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May 26th, 2015, 5:30pm PAL Meeting Gig Harbor Methodist Church 7400 Pioneer Way Gig Harbor, WA 98335 Public Welcome!

May Demo Kathleen Kemly

Using Collage as a dynamic element

in a painting!

Kathleen will demonstrate how to incorporate collage and drawing into an acrylic painting. “Collage helps me to find the big shapes in my painting.

Finding the structure allows me to stay loose and painterly,” she said.

From a distance, the collage elements may not be obvious;

up close, however, the intricate patterns and textures shimmer.

Smaller pieces are placed throughout - among the shadows, in the faces, around the border.

Kemly said that her paintings sometimes take months to com-plete.

She will show works IN PROGRESS and examples of finished work. Contact: jpbuskirk@centurylink.net for more info: Location: Gig Harbor United Methodist Church - 7400 Pioneer Way, Gig Harbor Time: 5:30 p.m. - Re-freshments and time to get acquainted - 6:00 p.m. - General meeting - 7:00 p.m. – Collage Demo (1 hour long)

You do not have to be a member to

attend!

Please do not park in the visitor’s spaces in front of the church.

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May’s President's Message:

Busy times for so many. I was lucky enough to welcome a new grandson, Maxwell Douglas, so my attention has been distracted, but PAL has a lot of plans in the works that will keeps us busy this Summer into the Fall. I hope everyone in our little PAL vil-lage can find the perfect part to play. I think our past officers and chair people enjoyed the Appreciation Luncheon at the Green House last month. This is a small treat for all those who have contributed so much. Your efforts and talent are an inspiration to me. Thank you!

Enjoy all the beauty around us!

President.

PAL Meeting Calendar 2015

Month Board Place General Place Notes:

January 22nd Timberland Bnk GH 27th Methodist Church

February 19th Unless otherwise 24th Unless otherwise Screening

March 19th changed 24th changed

April 23rd 28th

May 21st 26th Screening

June 18th 23rd

July Summer Art Festival - No meeting

August Summer Break - Picnic - TBD

September 17th 22nd Screening

October 22nd 27th

November 19th 24th

December Holiday Party - No meeting - TBD

PAL board meetings are on the Thursday prior to the general meeting*. PAL member meetings are generally on the

4th Tuesday of the month. Exceptions will be noted as needed. *All changes will be approved by board members pri-

or to change. Save these dates on your calendar!

* - NOW is your opportunity to Volunteer, for fun and excitement! Your support makes it all happen,

and you help support PAL’s reputation for excellence! Please email me with any changes or correc-

tions. Carlene Salazar—Newsletter editor carlene,salazar@gmail.com.

Reminder: This is the last screening before the Summer Art Festival, and the Member’s Show

at Key Bank. If you want to show in a new medium, you must do so this month!

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Peninsula Art League’s Open Juried Art Show Applications are now being accepted until July 5th, for Peninsula Art League's annual open juried art show, which will take place Sept.12-Oct.16 at the Harbor History Museum. The prospectus is available on onlinejuriedshows.com. Apply via onlinejuriedshows.com. Questions? Contact Sandy Newhouse at sincolor@comcast.net

Northwest Watercolor Society Accepted Artists posted www.nwws.org NWWS’s 75th Diamond Anniversary Celebration International Open Exhibition. Exhibition dates: July 1 – September 30, 2015 at the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seat-tle. Awards over $15,000; first $3,000; second $2,000; third $1250. Jurors Judy Morris and Alvaro Castagnet, will be presenting workshops through NWWS.

Lakefair Juried Art Show The website: www.olympiaartleague.com is the place to go for the Lakefair Juried Art Show Prospectus and the summer Paint-Out schedule. Don't forget that JUNE 1 is the deadline for entry to the show!!!

JUDY MORRIS 5-DAY WORKSHOP 9:00 am – 4:00 pm July 6 – 10, 2015 http://www.nwws.org/EventsWorkshops/75thDiamondAnniversaryCelebration.aspx Crowne Plaza Seattle 1113 6th Avenue (Corner of 6th & Seneca) Seattle WA 98101 https://resweb.passkey.com/go/NWWS75th The Crowne Plaza Seattle is offering a limited number of discounted rooms for our 75th Diamond Anniversary Celebration participants. Celebrate 75 years of the Northwest Watercolor Society in Seattle with international award winning artist and juror Judy Morris. Go on a journey with her and discover the uniqueness of the ordinary. Limited to 25 partici-pants. Fee: $595 for NWWS members $695 for non-members See website for detail and to download registration form

Summer Art Festival Member’s Show at Key Bank The next member’s show is in conjunction with the Summer Festival on Judson Street and is held in the lobby of Key Bank. There is a $10 fee for entering that covers the awards, including a special award, which is in honor of Mary Bassett the originator of the festival. The juror for this show will be Margo MacDonald, who is an art teacher and muralist who began the Two Waters Art Alliance group. In conjunction with the show we will have a reception on Saturday at 6 pm that will be provided this year by Mallard’s Landing. They will be bringing many gourmet appetizers, wine and champagne to go with a dessert. Hope you will all submit work and attend the festivities too. If you haven’t been juried to show please do so at the May meeting so that you can be part of this fun event!

We can always use help with at the art show on Friday when we will take in work, set up the racks and do the hang-ing. In addition, we must have docents in the bank during the entire duration of the festival so please do sign up for a two hour shift where you can talk to the public about our art work. Thanks for all that you do in making the festival a success-ful event!

Urban Sketchers They have met all requirements to be officially accepted as members of the

worldwide urban sketchers movement. They have a brand new Tacoma Blog!

http://urbansketcherstacoma.blogspot.com/ Follow them by RSS subscription or email.

We are welcome to sketch with them….and it’s free to join Urban Sketchers-Tacoma.

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PAL Events! .

June Demo! Urban Sketchers!

Newsletter Announcements: Please send photos and announcement information! Without YOU, I

have nothing to put in here! carlene.salazar@gmail.com

Plein Air Season 2015 is Coming: This year Plein Air events start after Memorial Day and goes through Labor Day- on Thursday mornings. Anne and Feather will be "tag-teaming facilitators", to cover our plein air events this year and to try to bring you a summer's worth of weekly variety in your creative challenges. We meet on site Thursday mornings (9-10am depending on location and current weather) to work in paint, pen, pencil, pastel, printmaking... whatever you choose for your medium, for 2-3 hours of creating together. It's a great way to get out of your studio and enjoy your summer with other artists. To get your plein air news and info go to the PAL blog at http://peninsulaartleague.blogspot.com/ . For last minute updates, if you were not on the Plein Air email master list last year, please sign up with Anne Knapp (annemknapp@gmail.com).

Here are first 4 Outings. Look for a more complete list in the June newsletter.

May 28th Skansie Netshed

June 4th Fox Island Boat Launch area- big minus tides

June 11th Austin Estuary/Donkey Creek area

June 18th Anne Knapp’s Garden in am, bring lunch, go paint on beach or on dock (minus tide) in afternoon

Other Opportunities:

Gig Harbor Garden Tour is June 20,21st They need a new liaison for “Artists in the Garden”. Contact Inez Ritchey at miritchey@centurytel.net .

Gig Harbor Garden Tour Show at TCC Gig Harbor from June 15th –June 26th. If you have art from last year- make sure to con-tact Anne Knapp. Watch for email updates!

Peninsula Art League's Summer Arts Festival is July 18th & 19. We need creative members to sign up for a 2-4 hour time slot in which we will be making art in the demo tent to show our community what we do as artists. Please contact Feather (gypsieartist@hotmail.com) to reserve a time slot so we can accommodate you in the tent while you work on your art.

Hmnnn... volunteer 4 hours, make art in tent with friends, get a free festival shirt!

Call for Summer Art Festival volunteers

Merchant notification team; 4 volunteers needed. You'll work in pairs to visit the merchants on both sides of Judson St, to let them know about the festival dates. This is part of our festival permitting process required by the city of Gig Harbor. Contact Hilaire at: Hilaire.ghaf@icloud.com Or 206-293-1269 Those supporting members who are interested in volunteering for the Demo tent at the arts fest can either sign up next month at the meeting or email me and I will get them hooked up for a 2-4 hour slot...4 hours gets a free t-shirt (assuming PAL is still doing that?) I will need name-email address- day/time they hope to come out and play. Contact Feather Hilger at: gypsieartist@hotmail.com Or 360-633-5941.

Illustrators & Authors : Book Signing event: A Special Opportunity during the 2015 Gig Harbor Summer Art Festival July 18 & 19 to show & sell your published books. PAL Members will have first priority to join this event. We are in the planning stages for this 2 day Book Signing. Your ideas and partici-pation are sought. There is Limited space, so please contact Carol Ann Johnson, carolart@centurytel.net or phone 253-858-2378 with your interest and questions as soon as possible.

An exciting workshop is coming up in September with the juror of the Open Show, Dawn Emerson. The dates are Sep-

tember 9, 10 and 11. The cost is $350. It will be held at Donna Trent's with a limit of 18 students. See the website

(dawnemerson.com ) to become really excited about this artist! For more information contact: Jo Ann Sullivan, 360-710-

2217 or email: sullivanjm1@msm.com.

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FREE ART CLASS (must be 55 or older)

Franke Tobey Jones in Tacoma is again hosting Friday Morning bi-weekly classes of "Art Explora-tions with Anne Moore Knapp". Each class is a self-contained unit with art history, an art concept, and a hands-on art piece (all supplies will be provided). All skills levels are welcome- it is a very fun and supportive class. Check for dates and sign up with JJ Hudson @ 253 756-6219 today. Bring a friend and carpool!

Applications are now being accepted for the Peninsula Art League’s annual Open Juried Show. The Open Juried Show dates for 2015 are Sept. 12 through Oct. 18, 2015. The exhibition will be at the Harbor History Museum in Gig Harbor WA. Accepted will be paintings, hand pulled prints, sculpture, jewelry, photography, etc.--all media. Jurors are Dawn Emerson from the Bend area in Oregon and the photo juror is Larry Ikenberry from the Olympia area. Apply via onlinejuriedshows.com Questions? Contact Sandy Newhouse at sincolor@comcast,net Dawn will give a multi-media workshop Sept. 9, 10 and 11. For information on the latter, con-tact Jo Ann Sullivan at (360) 710-2217 or sullivanjm1@msn.com. For information on and entry to the show, contact OnlineJuriedShows.com. Awards of over $3000 plus a People's Choice Award.

An Evening of EXTRAOARDINARY Delights

On Saturday June 6th, Gig Harbor Arts Center Alliance (GHACA), of which PAL is a member, is having a Gala Auction at the Gig Har-bor Yacht Club. The purpose of the Gala is to raise funds to study the operational sustainability of the GIG HARBOR CENTER FOR THE ARTS. There will be a dinner served by Peninsula High School Catering Club. Jim Borgen will be the auctioneer- there will be silent and oral auction items. Tickets can be purchased for $35- info on the website- http://www.gigharborartscenter.org. We could use help with various small jobs before and during the Gala- email annemknapp@gmail.com, if you would like to help. PS watch for a small representative group from GHACA marching in Gig Harbor Maritime Parade on June 6th.

EXTRA OAR DINARY Oars on Exhibit at Harbor History Museum May 1-31, 2015

The Harbor History Museum is extending its range of exhibits and activities in the front section of the Museum. New exhibits will be featured each month. We are proud that the decorated oars for the GHACA Auction (most made by PAL artists) have been chosen as the first exhibit to feature. The Exhibit opens May 1st and runs through May 31st. Make sure to visit.

Netshed Exhibit “Remix”

You asked for it- we got it! We are on the Calendar for Gig Harbor History Museum to hang a Netshed Show in the front Exhibit area in November 2015. If you were part of the last Netshed Show- find your art work! If you did not have a chance to take part last time- get out this summer and paint. Feather and I would like to challenge all past and future Netshed artists to create new work for this show. The plein air schedule will include many opportunities to paint Netsheds. Get out and paint- I think we are going to have an awesome painting season- and the Netshed Show at the Harbor History Museum will be a great place to show off your best work!

Karen Petrillose received 1st place for "Nisqually Fall" and People's Choice award for "A Road Less Taken" at the Lakewood Arts

Fest at Pierce College on May 3rd.

Rainier League of Arts is hosting an Antique Appraisal event as a fundraiser to support the Art League. Event will be held on

Friday, June 26th from 1100am to 300pm at the Mid County Community Center , 10205, 144th Av E. For more information please

call 531-8412.

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Movie Review by Myrna Binion…..

We all love movie reviews – so I am doing a review of one of the excellent DVD’s in our PAL VHS and DVD col-

lection which is stored at the Kimball Gallery/Coffee Shop for your enjoyment, entertainment and enlighten-

ment! All you have to do is go in and check out the set that tickles your fancy in the art medium of your

choice. It’s free!

I found a DVD this month which I found particularly interesting and wanted to share with you – it is #12,

“Color Harmony for Luminous Pastels” with Colleen Howe. Luminous – what a wonderful art term! What a

thing for a pastelist to aspire to and, possibly, to achieve! As you know, you just can’t ‘Mix Paint” to get a col-

or you like in pastels – you have to sneak up on it and trick the eye. You layer and use tricks to get luminous

color – and this DVD will show you how to do that.

I think this DVD would be excellent for a beginner as well as an advanced pastel painter. There is plenty of in-

formation regarding pastel products and pastel types as well as techniques of using under-painting and layer-

ing pastel.

Colleen gives a lesson in composition and in using value and color studies to map out her final painting which

is very useful. There is discussion of focal points and leading line – always good to practice and remember!

Her shapes and intervals are interesting and her style of building the painting to completion is well described.

There is plenty of discussion of soft and hard edges and color harmony – it just made me want to paint! I

hope you will enjoy this presentation as much as I did and that you appreciate the work of a fine pastel paint-

er – you can look her up at colleenhowe.com for more!

Contact Jean Grover at tututwo@hotmail.com with suggestions of videos/DVDs you might like to see added

to our collection. Tell her how much you appreciate her efforts to compile, organize and keep sorted all the

items in our cabinet!

That’s all Folks! Myrna

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Portrait and life drawing/painting group meets every Friday from 1 to 3 PM at the Peninsula Retirement build-

ing (3445 50th St. Ct. NW). Live models. Contact George Millikin 253-858-3672."

Jewelry Making - Joan Tenenbaum, Teacher. Private instruction in jewelry fabrication. 253-858-7478 merlin059@centurytel.net

Fox Paw painters meet on Wednesdays at the Fox Island center—if you are interested in painting with them, call or

email Cec Anderson 253-549-4646—cecile.anderson@comcast.net—PAL Members and Fox Islanders welcome—small

fee involved.

Please note: If you have not paid your PAL Dues, your classes will not be listed. If you paid late for some

reason, please email, so I can verify your status with Cecile. Then send me an up-dated list of your classes.

For all other classes, remember to up-date your class information in a timely manner, so it can be

published before your class runs! Thanks! Carlene Salazar: carlene.salazar@gmail.com

Check out PAL’s 2 Blog Sites; add your own comments and posts! www.peninsulaartists.blogspot.com/ — For demo

and group information. www.peninsulaartleague.blogspot.com — For individual accomplishments and shows.

One goal is to get new PAL members. Blogging is one of the easiest ways for interested people to see what is going on in our art world. What YOU contribute and talk about is what will entice new people to join us. Please give it a try!

"Go Figure" group meets at Donna Trent's studio . Please contact Donna at (253) 265-6532 for more

information and updates.

SUMI PAINTING WORKSHOPS

Darlene Dihel will be teaching several sumi painting workshops in Bainbridge. If interested please contact Sue Hylen at Bainbridge Parks. She is the Art & Cultural Programs Manager. 206-842-2306 #116 / sue@biparks.org

The classes are all 10:00 to 2:30 call or email Darlene for information.

Ongoing Classes presented by PAL Members:

Watercolor Painting by Tanya Lemma

Spring is here! We will be painting it!

Please bring your reference photos

Mondays 10 AM to 1 PM; @25

Please call for further information:

Tanya 253-460-2841 or tanyalemma@comcast.net,

www.tanya-lemma.artistwebsites.com www.facebook.com/TanyaLemmaArt

Watercolor cannot be mastered, only handled masterfully.

Pastel & Oil Donna Trent—call 265-6532 for information

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PAL Board Meeting April 23, 2015

President Kate Griswold called the meeting to order at 10:00.

Attendees: Cathie Johnson, Myrna Binion, Judy Buskirk, Daren Wilsey, Anne Knapp, Robert Knapp, Carlene Salazar, Greg

Trathen, Ceci Anderson, Charli Meachem, Sandy Newhouse, Kim Gunns, Stephanie Cardinal, Charles Salak

Treasurer’s Report: Bob presented the monthly reconciliation report. It was suggested that at the June board meeting he present

a time line of the treasury over the past 5 years to get a better idea of where we are going.

Summer Art Festival: Kate reported for Hillaire that they are working on the merchandise for the festival which will include shirts

and caps. The poster winners will be at the April general meeting.

Scholarship presentations from students have been received.

Member Show: Cathie and Greg reported Mallard’s Landing will sponsor the reception including food, flowers and copy of electron-ic flyer to its residents. Nancy Bartlett has agreed to be the wine server. Mallard’s Landing would like PAL to include its name as a sponsor in all advertising. They would also like to have a mural painted which would be peaceful yet colorful on one wall in their building.

Open Show: Sandy reported the History Museum would like us to pay for the cost of the giant banner used to advertise the show. Would also like to know who pays for the invitations to the reception. The reception is not open to the general public but is open to PAL and History Museum members. Charles will design the invitations. There is no word yet if we can have the museum next year since it is being reviewed under new management. Myrna will talk to the new manager about Thursday night out in Oct. Could museum open charge and sell wine? Could PAL membership get a discount that night?

The Open Show committee needs help with social media and with distribution of posters in area, particularly uptown. Sherry

Pierce should be invited to board meetings as consultant with social media.

Kim presented a recommendation to the Board to re-examine the purpose of the show, the value as a moneymaker, possibly bi-annually, problem of venue, problem of securing future juror. A discussion followed.

Gig Harbor Art Center Alliance: Anne the actual building is 5-7 years in the future. John Ross from the museum wants to revamp the interior of the museum to make it more available for events with the front area for ongoing free shows changed once a month with greater variety and tied to Gig Harbor history. The first offering will be the decorated paddles with a wine reception May 7 and family day May 16. Anne would like our artists to attend and talk about the oars. There is another net shed show slated for Novem-ber.

Workshops: JoAnn sent word that the Dawn Emerson workshop in Sept has only 4 students to date. Dawn needs more money

than we normally pay due to the extra day needed for her multi-media workshop.

Demos: Judy reported she has a tentative schedule laid out for the rest of this year and next. She talked to Robin Peterson doing

major landscapes in Oct and Sherry Pierce about a social media demo in Nov. Bob offered to do a demo using the pc.

Posters: Stevie needs to get the posters back to the students. The winners will be at the general meeting next week.

General: 1. An audit is required during the first quarter of each year. When will this be done? 2. We need a new slate of offic-ers. The voting should be done at the Sept meeting. A discussion of the slate committee followed. 3. Bob will put information and needs on the screen during our general meeting social hour and break time.

Meeting adjourned 11:55

Nancy Bartlett, Secretary

More about PAL Volunteers……by Myrna Binion

Do you know about the PAL Scholarships for our members? PAL Members (after one year’s mem-bership) are eligible for scholarships up to the amount of $250.00 every other year. This amount of money goes a long way toward paying for a workshop or for supplies for that workshop. To get all the information, please look on the Peninsula Art League web page under miscellaneous forms. If you still have questions, call or email Sherrie Bonsell, our Scholarship Committee Chairperson.

One of the questions asked on the form is relating to how much volunteer time and effort you have given to support PAL projects. Have you worked on shows? Helped to hang art? Worked on a com-mittee or as a PAL Board Member? Have you assisted at the Art Festival? Do you bring treats to PAL Meetings? What have you done? What can you do to help the group? There is no “them” in PAL, there is only “us” – our members do it all. Please take the time to share in the fun – find a pro-ject that will fit into your life, family and work schedule – just do what you can to help out. At the same time you are doing that, you will be meeting new friends and doing your part to make PAL a great organization!

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2014 PAL Board and Chairs

PAL Video/DVD Library We have NEW DVDs in our PAL Library on Pastels, Acrylics, Oil, Watercolor & Pen and Ink, as well as a 2 DVD set on Best Practices in Fine Art Storage. Remember that one of the benefits of being a PAL member is the opportunity to borrow these and other Videos & DVDs from our library located at the Kimball Espresso Café, so check them out!

Thank You! Jean Grover

Position Name Email Phone President* Kate Griswold grizzk@comcast.net (253) 851-8662

First Vice President* Charli Meacham charlimeacham@centurytel.net (253) 858-9388

Second Vice President(s)* Cathie Johnson ccjohnson41@comcast.net (971) 241-5418

(members shows) Greg Trathen llkt1942@comcast.net (253) 265-3669

Secretary* Nancy Bartlett nancy.bartlett@comcast.net (253) 851-3911

Treasurer* Bob Knapp rikgh0@gmail.com (253) 265-6700

Board Members at Large* rublej@aol.com (253) 858-8886

Member Representative Anne Knapp annemknapp@gmail.com (253) 265-6700

Member Representative Barbara Ruble hradowick@gmail.com (206) 293-1269

Member Representative Karen Wilsey showafox@gmail.com (253) 549-2929

Membership Chair Cecile Anderson cecile.anderson@comcast.net (253) 549-4646

Open Juried Show Chair Charles Salak chassalak@centurylink.net (2530 858-2536

Sandy Newhouse sincolor@comcast.net (253) 884-2779

Kim Shuchhart-Gunns guns81@wamail.net (253) 759-9298

Renee Crist rencrist@gmail.com (253) 265-6812

Open Show Sponsorship Eileen Schurer eschurer@yahoo.com (303) 955-8889

Newsletter Editor* Carlene Salazar carlene.salazar@gmail.com (253) 278-0942 (cell)

Newsletter Distributor Becky Eagle beckyeagle@comcast.net (253) 228-1184

Monthly Programs* Judy Buskirk jpbuskirk@centurylink.net (253) 549-3158 (cell)

Video Library Jean Grover See Member Directory (253) 858-0029

Hospitality Chairs Tina Salter ltsalter@msm.com (253) 228-1184

Karen Petrillose theartofkarenmarie@yahoo.com (2530 582-0653

Bi-Monthly Exhibit Roberta Rogers roberta000@centurytel.net (253) 858-8808

Workshops Jo Ann Sullivan sullivanjm1@msn.com (360) 876-0742

Scholarships Sherri Bonsell sherbon@centurytel.net (253) 858-4032

Equipment Storage Lynda Lindner robinandlynda@comcast.net (253) 853-5920

Poster Contest Stephanie Cardinal stephanielee1@yahoo.com (253) 222-3023

WEBsite/Publicity Charlee Glock-Jackson charlee@centurytel.net (253) 857-5604

Screenings Committee Lori Johnson jelojo@wavecable.com (360) 871-3436

Lola Waller lolawaller@comcast.net (253) 255-1363

Mikki Parkhurst miklar2@wavecable.com (360) 876-3688

Plein Air Group Anne Knapp annemknapp@gmail.com (253) 857-3142

Cathie Johnson ccjohnson41@comcast.net (971) 241-5418

Drawing You In Chair Stephanie Cardinal stephenielee1@yahoo.com (253) 222-3023

Drawing You In Co-Chair Dee Barrett deegilliambarrett@comcast.net (253) 845-6723

Uptown Show Bev Pederson beverlypederson@centurytel.net (253) 858-2277

Marti Lewis marti.lewis@hotmail.com (360) 301-3397

Summer Art Festival Chair Hilaire Radowick hilaire.ghaf@icloud.com (206) 293-1269

Artist Liaison Emily Porter Emily.ghaf@gmail.com (971) 600-0329

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