Promoting Community, Education and Practice in the Fine Arts

December 2024 Newsletter

Member Meeting

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
12:30 - 2:30 PM

Crossroads Community Center
16000 NE 10th St., Bellevue 98008

This Member Meeting will also be a Potluck. Bring snacks and finger foods. And bring a friend.
Coffee, tea and water will be provided.

See the Meetings page on our website for dates of future meetings.

Guest Artist Presentation

EAFA Welcomes Guest Artist Riley Doyle
Crossroads Community Center, Tuesday Dec 10, 12:30 - 2:30 pm

More information and directions on our website Meetings page.

Bring art work for critiques following the presentation.

Riley Doyle (b. 1990) is a contemporary realist painter based in Duvall, WA. whose work is informed by his academic figurative training, his interest in landscape and plein air practice, and his participation and dialog with contemporary paintings and contemporary life. He works both on location (en plein air) and in his home studio to capture moments from his environment, imagination, and memory. Observing and painting the fleeting qualities of light is a common theme in his work.

https://rileydoyleart.com

Membership Dues

2025 DUES ARE DUE BY DECEMBER 31st

A gentle reminder to everyone that if you wish to continue enjoying what EAFA has to offer in the way of monthly art demonstrations, plein air, exhibiting in EAFA-sponsored shows or in the public art program, and all the other benefits, your 2025 dues are payable by Dec. 31st.
All dues collected from October 1st onward count toward 2025.
Dues are payable through the eafa.org website (go to “membership”) or by mailing a check to:
EAFA
PO Box 50712
Bellevue, WA 98015
Dues are $45 for an individual membership or $60 for a family membership.
Please contact membership chair Gayle Erxleben (membership@eafa.org) with any questions.

Opportunities

Scan QR Code or LINK TO: https://forms.gle/u3aKFvb7C9rohfD76
STUDIO 103 is a collaboration of 4 artists-in-residence in the Tashiro-Kaplan Building in Seattle's Pioneer Square.

Open Art Studio

Public open art studios are great opportunities to spend a few hours each week drawing or painting with fellow artists, indoors, in pleasant surroundings. These free venues are open to the public, not supported or sponsored by EAFA, but we can take advantage of them. Several of us have been doing this for years. There are no instructors, no fees, and no obligation to show up in case of a conflict. Artists bring their own equipment for odorless oils, pencil, pastel, or watercolor. The studios have tables, chairs, water, and plenty of space. On the Eastside, two venues are:

South Bellevue Community Center, Tuesdays from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.
Redmond Senior and Community Center,Thursdays from 9:00am to 1:00pm

If you're interested in trying out one of these, drop in and check it out, or write me at newsletter@eafa.org with questions.
Gill

Kudos Corner

dLee (Donna Cutler) sold her "Smiling Violets" canvas print during the EAFA Quarterly Spring show at the Overlake Medical Center Cardiology Building 1/S4.

Her photography collection "A Walk in the Forest" was selected for display at the Evergreen Health Medical Center in Kirkland, WA. Photography exhibits are also hanging at the Bothell Visitor Center in Bothell, WA and at Patterson Cellars in Woodinville, WA.

Membership

Please extend a warm welcome to new member Melissa McDonald and to returning members Brian and Diane Majors.

Newsletter Updates

Please send current month sales and awards you have received and a brief description with photos before the 25th to newsletter@eafa.org if you wish to have them in the next newsletter. Only paid up members are eligible. We love to hear your successes. It helps encourage us to create!)

EAFA Board of Directors

President: Diana Grant president@eafa.org
Vice President: Mami Shimomura vicepresident@eafa.org
Secretary: Caroline Callender secretary@eafa.org
Treasurer: Charles Fawcett treasurer@eafa.org
Program Manager: Ellen Cooper programs@eafa.org
Grants Chair: Joy Hagen grants@eafa.org
Public Art Chair: Laura Grover publicart@eafa.org
Newsletter Editor: Gill McKinstry newsletter@eafa.org
Membership Chair: Gayle Erxleben membership@eafa.org
Hospitality Chair: Adrienne Anderson-Smith hospitality@eafa.org
Plein Air Chair: Sharon Blickenstaff pleinAir@eafa.org

Thank you to 4Culture and the City of Bellevue
for your continuing support.