Next Meeting
The February
meeting of the Community Arts Association will be held on Sunday
afternoon, February 5th, at the Archer Church, 37
East Allendale Avenue at Franklin
Turnpike
starting at 2:00 PM. Refreshments will be furnished by Liz O’Leary and Rolf
Hellmich.
President's
Message
Hello Everyone,
I hope you all
enjoyed the January Critique with Joel Popadics as
much as I did. He shed a
whole new light (ha ha!) on the importance of
warm versus cool shadows. He also stressed the
importance of lighting on your subject and
directing the viewer’s eye to the center of interest.
The meeting this
month will be a big change from the usual. As you may recall, last year some
of our members requested that meetings be
held in the afternoon so that folks who don’t like to
drive in the dark could attend. We conducted a
survey, and found that there was considerable
interest in the idea. So - the February General
Meeting will be from 2 to 4pm on Sunday,
February 5th.
Mary Ann Heinzen, a CAA member and professional
artist/teacher will give a
watercolor demo. I know this is Super Bowl Sunday,
but kickoff isn’t until 6:30 - you’ll
have plenty of time to get home, set out the
salsa and chips (you can make the guacamole in the
morning) and enjoy the game!
I am happy to
announce that our 2012 Members’ Show will once again be held at the Louis
Bay 2nd Library
in Hawthorne. This is our only opportunity to exhibit our work, so let’s start
painting! The show will be judged by our May
workshop and demo artist, Janet Walsh, and as
in past years, we will award substantial
cash prizes. The show will run for the month of May,
with receiving on April 28 and pick up on June
2.
A Prospectus
with all information is included in this newsletter.
See you on
Sunday, the 5th,
Lanis Monfried,
President
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Program News
PROGRAM ~ MARY
ANN HEINZEN ~ WATERCOLOR
Mary Ann, a long
time Community Arts Member, will give us a demonstration of her method
to create beautiful watercolor paintings
filled with light and color. Mary Ann has been working
with watercolor for over 30 years. Her work
has been exhibited throughout the New York
metropolitan area and she has received numerous
awards from some of the most prestigious art
societies, including the Northeast Watercolor
Society and the Salmagundi Club. Painting plein-
air, whenever possible, she strives to
capture the landscape with her artistic interpretation.
Mary Ann is also
a teacher and conducts workshops throughout New York, Long Island and
New Jersey.
View her work
at: www.maryannheinzen.com
WATERCOLOR
WORKSHOP NEWS:
APRIL 14, 2012 ~
THERESA TROISE HEIDEL
MAY 7 - 8 - 9 ~
JANET WALSH
Registration
forms are attached to this newsletter. If you would like more information
please
contact Rose Scaglione:
rose.scaglione@yahoo.com or Cell: 845-641-4720.
We hope you take
this opportunity that CAA provides to learn from some of the very best
nationally and regionally known teachers at a very
reasonable cost to members.
Member News
Rose Scaglione’s painting "Lunch Break NY Style" was
awarded the “Hickory Hollow Award"
at the Ridgewood Art Institute 32nd Annual
Regional Juried Show. The show is on until
Sunday, February
5th.
A painting by
Joan Ward has been accepted in the juried show of the The
Ridgewood Art
Institute at The Barn Galleries.
Darryl Lynch’s
acrylic piece "Rain, rain go away" was included in the juried
Ridgewood
Art
Institute show. The
show’s reception was well attended and the works shown were truly
amazing. My piece was shown at our December
meeting for review.
Mary Ann Heinzen has received several awards recently:
Silver Medal , National Art League, Fall members Exhibition;
Salmagundi Club, NYC -
Mortimer Freehof Memorial Award, Fall Auction Exhibition, October; Judsons Art Outfitters
3
Merit Award, Plein Aire Exhibition, November;
Wu & Ject-Key Memorial Award, Thumb-Box
Exhibition,
December. She was
accepted as a Signature Member of the Northeast Watercolor
Society,
November.
Andrea Placer
will exhibit her drawings in a solo show at the Piermont Fine Arts Gallery,
Feb. 23 - Mar.
11, 2012. The show will feature color and graphite drawings, and celebrates
the 15th anniversary of Andrea's artwork.
For gallery hours, go to piermontfinearts.com or
andreaplacer.com.
Save the Date
Our annual bus
trip to the AWS Show at the Salmagundi Club will be on April 19th.
Details
to follow.
March CAA
Meeting is on March 13th
Please send
member news items to Tom Monfried by e-mail at
tom514@optonline.net,
by snail mail at 15 Stone Fence Road,
Allendale, NJ 07401 or by phone at 201-825-0538.
Deadline for
news for March Newsletter is March 2nd
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Newsletter January 2012
Next Meeting
The January meeting of the Community
Arts Association will be held on Tuesday,
January 10th, at the Archer Church,
President's Message
Happy New Year
to everyone,
Another new year! Does it seem as though time goes faster now?
Maybe it’s just me, but I always feel as if I’m trying to catch up, trying to
reach goals that just stay a little out of reach! Well, perhaps it’s
better to take a deep breath and reflect on the things that I did get done in the past
year before starting to worry about the challenges in the year to come!
Our Holiday Party was very well attended - we had plenty of delicious food and
a talk and slide show on Andrew Wyeth by the always entertaining Bart D’Andrea. I regret that the hall was so congested
that we couldn’t move around well. Both
Well, we’ve made it to January without any really bad weather (remember last
year - two feet of snow the day after Christmas?) so let’s keep our fingers
crossed. Our next meeting will be a discussion and critique of members’
work by the well known local artist Joel Popadics. We
ask that everyone bring a painting - a finished work, or something that you’ve
not finished because something doesn’t seem quite right - and Joel will point
out the good parts and maybe some things that could be improved. Our “critiquers” are very helpful and kind - there’s no need to
feel shy or embarrassed about participating. Having someone else look at
our work with fresh eyes is always very beneficial.
It’s never too early to start thinking about making a new painting for our annual Member Show in May! More
information and an Entry Form will be included in the February newsletter.
Looking forward to seeing you on the 10th,
Lanis Monfried, President
Program News
PROGRAM: CRITIQUE NIGHT ~ JOEL
POPADICS
Well, are you ready? What painting are you going to bring in
to have critiqued? It's time once again to get the expert opinion of one
of our areas talented teachers on your work.
So - look around your studio - choose a painting, or two (if we
have the time), and bring it in to learn what you need to make it a
"WOW" painting. This is always a great learning experience
so don't miss it!
WORKSHOPS:
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
Registration Forms are attached to this newsletter. If you need
any further information call: Rose Scaglione, Program
Chairperson,
Member News
Helen Greenberg won the December
Joyce Kanyuk will be exhibiting at the Haworth
Library the month of January.
Marcia Rieff will be exhibiting her recent work at the
offices of Dr. Robin Klein in
Sal Caldarone will be having an evening class on
Wednesdays,
February
Please send member news items to Tom
Monfried by e-mail at tom514@optonline.net, by
snail mail at
COMMUNITY ARTS ASSOCIATION
PRESENTS
JANET WALSH AWS
WATERCOLOR
WORKSHOP
Sponsored by Community Arts
Association,
Janet’s
workshop offers an opportunity for painters to grow as artists. Watercolor and still life/floral setups will
be used as “Tools” to enter into
View
Janet’s work: www.janetwalshwatercolors.com
Archer
United
Corner
of E. Allendale & Franklin Turnpike
Price Schedule:
Community Arts
Members $ 175.00
Non-Members $
200.00
Please return form & check by
EARLY REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED
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JANET WALSH
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
May 7, 8, 9, 2012
Make your check, payable
to: Community Arts Assoc. Mail to:
Phone:
Name:_________________________________________
Address:________________________________________
Phone:________________ E-mail_____________________
COMMUNITY
ARTS ASSOCIATION P
O
COMMUNITY ARTS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS
THERESA
TROISE HEIDEL
WATERCOLOR
WORKSHOP
Theresa’s
watercolors reflect a love of architecture and a keen understanding of light
and atmosphere. She is a graduate of St.
Peter’s College in
This workshop will
concentrate on Theresa’s method of design and application of color to achieve
landscapes that are luminous.
View her work:
www.theresatroiseheidel.com
Sponsored by
Community Arts Association
Archer
United
WORKSHOP FEE
Members $ 60.00
Non Members $ 80.00
Please return form & check by
*******************************************************************************
THERESA TROISE
HEIDEL WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
Make your check, payable
to: Community Arts Assoc. Mail to:
Phone:
Name:_________________________________________
Address:________________________________________
Phone:________________ E-mail_____________________
COMMUNITY ARTS ASSOCIATION P O
Newsletter December 2011
Next Meeting
The October meeting of the Community
Arts Association will be held on Tuesday,
December 13th, at the Archer Church,
President's Message
Hello everyone,
It’s that time again - too much to do - too little time to do it (if
you’re a procrastinator, which I most definitely am!) Well, I did put
up some holiday lights and other Christmas decor outside today -
December 4th - must be a world record for me. HOWEVER, I am still
dithering about what to paint for my annual Christmas greeting card -
did make some preliminary sketches yesterday, so there is hope.
Our big news is the birth of our sixth grandchild, Casey Katherine, on
November 16. The baby is doing very well, and Mom and Dad are
beginning to get the hang of this parenting thing - it’s their first,
and neither has had any prior baby care experience! We took
Thanksgiving dinner to them in
dinner here at home for our
finished.
Yesterday I went to the annual Fern Society and Guild of Natural
Science Illustrators joint Christmas Party at the
Garden
lovely paintings to share. Several of our Guild members discussed
their techniques - always an inspiration for me.
Our December General Meeting will be the annual Holiday Party. The
Board will provide sandwiches and beverages, and we encourage everyone
to bring a favorite dish to share - fruit is always popular, veggies
with a dip, cheese and crackers, salads, and , of
course, your favorite
holiday cookies - these are some suggestions. As in the past few
years, the very entertaining Bart D’Andrea will
present a slide show
and commentary on a famous artist - American artist Andrew Wyeth will
be featured this year. As usual, we encourage everyone to bring a
painting for the monthly contest - a holiday or winter theme would be
best! Remember, if you’ve won this year, you’re not eligible to win
again - but you could bring a painting anyway, just to show us your
work.
I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, the 13th.
Lanis Monfried, President
Program News:
PROGRAM: **ANNUAL
SLIDE LECTURE: BART D'ANDREA ~
ANDREW WYETH
Besides having a wonderful
I'm sure Bart will give us his usual in-depth and amusing history
of one of the masters in modern American art. So - bring in something
yummy to share and enjoy meeting and socializing with your fellow members.
WORKSHOP NEWS
The Tom Valenti workshop on Friday, Nov
11th was a great success. We had 13 students and Tom was able to give all
of us individual attention.
He used this workshop to teach the importance of getting the
'value' right in your painting. Look for more Valenti
workshops in the future.
The next workshop will be
Check out her work at: www.teresatroiseheidel.com
JANET WALSH ~ Three Day workshop ~ Watercolor ~
Janet Walsh is a very well known watercolor artist whose expertise
is flowers. This will be advertised by Janet in American Artist and
Watercolor magazines. Members will get preference but early
registration is recommended to reserve your space. Early registration form
is attached. Visit Janet's website: www.janetwalshwatercolors.com
Member News
Arthur Gilmore’s painting, "Shelter Island
Beach", won the Jack Richardson Award in the North East Watercolor Society
35th Annual International Juried Exhibition.
Lisa
Miller was awarded first place for her
watercolor painting “The Dakota” at the annual Wyckoff YMCA art show.
Marcia Rieff just got accepted into the Juried FOCUS
show at the Art Center of Northern NJ. She won honorable mention in watercolor.
Lorrie
Pallant will exhibit her watercolors at the Suffern
Library,
Roberta
Oliver
received Best in Show at the NJWCS Member Show for her painting of a boy with a
lacrosse stick titled “Dream Big”.
The painting contest winners were Dorrie Rifkin in September, Darryl Lynch and Peri Karkheck
in October and Joyce Kanyuk in November.
Many thanks to Len Mulé
for volunteering to set up the audio system for our
January
Please send member news items to Tom
Monfried by e-mail at tom514@optonline.net, by
snail mail at
Newsletter December 2011
Next Meeting
The October meeting of the Community
Arts Association will be held on Tuesday,
December 13th, at the Archer Church,
President's Message
Hello everyone,
It’s that time again - too much to do - too little time to do it (if
you’re a procrastinator, which I most definitely am!) Well, I did put
up some holiday lights and other Christmas decor outside today -
December 4th - must be a world record for me. HOWEVER, I am still
dithering about what to paint for my annual Christmas greeting card -
did make some preliminary sketches yesterday, so there is hope.
Our big news is the birth of our sixth grandchild, Casey Katherine, on
November 16. The baby is doing very well, and Mom and Dad are
beginning to get the hang of this parenting thing - it’s their first,
and neither has had any prior baby care experience! We took
Thanksgiving dinner to them in
dinner here at home for our
finished.
Yesterday I went to the annual Fern Society and Guild of Natural
Science Illustrators joint Christmas Party at the
Garden
lovely paintings to share. Several of our Guild members discussed
their techniques - always an inspiration for me.
Our December General Meeting will be the annual Holiday Party. The
Board will provide sandwiches and beverages, and we encourage everyone
to bring a favorite dish to share - fruit is always popular, veggies
with a dip, cheese and crackers, salads, and , of
course, your favorite
holiday cookies - these are some suggestions. As in the past few
years, the very entertaining Bart D’Andrea will
present a slide show
and commentary on a famous artist - American artist Andrew Wyeth will
be featured this year. As usual, we encourage everyone to bring a
painting for the monthly contest - a holiday or winter theme would be
best! Remember, if you’ve won this year, you’re not eligible to win
again - but you could bring a painting anyway, just to show us your
work.
I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, the 13th.
Lanis Monfried, President
Program News:
PROGRAM: **ANNUAL
SLIDE LECTURE: BART D'ANDREA ~
ANDREW WYETH
Besides having a wonderful
I'm sure Bart will give us his usual in-depth and amusing history
of one of the masters in modern American art. So - bring in something
yummy to share and enjoy meeting and socializing with your fellow members.
WORKSHOP NEWS
The Tom Valenti workshop on Friday, Nov
11th was a great success. We had 13 students and Tom was able to give all
of us individual attention.
He used this workshop to teach the importance of getting the
'value' right in your painting. Look for more Valenti
workshops in the future.
The next workshop will be
Check out her work at: www.teresatroiseheidel.com
JANET WALSH ~ Three Day workshop ~ Watercolor ~
Janet Walsh is a very well known watercolor artist whose expertise
is flowers. This will be advertised by Janet in American Artist and
Watercolor magazines. Members will get preference but early
registration is recommended to reserve your space. Early registration form
is attached. Visit Janet's website: www.janetwalshwatercolors.com
Member News
Arthur Gilmore’s painting, "Shelter Island
Beach", won the Jack Richardson Award in the North East Watercolor Society
35th Annual International Juried Exhibition.
Lisa
Miller was awarded first place for her
watercolor painting “The Dakota” at the annual Wyckoff YMCA art show.
Marcia Rieff just got accepted into the Juried FOCUS
show at the Art Center of Northern NJ. She won honorable mention in watercolor.
Lorrie
Pallant will exhibit her watercolors at the Suffern
Library,
Roberta
Oliver
received Best in Show at the NJWCS Member Show for her painting of a boy with a
lacrosse stick titled “Dream Big”.
The painting contest winners were Dorrie Rifkin in September, Darryl Lynch and Peri Karkheck
in October and Joyce Kanyuk in November.
Many thanks to Len Mulé
for volunteering to set up the audio system for our
January
Please send member news items to Tom
Monfried by e-mail at tom514@optonline.net, by
snail mail at
Newsletter December 2011
Next Meeting
The October meeting of the Community
Arts Association will be held on Tuesday,
December 13th, at the Archer Church,
President's Message
Hello everyone,
It’s that time again - too much to do - too little time to do it (if
you’re a procrastinator, which I most definitely am!) Well, I did put
up some holiday lights and other Christmas decor outside today -
December 4th - must be a world record for me. HOWEVER, I am still
dithering about what to paint for my annual Christmas greeting card -
did make some preliminary sketches yesterday, so there is hope.
Our big news is the birth of our sixth grandchild, Casey Katherine, on
November 16. The baby is doing very well, and Mom and Dad are
beginning to get the hang of this parenting thing - it’s their first,
and neither has had any prior baby care experience! We took
Thanksgiving dinner to them in
dinner here at home for our
finished.
Yesterday I went to the annual Fern Society and Guild of Natural
Science Illustrators joint Christmas Party at the
Garden
lovely paintings to share. Several of our Guild members discussed
their techniques - always an inspiration for me.
Our December General Meeting will be the annual Holiday Party. The
Board will provide sandwiches and beverages, and we encourage everyone
to bring a favorite dish to share - fruit is always popular, veggies
with a dip, cheese and crackers, salads, and , of
course, your favorite
holiday cookies - these are some suggestions. As in the past few
years, the very entertaining Bart D’Andrea will
present a slide show
and commentary on a famous artist - American artist Andrew Wyeth will
be featured this year. As usual, we encourage everyone to bring a
painting for the monthly contest - a holiday or winter theme would be
best! Remember, if you’ve won this year, you’re not eligible to win
again - but you could bring a painting anyway, just to show us your
work.
I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, the 13th.
Lanis Monfried, President
Program News:
PROGRAM: **ANNUAL
SLIDE LECTURE: BART D'ANDREA ~
ANDREW WYETH
Besides having a wonderful
I'm sure Bart will give us his usual in-depth and amusing history
of one of the masters in modern American art. So - bring in something
yummy to share and enjoy meeting and socializing with your fellow members.
WORKSHOP NEWS
The Tom Valenti workshop on Friday, Nov
11th was a great success. We had 13 students and Tom was able to give all
of us individual attention.
He used this workshop to teach the importance of getting the 'value'
right in your painting. Look for more Valenti
workshops in the future.
The next workshop will be
Check out her work at: www.teresatroiseheidel.com
JANET WALSH ~ Three Day workshop ~ Watercolor ~
Janet Walsh is a very well known watercolor artist whose expertise
is flowers. This will be advertised by Janet in American Artist and
Watercolor magazines. Members will get preference but early
registration is recommended to reserve your space. Early registration form
is attached. Visit Janet's website: www.janetwalshwatercolors.com
Member News
Arthur Gilmore’s painting, "Shelter Island
Beach", won the Jack Richardson Award in the North East Watercolor Society
35th Annual International Juried Exhibition.
Lisa
Miller was awarded first place for her
watercolor painting “The Dakota” at the annual Wyckoff YMCA art show.
Marcia Rieff just got accepted into the Juried FOCUS
show at the Art Center of Northern NJ. She won honorable mention in watercolor.
Lorrie
Pallant will exhibit her watercolors at the Suffern
Library,
Roberta
Oliver received
Best in Show at the NJWCS Member Show for her painting of a boy with a lacrosse
stick titled “Dream Big”.
The painting contest winners were Dorrie Rifkin in September, Darryl Lynch and Peri Karkheck
in October and Joyce Kanyuk in November.
Many thanks to Len Mulé
for volunteering to set up the audio system for our
January
Please send member news items to Tom
Monfried by e-mail at tom514@optonline.net, by
snail mail at
Newsletter December 2011
Next Meeting
The October meeting of the Community
Arts Association will be held on Tuesday,
December 13th, at the Archer Church,
President's Message
Hello everyone,
It’s that time again - too much to do - too little time to do it (if
you’re a procrastinator, which I most definitely am!) Well, I did put
up some holiday lights and other Christmas decor outside today -
December 4th - must be a world record for me. HOWEVER, I am still
dithering about what to paint for my annual Christmas greeting card -
did make some preliminary sketches yesterday, so there is hope.
Our big news is the birth of our sixth grandchild, Casey Katherine, on
November 16. The baby is doing very well, and Mom and Dad are
beginning to get the hang of this parenting thing - it’s their first,
and neither has had any prior baby care experience! We took
Thanksgiving dinner to them in
dinner here at home for our
finished.
Yesterday I went to the annual Fern Society and Guild of Natural
Science Illustrators joint Christmas Party at the
Garden
lovely paintings to share. Several of our Guild members discussed
their techniques - always an inspiration for me.
Our December General Meeting will be the annual Holiday Party. The
Board will provide sandwiches and beverages, and we encourage everyone
to bring a favorite dish to share - fruit is always popular, veggies
with a dip, cheese and crackers, salads, and , of
course, your favorite
holiday cookies - these are some suggestions. As in the past few
years, the very entertaining Bart D’Andrea will
present a slide show
and commentary on a famous artist - American artist Andrew Wyeth will
be featured this year. As usual, we encourage everyone to bring a
painting for the monthly contest - a holiday or winter theme would be
best! Remember, if you’ve won this year, you’re not eligible to win
again - but you could bring a painting anyway, just to show us your
work.
I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, the 13th.
Lanis Monfried, President
Program News:
PROGRAM: **ANNUAL
SLIDE LECTURE: BART D'ANDREA ~
ANDREW WYETH
Besides having a wonderful
I'm sure Bart will give us his usual in-depth and amusing history
of one of the masters in modern American art. So - bring in something
yummy to share and enjoy meeting and socializing with your fellow members.
WORKSHOP NEWS
The Tom Valenti workshop on Friday, Nov
11th was a great success. We had 13 students and Tom was able to give all
of us individual attention.
He used this workshop to teach the importance of getting the
'value' right in your painting. Look for more Valenti
workshops in the future.
The next workshop will be
Check out her work at: www.teresatroiseheidel.com
JANET WALSH ~ Three Day workshop ~ Watercolor ~
Janet Walsh is a very well known watercolor artist whose expertise
is flowers. This will be advertised by Janet in American Artist and
Watercolor magazines. Members will get preference but early
registration is recommended to reserve your space. Early registration form
is attached. Visit Janet's website: www.janetwalshwatercolors.com
Member News
Arthur Gilmore’s painting, "Shelter Island
Beach", won the Jack Richardson Award in the North East Watercolor Society
35th Annual International Juried Exhibition.
Lisa
Miller was awarded first place for her
watercolor painting “The Dakota” at the annual Wyckoff YMCA art show.
Marcia Rieff just got accepted into the Juried FOCUS
show at the Art Center of Northern NJ. She won honorable mention in watercolor.
Lorrie
Pallant will exhibit her watercolors at the Suffern
Library,
Roberta
Oliver
received Best in Show at the NJWCS Member Show for her painting of a boy with a
lacrosse stick titled “Dream Big”.
The painting contest winners were Dorrie Rifkin in September, Darryl Lynch and Peri Karkheck
in October and Joyce Kanyuk in November.
Many thanks to Len Mulé
for volunteering to set up the audio system for our
January
Please send member news items to Tom
Monfried by e-mail at tom514@optonline.net, by
snail mail at
Newsletter December 2011
Next Meeting
The October meeting of the Community
Arts Association will be held on Tuesday,
December 13th, at the Archer Church,
President's Message
Hello everyone,
It’s that time again - too much to do - too little time to do it (if
you’re a procrastinator, which I most definitely am!) Well, I did put
up some holiday lights and other Christmas decor outside today -
December 4th - must be a world record for me. HOWEVER, I am still
dithering about what to paint for my annual Christmas greeting card -
did make some preliminary sketches yesterday, so there is hope.
Our big news is the birth of our sixth grandchild, Casey Katherine, on
November 16. The baby is doing very well, and Mom and Dad are
beginning to get the hang of this parenting thing - it’s their first,
and neither has had any prior baby care experience! We took
Thanksgiving dinner to them in
dinner here at home for our
finished.
Yesterday I went to the annual Fern Society and Guild of Natural
Science Illustrators joint Christmas Party at the
Garden
lovely paintings to share. Several of our Guild members discussed
their techniques - always an inspiration for me.
Our December General Meeting will be the annual Holiday Party. The
Board will provide sandwiches and beverages, and we encourage everyone
to bring a favorite dish to share - fruit is always popular, veggies
with a dip, cheese and crackers, salads, and , of
course, your favorite
holiday cookies - these are some suggestions. As in the past few
years, the very entertaining Bart D’Andrea will
present a slide show
and commentary on a famous artist - American artist Andrew Wyeth will
be featured this year. As usual, we encourage everyone to bring a
painting for the monthly contest - a holiday or winter theme would be
best! Remember, if you’ve won this year, you’re not eligible to win
again - but you could bring a painting anyway, just to show us your
work.
I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, the 13th.
Lanis Monfried, President
Program News:
PROGRAM: **ANNUAL
SLIDE LECTURE: BART D'ANDREA ~
ANDREW WYETH
Besides having a wonderful
I'm sure Bart will give us his usual in-depth and amusing history of
one of the masters in modern American art. So - bring in something yummy
to share and enjoy meeting and socializing with your fellow members.
WORKSHOP NEWS
The Tom Valenti workshop on Friday, Nov
11th was a great success. We had 13 students and Tom was able to give all
of us individual attention.
He used this workshop to teach the importance of getting the
'value' right in your painting. Look for more Valenti
workshops in the future.
The next workshop will be
Check out her work at: www.teresatroiseheidel.com
JANET WALSH ~ Three Day workshop ~ Watercolor ~
Janet Walsh is a very well known watercolor artist whose expertise
is flowers. This will be advertised by Janet in American Artist and
Watercolor magazines. Members will get preference but early
registration is recommended to reserve your space. Early registration form
is attached. Visit Janet's website: www.janetwalshwatercolors.com
Member News
Arthur Gilmore’s painting, "Shelter Island
Beach", won the Jack Richardson Award in the North East Watercolor Society
35th Annual International Juried Exhibition.
Lisa
Miller was awarded first place for her
watercolor painting “The Dakota” at the annual Wyckoff YMCA art show.
Marcia Rieff just got accepted into the Juried FOCUS
show at the Art Center of Northern NJ. She won honorable mention in watercolor.
Lorrie
Pallant will exhibit her watercolors at the Suffern
Library,
Roberta
Oliver
received Best in Show at the NJWCS Member Show for her painting of a boy with a
lacrosse stick titled “Dream Big”.
The painting contest winners were Dorrie Rifkin in September, Darryl Lynch and Peri Karkheck
in October and Joyce Kanyuk in November.
Many thanks to Len Mulé
for volunteering to set up the audio system for our
January
Please send member news items to Tom
Monfried by e-mail at tom514@optonline.net, by
snail mail at
Newsletter October 2011
Next Meeting
The October meeting of the Community
Arts Association will be held on Tuesday,
October 11th, at the Archer Church,
President's Message
Hello Everyone,
It was 80 degrees when Tom and I left for Scotland September 22 - we returned
yesterday, October 4, and it was 57, gray and gloomy. To make matters worse, I
discovered that deer had eaten all my hostas and more
in our absence - in fact, a few minutes after we arrived, I startled a buck in
the back yard and he leapt effortlessly over the back fence. But today, the sun
is bright and it looks and feels like a perfect autumn day. I’ll figure out
what to do about the deer sooner or later.
We had a good time in
We spent 5 days in
I’m looking forward to next Tuesday’s oil demo by Karen O’Neil. She has shared
her techniques with us before, and I think you will be impressed by the use of
pure color in her work.
I look forward to seeing you on the 11th.
Lanis Monfried,
President
Program News
PROGRAM -- KAREN O'NEIL -- OIL/COLOR/VALUE
Karen O’Neil’s
oil paintings of glassware, china and fruit have some of the characteristics of
watercolor and some of the feeling of pastels.
She achieves a
bright, airy quality to her paintings that is often seen in transparent
watercolor, in which the surface white is transmitted through the paint.
She uses a lot of
white objects and background surfaces in her compositions, and her subtle
coloring of those surfaces, and the high chroma and
high value of her color choices in general, give a feeling sometimes found in
pastel, in which pigments are often mixed with white.
O’Neil seems
fascinated by transparency and reflection, she paints
surfaces as reflected color. Colors bounce from one object or surface to
another and back again.
She utilizes
triadic color schemes and her paintings have an overall color theme to them,
within which she is playful in her balance of color areas.
She is forceful
and direct in her application of paint, with broad strokes defining forms with
deceptive simplicity.
O’Neil is also a
teacher and leads workshops and classes at the
To view Karen's work: www.karenoneilpaintings.us.vu
Unfortunately due to insufficient participation
we must cancel the October 15th KAREN O'NEIL WORKSHOP.
WORKSHOP:
REGISTRATION
FORM IS ATTACHED TO THIS NEWSLETTER.
If you would like more information on this workshop please contact
Rose Scaglione; rose.scaglione@yahoo.com or
Member News
Karen
Rhodes has an exhibit of
her watercolors at Crooked Halo, Frames by You at
Elly Wane and Joyce Kanyuk will exhibit
their paintings as part of a three person show at the Piermont Fine Arts
Gallery from October 6 through October 30.
Gallery hours are: Thurs. & Sun.
Lorrie Pallant won first prize in
Watercolor at the 2011 Ringwood Manor
Juried Show. She will be exhibiting her
watercolors at
Dorrie Rifkin will be having a solo show at the
Bob Shine won
Bob
Shine's watercolor
paintings, sculpture and photographs will be exhibited at the Kinnelon Library,
Roberta
Oliver's painting was
accepted into the North East Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition and the 69th Annual
Open Exhibition of the New Jersey Water Color Society where she won the
President's award for "On Golden Pond".
Mady Soukis won an
"Award of Excellence" for the painting she entered in the New Jersey
Watercolor Society Annual Associate Members Show. The show is at the
Upstairs Gallery located in The Community Theatre in Morristown, N.J. and will
run from October 2 until November 14.
Mady also had a painting accepted into
the Park Avenue Club's Juried Exhibition entitled "Barns
Revisited". The show runs until
January 2, 2012. The Park Avenue Club is located in
November
Please send member news items to Tom
Monfried by e-mail at tom514@optonline.net, by snail mail at
Lorrie Pallant won first prize in
Watercolor at the 2011 Ringwood Manor
Juried Show. She will be exhibiting her
watercolors at
Dorrie Rifkin will be having a solo show at the
Bob Shine won
Bob
Shine's watercolor
paintings, sculpture and photographs will be exhibited at the Kinnelon Library,
Roberta
Oliver's painting was
accepted into the North East Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition and the 69th
Annual Open Exhibition of the New Jersey Water Color Society where she won the
President's award for "On Golden Pond".
Mady Soukis won an
"Award of Excellence" for the painting she entered in the New Jersey
Watercolor Society Annual Associate Members Show. The show is at the
Upstairs Gallery located in The Community Theatre in Morristown, N.J. and will
run from October 2 until November 14.
Mady also had a painting accepted into
the Park Avenue Club's Juried Exhibition entitled "Barns
Revisited". The show runs until
January 2, 2012. The Park Avenue Club is located in
November
Please send member news items to Tom
Monfried by e-mail at tom514@optonline.net, by snail mail at
n my photos.
We spent 5 days in
I’m looking forward to next Tuesday’s oil demo by Karen O’Neil. She has shared
her techniques with us before, and I think you will be impressed by the use of
pure color in her work.
I look forward to seeing you on the 11th.
Lanis Monfried,
President
Program News
PROGRAM -- KAREN O'NEIL -- OIL/COLOR/VALUE
Karen O’Neil’s
oil paintings of glassware, china and fruit have some of the characteristics of
watercolor and some of the feeling of pastels.
She achieves a
bright, airy quality to her paintings that is often seen in transparent
watercolor, in which the surface white is transmitted through the paint.
She uses a lot of
white objects and background surfaces in her compositions, and her subtle coloring
of those surfaces, and the high chroma and high value
of her color choices in general, give a feeling sometimes found in pastel, in
which pigments are often mixed with white.
O’Neil seems
fascinated by transparency and reflection, she paints
surfaces as reflected color. Colors bounce from one object or surface to
another and back again.
She utilizes
triadic color schemes and her paintings have an overall color theme to them,
within which she is playful in her balance of color areas.
She is forceful
and direct in her application of paint, with broad strokes defining forms with
deceptive simplicity.
O’Neil is also a
teacher and leads workshops and classes at the
To view Karen's work: www.karenoneilpaintings.us.vu
Unfortunately due to insufficient participation
we must cancel the October 15th KAREN O'NEIL WORKSHOP.
WORKSHOP:
REGISTRATION
FORM IS ATTACHED TO THIS NEWSLETTER.
If you would like more information on this workshop please contact
Rose Scaglione; rose.scaglione@yahoo.com or
Newsletter September 2011
Next Meeting
The September meeting of the
Community Arts Association will be held on Tuesday,
September 13th, at the Archer Church,
President's Message
And another new season begins! -
It’s time for the first meeting of the 2011/2012 season at
I hope that none of you were
severely affected by hurricane Irene - as I write this, on August 31, we still
don’t have internet access - but that’s the least of worries for many in
flooded areas, or places still without power. If there’s one thing that’s
predictable, it’s that nature is not predictable! Hopefully, we learn
from past experience how to better cope with these events. This time, I had
everything in the basement in plastic containers or elevated above the water
line. Still had to do some vacuuming, but nothing was damaged.
Our summer was filled with
happy family events. In July, our three
I think for most of us, the
main benefit of belonging to
Welcome Back!
Lanis Monfried, President
Program News
PREVIEW
FOR THE 2011-2012 SEASON:
Here is
an overview of the programs lined up for our 2011-2012 season.
DEC 13, 2011 HOLIDAY
PARTY SLIDE SHOW – BART
D’ANDREA
WORKSHOPS:
The
following workshops are planned:
FRIDAY,
SATURDAY APR. 14, 2012
THERESA TROISE HEIDEL WATERCOLOR
*Note: This meeting is on
SEPTEMBER
PROGRAM ~ MIRIAM SCHULMAN~ The Figure in Watercolor
Award winning
For more
information visit her website: www.miriamschulmanstudio.com.
KAREN
O'NEIL WORKSHOP:
We
are very pleased to have Karen O'Neil back for a workshop. Karen will use
oil to demonstrate her technique to interpret color and value. Students
will use whatever medium they wish as this workshop rning
color and value. Please 
Newsletter May 2011
Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Community
Arts Association will be held on Tuesday,
May 10th, at the Archer Church,
President's Message
Hello everyone. We are nearing the
end of another constructive year at
demo artists and enjoyed visiting with your fellow members. Spring and
summer are wonderful times to get outside with your paints and pencils
and record the beauty of our surroundings - I know I intend to do that
and I hope you do, too!
Some old business first - we
will definitely be issuing ID cards next
season, probably in conjunction with the Membership Directories in
September. Also, we are actively pursuing the possibility of holding
our February meeting on a Sunday afternoon - the word on this will come
out in the September newsletter.
The entries are in and the
Member Show is presently hanging at the
Hawthorne Library. There are 49 beautiful works
on display - “Thank
You” to all who entered, and a special “Thank You” to those who helped
receive and hang the show - Rose Scaglione, Dianne Ballesty, Roberta
Oliver and Diane Kolins. And, of course, a
special thanks to Sal
Caldarone for lighting the show to perfection.
Mel Stabin will judge
the exhibit on May 11 and the reception and awards ceremony for artists
and guests is on Saturday, May 14 from
attending, please bring a plate of cookies or other finger food for all
to enjoy. I am attaching the Show List to this newsletter.
See you all on May 10 for our
grand finale with Mel Stabin.
Lanis Monfried
President
Program News
PROGRAM:
Definitely one of the
most experienced and well known teachers, Mel Stabin,
is an award winning instructor. He will demonstrate his method that is
sure to help you in your own work. Mel is a graduate of Pratt Institute and he
studied the art of watercolor with Edgar Whitney. His paintings have won
numerous national awards, he has written two watercolor books and numerous
articles for many art magazines. Mel has traveled to quite a few locations
throughout the world conducting workshops in
Membership
Joyce Kanyuk,
Member News
Mary
Ann Heinzen
will be exhibiting as a member of Artists in the Parks. It should be a fun
event in a beautiful location. Nyack Beach State Park.
Historic Powerhouse Building. Opening reception – Friday,
Roberta
Oliver was elected to full membership status by the New Jersey Watercolor
Society Board of Directors.
The Next
Newsletter April 2011
Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Community
Arts Association will be held on Tuesday,
April 12th, at the Archer Church,
President's Message
Hello Everyone, and Welcome Spring, I think it is finally here!
I hope you all were as impressed
by last month’s demonstrator as I was. Marge Chavoushian
has been a lifelong artist - her watercolors are just gorgeous, but I was most inpired by her drawings - sketchbooks - dozens of them,
spontaneously capturing scenes from everyday life wherever she was, and not in
pencil - no erasers - but in pen and ink! Truly remarkable.
The next order of business is
the Members’ Show. I need your entries soon! To date, we are far short of the
number of works needed to mount a good exhibit. Remember, there are $800 in prizes to be awarded in this show - the
distinguished artist Mel Stabin will be our awards
judge. Receiving day is Saturday, April 30 from 10 to 12 at the Hawthorne
Library and the show will run until Saturday, May 28. The entry form is attached.
Our bus trip to the AWS show
in
Many of us in
Before proceeding, we need to
know how many of you would be interested in this possibility, so we’d like to
take a poll. Those of you who have email, please
respond to me at laniswm@optonline.net
or to Tom at tom514@optonline.net.
Just give us your name and say “Yes, I’m interested” or “No”. Members without
email, can give me a call at
I look forward to seeing you
on Tuesday, April 12,
Lanis Monfried, President
Program News
PROGRAM: PETER CLAPPER ~ OIL PORTRAIT
Peter's
distinctive style of oil painting, using loose painterly strokes, captures the
essence of the subject matter. Color and value are emphasized.
Simple shapes become expressive images. Peter received his BFA from
Massachusetts College of Art in 1979. He teaches workshops at the
Woodstock School of Art and teaches regularly at the Vitlacil
campus of the Art Students League. He has received many awards and has
exhibited throughout the northeast region.
You can
view his work at www.peterclapperpainting.com
WORKSHOP UPDATE:
Due to
cancellations, there are 2 openings for the Mel Stabin
workshop for
There are
openings. Although the description for this class is
"Fundamentals" and will be somewhat geared towards “beginners”, Tom
will also work with any artist no matter what your level is. This will
afford you the opportunity to work with Tom, who is one of the best teachers in
our area. The Registration Form for this workshop is attached to this
newsletter. Time is short so let me know soon if you
want to sign up. (Rose Scaglione
845-323-4234).
Member News
Fran
McManus won first prize for watercolor for her entry “Ski Buddies”
in the Annual Art Show at St. Catherine of
Sharon Klass
has a solo show “Visual
Explorations” at the Piermont Fine Arts Gallery from March 31st - April 17th. The
gallery is open Thusday and Sunday
Lorrie
Pallant will be exhibiting her watercolors
"Capturing Color" at the New City
Library,
Karen
Rhodes has two watercolors in the Windham Arts Alliance Show at the Kaatskill Gallery in Hunter through April. If
you're in the the Catskills, it's a beautiful
gallery, bookstore and cafe, across from a movie theater with lots of other
activities to do in the area.
Andrea
Placer's drawing "At the Window, Arles" is included in the Hopper
Re-Imagined exhibit at the Hopper House Art Center, 82 N. Broadway, Nyack, NY. The exhibit features 27 artists whose work was, or
could have been inspired by a Hopper work. It can be seen April 2nd - May
8th . Gallery hours: Thurs. - Sun. ,
Annual Bus Trip to the AWS Show at the Salmagundi Club
April is upon us! Soon we will be
taking our yearly bus trip to the AWS Show at the Salmagundi Club. We have, as of
today, eight spots left on the bus. We would love to have you with us! If you
are interested, please send your form and check, made out to
We will be
leaving at
We will be
eating on our own. It is suggested that as soon as we arrive in the city, we go
to lunch, then go to the Salmagundi Club, which is
located on
Famous, highly rated, expensive,
dressy attire
Gotham Bar & Grill (New
American)
Famous, highly rated
$24
Greenmarket prix fix lunch available
Dressy
attire
Blue Water Grill (Seafood)
Casual
Osso Buco Restaurant (Italian)
Casual
Piola
(Pizza)
Casual
The cost of
this trip is $35 for members and $40 for non-members.
Please fill
out the attached form and send with a check made out to
CAA Trip to the AWS Show
Name____________________________________________
Member $35 _____ Non-member $40 _____
Phone
_________________ Cell _________________
Deadline for May
Newsletter is April 30th; Next Meeting is May 10th
Please send member news items to Tom
Monfried by e-mail at tom514@optonline.net, by
snail mail at
Fundamentals of Pencil
Drawing
Sponsored
by Community Arts Association
Tom Valenti is one of the most personable and knowledgeable
teachers in our area.
He teaches at
and workshops
everywhere. This workshop will focus on the:
“Fundamentals of Pencil
Drawing”
Ideal for
beginners, this course will cover many aspects of pencil drawing techniques.
Students will learn various applications such as – shading, cross hatching,
simple perspective, contour drawing and value (light to dark). By way of
demonstrations and detailed explanations, students will be shown proper ways of
holding a pencil to achieve maximum control, producing a multitude of effects.
Measuring by eye, the grid method, seeing positive/negative space and
proportions are some of the approaches that will be taken to lead the student
towards a strong foundation of learning how to draw. An arrangement of simple
(Styrofoam) shapes will be used to demonstrate the effects of how a single
light source falling upon objects changes as the light moves from one position
to another. These shapes (cube, sphere, cone, rectangle)
will also be used to study composition. The shapes will then be set up and used
as a means for the instructor to demonstrate methods of measuring to achieve
perfect proportions for drawing. Armed with nothing more than common office
pencils, paper and the desire to learn, this workshop will set into motion an
entirely new way of “seeing”.
To view a wide
selection of Valenti’s work in oil and watercolor as
well as a biography, go to his website:
Archer
United
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Newsletter February 2011
Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Community
Arts Association will be held on Tuesday,
February 8th, at the Archer Church,
President's Message
Hello everyone,
Are we all having fun yet? I believe I mentioned something about enjoying snow
in a previous letter, and by now, you’d think I’d be in seventh heaven! I do
still find it beautiful, and I still don’t mind the shoveling - after each
storm, I clear about 250 feet of paths around our house.
My New Year’s resolution was to do some drawing or painting every week. So far,
I have finished my Christmas card watercolor to my satisfaction. I was going to
bring it to the January meeting and get input from the group, but since the
meeting was cancelled, I decided to go ahead and fix it myself. The painting
seemed flat to me, so I put in more darks to add depth.
My other project this month was not exactly art, but it was conducive to
creating art. I did a thorough cleaning of my studio, organized the hundreds of
botanical drawings I had piled all over the place by subject - bulbs, trees and
shrubs, tropicals, etc. - rearranged my framing
supplies - removed a lot of stuff that should not have been there in the first
place! Now I feel motivated.
Speaking of motivation, it’s time once again to start thinking about our
Members’ Show at the Hawthorne Library. The receiving date is April 30, so you
have three whole months to create something new and wonderful for the show. The
Prospectus and Entry Form are included in this newsletter.
Our demo artist this month is Anne Conners Winner.
She works primarily in acrylic, and instead of doing a finished painting, she
will be discussing and demonstrating her techniques and materials. It will be a
good opportunity to learn more about a medium with which you may not be familiar.
And remember, guests are always welcome!
Lanis Monfried, President
Program News
PROGRAM: ANNE CONNORS WINNER ~ ACRYLIC/MIXED MEDIA
Anne is a painter, printmaker and teacher. She is a graduate of Rhode Island School
of Design with degrees in Textile Design and Art Education. She has
taught in public and private schools in R.I. and
Anne will do a short demonstration of her technique and will discuss working
with acrylic and mixed media.
WORKSHOPS
May 11, 12,13, 2010