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Fall 2008 Issue
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Message from the Prez ~ Barbara Schicitano WCA is "going GREEN". We are doing our part to help preserve the environment. This means that all members must have email or access to email and the internet through a relative, friend, neighbor or WCA email buddy. Please adopt a member with no email source. All information will be on the website or in email.
You will want to spend some time on the website navigating thru the pages. This way you will know the layout of the site and be able to find the info you need quickly.
When you see blue underlined text, that means you can click on that "link" to get to the exact page on the site. I do that to make it easier for you.
A roster of new members will be available in December and sent via email. It will be a PDF Adobe Reader file for you to open and print. This will take place of the handbook. This will not be posted on the website so that your privacy will be protected.
We hope you will get your own Member Page on the WCA website. This is where the public and publicity sources go for info about our members. The website is now the lifeline of WCA. If you would like your own page on the WCA site click here for details. Also, email me personally for a special price on having your own website.
New email address for me = BArtist@CreativeArtDecor.com
NOTICES and BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The WCA Newsletter will be posted online in the Fall, Winter and Spring. Email your latest and greatest info and announcements by Sept 15, Dec 15 and April 15 to editor: Mary Lou Ringers MLRingers@tampabay.rr.com Please check your submissions carefully for any errors before sending. The newsletter editor is not responsible for any misinformation sent to her. Your personal announcements are limited to up to five lines of pertinent info. Editor will not be able to edit long announcements; therefore they will not be included.
Your Personal Announcements (NOT INCLUDED IN THE NEWSLETTER) are your responsibility and you are free to use the WCA email list for this purpose.
THE HOLIDAY PARTY: December 7th, 2008 from 2 to 5 PM The Pinebrook Clubhouse - Directions to Pinebrook Clubhouse for the Holiday Party - click here
$10 per member PREPAID ONLY and no one allowed in "at the door" Please send your $10 party fee directly to Donna Bath. All reservations to be received NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 30th. Donna Bath, WCA Treasurer 565 Park Estates Sq - Venice, FL 34293
Bring a Holiday Gift donation for SPARCC (Safe Place And Rape Crisis Center, inc.) of art supplies and project kits. DO NOT wrap your item but bring wrapping for it. It is entirely up to you as to how much you spend on this gift but all items must be NEW. We will bring the unwrapped gifts and wrappings to SPAARC. This donation was so very appreciated last year by the Moms and their children.
EXHIBITION NEWS: The Exhibition Team has plans finalized for our fall juried exhibition at The Studio at Gulf and Pine. See the Prospectus from the Members Info Page. During our exhibition and reception at the Studio at Gulf and Pine, Anna Maria will be holding a 3-day arts festival from November 14-16 called artsHOP! Our show will be seen by lots of people! Take advantage of a great opportunity in this beautiful gallery.
Receiving for this show is on Saturday, November 1st, 10 AM to 1 PM sharp. The juror is coming in at 1:30 so receiving will end promptly at 1. Some suggestions for dropping off your work if you don’t live nearby:
MEMBERS' ANNOUNCEMENTS & AWARDS:
JUDY KRAMER and JUDY LYONS SCHNEIDER will be hosting a reception on Friday, March 13, 2009 at the Venice Art Center for their joint exhibition, "Musings and Vignettes" between 4 and 6 PM. All are invited.
Bernice Gaines won an Honorable Mention in the open, juried all media Summer Showcase exhibition at Art Center Manatee. She also won awards at the Artists Guild in Monmouth County New Jersey this past summer.
Barbara Frey
will teach Plant Printing on Silk -- November 13 & 14, 2008-- 10
AM - 3 PM. at Selby Botanical Gardens.
Create beautiful silk scarves with
patterns of flowers and leaves by applying pigments directly to plant
materials and pressing them on the silk. Also learn to create
interesting and varied backgrounds with silk textile paints. Materials
list available.
Eleanor Merritt will be exhibiting acrylic paintings at the Unity Church Gallery located on Proctor Road between Beneva Rd and Tuttle Avenue in Sarasota from November 1 to December 2. There will be an artists reception on Sunday, November 2 from 11;30 to 12:30 open to the public. As part of the Pierian Spring Academy Lecture Series, Eleanor will be discussing "African American Artists; To Preserve a Legacy" on Wednesday, November 12 at 3 PM in the Geldhart Auditorium at the Selby Library in Sarasota. Free and open to the Public.
Pat Davidson has had a painting selected for the Florida Watercolor Society's 37th Annual Exhibition at the Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture, Delray Beach FL. September 4 - November 16, 2008. The opening reception is Friday, September 19th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Museum.
Helene Hirmes Sculpture Classes will be held this fall at ArtCenter Manatee and at Carla's Clay. Call her for details - 358-7779.
ATTENTION ALL WCA MEMBERS! Need a model? Call fellow WCA member Cristina Caserta at (941) 928-0089
Alice Benjamin Boudreau will be be doing painting demonstrations at the Dancing Crane Gallery 1019 10th Avenue West in Bradenton's Village of the Arts Saturdays, October 4th, November 8th, and December 6 from Noon to 2 p.m. Alice is preparing for two exhibits in December: 1. The Dancing Crane Gallery with Helene Hirmes through December 27th, with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on, Friday, December 5th. 2.) Harmony Gallery through January 4th in the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, 709 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, with a reception Tuesday, December 16, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Ruth Hook Colby was juried into the Southeastern Pastel Society’s 13th International Juried Exhibition, also winning an award. 65 pieces were selected from 342 entries submitted for the show held at the Oglethorpe University Museum in Atlanta, GA. She has attained signature membership with the society and has been included into the last eight consecutive exhibitions. Ruth will also be included in the 12th Biennial National Exhibition of the Degas Pastel Society to be held in September at the Lauren Rogers Museum in New Orleans.
Marge Bennett invites you to enjoy her show, “Bloomin’ Gardens” at Harmony Gallery, 700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236. The show will hang from October 22 through November 27, 2008. You are especially invited to join her for a reception on November 11 from 5 to 6:30 pm Enjoy good friends and new art with a glass of wine.
Mary Lou Ringers’ watercolor, “Nosy One”, was juried into the 37th Annual Florida Watercolor Society’s Exhibition being held at the Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture, Delray Beach FL from September 4 - November 16, 2008. The opening reception is Friday, September 19th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Museum. It was also the recipient of the Jerry Summers Memorial Award. Mary Lou also has a solo show entitled “The Gardens of My Heart” at the Unity Gallery in Sarasota for the month of September. The gallery is located at 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota. The hours are Tuesday – Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and on Sunday’s following the 10 am service.
Sue Turconi will lecture and show sample slides for JURYING PROCESS, part of the EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN SERIES, to be held October 16, from 6-8 at Art Center Sarasota. There is a fee of $10.00. Sue has been involved on both sides of the process during her career. She has also given presentations on the business side of being an artist in America and Europe. If anyone wants more information, please call her directly at 485-6582.
JULIE HANSON ART CLASSES: ART CENTER SARASOTA Wednesday mornings starting November –365-2032 for details–Also Workshops! / MANATEE ART CENTER Wednesday afternoons–winter and spring semesters only–746-2862 for details / ADULT & COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER –Tuesday mornings live model and portrait–also color workshop–361-6590 for details / NEW! SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS on Fridays–366-5731 for details. Call Julie for further details 923.1293 or juliehansonart@earthlink.net (better to email since Julie is still gone for the summer.)
PAT KAUFMAN
Save her o save her, video and original collages / Edited by Stefani
Dworkin
New WCA member and Atlanta transplant, Carolyn Ritter will have a solo show at the ComCenter in Lakewood Ranch December 15,2008 with an opening reception Friday December 19th, 5-7 p.m. The exhibit, A Tropical Celebration, will feature colorful acrylic and mixed media paintings of plant life, birds, and animals. Carolyn will be teaching a class, Explorations in Acrylics, at MCC Lakewood Ranch beginning February 4th, and a workshop, Putting Punch in your Painting, at ArtCenter Manatee March 27-28, 2009.
Florida Watercolor Society - The Jerry Summers Memorial Award
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Newsletters will be posted in full on the WCA website on: October 15 (info to be to Kris no later than Sept 15) January 15 (your info by Dec 15) May 15 (your info by Apr 15) Kris Parins - kris.parins@gmail.com You can peek ahead at the newsletter page in progress but it won't be completed until each date above.
Dear Members,
First and foremost, please refer to the WCA website for ALL information.
WCA is now in transition from a Board of Directors run organization to a Committee Run organization. This transition will be complete by May 2009 and at that time you will be updated with any changes on the website Members Info Page.
Starting in May 2009 WCA will be a Committee Run organization. The names listed below are who you will contact for any of your needs or to volunteer to help on a specific committee. Please come forward to help when and where needed.
The Committee Heads will have full responsibility for their own committees and are free to have their own meetings if and when they choose. They will call on the membership when their committee needs help and the members will contact them directly for volunteering and questions about each committee.
Exhibition Committee: Coke / Gaines / Merritt / Mishner / Robbins / Pastore / Schicitano / Schneider / Sloan / Vizzi / Wood Finance: Bath Social: Lee Retreat: Gaines Membership: Gaines Membership Liaison: Sloan Student Awards: Dickinson / Landon Lunch Bunch: Pastore Website and Publicity: Schicitano Email Updates: Coke to send emails to the members from Committee Heads when necessary Historian: Perkins Newsletter Info: Parins
New Committee Heads will be approved by all of the above.
Participation includes entering exhibitions, attending receptions, lunch bunch gatherings and special events.
Events: Lunch Bunch typically is held on the first Monday of each month unless a holiday interferes. Check the website for dates and directions. Holiday Party is the first or second Sunday of December End of Season Event is the second or third Sunday in April depending on Easter and Passover dates.
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