Sacramento Fine Arts Journal

Affiliated GroupsNCA (Northern California Arts, Inc.)

WASH (Watercolor Artists of Sacramento Horizons)

SFAC Photography Club

SFAC Fiber Arts Group

Gallery Hours Tuesday 11am–7pm Wednesday – Friday, 11am–3pm Saturday – Sunday, 11am–5pm

Office and Gift Shop Hours Tuesday – Friday, 11am–3pm Saturday – Sunday, 11am–5pm

5330-B Gibbons Drive Carmichael, CA 95608 Nonprofit Org. 501 (c) 3

(916) 971-3713 telephone

www.SacFineArts.org SFAC@SacFineArts.org email www.facebook.com/SacFineArts.org

Our Mission is to encourage the creation and presentation of original visual arts, to support the cultural life of the community, and to encourage all artists to fulfill their potential.

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a community partner

Sacramento Fine Arts Center and 600 other regional non-profits will participate in the 5th annual Big Day of Giving from midnight to midnight May 4th.

Big news: County Supervisor Susan Peters has announced a $3000 match!

You can go online and schedule your gift in advance today at www.sacfinearts.org and click the BigDOG logo or go to https://www.bigdayofgiving.org/sacfinearts. If you are averse to technology and cannot donate online you can call 916-921-7723 between the hours of 7 am and 7 pm.

This day is when the region comes together to support its non-profits.

Hundreds of our members and friends of the Arts Center came forward in past years. I know you will be there this year with a donation to supplement our dues, sales, programs, show fees

and class sales. We need donations to fill out the budget.

In 2016 we raised a total of $13,762.23. Donations began at midnight with a roar! They poured in at midnight! Then the next morning things went wrong. The system used to run the online donations began to collapse! You were trying to donate. We went to plan b and made donations available on our website. You came in to the office with your checks!

Before the system collapsed, a total of over 40 people donated over $4000 online. After the system broke down 49 donors gave over $4300 directly to

SFAC through our website or brought a check

to the office. We also qualified for a match from County Supervisor Susan

Peters.

Let do it again this year!

Give where your heART is!

BigDOG: Big Day of Giving 2017

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Rhonda Egan,President, SFAC

President’s Letter

What’s Going OnOur Sacramento Fine Arts Center is one of the most unique art organizations you will find in America! Founded 31 years ago by 6 Art Clubs as a place where they could all share a facility for meetings, to show art, to make art, learn about art and share art, it has operated successfully with little outside help. It has stayed funded by membership dues, program and show fees, sales and donations. Thousands of people over the years of all ages and all

levels of art ability have come to join, learn about art and show art. Many thousands more have come to look at and appreciate the art here. Happy Birthday SFAC!

We welcome the new President of our board, Rhonda Egan. It is very appropriate that we now have a President who is a working artist, a teacher of art, and an award-winning master painter! We are glad she brings her professionalism and dedication to the arts to our board.

We love Art! We love volunteering! — David Peterson

Do you want to volunteer?We have something for you!Call me 916.716.5951or email me atdpeterson@sacfinearts.org

The first quarter of the year is already behind us. I am so excited at the number of successes we have had and look forward to more. I am so proud that the Fine Arts Center was awarded “Nonprofit of the Year” by the Carmichael Chamber of Commerce and happily accepted the award at their Annual Awards Banquet. We will find a special place to showcase the award.

As part of the grant received from the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, we have established a monthly family art day on the Second Saturday weekend

to encourage families to do art together. The March event brought in a number of new families, reaching a new demographic and hopefully encouraging budding new artists.

Committees have long been a vital part of how the SFAC operates, but over the years the number of active committees have diminished. The board has decided to activate the use of committees again in hopes of minimizing the burden on any one board member or volunteer. Thank you to those who signed up to be on one of these committees at the annual meeting. If anyone wishes to be more involved, we would love to have you join one of the committees or volunteer in some capacity.

Finally the big day of giving is coming up shortly. There are 600 organizations on the list this year. Please consider making a contribution to the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. You can donate online or call a phone bank. Thank you to all the many volunteers, board members and staff for all that you do.

—Rhonda Egan President

2016 Board Members

President Rhonda Egan

2nd Vice president Diana Holt

Secretary Position Mikki Bako Sorenson

Treasurer Patricia Larsen

Past President Richard Turner

Member at Large Skip Lee

Fiber Arts Club President Carol Wittich

Photo Club President R Favor

WASH Presidents Gail Jones Jo Kopp

NCA President Diana Licon

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In the Style of the Old MastersCalling all painters! In the Style of the Old Masters is coming up in August, 2017. Starting your painting early is important. It gives you time to look at several of your favorite artists and choose an approach that inspires you!

The painting below reflects the influence of Degas. Tim Sloan chose not to copy a painting, but to use Degas’s love of women in dancing positions as inspiration. He entered this in last year’s show. For the 2017 show, Tim has started a painting of an aged Indian, using the style of Rembrandt. He is hoping to achieve the broad strokes similar to Rembrandt’s “Study of a Head” and also use the heavy darks seen in many of his works.

Exhibit dates are August 15 – September 3.

Hand carry entry day is August 5th, 10 am-4 pm

Rose Sloan, show committee 916.259.1291. Prospectus emclosed.

“Movements” by Tim Sloan“The Lost Jockey: Tribute to R. Magritte” by Penny Hanscom

Who were the masters of old? Why do we call them masters? The dictionary defines them as pre-eminent artists of the period before the modern, especially from western Europe of the 13th to 18th centuries. The old masters often worked under the supervision of guilds. Also, many masters worked for patrons, such as the Church, or important families, such as the d’Medici.

Some of the artistic techniques employed by the masters included camera obscura, chiaroscuro and sfumato, drawing, etching and engraving, silverpoint, gold leaf and gilding, fresco, bronze. Artistic styles of iconography, religion, realism, baroque, and gothic were part of the history of the old masters, whether in painting, drawing, sculpture, tapestry and embroidery, or architecture.

The Sacramento Fine Arts Center is hosting the 4th annual In the Style of The Old Masters show in August. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to try a style or technique that is new to you. By studying the works of a master you are able to see a bit of the history of civilization and understand better how a great work of art was created and for what purpose.

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Fiber Arts

Focus On Fiber

Non-Profit of the Year

Focus On Fiber is a National Juried Fiber Arts Open Show, June 6- 25, 2017 by the Fiber Arts Group at Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Want to enter and show your fiber art? Entry is online through May 7, 2017. Prospectus www.sacfinearts.org. Entry www.sacfinearts.org/entry

Showing also in tandem with Focus On Fiber will be Korean Voices in Fiber, Translating Tradition into Contemporary Art, featuring new fiber artwork from Korea.

The judge for this exhibit is Jean Cacicedo.

Focus On Fiber will show exceptional uses for a common material! All fibers and fiber techniques accepted, such as basketry, dyeing, felting, hand-loomed, inter-looped, jewelry, knotting, papers, stitching, and re-purposed. No crafts, kits or production work will be shown. Show Chair is Carol Wittich, Email: cjesartprinting@gmail.com, Phone 916-844-4601

Spinners Group of SWSG June 6, 2017 10am-2pm.

Button Show Saturday June 17, 2016, 10am-3pm.

2nd Saturday Reception and Demonstration, June 10, 2017, 4-8:30 pm Refreshments. Live classical guitar music.

The Sacramento Fine Arts Center was honored to be named Carmichael Chamber of Commerce “Non-profit of the Year” at the annual “Person of the Year” Dinner on March 24 at the Arden Hills Spa and Club. Rhonda Egan, president of the Board received the trophy! A table was bought by members and 12 of us celebrated! A check for $1275 was presented to SFAC at the April 24 Chamber Meeting.

Jean Cacicedo teaches a “Notan, Negative Space” Workshop at Sacramento Fine Arts Center.

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Art for FamiliesBy Juli Blanco

Spring is here, things are blossoming and growing everywhere you look. This is the case for SFAC’s Art for Families program too. With each new month’s weekend classes, the number of participants seems to grow and bloom. As one of the teachers involved, I enjoy watching the faces of grandparents, parents and children alike as they work side by side on their art. Whether it be collaging with colorful papers, making canvas holiday banners, painting on silk, painting blue monotone portraits making three dimensional creations with clay or making hand made cards, that look of concentration and satisfaction is visible no matter the age. Family togetherness, freedom from phones or any kind of screens is rare these days. Tapping into those imaginative places in the mind combined with working with our hands is really one of the simple joys of life.

Many thanks to our guest teachers who have given of their time, talent and supplies: Marie Dixon, Joan McMurray, and Michael Sirota. We all have had at least one “helper”, be it a family member or artist friend providing hands on assistance from start to finish.

A special thank you to one of our most loyal students, a young mom formerly from Belarus, Natalia Barysenka who has been

attending with her young son Demid. Natalia has many friends and faithfully brings a new entire family to each class! Her young son has been enjoying taking classes with Barbara Schneider. We are indebted to the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission for the grant which has made possible the Art for Families program.

More Art for Families classes are scheduled at the Center. Do come and join us! Make sure to reserve a spot for you and family members by contacting me, Juli Blanco at jblancorush@gmail.com or 916-956-8496.

Here are the upcoming class offerings for May and June:

Sat. May 13 Pastel Art, Juli Blanco

Sun. May 14 Mini Watercolor Paintings, Marie Dixon

Sat. June10 Matisse Inspired Mixed Media Collage, Sheila Jacobs

Sun. June 11 Watercolor Flowers, Helen Pleinert

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Art Where Wild Things Are

A wide selection of note cards are available for spring by artists such as Sandy Delahanty.

Gift Shop

Foyer ShowsMay: Sandi Mathiesen and Brenda Slabbinck June: WASH Scholarship

May 16-June 4.

Art Where Wild Things Are 2017 is the 8th annual open juried art show at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center benefiting the Effie Yeaw Nature Center. Over 100 regional artists have submitted paintings, sculpture and textile art that are broad and creative interpretations of life in our local natural world.

Judges William Ishmael, Merle Axelrad and Paulette Trainor have chosen 5 dozen pieces for the exhibit. There will be Special Preview Reception on Thursday, May 18, 5:30-8pm.

This art show is a preview of the Gala and Art Auction to be held at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center on June 10, 2017. Auctioneer is Yves Rojas. Tickets $90.00. Call 916-489-4918.

Brenda Slabbinck

Sandi Mathiesen

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Showing in Gallery 3/Sudio the month of May.

Through the medium of digital photography and computer generated imagery, my art seeks to illuminate and at times reinvent commonplace scenes. I seek to explore the fascinating world of the nearly invisible bringing to light the incredible, bizarre, complex, abstract, mysterious, and beautiful, details and patterns of the macro/micro world to which we are mostly oblivious. The current show attempts to blend my backgrounds in biology, photography, art and classical music, blurring the lines between science and music to create artistic images infused and resonating with elements of each. The genesis of this series of digital paintings is derived from the concepts of chaos and string theory in quantum physics and the mathematical possibilities presented of the existence of multiple new dimensions and parallel universes. They are intended to represent an artistic interpretation of some of

these concepts. From this inspiration, I strive to create purely abstract digital paintings utilizing the exciting new digital technologies at my disposal.

Richard grew up in Florida where he had ample opportunity to become intimately acquainted with exotic flora and fauna. Graduate studies in fish biology brought him to California where his interest in photography was ignited when he borrowed his major professor’s Nikkormat camera with its macro lens to photograph his aquatic study subjects. Unfortunately, his study was interrupted by a stint in the Air Force. He was stationed back in California and a steady salary enabled him to purchase the first Nikon camera of his own thus beginning a seemingly endless procession of cameras thereafter. He became involved with the Sierra Club and Photographic Society of America leading to numerous field trips and opportunities to photograph the incredible plants and animals found in California’s diverse ecosystems. Four years later a wonderful opportunity

to study art in Europe for a summer arose and allowed him to indulge his interest in art and painting, areas that one usually misses when pursuing careers in the sciences. Upon his return this quickly led to a degree in studio art with emphasis in photography, but now with a different perspective on creating the photographic image as well as having been introduced to the pinhole camera, large format camera and techniques such as photo-lithography, photo-etching and Polaroid transfers. I now find my photography reflects a synthesis of my interest in science, art, music and computer generated imagery.

Dreamacapes, Photo Artistry by Richard Ashby

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JUNE

Focus on Fiber Gallery closedChildren’s Summer Art

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer ArtOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pm

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer Art

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer Art

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer Art

Art Where Wild Things AreAnn Marie Campbell

Art Where Wild Things AreFri. Figure DrawingMike SchafferFiber Receiving

Art Where Wild Things AreMike Schaffer

Art Where Wild Things Are

Gallery closedSFAC Board MeetingSusan Sarback

Focus on FiberSpinning DemoDiana’s WorkshopOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pm

Focus on Fiber Focus on FiberAnn Marie Campbell

Focus on FiberFri. Figure DrawingDiana’s Workshop

Focus on Fiber2nd SaturdayArt for Families

Focus on FiberArt for Families

Gallery closedWash Meeting 7 pm

Focus on FiberOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pm

Focus on FiberNCA Meeting 7 pm

Focus on FiberAnn Marie Campbell

Focus on FiberFri. Figure DrawingMagnum Opus Receiving

Focus on FiberButton show/sale

Focus on FiberKids’ Fiber Workshop

Gallery closedChildren’s Summer ArtSusan Sarback

Focus on FiberSharla CritiqueChildren’s Summer ArtOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pm

Focus on FiberChildren’s Summer ArtFiber Club Meeting

Focus on FiberChildren’s Summer ArtPhotography Club 7pm

Focus on FiberChildren’s Summer Art

Focus on Fiber

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Calendar

Gallery 3: Tony Forster

MAY

Gallery closedSFAC Board MeetingSusan Sarback

Artistic JourneyDiana’s WorkshopVictoria BrooksOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pm

Artistic JourneyWednesday Morning GroupRhonda Egan

Artistic JourneyBig Day of Giving

Artistic JourneyFriday Figure Drawing

Artistic JourneyEncaustic WorkshopBeverly FieldsReceive AWWTA

Artistic JourneyEncaustic WorkshopDeadline Focus On Fiber Online Entry

Artistic JourneyWASH General Meeting6pm Congressional HS Art Awards

Artistic JourneyDiana’s WorkshopVictoria BrooksOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pm

NCA Member ShowWed. Morning GroupRhonda EganNCA 7pm

Artistic JourneyAnn Marie Campbell

Artistic Journey Friday Figure DrawingDiana’s Workshop

Artistic JourneyArt for FamiliesBeverly Fields2nd Saturday

Artistic JourneyArt for Families

Gallery closedSusan Sarback

Art Where Wild Things AreDiana’s WorkshopOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pmSharla’s Critique

Art Where Wild Things AreWed. Morning GroupAnn Marie CampbellFiber Club Mtg.Rhonda Egan

Art Where Wild Things AreReception 5:30

Art Where Wild Things AreFriday Figure DrawingDiana’s Workshop

Art Where Wild Things AreSusan SarbackBeverly FieldsMagnum Opus Entry Ends

Art Where Wild Things AreSusan Sarback

Gallery closed Art Where Wild Things AreDiana’s WorkshopOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pm

Art Where Wild Things AreWed. Morning Group

Art Where Wild Things AreAnn Marie CampbellPhotography Club 7pm

Art Where Wild Things Are

Art Where Wild Things AreQinqin Liu WorkshopBeverly Fields

Art Where Wild Things Are

Gallery closedMemorial Day

Art Where Wild Things AreDiana’s WorkshopOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pm

Art Where Wild Things Are

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Calendar

IMPORTANT DATESUpcoming Receptions & EventsAmi Bera Presents High School Art Awards…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………May 8, 6pm2nd Saturday Reception……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………May 13, 5:30-8:30 pmAWWTA Awards Reception…………………………………………………………………………………………………………Thursday May 18, 5:30-8:30 pm Spinners and Weavers Demo……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………June 6, 10am-2pm2nd Saturday Reception……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………June 10, 5:30-8:30 pmButton Show and Sale………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………June 17

Upcoming & Current Shows NCA Artistic Journey Members Show…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………April 25 – May 14Art Where Wild Things Are……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………May 15 – June 4Focus On Fiber……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………June 6 – 25Magnum Opus XXVIII…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………June 27 – July 23Friday Figure Drawing Show……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………July 25 – August 13

Call to Artists, Receiving Dates Focus On Fiber, Online Call…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Open through May 7Magnum Opus XXVIII, Online Call………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Open through May 20In the Style of the Old Masters, Hand Carry Entry…………………………………………………………………………………………August 5, 10 am-4 pmBold Expressions, Online Call………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Open until August 12

Details for Calls to Artists, visit sacfinearts.org

JULY

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Magnum Opus Bobbie BaldwinPortrait Workshop

Magnum Opus SFAC Board MeetingGallery closed

Closed Magnum Opus Magnum Opus Magnum Opus Magnum Opus2nd SaturdayArt for Families

Magnum OpusArt for Families

Gallery closedChildren’s Summer ArtSusan Sarback

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer ArtOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pm

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer Art

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer Art

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer Art

Magnum OpusSusan Sarback

Magnum OpusSusan Sarback

Gallery closedChildren’s Summer Art

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer ArtOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pm

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer ArtFiber Club Meeting

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer Art

Magnum OpusChildren’s Summer Art

Magnum Opus

Magnum Opus Gallery closedChildren’s Summer ArtSusan Sarback

Children’s Summer ArtFigure Drawing Group ShowOpen Studio 4-9pmJay Bishop 6-9pm

Figure Drawing Group ShowChildren’s Summer Art

Figure Drawing Group ShowChildren’s Summer ArtPhotography Club 7pm

Figure Drawing Group ShowChildren’s Summer Art

Figure Drawing Group Show

Figure Drawing Group Show

Gallery closedChildren’s Summer Art

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2017 Gold MembersJay BishopJoann CochranRod CullumGoldie DelsmanJim HansonWaneda HarbuckBarbara MarshallMarleen MerchantJodie MexasMargaret MunsonIsabelle RobertsonCarol Wittich

2017 Platinum Members Marie Dixon Teyrez Finlay Marge Gorman Bruce Hancock Jo KoppPatty Larsen Skip Lee Dawn Reed Carol Ross Tana SmithRichard Turner

May / June 2017

NCA President’s Message

NCA Mission Statement: Our Mission is to promote the appreciation of and the

participation in the visual arts, and to spearhead art education in our community.

It is invigorating to be part of this dynamic and effervescent group!.....Effervescent?

Yes, very lively and enthusiastic!

Just when more help is needed, up pops a willing worker or workers. You must love the way this happens. The NCA Boards wants to welcome Mari Holmes and Sandra Torguson who are working with the Artist Standing Program. They are taking over for Diana Holt, who deserves a big Thank You for her long service to the board. I also would like to recognize Annik Gunter who is First VP-Programs and is staying at the helm despite physical set- backs. She has two good Co-VP Programs volunteers in Bobbie McBride and Leslie Wentworth. They will be working with Annik on the remainder of this year’s scheduled programs and developing the schedule for 2018. They welcome any suggestions for programs for next year. Lastly, I would like to express appreciation for Meriel Wisotsky who, despite her home being destroyed in a fire and subse-quent relocation etc. etc., has risen to the top and stayed with her NCA newsletter editor position. There is a special thank you for all the volunteers that mean so much to NCA.

Hot Dates

NCA Members Show, Artistic

Journey, will be up through the 14th

of May

NCA Members Meeting, May 9

with Jay Bishop

NCA Members Meeting, June 13

with Bobbi Baldwin

Bobbi Baldwin will be teaching Paint-

ing a Portrait in 3 Hours on July

1 (see page 4)

No NCA Members Meeting in July or

August

Did you miss this?

Jan Miller had a show in March at the

Blue Wing Gallery in Woodland. The

solo show consisted of her paintings

in oil and also in pastels

(her specialty).

Also in March, Barbara Little showed

her lyrical watercolors at the Artistic

Edge Gallery in Sacramento.

Judy Knott was part of a four-artist

show called Inside Out at the Acai

Gallery in Fair Oaks, providing a taste

of summer in the middle of an unusu-

ally cold and wet spring.

These are just a few of the shows

NCA artists have participated in re-

cently. If you have had a recent

show or, better yet, have an up-

coming show tell us so we can let

the rest of the membership know.

Your achievements inspire us all.

Note: If you would like to see some of our president’s art-

work, she will be having a show at the Roseville Chamber of

Commerce from June 2—August as part of Blue Line Arts in

Public Places. Check it out!

To be an artist is to believe in life.

—Henry Moore

NCA BOARD 2017

President, Diana Licon, (916) 692-5124, DLicon130@yahoo.com

SFAC Liaison, Joan McMurray, (916) 966-8910, joanmcmurray2470@att.net

Vice President, Programs, Annik Gunther, (916) 485-7353, annikgunter@gmail.com

First Co-Vice Presidents, Programming, Bobbie McBride, (916) 988-2567, art4bobbie@yahoo.com

Leslie Wentworth, (916) 847-6436, 1wildwentworth@gmail.com

Second Co-Vice President, PR and Mrkting, Brandi Pfleider, (713) 294-6657, brandi.pfl@gmail.com

Secretary, Mikki Bako Sorensen, (916) 601-1759, mikkibako@att.net

Treasurer, Barbara Killeen, (916) 791-4115, bkilleen@surewest.net

Past President/Nomination Chair, Skip Lee, (916) 344-4405, no email

Past President/ Advisor, Rod Cullum (916) 860-9679, r.cullum@comcast.net

New Members

Jean Williams Baughman,

Georgia Calderon, Jim

Darke, Paul Dessau, Chris

Foster, Anthony Forster, Ot-

to Fox, Cecilia Gaudre,

Raquel Grossman-Perluss,

Connie Gutowsky, Carol

Hawkins, Liz Hendricks,

Marian Holmes, Diana

Houle, Jane Kristiansen,

Christina Lemar, Helen

Lewis, Stephanie Lindsay,

Judie Martinez, Sadef

O’Connell, Kathryn Penk,

Brandi Pfleider, Dan Read,

Kate Tudesko, Christy

Volker, Leslie Wentworth,

Kevin Wright, and Sandie

Zang.

We are glad you have de-

cided to join us! Welcome!

CHAIRPERSONS

Annual Open Show, Dennis Wilson, (831) 917-4365,

ekunadude@aol.com

Annual Membership and Aspiring Artist Debut Shows, Sally

Durante, (916) 202-6367,Sdurante24@yahoo.com

Artist Standing C0-Chairs, Marian Holmes, (916) 640-7738,

gomarih@sbcglobal.net and Sandra Torguson,

(916) 842-9945, scribe@surewest.net

Awards, Mari Barbara Leach, (916) 921-9582,

barbaraleach6670@comcast.net

COORDINATORS

Raffle, Carol Ross, (916) 944-3914,

carolross4art@comcast.net

Courtesy, Bobbie Lou Hunt, (916) 487-2968, no email

Newsletter, and Website, Meriel Wisotsky,

(916) 207-6714,drwisosky@yahoo.com

Hospitality, Wyleta McDaniel, (916) 481-4518,

letamed@sbcglobal.net

IT Director, Brandi Pfleider, (713) 294-6657,

brandi.pfl@gmail.com

Membership, Carla Nabity, (916) 488-5840,

ccnabity@surewest.net

The Place to Be on April 2? Skip Lee’s place for the annual New Membership Tea

From the Editor:

Here we are, facing the warmer weather.

Summer is a great time to think about

taking a class or workshop, taking your

sketchbook or easel outside, or experi-

menting with wet and messy media in the

back yard. It’s a great time to check out

galleries and museums, giving yourself a

chance to be inspired by new ideas.

Make art part

of your lazy

summer days!

—Meriel

Wisotsky Artist Standing Certification Program

Myra Steward, (left), Barbara

Leach (right, with Mari Holmes) ,

have achieved Master Artist Sta-

tus.

Teatime

Fun

With Accomplished Artist Bobbi Baldwin

Inspired by “31 Portraits in 31 Days” project To see the FOX interview, copy and paste: http://fox40.com/2015/09/08/31-portraits-in-31-days/

In this workshop we will focus on the skills required to do a portrait accurately, in just 3 hours. We will learn about 3 dimensional

structures, mixing colors and the steps needed to capture the likeness of the model. We will have a live model for the day. Bobbi

will demonstrate and we can follow along with her while she paints, step by step. Bobbi uses oil but says that we can use any medi-

um!! Come and build your body of knowledge and skills!!

Date: July 1, 2017 Time: 8:30 to 4:00 (please bring a lunch)

Painting a Portrait in 3 hours with Bobbi Baldwin

*Name: _________________________________________*Phone: ___________________

*Cell: ____________________________________

Address: __________________________________________________________

City, Sate, Zip: _____________________________________________________

*Email: _______________________________________________________NCA Member Yes___ No ____

Sponsored by Northern California Arts, Inc. (NCA) Please make checks payable to: NCA Bobbi Baldwin- Portrait Painting

Workshop - Registration, 5530-B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, Ca 95608. For Inquiries: Leslie Wentworth (916) 847-6436 1wildwent-

worth@gmail.com or you may pay on-line at NCA Web Site using PayPal

*Necessary for registration, so we can contact you with supplies list

Sponsored by Nor Cal Arts

Place: Sacramento Fine Arts Center 5330B Gibbons Drive Sacramento CA

Inquiries: Leslie Wentworth (916) 847-6436 or 1wildwentworth@gmail.com

Registration Form and $140 Registration Fee Required

PAINTING A

PORTRAIT IN 3

HOURS

FROM OUR PRESIDENTS . . . .The Sacramento Fine Arts Center is the home of WASH. Without it, we would not be able to put on the excellent watercolor exhibitions, demonstrations, and meetings. We can all support the Center through the BIG DAY OF GIVING on May 4. This is an online way to donate to your favorite charities including the Fine Arts Center.

By now you may have noticed that emails and eblasts are coming from a different source. Our Yahoo account was becoming problematic and impractical for getting the word out to our members and friends. We have set up a new email account for you to reach – sac.watercolor@gmail.com. All correspondence to the organization should be to that address. Also, we have switched to MailChimp to send out the eblasts. It replaces the archaic process we had to use through Yahoo.

In an effort to keep the meetings flowing, we are trying to limit the announcements at the meetings to WASH activities and business. If you would like to get the word out about your personal shows or teaching workshops, we have set up a bulletin board in Gallery 3 during the meetings for your use to post notices. We also will publicize this information on our Facebook page. Diane Tharp is in charge of posting to our Facebook page so contact her with the necessary information and graphics for this publicity opportunity.

If you have not seen our Facebook page and are on Facebook, simply go to the top bar and search for WASH-Watercolor Artists of Sacramento Horizons. Once on the page, click “LIKE” to become a friend. Current news about WASH will come periodically to your Facebook page.

The Member Show is a success. Thank you to all the members who brought their fine work for display in the show. Visit our website to review the winning paintings.

RONNIE RECTOR WORKSHOPRonnie Rector from Lake Tahoe has won numerous awards in regional art competitions. Her watercolors capture intricate architectural details, playful animals, and engaging street scenes. She has developed a striking method of combining watercolor with batik on rice paper. She will present her “ Watercolor with Batik on Rice Paper” workshop on Sunday, September 10, 2017 at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. The workshop will go from 9:30 to 3:30. Cost for WASH members is $60.00 and for nonmembers is $70.00.For more information and to register please contact WASH Workshop Chair, Sue Davis: 916-359-7691 or suedavis@winfirst.com

MAY MEETING AND DEMOOur meeting is May 8 at 1:30 pm. The WASH members’ meeting will feature Colfax artist Juan Peña, who has been painting and teaching in our area for many years.

Juan Peña began plein air painting in 1959, while studying with Vernon Nye at Pacific Union College.  Later he studied under

portraitist Thomas Leighton and watercolorist Jade Fon Woo, both from the Bay Area. “In California, our weather and light is conducive to painting outdoors year-around,” says Juan. “I paint from life, or on-location for the most part, and sometimes from my imagination.”

Peña takes pride in his handmade wooden palette in which he mixes

nearly all his colors from just three primary colors. He usually works on full sheets.

Recently, Juan won second place for his body of work produced during a week-long paint out in Aspen, Colorado. Three of his watercolors have been selected for publication by NorthLight Books, two for Splash 15 (2014), and another for Splash 12 (2011). He also offers 12-lesson series of watercolor lessons free on YouTube. His work can be viewed at www.paintingsbyjuanpena.com

JUNE MEETING AND CRITIQUEOur meeting is June 12 at 7:00 pm. For our June WASH member’s

meeting, bring your own paintings for a critique session by Shingle Springs artist Stephany Nickel. She will offer her own take on how to improve your painting, with a view to presenting your best work in the fall WASH Open Show.

In her own painting, Stephany seeks to capture moments as “windows in time.” She sees herself as “a painter of time and the soul.” Her paintings usually flow from her main interests of portraits, spirituality, and women’s endeavors.

Her style is bold and fresh, with a vibrancy and depth of color so intense that you don’t realize she is painting in the medium of watercolor. Much of her current work reflects her passion to portray her heritage land of Ireland.

Nickel has juried many art competitions across California. Her work is in private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Palette Magazine has published her paintings and her article, “Break Throughs.” Stephany is one of the featured artists in the books Art Twenty-Ten and Art Twenty-Eleven available at local galleries and on Amazon.com.

Her paintings can be seen at Winterhill Olive Oil and Gifts as well as the Iron Willow Gallery, both in Placerville. Her works may be viewed online at www.stephanynickel.com.

MAY/JUNE, 2017

PAINTING OF THE MONTHCongratulations to Pam Lowney for her painting of the month of March, “Lake Winter” and to Ralph Wilson for the painting of the month of April, “Colonnade of San Juan Bautista Mission.”

WASH MEMBERSHIP SHOW, 2017

“Hand Picked”, Best of Show by Maura Madden Donovan

“Azalea” Award of Excellence by Yuko Carson

“Fair Time”, Award of Excellence by David Peterson

Steed Award-Tim SloanAward of Merit-AlysLynn Lemke, Donnella Hurley, Ralph Wilson, Sally BostleyHonorable Mention-Johnnie Lou Corlew, Jan Atwood-Ramey, Jan Miskulin, Teresa Steinbach-Garcia, Telagio Baptista, Gloria A. Kincade, Gail Jones, Margaret PollanCongratulations to All!

We want to thank our wonderful, hard-working Show Committee and our Membership for putting on this beautiful WASH Membership Show! Many thanks go to Show Chair,Jeff Tinney, and committee members, Tana Smith, Nancy Wedick and Teresa Steinbach-Garcia. We thank our judges, Rebecca Ryland and Stacy Vetter,

for selecting the show winners and for taking the time to make comments on the pieces. We also thank the many volunteers who assisted the show committee: Sharon Drysdale, David Peterson, Barbara Killeen, Ed Bostley, Sally Bostley, Joyce Wilson, Barbara Schneider, Jo Kopp, Gail Jones, Donnella Hurley, AlysLynn Lemke, Cindy Farmer, Mary Wang-Steele, Rose Sloan, Tim Sloan, Brenda Slabbinck, Barbara Little, and Helen Planert. Beautiful Fine Art Music was provided by Madeline Sanderson on cello and Samantha Corbett on flute and many thanks to them! It takes a MEMBERSHIP OF ARTISTS and VOLUNTEERS to make a beautiful show!

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!Thomas Adams, Fair OaksKaren Boulet, SacramentoKatherine Dashiell, CarmichaelKatherine Khisky, Rancho CordovaPatricia A. King, Plumas LakeSherri Keikilani, RosevilleArleen Schaller, SacramentoWe look forward to your friendship as we learn and volunteer together!

ARTISTS’ NEWSVirginia Dunstan will have an exhibit of watercolor paintings at the Unitarian-Universalist Society of Sacramento at 2425 Sierra Blvd, Sacramento.  The dates of the exhibit are April 14-May 23rd.  They will be shown in the main sanctuary. WASH Sweep at Elk Grove Fine Arts Center Open Show! All the awards for watercolor were won by WASH members. "Early Morning Delivery" by Telagio Baptista was Awarded 1st Place, “..Meep …Meep” by Rebecca Jaggers was awarded 2nd Place, “3 Jugglers”  by Susan Davis was awarded 3rd Place, and David Peterson received an Honorable Mention for “Woodcutter’s Cabin”. Barbara Killeen, Betty Thompson, Goldie Delsman, and Joyce Wilson will be exhibiting paintings at Carmichael Presbyterian Church May 10-June 28.SEND YOUR ARTIST NEWS TO donnella@donnella.net.

“Early Morning Delivery” by Baptista Telagio

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” Twyla Tharp

“If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” Vincent Van Gogh

2017

Pink Peony by R. Favour

May - June

But First A Word...If you have not made plans for the next few months, consider these possibilities.Hunters of the Elusive Wild-flowers of California might want to take a Day trip to Pacheco State Park. It is ap-proximately 135 miles down Interstate 5 to Merced County exiting on 407 to CA 33, take 152 West toward Santa Nella/Gilroy. Follow San Luis Reser-voir around to the Park. There is a $10 parking fee but if you go to any other park that day you have already paid. Saturdays in April there is a Guided Wildflower Tour from 10 am – 12pm. The path is marked if you want to go it alone. There might be flowers left in May. Call (209) 826-1196 to check conditions.After capturing the Flow-ers do go on to Gilroy. If you travel on a Sunday, Satori Cellars have Mimosas for $7 a glass! Here is a Santa Clara Wine Trail Map if you want to refresh yourself from the Wildflowers Safari. http://gilroywelcomecenter.org/files/GWC_WineTrailMap.pdfA visit to Lassen Volcanic Park features over 700 species of flowering plants and retreating from the heat of the Sacra-mento Valley. At this time it is buried in 9 to well over 12 feet of snow. May & June [some-times July] have been known to have the occasional snow

storm. There are flowers below 6000 feet and Lupine varieties over 8,000 feet. This heralds an advantage of a longer Wild-flower season than previously thought.You can treat yourself to view all 4 of the World types of Volcanoes; the Cinder Cone, the Composite, the Shield and the Plug Dome. The Plug Dome at Lassen is Lassen Peak which has the potential to erupt in this century. The Peak was made from the eruption that destroyed Mount Tehama, which was 1,000 feet higher. Mount Tehama was a complex stratovolcano like Mount

To Amaze, Amuse, Enthrall or Inspire

Not going out of town? Maybe you might find scouting out the Architecture of our wide variety of Churches might be a photo opportunity. The oldest Mosque in the United States [west of the Mississippi] is at 411 “V” Street. Sacramento. The Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple of Sacramento [2301 Evergreen Ave, West Sac-ramento] is as impressive as the mosque on College Oak across from ARC [Ameri-can River College]. The Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women [who doesn’t like Myrrh and its healing properties??] at 833 Water Street, West Sacramento, has some Russian Icon paintings worth seeing. List of some more architectural features:Russian Orthodox Church 714 13th Street golden onion domeSt. George Melkite 1620 Bell StSt. Francis of Assisi 1112 26th St, Sacramento, CATrinity Cathedral organ 2620 Capitol Ave, SacramentoImmaculate Conception Parrish 3263 1st Ave, Sacramento, CACapital Christian Center 9470 Micron AveKim Quang Temple [Vietnamese Buddhist Assoc] 3119 Alta Arden Expy, Sacra-mento, Buddhist Church of Sacramento 2401 Riverside Blvd, SacramentoCathedral of the Blessed SacramentNasonic Temple 1123 J St, Sacramento, Beaux Arts St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church 4524 Garfield Ave, Carmichael

Vesuvius in Pompeii, Italy. Summer storms strike the Peak with lightening, another great Photo Op at Lassen!

News on Lens & SoftwareComing to a Cell Phone, telescope or camera near you are the Planar Lenses or Meta-Lens. From Nano Tech Web [http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/65181] “ contains an ultrathin array of tiny waveguides (known as a metasur-face), can resolve nanoscale features smaller than the wavelength of light.” Say WHAaaaaaaa…??? YUP! It means all those curvilinear, multi-stacks of highly polished, carefully articulated lens that make a Telescope like NASA’s Hubble so heavy and powerful would be unimaginably smaller and VERY inexpensive. Anyone care to suggest to the President that we could jump start our Manufac-turing with the Meta-Lens in the USA???

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You Must Remember This…Photography Club meetings are the Fourth Thursday of each month. There is no meeting in December. Meetings start at 7:00 pm and are held at Sacramento Fine Arts building at 5330B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael. Membership fees are due and payable in January. The SFAC is not able to pro-rate membership. To benefit fully it is to your advantage to sign up or renew in January.

Crocker Art Museum Review :TURN THE PAGE

The First Ten Years Of Hi-FructoseJune 11 - September 17, 2017

Crocker Art Museum will be exhibiting the works of a handful of Photographers [Kazuki Takamatsu, Brian McCarty, Gary Taxali-mixed Nedia] in an INCREDIBLE Exhibit called Turn The Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose. Those Illustrators, Sculptors, Painters and Photographers that are not familiar with Hi-Fructose must acquaint them-selves with this trendy Contemporary Art Maga-

zine [http://hifructose.com/]The Art is retrospective sampling of the past 10 years of the magazine. The Artists that will be in Exhibit are some of the most creative people with phenomenal energy. Jer-emy Geddes, Josh Keyes, Ray Caesar, Niccola Verlato and Kehinde Wiley, of Empire TV series renown, with work so realistic you might think it is Photography.

Mother’s Day, May 14th Maple Rock Gardens, 100 Clark Tunnel Road, Lincoln CA, is open to the Public a few times per year. Satur-day, May13, the day before Mother’s Day will be one of those special days. Your chance for Family photos and wonderful Garden Shots. Tickets are $10, kids under 12 are free. http://maplerockgarden.com/If Mama isn’t up for the walk take her to High Hand Café for Brunch and walk around the High Hand Nursery with a glass of wine or a Mimosa whilst enjoying the flowers, succulents, trees and the historic Fruit Shed. Do check out the Basil Tree plants; basil so pungent you need only hold your hand above the tree to smell the released oils! http://www.highhandnurs-ery.com/taste-the-cafe/Tips and TricksHere is a little Tip: If you are shooting without a tripod remember that your shutter speed needs to be the fraction of 1/your focal length. This means if you are shooting Full Frame sensor [35 mm or 36mm x 24 mm] with a 50 mm lens your shutter speed needs to be 1/50 of a second. If you have a cropped sensor your lens of 50 mm is more likely 80 mm or 100 mm Ever had that sinking, stinking, sick-sick feeling when you have lost all the Images on your SD Card, USB or a Hard Drive??? Yeah. You know what I’m talking ‘bout. Those photos from your Kids Birthdays, Weddings and Travel Photos are all irreplaceable. You want someone to roll you up in a blanket crying & dying & wondering why you did not back up or be more careful. Well, there might be a solution! LSoft Technologies has UNFORMAT 5.0 that pur-ports to restore “formatted and deleted disk partitions as

data from individual files.” [from http://www.lsoft.net/unformat.aspx] The Demo is FREE

How about taking one of your older Digital SLR cameras or compact Point & Shoot and have it converted to a dedicated In-

frared Camera??? Contact the folks at Spencer’s Camera & Photo [http://www.spencerscamera.com/index.cfm]. They will help you and answer all your questions on Full Spectrum & Infared Conversions!! 801-367-7569 or info@spencer-scamera.com

Light PaintingAre you fascinated by Night Shooting and Light Painting? Found this Musician, Hannu Huhta-mo, from Helsinki, Finland who tripped into Light Painting because he was using long expo-sures to take his band’s promo pictures [http://www.hannuhuhtamo.com/]. His designs are intricate Light Paintings in abandoned spaces.

Janne Parviainen, from Helsinki and friend of Hannu, has a nice interview here https://lightsfromdreams.wordpress.com/2014/01/11/interview-janne-parviainen/#more-251 with tips on tools he uses.

An interesting video here http://www.ledlense-rusa.com/photographer.html

http://cfye.com/tcb-jedi-master-of-lightpainting-533