Welcome to the Community Arts Association
Over 50 Years of Service to the Art Community
CAA’S ARTIST OF THE MONTH:
Dry Dock Gleaming, Plein Air Watercolor on Lake Champlain, ADK by Susan Lais Hostetler
Welcome to the Community Arts Association
Monthly meetings at Trinity Episcopal Church
55 George St., Allendale, NJ 07401
For details on upcoming meetings, go to Calendar.
For newsletters, visit Member News.
Our mission is to provide opportunities for artists and those interested in the arts to expand their knowledge, to provide a support system, and to offer a forum for sharing work.
CAA is also proud to offer merit scholarships to any high school senior in Bergen County, NJ or Rockland County, NY who pursues higher education in the visual arts. View 2023 Art Scholarship Winners here.
CAA’s March 2024 Artist-of-the-Month: Susan Lais Hostetler
Artist’s Statement: Watercolor paints and pen & ink are the tools to which I’ve always gravitated. I discovered a dark lovely bottle of ink and a nib pen when I was young, and I’ve been a fan ever since. Watercolors I picked up because they went with ink it seemed to me. I’ve been carrying around little paint sets since I was a child, and although as an adult I know that watercolors are hard, fast, and difficult to control, I nearly always find the colors pleasing, even if I think I’ve botched it. Website: SusanLaisHostetler.com and Facebook/Instagram: @susanlaishostetler
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Loose Botanicals, Zinnia Study Plein Air
watercolor
by Susan Lais Hostetler
Artist Susan Lais Hostetler Plein Air Painting, titled:
Hudson River Rocks
watercolor
by Susan Lais Hostetler
Moody Blues
watercolor
by Susan Lais Hostetler
Please visit the Gallery pages to view more work by CAA artists.
2024 MEMBER EXHIBIT
The annual Member Show is a fine example of talented CAA artists working in all media. There are awards for Best in Show, Second and Third Place, two Honorable Mentions, and sponsored prizes. Also presented are merit scholarships: the Glenda S. Haas Scholarship for Excellence in Visual Arts and the Lorraine Strangfeld Memorial Award. These scholarships are awarded to graduating high school students who continue their art studies in college.
2023 Dick Blick Materials Award:
Summer Light on a Dairy Barn by Susan Hostetler