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www.nwcollagesocietyorg / Volume 24 / Issue 3 / February 2013
GENERAL MEETING
Tuesday, June 18, 201310:30 AM
SHORELINE CENTER18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline_______________________
REFRESHMENTSSuzan Fant
Anne La FeverElizabeth Halfacre
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COLLAGE DRAWING
June Donor: Dorothy Mayhew
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www.nwcollagesociety.org / Volume 24 / Issue 5 / June 2013
Northwest Collage SocietyAfliate of the National Collage Society
Established in 1984 to enhance the stature of collage as a major art medium
President’s Message Over the years, I have noticed my non-art friends having a hard time understanding how and where I get my art ideas. When asked, I can’t really explain how or where I get my inspiration; it just comes to me. For example, last week I had an inspirational experience that challenged my sanity. It happened during my 30 minute ferry ride from Bainbridge Island to Seattle. I was in my car near the back end of the ferry. Even though I was about 300 feet back, I could clearly see to the front of the boat. It gave me a bird’s eye view between the cars all the way up to the front bulkhead. After looking at the bulkhead for a few minutes, I saw a large square with gray, pale yellow, and white shapes and lines. The longer I looked, my vision became more clear. After continuously looking at the piece for about 15 minutes, I realized it was a Richard Diebenkorn painting. Now this didn’t really surprise me, because the ferry system has been adding advertising everywhere on the ferries to help defray costs. While enjoying the painting, I began sketching the composition and mapped the color, shapes, and placements. It was truly a beautiful piece. When the boat started to slow down as it came into the dock. I could feel my excitement build. I started to drive off the ferry, and when I was within four cars from my painting, the color started to fade. Seeing it up close, I was so startled that I almost drove into another car. I discovered that my Diebenkorn was a yellow hose, a gray bulkhead wall, and a flat area of white paint. I couldn’t believe that mess was my Diebenkorn. I still wonder where it really went! ! ! ! ~ Suzy
Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park #16, from the Ocean Park Series, 1967-85.
All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out
of a complete visual impression.
—Richard Diebenkorn
NWCS JuriedSUMMER SHOW
June 4 – July 26, 2013Juror: Jeannie Grisham
Reception: June 7Friday, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
Sequim Museum & Arts CenterSequim, WA
Suzy Keuckelhahn welcomed guests and new members. Suzan Fant, standing in for Meg Gray, gave the treasurer’s report.Gail Larson reported that the Cancer LifeLine Center was pleased with the show and the turnout at the reception. The show has been extended until August. She had prospectuses available for the Sequim Show and for the NCS Postcard Show. The Shoreline Arts Festival has asked NWCS to participate with a collage activity for the public. NWCS volunteers may display their art for the dur-ation of the Festival, June 28 – 30.Wendy Lee Lynds announced that meeting minutes will not be read at meetings, but available for review in a notebook. Anne LaFever circulated the new roster for members to make corrections and additions. Candice Christie announced the NWCS Collage Retreat at Warm Beach, Feb 28 – March 2, 2014. Deposits will be accepted at the September general meeting. Stacey Hamm discussed space for group collage activity at ArtWorks in Edmonds. Dorothy Mayhew won the April collage. Ellen Ziegler presented slides and her current work with varied forms of art books.
Meeting HighlightsApril 16, 2013 Our April presentation featured
artist Ellen Ziegler sharing her personal art books. Ellen talked about having a "collage state of mind", wherein you combine several items to create a story. She recycles bits that she collects from everywhere (including the sidewalk), and manipulates prints and papers to make "incidental books", spontaneous small book creations, each one unique and original.
Ellen came to art books quite simply; she was "stuck" in her art, so she made a book. Sometimes her books are "project pages" that are not bound but fit into small folders or cases that she finds or makes. Ellen periodically teaches a popular class called "WD-40® for the Creative Soul: how to get unstuck". You can see more of her work at www.ellenziegler.com
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April Presentation
Next year we members will be given the opportunity to share our creativity for each other. Twice during the year, in the fall and in the spring, a design problem will be presented; we will then have until the next meeting to complete a piece answering the parameters provided.
Bring the piece (no need to have it framed) to the following meeting, where we will be reminded of what the challenge was, and silently vote on the most successful solution-—the winner will be the members’ choice. A small monetary prize will be presented to the winning artist.
Catch the Challenge! by Meg Gray
ArtWorks EdmondsStacey Hamm has secured a space for group collage work at ArtWorks in Edmonds. Cost per person is just $5.00 for the whole day! Reserved
dates are: May 14, 10:30am-5:00pm; June 11, 10:30am-9:30pm; and
July 23, 10:30am-9:30pm.
Art is a lifetime matter. The best any artist can do is to accumulate all the knowledge possible of art and its principles, study nature and practice continually. —Edgar Payne
NWCS Juried Fall Exhibit 2013 October 17 – December 6, 2013
Edmonds Conference Center, 201 Fourth Ave N., Edmonds, WA
POSTMARK DEADLINE for completed application & images: September 2, 2013 NOTIFICATION mailed: September 9 DELIVERY date for accepted artwork: Monday, October 14, 10:00 am–12:00 pm. (Shoreline Community Center, Alumni Room, 18560 1st Ave. NE, Shoreline, WA) OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 17, 5:00–8:00 pm, Edmonds ArtWalk
Please Note: Maximum framed size is 40 inches in any direction, and not to exceed 40 lbs. Plexiglas required for all frames measuring over 14” in any direction.
Prospectus will be emailed to members in June.
Collage Portraits and Beyondby Elizabeth Halfacre
! My collage process is one of discovery. I construct and deconstruct, layer images and materials, then sand surfaces to achieve interesting textures. I enjoy creating grounds with a "distressed" quality because of their associations with the past. ! Although the sources for my portraits are personal, I'd like the viewer to identify with a time, a place, a mood or emotion. I invite introspection; a pose, a gesture, a landscape feature or architectural element might remind the viewer of their own experiences. I incorporate these kinds of experiences within my art, layering images to evoke memories and dreams. Many of the images I use reference my personal history— I think of them as personal artifacts. ! My process is evident in the physical qualities of the collage: planning sketches and underpainting remain, edges of forms are left unfinished for the viewer to complete. The grid structure allows me to align elements and contrast the flatness of the picture plane with the illusory space. I rely on instinct and inner experience as I work; my challenge lies in being intensely conscious yet still in touch with unconscious sources. ! Elizabeth Halfacre's work may be seen in the group exhibit "Head to Toe: Art of the Human Figure". For more information, see her website: http://www.elizabethhalfacre.com
June 2013 Presentation
Elizabeth Halfacre, Mom’s House
Gina May, Seattle
Caitlin Dundon, Seattle
Kathy Constantine, Nordland
Mildred Renfrow, Seattle
Delorse Lovelady, Kenmore
John Arbuckle, Seattle
New Members
Elizabeth Halfacre, Redemption
Life is much too short to worry about art critics. —Peter W. Brown
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June 2013
Classes & WorkshopsCandice Christie will be teaching mixed media classes at The Canvas in Juneau, AK. She will teach two 4 session classes for adults in June/July and August, and two week long classes for the youth summer program.
Tis Huberth will teach a group of workshops, June–July, $40 per class., at her studio in Federal Way. All classes run 10:00 am–1:00 pm, on Wednesdays. The dates are: June 12, June 26, July 10 , & July 24. Preregistration required: call Tis at 253-839-5623, or [email protected]
Caitlin Dundon, new NWCS member, will hold two sessions of the same class this summer, Put a Bird On It: Mixed Media Collage Class. Dates are: Sunday, June 23rd, 6:30–9:30 pm; and Sunday, July 28, 5:30–8:30 pm. Venue is at 408 22nd Ave NW, Seattle; fee is $75 per class. http://www.oneheartstudio.com/classes.html
The Paci!c NW Art School on Whidbey Island has a variety of collage, mixed media, basketry, bookmaking and painting workshops. Instructors include: Karen O’Brien, Jane Davies, Orly Avineri, Kay Kahn, Robert Dancik and Wendy Lee Lynds. For more information: contact Wendy at [email protected]) orpaci"cnorthhwestartschool.org.
John Arbuckle, new NWCS member, will artfully guide you in a new journal format combining collage work and writing. Join one or all sessions—different techniques and themes at each session. Saturdays: June 8, July 13, August 10, September 14, & October 12. For more details contact: [email protected]
Gale Courtney and Cam Elder teamed with Concie Luna and Parrie Pleyte for the show "Four Artists, Four Points of View" at the Manson Library in the Chelan Valley, in April and May.
Candice Christie will be the featured artist at Annie Kaill's in Juneau, AK for the month of June; opening reception is on the "rst Friday, June 7.
Tis Huberth is in an art show with Mary Schossow Schumaker at the Premier Gallery, Puyallup, May 4 – July 10.
Suzan Fant has 3 mixed media collage pieces in Seattle Print Arts “Little X Little” Miniature Print Exhibition, Columbia City Gallery, April 24 – June 9.
Susan K. Miller has 4 pieces showing at Alki Arts Gallery in West Seattle.
Marcia Douglas is in the juried exhibit, "Prints: CA, LA and Beyond," an exchange exhibit of artists from the California Society
of Printmakers and the Los Angeles Printmaking Society, May 16 – June 28, LA Print Space at the Paci"c Design Center in Los Angeles.
Member News
C. Christie, Glacier Melt
S. Fant, Jardin No.1 M. Douglas, Flights of Fancy
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June 2013
Calls for ArtistsThe 15th Annual Kenmore Art Show will be held at Bastyr University in Kenmore, June 27-30, 2013, open to the public 10am–8pm. Entry deadline: Saturday June 22, from 10am–8 pm. Artist Preview: Wednesday, June 26, 6 pm, followed by the Awards Ceremony, 7 pm. http://www.artsofkenmore.org/events/kenmore-art-show-event/
23rd Annual Shoreline Arts Festival will be held on June 29 and 30, 2013. Volunteers are needed to for NWCS. Entry fee for the Juried Art Show is $10. For prospectus: click here.
Columbia City Gallery, 8th Annual Juried Exhibit will be held September 25 - November 17, 2013. Entry deadline is August 3, 6:00 pm. Download the Prospectus here.
Peninsula Art League, 2013 Open Juried Show at Harbor History Museum, August 31- Oct 6, 2013. Online applications preferred, at www.onlinejuriedshows.com. If you prefer to enter by postal mail, download entry here. Postmark deadline is June 19, 2013.Deadline for online entries is June 26, 2013.
Information for the Newsletter may be submitted to the editor.
Deadlines for submissions are the dates of board meetings.
Newsletter Editor:Liz Simpson, [email protected]
or [email protected]: 10832 42nd Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98146
Information for the NWCS Website may be submitted directly to the
Webmaster:Gina Hanzsek
Information
Thank you to all members who participated in the CLL Poetry and Collage Exhibit. We had a wonderful response to the invitation by CLL to celebrate their fortieth year. The artwork was well received, and the creation of a book with the poems and collages from this exhibit has been suggested as a possibility. The reception was well attended and we were all moved by the reading of poems by members of the CLL writers group. There are seventy collages in this exhibit and several pieces have been sold. To see more photos from the reception click here.
The awards were as follows:Cancer Life Line Award: Judith Heim - Your ThingsNorthwest Collage Society Award: Claudia Postema - Sari Sari NightPeggy Tuttle Memorial Award: Sara White - HopeEleanor Wolters Smith Memorial Award: Colleen Bollen - The Winged OneMerit Awards: Monika Dalkin: The Moment - A JourneyCandice Christie: Rainy DaysJudith Heim: The Magpie's NestCharlene Martin: Gift
Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. —Eleanor Roosevelt
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Cancer Lifeline/ NWCS Spring Exhibit
Reception photos by Gina Hanzsek
NWCS Spring Exhibit EXTENDED TO: Wednesday, August 28
Artwork Pickup: Thursday, August 29, 10 AM–12 Noon
Dorothy S. O’Brien Center6522 Fremont Ave NorthFor questions contact:
Teresa Ettel or Gail Larson
Volunteers: NWCS is always in need of volunteers,
to help with hanging shows, receptions, refreshments, and more. If you can help with any small task, please contact Suzy Kueckelhan at
[email protected] or call 206-842-3395 for information.
InformationThis year the 29th Annual Juried
Exhibit will be hosted online. This exhibit will count toward your NCS
Signature Membership. Entry Deadline: August 19, 2013
Exhibit Dates: November 1, 2013–October 31, 2014
Entry information at http://www.nationalcollage.com
Postmark deadline: June 7, 2013 Exhibit: June 19–July 20, 2013
Downtown Gallery, Kent State University
National Collage Society
NCS Postcard Show
2013 Northwest Collage Society Officers
Regional Rep GAIL LARSON 360-765-3332 [email protected] SUZY KUECKELHAN 206-842-3395 [email protected] MEG GRAY 206-372-1754 [email protected] WENDY LEE LYNDS 360-341-1035 [email protected] ANNE LAFEVER 425-643-9741 [email protected] GAIL LARSON 360-765-3332 [email protected] TERESA ETTEL 206-399-0243 [email protected] SUZAN FANT 206-217-0868 [email protected] Editor LIZ SIMPSON 206-242-6352 [email protected] GINA HANZSEK 206-940-0544 [email protected] Member-at-Large KATHY PARKER 206-283-7939 [email protected] EDNA RIDEOUT 425-869-6573
National Collage Society
The Northwest Collage Society is an affiliateof the National Collage Society.
NWCS was established in 1984 as a non-pro"torganization, to advance the stature of
collage as a major art medium.Collage: An artistic composition made of
various materials (as paper, cloth, or wood)glued onto a surface.
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERSPresident Gretchen Bierbaum, N.C.S. Inc.
254 West Streetsboro St. Hudson, OH 44236www.nationalcollage.com
Meetings 2013 June 18, 10:30 am General
August 20–BoardSeptember 17, 10:30 am General
October 15–BoardNovember 16, 10:30 am General
Meetings 2014January 21–Board
February 18, 10:30 am GeneralMarch 18–Board
April 19, 10:30 am GeneralMay 20–Board
June 17, 10:30 am General
* Note *The new Meet & Greet time is 10:00 am,
and the business meeting will begin promptly at 10:30 am.
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Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave. NE Shoreline, WA 98155 206-368-4122
Shoreline Center Website: click here