CONTENTS President's Message Save the Dates Classes GVL Events Featured Artist Messages, News & Art A Note from the Editor PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Elizabeth Flanagan Where were you when the eclipse happened this week? I joined hundreds of others at the Marketplace in Goleta to observe. Thank you to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History which sponsored the local gathering and provided special sunglasses to protect our eyes. It was a thrill to be part of an amazing event witnessed by multitudes around the globe. With fifty-two potential pieces to choose from at our April ingathering, our juror, Libby Smith selected forty-one as well as admitting three of our five prospective members. I extend a warm welcome to the new members: Elizabeth Imperato, Sterling Keeley, and Ann Purdy. Congratulations to our Juror's Choice award winners: Lynn Altschul, Aldon Bregante, Piri Friedman, Janice Lorber, Francine McOwen and Iolani Pu'u. Photos of their pieces follow further on in the Newsletter. Also further on in the newsletter is a write up by GVAA Artists, Tia Blickley and Jane Sevier on their experience in delivering an art lesson at one of the four Goleta Union School District (GUSD) schools in the Art After School Program (ASAP). Included are photos of some of the beautiful art produced by the kids. This is the second of four GUSD schools to have had a successful art lesson provided by GVAA Artist Mentors. The art supplies for ASAP were purchased by GVAA volunteer Karen Schroeder using money from the Florence Russell Legacy Fund. This fund was established through the sale of some of the original watercolor paintings bequeathed to GVAA by Florence. Additional donations can be made by sending a check to GVAA, P.O. Box 435, Goleta, CA 93116. Please indicate that the donation is for the Florence Russell Legacy Fund. Pat Heller, GVAA' s Special Events Coordinator is busy developing our Marketplace Show and Sale, scheduled for June 15 th from 10-4 pm. The Guidelines and Application will be sent out to GVAA members mid April. This popular event allows GVAA artists to sell their original art as well as prints and other related products to the public. Our featured artist for May is Mirella Z. Olson. Mirella, who is from Verona, Italy, has been a member of GVAA for many years. She has exhibited her beautiful landscape oil paintings with GVAA in various venues over the years, including the Goleta Valley Library (GVL) and Stow House. Mirella's art has also enhanced some of GVAA's ads. As always, please keep well and stay safe – Elizabeth SAVE THE DATES ____________________________ Submit by May 10th for the june issue Libby Smith.pdf Download File _____ June Marketplace 2024 Newsletter.pdf Download File GVL Exhibits April Art Exhibit Critique & Take Down: Juror Libby Smith Wednesday, April 24th, 5:00pm-6:30pm June Marketplace Show: Saturday, June 15th, 10:00am - 4:00pm CLASSES GVAA Presents Portrait Postcard Workshop Friday * April 26th * 10:00am-2:00pm The workshop costs $75 The deadline to register is April 19, 2024 Seating is limited To register or for more information, please contact Jan Smith
[email protected] Laura will demonstrate her process of creating whimsical portraits using drawing, painting and collage techniques on top of a painted paper background. The workshop will begin and end with a surprise art activity. Paint and other necessary supplies will be provided as well as snacks and drinks. Abstracting the Landscape Saturday * April 20th * 10:00am-3:00pm Carol 1-UP Pastels.pdf Download File Three Mondays in May Monday * May 6th, 13th & 20th * 9:30am-12:30pm Open to watercolor, acrylic, and oil artists To enroll contact
[email protected] or text 805 689-0858 A Painter’s Practice and Performance: a visual artist’s perspective from behind closed doors. Dancers and musicians’ lives are about practicing and performing. As a painter I still feel I must practice before starting on a new painting. Join me to work from start to finish and on larger ideas for painting. GVL EVENTS March 2024 -People's Choice Awards 1st Place Chris Star Morgenstern 2nd Place Janice Lorber "Harmony" Photography "Santa Barbara Courtyard" Watercolor 3rd Place - Two-way Tie Ray Hunter Cena Kregel "The Bees Knees" Photography "Rainy Day in Paris" Watercolor April 2024, Juror Awards Francine McOwen Symphony, Watercolor Piri Friedman Tulips Tale, Mixed media Lynn Altschul Norway Waters, Photography Aldon Bregante Village, Watercolor Janice Lorber Carpinteria Bluffs, Oil IOLANI PU'U Na Aumakua; Beloved Ones GVL West Wall Solo Exhibit Artist Edward Rodgers 12 linocuts (short for linoleum prints). I used relief printing which is pressing ink from a block to paper with a press. I have been doing it for 10 years. FEATURED ARTIST Mirella Zunica Olson I was born in Verona, Italy and was juried into the Società delle Belle Arti , which was very special for me. I had a one-woman show in Verona and participated in group shows in San Giovanni Lupatoto and Cerea, Italy. I was also juried into the Christmas Nativity Show in Verona's Roman amphitheater. I came to California in 1964 and joined the Los Padres Watercolor Society in 1992, then the GVAA , and Santa Barbara Art Association soon after. In 1995 I joined the Cabrillo Boulevard Sunday Art Show and participated for 20 years until the construction of the new bridge closed the show.. At that time, I decided not to return to Italy and joined the Artist Guild of Santa Ynez and was a member of the Gallery Los Olivos from 2000 until the pandemic in 2020.I have participated in paint-outs and group shows. featuring artists on the Library West Wall, Stow House Festivals, and the Camino Real Marketplace (when they first started). MESSAGES Welcome New Members Anne Purdy Tulip Bliss, Photography Elizabeth Imperato Sterling Keeley In the Fog, Acrylic Owl in Thought, Fabric Collage News After-School Art Program We have taught two lessons to primary elementary school children using watercolors, pasteles and other art materials purchased with the gift from Florence Russell. The kids were very engaged and loved the lessons. We introduced many art and math terms. All the lessons and materials were provided and easy to follow. SBAA New Membership Ingathering Saturday * April 13th * 10:00am-12:30pm * Schott Center Please share with any family and friends who might be interested in joining. SBAA_How_To_Join.pdf Download File For Sale Rotatrim 24 inch Precision Cutting Instrument Immaculate Condition rotatrim 24 w contact info.pdf Download File Art Judith Villa Will be a Featured Artist with 3 paintings in the Santa Barbara Visual Artists‘ Exhibition at the Legacy Arts Gallery . 1230 State St. The Exhibition runs from May 1 - June 30th. Receptions on First Thursdays. Samarkand Art Show Samarkand 2024 Art Show Information Word.pdf Download File Art Show Invitation 2024 - white.pdf Download File Pamela Benham Solo exhibition,, of her large expressive paintings at the Voice Gallery runs through April 28 th . From May 10 th through June 2 nd her painting, “Something Goods Coming”, is in the exhibit and online auction “Big Names, Small Art” at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Online bidding begins with each piece starting at $25, crockerart.org/how-to-bid . Her painting, “Improvisation SBS 88”, is currently featured in the “Rhapsody / Chromatic Sonatas in Major and Minor Keys” “78 th Annual Juried Exhibition” at the Springfield Museum of Art in Ohio through July 21 st Additionally, she has a drawing in the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art’s “Honoring the Feminine – The 6000 Circles Project” at the Range Projects Gallery in Los Angeles through May 4 th A Note from the Editor by Odessa Burrow, Newsletter Editor Greetings! I feel truly blessed to be among such a diverse, talented and friendly group of fellow artists, thank you for your warm welcome at the April ingathering. Send your information for the next month's newsletter by the 10 th of every month to:
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