the evening of Wednesday, April 18th, from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. on the mezzanine level of the Stark State College Student Center. We invite all our CAL members and their friends to come that evening. Parking will be in front of the building as usual in the Visitors' Parking area. Elevators are available to reach the mezzanine for those who have mobility concerns.
Carolyn Jacob just received another " Best In Category" Award at the Samuel & Celia G. Reinglass Photography Show at the Canton Jewish Community Center. The photograph was a still-life study called "Life In Layers". It presents an intriguing look into the lives of unnamed people, long forgotten, from a simple, deserted cabin wall. I invite you to use your own imaginations as you pick out the details of each layer.
Peffer Gallery show
4112 Cleveland Ave NW Canton, OH
* Deadline for submitting
artwork is March 26. Send
titles, media, price, & size for
up to 3 artworks to: Irene
Rodriguez, [email protected]
Matted unframed art is
acceptable.
* Deliver artwork on April 2
or 3. Bring $5.00 Exhibit fee.
* Reception April 8, 4—6 PM
* If you are able to help set up
refreshments, Please let Suni
know ASAP: Suni Lopez-Otriz
330-768-7550
Art & History Gallery show
120 E Main St, Louisville, OH
* Deadline for submitting
artwork is April 26. Send
titles, media, price, & size for
up to 3 artworks to: Irene
Rodriguez, [email protected]
* Deliver artwork on May 3.
Bring $5.00 Exhibit fee.
* If you are able to help hang
the show, Please let Irene
know at least 1 month before
the delivery date.
* Reception May 17
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Mihalteanu
Contact Nancy Michel to sign up (see contact info under Committee chairs on page 2.) She is currently taking names for May 2018 and 2019. We are grateful to CMA for giving us the opportunity to display our work in the museum every month.
April: David Martin
“Reality offers us such wealth that we must cut some of it out on the spot, simplify. The question is, do we always cut out what we should?” - Henri Cartier-Bresson
I discovered the darkroom my sophomore year of college in the fall of 2001. I didn’t ever think of photography as a true art form of art until then. The darkroom is magical. It is when a piece of photographic paper transforms into a positive image from a negative. The chemicals, the enlarger, the developing tools, etc. and even the smell of the chemicals are heavenly to me. I decided to switch from being a graphic design major to photography because I discovered that my passion was not in that media.
Then, my mentor, Andrew Borowiec introduced me to street photography. I was in love with capturing the moment where everything lined up in the picture frame to create the “magical instant when the world falls into apparent order and meaning and may be apprehended by a gifted photographer”; also know as Henri Cartier-Bresson’s “The Decisive Moment.”
For me art is made from my heart and soul. I’m always studying. I discovered that I had talent in middle school and in high school became a Commercial Art student through the McKinley Senior High School and Timken High School program. I enjoyed painting, drawing, and making whatever art I could. Then, I went on to The University of Akron Myer’s School of Art where I graduated with a B.F.A in Photography and a minor in painting. Afterwards, I’ve had various jobs and a medical discharge from the U.S.Navy for medical problems that have occurred since 2005. That discharge happened in
2011 and I turned to art as my therapy to cope with life. So, in a way, art has saved my life and that’s why I put my heart and soul into my paintings, drawings, photographs, and whatever else peeks my interest.
February: Nancy Michel
March: Irene T. Rodriguez
April: David Martin
May:
June: Hilda Sikora
July: Jerry Fox
September: Lauren Byrne
October: Lynda Rimke
December: Ileana
CAL – CMA Wall Artists
March: Irene Tobias Rodriguez
Having taught art for many years to all ages, my art experience covers a variety of media and techniques. I am constantly experimenting with ideas and materials. When something catches my eye or an idea pops into my head, it goes into my brain, mixes with my creativity and comes out as a work of art.
I specialize in acrylic painting and paint a variety of subjects including flowers, animals, still life, landscape, and maritime. Most of my work is representational although I sometimes work with abstracts. I have also developed a technique I call "Puzzle Paintings" in which I cut a board into puzzle type pieces, paint each of these segments individually, them put them back together to create the completed, slightly distorted looking work. These “Puzzle Paintings” are the artwork featured on the March CAL wall.
I also create original art quilts, digital paintings, photographs, ink drawings, gourd art, and various three dimensional art including hand felted wool head figures.
Lineup for CAL Wall
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Stark County High School Art Exhibit (March 18, 2018 - April 8, 2018)
Since 1991, the Canton Museum of Art has proudly held the Stark County High School Art
Exhibition. Any high school in Stark County or connected with the Stark County ESC is invited to participate. Students have the chance to show their artwork in a gallery, sell their work, receive awards, and even win financial scholarships! Meanwhile, the public has the opportunity to marvel at the creations of students in our community. The exhibit features original two- and three-dimensional original works by students, created as part of their school curriculums and chosen by the school’s art instructor. Each school is limited to a total of ten entries with no more than two entries per artist. Student works are judged on the basis of both originality and technical ability. On view March 18 - April 8, 2018. Public awards reception is on April 6, 2018 from 5PM-8PM with awards presented at 6PM during the First Friday event.
Exhibits at CMA
American Masters | Watercolors (November 23, 2017 - April 8, 2018)
Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, George Luks, John Marin, Maurice Prendergast, and John Singer Sargent are seven exceedingly fine masters of watercolor painting by any standard. This exhibition showcases Canton Museum of Art’s recent acquisition of Childe Hassam’s 1890 impressionist masterpiece, Bleak House, Broadstairs. Watercolor is one of the most challenging mediums to use; the colors need to be carefully controlled or they bleed into one another. In the century following the Civil War, watercolor painting became an important American medium and it was used more freely and creatively than anywhere else in the world. Together, these seven masters contribute importantly to our cultural heritage and give us a standard of creative excellence that is a vast benefit to all of us. Rarely are all seven of these masterworks on display at one time.
Fire and Water: Ceramics and Watercolors (November 23, 2017 - April 8, 2018)
Do Fire and Water mix? They do at the Canton Museum of Art. An art museum is much more than a building. It isn’t built simply with bricks, mortar, and concrete. It is built with a love of art, a commitment from a community, and the hope that the works of art inside can inspire future generations. Through the Canton Museum of Art’s focus on American watercolors and ceramics, CMA has selected a unique identity among museums in Northeast Ohio. Building a strong, vital collection is central to living up to our commitment to the community, and building a lasting legacy for the future. And so, through the fires that built our ceramics, and the water that mixed with color on a palette, we build our collection, and we share these amazing artists and works to inspire visitors, both in the galleries and online. On view November 24, 2017 - April 8, 2018.
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Art at the Center 2/18-3/31/28 Art Exhibit Foltz Community Center
CAL meeting 3/21/18 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Meet the CAL Family CMA
Art at the Center 4/2-3/18 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Pick up artwork Foltz Community Center
Peffer Exhibit 4/2-3/18 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Deliver artwork Peffer Gallery
Peffer Exhibit 4/5/- 6/2/18 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Art Exhibit Peffer Gallery
Peffer Exhibit 6/8/18 4:00 PM 6:00 PM Reception Peffer Gallery
CAL meeting 4/18/18 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Lynn Fiori - landscape painting demo
CMA
Art & History Gallery
5/3/18 Deliver artwork Art & History Gallery
CAL meeting 5/16/18 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Sandy Paradis - poured acrylics demo.
CMA
Art & History Gallery
5/17/18 Reception Art & History Gallery
Peffer Exhibit 6/4/18 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Pick up artwork Peffer Gallery
Peffer Exhibit 6/5/18 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Pick up artwork Peffer Gallery
CAL meeting 6/20/18 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Critique - Dino Masseroni
CMA
Art & History Gallery
7/5/18 Pick up artwork Art & History Gallery
CAL Meeting 7/18/18 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Marketing (ITR +) CMA
Upcoming Events
Subject Date Start Time End Time Description Location
Calendar has updates from the last newsletter. Some dates
and/or times have changed.
To learn more about CAL, visit us at…. Website: https://cantonartistleague.org Facebook Page: https://www.facebok.com/CantonArtistsLeague/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/711382905597627
If you have pictures of CAL events, you are
welcome to post them on the CAL Facebook page.
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CAL Show Policy
Fees to cover incidentals
o $5 or $10 to enter each show.
o Glenmoor or other “tent” shows $10. For the first panel and $5 for each additional panel
o $25 for CMA show (1-2 entries)
Artwork labels:
o Fill out CAL label template and attach to the back of artwork (Artist, Title, Media, Price, Contact info)
o Designated shows: Business card with added artwork information (Title, Media, Price) or similar 2” x
3.5” tag (with artists name, contact information, Title, Media, Price) If the tag does not easily fasten to
the front of the artwork, it will accompany the piece - attached to the back (in a self sealing bag - to be
fastened to the wall beside the work.)
o Designated shows: for front labels - send info to Irene Rodriguez who will print all labels the same (as
we have done for Stark State)
Request all who show (even once) help at least once in some way during the year (receiving art, hanging
artwork, refreshments – obtaining, arranging, serving, etc.)
For those who help receive or hang art, their show fee will be waved, except for the CMA shows where extra
expense occurs.
Artwork not properly wired for hanging (No saw tooth brackets) WILL Not be in the show.
If art on easels is allowed, you have to supply your own easel.
Artwork not properly labeled WILL Not be in the show.
Artwork not registered by the deadline will not be in the show. Send artwork information to Irene Rodriguez at
least one week prior to deliver art date.
If space is limited for an exhibit, the first to sign up will have artwork in the show. The number of artists
participating will determine how many pieces each can exhibit.
Artists who show wall art larger than 24” x 36” will be limited for shows that have limited space. Example: if
artists are limited to 2 pieces, artists with larger pieces will be limited to one.
Members must have their dues paid and current prior to the show (CMA show - cross check for CMA
membership)
All artwork must be suitable to be viewed by all ages.
We encourage only artwork from original concept and design.
o If copied work is shown, it MUST be identified as a copy and will be classified separately.
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Check list for CAL shows
Send artwork information to Irene Rodrigues at [email protected]
Wall art wired and ready for hanging
Labels on the back of artwork
Labels for the front of artwork (when required)
Show fee check made out to Canton Artists League
Find the following information on the show information sheet
Mark on your calendar the delivery date
Mark on your calendar the reception date
Mark on your calendar the pick up date
Note the show location address
Matt Cutter—Free to good home ( includes hand cutter)
Contact Lori Perry at [email protected]
First come first served.
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Labels for CAL Exhibits
To be attached to the back of artwork
Name ____________________________________
Address __________________________________
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Primary Phone _____________________________
Email ____________________________________
Title _____________________________________
Media __________________ Price ____________
Name ____________________________________
Address __________________________________
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Primary Phone _____________________________
Email ____________________________________
Title _____________________________________
Media __________________ Price ____________
Name ____________________________________
Address __________________________________
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Primary Phone _____________________________
Email ____________________________________
Title _____________________________________
Media __________________ Price ____________
Name ____________________________________
Address __________________________________
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Primary Phone _____________________________
Email ____________________________________
Title _____________________________________
Media __________________ Price ____________
Name ____________________________________
Address __________________________________
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Primary Phone _____________________________
Email ____________________________________
Title _____________________________________
Media __________________ Price ____________
Name ____________________________________
Address __________________________________
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Primary Phone _____________________________
Email ____________________________________
Title _____________________________________
Media __________________ Price ____________
Designated shows - Labels for the front of artwork: Business card with added artwork information (Title,
Media, Price) or similar 2” x 3.5” tag (with artists name, contact information, Title, Media, Price) If the
tag does not easily fasten to the front of the artwork, it will accompany the piece attached to the back
(in a self sealing bag - to be fastened to the wall beside the work.)