Corvallis Art Guild

Volume XV Issue 3 March 2009Art Capital of the Pacific Northwest

Next Meeting: Monday March 2, 2009Bring your latest work of art to display.Social 1/2 hour at 7:00 PMGeneral Meeting 7:30 pmCorvallis-Benton County Library

Presidents Message:

Program for the March CAG Monthly Meeting

http://corvallisartguild.org

John Maul, Chair of Oregon State University Depart-ment of Art. His presentation will include information regarding the "Visiting Artists & Scholars" program, the Fairbanks Gallery, and the focus of the Depart-ment of Arts, which is to be the campus leader in the visual arts, in both creating and understanding visual culture. At the same time, they believe that the strategies and processes used in the visual arts spill over into other disciplines and can be useful tools for creative thinking, innovation, and leadership in any field. John will gladly take your questions.

Time flies and I already received the 2009 Fall Festival Application which is due by 15 March. The Festival this year will be on Sept 26-27. Last year I organized this event and I would like to see the Art Guild continue its presence this year. However I feel that someone else should be the organizer. Since no one has so far volunteered to do this I will make the following proposal as an alternative.

We limit the Fall Festival event to 6 participants witheach participant responsible for the following:

1. Owning one of the 6 key activities. Set Up, Take Down, Saturday AM, Saturday PM, Sunday AM, and Sunday PM.

2. Helping with at least two of the other activities.

3. Paying $17, one sixth of the entry fee.

Each participant will have 3 complete panels for their art work, a portion of the two external panels, a portion of the card racks, and a print rack if they wish.

The participants will select one person to be the over-all coordinator. If more than 6 people are interested then the Board will select the participants based on past/present contributions to the operation of the Guild. Please let me know ASAP if you support this plan and are interested in participating. Alternative proposals are also welcome.

Mike

Photographer, John Sexton, and Filmaker Eija-Liisa Ahtila will be part of the their spring schedule. To find out more about the "Visiting Artists & Scholars" program go to http://oregonstate.edu/dept/arts/lectures/vas/home.html

To find out more about the Depart of Art program at OSU go to http://oregonstate.edu/dept/arts/index.asp

Karen Kunc is the current OSU Department of Art’s Visiting Artist and has her art on display at theFairbanks Gallery through March 5.

Doyle Leek

EXECUTIVE BOARDPresident: Mike Bergen mike@creativedialog.com 745.3941Vice President: Maureen Frank maiah@maiahcreations.com 754.0935Secretary: Richard Helmick helmickr@proaxis.com 738.9679Treasurer: DiAnn Acevedo feggie@comcast.net 754.6049Past President: Carolyn Madsen madsen@proaxis.com 754.1528

COMMITTEE CHAIRSArts Center Exhibit Committee Rep Ross Parkerson 754.1870 Exhibit Chair: Marjorie Kinch mkinch@proaxis.com 745.1331Membership: Gretchen Bencene gbencene@peak.org 929.5598 Newsletter Editor: Harold Wood tickwood@teleport.com 757.9663Program Chair: Maureen Frank maiah@maiahcreations.com 754.0935Web Master: Pam Van Londen Via website 760.1449 Web Site Chair: Open Arts Center BOD: Carolyn Madsen madsen@proaxis.com 754.1528New Member Chair: Open

For those of you who are not familiar with Art In The Valley, it is a small cooperative gallery in Corvallis located on Second St not far from the New Morning Bakery. Most of our members are also Art Guild members and we want to invite all of you to visit our gallery and see our work. Maintaining this gallery is one element in enhancing our position as the Art Capital of the Pacific Northwest. We also just introduced a new web site (http://www.artinthevalley.net) to help promote our gallery and our work. On the website are links to Amazon.com and Dick Blick Art Supplies. We ask thatyou use these links for your future web purchases. Youwill incur no additional cost and at the same time youwill help support the gallery and our common objectives.

Jury for Exhibiting Status on April 6, 2009A jury for associate members who have been mem-bers for more than 3 months and wish to become exhibiting members of the Corvallis Art Guild will beheld on Monday, April 6, 2009. Exhibiting members may sign up to show their work at Hanging Around Town sites, participate in the Clothesline Art Sale, and submit work for the banner on the web site and Brush Strokes. The jury will be held on Monday, April 6, in a down-stairs meeting room at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. Artwork must be dropped off between 7-7:30 PM and picked up between 8:45-9:00 PM. The CAG April general meeting will take place at the same time (7:30-9 PM) in the meeting room on the main floor. Tips for jurying can be found on the CAG web-site. To register to be juried, contact Jasmine Nahorniak by email (jasmine@fernleafstudio.com) or at 740-5488. Registrations must be received by Friday, April 3, 2009 to be eligible for the April jury.

Carol Chapel has prints on exhibit at Gathering Together Farm Stand. GTF is open Thursday thru Sat. 9a to 5p. Mary Parry has work this month at Sybaris in Albany.

Caroline Buchanan is teaching a workshop in Watercolor on March 3rd & 4th from 9:30 AM to 4:30 pm at the McMinnville Community Center. Jane Ann Warkentinhas more information 754-8875.

Harold Wood

Art In the Valley Gallery

For Sale: Two plywood display boards (48"x84") each hinged in the middle i.e. 42'x48"(x2) Used. $25.00 each. Canon Powershot camera S2IS 10X magnification through glass lens(40X electronic magnification).Three years old, excellent condition. Also has "Close up" magnification(Great for flower photos). Monitor can be swung out and rotated(Excellent for photo-graphing paintings) $100 Charles Leach 752-4054 or jorcl@q.com

Pam VanLonden: A few members have let me know my email was not working. I apologize! To contact me for help with the http://corvallisartguild.org web site, you can use the forms provided under the "Contact the Guild" menu or use my new form:http://pamvanlonden.com/contact-oregon-artist/ .

Chuck Kelley, has recently activated a new website featuring his art in recent weeks. The site include a regularly updated art blog "Out of my Mind". He welcomes feedback and suggestions from fellowartists, especialy those with websites. www.charlesdavidkelley.com

Chuck Kelly

Linda Edwards will be teachingRENDERING IN WATERCOLOR: Working from photo-graphs and/or highly rendered drawings, paint very realistic watercolors. Learn how to combine elements from various sources into one effective composition.at 2 LBCC locations:

1. Benton Center ( room BC-106) in Corvallis Mondays from 7-9:20pm Starting Mar 30 for 8 weeks(to May 18) $63 (half price seniors over 62) + $5 lab fee

2. Albany Senior Center Fridays from 1-3:50pm Starting April 3 for 8 weeks (to May 22) $69 (half price seniors over 62)

FLORAL PAINTING IN WATERCOLOR: Learn to paint vibrant florals in transparent watercolor. See a variety of techniques demonstrated that will enable you to paint a large floral close-up. At LBCC the Albany Senior Center Thursdays from 2-4:50pm Starting April 2 for 8 week (to May 2) $69 (half price seniorsover 62)

Upcoming Programs:

April 6, Kris Mitchell: The Many Styles of Colored Pencils, at the Arts Center

May 4, Jan Maitland: Fine Art and Craft Art

June 1, Annual Pot Luck at Unitarian Universalist Church

July 6, Special Clothesline Sale Meeting at the Arts Center

August - No Meeting

Brush Strokes: Help... Send me some .jpg images of your art work I’m using four or five images an issue.tickwood@teleport.com

Quantity March April Benton Hospice 11 Harold Wood Andrea Severs Borders Bookstore* 7 Jasmoine Nohorniak Earl NewmanCorvallis Chamber of Commerce 12 A. Tetamore/J. Bubak Alice Ann EbermanDarrell’s Restaurant 6 Barbara LaVineFidelity National Title Co 10/10 B. Tucker/J. Laurence Grace Center 10 P. Stangel/R. Bier Leading Floral 10 Cherrill Boissonou Montessori School 8 /10 Jeri Le Mary Jane Gray Next 2 New in Philomath 10 Ellen Borowski Phyllis Johnson Samaritan Cancer Center 10 DiAnn Acevedo Samaritan Village 10 Kelly Collins Timberhill Athletic Club 10 /10 A.Tewes/ N. Eaton Two Month VenuesCentral Willamette Credit Union 10 Linda Edwards Linda Edwards Copytronix Hendersons 6 /6 Alice Ann Eberman Alice Ann Eberman Corvallis Caring Place 10 /10 Chin Le/B. Rubenfeld Chin Le Samaritan Internal Medicine** 10 Norma Booth Contact Exhibit Chair Marjorie Kinch at 754-1331 only to fill an opening or any schedule changes.*Border’s Books - Use non-marking tacking substance. **This site requires you to call before hanging 738-0580

HANGING AROUND TOWN

Note: The Board has decided that if an exhibitor finds they cannot fulfill their committmentto hang within 30 days of theirscheduled showing, they areresponsible for finding their ownreplacement.

Corvallis Art Guildc/o Gretchen Bencene25488 Wonderly LanePhilomath, OR, 97370

Carol Chapel

Norma Booth

DIANE HOFF-ROME, BFA MFA – 2009 CONCEPTUAL WORKSHOPS

I am delighted to welcome you to my all day workshops at our fully equipped, custom designed studio. Everywhere on our 5 acres you will be inspired by the beautiful views of the valley, Coast Range and Cascades. However, of the original 15 workshop dates, only 9 workshop dates now remain. Four Thursdays: 9AM – 5PM - March 19, April 2, May 21 & June 4Five Saturdays: 9AM – 5PM - March 21, April 4 & 11; May 23 & June 6 Sign up for one workshop @ $65. Sign up for 2 or more workshops, and you receive an artist courtesy discount @ 10% off the total, e.g., 2 workshops will be $58.50 each.

Bring your favorite water based media and pastels– it’s up to you! (After you sign-up, I’ll email you a budget conscious list and suggestions of what to bring; and what to wear, directions, etc.)

Included; materials for you to explore my new Fusion Process©, foldaway chairs for outdoor painting, a wholesome Lunch and Afternoon Tea, coffee, herbal teas and spring water available throughout the day (Do let me know if you have any dietary requirements),.... I look forward to sharing with you joyful, relaxing workshops with positive critiques focusing on your strengths, your own personal vision and new conceptual ideas to energize and add to your painting knowledge.

For a color brochure, e-mail me at diane@artistlife.com or call me at 541 847 2257. And visit our website at www.artistlife.com. AN ARTIST’S LIFE WORKSHOPS – celebrating our 17th year

An example of my Pastel Fusion©Greater Bird of Paradise

Diane Hoff-Rome

C A M I L L E P R Z E W O D E K P A I N T I N G W O R K S H O P S

Discover a New Way of Seeing Color!Corvallis, Oregon 5-Day Workshop 2009 Dates: Monday – Friday, June 15-19 Times: 9am – 4:30pm Fee: $650 ($550 for Corvallis Art Guild members)

Location: Tyee Wine Cellers, 26335 Greenberry Rd, Corvallis OR and various other outdoor locations in and around the area. We will assemble at 8:00 am on the first day of class.

Good color, or color that expresses the light key of nature, can make even the most mundane subject matter strikingly beautiful. “Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision—it is the seeing of the thing that makes it so.” (From Hawthorne On Painting). I see a remarkable change in my students’ work after only one day of painting. They begin to see color in

the shadows. Many students say they have discovered a world of color that has changed them forever — their vision has been altered.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

We will start out the first two days doing still life study out of doors which will prepare us to tackle the landscape. Wednesday and Thursday we will be on location painting landscape studies. On Friday we will do still life, landscape, or head and clothed figure. We will concentrate on the development of strong starts. I will be teaching the structure of the landscape—what is important to leave in as well as what to leave out. We will focus

on expressing the big masses, light key and aerial perspective with

color. I will be doing demonstrations throughout the workshop. You will do a color study before lunch, followed by two color studies in the afternoon. You are encouraged to either bring original artwork or photos and talk to me about your vision as an artist. I will

give you some questions to ponder during the week. I look forward to working with each of you!

Supply List: • portable easel that supports your painting palette• painting knives (one as shown)• a few bristle brushes (optional)• paper towels (Viva ® recommended)• sun hat or visor, & sunscreen lotion• light blue pastel pencil

(for preliminary drawing)• small pocket mirror • Gessobords ™ or canvas panels (not stretched canvases) for color studies

(at least fifteen 12”x 16,” 11”x 14,” or 9”x 12”; for additional small studies—a few 8”x 10” or 6”x 8”)

• sketch book for notes & thumbnails • an open mind• palette cups (minerals spirits will

be provided by the studio)

Beginning basic palette of oil colors:(Winsor & Newton ™ recommended)• Titanium White (large tube)• Cadmium Red Light or Winsor Red • Permanent Alizarin Crimson • Cadmium Yellow • Cadmium Lemon • French Ultramarine Blue • Manganese, Cerulean, or

Rembrandt ™ Sevres Blue (pick one of these greenish blues)

Colors you can add later: Permanent Rose, Cadmium Orange, Burnt Sienna, Indian Yellow, Yellow Ochre Pale, Cadmium Green Pale, Permanent Green Light, Winsor Emerald, Oxide of Chromium, Viridian, Winsor Violet (Dioxazine), and Permanent Magenta.

Suggested Books• Hawthorne On Painting - Collected by Mrs. Charles W. Hawthorne • Hensche On Painting: A Student’s Notebook by John W. Robichaux• The Art of Seeing and Painting by Henry Hensche (out of print)• The Art Spirit by Robert Henri• Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting by John F. Carlson

To reserve your space, send a deposit of $200 by first contacting:Peggy Joyce, 33977 NE Colorado Lake Drive, Corvallis OR 97333 Phone: 541-758-6669 Email: peggy@peggyjoyce.comWeb site: http://corvallisartguild.org/camille-przewodek/