By Linda Postenrieder
The new PAA Board presided over the February meeting with every intent of making the business section of the meeting shorter. As noble as this seems, it looks like it will be hard to accomplish with all the great events emerging from the Art on the Move and Special events calendar. A couple of changes to the standard format include the addition of an “Art talk” each month. This is an opportunity for members to get up and spend 2-5 minutes talking about why they are artists and what inspires their work. Richard Standard was our speaker this month and presented a thumbnail sketch of his vast art background. We look forward to hearing from Muriel Knapp and Linda Postenrieder at the March meeting.
February Program
Jae Tillinghast is a passionate artist who graduated from CSU Fullerton and did her graduate work at the New York City Graduate School of Figurative Art. She presented a very interesting slide show on the work of her students from art 1 to the Advanced Program (AP) class. They study realism, cubism, impressionism and expressionism. The slide show demonstrated the types of art each class is assigned. Jae talked of a couple of assignments that the students love including a kaleidoscope exercise that results in a tremendous amount of color and symmetric design. The students show exceptional talent and we are proud to be a sponsor of Jae’s efforts to create a 2005 calendar with her student’s art.
Newsletter moving online!! Please read
In an effort to save on our expenses, PAA is planning to distribute the newsletter via electronic means. The plan is to send out an email notification when the newsletter is available on the website (petalumaarts.org). For those members who have an email address listed, you can get the newsletter online. Please let us know if you prefer to get the newsletter as a Word attachment or as a link on the web site. If you have feedback, please write to Linda at post@pelicanart.com. Please put PAA newsletter in the subject line.
Open Studios
We are currently reorganizing Open Studio. Members interested in participating in and/orassisting with the event call Linda Sugar 773-1107.
Corporate Memberships
Pelican Art became our first gold corporate member with a donation of $1000. A new advantage to the corporate membership is the ability of the corporate sponsor to designate artist memberships. As shown below, depending on the donation level, a corporate member can designate 1-5 artists that they sponsor for the year. Pelican Art has designated Linda Postenrieder, Donna Hinshaw, Aaron Foppe, Karen Ford and Karen Paterson as their sponsored artists. If you know a corporation that may want to be a member, you may be able to get yourself sponsored for 2004. If you have questions about this program, please contact Linda or Richard (board members). Tutto Amiamo Galleria (707-789-0411 100 Petaluma Blvd No #101) also became a corporate member at the $100 level.
Dulcimer Workshop & Silk Painting Workshop
Richard Standard will be conducting a Dulcimer Workshop at Pelican Art on 2 Sundays, Feb 15th and 22nd. The cost is $75 and will include the materials to construct a dulcimer, song book, pick and more. Joy Lily will be conducting a Silk Painting Workshop at Pelican Art on Sunday, March 28th, 11am – 4pm. The cost is $75 and will include all materials. If interested, please contact Pelican Art by March 20th: 707-773-3393.
Art on the Move & Special Events
Art Exhibit: March 3rd thru May 5th
Reception and Fund-Raiser: Thursday, April 1st 6 to 8 PM
Location: Bank of Marin, Baywood Dr. & Lakeville Hwy. (Marina)
This event is a benefit for Petaluma Arts Association and Petaluma Peoples' Service Center.
This is a new special art event that is being hosted by the Bank of Marin with the artists of PAA providing beautiful works of art for sale at this community event. A painting has been chosen to represent the event by one of our members, Michele Rosett. Posters will be printed from this painting and will be for sale in conjunction with the "Spirit of Color" Art Show. We thank everyone who participated in the poster selection. Tickets to the artist's reception will be for sale to the public for $25 and posters will be for sale at $25 each. The artists' reception is April 1st, 6:00 to 8:00. Proceeds from this event will go to PAA and Petaluma People's Center. The art show with the members creative talents will be on display at the bank March 3rd thru May 5th. There are 36 artists who have signed up to participate in this show!!! If you have any questions please e-mail or call JoAnn Naylor at: jnaylorarts@comcast.net or 762-3726, but new sign ups are closed.
Petaluma Arts Association
P.O. Box 2623Petaluma, 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, March 2nd 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. In the future the location of the meeting may move to the Luchassi Community Center. If you have an opinion on this, please contact Linda Postenrieder 773-3393.
Renew now: Annual Membership update is due by March 1st. Please send in your annual membership donation if you have not already done so! Your donations help us support art in the schools!