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PAL February 2017 Newsletter

WelcomeNEW Members:

Cindy & Sean BonitoGretchen DavisMary HinesWilliam LumDana RossPeter Standish-Lee

Welcome BackRenewingMembers:

Colleen BaileyNancy Joan FischerBetty GadberryJane HamiltonAlice HorstCraig JohnsonKaren O'NeillSandra MainMary Tess Mayall

Greetings Bob

Our first meeting of 2017 was a great success. Thank you to Craig Johnson for his presentation of 'Photographing yourArt'. Craig gave us a number of tips in how to take good photosof our art to submit to online shows. Click here to view his tips.

We have several exciting events in the upcoming months. Firstis our SketchCrawl on February 11 followed by the PALMembership Show in the new PlacerArts Gallery in April. Forfurther information check out the PAL Events listed below.

Diane FriedbergPAL Newsletter Editor

PAL Meeting February 7 at 7 PM

Our presenter at this meeting will be Sandy Lindblad, who willdo a demonstration of pastel. The meeting will be held at theImage Pathways, 461-2 Main Street in Newcastle.

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PAL MEMBERSHIP:Who We Are - PlacerArtists League (PAL)promotesprofessionalcamaraderie, artisticsupport and exhibitopportunities inpartnership withPlacerArts. PAL is agroup of active visualartists who meetregularly forpresentations anddemonstrations on avariety of media andart related topicsfrom award winningprofessionals.

MEETINGS:We meet the FirstTuesday of everymonth, alternatingfrom 10:00 am and7:00pm. Please seeour schedule at thebottom of thisnewsletter.EXISTING MEMBERS:Please keep uscurrent with yourphone number, homeaddress, and email,by contacting CarolGrismore.

MEMBERSHIP:If you are new or

Sandy, a Grass Valleycontemporary animal portraitartist, has a unique style betweenimpressionism andexpressionism. As time went on,about 8 years ago her creativeart specializing in animals wasborn. She now creates withpassion, animals in a colorful,expressionistic manner, catchingthe feeling of cats, dogs, horsesand other subjects in herpaintings. Using pastels andacrylics, Sandy enjoys seeingthem come alive on canvas or

board. Her goal is to catch an "impression" of the animals andscenes that she paints.

Since childhood, Sandy has always drawn and painted cats, dogsand farm animals. She now regularly creates forever paintings ofanimals and pets in art. Her art can also be found at Auburn OldTown Gallery (Auburn). Sandy is now a signature member at theSierra Pastel Society. She's thrilled to be able to createforeverpaintings from pictures.

Animals speak to Sandy, and alive on the canvas they arecreated in her studio. If you'd like to see her work, please go towww.sandylindblad.com

Featured Artist - Michael Volpi

Michael Volpi was a letter carrier for the postal service in the BayArea for 25 years. Two years later he transferred to Rosevilleand moved to Applegate. Patricia Abraham started teachingwatercolor classes on his mail route. Michael has been takingclasses off and on from Patricia as well as Sonja Hamilton eversince.


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renewing your PALparticipation, makesure to select TWO(2) boxes, thetax-deductiblePlacerArtsmembership as wellas thesupplementaryparticipation fee- $20Placer ArtistsLeague. Both boxesneed to be selected.Thank you.

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always enjoyed paintingas a hobby andspending time withpeople who feel thesame. Michael tries to paint landscapes and still-life inwatercolor with a humorousor off the wall twist to them. Sometimes it actually works! Michael has been a member of PAL for 2 years.

PAL News and Events Placer Artists League is sponsoring a SketchCrawl on February 11thin Old Town Auburn . The event is open to all artists, member andnonmember alike. You may ask 'What is a SketchCrawl?' ASketchCrawl is an event where artists of all genres get together todraw, sketch or paint in a specific area, then meet up to show whatthey've created. All you need to participate is something to draw withand something to draw on. You can see the official Urban Sketchers

website at www.urbansketchers.org.

We will meet up at 10:30 AM in front of Auburn Old Town Gallery, 218 Washington Street. We'll sit down for lunch about 12:30-1:00 PM, somewhere in Old Town.Since this is pretty much an outdoor event, if it's raining on February 11th, we will hold theSketchCrawl on February 18th, the Saturday following. If you think you might want toparticipate, please contact Carol Grismore at [email protected]. Last-minuteattendance is also welcome!

The PAL Membership Show will be held at the new PlacerArts gallery at the 910 LincolnWay location. We are excited to be able to have our show at this location. This is anopportunity for all our members to be able to display their artwork (2D and 3D iswelcome). Please bring your artwork on Monday, April 3 from 10:30 to 11:30 AM. If we


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have an overwhelming number of pieces, we may need to limit one piece of artwork permember. All artwork must be original and ready to hang (no saw tooth hangers). Be sureto label your artwork with artist's name and title. The show will be on display through April27. Take down will be Friday, April 28 from 10:30 to 11:30 AM. If possible, please fill outthe entry form in advance. PAL Entry Form.

Save the Date for the 2017 PAL Open Juried Show - This year we have scheduled ourOpen Juried Show to take place May 26 through June 12 at the General Gomez Gallery. We plan to have submissions done online. Frank Ordaz will be our juror. We will needvolunteers to help us out.

PAL Facebook Page - To keep up-to-date on the happenings of PAL and fellow PALmembers check out our Facebook Page - PAL Facebook Page.

ART STUDIO TREK (Art and Chocolate) - Several fellow PAL members will beparticipating in this show. The 21 artists group of the Art Studio Trek will have a previewshow of their art presented at the Harris Center at Folsom Lake College until March 12,2017. This show will highlight the future open studio event of Roseville, Rocklin andGranite Bay on April 25-26 from 10 am to 5 pm each day. Free maps are available at theHarris Center or can be downloaded at www.ArtStudioTrek.com.

Please let us know where to find your art, promoting artists is what we do! To place yourinformation in PAL Newsletter, please send an email to Diane [email protected] before the 20th of the month.

Classes and Education

Jim Lee - Open enrollment for classes in the first quarter of 2017. This is a first-come,first-serve invitation. Tuition is $250 ($100 is non-refundable, the balance becomesnon-refundable two weeks prior to class). Classes are limited to 10 students. Eachclass is 20-hours (spread over three sessions) of hands-on instruction of sculpting thehuman form in water-base clay. This includes lectures in bond structure, anatomy,emotion and gesture. Class details:March "Portrait" Class Mar 4th, 5th & 25th; April"Portrait" Class, Apr 8th, 9th & 29th. Contact Jim at 916-878-0993 or go to the websitewww.clayheadsculptures.com.

Eileen Marcotte will be teaching Gourd Classes at her studio in the General Gomez Art


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and Event Center, 808 Lincoln Way in Auburn. All materials included. Bring a baglunch or snack. Any questions contact Eileen by email at [email protected] call her (208)304-3153Beginning Gourd Class $70 from 11 am to 4 pm on February 3, April 14, May 20Weaving on Gourds $125 (2 day workshop-must have beginning gourds) February 23 and 24 11am to 4pm; May 5 and 6 from 11 am to 4 pmKnotless Necklace $40 March 9 11 am - 4 pm

Please find more information about these and many more classes offered in our area bylinking here.

Exhibits and other information

The Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, held by the Blue Line Art Gallery. This show wasfirst juried in 1940, a tradition that continues to the present day. 2017 marks the 78thshow and will be exhibited at Blue Line Arts Gallery. Past exhibitors have included manypremier names in American and California art, including Robert Arneson, Kathryn UhlBall, Elmer Bischoff, Fred Dalkey, David Gilhooly, Ralph Goings, Gregory Kondos,Roland Petersen, Mel Ramos, Ruth Rippon, Fritz Scholder, and Wayne Thiebaud. Thisyear's exhibition will include 60 works of art, all of which will be exhibited at Blue LineArts in Roseville. The exhibit is on display until February 25th, 2017. Please link herefor more information www.bluelinearts.org

Art Rummage Sale, Surplus Art Supplies at Sacramento Fine Arts Center5530B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael on February 4, 2017, 9 AM to 3 PM Art supplies,paints, canvas, frames, mat board and easels will be on sale.Come and shop from a selection of excess inventory of art to wear, yarns, fabric andaccessories. Select art equipment, weaving looms, worktables, bookcases, books, artpaper, ribbons, decorative art materials, posters, pottery, glass and all manner ofsurplus art goods. Sponsored by the Fiber Arts Group of Sacramento Fine Arts Center.

Pastel Society of the West Coast - The amazing pastel portrait artist, CuongNguyen, will be the guest presenter at the Sierra Pastel Society's general meeting onSunday, March 12, 2017 at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 5330 B Gibbons Dr.,Carmichael, 12 noon - 3 p.m. Designated a Distinguished Pastelist by the PastelSociety of the West Coast, Nguyen is also a member of - Oil Painters of America and


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the International Guild of Realism. The meeting will also include the reception for theSierra Pastel Society Membership Show exhibit at that venue. The exhibit is on displayfrom February 21 to March 12.

Calls Elk Grove Fine Arts Center's 5th Annual Open Fine Arts Competition to be heldon March 4th, 2017. Entries close on February 4th, 2017. The juror is D. OldhamNeath, Art Curator for the annual public television station KVIE's Art Auction, and ownerof Archival Framing and Gallery in Sacramento. To apply, go to our website atelkgrovefineartscenter.org and click on the Event link "Competition" to access the entryform, pay fees and submit jpg's of your submission, all online. Or, you may come into the art center, located at 9080 Elk Grove Boulevard onWednesdays-Saturdays between 11:00 am - 4:00 pm to apply in person. You will needto bring in a cd disc with images of your artwork (no larger than 300dpi) if applying inperson. For your convenience we are attaching an entry form with this email. You mayenter up to three pieces of art at $15 per entry (non-refundable), and entries are dueby February 4th, 2017. The reception for the competition will be from 5:00 - 8:00 pmon March 4th, 2017.

What? You Call that Art? Leave the viewer guessing by incorporating FOUND ARTOBJECTS. Create your entry with objects not normally associated with art or do aconventional artwork and add surprise elements to it. Exhibit dates are February 21 -March 12, 2017 HAND DELIVER WORK: Saturday, February 4th from 11:00 am -4:00 pm to the Sacramento Fine Arts Center

The Art League of Lincoln - Anything Goes - Mixed Media Art.This is the first open exhibit for 2017. Mixed Media is art that includes more than onemedium. It can be anything an artist wishes to conger up; collage, paint, words, ink,photography, torn paper, found objects, etc. Have fun with this one, let your artist'simagination go free. It can be 2D or 3D. Reception and Awards TBA.Online deadline is February 18, 2017. Sign up at www.all4art.net. The Exhibit isfrom March 1 to April 1, 2017. Contact for details - Rhonda Campbell [email protected].

"Off Center" - Blue Line Arts is proud to present Off Center, a brand new international


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ceramic art competition for 2017. This year, they are honored to have such illustriousceramic artists, Sandra Simon and Robert Brady, as their judges. Deadline to enteris February 23. To apply please link here.

The Art League of Lincoln is holding their fifth annual America's ClayFest CeramicArt Exhibit and Competition in Lincoln, CA at venues on the doorstep of the historicGladding, McBean plant. This exhibit celebrates the rich history of clay competitionknown as Feats of Clay, formerly held at the Gladding, McBean Clay ManufacturingCompany in Lincoln, CA. For 2017, we are very fortunate to have Peter Held return asour Open Division juror and Mark Bogus as our Student Division juror. Deadline isFebruary 28, 2017. All entries must be submitted through our website atwww.AmericasClayFest.org

Art Where Wild Things Are - theme Open Juried Regional Exhibition benefitingARNHA and the Effie Yeaw Nature Center. Broad and creative interpretations of life inour local natural world. Open to all artists 16 and older. Online entry fee $15 perartwork, limit 3 artworks (non refundable). Submit only recent work, finished withinthe last four years. All artwork must be for sale. Work must be original artwork notpreviously shown at Sacramento Fine Arts Center (SFAC). Watermedia, Oil/Acrylic/SoftPastel, Graphics/Pencil/Pen & Ink/Hard Pastel, Mixed Media, Textile and Sculpture andnew this year Photography. No copies, no class or workshop artwork, crafts or work byany commercial printing process or video/film. No giclees. Deadline April 15,2017. www.sacfinearts.org/pdf/AWWTA2017_entry.pdf

PAL Activity Calendar We are excited about our 2017 Placer Artists League program. We have many excellent artistdemonstrations, studio tours, and critique sessions planned. Be sure and mark your calendar inadvance for these dates!

We meet the first Tuesday of Every Month as scheduled below.

February 7 at 7 pm Sandy Lindblah Oil or WatercolorDemonstration

Image Pathways 461-2 Main Street, Newcastle


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March 7 at 10 AM George Allen Durkee Oil Demonstration

Auburn City Hall 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn

April 4 at 7 PM Mary Tess Mayall Social Media 101


May 2 at 10 AM Rudy Browne Formal Critique Session

Auburn City Hall 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn

June 6 at 7 PM Anthony Maki-Gill Ceramic Demonstration

380/390 Racetrack Street Auburn

July 4 No Meeting

August 1 at 10 AM Crocker Museum Visit Crocker Museum 216 O Street, Sacramento

September 5 at 7 PM Noel Sandino Printmaking Demonstration


October 3 at 10 AM Mya Louw Acrylic demonstration and Salad Buffet Lunch

8799B Auburn Folsom Road Granite Bay

November 7 at 7 PM Maggie Shane Acrylic demonstration


December 5 at 11 AM Holiday Luncheon and Volunteer Acknowledgement

TBD

We need your input and would welcome you on the leadership team. Join our Sub-Committeegroup, meeting "Third Monday" at 1:00 in the Newcastle Packing Sheds Artists Studios.

Umpqua Gallery The Placer Arts League (PAL) program manages the gallery at the Umpqua Bank, 571 5th Street,Lincoln, Ca.

PAL 2017 Steering Committee MaryTess Mayall* Chair 916-223-4531 [email protected]


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Carol Grismore Membership 415-806-3218 [email protected]

Diane FriedbergGia McNutt*

Open Juried Show 530-268-1383916-502-5311

[email protected]@team-sos.com

Diane Friedberg Newsletter Editor 530-268-1383 [email protected]

Amy Newson* Umpqua BankVenue Manager

916-663-9697 [email protected]

Pat Stoddard-Aragon*

Umpqua PAL Membership ShowManager

530-503-5779 [email protected]

Pat Lucas, SandraMain*, Jan Miller*,Kathy Randall, RickWatson*, JoyceWilliams*

Members at Large

The PAL Steering Committee meets the "Third Monday" of every month, at 1:00 pm, at the NewcastlePacking Shed Artists Studio, at 455 Main Street, Newcastle, Ca. All members are welcome to attend.* PAL Steering Committee Voting Members

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PAL WebsitePAL Newsletter ArchivesPlacerArts WebsitePlacerArts Artist DirectoryPlacerArts Call to ArtistsCalifornia Arts CouncilBlue Line ArtsSacramento Fine ArtsGeneral Gomez Art Center Art League of Lincoln

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