Volume
45 Issue
4
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Next Meeting – April 8 At PLAG Gallery - social hour |
On the Agenda
PLAG at Bella
Art and Frame Spring Fine Art
Show PLAG Membership |
Membership
Discussion
At the
close of the March 11 meeting, there was a discussion on the future of our
group: do we want to increase our membership and if so, how to attract new
members. Suggestions included:
·
presenting more demos and
holding more classes (top of the list);
·
enhancing our online
presence with a group Art Blog:
·
bringing friends,
neighbors and acquaintances to meetings;
·
contacting other area
artists re possibly joining PLAG;
·
providing camaraderie as
in John DeFrancesco’s “Paint Together”
groups;
·
holding another Open
House;
·
putting ads in the paper.
The issue
of holding meetings on weekday mornings when those who are employed full-time
cannot attend was again raised.
At the
April meeting the membership will be asked, “Why did you join PLAG?” Further
discussion will be held then.
Exhibiting at Bella Art and Frame
Suzanne Jenne and John DeFrancesco have been working hard to put together an
opportunity for PLAG members to exhibit their work at Bella Art and Frame. A
collaborative effort has been worked out with the gallery and an application
for entry containing all the details is attached (many of you have already
received it via email). All members are encouraged to take advantage of this
chance to have their work in a gallery.
PLAG’s Spring Fine Art Show
Our annual Spring Fine Art Show and
J Happy
Birthday! ¯¯
Barbara Fraser, April 2
Barbara Roeming, April 7
Sherry Rogers,
April 10
Anne Shimek,
April 16
[If your birthday isn’t
mentioned, please notify
Mary Krucoff, (719)
488-8101]
Announcements
PLAG
Paint-Together -- The next gathering of PLAG members and guests will be
Wednesday, April 15, between
John DeFrancesco will
also conduct an oil painting workshop on Tuesdays throughout April at the
×× Search
for New Officers ØØ
The Nominating Committee (David diLorenzo, Chairman) is currently
seeking members willing to serve as officers for the coming year (July
2009—June 2010). Please consider serving a term for your Art Group – your
help is needed!
PLAG’s website: www.palmerlakeartgroup.com. Add the address to your business card, tell
your friends to look us up, help us advertise our group.
Reminder: contributions
to the Newsletter are greatly appreciated. Also, please let me know about
exhibits, sales, etc. Call or email: Mary Krucoff, (719) 488-8101 or emkaymonument@q.com.
Deadline is the 25th of the month. Also Please Note:
if you haven’t received your newsletter by the 5th of the month, please
let me know. If you currently receive your newsletter via postal delivery and
would be willing to switch to email delivery it would save us the cost of
postage.
This and That
On
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As part
of a municipal visual arts project, a neon 'Empire' sign containing a faulty
light bulb was once hung on the wall of a pub in
Real life
intervened in July 2003, when a repairman inadvertently "fixed" the
flickering bulb, not realizing that it was in fact a valuable piece of
"art."
šš ››
Paul
Taylor once contributed an unusual solo performance to a modern-dance program:
he stood perfectly motionless on stage for precisely four minutes.
Shortly
thereafter a review appeared in Dance Observer magazine: precisely four inches... of perfectly white
space.
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In 2001,
Martin Creed was awarded the prestigious Turner Prize (for excellence in the
visual arts) for a work - entitled 'The lights going on and off' - consisting
simply of a room in which the lights intermittently turned off, and then on
again.
Many
protesters, unhappy about the amount of public money being spent on the
exhibition, picketed outside with flashlights, which they intermittently turned
off, and then on again...
Shortly
thereafter, an obscure painter named Jacqueline Crofton, unhappy about the
amount of public money being spent on the exhibition, threw two eggs at the
white walls of Creed's work. Lord Hattersley, an eye-witness to the incident,
was sympathetic to the vandal's sentiments but disagreed with the act itself.
How so? "It seems," he explained, "like a waste of eggs to
me!"
šš ››
Such was the
enviable brilliance of Turner's colors that many artists dreaded having their
works hung near his at exhibitions.
Sir
Thomas Lawrence, finding Turner's "
"What have you
done to your picture?" a friend cried in horror at the change. "Well,
poor
šš ››
Though
Berthe Morisot and her sister Edma were both exceptionally gifted painters, few
opportunities existed for such women in the 19th century. The only recognized
art school in
"I
agree with you that the Morisots are delightful," Edouard Manet wrote to
fellow artist Henri Fantin-Latour after meeting them. "What a shame they
aren't men. Nonetheless, they might, as women, serve the cause of painting by
each marrying an Academician."
šš ››
In 1906,
Gertrude Stein had her portrait painted by Picasso. Many years later, the
millionaire art collector Albert Barnes asked her what she had paid for it.
"Nothing," she replied. "Naturally, he gave it to me."
Barnes was stunned.
She later
recounted this conversation to Picasso, who simply smiled. "He doesn't
understand," he later remarked, "that at that time the difference
between a sale and a gift was negligible."
PALMER
LAKE ART GROUP
Minutes of March 11, 2009 Meeting
Welcome: by Suzanne Jenne
Guests: Sue
Swinton. Sue Parenteau from Alzheimer Association
Refreshments:
provided by Iola Pasquale, Margarete Seagraves
Minutes
from February meeting: No corrections or additions. Motion to
approve by Ann Neal, seconded by Donna Arndt and approved by all members present.
Treasurers
Report: by Sue Jenkins:
Checkbook Balance: $6793.34; CD: 4177.75; Savings: 746.62
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Income: Scholarship
Donation in Memory of Barbara Weber Refund from
Credit Card Co Rebate from IREA TOTAL |
$705.00 33.90 18.40 757.30 |
Expenses: TLCA Winter Show
Rent TLCA Winter Show
Postage Scholarship –
Brandon Hoogenboom TriLakes Printing Utilities TOTAL |
$ 270.00 41.39 2,800.00 137.33 140.18 3,488.90 |
Announcements:
·
PLAG Painting
Group will meet again on April 15th
from 0930 to 1230 at the Gallery.
·
No
committee reports except Facility Management. Outside step still needs repair.
Will not be paid until fixed. Electrician needed to evaluate electrical wiring.
·
Joy
Baldwin announced that
the Aigner Foundations’ Children
Program “Children’s
·
Susan
Adams, TLCA interim director, reported that the TLCA Gallery Committee is in
need of members. Brochures on workshops at TLCA are available. Upcoming show:
Storytelling with the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble. Artist members. Can submit
up to three pieces for a $20.00 entry fee.
·
Suzanne
Jenne announced her upcoming workshops
at Jerry’s Artarama March 14 and March
28.
·
Alzheimer
Association’s Representatives presented
information on special events:
Artist
Pallets show at “Viewpoint Exhibit” April 16th, Memory Walk at
Old Business:
After lengthy
discussion regarding application for TLWC Grant, motion was made by Ann Neal
not to apply for this grant money this year. This was seconded by Joy Baldwin
and approved by all members present.
PBS art donations
collected today to be delivered to PBS
in
Suzanne Jenne
reported that the Brian Kopp chili cookout and art auction fundraiser in
Larkspur was a big success and $12,000 was raised for the family.
New Business:
Spring Show
Dates: Intake May 31, Opening reception June 6, Pick up art June 28.
Chairperson - Sue Molick
Co-Chair – Terri
Erickson
Food - Iola Pasquale
Silent Auction –
Suzanne Jenne & Margarete S.
Sign-ups for
volunteers next two meetings
Nominating
committee for the selection of new officers for
2009/2010:
David DeLorenzo
- Chairman
Bonnie Wendelburg
Ralph Perry
Linda Roberts
PLAG BOARD MEETING:
The meeting was
followed by a discussion on PLAG membership, progress, programs, etc.
Submitted by:
Margarete Seagraves
Recording Secretary
To All Palmer Lake Art
Group Members:
We
have an opportunity to collaborate with Bella Art and Frame in Monument to be
featured as the “Guest Artist" for the months of April and May 2009.
Especially of interest to you will be the chance for PLAG artists to be
featured as the "Artist of the Month" for the May Art Hop. What
this means to you is: •
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A chance to be featured with other PLAG artists in a
premium art space.
•
A chance for us to try out the suitability of the
Co-op concept for our group.
•
A chance to be featured as a group for the first Art Hop of
the 2009 season where a significant audience is usually present.
Requirements:
1. You may submit up to 3 pieces
that are no larger than 600 sq inches (including frame size).
2. We will jury pieces in depending on the size of the
response from members who want to be involved.
3. In lieu of an entry fee, artists will be required
to volunteer time to staff the gallery (a 3 hour commitment each month) and provide
assistance with the refreshments for Thursday night demos and Art Hop night
(see form below).
4. We also will be providing demos at Bella Art and
Frame on Thursday nights starting April 16 until the May Art Hop as a way to
promote the show and the gallery (see form below).
Bella Art and Frame will take a 30% commission on all sales.
Both Bella Art and Frame and PLAG will provide
publicity to support this effort.
¨ Yes! I wish to participate in the Palmer Lake Art Group’s showing
at Bella Art and Frame,
¨ I volunteer to do a demo on one Thursday
night at the gallery April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 27. Please supply dates
you are available and we will assign dates on a first come first served
basis_______________________________________________________________________________
¨ Participating artists are requested to
also submit a brief biography and/or an artist’s statement and a short commentary
about each art work. We will compile a binder that each volunteer who staffs
the gallery can use to engage visitors and provide them information about
the artists and works in which they are interested.
I am submitting the following art works for
consideration (in the order I wish to them to displayed)
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Deadline for submission: April 8, 2009. Art will need to be delivered
by April 14 once we have determined how many artists/pieces can be displayed.
Name:
Phone:
Email: