Editors Note: I think we can all agree, the last couple of years has been rough on all of us. Hopefully, we can start getting back to normal, whatever that will look like, in the future.
Your PAA board has been working hard to keep art in all of our lives. Many of us have taken on multiple tasks and now we need your help. To continue providing member shows, content at general meetings, opportunities for artists, and much more, we would appreciate anyone who can, to volunteer a bit of your time. There is something for everyone, from tiny tasks to large. You tell us what you feel comfortable doing and we'll find a fit. Thanks for your consideration.
Please contact Lynell Phillips, President, Placerville Arts Association, at 415-793-2134 orlynellphillips@aol.com
And on that note, I want to thank all of you who have stepped up this year to help keep PAA going in the midst of Covid. I don't think we could have done it with you.
Thank You!!!
Do you want to meet more artists and learn about their process? Are you interested in all types of art? PAA needs a volunteer who is willing to invite and schedule speakers for our 2022 general meetings. We have an ongoing list of artists to invite. And, we will help with the transition so you have fun and are successful. I have enjoyed my time meeting new people and sharing their talents with PAA. It is now time to pass the baton, as I have volunteered for another position in PAA. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Su Wickersham at editor@placervillearts.com
Needed volunteers appreciated
As you can see below, there are many more opportunities to volunteer, and we appreciate any form of assistance you can offer. We have lots of exciting, new ideas, but we need your help to accomplish our goals.
Show Chair and Producer for Mother Lode 2022 –Our big event of the year needs a leader. The bones are in place for this event. The venue is booked. We need a show chair to work with the judge, set up for online entries and otherwise take this event from soup to nuts. The 2021 committee will be on tap to help you through your first year. We hope the person who steps into this position will be interested in doing it again in the future. For 2021, we have formed a committee, and have split the job for a few, instead of just one person. Please consider lending a hand.
Audio Visual Director – Seeking a volunteer to set up our monthly meeting equipment. We have a budget to purchase a new sound system, microphones and a computer. We are looking for someone to make it all work together. We would like to have the capability to Zoom in our live meetings for both presenters and guests. If you were that AV geek in high school and have continued developing your nerd skills, you are whom we seek.
Video Camera Operator - Looking for a volunteer to record our monthly meetings, edit the recording and post to a YouTube channel. If this matches your skill set, we would love to have you as part of our team. We have funding for a camera, computer and software, thanks to a recent grant from The Latrobe Fund and we need a volunteer to help us with this project.
Facebook Reporters –Love Facebook, can’t stay off it? Help out PAA. Become an editor for our Facebook page and post articles of interest to artists.
Interested in a volunteer position, contact Lynell Phillips, President, Placerville Arts Association, at 415-793-2134 orlynellphillips@aol.com
DATES TO REMEMBER Click links in blue to jump to the specific articles.November Newsletter Submissions due November 1
Write to editor@placervillearts.com for submission guidelinesOctober 17 @ 1:30pm - General Meeting - Cheryl Gleason on Encaustic plus Art challenge - Spooktacular - use Black, White & OrangeBoard Meeting - November 5, 2021 • In Person • 10am - Noon
All are welcomed to attend - See what's going on with PAA Contact Lynell Phillips, President, Placerville Arts Association, at
415-793-2134 orlynellphillips@aol.com
Join us for a Paint Out!
Wed. Oct. 20, 2021, 10 am - noon • Wakamatsu Farm
941 Cold Springs Road, Placerville
Join us in sketching, painting or taking photos. The historic barn and house will be our focus this time. Pack light as it is a short walk.
Directions: From Placerville, take Cold Springs Road about 6.9 miles. Entrance and Parking are just past the barn area. Turn in at the gate past the barn for parking and please sign in and out. The America River Conservancy maintains and improves this remarkable piece of historic property. www.arconservancy.org
Please RSVP for event. Email: coordinator
Paint Out info and photos are posted on the PAA Website. PAA Paint Out | placervilleartsOctober 26 - November 13 • 55th Mother Lode Art Exhibition @ Sacramento Fine Arts • Tuesday - Friday 11AM - 3PM and Saturday 11AM - 5PM Artists Reception, Judge Critique • Judge Frank Ordaz Reception - Saturday, November 13th @ 12:30 - 3pm Critique @ 1:30pm This is our largest show and a team is working on production. However, we need your help. Lots of opportunities to help out at whatever level you feel comfortable. Frank Ordaz will be our judge. Interested? Contact Lynell Phillips, President, Placerville Arts Association, at 415-793-2134 orlynellphillips@aol.com
Art will be released for pick up at 3pm until 5pm
Be sure to visit our sponsors for your artistic needs.
2021 BOARD MEETING Everyone welcomed! Join us live. November 5 • No meeting in December
Opening for Board Members
PAA would like to invite any member interested in getting more involved in the organization to join the Board. It is the time of year, that we are looking for volunteers to nominate for our end of the year election. If you are interested in serving on PAA's board, please contact Cathy Keil at cathy.keil@sbcglobal.net or at 530-333-3699.
GENERAL MEETINGS (Zoom) Everyone welcomed! Invite your family and friends.
October 17 - Cheryl Gleason, Encaustic
Art challenge - Spooktacular - use Black, White & Orange November 14 - Mother Lode Show Art Reception and Critique with Judge & Artist Frank Ordaz. Art challenge - Giving Thanks - What are you grateful for? December - No Meeting in December, see you in January
Speakers schedules are subject to change. If you have suggestions for speakers, email editor@placervillearts.com
October General Meeting
Join us on Zoom for our General Meeting on Sunday, October 17 @ 1:30pm for
Cheryl Gleason, Encaustic
Cheryl Gleason, Encaustic
I want to thank Cheryl for stepping in, as we had a last minute cancellation.
Cheryl Gleason works in many mediums, Painting, Mixed Media, Reclaimed Wood Sculptures, Cold Wax and Oil, and Encaustic. As an encaustic artist Cheryl is completely self taught.
"My encaustic journey started about 6 years ago. As a fan of Bees I really enjoy Oil & Cold Wax and Encaustic the best of all the mediums. Beeswax is just so intriguing in its applications. With Encaustic melting wax and mixing it with Demar Tree Resin Crystals seems like going back to nature. I make my own medium, colors, and often my own substrates. The medium allows for so many types of materials and methods to create unique luminescent results."
What is encaustic? Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated encaustic medium to which colored pigments have been added for creating artworks. Molten medium is applied to a surface—usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are sometimes used. The simplest encaustic medium could be made by adding pigments to wax, though recipes most commonly consist of beeswax and damar resin, potentially with other ingredients. For pigmentation, dried powdered pigments can be used, though some artists use pigmented wax, inks, oil paints or other forms of pigmentation. (from Wikipedia)
PAA Online Zoom General Meeting October 17, 2021 at 1:30pm Cheryl Gleason, Encaustic
If you want to be up to date and “in the know” about our activities and other interesting art happenings and special events, check out PAA’s Facebook page here. Information updates often, so keep in touch and be sure to “like” the posts. And, if you have art-related information you’d like to share to other PAA members and it’s ready to post, forward (or share, if you’re already on Facebook) it to Lynell Phillips lynellphillips@aol.com, Su Wickersham editor@placervillearts.com or Donna Nelson nelsonoutwest@att.net, so they can include it on PAA’s Facebook page!
KUDOS
Let’s Celebrate!Have you received an acknowledgement for your art? An award? A news article? A Facebook post? Recognition from a studio? Do you know a member of PAA who has received recent acclaim?
Please email editor@placervillearts.com, with this information so we can include it in the monthly newsletter.
Congrats to everyone who entered PAA's Fall Show and especially to our winners. Check out the slide show of the winning art and artists at www.placervillearts.com/paa-membership-shows
Congrats to Carrie Ripking - Two paintings by member Carrie Repking were accepted and received awards in the 66th Open International Exhibition Bold Expressions put on by the Northern California Artists Group at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center.
The Bold Expressions exhibit will be showing September 28-October 24, 2021. Gallery hours are Tuesdays -Fridays 11:00-3:00pm, Saturdays 11:00-5:00pm. Closed on Sunday-Monday.
• World View received a Bold Award.
• Cradling Her received an Honorable Mention
Art and More
This exhibit will display approximately 500 period hats ranging from the 1800s to the present. Hats from many cultures and countries will fill the rooms accentuated with hat boxes, shoes, handbags and dresses of the time period. This collection was acquired from Barbara Alfidi, Rancho Cordova collector and historian, and tells a story of fashion and culture through the century. This exhibit will run for 6 weeks instead of our normal 3-week exhibit length.
For gallery hours and more information, see RCMACC.org
The 2021 Banners on Parade Online Auction is coming! The auction will start on Saturday 10/16/21 at noon and go until Tuesday 10/26/21 at noon. We will be auctioning off all the banners hanging on light poles in downtown Placerville as we do every year. Here is the link for the online auction: https://www.biddingowl.com/
PlacervilleArtonParade.
You can go to that link any time prior to the auction to look over all the items—you don't need to register to look at the auction items. You will need to register before you can bid. See how to register and about the bidding process on the Placerville Art on Parade website.
Some reminders:
The banners will be on display at their respective locations during the auction. They will come down after the auction is over.
The opening bid on all banners is $100 and bidding increments will be $20.
You can set it up during the registration process so that you can be notified by text message when you have been outbid.
Last year was the first year we used biddingowl.com for the online auction and we had honest feedback from folks who used it that it worked well for them.
This is how Placerville Art on Parade gets the money (along with selling Keepsakes) to do Banners on Parade again in the coming years. We are so grateful for the local community's support each year and we hope to have a successful auction!
Art On the Divide Cooperative gallery is pleased to announce the “Peoples Choice Award” for 2021’s 8th Invitational Art Exhibit is “Circular Winter Sunset” by Lisa Barnes. Lisa’s medium for her artwork is photograph on canvas. Congratulations to Lisa!
Natures Solace was the theme for AODC’s art show and guest artists submitted their artwork to be juried in by the resident artists of AODC. The show dates were September 3rd to 26th and a reception for the artists was held on September 11th. The nineteen artists who submitted pieces included oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings, as well as photography, pottery, woodwork, multimedia art boxes, and stained glass.
There were a total of 122 votes for People’s Choice and Lisa’s piece received 10% of these votes. The balance of votes were spread among all of the other pieces. The gallery resident artists voted on first, second, and third place. Congratulations to Debbie Jaynes for receiving First Place for her stunning watercolor “Blue Iris” and Third Place for her beautiful piece done in colored pencil, “Kestrel”. Mark Tart was awarded Second Place for his amazing black and white photograph on metal, “Island Sanctuary”.
AODC is located on the boardwalk in one of Georgetown‘s historic buildings between the American River Inn and the fire station. The phone number is 530- 333-2787 and autumn hours are Friday through Sunday, 10 AM to 5 PM. For more information, visit our website at www.artonthedivide.com.
Images of Hope is Looking for Art Instructors!
Images of Hope is a local organization whose main mission is to create free opportunities where cancer patients, their family members, and caregivers can come participate in art, movement, and meditative therapy. We do that by providing classes to help give folks a respite and a way to express their feelings in art and movement.
Have you taught an art class that you think might work for this? We would love to hear from you. Some classes are weekly, some are once a month, and they are usually anywhere from one to three hours long. We pay instructors for time and materials. The classes are free to El Dorado County residents.
For more information about Images of Hope, visit ImagesofHopeElDorado.org. If you are interested in teaching a class, contact us via email at ioheldorado@gmail.com or call 530-208-9994.
CALL TO ARTISTS
Rancho Cordova Arts. You must live or work in Rancho Cordova or have a current membership with Rancho Cordova Arts to enter. Click here for current listings.
Sac Arts Center - The 2022 calendar Call to Artists posted on their website here.
Join Placerville Arts Association Your membership dues are vital to PAA and are due January of each year. The dues cover our expenses which include, paying program presenters, offering member shows, paying show judges and insurance. Member dues are $35 for an individual and $60 for a couple.
Go directly to the PAA website to renew and join via the internet. Click here or go to https://www.placervillearts.com/join. Here you will have a choice to mail your membership form or complete it online.
The membership form is on our website at www.placervillearts.com and the link below will take you right to it. Please print it, fill it out, and send it, with your check, to the address on the form. Please do not send a check without the form. We need the form to verify your contact information.
I want to thank Cheryl for stepping in, as we had a last minute cancellation.
Congrats to Carrie Ripking - 
This exhibit will display approximately 500 period hats ranging from the 1800s to the present. Hats from many cultures and countries will fill the rooms accentuated with hat boxes, shoes, handbags and dresses of the time period. This collection was acquired from Barbara Alfidi, Rancho Cordova collector and historian, and tells a story of fashion and culture through the century. This exhibit will run for 6 weeks instead of our normal 3-week exhibit length.
The 2021 Banners on Parade Online Auction is coming!
Images of Hope is a local organization whose main mission is to create free opportunities where cancer patients, their family members, and caregivers can come participate in art, movement, and meditative therapy. We do that by providing classes to help give folks a respite and a way to express their feelings in art and movement.
