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ArtyFacts Newsletter of the Huachuca Art Association, Inc.

May 2016

1835 Paseo San Luis, Sierra Vista, AZ, 520-803-1078, www.huachuca-art.com Volume 47, Issue 5

“ArtyFacts”, (USPS 360777-LRR), monthly, P. O. Box 748, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636, “Periodical Postage Paid at Hereford” POSTMASTER: Send address changes to ArtyFacts, P. O. Box 748, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636

President’s Message Wow, what a month…Let me start by saying that our building at 1835 Paseo San Luis is 97% ready. The move has been made and everyone has been busy as bees. Thank you to TRK Devel-opment (our contractor) for the remodeling job. The gallery and studio look quite nice and func-tional. Thank you to Phil Micheau and the building committee for combing through all the drawings and making changes as needed.

Regarding the move…Thank you to Liz Horning for her tremendous efforts and organization of the studio area. Without her it would still be in process. We never realized that we had so many books. She has come up with a way to organize them called the Lizzy decimal system. Gabrielle LaFargue has agreed to do the typing to put them into a digital system. Les Stafford and Harlan White have been busy building the cabinets for the kitchen and bathrooms. Thanks to both of them. Harlan’s wife, Saundra amongst a lot of others has been a great help in the studio helping Liz. Lois Bravo donated the new water heater and cash register. Robin Lara donated the new kitchen sink (not for cleaning brushes), the storage room sink is for that. Elizabeth Line, Gary & Ginger Shreve purchased a roll top desk for the entry front desk and donated it to the gallery. The G&G Shreve team donated a new micro-wave for the kitchen, also new blinds in the gallery. Gary climbed into the attic to find the phone line, rewired and now we have phones.

We’re trying to get back to a normal schedule, if there is such a thing, regarding the studio usage. Carol Reilly and her group are currently resuming their Monday and Wednesday classes. Thursday is the open painting day as well as Friday. Other programs will resume as we go along, including dinning with the artists.

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Part of the “Moving in troop”, from left: Carol Reilly - Monday drawing class, Liz Horning – former president, Les &

Mary Stafford – Diane Keller – member. Photo courtesy Angel Rutherford.

New Studio Room at Paseo San Luis. Photo courtesy Gary Shreve.

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HAA Library

The Dale Boatman Collection Library hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm Thursdays

Noon - 4:00pm - Friday through Sunday

Members only may borrow two books for two weeks. Children under 18 may borrow books if an adult member signs for the book. Renewals are available. Please treat the books with TLC

as you must pay for lost or damaged books. Library donations of recent publications are

most welcome.

HAA BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF

President

Gary Shreve 803.0555 garyclifton43@msn.com

Vice President

Lois Bravo 803.0584 libravo@live.com

Secretary

Carolyn Yeutter 928.242.3616 bcyeutter@gmail.com

Treasurer

Elizabeth Line 803.0195 elizabethjline@aol.com

Membership

Sue Ziegler 803.0087 sueonly6@gmail.com

Board of Directors

Lois Bravo 803.0584 libravo@live.com

Elizabeth Horning 803.7157 lhorningfa@q.com

Tim Hurst 803.6713 timhurst95@yahoo.com

Gabrielle LaFargue 335.6877 gjlafargue@gmail.com

Robin Lara 458.6530 awards@sundanceengravers.com

Elizabeth Line 803.0195 elizabethjline@aol.com

John Marvin 803.6697 johntheflycaster@gmail.com

Phil Micheau 459.8728 pcmich1@yahoo.com

Donna Pitzlin 678.0596 daartist@juno.com

Sylvia Rosenkrans 378.6747 srosenkrans@cox.net

Angel Rutherford 459.4115 angelfrogs1@centurylink.net

Gary Shreve 803.0555 gcshreve@gmail.com

Carolyn Yeutter 928.242.3616 bcyeutter@gmail.com

Member at Large

Sue Thatcher 378.2000 thatchers@cox.net

Art in the Park artintheparksierravista.com

Lois Bravo 803.0584 libravo777@yahoo.com

Gallery Director

Edie Manion 803.1262 edieartist@cox.net

Programs and Workshops

Gabrielle LaFargue 335.6877 gjlafargue@gmail.com

Carolyn Yeutter 928.242.3616 bcyeutter@gmail.com

Publicity

Angel Rutherford 459.4115 angelfrogs1@centurylink.net

Historian

Angel Rutherford 459.4115 angelfrogs1@centurylink.net

ArtyFacts Editor

Chasity Seibert 226.1715 chasity.seibert@gmail.com

Astro St. Studio 803.1078 www.huachuca-art.com

Trilby Arnold — www.trilbyarnold.com Katherine Baccaro — www.baccarobooks.com Joanne Berry — www.bizbfineart.com Lois Bravo — www.naturedigitalphotos.com Patty Dunbar— www.patriciadunbar.net Gloria Fraze— www.gloriafrazephotography.com Robert Luedtke — www.luedtkefineart.com Laureen McArdle —www.fifthwindtradingcompany.com Phil Micheau — www.alberta.smugmug.com Yvonne Navarro — www.yvonnenavarro.com

Sue Olivo — www.sueolivo.com June Payne Hart — www.junepaynehart.com Maggie Polen Bryce — www.maggiepolenbryce.com Carol Reilley — www.carolreilleyart.com Angel Rutherford — www.angelfrogs.com Roderick Stevens — www.restevensart.com Dave and Karen Stryker — www.sites.google.com/site/gemspaintingstilecreations/home Susan Rae Thatcher — www.DiscoveryRanch.info Angus Bowie Wilson - www.ArtWanted.com/Angus Bowie Wilson William Zivic — www.zivicstudio.com

Visit Our Member’s Web Sites

1835 Paseo San Luis Sierra Vista, AZ 85635

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June ArtyFacts deadline is Saturday, May 28th

Member News & Information

2016 Calendar of Events

If you have anything to add to the schedule, please contact the Gallery Director. Monday of each week, lessons in watercolor, 10 to 12 taught by Carol Reilley to register call 520.803.0802

Wednesday of each week, drawing and painting session with a live mod-el, $7 fee, 10 to 12. Call 520.803.0802 to register.

Thursday of each week, Open Stu-dio, no fee, 9-4, fun, info sharing, support. Bring your own supplies and project to work on.

3rd Monday of each month Paper Arts Group 12:30-2:30. w/Gabrielle LaFargue contact her at 335.6877 or gjlafargue@gmail.com

Board of Directors Meetings are normally the last Monday of the month at 1:00 pm.

Members’ Meetings Members' Meetings are held the third

Saturday of the month,

June, July and August No Sessions

If you wish to do a monthly presentation

or workshop please contact either

Gabrielle LaFargue, 520-335-6877

gjlafargue@@gmail.com

or

Elizabeth Horning, 520-803-7175

lhorningfa@q.com

President’s Message

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The gallery looks great

and we’re going to in-corporate some of the

rules and organization of the mall gallery with

some modifications as

we go along. There is a jurying committee in

place.

***************************** The current plan is to OPEN the gallery by JUNE…..anyone who wants to

hang their original paintings and floor art (jewelry, gourds, lamps, etc.) please send an e-mail (garyclifton43@msn.com or gcshreve@gmail.com) to

notify me of your intentions. Wall art is to be set up in grids of 4’X 6’ with

each person having 24 square feet in which to hang paintings, floor art will have the glass cases, stands, tables to display. If we need more stands or

tables, we can modify them or make some more, even painting them with different colors. We’re planning to have a rotation of 2 months + or - to dis-

play at a time, then another group comes in to display for everyone have an

equal opportunity to display. We can then, at different times do different venues of art. Perhaps all watercolors, gourds, oils, pastels, jewelry, well,

you get the idea. Rotation and variety is the key.

Gary Shreve, President Huachuca Art Association

Photos courtesy Gary Shreve

HAA Gallery

Kitchen with new cabinets made by Les Stafford

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From the Studio

PLEIN AIR FRAMES FOR SALE

Gold & Silver leaf frames. All 5" width. Size 18 X 24, $50.00, & 20 X 24 $55.00, 16 X 20. 45. 00. Dark Red 18 x 24 $40.00, 16 X 20 Dark Red $35.00. Other sizes available. BernitaBarfield@aol.com or call 520-4554-5953.

Member Demonstration Carolyn Yeutter, Pen and Ink Saturday, May 21st

1:00 -3:00 P.M. (note the different time this month) 1835 Paseo San Luis, Gallery/Studio

Dorothy Bowman will present a hands-on demo of Altered Books. She asks that each participant have a theme in mind for the book that they will alter during the 2 hours. Supplies needed: scissors, glue with container and applicator, scrapbook paper and card stock. Optional: found items, stickers, stamps with ink, exacto knife with cutting board. Let Gabrielle LaFargue (gjlafargue@gmail.com) know if you will be attending this session, so that Dorothy will be prepared with enough of her supplies. We hope you will attend this fascinating demo at our new location.

Paper Arts Monday, May 16th 12:30 -2:30 P.M. 1835 Paseo San Luis, Gallery/Studio

This will be Paper Arts introduction to HAA's new Gallery/Studio. We will cut, fold and paste preprinted bird parts to make a completed cardinal, goldfinch, nuthatch or bluebird. Carolyn Yeutter has already made the cardinal and found it easy enough.

Let Gabrielle LaFargue (gjlafargue@gmail.com) know if you will be attending this session and she will for-ward a list of supplies to you.

New HAA library set up by Liz Horning. Photo courtesy Angel Rutherford.

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Art in the Park Volunteers for Oct 1st and 2

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Art in the Park is fast approaching and we need volunteers to help set up, support Liz Horning with food booth parking lot, greeters and helpers in the information booth. Also we need a new member booth

chair who helps set up grids, the new members set up their booth for display and break down at

the end of the show. We have one volunteer who watches the parking lot from 7 to noon but it would be helpful to have another person from noon to 5pm on Sat and noon to 4pm on Sunday.

Please call me or email me, if you would be willing to volunteer and the time that you are available.

520-803-0584 or libravo@live.com

Thanks, Lois Bravo, Chair

Art in the Park News

CALL TO ARTISTS WE NEED VENDORS FOR ART IN THE PARK

This is a reminder for all our members that this is an opportunity for you to show and sell your art by

participating in Art in the Park. The fees and guidelines are on our web site: www.artintheparksierravista.com. By signing up early, you have the opportunity to choose the

booth space that works best for you.

If you have questions, give me a call. 520-803-0584

Lois Bravo, chair

CALL TO ARTISTS! $75 Prize! Art in the Park Poster/Insert Contest

It's time again for our annual contest to come up with a design for the cover of this year's SV Herald Art in the Park insert, which comes out in the Sunday paper the week prior to Art in the Park. It's the design that we also will be using for the posters and all of the other Art in the Park advertising for 2016. That means it has to be adaptable to different formats- from horizontal to vertical or square. But mostly, vertical.

We are looking for something that is bright and bold and evokes the spirit of Art in the Park. There always is some copy that must be included, and it will say, at the very least: "The Huachuca Art Association pre-sents the 45th annual Art in the Park, at Veterans' Memorial Park, Sierra Vista, October 1st& 2nd, 2016." You do not need to do the actual lettering, because the art department at the paper will set that up any-way, but you might want to take into consideration where that copy might go. If you are doing it as a digi-tal drawing, it needs to be large enough, with enough resolution, to be printed at an 11 x 17 size. If you are doing it in traditional media, we will need either to have the original art, or a version of it (photo or scan) that can be blown up to about the same size.

The deadline for entries is July 31. You can either photograph or scan your entry and email it to: Gcshreve@gmail.com. Or you can just mail the original art to the HAA at P.O. Box 748, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636, or drop it off at 1835 Paseo San Luis during Open Studio hours on Thursday, July 28, or, if none of that works, call Liz (803-7157) to make other arrangements.

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HELP WANTED for the Cochise County Fair Charla Henney, the Secretary of Exhibits for the Cochise County Fair is seeking one or two people to be superintendents in the Fine Arts Department at this year's Fair, which will be held at the Douglas Fair-grounds on September 21-25, 2016. The job starts at 10 am on Wednesday, September 21, continuing un-til 8pm as the exhibit pieces are delivered. You'll be receiving, tagging, and helping the entrants to com-plete the required forms for the exhibits as they come in. The receiving process will continue again for three hours, beginning at 7 am on Thursday morning and will be followed by the judging later in the day. The superintendents don't do the judging, but do record the results, affix the ribbons and arrange the piec-es for viewing. At all times, while the Fair is open, there needs to be somebody on duty nearby to ensure the safety of the artworks. The Fine Arts Department is one of the most challenging, due to the number of hours that have to be put in, so in addition to a $70 stipend for each superintendent, the Fair will provide $25 more for each of up to three helpers. That way, the hours can be split up into shifts so that nobody has to work too many hours at a time. It is up to the superintendents to recruit their helpers. This year, for the first time, the works may be offered for sale, but only by providing the buyers and sellers with contact information. The Fair will not be handling any transactions. On Sunday, the last day of the Fair, from 5 un-til 6 pm, artists are to pick up their work, and the superintendents are to be there to ensure that all the pieces are returned to their owners.

You can find more information about Fine Arts at the Fair by going to: http://cochisecountyfair.org, and click on exhibitors, then Dep. L, Fine Arts. Or contact Charla at: cochisefairexhibits@gmail.com, or call:520-458-6148, before 9 pm.

Member News

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Member News

Displaying at Landmark Café Attention artists interested in displaying art work at the Landmark Café on Fry Boulevard near the Fort Huachuca Gate for two months at a time. The artist will provide $75.00 budget for Pam to provide the reception food for a date de-termined between the artist and Landmark.. Paintings can be for sale, commission to be deter-mined. Advertising and publicity is Artist responsi-bility The first exhibit will begin February 1st and remain through March 31st. The public is invited to a reception on March 12th ,Saturday from 5 to 7 pm. Please plan to come see Susan Rae Thatcher's presentation. Anyone interested in signing up can call Sue Thatcher at 520-378-2000 or E-mail to thatchers@cox.net Also Susan just finished an exhibit at the Sierra

Vista Public Library in the coffee shop area. See the other Susan at the library if you are interested in showing there.520-458-4225

Call to Artists! PLEIN AIR PAINTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS: REMINDER!!

Brown Canyon Ranch Open House will be held on Saturday, May 14th. If you plan on being there with your paints or your camera, or want more information, please call Liz at (520) 803-7157, or email at Lhorningfa@q.com.

Art at City Hall The second rotation of art at the Sierra Vista City Hall will be installed on May 18. If you currently have work on display there, you will be asked to pick it up, or arrange to have someone pick it up for you, on that day at 11:00 am. This next 4 month rotation will consist exclusively of photog-raphy. If you wish to have any of your photos included in the display, please contact Tim Hurst, at 220-2546, for more information ASAP, as space is limited. If we are unable to accommodate your work this time around, you may ask to have your name put on the waiting list for the next rotation.

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Huachuca Art Association P. O. Box 748 Sierra Vista, AZ 85636

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General Membership January 1 through December 31 of each calendar year.

Available categories are as follows: Individual $35 $17.50 after July 1 (new members only) Family (2+) $40 $20.00 after July 1 (new members only) Sustaining $50 $25.00 after July 1 (new members only) Student $10 Honorary Life (70+)Free (Must have been a paying member for at least 5 years.) Membership entitles you to receive our monthly newsletter, ArtyFacts, show discounts, workshops, preference in limited enrollment activities and HAA voting privileges. Members may have their own listing on our web site. Members receive a discount on Art in the Park fees and a slight advantage in the Art in the Park jurying.

Supporting Sponsorship (no vote) Individual $10 ArtyFacts subscription only Group $35 $ 17.50 after July 1 Corporate $100 $ 50.00 after July 1 Patron $500 $250.00 after July 1

The painting group. Photo courtesy Angel Ruhterford.