Lodi Community Art Center July 2014 Newsletter
July 2014
LODI COMMUNITY ART CENTER Summer Gallery Hours Wednesday - Sunday 12 Noon - 5 PM Farmers Market: Thursdays 5 – 8 PM Address 110 West Pine Street Lodi, CA 95241 Phone (209) 333-3855 Mailing Address PO Box 878 Lodi, CA 95241 Website www.lodiartcenter.org Email info@lodiartcenter.org
CONTENTS 2 The President Speaks 2 July Art Hop 3 2014 July Members Show 3 Lodi Art Center Exhibitions 4 Lite Art 4 Lodi Open Studio’s Tour 5 Editor’s Corner 5 Gallery Staffing 6 Class Schedules 7 Gallery Business 8 Call For Artists 9 Board of Directors 10 Art Shows 10 Where to Get More Information
Welcome June New Members Craig Hoellwarth, cwhoellwarth@frontier.net
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Important Dates July 1
Lodi Art Center Board Meeting
July 8
July Monthly Meeting, Membership Show Critique
July 11
Membership Show Reception
July 12
Lodi Open Studio Tour Info Meeting
July 23
Deadline for Lodi Open Studio Tour
Aug 1-29
August Show - “Hot August Nights”
August 1
“Hot August Nights” Reception
August 5
Lodi Art Center Board Meeting
Aug 12 Encaustic Demo by Linda Nunes 6:30 - 9:30 August 30-31
Receiving Art for September Show “Take me There”
July 2014 LODI COMMUNITY ART CENTER
JC Strote
The President Speaks It’s exciting starting off the new fiscal year, with new officers. We met recently and set out our strategic plan for the next year. Along with the four juried shows we have had the last few years we are adding L.O.S.T. (Lodi Open Studio Tour) in October. Letty Nava stepped forward and volunteered for chair both the membership show and the Open Studio Tour. The membership show and drive is well underway. We are hoping for more than 125 entries and 100 renewing members this year. Watch for the call to artist for L.O.S.T. We still have a couple of positions to fill in the organization. We need chairmen for the Small Works Show in November. We need to start planning for this show in August. We regretfully accepted Barbara Gillespie’s decision not to chair the Photography Show. We have lots of great photographers in the group; hopefully one of them will step up and volunteer to chair
the show. We also are looking for a chairman for the spring show. We need someone to take Joyce Costas place as Sunshine Committee Chairman. This is something that can be done from home if you are interested. Please contact me if you are interested in taking one of these positions or want more information about what is required. This month Greg Starnes takes over the newsletter, I am excited to see a new look. Our general meeting this month, July 8th, is a critique by Henrietta Sparkman the juror for the membership show. It is always interesting to hear the criteria that the juror used in judging a show. We will have a ½ hour social gathering starting at 6:30PM, the critique will start at 7PM. Membership show reception is July 11th, second Friday of the month. The art hop has been moved to the second Friday due to July 4th holiday. I hope you will try to come to both of these events. At the July Board meeting (July 1st) we will be adopting the 2014-2015 budget, this year the budget is almost $75,000. The board and I need each of you to support and help the gallery grow. I hope to hear what you are looking for in the organization and how we can meet your expectations. Let’s have fun this year, let’s share our art with the community and let’s make the Lodi Community Art Center, a center for art in the community.
ART HOP LOCATION
Friday, July 11th, 2014
Thomas Theatre Gallery - 125 S. Hutchins St.
Nico Saich - Handmade Jewelry and Plant Terrariums
Lodi Public Library - 201 W. Locust Ave. Double Dip Gallery - 222 W. Pine St.
“Summer Buzz” Watercolors by Jeannie Vodden. Flavor of the Month is Blueberry Cheesecake!
Lodi Community Art Center - 110 W. Pine St.
Members Show!
Bunches of Beads - 100 W. Pine St.
Chris Thompson - Pottery
One Way Winery - 25 N. School St. Fields Family Wines - 20 N. School St.
Denise Gage - Acrylic Paintings & Christopher Staggs Photography with Music by Blues Musician Tony Westlake
Bath and More - 19 W. Pine St.
Pam Boyer - Still Life Oil Painter
McKinleys Frame Shop - 11 W. Pine St.
Kelly Powell - Repurposed Wood Sign Art
Renee’s Boutique - 9 W. Pine St. Smart Alic Accessories - 5 W. Pine St.
Valarie Pinaglia - Drawings, Cards & Prints
The Rowan Tree – 11 S. Sacramento St.
Lisa Leggett - Embroidery Artist. Meet the artists and join us for Sweets & Melon Infused Water!
French At Heart - 22 S. School St. Viñedos Aurora at Pamplona Tapas - 14 W. Oak St.
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New & Again Consignment Furniture - 210 S. School St.
Art Expressions of San Joaquin continues with a Group Show of Mixed Media Art!
July 2014 LODI COMMUNITY ART CENTER
July is our “Members” Show. Come by and see all the beautiful work of the Lodi Art Center Members. The show will run from July 1st through July 25th. The show is open to all current member of the Lodi Community Art Center for the year 2014-15. Our judge this year is Henrietta Sparkman from Modesto. Henrietta will critique the Membership Show on July 8th membership meeting. shall be in the following categories:
1 Abstract, Surreal, Fantasy 2 Portraits, Figures and Animals 3 Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape 4 Every Day Objects 5 Wearable Art includes Jewelry Awards will be given for: Best of Show ($100 and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in each category ($40, $25, $15). Honorable mentions will be at the discretion of the judge.
Lodi Art Center Exhibitions The Lodi Art Center sponsors a number of exhibitions throughout the year. Many of these are “juried” shows that offer cash and prized for the best works entered into the show. Below is a list of our upcoming shows and general timing information. Specific information for each show is provided on the Lodi Art Center at www.lodiartcenter.org. As you can see below, we need volunteers to chair several of the upcoming shows. Please contact JC Strote if you are interested in chairing one of these shows. It is an honor to be selected as Featured Artist at the Lodi Community Art Center Gallery. It's the one time the spotlight is on you and your art. If you would like to be considered for that honor, please contact Janene Ford at momzart101@yahoo.com or call (209) 477-7125 The calendar is filled well in advance, be sure to get your name in if you are interested.
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Exhibition
Chairman
Date
Phone / E-mail
Featured Artists
Members Show
Letty Nava
July 1-25 2014
(209) 334-4457 lnava7@hotmail.com
August: Traci DiVita Animal Portraits
Lodi Open Studio Tour
Open
October 11-12
Small Works Show
Open
Nov - Dec 2014
January 2015: Jean Jannsen Watercolors
Photography Show
Open
February 2015
March 2015: Frances Scott
Spring Show at Woodbridge Winery
Open
April 2015
Paint Lodi
Rich Allen
June 2015
September: Leland Choy
Do you want your name here??? (209) 331-3293 richallen1940@sbcglobal.n et
Please call Janene Ford for more info
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Of course there’s a God but I don’t think it has a gender, but being a male, I feel comfortable referring to God as “Him”. Michelangelo and others visualized Him as somewhat of a wise and omnipotent old man with a long white beard and a fatherly appearance. He is leaning on a billowy cloud, looking down on us and taking pity on our small minds and large egos. Some say that is ridiculous, but faith will outweigh logic anytime.
Why do I think everything is an illusion? Well, think about it. We are composed of atoms and, according to my youngest daughter, if the nucleus of an atom is a basket ball in New York City, then the electrons are peas far away in San Francisco and the peas are circling around the basketball in NYC. What is between the ball and the peas? Nothing. Actually, all matter on earth could be squeezed into a small wastebasket. We are composed of practically nothing. The only reason we are solids is because the electrons are whirling around the nucleus at such a speed that, like a electric fan, it behaves like a solid when it is not. It’s all an illusion.
Is He an artist? Well, look around you and what I see is chaotic magnificence, untidy truths, and beauty beyond words. And according to many, he takes all the credit. Even in the pathos of human cruelty, there is His gift of death, which, like life, is just one of His many illusions. Life and death is all around us and most active under the bushes in your garden if you care to look. Yes, I would say that He is the greatest (and I hope He is reading this: I would like to apply for a place in his traveling production of magical illusions when my time is up). Artists are, like God, illusionist. They create things that resemble other things but aren’t real. They create sounds and sights that appeal to our aesthetics yet have no weight. But in a sense, everything around us is an illusion.
In reality, we are nothing but empty puffs of human dust greeting each other in the morning. And these human puffs of dust have, of all things, awareness of self. In my opinion, God exist because only somebody that stupendous could make us buy into this wonderful fantasy of life and death and rules to live by. My only question is where do our feelings of self go after our dust particles eventually get scattered in the wind? My guess is that these feelings will remain intact and transported to another dimension and, if we were good to each other in our past life, we can join His ensemble in his traveling magic show touring through the universe in a bus. It would be quite a sight…if you can get a window seat. There should be plenty of room since we are made up…of
6th Lodi Open Studios
and with support from local businesses, the Lodi Open Studios Tour will showcase local and surrounding area artists. We will try to keep the locations of Tour studios grouped as close as possible to encourage patrons to visit all sites. All net proceeds benefit local artists.
Lite Art Is there a God, and is He an Artist? By Leland Choy
Call to Artists By Letty Nava
Lodi’s 6th Open Studios Tour will be held Saturday, October 11, 2014 and Sunday, October 12, 2014. Hours are from 11:00am to 5:00pm both days. This Open Studios Tour offers the public an opportunity to visit artists in their working spaces where they will demonstrate their work processes, answer questions about their displayed art and sell finished pieces. In addition artists without studios may participate by presenting “Art in Action” demos along with sale of their work at local artist studios and local businesses and wineries. Presented by the Lodi Community Art Center, supported by a grant from the Lodi Art Commission
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practically nothing.
Artists who need to have a place, other than their home studio, to set up a studio setting can request to share with another artist who has the space or display at local business or winery. Contact Letty Nava at lnava57@hotmail.com or call 209 327- 0575 for more information or to receive a signup form. Artists who have space that they might share with another artist should also contact Letty. We will try to match artists by contacting those with space to see if there is a fit with any on the list who needs a space. All artists must register with the Lodi Community Art Center. Artists may make their own sharing agreements.
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Editor’s Corner By Greg Starnes
Greetings. My name is Greg Starnes and I am the new Editor of Lodi Art Center Newsletter. This is the inaugural edition under my stead. I would love to hear how you like it and I greatly appreciate any suggestions that you have on making this newsletter better. If you have content, please email it to me. I am a photographer and a relatively new member of the Lodi Art Center. As luck would have it, my first experience with the Lodi Art Center was the Photography Show this past February. The show was a wonderful experience. Everyone I met was very nice and I love the gallery space, unique and quaint -- perfect for art!!. My images faired very well in the show, with my “Mystic Light” image taking first place in the Landscape category and my “Orange Glow” image winning the People’s Choice award at the conclusion of the show. I was so impressed with the show and gallery that I became a member this past spring and I exhibited at the Spring Show at the Woodbridge Winery. Now for a little bit about me. I am a Fine Art Nature Photographer from Danville in the San Francisco East Bay. I enjoy photographing the beauty of the Desert Southwest and America’s National Parks. I
Mystic Light
Orange Glow
am awestruck the beauty of the world around us. It’s amazing the peacefulness and serenity that one can find just a few miles from civilization. I truly have a fond appreciation for the beauty of nature and I strive to capture that beauty in my photography. Some of my favorite places to shoot are Yosemite National Park, Sedona Arizona and the California Pacific Coast. I also love to shoot just about anywhere you can find water and of course in and around the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Contact Me Mobile: (925) 719-0084 Email: GregStarnesPhotography@gmail.com Website: www.GregStarnesPhotography.com
Gallery Staffing Information By Caroline Henry
As you all know, the Gallery is staffed by members. Here are a few tips on how you can help staff the Gallery. If daytime staffing is difficult for you, consider staffing Art Hop. In July it is actually the 2nd Friday, July 11. Staffing options were discussed in last month's newsletter, so this month I'd like to expand on a couple of other items. 1. If you sign up for and complete extra staffing days, you can bank free hanging fees for next month. While we ask those who don’t staff to pay extra to support the gallery, we also offer this bonus for those who give extra days. 2. We have a few members who partner to staff a couple of days a month. This is great if your health or personal inclination makes it best not to staff alone. 3. Take the time to look around the gallery early in your day so that you have a sense of where things are and anything new or changed. It will make things easier for you if someone inquires about a work of art, classes, or other topics. 4. Working on art during your staffing time is a plus. It reminds visitors that we are active local artists and gives them a glimpse of works in progress. 5. Please be welcoming to visitors, whether they are buyers or browsers. You may find yourself engaged in some wonderful conversations about art, the Lodi community, or ideas sparked by the works on our walls! Have a great day staffing.
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CLASS SCHEDULES Citra-Solve Class
Watercolor Class
by Patti Wallace
by Patti Wallace
Tuesday 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm $10 members $12 nonmembers
Wednesday 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $10 members $12 nonmembers
Call to sign up 209-986-1673.
Call to sign up 209-986-1673.
Kids Art Class with Patti Wallace Saturday 11:00 am – 12:00 am. Class is geared towards all Elementary school ages. Fee is $5.00
Beginning Oil Class
Open Painting Day
with Rich Allen
No instructors.
This class is on hiatus for the summer. Sign up at the art center if you are interested in fall classes
Wednesday - 10 am – 12 pm In LCAC Studio. Fee $3.00
e-mail : richallen1940@sbcglobal.net
Art Wellness Group by Patti Wallace Thursday 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm.
1st & 3rd Thursdays 10:30AM–12:30pm
Session by appointment in LCAC Studio: Exploring Issues Through Art Therapy.
Lodi Mixed Media Group Workshop in LCAC Studio
Fee $20.
Fee $3.00
Oil Painting - New
Acrylic Painting - New
with Leland Choy
with Janice Fleischlag
Wednesday 9AM - Noon Bring your paints and accessories and use our Studio to paint and Leland has many stories to tell!
Thursday, 5-8 PM, 6 Week Class 5 students maximum Contact Jan at the Lodi Art Center if you are interested in this class
Fee $3.00
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We are actively looking for Art Class teachers at the gallery. You set the schedule, you set the price, 25% of class fees are paid to gallery, and we ask that you give discount to LCAC Members. Current schedules are flexible and can be rescheduled to meet your needs. . If you would like to teach a class using the gallery studio contact Patti Wallace at patriciawallace03@comcast.net or (209) 986-1673. It may be a one time class, weekend workshop, several days, or ongoing. For further information, please see the Lodi Art Center Website at www.lodiartcenter.org
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GALLERY BUSINESS July Board Meeting
Board News
July 1, 2014 at 7:00 PM
June 2, 2014
Old Business
Members in Attendance: Rich Allen, Caroline Henry, Doug Drendell, Sandy Telles, Nora Dale, Patti Wallace, JC Strote, Pam Bechill, Letty Nava
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Membership Show – Letty Nava Budget 2014-2015 Lodi Non Profit Foundation – Postponed to August- JC Strote Taco Truck Cook Off Report – Patti Wallace
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New Business • Lodi Open Studio Tour – Letty Nava
New Sales Procedures Member we will be giving out ID numbers starting July 1 this will go on your tags that you make for your art or we make for your art either way We will be giving out membership cards and when you work the gallery we will have you put the tag and ID number on the receipt to keep better track of sales.
Open Positions There are several positions open at the Art Center. Charlene Martin is stepping down as the Youth Gallery Chair and Barbara Gillespie is stepping down as the Photography Show Chair. I wish to thank both Charlene and Barbara for there contributions to the Art Center. Their leadership and creativity will be greatly missed. Thankfully we will still have them exhibiting at the Art Center
Youth Gallery & Scholarships If you love to work with children, this is the position for you.
Show Chairmans Needed The following “Show” chair positions are open. The Art Center Shows are a wonderful way to promote the Art Center and bring many new visitors to the Art Center. • • • •
Small Works Show 2015 Photography Show 2015 Spring Show Lodi Open Studio Tour
Interested in Volunteering??? Please contact JC Strote
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New Business: New Sales Procedures: Sandy went over new procedure for gallery staffers when cashing out at the end of the day. The new procedures will start in July and will be simpler for staffers than those used in the past. Membership Show: Letty reported that Henrietta Starkman from Modesto will judge the show. The judge donated $25 toward a “Best of Show” award. Awards will be given for Best of Show, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in each category. Receiving for the show will be on Friday June 27 noon – 5:00 pm and Saturday June 28 10:00 am -5:00 pm. If membership dues have not been paid prior to receiving for the show they will be collected at receiving for the show. Old Business: Fund Raising: Various ways were discussed to generate local business’ interest in LCAC; many ideas regarding fund raising were discussed including applying for mini-grants targeting specific ideas and/or projects; involving local business’ as sponsors for shows or events. Also talked about having a raffle at each Art Hop. Bookkeeping Changes: Sandy Telles, newly elected treasurer, gave an overview of current duties of treasurer. LCAC has hired a book keeping service, Connies Bookkeeping Service. The bookkeeping service will take care of monthly book keeping duties and create the monthly treasurers report. The treasurer will handle in house book keeping to preperation information for Connies Bookkeeping Service. Explore Lodi Foundation: We will explore having Explore Lodi Foundation representative talk to board regarding What Explore Lodi Foundation is about. How could it benefit LCAC. Small Works Show: It was discussed that entrants in Small Works Show pay to hang their work in the November portion of the show and pay to hang their work in the December portion of the show making an income for LCAC for the month of December. Cost of hanging fees were discussed. No definite decisions made at this time. Social Media: Ideas were discussed on how we can use social media for getting the word out, use for advertising, make social media work for LCAC. 3D Show in June 2015: JC presented the idea of a 3D Show in June of 2015.
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CALL FOR ARTISTS Hospice of San Joaquin Stockton Butterfly Auxiliary is sponsoring the13th annual Moonlight Sip & Stroll. This is a fund raising event for Hospice House in Stockton. The event will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2014 from 6-9PM on Heron Lakes Drive in Stockton. For more Information Contact Hospice of San Joaquin Buttery Auxiliary at (209) 922-0380.
This is a display only and networking event. No artists or vendors on site are permitted to make sales. If you want to display your art and meet people, this should be a fun event. Pioneer Arts Club will host the 31st Annual Northern Mines Art Exhibit and Sale, October 20th - November 8th, 2014 The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley, CA
www.pioneerartsclub.com Art in the Park is sponsored by the Alamo-Danville Artist
Society, the San Ramon Arts Foundation and the City of San Ramon. the 16th annual Art in the Park will be held on October 4-5, 2014. Applications are now being accepted for outdoor booth space. Art in the Park also features an indoor, juried show. Fine Art Categories include: Painting, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture, Fiber Art, Graphics and Fine Jewelry. Work must be original and created by the exhibiting artist. Artist’s reproductions and note cards of their own work will be accepted as long as the majority of the work for sale is original. Image submittal: Artists are requested to submit (3) images of their artwork on-line for show management review. For more information, see the Alamo-Danville Artists Society website. www.adas4art.org
Art of the Escape
Aug 29th – Sept 28th 2014 Village Theatre Art Gallery 233 Front Street Danville, CA. 94526 925-314-3400
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This is an open show to all artists exhibiting all mediums including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastel, collage, poetry, photography, 3D sculpture, glass & ceramic. Registration required by August 1st , 2014. Contact : Megan Parks-Haller at (925) 413-3438 or (925) 426-9295 or by email at meganparkshaller@gmail.com “Art of the Escape” is a show where artists and poets can explore and express with their medium, the human need for escape to a different reality.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Position
Name
Phone
E-mail / Website
President
J. C. Strote
(209) 369-4188
jcstrote@earthlink.net
Vice President
Doug Drendell
Secretary
Nora Dale
(209) 570-7134
noreelee@gmail.com
Treasurer
Sandy Telles
(209) 327-0624
stelles@att.net
Art Hop Liaison
Ines Leontiev-Hogan
(415) 302-9631
ileontievhogan@gmail.com
Staffing Office Manager
Caroline Henry
(209) 931-0682
cdhenry@clearwire.net
Programs Manager
Pam Bechill
(209) 333-0323
pbechill@comcast.net
Gallery Manager
Pam Bechill
(209) 333-0323
pbechill@comcast.net
Studio Manager / Classes
Patti Wallace
(209) 368-2589
patriciawallace03@comcast.net
Newsletter Editor
Greg Starnes
(925) 719-0084
GregStarnesPhotography@gmail.com www.GregStarnesPhotography.com
Hospitality Manager
Heide Stover
(209) 986-6120
h1stover@aol.com
Membership Manager
Valarie Pinaglia
(209) 369-5972
vpinaglia@gmail.com
Youth Gallery & Scholarships
Open
Historian
Open
Communications Chairman
Open
Webmaster
Suzanne Painter Barbara Gillespie
(209) 642-3930 (209) 304-7068
sue@suzannepainter.com bgillespiephoto@comcast.net
Database Manager
Debora Bentley
Publicity & PR Manager
Rich Allen
(209) 331-3293
richallen1940@sbcglobal.net
Grants & Fund Raising
Open
Sunshine
Joyce Costa
(209) 339-8060
Joycecostaca@yahoo.com
Featured Artists
Janine Ford Phyllis Cook
(209)477-7125 (209) 941-2658
momzart101@yahoo.com jour9ney@sbcglobal.net
Artists of Blue Line Arts Reception and artists' talk Thursday July 10 - 6pm Saturday July 12, 6 - 9pm
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ART SHOWS 1616 Del Paso Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95815 www.tempartgallery.com July 15,-August 16
Central California Art Association, Mistlin Gallery
This art exhibition is both a retrospective of artwork created during the 1960s and current art work echoing a theme or direct influence of the 1960s. Reception: July 17, 5-9 p.m
1015 J Street Modesto, CA, 95354 (209) 529-3369 www.ccartassn.org Tue-Fri: 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday: Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Blackhawk Gallery is a nonprofit co-op art gallery, operated by the Alamo Danville Artists’ Society. The gallery features over 40 artists in consecutive 10-weeks exhibits.
3416 Blackhawk Plaza Circle Danville, CA 94506 (925) 648-8023
Sixties Retrospective
Glorious Expressions Show May 9 - July 13, 2014 Summer Splash Show July 18 - September 21
Mon – Sat: 10AM – 8PM, Sunday: 11AM – 6PM
Where to Get More Information
http://www.lodiartcenter.org
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