Paletteers Art Club. News letter Exhibits & Shows. Jan Gibson. Board Meeting

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1 Board Meeting April 3, 10:30 a.m. Tues. At Aar River Gallery 3707 W 73 rd Ave Jurying New Members 10:30 am Drop off 3 pieces of artwork to be juried. Contact Becky at Aar River if you need to deliver at a different time Dear Paletteers, Hope your year is going well and things are springing up new. The Studio Tour is in it's planning stage. See if this is something you can help with. It will be exciting to be part of the planning committee. Contact Patty Jones to see what jobs are available. We had great participation with the Artist of the Month. It was great to see what you've been working on. If there are at least 8 paintings, a 1st place of a $10.00 gift certificate to Hobby Lobby will be given out. Sincerely, Jan Gibson Jurying New Members Paintings Tuesday April 3, 2018 New members who want to change their status and start displaying their works in various Club exhibitions are required to have 3 examples of their art work judged by the jurying committee. The Art Club holds two jurying session a year, one in April and October. The jurying session is held on the same day as the board meeting. Members wishing to have their painting juryied must schedule with vice president Melanie Reed ( ). Your Paintings will be evaluated on quality of your work and each piece (framing, matting, hanging hardware). The framing should be in good condition without nicks, cracks, stains or blemishes. The categories for judging each painting are: a. Impact & Presentation b. Composition c. Color Usage d. Technique April 9 th General Meeting 7:00 pm Northglenn United Methodist Church 1605 W 106th Ave. Northglenn, CO East Annex Bldg. April 9th Demo: Patty Jones watercolor Get ready to get a little messy! We will be playing with watercolor and two easy, fun techniques: using claybord for mono prints and saran wrap to make roses! Bring a paint shirt if you think you ll need one, but I ll have everything else. You will go home with a couple of little masterpieces, and some new ideas to use in your own paintings. Exhibits & Shows April 10 st Tues. Northglenn United Methodist 10:30am Kathy Hansen chairperson

2 ************************************************* Things To Do: Juring for new members. April Board meeting Tues. April 3 rd at the Aar River Gallery, 3707 W. 73 rd Ave., Westminster, :30 am Bring 3 framed paintings to be juried. Any questions call Melanie Reed or Jan Gibson Workshop Opportunities: Classes at the Aar River Gallery, 3707 W. 73 rd Ave., Westminster, Please Contact the Aar River Gallery to register for the classes below at (303) Drawing April 26, May 24 10:00 to 12:30 Instructor: Sandra Davis $30 per class Supply list will be provided Acrylic Pouring Workshop April 7 Sat. 1:30-4:30 am Instructor: Gale Simonson $30 Covers all supplies. Whistling Hare Distillery 7655 W. 108 th Ave. Broomfield, CO Gale Simonson at gssimonson68@gmail.com Landscape Painting Class April 27, May 25 9:00 to noon Instructor: Cliff Austin $45 per class Students may use oil, acrylic, or pastel. The focus will be on landscapes. Supply list will be provided. Mixed Media Classes Apr 19 or May to 3:00 Instructor : Becky Silver $40 per class Have fun with texture, color, and value while creating art with a variety of mediums including collage. Make a mess in our studio! Lots of demonstrations and individual attention Studio Tour Grant Project There was a good show of hands of those who were interested and the registration forms are due March 30 th however we will extend it until our April 9th monthly meeting. Patty Jones chairperson. Feel free to contact her with questions pattyjones144@hotmail.com Wine and Watercolor Classes April 18, May 9 6 to 9:00 $35 includes all supplies, wine and snacks. Must call to reserve your seat. Space is limited. "Perspective Tips and Tricks" April pm Does perspective drawing confuse you, or would you just like to perfect your drawing techniques as you understand perspective even better? This workshop will introduce you to some tips and tricks to help make perspective easier and give you the opportunity to practice on your own drawings. We will play with one-point and two-point perspective, and you will go home with a drawing that you can finish painting at home. Saturday, April 14 from 1-4 at the Broomfield Senior Center Instructor: Patty Jones ****************************************** Colorado Visions, a juried exhibit of fine art by Colorado Artists at Westminster City Hall 4800 W. 92nd Ave. Accepting digital entries or CDs and entry forms through April 6, 2018, for the juried exhibit of original, 2 and 3- dimensional, fine art ( no computer art ) by Colorado artists. Entry fee is $35.00 for 3 entries. Cash awards. Judge is well-known Colorado artist, Sheri Farabaugh. Show dates : May 1- May 31, Prospectus is available online at For prospectus please send an to beckyesilver@aol.com or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: North Metro Arts Alliance c/o Becky Silver Bryant St

3 web Site: Need! Artist photos for web You can each have up to 6 images of your paintings, JUST THEM TO Janis Huston janishsk8@gmail.com or Mary Rogers doctorrogers@icloud AND they WILL FORMAT THEM. You can put your contact info so interested buyers can contact you. You do not have to if you do not want to. check us out Thank you to Paletters who hung at the MAC, We had a great response. We met our maximum for hanging paintings. Also thank you for remembering pick up time. To add info for News Letter contact Jan Gibson or janicegibson1@comcast.net Newsletter If you can not print this Newsletter, please contact Jan Gibson and you can receive one by mail. janicegibson1@comcast.net or call March's Demo painting Kathleen Lanzoni w/c wildlife Artist of the Month Sandra Davis Purpose of bringing painting for peer review at regular meeting time To show your current painting you have been working on To have the members get to know what you do and evoke conversation with artist To vote on the outstanding painting To give award to paint with a $10 gift certificate to Hobby Lobby To make this worthy of the award we should have more people participate. A minimum of 8 people need to bring a painting. We already have the gift certificates Thank you for bringing your paintings Hanging Exhibits Schedule April 10th Tues. Northglenn United M Methodist Church. 10:30 Kathy Hansen chair New Member Incentive To members; if you bring an artist to the club and they become a member you will receive a gift certificate of $10 in the form of, $10 off on entry fee to a show or $10 off to a workshop. This will be for the month of May and extended to June 30th. Better Block Project This is in the Westminster Art District on 73 rd and Lowell. Jun 1 st, 2 nd & 3 rd, Fri., Sat, & Sun. They are doing special projects and Becky thinks there are some awesome projects you may want to get involved in. Jan and Melanie will be going to a planning meeting April 10 th. Stay tuned!

4 General Meeting Minutes March 12, 2018 President Jan Gibson: Call to order and welcome Six new members who had just been through Orientation prior to the meeting, were introduced. There were two visitors. Treasurer s report: Larry had sales forms to pass out, which must accompany each sale. Checks were handed out to those who had recently sold paintings from Art from the Heart Show. Art from the Heart Show This show is now concluding and will be taken down Thursday this week 9-11 am. North Metro Artist Studio Tour The Studio Tour will be June 15-17, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Becky Silver is chair and Prospectus was available at the meeting. Options are available to group artists together. Each artist will pay $50 to defray the brochure/map expenses and advertising.. Deadline to register is March 30 th. him if you want to meet the group at the Denver Art Museum and tour the Degas exhibit together on Saturday. Program: Kathleen Lanzoni, a talented painter, had a very informative presentation. She was quick and effective with her brush strokes as she painted a landscape at the meeting. April Meetings Next Board Meeting will be Tuesday April 3rd at the Aar River Gallery with the main focus on jurying in new members. 3 paintings for each new member who wants to be juried, need to arrive before 10 am. General meeting Monday 9 th, 7 pm at NGUMC Annex. Patty Jones, a long time art teacher who now conducts classes onboard cruise ships will have a handson activity after the meeting SCFD Grant Patty Jones has written the new grant asking money for Art from the Heart for next year Exhibit Rotations: (Every 2 months) March 13 9:30 Tues NoGlen Rec 8.75% Miniatures in glass case Becky/Jan March 14 Noon Wed MAC-Westy 8.6% lots of hooks available for medium to large paintings which are placed on walking track walls.. Chair: Becky March 15 9:30 Thurs. CH Library upper level All paintings to be removed. Kathy Hanson is chair. Next time to hang paintings here will be August 10 th Fri. 9:30. (8.6% sales tax) April 10 Tues at 10am. No.glenn UM Church (8.75%) Kathy about 15 hooks available Denver Art Museum Tour Linden Kirby spoke to the group, saying contact

5 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President...Jan Gibson Vice-President...Melanie Reed Co-Treasurers...Larry Lindgren & Hania Lindgren Recording Secretary...Linda Enright Delegate at Large...Becky Silver Committee Chairs Holiday Party...Melanie Reed Finance/Budget...Hania Lindgren Grant...Patty Jones Greeters...Kathy Hansen Hanging Shows...Becky Silver Membership...Kathy Hansen Membership Show Chair...Kathy Hansen Name Tags...Larry Amman Newsletter...Jan Gibson Program Co-Chairs...Mary Roger & Jan Gibson Publicity...Becky Silver Meeting Setup...Patty Jones & Kathy Hansen Telephone...Kathy Hansen Video Library...Maryann Ortega Volunteer Coordinator...Kathy Hansen Website/Bio Book...Janis Houston Schwartz Show and Exhibit Committee Chairs Adams County Fair...Ed Hansen 4.85% tax Art from the Heart...Becky Silver Art from the Heart M ini...kathy Hansen Member Show...Linda Enright M AC...Becky Silver 8.6% Northglenn Rec Center...Becky/ Jan Gibson 8.75% NG United Methodist Ed & Kathy Hansen