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Board Members Co-President: Richard Standard jrstandard@comcast.net 481-6742 Co-President: Linda Postenrieder post@pelicanart.com 773-3393 Vice President: Jo Ann Naylor jnaylorarts@comcast.net 762-3726 Treasurer: Darold Graves darold@4u.net 762-5044 Secretary: Jerrie Jerne Morago jerne11@yahoo.com 769-9704
Committee Leaders Programs: Muriel Knapp sutch@comcast.net 769-1133 Membership: Jan Lee hpoplee@aol.com 789-9662 Webmaster: Lance Kuehne lance@lancekuehne.com 763-7238 Web Server Host: Lenny Eiger eiger@databright.com Open Studios: Linda Sugar lindasugar@earthlink.net 773-1107 Art on the Move: Jo Ann Naylor mknwvs@hotmail.com 762-3726 Art in the Park: Linda Postenrieder post@pelicanart.com 773-3393
Contact PAA: Newsletter: news@petalumaarts.org Information: info@petalumaarts.org Voicemail: 707-778-7749 Website: www.petalumaarts.org Snail Mail: PO Box 2623, Petaluma, CA 94953 |
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February Meeting: Date: Tuesday, Feb. 3rd, 2004 Time: 7pm Location: 825 Middlefield Rd Program: Jae Tillinghast: Teaching Art at Petaluma High School. Jae is a passionate artist who graduated from CSU Fullerton and did her graduate work at the New York City Graduate School of Figurative Art. Learn about the spectrum of art courses taught at PHS including the Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum. Read more about Jae on the PAA website and join us at the meeting! |
Annual
Planning Meeting a BIG Success!!
By Linda Postenrieder Thank you the 29 members of PAA
who braved the cold (okay, not so cold compared to the East Coast ;-) Saturday
morning to help set the 2004 course for the PAA. The meeting included a full agenda. The meeting was kicked
off by Margo McDowell and Karen West.
Margo provided the welcome and Karen conducted the installation of the
new Board (see above). We thank
Karen, Margo and Maggie Barnes for their leadership over the last 2 years. The bulk of the meeting was spent
reviewing the organizations goals for 2004 through a large group discussion and
then smaller break out groups. We
had a special guest, Karen Peterson from the Petaluma Arts Council (PAC), join us. Karen’s input on membership and vision for a Petaluma Arts
Center was extremely helpful. Her
suggestions included meeting and researching with Lawyers of the Arts who meet
in San Fran. monthly, to help us to establish our non-profit status and other
things. The PAC has done a great
job of political action with the Petaluma City Council. The breakout group discussions and
highlights included (facilitator in parentheses) : q Public
Relations/Membership (Jerrie Jerne’ Morago) ·
Awareness & Exposure:
membership applications out to J.C., Library, Luccesshi center, Visitor center,
Chamber of commerce, galleries and art supplies stores. ·
Announce our programs in
local newspaper events lists (Argus, PD, Bohemian, etc) and include the program
info. ·
Find an inexpensive way to
produce our membership application. ·
Form a committee that will
connect with other organizations and attend public hearings on the arts. ·
Establish a theme show in a
local gallery ·
Follow up on the Museum show
for April q
Website/Newsletter
(Richard Standard) ·
We need to improve the site
in short order. Meetings will
start Tuesday, 1/20 to get the text needed to fill in the gaps. Several key volunteers will assist with
the update. ·
We need volunteers to write
the newsletter for a couple months at a time. If interested, please contact
Linda or Richard. q
Art in the Park/Open
Studios (Linda Postenrieder) ·
Open Studios is broken and
needs to be fixed. It’s already in
the visitors guide as Open Studios.
Consider, after this year, morphing this event into a joint event with
the Petaluma Downtown Association (PDA) since their event seemed to hurt OS
last year. Consider a consolidation of sites to make it easier for the customer
to see more artists. Also consider
a shuttle and better advertising. ·
Art in the Park: Great event
that we need to enhance. Need a
central payment system, no ponies, better advertising, more music, a sound
system, survey the park for trees and benches and rework the booth layout. Consider 8’x10’ booths, repeat spaces
for the schools, advertise at Farmer’s Market a few weeks prior, figure out how
to stop artists from taking the good parking spots around the park. q
Art on the Move &
Special Events (JoAnn Naylor) ·
We have great momentum with this aspect of PAA. In 2004, add 4 more venues for Art on
the Move, create at least one special event or exhibit, find 8 new volunteers
to hang art for these exhibits. PAA 2004 Goals: 1. Major Events: Continue to provide excellent major events (Open Studios and Art in
the Park) that will increase participation
by the artists, fundraising for the community and exposure for the artists 2. Membership: Increase membership to 135 individual members
and 3 corporate members 3. Programs: Continue to provide interesting programs at the
meetings. 4. Public Relations: Increase our coordination and
collaboration with the PAC, PDA and other art/business entities in Petaluma
with the long-term goal of establishing an Art Center in Petaluma. 5. Fund raising: Increase our fund raising to $15,000 and our
scholarships and grants to $2500. 6. New venues: Add 4 new Art on the Move venues and
investigate establishment of a show featuring the Petaluma River. 7. School Outreach: Enhance our system for communicating and
processing scholarship/grant applications to allow us to increase our giving. Notes of
Interest: ·
Congratulations: ·
Susan Adams has been accepted for membership with the National
Association of Women Artists. Based in New York City, the NAWA was founded in
1889 and is a source of culture and education through its active exhibition
schedule throughout the country and the educational opportunities available to
its members and the general public. Most members are listed in Who's Who in
American Art and are represented in museums, corporate collections and
traveling exhibitions. ·
Diana Painter received a scholarship for a month-long residency at
the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont in February 2004. The VSC
offers independent studio residencies for 52 artists and writers per
month. In addition, seven nationally-recognized artists are invited each
month to interact with the residents and offer special programs.
More information is available at www.vermontstudiocenter.org.
Diana will be doing monotype printmaking. ·
Rides needed: one of our
members has asked if she could receive a ride to the regular meetings from
someone, so I told her I would pass the info on for her. ( used to be Nina
Smith) Contact: Nina Komiakoff 620 Nikki Dr., Petaluma Ph. 765-0250 ·
First Corporate Member:
Pelican Art has donated $1000 to become PAA’s first Corporate Member. Owners Donna Hinshaw and Linda
Postenrieder will be 2 of their 5 individual members sponsored. Events Calendar: 12/03 – 2/18/04: Art on the Move at the Petaluma Community
Center Through 3/10/04: Art on the Move at the Bank of the West Through 3/3/04 Art on the Move Bank of Marin (Petaluma
Marina) 1/31/04: Deadline to enter the “Hearts are for
Lovers” show at Pelican Art.
Contact Linda Postenrieder post@pelicanart.com or
773-3393. 2/3/04: PAA February meeting, United Church of
Christ, 825 Middlefield Rd, Program: Jae Tillinghast: Teaching Art at Petaluma
High School. 3/3/04 – 5/5/04: “Spirit of Color” at Bank of Marin in the Marina (see below) New Spring Event: "Spirit of Color" by Jo Ann Naylor Art Exhibit: March
3rd thru May 5th (the ending date is not decided yet) Reception
and Fund-Raiser: Reception Date:
April 1st. Time:
6 to 8 PM Location: Bank of Marin, Lakeville Hwy.
at Baywood Dr. This is a new special art event
that is being hosted by the Bank of Marin with the artists of PAA proving
beautiful works of art for sale at this community event. There will be a poster
chosen from art provided by one of the PAA artists that will be printed and for
sale in conjunction with the show. Tickets to the public will be $25. Proceeds
will go to PAA and Petaluma People's Center. A work of art from those who
participated in the poster selection, will be chosen, printed, and
be for sale during the exhibit and reception. The poster selection will be
juried by Else and "Gig" Gonella of Petaluma. Both are well known in
their art fields. They are native Californians and have chosen Petaluma as
their home. Else is a graduate of
Collage of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, The Arts Students League, New York City,
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco and has continued her art study
at various other colleges. She worked for many years as a
fashion illustrator in New York City. When a passion for the Japanese
art of serigraphy led her to study the craft, success in that media followed
and she has been painting ever since. Her landscapes are done in oil on
canvas and wood. She has been honored with many awards and her paintings are
included in many public and corporate collections. "Gig'
Gonella is the Advertising Creative Director for Dancer Fitzgerald,
San Francisco. He is a graduate of The Academy of Art, San Francisco where he
is presently teaches advertising. Gig has won many awards including, Gold Metal
for "Best of Show", "Television and Print and Best 60
Second TV Commercial "(animated) awarded by the Cannes Film
Festival in Florence, Italy. We feel very sure that our poster selection will be in very professional hands and are looking forward to the results. PAA thanks them very heartily for donating their time and expertise to our fund-raiser.
