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Amador County Artists Association

Note From the Editor Finally, it’s time for Open Studios this month!!! I hope all the participating artists are ready. I’m not. As soon as I publish this month’s newsletter, I better get busy! Open Studios is September 15 & 16. There is more information on the Internet at our web site www.amadorcountyartist.org, on Facebook, and other web sites like www.amadorarts.org If you like music, David Vasquez will be playing on Open Studio weekend at the Pine Grove Old School House site. Every location has something unique. I wish all of those participating a fun and successful Open Studios Tour! And for everyone else, enjoy seeing our talented Amador County artists. It’s still not too late to get your information to me in order to publicize your talents on our ACAA web site. Normally a page, like the one that’s created for you, would cost at least $50. Right now it is included in your membership. I enjoy creating the pages for you, so catch me while I’m still being generous and offering this service FREE to our members. It is a limited offer. Have a fun Labor Day!

Shari L. Schreiber ACAA Newsletter Editor and Web Site Chairperson Newsletter@amadorcountyartists.org

September 12, 2012

Regular ACAA meetings are the SECOND WEDNESDAY of the month

Location Amador Senior Center 229 New York Ranch Road Jackson, California 95642

VISITORS ARE WELCOME Officers President: Donna Plant Vice President: Judy Day Recording Secretary: Em Rojas Corres. Sec’y: Laureen Shimmon Treasurer: Stella Tuttle Board Members Marie Mort Dorothy Magoffin Judy Jackson Catherine Woodruff

Amador County Artists Association PO Box 358 Jackson, CA 95642 www.amadorcountyartists.org Newsletter Editor Shari L. Schreiber Newsletter@amadorcountyartists.org

Attention Open Studio Tour Please call Marie at 295-4910 or mjmortporcelain@volcano.net in case you need more information. Map and event details are posted on the ACAA Web Site at www.amadorcountyartists.org. Thank you for your participation and we'll see you then!!!

September 2012 Newsletter

SUTTER CREEK GALLERY

Truly community oriented, Sutter Creek Gallery is an artist co-operative presenting the works of 27 local artists. plus special presentations. One of those is a rotating display from ARC."...serving people with developmental disabilities". Works come in a wide range: paintings in all mediums, tex-tiles, sculptures, woodwork, an extensive collection of cards, and a generous selec-tion of work by local children. Art for every-one. The current hours are 11am to 5pm, Thursday thru Sunday. We are a proud participant of the First Saturday Art Trek.

CONGRATULATIONS ACAA MEMBERS AL & LOIS!

The Herricks and Jack Mitchell Named “Patrons of the Arts”

At its final T.G.I.F. concert of the season AmadorArts announced the 2012 Patron the Arts awards. The prestigious honor was presented to Al and Lois Herrick, owners of The Hanford St. Gallery, and to Jack Mitchell, publisher of the Amador Ledger-Dispatch. Each year AmadorArts recognizes community members who stand outfor what they have done for the arts in our county, giving time and energy to promote, encourage and support the arts in Amador County.

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Gallery 10 to Feature Nationally Recognized Artist Stella Stevens

and Jeweler Marie Martz-Mort During September

Stella Stevens has been delightfully consumed by a passion for her art that began in early childhood. Although essentially self-taught, she did have an opportunity while living in South Korea to paint with a Master of Chinese painting who introduced her to wa-tercolor which became her choice of mediums.

Stella is inspired by nature and her love of animals which is clearly reflected in her art. Ms. Stevens was commissioned by the Unit-ed States Department of the Interiors' Fish and Wildlife Services to do a piece for the Recovery Program of a Threatened Species. The image was to be used on all educational and outreach materials.

Additionally, she has been the Featured Artist for the Sandhill Crane Festival In Lodi, California. The California Department of Fish and Game, and the Lodi Chamber of Commerce used her image of “Unison Call” Sandhill Cranes on all promotional materials for the Sandhill Crane Festival. Stella‘s artwork was also used to promote The Central Valley Birding Symposium where she was a fea-tured artist.

Stella received further recognition for her talent when the U.C. Davis International House featured her creation "Cranes of the World".

This award winning artist’s work can be seen in many homes and collections throughout the United States and abroad. In the Unit-ed Kingdom the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen and the P.B.G.V. Kennel clubs commissioned her work for their National Specialty. Stella enjoys showing her work in a limited group of Galleries and working on commissions.

Along with Ms. Stevens, jeweler Marie Martz-Mort will also be featured. Marie first discovered her love of the medium, metal smith-ing, at Cal. State Univ. Sacramento in the late 70's. She has acquired her skills at the bench over the past 34 years by working with a custom jeweler in downtown Sacramento and a custom jeweler in Sutter Creek, Rene Cazenave, as well as the old trial and error process. She enjoys most aspects of the jewelry making process, from the first idea to sketches of the finished design, the actual construction or carving of a wax for casting of the piece to the final touches of setting the gemstones and polishing.

Marie tends to look for interesting combinations of gemstones, utilizing some under appreciated varieties like natural spinel, fancy colored garnets, chrome diopside, natural zircons, and gold in quartz to name a few. Also included in her creations are moss ag-ates, fossilized dinosaur bone, natural pearls and fire agate.

A reception in honor of these two creative ladies will be held at Gallery 10 in Sutter Creek on Saturday, September1, from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. The Gallery is located on 15 Eureka St. next to Susan's Place. For further information call the gallery at 209 - 267-0203 or visit its website gallery10suttercreek.com The Gallery is open Thursday - Monday from 11:00am to 5:00 pm. Come to the Gallery and experience some beautiful pieces by these women. Their art will be prominently on display thru the month of September.

Harvest Mouse Little White-Breasted Nuthatch Encounter

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LAUREEN SHIMMON’S REPORT

Thank you to Donna Plant and Em Rojas for hosting the Pot-luck. It was a huge success with the largest attendance ever! Get well to Margaret Soegaard. We’re sending thoughts for a quick recovery. A BIG THANK YOU to JUDY DAY and MARGO CARR for all the coordinated effort they put into making the Fine Arts and Photography areas of the Amador County Fair a great suc-cess.

http://www.charlesspinettawinery.com/

Watercolor Classes with SABINA TURNER

Weekly watercolor classes are Wednesday mornings from 9:30 to 12:30. The cost is $25.00 per week. sabina@sabinaturner.com

Calendar of Events September 12 Open Studio Meeting 6:00 12 ACAA General Meeting 7:00 Sabina Turner Presentation 15 -16 Open Studios 10:00 - 4:00 PM October 10 General Meeting 7:00 November

14 ACAA General Meeting 7:00

December

12 ACAA Members’ Holiday Dinner See calendar on News and Events page at:

www.amadorcountyartists.org

PETROGLYPHE GALLERY 8317 Main Street, Mokelumne Hill

www.gallerypetroglyphe.com Or call 209-286-1387 Regular hours are:

Thurs. – Sat., 11:30 am to 5:30 pm; Sun. 11:30 – 4:00 pm.

For more news visit amadorarts.com a Carol Harper website

Please check the Amador Arts Council for upcoming

events and activities. http://www.amadorarts.org

Please check the Calaveras Arts Council for upcoming

events and activities. http://www.calaverasarts.org

ART TREK - Saturday September 1

See www.amadorcountyartists.org

Pictures of Dorothy Magoffiin

Courtesy of Leslie Schupp

JUDY DAY REPORT Thank you to the following people who gave of their time to

make the fine arts and photography areas of the Amador

County Fair fabulous. You are really the best. Margo Carr and

I would have been lost without you. Members of ACAA

received the art work, moved it around for the judging, con-

structed the panels for hanging the work, did the hanging, put

cards on each one, ribbons on those that won, sat during the

fair hours, demonstrated, took down and returned all the art

work to its owners. Great job!

Dave and Leslie Schupp Em Rojas Judy Jackson Sharon Galligan Julie Trail Laureen Shimmon George Lanbert Mellissa Doyel Sabina Turner Annie Hughes Christy Lane Carol Norman Jeanne Vodden Leslie Vasquez Judy and Curtis Stromme Jan Attwood Ilona Novaky Laurie Williams Ann Marie Reber Dorothy Magoffin Nancy Chapman Jeff Hipp Marie Mort Shari L. Schreiber Ted Smith Catherine Woodruff

Judy Day Fair report cont. next page

Judy Day & Margo Carr

Picture courtesy of

Laureen Shimmon

The Sutter Creek Art Gallery Grand Opening and Fair winning celebration.

Sept 22nd and 23rd, 10-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun. 10% discount off anything sold during the two-day celebration. We are also celebrating the collective winning of 54 ribbons at the Amador County Fair. Co-op, showing the work of 29 local artists in a variety of styles and mediums: hanging art in oils, pastels, watercolor, acrylic, collage, metal, photography and mixed; sculptures and construc-tions in stone, clay, wood and metal; fabric art, woven and knitted and hand dyed; painted gourds and woven baskets; jewelry and a huge selection of greeting cards. With original works, Giclee, digital and lithographic prints, both framed and unframed. Custom framing is also available for works purchased at the gallery, or that come in from elsewhere. See you there. Sutter Creek Gallery, 35 Main St. Sutter Creek, CA 95583. 209-267-0228 www.suttercreekgallery.com

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SUTTER CREEK GALLERY CALL TO ARTISTS

The Sutter Creek Gallery is looking for artists who paint in acrylics or oils who would like to become a co-op members and work 1 to 2 days a month in the gallery. Please contact Duane at sutter-creekgallery@gmail.com for details.

Announcements from Catherine Woodruff

We have another new member! Welcome to : Cyndi Perry

See attached email, or enclosed letter regarding our Christmas din-ner location selection. Thank you, Catherine Woodruff ACAA

Judy Day Report

Congratulations to our members who won ribbons in Fine Arts and Photo at the 2012 Amador County Fair. From the Amateur, Advanced Amateur to the Professionals we were great. There were 85 ribbons in the Fine Arts area and 10 in Photograph. Jan Atwood-Remey: 1st, Best of Division, Best of show, 2nd ,3rd, and HM Laureen Shimmon: 1st, HM Catherine Woodruff : 2-1st, HM Sandra Campbell: 3-1st, 3rd Margo Carr: 1st Judy Day : 2-1st, Best of Division, 2nd Melissa Doyel: 1st, 2nd, 3-3rd, HM Christy Lane: 2nd, 3rd Ilona Novaky: 3rd William Porteous: 2-2nd Anne-Marie Reber: 2-1st HM Em Rojas: 1st,2nd, HM Leslie Vasquez: 2-2nd, HM George Dillon: 1st HM Sarah Dixon: 2nd, 3rd, 2-HM Margaret Soegaard Gallagher: 1st, 2nd, HM Judy Jackson: HM George Lambert: 2nd, 3-HM Lynn Slade: 1st, HM Ted Smith: 1st, 2-2nd, 3rd, HM Curtis Stromme: HM Julie Trail: 1st, 2-2nd, HM Sabina Turner: 2-1st, 3rd Jeannie Vodden: 1st, Best of Div. Best of Show, 2nd Laurie Williams: 3rd, HM Duane LaMoureaux: 3rd. In the 3-D area 1st, and popular vote. Photography: Leslie Brilware-Schupp: 2nd, 2-3rd David Schupp: 1st, 3rd Marie Martz-Mort: 1st, HM Laura Mah: 2nd Jim Spinetta: 3rd, HM

A 3-day Workshop with Lynn Slade

October 19, 20 and 21, 2012 - 10 AM to 4 PM

WATERCOLOR COLLAGE

AND THE POWER OF THREE

ONE RED. ONE YELLOW. ONE BLUE.

The basic three combined with the explorataion of collage techniques makes this a work-

shop full of fun possiblities for painters at any level. Review basic design concepts, learn

about light patterns, focal points and how to direct theviewer’s eye through a painting. Using

a variety of rice paper combining our basic three colors and texture we’ll work toward cre-

ating a one-of-a-kind painting.

$140

Class size is limited. Payment must be received by October 10, 2011.List of supplies and addi-

tional details upon enrollment.

25375 Creekside Drive, Pioneer, CA 95666

Lynn Slade's Watercolor collage "Perched" has been accepted into the San Diego Watercolor Socie-ty's 32nd International Exhibition.

The exhibition opens October 5th at the

San Diego Watercolor Society Gallery,

2825 Dewey Road, San Diego and runs

through October 31st.

Out of over 630 entires, Lynn's painting

is among only 95 selected for the exhi-

bition. Exciting!! For more information

about the exhibit, check out

www.sdws.org

Best of luck to all the artist's participat-

ing in Open Studio in September! Have

fun!!

It is such a wonderful community event

and I will miss participating with all of

you this year.

Lynn Slade

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Zbigniew Richard Kozikowski

At Hanford St. Gallery

For September the Hanford St. Gallery is presenting a series of cityscapes by Polish born and educated Zbigniew Kozikowski. He found his original inspiration in the cubist tradition of Picas-so and Braque and his paintings reflect a constant pushing of the usual boundaries in terms of materials, methods, color and subject. We can find, in this collection, a mixed use of acrylic, oil, watercolor and various texturizing elements as well as an integration of abstract forms and the vivacious beauty of nature and light. Color evokes emotion, and Kozikowski’s courageous, sometimes rebellious use of color propels his paintings to transcend the ordinary.

"I believe that what we perceive as a visual world is only a phenomenon, re-peatedly created by light. In light, we find the deepest meaning of existence. Its immateriality is the source of materiality for our senses. My aim is to change it into colored spots so harmonized that they become the materialization of light, called color." ~Zbigniew

Well known for his cityscapes and skyline paintings here he brings the freshness of experimen-tation that is alive in all his work, it is this life, ultimately, which captivates us and transcends boundaries between nations and rises above contemporary judgments on esthetics and style. The skyline themes set forth in this new series are many times lifted from Kozikowski’s experi-ence of a particular place, but are not intended to be representative of these places. Rather, they are presented as an interpretative vision of the imagination. A viewer is invited to enter into this vision, and thus enter into his own journey through feelings and memories. The experi-ence of the viewer is heightened through the boldness of line and light and the inspired juxtapo-sition of modern and archetypically classical themes. Kozikowski received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland, after which he traveled extensively in Eastern and Western Europe, participating in many art seminars and workshops. His work can be found in collections of these countries, as well as in the United States. The painter, his wife and son came to the U. S. in 1993, joining his sister in the Sacramento area. He first started exhibiting his artwork on Del Paso Boulevard, then moved into the Art Foundry building, at 1021 R St. Kozikowski’s studio is open the second Saturday of every month and by appointment. You are invited to meet the artist at an Amador 1st Saturday Art Trek reception in the gallery on September1st. The exhibit will run from August 30 through September 30. Hanford St. Gal-lery is located at 291 Hanford St., Old Hwy 49 (next to the Days Inn), in Sutter Creek, CA, and is open Thu/Fri/Sat 10 - 5 and Sunday 11 -4:30. For more information call 209-267-8074 or email hanfordstgallery@volcano.net.

Art Trek September 1 Maps available at these par-ticipating galleries:

Add Art 20 Main St., Jackson, CA 95642

Chaos glassworks 21A Hanford St, Sutter Creek, CA 95685

Fine Eye Gallery 71 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685

Gallery 10 15 Eureka St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685

Hanford St. Gallery 291 Hanford St. (old High-way 49), Sutter Creek, CA 95685

Little City Studio & Gallery 14180 Main St., Amador City, CA 95601. Petroglyphe Gallery 8317 Main St., Mokelumne Hill, CA 95245

Sutter Creek Gallery 35 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685

Valley View Interiors 48 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685

2012 Fall Lecture Series

Two exceptional speakers

"ALTERNATIVE (ART) HIS-TORIES AN EXPLORA-TION OF MULTICULTUR-AL AND CROSS-HISTORICALVisual ART"

See web site for more details

www.amadorcountyartists.org