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June 23th, 2015, 5:30pm PAL Meeting Gig Harbor Methodist Church 7400 Pioneer Way Gig Harbor, WA 98335 Public Welcome!
June Demo: Urban Sketching!
Founder of Two Year Old Urban Sketchers-Tacoma (serving all of Pierce County),
Frances Buckmaster is the featured artist
Please do not park in the visitor’s spaces in front of the church.
The Global Urban Sketchers Movement began just a bit up I-5….and, it has gone global! Urban Sketchers-Tacoma is celebrating its two-year anniver-sary. I’m an “Urban Sketcher! ” What does that mean? See the work of local and global Urban Sketchers & learn the benefits of social media; Hear about pe-
ripheral activities-opportunities connected to Urban Sketching; Preview typical sketching equipment and popular Urban Sketching books; Learn the July & August sketching locations & be invited to join the group for sketch-outs. After first training in commercial art, Frances studied fine arts at several universities around the U.S., then, plein air oil painting with Michael Stasinos and Marc Hanson, oil painting with David Gray and Elizabeth Robbins, and watercolor & gou-ache with Carla O’Connor. With a degree in English, she taught Jr. High School. Post-grad she studied Business
(Marketing) for three years and also became a Commercial Real Estate Broker, serving small in-vestment groups. After 4 years in seminary, she earned a Master of Divinity degree and was ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minis-ter. She served congregations in the U.S. and Canada until retire-ment in 2000. At that time, she returned to art. She hosted a fig-ure program for 5+ years, taught
art classes, did commissions, par-ticipated in juried shows, and hosted nationally known artists’ workshops in oils, watercolor, colored pencil.
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June’s President's Message:
My main message is that we are in serious need of volunteers for the Art Festival. This makes me question what it means to our members in general as this is are One source of in-come. Please consider committing to 2 to 4 hours to support the event!
May’s meeting was full of information on a number of shows, projects and activities. I can only keep track of all the things going on by getting them all on my calendar. Now I just have to re-member to check my calendar! Festival plans are coming together and we expect it to be a wonderful event. I hope all of you who have been screened will plan to enter the member’s show.
As many of you know Suzy Reynolds gave PAL a large number of art books that had belonged to her late father, Roger B. Molt. For those of you who wanted to express their thanks her email address is as follows; [email protected]. She also presented an opportunity to deco-rate little houses to be auctioned to raise funds for the Pierce County Housing Consortium. This looks like fun to me, so if you are interested please contact me for more information.
Once again we had a wonderful demo. Kathleen Kemly presented a very interesting mixed media technique that had us all wish the meeting could go on longer. By our next meeting I hope we will have a date for the summer picnic. Stay busy and have fun.
President.
PAL Meeting Calendar 2015
Month Board Place General Place Notes:
January 22nd Timberland Bnk GH 27th Methodist Church
February 19th Unless otherwise 24th Unless otherwise Screening
March 19th changed 24th changed
April 23rd 28th
May 21st 26th Screening
June 18th 23rd
July Summer Art Festival - No meeting
August Summer Break - Picnic - TBD
September 17th 22nd Screening
October 22nd 27th
November 19th 24th
December Holiday Party - No meeting - TBD
PAL board meetings are on the Thursday prior to the general meeting*. PAL member meetings are generally on the
4th Tuesday of the month. Exceptions will be noted as needed. *All changes will be approved by board members pri-
or to change. Save these dates on your calendar!
* - NOW is your opportunity to Volunteer, for fun and excitement! Your support makes it all happen,
and you help support PAL’s reputation for excellence! Please email me with any changes or correc-
tions. Carlene Salazar—Newsletter editor carlene,[email protected].
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CALL TO PLEIN AIR ARTISTS Paint the Peninsula, 3rd Annual Plein Air Festival and Competition Paint the Peninsula is a juried plein air competition in its third year. The event will be held Sep-tember 6th - 13th, 2015, in Port Angeles, Washington on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula. Port An-geles and its surrounding areas include Olympic National Park, and have everything to offer a plein air artist from sweeping vistas and soaring mountains to vintage working farms, intimate woods and expansive ocean views. The event is being hosted by and for the benefit of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (PAFAC). www.paintthepeninsula.org/2015 Check out the participants for this year’s show.
Northwest Watercolor Society Accepted Artists posted www.nwws.org NWWS’s 75th Diamond Anniversary Celebration International Open Exhibition. Exhibition dates: July 1 – September 30, 2015 at the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seat-tle. Awards over $15,000; first $3,000; second $2,000; third $1250. Jurors Judy Morris and Alvaro Castagnet. Alvero Castagnet and Judy Morris will be presenting workshops through NWWS.
Poster Contest Show; The placed winners of the poster contest, along with the four runners up will be on display at the Gig Harbor Library the Month of June 2015. We are very grateful for the partici-pation of all the teachers and students who did such a great job with their entries.
JUDY MORRIS 5-DAY WORKSHOP 9:00 am – 4:00 pm July 6 – 10, 2015 http://www.nwws.org/EventsWorkshops/75thDiamondAnniversaryCelebration.aspx Crowne Plaza Seattle 1113 6th Avenue (Corner of 6th & Seneca) Seattle WA 98101 https://resweb.passkey.com/go/NWWS75th The Crowne Plaza Seattle is offering a limited number of discounted rooms for our 75th Diamond Anniversary Celebration participants. Celebrate 75 years of the Northwest Watercolor Society in Seattle with international award winning artist and juror Judy Morris. Go on a journey with her and discover the uniqueness of the ordinary. Limited to 25 partici-pants. Fee: $595 for NWWS members $695 for non-members See website for detail and to download registration form
Please note that DRAWING YOU IN at the Uptown Mall (beneath the Pagoda next to Blue Agave restaurant), will be starting July 8th, Wednesdays from 1-3:30 on through to September 23rd 2015. Contact Stephenie Cardinal with any questions 253-222-3023.
Franke Toby Jones Art Show Call to Artists
Entry Deadline; August 30th. Show at FTJ October 22-25 and TAM in November. Artists 55 or bet-
ter may apply. Go to Franke Toby Jones web site for more information and to apply.
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PAL Events! .
No July Demo! Next Demo; September!
Newsletter Announcements: Please send photos and announcement information! Without YOU, I
have nothing to put in here! [email protected]
Britt Greenland Workshops Explore rich colors and rich cultures in a
sensory learning experience! Here is the link to the information on my web-site: FYI, I'm only one hour from Gig Har-bor. ; ) Britt's summer oil painting workshops or con-tact; Britt Greenland [email protected]
PAL Summer Picnic; Watch for it !!!. TBD
Call for Summer Art Festival volunteers
There are numerous positions still open that need to be filled. Contact Hilaire at: [email protected] Or 206-293-1269 Those supporting members who are interested in volunteering for the Demo tent at the arts fest can either sign up next month at the meeting or email me and I will get them hooked up for a 2-4 hour slot...4 hours gets a free t-shirt (assuming PAL is still doing that?) I will need name-email address- day/time they hope to come out and play. Contact Feather Hilger at: [email protected] Or 360-633-5941.
An exciting workshop is coming up in September with the juror of the Open Show, Dawn Emerson. The dates are Sep-
tember 9, 10 and 11. The cost is $350. It will be held at Donna Trent's with a limit of 18 students. See the website
(dawnemerson.com ) to become really excited about this artist! More information to come.
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FREE ART CLASS (must be 55 or older)
Franke Tobey Jones in Tacoma is again hosting Friday Morning bi-weekly classes of "Art Explora-tions with Anne Moore Knapp". Each class is a self-contained unit with art history, an art concept, and a hands-on art piece (all supplies will be provided). All skills levels are welcome- it is a very fun and supportive class. Check for dates and sign up with JJ Hudson @ 253 756-6219 today. Bring a friend and carpool!
Sean Bonsell (son of Sherry Bonsell- PAL scholarships chair) who is webmaster for Gig Harbor Arts Center Alliance, is doing online/phone support for computer and website issues. He's kind and funny- see http://www.mycomputercopilot.com you can use him for as little as 15 mins (or more) to solve your issue.
Carla O'Connor has some studio items for sale. If interested, please contact her 253-851-8882 or [email protected]. Here are the items: Large easel - older. $75. End table $25 Plein aire easel- older. $25. (Low, rectangular. With shelf below) 3 display easels. $5 ea. Small 3 drawer chest with edges on top $30 2 stools. $10 ea. Wicker chest, 1 small $25, 1 large $75 Display rack for painting-table model $5. Spindle wood day bed with trundle below $150 Floor lamp- no shade $5. Kilinon Rug. approx. 6x9 wool, pale colors
Classifieds:
Artist Opportunity! My name is Melissa and I am the owner of Sea Hags in the Finholm's District of downtown Gig Har-bor. I am in search of Artists that want to sell their own art work and want a place to do that during the summer. We have an event on June 20th and then every Thursday from 4-8 during the summer. We are opening the private sidewalks to Artists. I am the contact if any of you are interested or if you would like more information. We have talked with the city and the Alliance and are set to go. There is no charge to the Artist!!! Please call me if you or an Artist, have questions!! Melissa Moller
Sea Hags
8805 N. Harborview Dr suite 201
Gig Harbor, WA. 98332
253-691-7731
www.seahagsllc.com
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Dawn Emerson Mixed Media Workshop
An exciting workshop is coming
up in September with the juror
of the Open Show, Dawn Emer-
son. The dates are September 9,
10 and 11. The cost is $350. It
will be held at Donna Trent's
with a limit of 18 students. See
the website (listed below) to be-
come really excited about this
artist! Dawn Emerson is an internationally known artist and
author from Terrebonne OR. She is an award winning pastel
artist and has achieved signature member status with the Pastel
Society of America, the Pastel Society of the West Coast, the
American Academy of Equine Art and is an associate of the Soci-
ety for Animal Artists.
Dawn grew up in Marblehead MA and graduated from Brown
University in 1977 with a BA in English and a minor in art. After
a career as a graphic designer in the Boston area, Dawn and her
husband and two children moved to Central Oregon. Since
2000 she has been invited to teach workshops and jury shows
around the country and Canada. Articles featuring her work
have been included in four artist magazines. She teaches foun-
dational drawing as a part time instructor at Central Oregon
Community College in Bend, Oregon.
More about Dawn on her website: dawnemerson.com
MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
I try to create a culture of joy and sharing in the class. With 25
years of experience teaching drawing and painting to all ages
and levels, I constantly challenge myself to grow as an artist and
instructor. My goal is to help you develop the skills you need to
express your own passion with art. I emphasize process rather
than product, and believe the workshop setting is the place to try
new things and learn from each other
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PAL - Teen Competition for Art Festival Poster
Design – 2015
The Gig Harbor Summer Art Festival is held down-
town Gig Harbor each year on the third weekend of
July. One of the most important aspects of the festi-
val is the design used for posters, T-shirts and publici-
ty and each year that design is the result of working
with local high-schools participating in our Poster
Contest.
PAL volunteer, Stephanie Cardinal, began building a
relationship with art teachers at GHHS, Peninsula
High, South Kitsap High, Henderson Bay and Harbor
Christian School last December. She began to com-
municate our requirements for festival art design and
spent classroom time brainstorming with graphic art
students and teachers. Slowly but surely, 31 art stu-
dents presented outstanding art for our contest this
year. We were so delighted with the quality of the
designs and the student enthusiasm for the project!
They were creative and exciting and the artwork was
of high quality and design. The 31 posters were voted
on by the board, taking into account how the design
would transfer to a poster and T-shirt. The numbers
were reduced to 7 posters which were presented to
the membership for a vote at the last meeting.
The result was: First Place – Raven Shipley from
GHHS; Second Place – Aubrey Lash from South
Kitsap; and Third Place – Maria O’Sullivan from South
Kitsap. There are monetary awards along with certifi-
cates and a cash award for the classroom teacher of
the First Place Winner. There is also the honor of see-
ing the art reproduced as a symbol of the 2015 Sum-
mer Art Festival. Many thanks to Stephanie Cardinal
for the time and effort she donated to making this
contest a great success and to all the students who
participated this year! By Myrna Binion
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Members
Shows
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Wanted....artists to decorate tiny houses for affordable housing...... "When housing costs too much, people don't have enough to cover other basic needs. The Afforda-ble Housing Consortium aids in providing desirable, low cost homes for people who simply do not earn enough to pay for "market-rate" apartments. It gives people with low and moderate incomes safe and healthy places to live in our communities." This organization serves our community in many ways. To name a few: rent and utility assistance, emergency housing, housing the home-less, clean and sober housing, veterans resources and more. This October the Tacoma Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium will hold it's 5th annual "Affordable Housing Awards Celebration and Silent Auction". The event will be held at the Foss Waterway Seaport on the Tacoma Waterfront. As a major portion of the auction they would like to feature small 3D kraft paper houses decorated by local artists. The houses can be decorated in any way that strikes your fancy......they may be modified, enlarged, beaded, painted, papered, simply or ornately embellished in any form. If you decide to participate in this project, you will receive your "house" in June and they will be collected in mid September. Please feel free to email or call me with any questions or to say that you would love to be part of this fun and worthwhile project. I'll be waiting to hear from you. Suzy Reynolds [email protected] 253 851 0593
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall..... Shared Housing Services' mission statement is dynamic, "connecting people and fostering inde-pendence through innovative and affordable housing because everyone needs a place to call home." Shared Housing Services serves all of Pierce County and matches homeless youth and adults with those who may have extra space in their homes. These matches are made only after extensive interviews and background checks. The next step is for both parties to decide between themselves if this will be an agreeable situation. Both the home seeker and the home provider can benefit in immeasurable ways. Each year we hold a dinner auction to raise funds to augment the grants that we receive. Our next Auction will be March 5, 2016. As a featured part of the auction we would like to showcase mirrors decorated by local artists. The mirrors will be approximately 18" x 24" and will have wooden frames. Should you decide to take on this project, you will have total freedom in turning this mirror into a fabulous work of art. You will receive your "canvas" in Oct and we would like to pick up the completed mirrors on Feb. 1. I hope this project sounds as fun to you as it does to me. Please call me with questions or to say "I'll do it!!!!!!" Suzy Reynolds Member of the Board Shared Housing Services. [email protected] 253 851 0593
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Portrait and life drawing/painting group meets every Friday from 1 to 3 PM at the Peninsula Retirement build-
ing (3445 50th St. Ct. NW). Live models. Contact George Millikin 253-858-3672."
Jewelry Making - Joan Tenenbaum, Teacher. Private instruction in jewelry fabrication. 253-858-7478 [email protected]
Fox Paw painters meet on Wednesdays at the Fox Island center—if you
are interested in painting with them, call or email Cec Anderson 253-549-
4646—[email protected]—PAL Members and Fox Islanders wel-
come—small fee involved.
Please note: If you have not paid your PAL Dues, your classes will not be listed. If you paid late for some
reason, please email, so I can verify your status with Cecile. Then send me an up-dated list of your classes.
For all other classes, remember to up-date your class information in a timely manner, so it can be
published before your class runs! Thanks! Carlene Salazar: [email protected]
Check out PAL’s 2 Blog Sites; add your own comments and posts! www.peninsulaartists.blogspot.com/ — For demo
and group information. www.peninsulaartleague.blogspot.com — For individual accomplishments and shows.
One goal is to get new PAL members. Blogging is one of the easiest ways for interested people to see what is going on in our art world. What YOU contribute and talk about is what will entice new people to join us. Please give it a try!
"Go Figure" group meets at Donna Trent's on Tuesdays. Drawing/painting from live costumed mod-els. Please contact Donna for more information. 253-265-6532.
SUMI PAINTING WORKSHOPS
Darlene Dihel will be teaching several sumi painting workshops in Bainbridge. If interested please contact Sue Hylen at Bainbridge Parks. She is the Art & Cultural Programs Manager. 206-842-2306 #116 / [email protected]
The classes are all 10:00 to 2:30 call or email Darlene for information.
Ongoing Classes presented by PAL Members:
Tanya Lemma Watercolor: Classes will resume this fall. Keep your eyes out for dates and times coming up. 253-460-2841 or [email protected],
Pastel & Oil Donna Trent—call 265-6532 for information
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PAL Board Meeting May 21, 2015
In attendance: Kate Griswold, Cathie Johnson, Hilaire Radowick, Bob Knapp, Carlene Salazar and Myrna Binion
Board Minutes were accepted as printed in the newsletter.
Treasurer Report: Bob Knapp, Treasurer sent a treasury report to Board Members via email. There was discussion of the
audit to be held on May 28th at Bob’s home. Aidan Fogarty has volunteered to assist in the annual audit and one more per-
son is needed to help with the process. Kate will ask for a volunteer at the general meeting.
Festival - Zappilation: Hilaire Radowick asked to represent PAL at this year’s Zappilation Conference to be held in Kansas
City next September. The costs would be roundtrip airfare, conference fees, food and lodging. There is a saving on the
conference fee with Early Bird savings with a June registration. There was discussion of the value of sending a representa-
tive again this year as our experience with Zappilation seems to be positive and the process is working well. Kate decided
to email the Board Members for a vote as this month’s attendance was low and she needed more input. This decision will
be made by email.
Festival Report – Hilaire reported that the art for this year’s festival has been completed and T-shirts, hats, posters and ad-
vertising are being ordered. She is pleased with the design and has hopes that the baseball style caps will be popular.
There will be two styles of T-shirts ordered – the regular crew neck and a V-neck style. Reception invitations will be availa-
ble soon and will be given to Key Bank for their customers. Hilaire said festival plans are on track and sign-up sheets will
be at the general meeting for completion. Plans for transporting and lifting equipment from the storage unit are not com-
plete. Hilaire plans to look into hiring a company to assist. Kate offered her opinion that occupants from Remann Hall
might be available as a resource. Her neighbor works with youth who are required to do community service – Kate will
check into that idea.
Book Donation: Kate said she has been contacted by a family owning a large number of Art Books which belonged to the
father who has deceased. The family would like to donate those books in his name to local artists. The books will be availa-
ble for free at the meeting.
Members Shows: Cathie Johnson discussed the upcoming PAL Members Show at Key Bank during the festival. Paintings
will again be delivered to the back door area of the bank at drop-off time. Sign-up sheets will be available at the meeting
for taking in the art and hanging the show as well as docent volunteers during the weekend. The reception plans are on
track with Mallard’s Landing, our sponsors for this year’s event. Cathie reported that plans sound wonderful with tasty
treats and wine all supplied by Mallard’s Landing.
Pleine Air – Starts May 28 at Skansie Netshed in Jersich Park downtown Gig Harbor. Communication will be by Blog this
year with Feather Hilger as the contact person.
Oar Event- The auction and dinner will be held at the Yacht Club on June 6. Tickets are $35.00 each and the dinner selec-
tions are salmon and chicken. There is a silent as well as verbal auction and the oars will be auctioned for the fundraiser
along with some other donated items.
GH Museum: Myrna Binion and Sandy Newhouse met with the new Director of the GH Museum, John Ross, to discuss our
continuing relationship between our organizations. John Ross was very positive about holding future art shows and events
at the museum and said the planned remodel next year might change the month of the PAL Open Show, but they still plan
to host it. The remodel is not huge – it is mainly creating an opening between two current rooms for glass doors which can
be opened for large events. John was open to the idea of holding the museum open after hours on the Thursday Art Walk
during the Open Show dates. Museum goers could see the show for free during those hours. PAL will host with some sort
of event – further plans must be developed.
Workshop- Dawn Emerson will be here for a workshop in September.
2016 Slate of Officers and Committee Chairs: There was discussion of which current members will remain in their posi-
tions. Kate will bring this up at the meeting. We need a President, possibly a First VP and Workshop Chair. Kate will talk
to others and see where they stand.
Meeting adjourned. Minutes taken by Myrna Binion, temporary fill-in secretary
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2014 PAL Board and Chairs
PAL Video/DVD Library We have NEW DVDs in our PAL Library on Pastels, Acrylics, Oil, Watercolor & Pen and Ink, as well as a 2 DVD set on Best Practices in Fine Art Storage. Remember that one of the benefits of being a PAL member is the opportunity to borrow these and other Videos & DVDs from our library located at the Kimball Espresso Café, so check them out!
Thank You! Jean Grover
Position Name Email Phone President* Kate Griswold [email protected] (253) 851-8662
First Vice President* Charli Meacham [email protected] (253) 858-9388
Second Vice President(s)* Cathie Johnson [email protected] (971) 241-5418
(members shows) Greg Trathen [email protected] (253) 265-3669
Secretary* Nancy Bartlett [email protected] (253) 851-3911
Treasurer* Bob Knapp [email protected] (253) 265-6700
Board Members at Large* [email protected] (253) 858-8886
Member Representative Anne Knapp [email protected] (253) 265-6700
Member Representative Barbara Ruble [email protected] (206) 293-1269
Member Representative Karen Wilsey [email protected] (253) 549-2929
Membership Chair Cecile Anderson [email protected] (253) 549-4646
Open Juried Show Chair Charles Salak [email protected] (2530 858-2536
Sandy Newhouse [email protected] (253) 884-2779
Kim Shuchhart-Gunns [email protected] (253) 759-9298
Renee Crist [email protected] (253) 265-6812
Open Show Sponsorship Eileen Schurer [email protected] (303) 955-8889
Newsletter Editor* Carlene Salazar [email protected] (253) 278-0942 (cell)
Newsletter Distributor Becky Eagle [email protected] (253) 228-1184
Monthly Programs* Judy Buskirk [email protected]
(253) 549-3158 (cell)
(253) 857-0543 (home)
Video Library Jean Grover See Member Directory (253) 858-0029
Hospitality Chairs Tina Salter [email protected] (253) 228-1184
Karen Petrillose [email protected] (2530 582-0653
Bi-Monthly Exhibit Roberta Rogers [email protected] (253) 858-8808
Workshops Jo Ann Sullivan [email protected] (360) 876-0742
Scholarships Sherri Bonsell [email protected] (253) 858-4032
Equipment Storage Lynda Lindner [email protected] (253) 853-5920
Poster Contest Stephanie Cardinal [email protected] (253) 222-3023
WEBsite/Publicity Charlee Glock-Jackson [email protected] (253) 857-5604
Screenings Committee Lori Johnson [email protected] (360) 871-3436
Lola Waller [email protected] (253) 255-1363
Mikki Parkhurst [email protected] (360) 876-3688
Plein Air Group Anne Knapp [email protected] (253) 857-3142
Cathie Johnson [email protected] (971) 241-5418
Drawing You In Chair Stephanie Cardinal [email protected] (253) 222-3023
Drawing You In Co-Chair Dee Barrett [email protected] (253) 845-6723
Uptown Show Bev Pederson [email protected] (253) 858-2277
Marti Lewis [email protected] (360) 301-3397
Summer Art Festival Chair Hilaire Radowick [email protected] (206) 293-1269
Artist Liaison Emily Porter [email protected] (971) 600-0329
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