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September 22, 2015, Gig Harbor Methodist Church 7400 Pioneer Way Gig

Harbor, WA 98335 Public Welcome!

September Demo, Visions of the Wilder-

ness: Artist Travel Presentation by Robin

Peterson !

Please do not park in the visitor’s spaces in front of the church.

Robin will be presenting a slide show of incredible scen-ery experiences on her wilderness adventures while backpacking in the Rocky Mountains of Glacier Nation-al Park, floating the Noatak River in arctic Alaska and kayaking the wild Pacific Northwest coastline. She'll show images of rafting up with sea otters on Vancouver Island's outer coast, learning about indige-nous culture in the Great Bear Rainfor-est, paddling a kayaker's par-adise in Gwaii Haanas, Haida Gwaii and in

the Tongass Wilder-ness of Tebenkof Bay in SE Alaska. She'll include discussion about the National Park and Voices of the Wilderness artist residency programs.

Robin said, "The experience of wilderness is a means for great personal enrichment. I have had the privilege of working as art-ist in residence in Glacier National Park, Gates of the Arctic Na-tional Park and in the Tongass Wilderness, at Tebenkof Bay in SE Alaska. Each of these opportunities provided once-in-a-lifetime experiences that have had a profound influence on my life and work.”

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September’s President's Message:

Can’t believe it’s September! We welcomed quite a few guests and new members at the June

meeting. The summer Art Festival was wonderful. Kudos to Hilaire Radowick for organizing this

event, no small task. Emily Porter, Donna Moen and many, many more deserve our thanks.

Cathie Johnson and Greg Trathen worked with the Lodge at Mallard’s Landing for a lovely recep-

tion for the Member’s Show. This is a special event for our members and we had a good variety of

art displayed.

We are experiencing somewhat of a dilemma in filling positions for the Board. We still need

members to fill President, Member at Large, Monthly Programs, Summer Art Festival 2016, and

Open Juried Show 2016. So as you can see, there are some slots to fill. Please consider where

you can share your time to keep PAL going.

Please make a note of the reception for the Open Show, September 12th. Your fellow members have put a lot of time and en-

ergy into this event and it should be wonderful.

I look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting September 22nd

. This is one of those early ones. It is also a screening

night.

President.

PAL Meeting Calendar 2015

Month Board Place General Place Notes:

January 22nd Timberland Bnk GH 27th Methodist Church

February 19th Unless otherwise 24th Unless otherwise Screening

March 19th changed 24th changed

April 23rd 28th

May 21st 26th Screening

June 18th 23rd

July Summer Art Festival - No meeting

August Summer Break - Picnic - TBD

September 17th 22nd Screening

October 22nd 27th

November 19th 24th

December Holiday Party - No meeting - TBD

PAL board meetings are on the Thursday prior to the general meeting*. PAL member meetings are generally on the

4th Tuesday of the month. Exceptions will be noted as needed. *All changes will be approved by board members pri-

or to change. Save these dates on your calendar!

* - NOW is your opportunity to Volunteer, for fun and excitement! Your support makes it all happen,

and you help support PAL’s reputation for excellence! Please email me with any changes or correc-

tions. Carlene Salazar—Newsletter editor carlene.salazar@gmail.com.

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PAL Events! .

Newsletter Announcements: Please send photos and announcement information! Without YOU, I

have nothing to put in here! carlene.salazar@gmail.com

Gig Harbor 2015 Open Show! Peninsula Art League presents 13

th Annual Open Juried Art Show Sept. 12-Oct.18

The exhibit features 2D and 3D work by 120 US and Canadian artists GIG HARBOR – Gig Harbor’s History Museum is again the site of Peninsula Art League’s annual Open Juried Art Show. The exhibit opens Sept. 12 with an awards reception at 6pm. Dawn Emerson, a pastel artist and author from Bend, Oregon will jury the paintings, jewelry, fiber arts and sculpture. Olympia photographer Larry Ikenberry will judge the pho-tography entries. “We had entries from more than 250 artists throughout the U.S. and Canada,” said show organizer Sandy Newhouse. “Our jurors pared it down to 120 of the best works.” Five mediums are represented in the show: drawing, painting, mixed media, 3D artwork – including fiber art, jewelry and sculpture – as well as black and white, color and digital photography. All work is for sale, with a percentage of each sale benefiting the museum, Newhouse said. More than $3,000 in awards will be presented from show sponsors Jack Richardson & Company, Harbor Place at Cottesmore, Larson-Juhl, Mallard’s Landing, Water’s Edge Gallery, Ebb Tide Gallery and private donors. Refreshments for the reception will be provided by Peninsula Independent Retirement. The museum will offer wine for $5 a glass. Admission to the opening reception is free. After Sept. 12, the show is included with regular museum admission. Mu-seum hours are Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm. For information, contact Sandy Newhouse at sincolor@comcast.net. WHAT Peninsula Art League’s 13

th Annual Open Juried Art Show

WHEN Sept. 12-Oct. 18 WHERE Harbor History Museum, 4121 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor

Caption for photo: BunchBerry Necklace, created of sterling silver, fine silver, fine gold and cloisonné enamel by Gig Harbor artist Joan Tenenbaum, is one of 120 artworks on display at PAL’s 13th annual Open Juried Art Show Sept. 12-Oct. 18 at the Harbor History Museum.

Caption for painting: Garden

Delight, Acrylics on Canvas by

artist Carlene Salazar. This is but

one of the many and varied 2 di-

mensional art works on display.

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Northwest Watercolor Society Accepted Artists posted www.nwws.org NWWS’s 75th Diamond Anniversary Celebration International Open Exhibition. Exhibition dates: Now until September 30, 2015 at the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Se-attle. Awards over $15,000; first $3,000; second $2,000; third $1250. Jurors Judy Morris and Alvaro Castag-net. Alvero Castagnet and Judy Morris will be presenting workshops through NWWS.

Franke Toby Jones Art Show: For those who have entered; Notices should be out by mid October.

October Demo! Sherry Pierce—Social Media!

Add a little color to your life!

Be the next Program Chair.

Demos are scheduled through June 2016.

Your tasks, starting with January demo?

Get a paragraph & image from artist by email.

Send info to Publicity Chair in timely manner.

Help artist bring in gear and other Incidentals

Introduce the artist at the meetings.

Interested?

Contact Judy: jpbuskirk@centurylink.net

Myrna Binion is showing her “Hawaiian” paintings at the Kimball Gallery August 31 through September 27, 2015. Please stop by and enjoy a little journey to para-dise!

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FREE ART CLASS (must be 55 or older)

Franke Tobey Jones in Tacoma is again hosting Friday Morning bi-weekly classes of "Art Explora-tions with Anne Moore Knapp". Each class is a self-contained unit with art history, an art concept, and a hands-on art piece (all supplies will be provided). All skills levels are welcome- it is a very fun and supportive class. Check for dates and sign up with JJ Hudson @ 253 756-6219 today. Bring a friend and carpool!

Sean Bonsell (son of Sherry Bonsell- PAL scholarships chair) who is webmaster for Gig Harbor Arts Center Alliance, is doing online/phone support for computer and website issues. He's kind and funny- see http://www.mycomputercopilot.com you can use him for as little as 15 mins (or more) to solve your issue.

The Landscape Beckons

Nikki McClure, Thomas Stream, Joan Tenenbaum

September 3- 26, 2015

JOAN TENENBAUM: Birds and Their Habitat

Art Jeweler Joan Tenenbaum (Non-Indigenous) presents fine new jew-elry in cloisonné and silver that celebrate birds and the places they in-habit. Tenenbaum transforms scenes from nature into delicate vignettes made of cloi-sonné (colored glass with gold wires) and

extremely fine hand-worked silver. Take note: more works are on the way. Keep an eye on our site in the com-ing weeks.

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Portrait and life drawing/painting group meets every Friday from 1 to 3 PM at the Peninsula Retirement build-

ing (3445 50th St. Ct. NW). Live models. Contact George Millikin 253-858-3672."

Jewelry Making - Joan Tenenbaum, Teacher. Private instruction in jewelry fabrication. 253-858-7478 merlin059@centurytel.net

Fox Paw painters meet on Wednesdays at the Fox Island center—if you

are interested in painting with them, call or email Cec Anderson 253-549-

4646—cecile.anderson@comcast.net—PAL Members and Fox Islanders wel-

come—small fee involved.

Please note: If you have not paid your PAL Dues, your classes will not be listed. If you paid late for some

reason, please email, so I can verify your status with Cecile. Then send me an up-dated list of your classes.

For all other classes, remember to up-date your class information in a timely manner, so it can be

published before your class runs! Thanks! Carlene Salazar: carlene.salazar@gmail.com

Check out PAL’s 2 Blog Sites; add your own comments and posts! www.peninsulaartists.blogspot.com/ — For demo

and group information. www.peninsulaartleague.blogspot.com — For individual accomplishments and shows.

One goal is to get new PAL members. Blogging is one of the easiest ways for interested people to see what is going on in our art world. What YOU contribute and talk about is what will entice new people to join us. Please give it a try!

"Go Figure" group meets at Donna Trent's on Tuesdays. Drawing/painting from live costumed mod-els. Please contact Donna for more information. 253-265-6532.

SUMI PAINTING WORKSHOPS

Darlene Dihel will be teaching several sumi painting workshops in Bainbridge. If interested please contact Sue Hylen at Bainbridge Parks. She is the Art & Cultural Programs Manager. 206-842-2306 #116 / sue@biparks.org

The classes are all 10:00 to 2:30 call or email Darlene for information.

Ongoing Classes presented by PAL Members:

Tanya Lemma Watercolor: Classes will resume this fall. Keep your eyes out for dates and times coming up. 253-460-2841 or tanyalemma@comcast.net,

Pastel & Oil Donna Trent—call 265-6532 for information

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2014 PAL Board and Chairs

PAL Video/DVD Library One of the benefits of being a PAL member is the opportunity to borrow up to two Videos & DVDs at a time for a period of one month from our library. We currently have 55 DVDs and 78 videos, in mediums such as: Acrylics (10), Oil (13), Pastel (12) and Watercolor (71) many of which have been donated to PAL over the years. Other topics include: Air Brush, Block Print, Collage, Colored Pencil, Drawing, Gouache, Mixed Media, Pen & Ink, Portraits, Sculpture, and Mat Cutting. We have an annual budget for new acquisitions, and as tech-nology has changed we have moved toward the purchase of DVDs in recent years. If you have any requests or recommendations about a particular medium or artist that you would like to see in our library, please let me know (contact information is in the Membership Direc-tory)

Thank You! Jean Grover

Position Name Email Phone President* Kate Griswold grizzk@comcast.net (253) 851-8662

First Vice President* Charli Meacham charlimeacham@centurytel.net (253) 858-9388

Second Vice President(s)* Cathie Johnson ccjohnson41@comcast.net (971) 241-5418

(members shows) Greg Trathen llkt1942@comcast.net (253) 265-3669

Secretary* Nancy Bartlett nancy.bartlett@comcast.net (253) 851-3911

Treasurer* Bob Knapp rikgh0@gmail.com (253) 265-6700

Board Members at Large* rublej@aol.com (253) 858-8886

Member Representative Anne Knapp annemknapp@gmail.com (253) 265-6700

Member Representative Barbara Ruble hradowick@gmail.com (206) 293-1269

Member Representative Karen Wilsey showafox@gmail.com (253) 549-2929

Membership Chair Cecile Anderson cecile.anderson@comcast.net (253) 549-4646

Open Juried Show Chair Charles Salak chassalak@centurylink.net (2530 858-2536

Sandy Newhouse sincolor@comcast.net (253) 884-2779

Kim Shuchhart-Gunns guns81@wamail.net (253) 759-9298

Renee Crist rencrist@gmail.com (253) 265-6812

Open Show Sponsorship Eileen Schurer eschurer@yahoo.com (303) 955-8889

Newsletter Editor* Carlene Salazar carlene.salazar@gmail.com (253) 278-0942 (cell)

Newsletter Distributor Becky Eagle beckyeagle@comcast.net (253) 228-1184

Monthly Programs* Judy Buskirk jpbuskirk@centurylink.net

(253) 549-3158 (cell)

(253) 857-0543 (home)

Video Library Jean Grover See Member Directory (253) 858-0029

Hospitality Chairs Tina Salter ltsalter@msm.com (253) 228-1184

Karen Petrillose theartofkarenmarie@yahoo.com (2530 582-0653

Bi-Monthly Exhibit Roberta Rogers roberta000@centurytel.net (253) 858-8808

Workshops Jo Ann Sullivan sullivanjm1@msn.com (360) 876-0742

Scholarships Sherri Bonsell sherbon@centurytel.net (253) 858-4032

Equipment Storage Lynda Lindner robinandlynda@comcast.net (253) 853-5920

Poster Contest Stephanie Cardinal stephanielee1@yahoo.com (253) 222-3023

WEBsite/Publicity Charlee Glock-Jackson charlee@centurytel.net (253) 857-5604

Screenings Committee Lori Johnson jelojo@wavecable.com (360) 871-3436

Lola Waller lolawaller@comcast.net (253) 255-1363

Mikki Parkhurst miklar2@wavecable.com (360) 876-3688

Plein Air Group Anne Knapp annemknapp@gmail.com (253) 857-3142

Cathie Johnson ccjohnson41@comcast.net (971) 241-5418

Drawing You In Chair Stephanie Cardinal stephenielee1@yahoo.com (253) 222-3023

Drawing You In Co-Chair Dee Barrett deegilliambarrett@comcast.net (253) 845-6723

Uptown Show Bev Pederson beverlypederson@centurytel.net (253) 858-2277

Marti Lewis marti.lewis@hotmail.com (360) 301-3397

Summer Art Festival Chair Hilaire Radowick hilaire.ghaf@icloud.com (206) 293-1269

Artist Liaison Emily Porter Emily.ghaf@gmail.com (971) 600-0329

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