Newsletter April 2006
Meeting The next meeting of the Community Arts Association will be held on Tuesday, April 11, at the Archer Church, 37 East Allendale Avenue at Franklin Turnpike. Refreshments will be served at 7:30 p.m. and the business meeting will begin at 8:00 p.m.
President's Message:
Even though March has been colder than January, I can now say spring has finally arrived . Hopefully the transitional period from brown to green will progress quickly and the delights of spring flowers will soon be upon us.
Believe it or not, we have two meetings remaining this season. The CAA board has prepared a slate of officers for members to vote on during this April meeting. The officer positions are established as a two-year term. The nominated slate of officers for the term July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008 is as follows:
President - Joyce Kanyuk Vice President - Rose Scaglione Treasurer - Jack O'Reilly Recording Secretary - Mary Shine Corresponding Secretary - Lanis Monfried
Your vote and participation is important, so please mark your calendar and attend this meeting. The swearing in of new officers will take place at our May meeting.
Membership renewals will be forthcoming and again I am impressing upon members that our club can only continue with your support and volunteerism. Many of the positions can be done as a group or individually at your home not requiring many skills. Rose Scaglione has been for many years demo program chair, and an assistant is requested. Rose has done and continues to do a great job. Having another hand with this task is greatly appreciated. I also thank Rose for organizing the bus trip to the Salmagundi Club AWS annual exhibit in NYC. Call Rose at 845-323-4234.The trip is scheduled for Thursday, April 6, leaving at 8:45 from the A&P parking lot, W. Allendale Ave. and Demercurio Dr., one block from the intersection of W. Allendale and Franklin Turnpike. We will spend the morning in Soho and the afternoon at the Salmagundi Club, returning about 5:00. Starting next season we will need a volunteer for hospitality, which requires setting up the coffee for each club meeting. A special thank you and much appreciation is extended to Rolf Hellmich for his many years at this task. Volunteers are also needed for publicity, CAA shows ( Sponsor/Silent Auction and Member show), workshop coordinator and the like. Please take particular consideration when completing the membership renewal and volunteer form. Your support and participation are what makes Community Arts the club it is servicing its local communities and artists.
Program THOMAS PARKES ~ WATERCOLOR ~ "PEOPLE IN SETTINGS" Tom’s painting "Solitary man, Block Island Hotel", won the Jack Richeson Gold Award for Watercolor at our 2005 Juried Art Show and he also won the John Singer Sargent Award for traditional watercolor at our 2003 Juried Show. Tom has studied drawing and painting at the Art Students League with Frank J Reilly and watercolor with Mel Stabin A.S.W. A former art director, he is currently teaching a drawing class in his home in Upper Saddle River. If you would like more information on this, his email is: atparkes@optonline.net
The Search for Demonstrators" In our continuing effort to bring you, the members, a quality program each month at our monthly meeting, we are asking that you give us some feedback on the following:
Please provide the name, address and phone number of any demonstrator that you have seen or heard about that we might contact to do a demo for us. Please call Rose Scaglione 845-323-4234
Membership Drive
In an effort to boost our membership numbers we are starting a Recruiting Campaign. We are asking all current members to participate. Following are a few suggestions:
Member News
Lorrie Pallant will exhibit her watercolors from May 3-30 at the Valley Cottage Library, 110 Route 303, Valley Cottage, NY.10989.
Elly Wane will exhibit her watercolors and drawings at the Piermont Fine Arts Gallery from April 6-to April 23. Receptions are April 8, Saturday and April 9, Sunday from 1:00 -5:00. Gallery hours are Thursday and Sunday 1:00-6:00, and Friday and Saturday from 1:00-9:00 p.m..
Helen Greenberg will have an exhibition of her work at the Upper Saddle River Library during the month of April.
John Ahearn, Peggy Dressel, Lillian Fendrock, and Lorrie Strangfeld were accepted in the Juried Show at the Art Center of Northern New Jersey. A second place award in Pastel went to Lorrie Strangfeld.
Discounts
Artist’s Magazine 1 year (12 issues) for $18.96. Watercolor Magic, 1 year (6 issues) $18.96. Make check payable to each magazine separately. Mail to Rose Scaglione, 5 Brigitte Ct., Suffern, NY 10901. If this is a renewal, send one of the mailing labels from arecent issue along with your check. Your new subscription will begin when the current one expires. Note the price change for Watercolor Magic. Note also that it has gone from 4 to 6 issues per year.
Deadline for May issue is April 20.
Tom Monfried will be the new Newsletter editor beginning with the May issue. You may send news items to him at tommonf@optonline.net, or mail them to 15 Stonefence Road, Allendale, NJ 0740
Newsletter May 2006
Meeting
The next meeting of
the Community Arts Association will be held on Tuesday, May 9th, at the
Archer Church, 37 East Allendale Avenue at Franklin Turnpike.
Refreshments will be served at 7:30 p.m. and the business
meeting will begin at 8:00 p.m.
President's
Message Congratulations
to our new officers voted in at our April meeting, President -- Joyce
Kanyuk, Vice-President -- Rose Scaglione, Treasurer -- Jack O'Reilly,
Recording Secretary -- Mary Shine and Corresponding Secretary -- Lanis
Monfried. The swearing in ceremony will take place at the May
meeting. Please attend our next meeting (the last for the season)
in welcoming our new officers.
Before I pass the baton to our new president, I wish to take this
opportunity to thank many of the members for their dedication and
assistance in their continued efforts in supporting Community
Arts.
My four year tenure has been a personal
fulfilling experience. I only hope many members concur with the
changes made on operating costs such as meeting hall relocation and
underutilized monthly cost items. I am proud to say our club is
solvent and continues to operate within budget constraints. I extend special thanks of gratitude and
appreciation to all board members because with their commitment our club
continues to be recognized as a viable club servicing not only local
artists but its surrounding communities as well.
Our newsletter will be managed by Tom
Monfried as announced in April. Please make sure you note this
email and address change. Thank you Tom for stepping to the plate
in assisting our club with this task. Special thanks to Phyllis O'Reilly
for the six or eight years as newsletter chair. With the help
of Phyllis' computer knowledge, CAA has obtained sizable cost
savings on postage resulting from emailing the
newsletter. Thank you Phyllis in establishing the
groundwork. For the next season, we have a few
critical chair positions needing volunteers. These tasks are: publicity, program chair assistant,
bus trips, special events i.e. annual fundraising and juried show,
hospitality, membership and a few other smaller assignments. Please take the time to sign up on your
renewal membership form.
2007 Juried Show
Much thought has been given in deciding whether or not to have a
National Juried Show next year. Any show of this magnitude
requires at least a handful of volunteers to step up at various stages. Our last National Show in March 2005,
was housed at RAI running for just over two and half weeks due to the
weeks RAI galleries were available. For a show of this size
and accepting works from all over the country, the entrants
prefer at least a month to show. CAA would prefer
to have the show in April or May and run for a full month.
RAI can not provide those months and anytime sooner is not enough
time. Winter tends to hang on during March which at the
time, can pose some undo anxieties and uncertainties. Also, a
national show requires a volunteer to manage the delivery and return of
accepted works shipped. Richard Ochs who recently passed away was
a long time member and fine artist who in the past managed this task for
us.
In light of the above, Pat Rutkowski will chair a Regional Juried
Show to be housed at the Louis Bay Library in Hawthorne from May 5,
2007, receiving date, until June 9, 2007, pick-up date. All
works accepted would have to be delivered by the artist on receiving
day. We will not be providing management
for shipped works. Hence, a renewed look at a juried regional
show instead of national juried show.
The
Louis Bay Library facility can house up to 90 paintings, more or
less, and small sculpture on their own pedestals as done in the national
show. The prospectus and details need yet to be determined as well
as all other assignments. Please contact Pat Rutkowski at (201)
818-4103 or email at PHRTIST@aol.com
if you wish to take part in this event.
Program
for the May Meeting
JOHN
CONROY ~ PASTEL
John’s
work focuses on landscapes and seascapes from the Northeast and
primarily of Long Island and the Great South Bay area of Fire Island.
He is also a portrait artist. John has studied
at the Art Students League and the School of Visual Arts in New York
City and has been a student of nationally known portrait and pastel
painters, including Robert Brackman, John Howard Sanden and Daniel
Green. He continues his
study of art at the Westchester Art Workshop.
His
paintings appear in recognized juried shows including The Allied Artists
of America, United Pastelists of America, the Academy of Fine Arts of
Connecticut. His
painting, “ Morning Sunrise” was the recipient of the Quoro LLC
Award at the Community Arts Association 2005 National Juried Show.
John
is a member of the Mamaroneck Artist’s Guild, the Connecticut Pastel
Society and our own Community Arts Association. The Search for DemonstratorsIn
our continuing effort to bring you, the members, a quality program each
month at our monthly meeting, we are asking that you give us some
feedback on the following:
Please provide the name, address and phone number of any demonstrator that
you have seen or heard about that we might contact to do a demo for us. Please call Rose Scaglione 845-323-4234. Membership Drive
In
an effort to boost our membership numbers we are continuing a Recruiting
Campaign. We are asking all
current members to participate.
Following are a few suggestions: Talk about the Association with your friends,
especially those who are budding artists and perhaps need a place to
find encouragement to grow as an artist.
We are a unique organization, offering many services and
opportunities to emerging and professional artists.
Pick up a few brochures at the next meeting and pass them along to anyone
you feel might be interested in our Club.
Attend the monthly meeting
and bring along a friend or two to view the demonstrations.
Attend the workshops and invite a non member to participate or, if you
can’t attend, let them know the details.
Place a flyer in your local stores, doctor’s offices, Church
and workplace bulletin boards and anywhere else you think someone might
see it and be interested enough to contact us.
If you are having an exhibit
of your work, place a few brochures out.
*********************************
Membership
renewal forms should have just arrived by mail.
Please remember to renew your membership and invite a friend to
join too. The drawing for the raffle for a free membership
will be held at the May 9th meeting for all those who have
paid their dues for 2006-07.
The winners of last year’s raffle are Ethel
Jamroz and Joan Ward. Member
News
We welcome back Maureen LaRocca who has moved back to Ramsey.
Karen Rhodes will show
her watercolors as part of a two artist show at the Catskill Gallery,
Partition Street, Saugerties, NY for May and June.
The opening will be on May 20th from 5:00 to 7:00 and
will be part of a five gallery third Saturday opening.
Adriana Hearns will
exhibit her watercolors at the Valley Hospital Auxiliary Art Gallery in
Ridgewood during the month of June..
Karen Skolski is
exhibiting her paintings at the Hawthorne Library until May 20th.
The
Phyllis Rutigliano Watercolor Workshop --- Saturday, May 20th
Attached is a sign-up sheet
for the Phyllis Rutigliano Watercolor Workshop.
Phyllis is a favorite workshop instructor and a excellent
teacher. This workshop will
show you how she approaches a landscape in a unique way.
Please make every effort to get your responses in as soon as
possible to reserve a place. If
you have any questions, Please call Rose Scaglione at 845-323-4234. Discounts
Artist’s
Magazine 1 year (12 issues) for $18.96. Watercolor
Magic, 1 year (6 issues) $18.96.
Make check payable to each magazine separately.
Mail to Rose Scaglione, 5 Brigitte Ct., Suffern, NY 10901.
If this is a renewal, send one of the mailing labels from a recent
issue along with your check. Your
new subscription will begin when the current one expires.
Note the price change for Watercolor
Magic. Note also that
it has gone from four to six issues per year.
Deadline for June
issue is May 25th
You
may send news items to Tom Monfried at tommonf@optonline.net,
or mail them to him at 15 Stone Fence Road, Allendale, NJ 07401.
Meeting Next month we plan to have a "Video"
presentation of one or more of the many VHS video's we have in
the Allendale Library. Please consult your yearbook and
give me some feedback on which ones you'd most like to see. SEE
YOU ALL SOON. Member News Mary Ann Heinzen will be offering workshops on January 25 and February 22. Contact her at 845-268-1955 or maheinzen@optonline.net. Reminder Discounts
Newsletter April 2006
Meeting The next meeting of the Community Arts Association will be held on Tuesday, April 11, at the Archer Church, 37 East Allendale Avenue at Franklin Turnpike. Refreshments will be served at 7:30 p.m. and the business meeting will begin at 8:00 p.m.
President's Message:
Even though March has been colder than January, I can now say spring has finally arrived . Hopefully the transitional period from brown to green will progress quickly and the delights of spring flowers will soon be upon us.
Believe it or not, we have two meetings remaining this season. The CAA board has prepared a slate of officers for members to vote on during this April meeting. The officer positions are established as a two-year term. The nominated slate of officers for the term July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008 is as follows:
President - Joyce Kanyuk Vice President - Rose Scaglione Treasurer - Jack O'Reilly Recording Secretary - Mary Shine Corresponding Secretary - Lanis Monfried
Your vote and participation is important, so please mark your calendar and attend this meeting. The swearing in of new officers will take place at our May meeting.
Membership renewals will be forthcoming and again I am impressing upon members that our club can only continue with your support and volunteerism. Many of the positions can be done as a group or individually at your home not requiring many skills. Rose Scaglione has been for many years demo program chair, and an assistant is requested. Rose has done and continues to do a great job. Having another hand with this task is greatly appreciated. I also thank Rose for organizing the bus trip to the Salmagundi Club AWS annual exhibit in NYC. Call Rose at 845-323-4234.The trip is scheduled for Thursday, April 6, leaving at 8:45 from the A&P parking lot, W. Allendale Ave. and Demercurio Dr., one block from the intersection of W. Allendale and Franklin Turnpike. We will spend the morning in Soho and the afternoon at the Salmagundi Club, returning about 5:00. Starting next season we will need a volunteer for hospitality, which requires setting up the coffee for each club meeting. A special thank you and much appreciation is extended to Rolf Hellmich for his many years at this task. Volunteers are also needed for publicity, CAA shows ( Sponsor/Silent Auction and Member show), workshop coordinator and the like. Please take particular consideration when completing the membership renewal and volunteer form. Your support and participation are what makes Community Arts the club it is servicing its local communities and artists.
Program THOMAS PARKES ~ WATERCOLOR ~ "PEOPLE IN SETTINGS" Tom’s painting "Solitary man, Block Island Hotel", won the Jack Richeson Gold Award for Watercolor at our 2005 Juried Art Show and he also won the John Singer Sargent Award for traditional watercolor at our 2003 Juried Show. Tom has studied drawing and painting at the Art Students League with Frank J Reilly and watercolor with Mel Stabin A.S.W. A former art director, he is currently teaching a drawing class in his home in Upper Saddle River. If you would like more information on this, his email is: atparkes@optonline.net
The Search for Demonstrators" In our continuing effort to bring you, the members, a quality program each month at our monthly meeting, we are asking that you give us some feedback on the following:
Please provide the name, address and phone number of any demonstrator that you have seen or heard about that we might contact to do a demo for us. Please call Rose Scaglione 845-323-4234
Membership Drive
In an effort to boost our membership numbers we are starting a Recruiting Campaign. We are asking all current members to participate. Following are a few suggestions:
Member News
Lorrie Pallant will exhibit her watercolors from May 3-30 at the Valley Cottage Library, 110 Route 303, Valley Cottage, NY.10989.
Elly Wane will exhibit her watercolors and drawings at the Piermont Fine Arts Gallery from April 6-to April 23. Receptions are April 8, Saturday and April 9, Sunday from 1:00 -5:00. Gallery hours are Thursday and Sunday 1:00-6:00, and Friday and Saturday from 1:00-9:00 p.m..
Helen Greenberg will have an exhibition of her work at the Upper Saddle River Library during the month of April.
John Ahearn, Peggy Dressel, Lillian Fendrock, and Lorrie Strangfeld were accepted in the Juried Show at the Art Center of Northern New Jersey. A second place award in Pastel went to Lorrie Strangfeld.
Discounts
Artist’s Magazine 1 year (12 issues) for $18.96. Watercolor Magic, 1 year (6 issues) $18.96. Make check payable to each magazine separately. Mail to Rose Scaglione, 5 Brigitte Ct., Suffern, NY 10901. If this is a renewal, send one of the mailing labels from arecent issue along with your check. Your new subscription will begin when the current one expires. Note the price change for Watercolor Magic. Note also that it has gone from 4 to 6 issues per year.
Deadline for May issue is April 20.
Tom Monfried will be the new Newsletter editor beginning with the May issue. You may send news items to him at tommonf@optonline.net, or mail them to 15 Stonefence Road, Allendale, NJ 0740
Newsletter May 2006
Meeting
The next meeting of
the Community Arts Association will be held on Tuesday, May 9th, at the
Archer Church, 37 East Allendale Avenue at Franklin Turnpike.
Refreshments will be served at 7:30 p.m. and the business
meeting will begin at 8:00 p.m.
President's
Message Congratulations
to our new officers voted in at our April meeting, President -- Joyce
Kanyuk, Vice-President -- Rose Scaglione, Treasurer -- Jack O'Reilly,
Recording Secretary -- Mary Shine and Corresponding Secretary -- Lanis
Monfried. The swearing in ceremony will take place at the May
meeting. Please attend our next meeting (the last for the season)
in welcoming our new officers.
Before I pass the baton to our new president, I wish to take this
opportunity to thank many of the members for their dedication and
assistance in their continued efforts in supporting Community
Arts.
My four year tenure has been a personal
fulfilling experience. I only hope many members concur with the
changes made on operating costs such as meeting hall relocation and
underutilized monthly cost items. I am proud to say our club is
solvent and continues to operate within budget constraints. I extend special thanks of gratitude and
appreciation to all board members because with their commitment our club
continues to be recognized as a viable club servicing not only local
artists but its surrounding communities as well.
Our newsletter will be managed by Tom
Monfried as announced in April. Please make sure you note this
email and address change. Thank you Tom for stepping to the plate
in assisting our club with this task. Special thanks to Phyllis O'Reilly
for the six or eight years as newsletter chair. With the help
of Phyllis' computer knowledge, CAA has obtained sizable cost
savings on postage resulting from emailing the
newsletter. Thank you Phyllis in establishing the
groundwork. For the next season, we have a few
critical chair positions needing volunteers. These tasks are: publicity, program chair assistant,
bus trips, special events i.e. annual fundraising and juried show,
hospitality, membership and a few other smaller assignments. Please take the time to sign up on your
renewal membership form.
2007 Juried Show
Much thought has been given in deciding whether or not to have a
National Juried Show next year. Any show of this magnitude
requires at least a handful of volunteers to step up at various stages. Our last National Show in March 2005,
was housed at RAI running for just over two and half weeks due to the
weeks RAI galleries were available. For a show of this size
and accepting works from all over the country, the entrants
prefer at least a month to show. CAA would prefer
to have the show in April or May and run for a full month.
RAI can not provide those months and anytime sooner is not enough
time. Winter tends to hang on during March which at the
time, can pose some undo anxieties and uncertainties. Also, a
national show requires a volunteer to manage the delivery and return of
accepted works shipped. Richard Ochs who recently passed away was
a long time member and fine artist who in the past managed this task for
us.
In light of the above, Pat Rutkowski will chair a Regional Juried
Show to be housed at the Louis Bay Library in Hawthorne from May 5,
2007, receiving date, until June 9, 2007, pick-up date. All
works accepted would have to be delivered by the artist on receiving
day. We will not be providing management
for shipped works. Hence, a renewed look at a juried regional
show instead of national juried show.
The
Louis Bay Library facility can house up to 90 paintings, more or
less, and small sculpture on their own pedestals as done in the national
show. The prospectus and details need yet to be determined as well
as all other assignments. Please contact Pat Rutkowski at (201)
818-4103 or email at PHRTIST@aol.com
if you wish to take part in this event.
Program
for the May Meeting
JOHN
CONROY ~ PASTEL
John’s
work focuses on landscapes and seascapes from the Northeast and
primarily of Long Island and the Great South Bay area of Fire Island.
He is also a portrait artist. John has studied
at the Art Students League and the School of Visual Arts in New York
City and has been a student of nationally known portrait and pastel
painters, including Robert Brackman, John Howard Sanden and Daniel
Green. He continues his
study of art at the Westchester Art Workshop.
His
paintings appear in recognized juried shows including The Allied Artists
of America, United Pastelists of America, the Academy of Fine Arts of
Connecticut. His
painting, “ Morning Sunrise” was the recipient of the Quoro LLC
Award at the Community Arts Association 2005 National Juried Show.
John
is a member of the Mamaroneck Artist’s Guild, the Connecticut Pastel
Society and our own Community Arts Association. The Search for DemonstratorsIn
our continuing effort to bring you, the members, a quality program each
month at our monthly meeting, we are asking that you give us some
feedback on the following:
Please provide the name, address and phone number of any demonstrator that
you have seen or heard about that we might contact to do a demo for us. Please call Rose Scaglione 845-323-4234. Membership Drive
In
an effort to boost our membership numbers we are continuing a Recruiting
Campaign. We are asking all
current members to participate.
Following are a few suggestions: Talk about the Association with your friends,
especially those who are budding artists and perhaps need a place to
find encouragement to grow as an artist.
We are a unique organization, offering many services and
opportunities to emerging and professional artists.
Pick up a few brochures at the next meeting and pass them along to anyone
you feel might be interested in our Club.
Attend the monthly meeting
and bring along a friend or two to view the demonstrations.
Attend the workshops and invite a non member to participate or, if you
can’t attend, let them know the details.
Place a flyer in your local stores, doctor’s offices, Church
and workplace bulletin boards and anywhere else you think someone might
see it and be interested enough to contact us.
If you are having an exhibit
of your work, place a few brochures out.
*********************************
Membership
renewal forms should have just arrived by mail.
Please remember to renew your membership and invite a friend to
join too. The drawing for the raffle for a free membership
will be held at the May 9th meeting for all those who have
paid their dues for 2006-07.
The winners of last year’s raffle are Ethel
Jamroz and Joan Ward. Member
News
We welcome back Maureen LaRocca who has moved back to Ramsey.
Karen Rhodes will show
her watercolors as part of a two artist show at the Catskill Gallery,
Partition Street, Saugerties, NY for May and June.
The opening will be on May 20th from 5:00 to 7:00 and
will be part of a five gallery third Saturday opening.
Adriana Hearns will
exhibit her watercolors at the Valley Hospital Auxiliary Art Gallery in
Ridgewood during the month of June..
Karen Skolski is
exhibiting her paintings at the Hawthorne Library until May 20th.
The
Phyllis Rutigliano Watercolor Workshop --- Saturday, May 20th
Attached is a sign-up sheet
for the Phyllis Rutigliano Watercolor Workshop.
Phyllis is a favorite workshop instructor and a excellent
teacher. This workshop will
show you how she approaches a landscape in a unique way.
Please make every effort to get your responses in as soon as
possible to reserve a place. If
you have any questions, Please call Rose Scaglione at 845-323-4234. Discounts
Artist’s
Magazine 1 year (12 issues) for $18.96. Watercolor
Magic, 1 year (6 issues) $18.96.
Make check payable to each magazine separately.
Mail to Rose Scaglione, 5 Brigitte Ct., Suffern, NY 10901.
If this is a renewal, send one of the mailing labels from a recent
issue along with your check. Your
new subscription will begin when the current one expires.
Note the price change for Watercolor
Magic. Note also that
it has gone from four to six issues per year.
Deadline for June
issue is May 25th
You
may send news items to Tom Monfried at tommonf@optonline.net,
or mail them to him at 15 Stone Fence Road, Allendale, NJ 07401.
Meeting Next month we plan to have a "Video"
presentation of one or more of the many VHS video's we have in
the Allendale Library. Please consult your yearbook and
give me some feedback on which ones you'd most like to see. SEE
YOU ALL SOON. Member News Mary Ann Heinzen will be offering workshops on January 25 and February 22. Contact her at 845-268-1955 or maheinzen@optonline.net. Reminder Discounts
Meeting President's
Message Program-Annual Holiday Party Tuesday, December 13, 2005 At 7: 30 P. M. For an enjoyable evening of FUN | FOOD | GAMES and GREAT CONVERSATION As we celebrate each other and The Holiday Season This event will take place at our regular monthly meeting at The Archer Church, Allendale, N. J. Please bring your favorite dish to share. (Please let me know if you need a ride
I'll do my best to hook you up with someone who's coming
and can share a ride. Rose Scaglione 845-323-4234)
Monthly
Contest Member News Arlene Leventhal and Karen Rhodes are exhibiting their watercolors in a joint show at the Suffern (NY) Public Library during the month of December. Reminder Discounts Send all news items to Hugh and Phyllis O'Reilly, 41 Hillcrest Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470 or to phylliso41@aol.com before the above deadline, please. Meeting President's
Message Clara Caldarone
has informed me that the Louis Bay Library exhibit hall is available
to our club members for future exhibits as a group. The auction
housed 48 paintings of various sizes and we had one short wall
that was absent of any paintings. It's very possible to fit 50
to 55 paintings. This space is booked up until May '06 and only
September"06 thereafter. The months in between are being
offered. Please contact me if you are interested. We can exhibit
for one month or two months at one time. You can reach me at
(201) 818-4103. Despite the rainy weather and lower than anticipated attendance, the auction was successful with a total of 16 paintings sold collecting $2,720.00. We also collected $270.00 cash from bid ticket sales and door prize ticket sales. We grossed $2,990.00. After expenses, we should net just under $2,700.00. Thank you to all members who donated 48 paintings for this event. The collection of works in this exhibit was exceptional and the reception gave a festive feel complimenting the time of year. Everything looked great. Perhaps with a stronger publicity campaign, the attendance would have been greater and more paintings sold. Food for thought for the next go around. Program We welcome back one of our favorite people. We have the eminent lecturer, Bartholemew D'Andrea, who will present the story of perhaps the greatest work of art in history created by an artist did not want to paint it. The story is just as fascinating as the painting itself. Bart will also speak on the other great masterpiece by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel "The Last Judgment" Workshop
Report The next workshop will be on May 13, 2006 with Phyllis Rutigliano. Details will be given at a later date but I will take names to reserve your space. It's bound to be a very popular workshop. ROSE SCAGLIONE, PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON Monthly
Contest Member News Peggy Dressel will be exhibiting 21 paintings at the Art Upstairs Gallery at the Community Theatre, Morristown, 100 South St., Morristown, NJ, from October 26 to November 20. The opening reception will be held on November 5 from 2:30-5:30. Peggy is also exhibiting with the Blackwell St. Artists at the MCAA Studio, 715 Main Street Boonton, NJ,from October 29 to November 30. Reception will be held on November 12 from 5:00 to 7:00. Peggy Dressel had a painting accepted in the AAPL National exhibition in NYC. Some of our members have a difficult time driving to meetings at night. If you need a ride or if you can provide a ride to someone, call Phyllis O'Reilly at 973-694-6804 or e-mail her at phylliso41@aol.com and note your location. Discounts Send all news items to Hugh and Phyllis O'Reilly, 41 Hillcrest Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470 or to phylliso41@aol.com before the above deadline, please. Meeting President's
Message The second event is another one-day,
Saturday, watercolor workshop on October 15. Contact Rose
Scaglione to enroll or fill out the attached form. Invite
a friend as well. The show is on exhibit from now until the day of auction, October 22. Many members have inquired about the process of the silent auction. I will attempt to explain further. In order to place a bid for any painting,
a bid number is assigned to you at a registration price of $5.
The register will have the name and address of the person associated
with that bid number. Each painting has a bid sheet next to it
listing thestarting/opening bidding price. The auction is open from 1-3 p.m.. At three o'clock all bids will be closed and the bid sheets having bids will collected and settled with the winning bidder. No painting will be auctioned for less than the established starting price which the committee has assigned. When all is said and done, the artists of paintings not sold will be contacted and will remain at the library during the last week in October for pick up. Tickets will be sold for the door prize paintings, $5.00 for one ticket, $10.00 for three tickets. Place your ticket or tickets for the collection bin for each painting. The winner will be announced at auction closing time. If anyone has any further question, please contact Pat Rutkowski, (201) 818-4103. Volunteers are needed for the day of the event. I need at least four people to check in people and assign bid tickets, one person to sell tickets for the door prize, and four people to assist with the settling of paintings. No credit cards. Only cash and checks accepted. Refreshments will be served on auction day. A sign up sheet will be passed at our next meeting but if you cannot attend and since CAA has such a fine rep for having good food at receptions, please contact me with the food item you'll provide. Drop off will be at the Louis Bay Library, Hawthorne, at noon. Program Workshops-Saturday, October 15-Watercolor-Mary
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Contest Member News Elly Wane will exhibit her watercolors in the south gallery at the Piermont Fine Arts Gallery from September 15 through October 9. Barry Lieberman received a 'Best in Show' blue ribbon at The Bergen Museum's Art Festival held Sunday September 18 for his oil painting named 'Tchotchkes' done in his 'bizarre style'. Also Barry and his wife Lenore have moved to 1590 Anderson Ave., in Ft. Lee, NJ 07024. His phone is 201-981-9317, please note change. Barry's website to exhibit your art is still http://www.liebermanart.com John Conroy's painting, "Evening Sail" has been accepted by the Pastel Society of America for their 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition at the National Art's Club Grand Gallery, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York from September 9 through October 2. Lillian Fendrick received the "High Achievement Honor" for her painting "Garlic & Onions" in the Bergen County Senior Juried Art Show at the Art Center of Northern NJ, West Milford. M. E. Whitehill will be exhibiting her work at the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall, New York from September 10 to October 23. Whitehill is also part of the New York Plein Air Painters' exhibit at Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, New York, from October 1 to 30. For directions check her web site www.mewhitehill.com. Ethel Jamroz will exhibit pastel and oil paintings at the Upper Saddle River Library; 45 Lake St., Upper Saddle River the month of October. A reception will be October 16, 3-5pm. Please call 201-327-2583 for directions. Eileen Georgas will exhibit pastel and oil paintings at the Upper Saddle River Library for the month of November. The reception will be held on November 6 from 2-4 p.m. Discounts The Deadline for the November Newsletter is October 25, 2005. Until a new newsletter editor has been appointed, please continue to send the material to Phyllis and Hugh O'Reilly, 41 Hillcrest Drive, Wayne NJ 07470, or phylliso41@aol.com..
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP ARCHER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 37 E. ALLENDALE AVE, ALLENDALE NJ Saturday, October 15th 2005 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM MARY ANN HEINZEN
is a full time award winning artist based in Rockland County,
New York. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Metropolitan
area.
Rose Scaglione, 5 Brigitte Court, Suffern, NY 10901 (845-323-4234)
Meeting President's
Message The Board members are aware of the difficulty of attending a full week workshop in this day and age when everyone's personal schedules are so busy. Hence, we are scheduling Saturday one-day workshops hoping to ac |