Third meeting of this ART YEAR November 10, 2022, 7pm to 9pm
2228 Florencita Dr.
Montrose, CA 91020 Please bring a new art work for the MINI-SHOW
Let's keep safe and healthy and continue to wear a mask.
Individually packaged snacks and drinks are welcome for the meeting.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Greetings to our artists and art enthusiasts. Fall is a great time to practice our painting skills, take a class or start planning for Spring and Summer events. We are continuing a new art year and new adventures are opening up for us. We have started some planning but would love to have more input/ideas from our members, so please tell us or send us your ideas and information.
At the October meeting 9 of us began drawings and paintings for our Spring shows. There weren't enough works for the mini-show.
For our November 10th meeting we will host the spectacular artist , MINA HO FERRANTE.
Please bring the art supplies you would like to work with( paper or canvas). We will have easels, chairs and tables set up for you. (See details below.)
The GAA show at the Makery in downtown Los angeles will be from March 10th to April 9th with a first Friday event advertised in downtown L.A.(April 7th). The suggested name is "Nature Renews". We will have a sign up sheet on Thursday. If we receive enough entries we can award prizes as well.
The GAA board is planning a 100th anniversary GAA party for our December meeting
Dulce Stein has signed up at the Makery for her Feria de las Flores show in April, which is an open show, right after the GAA show .
GAA has been accepted to create a show at the McGroarty art center next Summer. Details to be discussed later. PLEASE BRING NEW ART FOR THE MINI-SHOW.
MINA HO FERRANTE
Mark your calendar for our monthly meeting on Thursday evening November 10, 2022. Come work alongside Mina Ho Ferrante, creating fun, dynamic figure drawings- nude and clothed.
Mina Ho Ferrante was born and raised in Vietnam. She studied art there until the age of 21. While she was young, she had a successful solo exhibition of silk painting in Ho Chi Minh city.
When she moved to the United States, she studied in San Francisco at the Academy of Art College and was chosen to participate in Walt Disney's Animation Training Boot Camp.
She was one of three students who received a Scholarship and post-graduation offer to work for Disney Feature Animation Studios. She subsequently worked on designing movie sets for animations, including Atlantis, Treasure Planet, Home on the Range, Tarzan 2, and Lilo and Stitch 2.
Mina lives in Burbank with her family. She teaches drawing and painting for adults and teenagers and is working towards a Master’s degree in Art History.
Mina is a member of many art associations in California, such as the California Art Club, the Burbank Art Association, and Women Painters West. She also belongs to the Portrait Society of America. She has won numerous Best of Shows and First Place Awards.
Be sure to put this Demonstration from a fantastic artist on your calendar!
Artists need to bring: easels. Sketchbook (9x12” or bigger), charcoal pencils 4B or 6B, chalk sticks or charcoal sticks, the creamy kinds, not the scratchy kinds; erasers (optional; I usually don’t erase when doing figure drawings).
Most importantly, each artist should have a smartphone or tablet because I need to transfer the pictures over their phone so they can do the drawing.
Member news
1. George S. will be teaching painting classes in Panama, starting in Feb., for 6 weeks. He has also been commissioned to paint a portrait of Walt Disney and one of the head writers by Disney. Congrats!
2. Donna Barnes Roberts will be offering a new January Watercolor Wow! class, and you can sign up now at www.barnesroberts.com
3. Diane M. C. participated in the Toluca Lake Harvest Festival and sold a couple of craft pieces.
4. Vivianne B. is showing a painting at the Betsy Lueke Center in the BAA Fall show. She also sold many scarves at the Burbank Tournament of Roses Association Art & Craft Fair.
5. Helena B. is showing her "River of Bridges" painting at the BAA Fall Show at the Betsy Lueke Center. She is also painting some small 2" x 2" boxes and a big box for the GAA Spring show.
6. Marie B. is also showing her work at the BAA Fall Show at the Betsy Lueke Center.
7. Charlene N. will participate in a ceramic sale at the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge, 4469 Chevy Chase Dr. , CA 91011 (credit cards only) on December 10th & 11th from 10am to 4pm (Saturday & Sunday).
Marie B. and Helena B.
-OPPORTUNITIES
1. "FERIA DE LAS FLORES", by Dulce Stein- curator
April 2023, at the Makery in downtown L. A.
-EVENTS
Works on Paper (50th anniversary)
The Brand Gallery
1601 W. Mountain St.
Glendale, CA 91201
Sept.24th till Dec. 30, 2022
-RESOURCES
1. Carter Sexton Artists Materials,
5308 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91607
2. Square Deal (custom framing)
5300 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91607
3.BLICK art materials
44 S. Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105
4. Art Works Fine Art (fine prints)
202 North Avenue 64
Los Angeles, CA 90042
(323) 550-1085
Everyone doing their small share makes everything work more smoothly, so please volunteer! We still have several volunteer positions open:
