El Cerrito Art Association Monthly News, Feb. 2014 Feb. 10 Meeting: Plein Air Painter Larry Cannon Larry Cannon will demonstrate his plein air water
El Cerrito Art Association Monthly News, Feb. 2014
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Feb. 10 Meeting: Plein Air Painter Larry Cannon
Larry Cannon will demonstrate his plein air watercolor technique at the monthly El Cerrito Art Association meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Feb. 10 at the El Cerrito Community Center.
The meeting will be held in the Garden Room of the El Cerrito Community Center, 7007 Moeser Lane, El Cerrito. The evening begins at 7 p.m. with social time. Mini Art Show entries will be accepted from 7 to 7:15 p.m. and voting follows. The presentation begins at 7:30 p.m.
New Year Reminders & Updates
1. Annual ECAA dues are due Jan. 31. If you don't renew, this will be your last Palette. (Here's the membership renewal form.) 2. Mini Art Show themes. The February Mini Art Show will be open to all media and subject matter. See the themes for the rest of the year on the website. 3. Stay up-to-date. If you want to get all the ECAA news via email, you can "subscribe" to the website. Go to elcerritoart.org and look in the upper right hand corner. 4. Send us your news. We publish articles about member shows, awards and other art news. Send your information to ecartassociation@gmail.com. Don't forget to attach some images!
If you'd like to participate in a group show or organize an individual show at one of ECAA's venues, contact the chair person listed here on our website.
Plein Air Painting Group
The Plein Air Painters are making some changes in the new year:
* They added a Tuesday session because some participants have requested another day.
* They also are returning to the same site twice at the end of the month.
Here are the locations for February. Meet at the site at 11 a.m. For Painting Site information ahead of time contact Charlotte Britton 510-914-8226.
Tuesday, February 4 & Thursday, February 6 - Vineyard located in St Joseph Cemetery 2540 Church Ln. San Pablo.
Thursday, February 13 - Live Oak Park, Shattuck Ave & Berryman, Berkeley
Thursdays, February 20 & 27 - End of Crest Ave. Pt Richmond
Check the ECAA website for complete location details for February.
A message from our 2014 President…
Charlotte Britton
Welcome back to a new year of art activities. We look forward to seeing your work in the Mini Art shows, (themes are listed on the website here.) and to visiting at our monthly meetings. The Art Association has grown over the years and we appreciate your participation.
Eileen Libby has invited a variety of artists working in photography, drawing media, pastel, oil/acrylic and watercolor as program presenters. We will also have a talk about Matisse by a museum docent! Thanks to the miracles of modern technology and Sue Collins’ efforts in getting some new equipment for us, you should be able to see from any part of the room!
Speaking of technology thanks also to Joanne Taeuffer for putting the Palette online and to Joanne and Sue and others for the blog which keeps us all up to date with visual art activities of our group.
You are urged to join in and be part of exhibits and events scheduled for the year. We have at least one group exhibit (at EC Library) with a theme and hope you will want to start work on something for “Paws to Read.” There are new DMV exhibits coming up and members of ECAA are showing at our other venues, El Cerrito Community Center and Payn’s Stationery on Solano Ave.
There may be other smaller group shows plus the Annual Exhibit scheduled for the first weekend in October. Many thanks to Jean Witzke for continuing to work on this!
If you want to “get out and do it on location,” the Outdoor Art Group is meeting weekly at sites in and around El Cerrito. Artists working in almost any portable medium including painting, drawing, and photography are urged to participate.
Schedule of locations is published on our website and in the newsletter.
Thanks to all of you who volunteer for all kinds of jobs and offices. Most importantly to me, ECAA is a way to make local art friends. It makes me very happy to be part of the Art Association.
-- Charlotte Britton
2014 Board of Directors & Standing Committees
President Emeritus Jean Witzke
President Charlotte Britton
Vice-President Jean Sichterman
Secretary Joan Mastronarde
Treasurer June Hunt
Director I Rich Fowler
Director II Ikuko Boyland
Standing Committees
Program Eileen Libby
Mini Art Show Alyss Dorese/Linda Cohn
Hospitality Marie Cotter
Webmaster Sue Collins
Publicity Barbara Daniell
Palette Joanne Taeuffer
Plein Air Group Coordinator Charlotte Britton
Venue Curators:
Library – Joan Primeau
Community Center – Doris Mendell
DMV – Jenny White
Payn’s Stationery Store –Joan Mastronarde
ECAA Meetings held the second Monday of the month from February to November in the Garden Room at the El Cerrito Community Center, 7007 Moeser Lane, El Cerrito. Doors open 7 p.m., mini art show deadline is 7:15 p.m. sharp, presentation begins at 7:30 p.m.
