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Meeting—New Location!

7:00 P.M., Nov. 19, 2009

Boys & Girls Club of Gig Harbor

8502 Skansie Avenue Gig Harbor, Wa 98332 main phone 253 502-4670 Stephen Hatcher is an artist that works in wood

and stone. Specifically, Stephen developed a technique

that allows mineral crystals to be inlaid into wood-turned

forms, creating imagery of unique and striking beauty.

His work has been included in numerous exhibi-

tions and major collections internationally as well as

magazines and books.

Formerly an electronics entrepreneur, Stephen is a

full-time studio artist who resides with his wife Brenda

and numerous pets at their home on Oyster Bay near

Olympia, WA.

November 2009—PAL Program-

Stephen Hatcher—Wood & Stone

Infini-Tea

Morning Tea

Daimyo

Vessel

Peregrine Migration

Dorothy‘s Inner Search

Hatchlings Search for Clarity

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PAL Board for 2009 & 2010

President: Anne Knapp 253-265-6700 annemknapp@gmail.com

1st VP Co-Chair Arvid Anderson 253-549-7339 arvidandbarb@comcast.net

2nd VP Show Chair Rhene Johns 858-8668 rhenej@gmail.com

With Patti McQuillan as assistant 2nd VP 253-857-9261 pmcq4@yahoo.com

Secretary Mary McInnis 253-858-9224 mmcinnis@centurytel.net

Treasurer Jon Lonning 253-851-4866 jlonning@centurytel.net

Mem @ Large Sherry Weitzel 253-265-1575 sherrylw49@aol.com

Mem @ Large Virginia Alvarez 253-851-0015 vsalvarez@centurytel.net

Mem @ Large Myrna Binion 253-857-4222 myrnalb@comcast.net

Newsletter Ed Myrna Binion 253-857-4222 myrnalb@comcast.net

Festival Chairs Russ and Christy Camerer 253-853-2178 christy@bluewaterartwork.com

Membership Christy Camerer 253-853-2178 christy@bluewaterartwork.com

PAL Committee Chairpersons:

Nwslttr Distribution Roma Loehmer 253-851-1610 fredandromaghwa@centurytel.net

Program Co-Chair Carol Lemon 206-409-2564 carol_lemon@comcast.net

Program Co-Chair Susan Blais 253-278-4313 susangghrbr@aol.com

Regional Show Fox Island Painters Nan Feagin & Cec Anderson brucecec1@comcast.net

Hospitality Debbie Dorn 425-442-1140 bedorah@msn.com

Video Library Cecile Anderson 253-549-4646 brucecec1@comcast.net

Bi-monthly Exhibit & Sunshine Chris Cotton 253-858-6191 musicandart@comcast.net

Workshops Mimi VanBallenberghe 253-857-2449 mimistudio22@comcast.net

Scholarships Sherrie Bonsell, 253 858-4032 sherbon@centurytel.net

Poster & Plein Air Anne Knapp 253-265-6700 annemknapp@gmail.com

Equipment/storage Patty McQuillan 253-857-9261 pmcq4@yahoo.com

Web Mistress Charlee Glock-Jackson 253-857-5604 charlee@centurytel.net

PAL Publicity Susan Blais 253-278-4313 susangghrbr@aol.com

Screenings Marti Green 360-871-2906 marti@martigreen.com

& Michele Sleight 360-876-0117 michelesleight@yahoo.com

Key Bank Rep Aida Schenkel aida_v_schenkel@keybank.com

PAL Blog Kari Tirrell kari@karitirrel.com

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New Meeting Location—Boys & Girls Club, GH—& PAL Dues are due!!!!

November General Meeting Date– 11/19/09

Holiday Party—December 17, 2009—Boys & Girls Club -6:45—9:15 p.m.

January 11—PAL Members Show at Kimball Gallery/Coffee Shop

From the President…..

For those of you at our well attended (73 people!) first meeting at Boys and girls club- you saw first hand the great facilities. The built in slide projector made Robin Peterson‘s slides extra large. What a great pro-gram! Of course, we had a few first time glitches- we were supposed to get the double room, we ran out of Boys and Girls club tags, and parking was a challenge. Don‘t lose heart, Boys and Girls club has assured us that we will get the double room in the future (and 2 projectors can run off the

one laptop- how cool is that!), we can use our own sign in sheet and ―stick on‖ name tags, and we have a plan to alleviate the parking crunch. Make sure to read the article about next meeting. We aim to please!

I wanted to take this opportunity to say how much I admire Peninsula Art League, and how much they can help you, as an artist, to grow. I consider myself to be an emerging artist. I am on an inter-esting path to becoming a professional artist in all aspects: in the quality of art I produce, in how I present my artwork and myself, and how I can turn that into a profitable profession. Peninsula Art League has been instrumental in this process. There have been members to email and talk to about recommended website hosting, and I am excited to announce I finally got my website going: www.annemooreknapp.com.

Kari Tirrell talked at the last meeting about the Peninsula Art League Blogspot, and how easy (and important) it is to use the PAL blogspot and set up your own blog (with lots of links!). I am joining a critique group through PAL. I try to take part in some of the activities- like figure drawing, plein air, still life groups, because the more you do, the more you can improve. The great programs at the meetings get me going (even when it is something I may never do) like the encaustic program gave me a great idea for a texture underlayment for an upcoming pastel piece, and Robin‘s program (sorry Robin, I will never go up above the Arctic Circle with grizzly bears around!) has me looking for (tamer) Artist In Residence Opportunities. I hear about exhibit opportunities and upcoming shows and resources like Artist Trust. I have the opportunity to apply for a grant for a workshop. What a great group on interesting and knowledgeable people we have! Make sure that you are taking advan-tage of these opportunities to learn and grow. Make sure that you give back by volunteering for PAL activities, and don‘t forget to meet new people, forge links, and help other artists, too. Teaching, vol-unteering, and helping others really helps YOU the most!

Anne Knapp, PAL President

Please note—the PAL Meeting is November 19th at 7:00 p.m. at the

Boys & Girls Club in Gig Harbor—not on

Thanksgiving!!!

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Pasty O'Connell, Deng Juo and Fumiko Ki-mura will be featured in a 3-person exhibition titled, "Ink Connection - China, Korea and Ja-pan at the Gallery of Tacoma Community Col-lege from October 12 - December 15, 2009.

Italy Workshop. Southern Tuscany. June 26 - July 8. Instructor: Donna Trent. Pastel & Oil. For further information, contact Donna at : 253-265-6532 or Magic Palette Workshops on line.

Call for Artists: Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, entry deadline

Nov. 19, 2009. info@collectivevisions.com - Show February

Ebb Tide Gallery, a Co-Op Gallery welcomes 3 new members- Please stop buy and check them out.

Becci Crowe, a world traveler and wildlife artist who does pen and ink Pointilism

Laura Bethke, a whimsical, mixed media artist, spe-cializing in ethnic subjects

Sandra Chavis, a jewelry artist, specializing in working with gemstones embellished with gold and silver.

Artist Kay Barnes Conducts Watercolor Workshop in Ocean Shores

Fine Artist Ms. Kay Barnes, NWWS, CWA, will be conducting her

“Approaches to Watercolor” workshop in Ocean Shores.

The workshop will be held October 4 through 7, 2010 at the Polyne-

sian Resort. Class size is limited. For information about Ms. Barne’s class

please see http://oceanshoresworkshops.wordpress.com/; or contact Ms. Linda

Parisi at ParisiArt@msn.com or 360-589-9330.

Arlene Towne and Mimi VanBallenberghe have

paintings accepted in the Toby Jones Exhibition in

Tacoma.

Thanks to you all for the Daniel

Smith gift certificate—I will put

that to good use soon! I really en-

joyed being PAL President and will

continue to enjoy serving on the

PAL Board with Anne Knapp as

President and all the rest of our

creative and industrious Board!

Thanks! Myrna Binion

I would like to thank Anne Knapp, Marti Green and Patti McQuillan for being so helpful in my search for grids for my art show in Tacoma. Thank you Eric Peavy for loaning me your grids. Everyone was so kind. Thank you, Chris Cotton

From Robin Peterson:

My photo and essay were cho-sen as winners in the NPCA (National Parks Conservation Association) photo and essay contest. They are dis-played on the wall of their Seattle Gallery in the Pioneer Square Office at 313A First Avenue South.

Robin is pictured at the Oct. PAL meeting pre-senting her Gates of the Arctic pictures and talk-ing about her experiences in Alaska with the Na-tional Park Service in August. You can visit her website at www.fernwoodstudio.com or just Google for more information online.

From Kari Tirrell - I am going to have work in the Art Slam at the Rialto Theater in Tacoma on November 18 from 7-9 p.m. More info: http://www.tacomaculture.org/arts/AWartslam.asp & See Page 10 this newsletter— Art at Work, Tacoma

Frankie by Kari Tirrell

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Dues are due NOW! $35 Single/$45 Family! You can write your check at the PAL Meeting or

mail to PAL, PO Box 1422, GH, 98335, Attn/Membership. Fill out new Membership Form, please!

Please send information, arti-

cles and images to :

myrnalb@comcast.net for the

Palette Newsletter

Let me know when you are in

shows, win awards or have

some great art experience -

Share a slice of your life with

all of us—thanks, Myrna

October Screening Results—from Marti Green:

Phyllis Nelson-Langley—accepted in Pastel, Watercolor and Oil Painting

Donna Carver—accepted in Monotype, Acrylic and Dry-point Etching

Mike Corcoran—accepted in Watercolor and Oil Painting

Emily Porter—accepted in Acrylic and Watercolor Painting

Kari Tirrell—accepted in Oil Painting

James Anderson—accepted in Oil Painting

Ron Cameron—accepted in Photography

Chris Cotton—accepted in Acrylic Painting

Mikki Parkhurst—accepted in Oil Painting

NOVEMBER VIDEO REVIEW—By Cecile Anderson

We are the new owners of several videos which were recently donated to our PAL library. Judy Buskirk, a

PAL member who happens to also work at the Peninsula Library, just received several videos from her boss,

Craig Hunter. Apparently Craig‘s mother, Lee Hunter, used to be a PAL member, and had a collection of in-

structional tapes, DVDs and books. Per Craig‘s wishes, Judy has passed those on to us.

Eight watercolor VHS tapes and one book are by Arleta Pech, a well known painter of realistic floral arrange-ments. You can see her work at www.arletapech.com. In addition, we received two Jackie Simmonds VHS tapes on floral pastels and one landscape DVD by pastelist, Bob Rohm. I plan to bring these videos to our next meeting. I‘ll bring the books (we only have six) to the meeting as well,

even though we don‘t have a book library. I‘m thinking we could simply sell the books for $5.00 each & do-

nate the proceeds to PAL.

Thanks Craig & Judy!

Michelle Sleight is the featured artist at the

Kimball Gallery/Coffee Shop—please stop by to

enjoy her whimsical artwork—‖Dreamfield‖ on

the left and ―Chicken Walk‖ above. Her show

runs until November 30, 2009.

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From Nan Feagin:

By now the Seventh Annual Open Juried Show has come to a successful conclusion, and it is time to acknowledge and thank those who made it such a success. Members of the Fox Island Painters group who spearheaded the show include Cece Anderson, Nan Feagin, Charli Meacham, Marlene Misura, Ronnie Schneeman and Feather Hilger. Our appreciation to Lynda Desmarteau and Lita Dawn Stanton for their beautiful hanging of the show, to Sherry Weitzel who orchestrated the refreshments on Opening Night, and to Russ and Christy Camerer who acted as shipping agents and transporters of signs, hanging equipment and as"gofers" in general. Charlee Glock-Jackson did a very effective and informative job spreading the word about the show, both through emails to members and by her delightful articles in the Gig Harbor Weekly newspaper. And, of course, our thanks to all of the PAL members who attended the opening of the show, and then re-turned to view it again with friends and relatives.

From Myrna Binion—I want to add how

much I enjoyed being a ―Docent‖ for a tour

of the Open Juried Show this year. My

―Tour‖ group was from Sound Vista Village

and we all enjoyed the experience thor-

oughly. I know Anne Knapp and Nan

Feagin also acted as docents and tour

guides for groups. The tours gave many

more of our community members access to

the show and a better understanding of

what PAL does to bring art to Gig Harbor.

The tours were an inspired idea—sign me

up for another one next year! At right is a

photo of my tour group from Sound Vista—

they really enjoyed the show! Sharon Hochhalter, Program Director on left with tour

group from Sound Vista Village at PAL Open Juried Show

B&G Club & PAL Meeting Update– Anne Knapp

Boys and Girls Club has promised we will get the big double room from now on- plenty of room and seating. The set up for the double room is such that one PC can feed into the projectors in both rooms, so dual screens will give everyone a great view!

The Boys and Girls Club needs to make sure that all visitors to the building sign in and wear a badge or name tag. We have worked out a compromise, in that, PAL will have its own sign-in sheet, and we will provide stick-on name tags. In order to encourage folks to bring their own ―permanent tags‖ when possible, there will be a door prize drawing done during the break for anyone who brings their own tag! PAL has also signed up to get access to the room at 6:15, so if you want to come a little early and park in front on the street, or get the best parking spots, you can have access to the room early and have more opportunity to connect with other artists. Refreshments will arrive early, so you will have time for a cup and a chat!

There will not always be a GHHS JV football home game to conflict with our meeting, but it‘s good to take the precaution. Parking will always be 1st come, 1st served. This is a great facility - we want it to be easy and friendly for our members to use!

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Art Stimulus Package

The PAL scholarship program is not just for the kids. We do sponsor significant scholarships to local high schools for students actively pursuing post high school art careers, but we are also here to help the general membership with their art oriented CE. Have you ever wanted to take an art workshop but just couldn't justify the cost? PAL wants to help you with that.

The Peninsula Art League Scholarship Program is your "stimulus package" for art explora-tion, education and discovery. Art League members in good standing, especially those of you with a strong volunteer history, are candidates for up to $250 in scholarship funds. Art workshops, classes and other art oriented programs may qualify for scholarship support. To find out; send your biography, a short letter describing your funding need, including how this will impact your art and 3 representative images (web sized jpg files) of your work (or a link to your website or blog where we can see the art you are making) to the PAL Scholarship Committee; chairwoman, Sherrie Bonsell at <sherbon@centurytel.net>

Chair Affair Update—From Anne Knapp

There is still time to take part in the Chair Affair that will benefit the Furniture Bank. (They pro-vide furniture for foster kids, domestic violence agencies, etc.) They are having a benefit auction that will be held at the Tacoma Art Museum on March 4

th, 2010.

Artists who decorate a chair for the auction will get to attend the gala event for free, have their photo and bio with their chair; and that info will also be used in the program, and publicity. The deadline for the finished chair is February 5

th, 2010.

You must register to take part- email Dion Rurik at drurik@gmail.com to get guidelines, etc. The Furniture Bank will try to arrange for a chair for you if you don’t already have a “spare” chair to donate. They need cool artsy looking chairs that will command a bidding war. You can also use re-lated furniture items (like a bench, etc), or maybe a small sculpture chair or piece of jewelry chair, or

a chair pot! Who knows- your imagination is the limit (check with Dion if you think it’s too out there!). Contact me (Anne Knapp) for more information.

They just let me know they would like before and after pictures of your chair. I am showing you my first chair as “Ugly” and (now) “Handsome”!

Same chair—lots different look! I used leather appliqué with a NW In-dian design—NW Salmon-eaters—and it is now quite stunning and was lots of fun!

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PAL minutes

Oct 20, 2009—Meeting held at Uddenberg State Farm meeting room, Gig Harbor

Members present: Anne Knapp, Myrna Binion, Mary McInnis, Rhene Johns, Virginia Alvarez, Nan Feagin, Cec Anderson, Marti Green, Kari Tirrell, Patty McQuillin, Jon Lonning, Sheri Weitzel, Arvid Anderson, Charli Glock-Jackson,

Called to order at 10:06 by new president Anne Knapp

Treasurers report (Jon Lonning): at the end of fiscal 2009 net worth - $138,586.00 (not including regional show award payout); profit $10,170 (double from last year but we had fewer expenditures).

Regional Show: We would like to change the venue for next year as the Civic Center will not be open on Fridays; the workshop broke even because instructors agreed to go with those who had signed up; workshops usually help pay for awards for the show and need to be self funding; there was discussion regarding workshops, jurors, scheduling – perhaps change the time of year for the open show and corresponding workshop; group tours of the current show are available

Boys and Girls Club: Our first meeting at the Boys and Girls Club will be October 22, 2009.

Screening for the upcoming Winter Members show will be held at 5:30pm; suggestion was made that the screening application forms be made available online; we are giving applicants the choice of email notification or snail mail; Marti updated the submis-sion forms.

Committee Reports:

Membership: Christy sent out renewals but still has to call with reminders. Don‘t make her call you!!

Program: Any ideas for programs? Please let Carol Lemon know.

Newsletter: 50 people still get the black and white newsletter via snail mail.

Website: Charli Glock-Jackson will add screening application form and guidelines on the website; job descriptions of all commit-tee chairs and volunteers will also be added to the website.

Scholarship: Sherrie is working on updating the wording on the High School scholarship posters to make it more clear as to the requirement of future educational plans; the fact that PAL awards scholarships to local high schoolers should be publicized;

Future exhibits (Rhene): Winter Member‘s show will be at the Kimball Gallery; Jan 11 to Feb 8; we still need a juror; the recep-tion will be held on January 17th; Marshal Johnson will jury the summer show; prize ribbons can be obtained in bulk online, or stay local but order ribbons enough to last the year. Motion moved and seconded to allow Rhene to spend up to $150 for ribbons with-out board approval.

DVD/Video Library: any suggestions please contact Cec Anderson.

Equipment and storage: We could use some new display racks to replace the heavy metal ones (non-grid non-see through type); Marti Green has some she wants to sell; can the overhead mirror be stored at B&G Club?

Festival: (Virginia) Carol has lots of information she will give to Russ and Christy.

Sunshine: motion made and seconded to eliminate this position.

Blog: Kari Terrell has set up a blog to promote PAL artists; she invites you to be an author to the blog by going to www.peninsulaartleague.blogspot.com.

Budget: no major expenses anticipated for next year; the projected budget can be used for submission to Pierce County Arts Com-mission for grant for arts education (excluding fundraisers); perhaps through B&G club for arts education; proposal for 2010 to members to submit for art festival art activities for all ages; this will be left up to the festival committee to determine if it is worth the effort.

Meeting adjourned at 11:44 am

Respectfully submitted by Mary McInnis

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Salmonchanted Changes...Bill Fogarty will present information to PAL regarding

plans for the next project to support ―Hands On Art‖ in our local public

schools. This project, supported and promoted by The Gig Harbor Art Walk

Galleries invited artists to produce ―Salmon‖ the likes of which have never been

seen in local streams in ‗05 and ‗07. The Salmon were auctioned and the money

donated to provide children‘s art in schools. The group is looking to do some-

thing different this year—perhaps decorating a Heron will be in your future!

You can reach Bill at Waters Edge Gallery—253-858-7449- and he will be at the

next PAL Meeting for a short presentation—more to come……….

BLOG UPDATE from Kari Tirrell: The address for the PAL blog is http://peninsulaartleague.blogspot.com/

The purpose of our blog is to create more exposure for PAL members, particularly those who are actively showing and selling their art. PAL members can post any time they have anything newsworthy to report: if you have work in an ex-hibit or gallery, have won an award, are teaching a class, or having an artist‘s reception, etc. The blog is an effective way to exchange information with other PAL members in real time, while also promoting yourself, your events, and your art to the general public. How can you participate in the PAL Blog? Email me at Kari@KariTirrell.com and I will send you an invitation from the blog with instructions on how to get started.

If you don‘t know anything about blogging, the best way to learn is to start a blog for yourself. Why should you have an art blog?

Increase traffic to your web site (if you don‘t have a web site, you NEED a blog!)

People like to read about the artist, their process, etc. It‘s like a continuous open studio

Many artists sell their work directly from their blog

Network with other artists

Chart your artistic growth

Your most recent blog picture will show up on the PAL blog

It‘s free, it‘s easy, and it‘s good exposure! Go to www.blogger.com to get started. Tutorials are available if necessary.

Already have a blog? Please email me the URL. If your web site is not currently listed on the blog, please email me your URL and it will be added. If you don‘t want to participate by posting on the blog, be a blog follower. You can subscribe via email or reader. Then you can read the latest news and even comment on the posts. The more participation we have, the more successful our blog will be. Any questions, feel free to contact me at Kari@KariTirrell.com. Thanks!

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and Chris Cotton (above) with her new acrylic paintings

Arlene Town in her Jet Building Art Studio

with a vibrant floral painting—acrylic

Sharon Carr displaying her colorful trees—oils

and acrylics are used in her paintings

Tacoma Arts Month——mark your calendars for next November!

The PAL Artists pictured below took part in the Studio Tour in Tacoma which is part of a month long

event sponsored by the Tacoma Arts Commission. 75 artists opened studios to share their work and

talents during the weekend—upcoming is the Art Slam on November 18th at the Rialto

Theater, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. free—www.artatworktacoma.com for more information.

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Ongoing Classes presented by PAL Members:

Calligraphy—Yulene Brasel—253-853-3623 or callignart@juno.com

Decorative Painting Dori Wheeler, Teacher, Tole and decorative Classes at 253-851-3192 or-851-3193

Decorative Painting Jeanne Crider CDA , Teacher. Tole and decorative classes and Watercolor

classes call for schedule at 253-857-5132 or jcrider@gmail.com

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

Portrait and Life Drawing Doug Michie at 253-851-7579 These sessions are held at Charli Meacham‘s home

on Friday afternoons 1:00 P.M.

Chinese Brush Classes— Laura Mosley, 253-377-6025 or 253-884-1081

Workshops Susan Paredes, printmaking. 265-2645

FOX PAW- There is a Wednesday painting group that gathers at 10:00 AM until 2:30 PM at Nichols

Community Center, on Fox Island. There are oil, pastel and watercolor painters at present. Any interested

artist is welcome for a $10.00 a month fee. Contact Cece Anderson at 253-549-4646

Figure Drawing w/models—at Donna Trent‘s Studio - Tuesdays—Call Mimi VanBallenberghe at 857-2449

Judy Shiner— 253 265-8179 – Thursday and Friday class are ongoing.

Jewelry Making - Joan Tenenbaum, Teacher. Private instruction in jewelry fabrication. Call or e-mail her at 253-858-7478 or merlin059@centurytel.net

I will be having a costumed model every second Thursday of the month at my studio on Olalla Valley Rd from 10 until 2. If anyone is interested please have them email me and I will put them on my email list for further information. The cost is

$10 and we have a potluck lunch. Dianne Gardner—garenersart@wavecable.com or 253-851-0339.

Robin Peterson www.Fernwood Studio.com—info on Sketching classes

Drawing and Painting Janice Wagner For class schedule email: muse@janicewagner.com*or call *253-225-8514.

Dianne Gardner Oil Painting classes - Mondays 4-6 PM - Wednesdays 5-7 Pm In her studio at 9385 Olalla Valley Rd 253 851-0339 Begin with monochromatic value studies to glazing techniques and advanced brush work.

The Tuesday Go Figure model sessions have resumed at Donna Trent's Studio. Artists are wel-come to drop in any Tuesday and should bring their own easel. We meet from 10:00 am - 2:00 p.m. Tuesdays except for the 2nd Tuesday of the month. $10 goes towards paying the model's fee. For more information, contact Mimi VanBallenberghe 253-857-2449 (MimiStudio22@gmail.com) or Donna Trent 253-265-6532 (DonnaTrent@Centurytel.net) We are always seeking new models, and artists usually make great ones, so if anyone is interested in modeling for our group, please contact Mimi.

Tacoma Art Place, 1116 S. 11th, Tacoma, WA 98405, 253-238-1006, Judy Gilbert – Encaustic

http://www.tacomaartplace.org/Events___Classes.html (Contact Tacoma Art Place to

Thank you to Dick Blick Art Materials for their

Donor Award of $50.00 to the PAL Open Juried

Art Exhibition.

Thank you to Framer’s Workshop for

their Donor Award of $50.00 to the PAL

Open Juried Art Exhition!

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