Message from the Board
By Linda Postenrieder

Thank you to all the volunteers that made Art in the Park 2004 a successful event! A special thanks to Darold Graves (sign coordination and treasury), Barbara Harden (donations/raffle), Richard Standard (advertising), Ho Humphrey (space marking, signs. Planning), Mary & Ed Gary (space survey, registration management), Jerrie Jerne Morago (planning, central payment tent), Lori Chatterton (boy scout coordination & thank you letters), Belu Jones (registration mailer), many other volunteers who helped with the raffle table, poster distribution, central payment table and more. Thank you, Thank you Thank you!! I encourage everyone who participated to return your surveys and to attend the Art in the Park wrap up meeting at 6pm on Oct 5th prior to the general meeting.

The 2nd Annual Spirit of Color art show and sale will be presented by Bank of Marin next April. The poster contest is now underway with a deadline of 10/15/04. Please get your submissions to JoAnn Naylor by then. The contest is being held this early to ensure plenty of time to promote the event. See more details below.

Mark you calendars for the Holiday party to be held on Thursday, December 2nd at Hermans & Sons Hall. We hope to have another great crowd for this year end celebration. GO PAA!!

September Meeting Highlights

The September business included 2 interesting briefings. The first by Rich Poremba of the Boys & Girls Club of Petaluma. The B&G Club is coordinating a community art exposition which will team artists with business sponsors to paint up to 50 1950 style car replicas. This is similar to the hearts that are on display in San Francisco or that cows that were all over the county last year. There will be an $800 stipend provided to each artist selected to design the cars. For an application to be selected as one of the artists, please contact Rich at 707-769-5322 x16 or rporemba@petalumabgc.org

The second brief was by Alison Marks, President of the Petaluma Arts Council (PAC). Several members of the PAC have been working tirelessly to help the City establish a public art ordinance. At some point in the next few months, the ordinance will be discussed by the City Council. She will keep us posted on the date they expect that to happen and encourage us to attend the meeting in support of the ordinance.

Our program was extremely fun and entertaining. Local pastel artist Katherine Plank has been a painter for 25 years. She began using soft pastels 20 years ago and has used them almost exclusively for the past 10 years. Katherine talked about the types of pastels that are out there as well as the uses for the different types. She starts, with a photograph, then she sketch’s out the outline of the image, blocking out the composition. She lays large areas of color, using her fingers to blend. She uses harder pastels for the detail work. She prefers to use her fingers, because she wants to be in touch with her pieces. She concluded her session by taking a picture of a Sonoma County water/hills scene, sketching it and then painted a beautiful painting over about 25 minutes time. Katherine gives lessons from the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Members enjoyed her program.

MEMBERSHIP NEWS:

Please welcome new members: Peter Browning -pandmbrowning@hotmail.com

Sierra Dante -sierra@dantevineyards.com -www.dantevineyards.com -business address: Dante Vineyards, guest Cottage & Gallery at 3550 Calistoga Road; Santa Rosa CA 95404

Karen Desbiens -eclectictileart@yahoo.com -707-765-2827

The winner of the $10 gift certificate to Petaluma Art & Earth at the September meeting was Ken Roman.

For questions about membership or if you need an application form, please call Jan Lee at 707-789-9662 or e-mail at hpoplee@aol.com. Thank you.

Art in the Park

We ask that all participants return the 3-part sales slips that you did not use. We will use these for other events. Art in the Park is behind us! Wrap up meeting will be held at 6pm on Tuesday, October 5th, prior to the October general meeting. Please bring your surveys if you have not yet mailed them back. If you have questions, please contact Linda at 707-773-3393.

Call to artists: Poster Contest for "Spirit of Color" Fundraiser exhibit and reception.

The poster will be sold in conjunction with the "Spirit of Color" art exhibit in March and thru the rest of the year until they are all sold. Proceeds will go to PAA and Petaluma People's Service Center. On April 7th there will be a community event and art reception at the bank with all the artists that are in the exhibit and invited guests in the community. The winner of the poster contest will sign posters. The original art for the poster will be displayed and for sale. There will be more information on the exhibit itself at a later date.

Spirit of Color Poster Contest Deadline is October 15th.

Media: Oil, Acrylic, Mixed media, Pastel, and Watercolor

This is a juried contest. Photos or slides will be accepted. Entry forms will be available by request. The guidelines are in the entry form. To request an entry form, send a SASE to, "Poster Contest" PAA, P.O. Box 2623, Petaluma, CA. 94953 or e-mail JoAnn Naylor at joann@jnaylorarts.com to download an entry form, or call 778-6486 for information. There will also be entry forms at the Oct. monthly meeting.

This 2nd Annual "Spirit of Color" art show and fund raiser will be presented by Bank of Marin April 7th, 2005, to benefit PAA and Petaluma services Center. The exhibit will include most medias and you will be receiving more information about how to enter the show at a later date. The poster contest is now underway with a deadline of (10/15/04). Please mail your submissions to "Poster" PAA, PO Box 2623, Petaluma, CA. 94953. The contest is being held this early so can we have the posters printed. That will ensure adequate time to promote the event and poster sales for a longer period of time. The event will be a bigger and better fund-raiser for PAA, April 7th 2005. The poster contest will be open to all PAA & PAC members.

Art On The Move

On Oct. 13th we will be hanging a new show at the Bank of Marin Lakeville Hwy. & that will last until Jan. 12th, 2005. If you have work in the last show and want to participate in the new one, please bring your new work to the bank at 1:00 on Oct 13th. (The bank is located in the Marina off Lakeville Hwy) If you need a participation form, e-mail joann@jnaylorarts.com or call 778-6486. There will be forms and sign up's at the October monthly meeting.

Location: Bank of Marin at the Marina July 7 thru Oct. 13 Location: Bank of the West, 4th and C Streets ???? Mary Gary at 778-0560 or e-mail her at E1M2Gary@aol.com

Art On The River

Art On The River will continue through the end of October. We’ve had really great feedback about this weekly summer/fall event. This wonderful event is a joint venture of PAA and PAC. It is sponsored by Basin Street Properties & The Applebox. This colorful show coincides with Jazz On The River, featuring Peter Welker and his jazz group. The music, food, and art create a high level of excitement. The event will run thru October and is located at 101 2nd Street near The Great Petaluma Mill, on the Petaluma River.

Dates & times: every Friday from 5:30 to 8:00 PM., thru the first week of October . Note: If you are a member of PAA or PAC and would like to participate, please contact: JoAnn Naylor, joann@jnaylorarts.com, Richard Standard, jrstandard@comcast.net, Gail Wilson, gaildwilson@comcast.net, Karen Spratt, kjspratt@comcast.net, Karen West, kwestarts@aol.com

Museum Show: Victoriana-An Artist View

Exhibitors are to be members of the PAA. Exhibited work to reflect Victorian theme. Suggested subjects include Floral, gardens, home, still life, portraits, and fantasy. Entries must be submitted by October 18th. Please contact Pat Marshall or Theresa Froschi at the museum 778-4398 for applications.

Artists at Work

• Jerrie Jerne' Morago will be showing her PhotoArt at Gallery One, 209 Western Ave. from September 28th thur October 31st. Artist reception October 2nd – 5:30 to 8:00pm.

Corporate Sponsors:

Calendar of Events

Classifieds (New Section!)

• For sale; 4 new coroplastic backing boards for painting watercolors. 3/8 x 24 x 32 14.00 each These boards are light corrugated plastic and are sized for full sheet watercolor paper.Darold @ 762-5044 or darold@4u.net

Petaluma Arts Association

P.O. Box 2623 Petaluma, California 94953

The Petaluma Arts Association Meets the first Tuesday of each month. Attendance is open to all members and visitors. This month’s meeting will be held Tuesday, October 5th at 7 p.m.. See you there!

The PAA Meetings are currently held at the United Church of Christ, 825 Middlefield Road, Petaluma, California. From Petaluma Blvd. South turn south onto Mountain View, left on Mission, right on Middlefield, left into the parking lot. Meeting room borders the parking lot.