August 2012 Newsletter
Weekly critique group: Tuesday 1PM at the Santa Cruz Art League
526 Broadway, Santa Cruz
Plein Aire: Thursdays (Call Shirley for location and time.)
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Our friend and fellow watercolorist Emily Clark died at home on
August 3, 2012.
Among all of her other achievements, Emily will be remembered
by the Santa Cruz watercolorists as a unique and creative force
who was always willing to share her techniques and "secret" tips
with other painters.
Emily was a student in Dave McGuire's watercolor class at
Cabrillo College and from there she joined his weekly
critiques. When the critiques moved from Cabrillo, Emily would
join in at the new venue bringing her lovely
landscapes. Eventually the group started meeting at the Santa Cruz
Art League and Emily would often stay on for critique after
attending Linda Lord's watercolor classes. She was always
striving for new ideas and methods to add to her knowledge of the
medium. Many of her memorable paintings graced the calendars
that she would create for her children with each month having an
original painting. Quite an annual achievement!
For many years Emily would host the annual Santa Cruz
Watercolor Society meeting and potluck. We were able to admire
her unique home filled with art as well as the surrounding gardens
which were mostly Emily's handiwork, her artistic talents spilling
over into her love for plants.
As we paint it would be helpful to remember one suggestion made
by Emily: "Always leave a little mystery in your painting". We
will miss her creative energy and kindness to all.
Nancy Howe
The photograph of Bess Blodgett and Emily Clark was taken at a
Santa Cruz Watercolor annual show at the Santa Cruz Art League
by Aimée Nelson. The date of the photo is unknownt.
Opportunities to Exhibit:
Member News:
Nancy Riedell has acquired a studio at the 17th Ave. Studios.
Her new address is: 17th. Ave. Studios 980 17th. Ave. (back
building) Santa Cruz. Nancy (recently retired) will be
spending the majority of her time at her new studio painting.
Visits to her studio are by appointment only, but she will be
having a grand opening in August (details later.)
Members Exhibits:
Pat Towery’s exhibit at the Santa Cruz County Government
Center will take place August 20th through October 15th. It is
on the fifth floor. The reception will take place on the First
Friday of September from 5 - 8 pm. The subject is:
"Sumptuous watercolors capture the spirit of the Rainbow
Goddess, Iris, from Greek Mythology. Patricia's colorful
paintings of Irises pay homage to the many gardens she has
visited and painted in all over Santa Cruz County". There will
be approximately 18 - 20 paintings on display.
The Cultural Councils annual: Open Studios Art Tour
will take place:
South County: Oct. 6 & 7; North County: Oct 13
&14; Encore: Oct. 20 & 21
Santa Cruz Watercolor Society members who are
participating are:
Pat Michaud-Towery
Carol Riddle (Carol will be exhibiting with Peggy Snyder and
Dyann Paynovich on Meder Street)
Susan Hancy
Aimée Bagur Nelson
For more information on our members Open Studio exhibits,
please go to the events/activities page
Exhibits Around Town:
UCSC:
Natural Discourse: Artists, architects, scientists and poets in the
Garden.
An exhibition at the UC Botanical Garden
July 14, 2012--January 20, 2013
This is a collaborative project between the UC Botanical Garden at
Berkeley and a multi-disciplinary group of artists, writers,
architects and researchers who have been invited to spend time in
the Garden's extraordinary collection of plants, engage with the
horticulturalists and develop site-specific work.
Santa Cruz Art League: Fiber Art Aug11- Sept. 2, 2012
Coming to MAH (Museum of Art and History) August 11November 25: Rose Sellery- Passages Get ready for a thoughtful
exhibition that makes a lasting impression. Passages is a dark fairy
tale with a happy ending. The whole-gallery installation walks the
visitor through a narrative that describes the life of a woman who
longs for a husband, marries an abusive man, loses herself, finds
herself, escapes, and, ultimately, lives happily ever after with a
loving partner. Works include a rug made of baby shoes, a bed
made of bones, and an installation reflecting on vanity and aging
that includes a pair of “Gray Haired Mules”. The works in the
exhibition are stunning and provocative, taking the viewer on an
unforgettable emotional and visual journey.
Rose Sellery is a noted Santa Cruz artist, assistant director of the
Cabrillo College Gallery, and 2011 Gail Rich award winner. She
works in the materials essential to the piece; from metal to bone,
cigarette butts to rose petals, fabric to photographs, creating
humorous, thought-provoking and occasionally disturbing objects.
UCSC- Lewis Watts: New Orleans Suite
+ new work from Cuba October 3- November 21
Reception: October 3, 5:00-6:30pm followed by artist talk
in the Digital Arts Research Center DARC 108 from 6:45-7:45pm
This exhibition brings together photographers, jazz musicians, and
discourse surrounding Hurricane Katrina and life in New Orleans
and Cuba.
Forthcoming book New Orleans Suite by Eric Porter and Lewis
Watts University of California Press.
Bay Area/San Francisco shows you might not want to miss:
Asian Art Museum:
Phantoms of Asia- through September 2-bold new art along
with objects from the museums own collection, explores spirits,
spirituality, cosmic order, and the afterlife. This is a provocative
interplay of 150 artworks from past and present, including
paintings, sculptures, photographs, site- specific creations, and
more by artists from all over Asia. www.asianart.org/Phantoms
Legion of Honor:
René Bouche (1905-1963): Letters from Post -War Paris
July 14- October 14
In 1940, art director and fashion illustrator René Bouché (19051963) left war-torn Paris for New York and became a regular
contributor to Vogue magazine. In 1945, Vogue commissioned
Bouché, who was an art director and fashion illustrator in Paris
before World War II, to cover the first post-war couture shows in
Paris. The trip to Europe was traumatic for the artist, who
discovered a people struggling to regain normalcy after the war.
This exhibition contains his “letters”—some of which were
published in Vogue—illustrated with sketches of Parisians:
poignant observations of young girls on bicycles, women waiting
for their bread rations, black marketeers, American GIs amid
crowded theaters and cafés.
De Young Museum:
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier through August 19
Opening September 15: A Taste for Modernism includes works by
Matisse, Picasso, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Derain,
Gauguin, Rouault, Bonnard and Vuillard.
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