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1 Visual Arts Association The Villages Florida September 2014 PROUD of it s past PREPARED for its future President s thoughts Hello Fellow VAA Members, I hope you ve all had a great summer attending your favorite art groups and creating wonderful, new art work. While you were doing that, your VAA Executive Board was busy compiling your responses to the recent VAA Survey. I cannot overstate the importance of this survey, as your input, comments and wishes have been tantamount in assisting the board in developing the calendar. There are changes coming soon. While some of these changes are minor, they will be evident and hopefully meet with your overall approval. Also, committee chairpersons are planning exciting programs with guest artists, exhibits and venues where you can show your art work. Starting in October, you ll have opportunities to showcase your work in Arts Round The Square, and the Art Bazaar. Please be ready to help if you re called upon. Remember, this is your club, and this is your year. You ve indicated the direction you would like the VAA to take, and your voices have been heard loud and clear. Presently, we have an Executive Board whose sole goal is the advancement of the VAA s Mission Statement. You ll have an opportunity to meet the members of the board in the near future. We want to encourage you, the members, to share any ideas, and concerns, that you may have with any of us. In closing, I would like to thank the board and chairpersons for their work this summer, and for assisting me in my new role as President. I look forward to this working relationship and to meeting many of you throughout the coming year. Hope to see many of you at the September meeting. Sincerely, Frank Zampardi, VAA President frankz.rfz@embarqmail.com Progr am Rob Smith Jo Magram jo@magramws.com We welcome our VAA members back to our monthly meeting on September 19th. Our first general meeting of the year will feature Rob Smith Jr. For nearly thirty years Rob has delighted audiences with his insightful caricatures, editorial cartoons and colorful illustrations. As a popular entertainer, he brings high-energy and a WOW to his presentations. Drawing caricatures with blazing speed and accuracy while the crowds wait for the next punch line. Rob is a member of the National Cartoonists Society (NCS), for which he serves as Education Chairman and as Florida Chapter Vice-Chair. Rob is also a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC), and the International Society of Caricatures Artists (ISCA), and his editorial cartoons are featured on the Glen Beck Program Website. Don t miss Rob as he will share in some of Florida s hidden treasures with the help of Swampy. The meeting will be at La Hacienda Recreation Center September 19th at 12:30 for refreshments, with the business meeting at 1:00pm followed by the presentation. We hope you have had a healthy and enjoyable summer and look forward to seeing you all then.

2 P A G E 2 V I S U A L A R T S A S S O C I A T I O N Vaa dues The VAA annual dues are now payable for the VAA fiscal year September 1 to August 31. The final deadline for dues payment is by the October 17 meeting date. You may pay your dues at the meeting or by mailing it to the address shown below. IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES (such as your , home address, or phone) please complete and submit the Membership and Dues Renewal form which is available on the website, Click on FORMS and then Membership and Dues Renewal Form. At the meeting, a $15 check should be made payable to VAA. If paying by cash the correct amount would be appreciated. If paying by mail, send your check for $15 payable to VAA to: Wendy Lahey, 2780 Privada Drive, The Villages, FL, Payment will cover your membership from 9/1/14 to 8/31/15. You will receive a new 2015 sticker to update your name tag/membership card. To receive a 2015 sticker by mail, please include a SASE envelope. A newly updated VAA Directory will include all paid members as of the deadline date of October 17. In order to participate in any of the VAA events, one must be a member in good standing. Note: If you are a new member who has recently paid dues since May, you will not owe anything until September Membership ADDITIONS Martha Ayotte, 2511 Foxbridge Terrace, 32162, , mayotte22@aol.com, Hadley Karen Benkowski, 2681 Janwood Ave., 32162, , kjmgb@yahoo.com, Hemingway Andrea Cauldwell, 1272 Greenville Way, 32162, , ahallcaul@embarqmail.com, Liberty Park Joanne Crawford, 2316 Glade Run, 32162, , auntsam45@gmail.com, Bonita Joyce Dotterweich, 2071 Tall Trees Lane, 32162, , j.a.dotterweich@comcast.net, Tall Trees Nancy Eason, 2316 Glade Run, 32162, , auntsam45@gmail.com, Bonita Frances Jungblut, 2179 Arrobes Place, 32162, , franeejj@gmail.com, Buttonwood Jean Martin, 2174 Xanadu Loop, 32163, , jeanm35@comcast.net, Hillsborough Marsha McGill, 419 Troy Loop, 32162, , marshamcgill@gmail.com, Mallory Charlene Sasto, 1094 Berg Court, 32162, , charlene2447@yahoo.com, Hemingway Michelle Suss, 455 Princeton Place, 32162, , michellesuss01@gmail.com, Mallory Changes Adeline Curlette adeline.curlett@gmail.com Bobbye Eiland bobbyeeiland@gmail.com Barbara Justice grannieb43@gmail.com Wendy Lahey wendylahey2@gmail.com Use the correct address for the VAA Editor VAAeditor@yahoo.com the VAA announcements VAAinfo@gmail.com and the VAA website web@visualartsassociation.com

3 P A G E 3 V I S U A L A R T S A S S O C I A T I O N Aha-artists helping artists For further information visit Dates are for first class, multiple classes may be offered Libit Jones Addicted to Texture Acrylics A process with endless possibilities for the realistic, impressionable and abstract painter. Oct Jeanette Robertson : Pet drawings Short cuts and trick to drawing your own pet. Oct 16 Melissa Miller Nece The Secret Weapons of Color Pencil - Come and learn how to smooth and blend colors to create convincing textures rapidly. Oct Kate Carney Wild Child Acrylic - Abstract. Grow creatively with confidence as you master skills that may help you unlock your own artistic vision. Oct 23 Anne Abgott Taking the Ordinary and making it Extraordinary - You will master silver with a yellow flower, bicycles and a white bird of paradise. Shapes and colors will not be traditional so plan on being excited and inspired. Oct Sharon Wilson Designing watercolor Abstract with Charcoal Pour Designing and creating the lights and darks, and different valies of color with a background created by a charcoal pour. Nov 6-7 To register call LLLC Bev Hennessy bbaug97@aol.com Connie Giacobbe, Mosaicist -Mosiac Composition SeaBreeze Rec Center, Neptune Room September 10, 2014, 12 Noon to 3 pm NO SUPPLIES. A demonstration of this beautiful artistry. Connie has studied and mastered the art of mosaic design through her many years of study with Maestros and Mastra from Rome, Venice, Ravenna, Udine, Spilimbergo, Murano and France. Words can not describe the beauty of her mosaic artistry. You must visit her personal site at Connie will be showing the different materials and techniques for the various mosaics. She will have the hand pulled Filati (glass) used for micromosaics. She will share with you how it is made and how to go about cutting the Italian glass with a Hammer and Hardie, and talk about the different cuts. She will further show us how Smalti (glass) mixes with Filati. For further information on these glass pieces visit her shop in Italy online that sells the Italian Smalti and tools. A $2.00 donation is requested (NOT mandatory) to assist our participating artist with any expenses they might incur. AHA is an open forum gathering, no membership requirements. Judi Willetts ahajudi@aol.com Jim Zatlukal jzatlula@yahoo.com Travels with Joal October 5 Maitland Art Center, Founded 1937 as an Artist Colony. Artists lived and worked in small studios there. Morning: Docent led tour of one of the few surviving examples of the Mayan / Aztec Revival, and on the National Register of Historic Places. Private Tour. "Bring Home History" Do a rubbing - Vellum included -. Lunch on your own. Afternoon: Art Festival around Lake Lily, Prizes: "Best of Show" : $2,000; "Award of Excellence":$1,000 (13 awards); "Best of Category": $1,500 each for Fine Crafts, Graphics Drawings, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Pottery & Sculpture. Something for everyone! Trip will fill up fast! Act Now! Leave from Saddlebrook Recreation Center at 8:30 AM, return by approximately 6:00 PM on October 5th. For reservations, send your check, by September 19th, for $40.00 to: Joal Litavsky 1004 Sierra Blanca Ct. The Villages, Fl Include your phone number on your check: confirmation of your seat is by phone, to you, once check is received.

4 P A G E 4 V I S U A L A R T S A S S O C I A T I O N Winners! Oneblood.org The winners of the Summer Show at Oneblood.org Art Gallery Spanish Plains Shopping Center Thirty five paintings were hung June 3. For the next 6 weeks the Blood Donors and Staff voted for their favorites. The Winners were: Fran Naughton 1st Place Bill Main 2nd Place 5 way tie for 3rd. Cynthia Ewing, Charlie Clayton, Norma Paarcell, Leda Rabenold and Jean Patterson. Congratulations all! These painting will hang until Tuesday, September 2nd at 10 a..m. At that time new paintings will hang for the following 3 months. You are all invited to participate. There is no fee. Only a smile is required. Hope to see you all. for information please call: "Freddie" Venturoni, Vivian Chaska Fran Naughton Margie Picard The rules of perspective are based on observation and common sense. You can use perspective to capture a more realistic image, whether you paint portraits, still lifes or landscapes. You will draw from life more accurately once you grasp the basic principles, because you ll understand what happens to the appearance of things when viewed from an angle or at a distance. VAA La Galleria Shows: After a nice break this summer, the wheels are starting to turn and my thoughts are turning to the upcoming season of art shows. I hope everyone had a great summer and feels energized and ready to produce new pieces of art for the upcoming year. Angela, Susan and I are responsible for the Spring, Summer, and Winter shows at the La Galleria. Our next show is December 6th. Pre Registration forms will not be ready until October. As always, we will not have a theme. I feel that frees you to pick the art you love and have ready, instead of worrying if you can get a piece finished in time for the show. We are again planning to have an opening reception the afternoon of December 6th. Saturday, September 6th, everyone that NOW has a piece of art hanging at the La Galleria SHOULD PLAN ON BEING THERE BETWEEN 8:30 and 9:30 to PICK IT UP. A new show will be hung that day by the VAL. We want to be sure and be out of their way as soon as possible. So mark your calendar and be there between 8:30 and 9:30. By the time you read this, I will have sent you a few reminders. See you in September Fall Annex show October 4-5 It s time to get those paint brushes/ cameras out and get ready for the Fall Fine Arts Show at the Sumter County Annex. The show will be held on October 4-5, 2014 and work will be displayed until February 7, The theme is Changing Seasons and we look forward to seeing some fantastic art work. Cash prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. Artists wishing to participate will find the application form on the website under Forms. Send applications and the $5.00 entry fee to Jo Ruth Patterson, Barbara Justice gannieb43@gmail.com 324 Ellenton Run, The Villages, FL by September 24, There are a limited number of spots (45), so get your applications in early. Suzette Urs has agreed to judge the Annex Show again. Suzette Urs is a highly accomplished airbrush artist. Her astounding, unique, entertaining, and thought provoking airbrush art and sculpture can be seen hanging in the Sea Tac International Airport in Seattle, Washington as well as other prominent locations. Her artwork was Terms to be familiar with: Picture plane Vanishing points One, two and three-point perspective Eye level Scale Ants eye view Birds eye view Overlapping (the best device to use in creating depth in your composition). also on display at the Design Center of the Americas in Dania, Florida for four years. Suzette has presented lively and informative sessions at VAA Meetings on how to tell your artist s story and get your work into galleries. We welcome her back! A reception open to the public will be held on Sunday, October 5, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and wine and cheese will be served. We welcome all VAA members to attend the reception to support their fellow artists. Jo Ruth Patterson mikenjoruth@yahoo.com

5 P R O U D OF IT S P A S T P A G E 5 Meet your VAA Executive Board The purpose of the VAA Executive Board as stated in Article III of our by-laws is to manage the entire general affairs of the association. The board is committed to carrying out the mission of the VAA. It is made up of four elected officers, past presidents, and 6 members appointed by the President for a term of at least one year. This board is interested in the opinions of VAA members; thus we are open to your suggestions. Please feel free to keep in touch with us; you will find a complete listing of board members elsewhere in this newsletter. Here s to a fun-filled, productive and positive year. Proposed Bylaws ed to everyone for your review and comments. Comments to be placed on provided form and sent to Executive Board no later than October 5. New Bylaws to be voted on by membership at the October General Meeting. Pumpkins and scholarship Our Scholarship Year starts with the good news that our 2014 winners have all left for their respective colleges and art programs. They are excited, ready and send special thanks for the gifts, financial aid and genuine support from you our VAA members. Several of our former recipients have touched based during the summer months with updates and art news. They are doing very well, and are eager to return to their degree programs and preparing for art careers. Our work with the young artists of the class of 2015 will start very soon, and outreach and materials are being planned now. Your Scholarship Committee is also starting its new fund raising season early. We are planning an expanded version of The Artistic Pumpkin Project, that was so well received last fall. Painted, decorated and themed Faux Pumpkins will again be available for raffle, and purchase. Starting with our VAA Sept. meeting we will have ( for viewing ) artistically inspired and painted pumpkins based on animals, birds, Halloween Characters and scary stories. We will also be working on elegantly decorated and embellished pumpkins. These will feature seasonal designs, showcased with ribbons, flowers, lace, jewels, beading and presented on elegant chargers. Any of these creations would make wonderful centerpieces for your home or Halloween party, and terrific gifts for grandchildren or friends. If you have an idea for a custom pumpkin, let us know early, and perhaps we can design one for you. Also, if you would like to purchase a faux pumpkin and donate it to us, that would be so appreciated. Michaels Craft Store has many sizes & colors, and has come on board with our project and is supporting us in our efforts. Your Michaels coupons could help with needed material as well. We will have our Halloween creations at VAA Meetings, Arts Around The Square, and of course at the October Arts Bazaar Show & Sale. Please see our Suggestion Box located in this newsletter for items and supplies you might have that could be donated and be helpful to us. If you would like to join a decorating team and help with this project please watch for upcoming announcements, as we are planning some workshops very soon. If you have questions and ideas and or pumpkins please call Helen Poor or Marge McQueston Thank You In advance..and THINK PUMP- KINS!!! Your Scholarship Committee Materials Suggestion Box The following materials/supplies could be used by our Pumpkin Artists. If you have any of these materials let us know or drop them off.as our pumpkins are arriving very soon. If you are not back in the Villages yet, you could also bring them to our September VAA Meeting. Here is our list.and you may think of more: Hats, especially witches or party hats, wigs, & hair pieces, shredded filler for gift bags, and shorter, light or black gloves. We can use feather boas, faux fur strips & pieces, dollies, buttons, beads, old jewelry, ribbons (all widths) especially black or fall and warm colors. We also can use yarns, trims. tassels, lace, silk flowers, leaves and garlands, (fall colors) permanent markers, smaller tubes and jars of acrylic paints and sticks for glue guns. If you have dinner chargers you no longer want or use..they would be wonderful as well. Our VAA is filled with creative and generous artists, and they are always so willing to help. Please know that any and all donations will be used and appreciated. Some of last year s offerings. Anything goes.

6 P R O U D OF IT S P A S T PO BOX 1655 LADY LAKE FL VISUALARTSASSOCIATION.COM Editor: Sara Castelli VAAEditor@yahoo.com Deadline: 5pm end of month Published: September - June 2014 September 1 VAL meeting 10 AHA 19 VAA Bd & Mtg-Hacienda Ctr 30 deadline newsletter 5pm October 4-5 Annex Show 6 VAL meeting 8 AHA 12 ARTS Lake Sumter Libit Jones LLLC 16 Jeanette Robertson LLLC 17 VAA Bd & Mtg-Hacienda Ctr Melissa Miller Nece LLLC 23 Kate Carney LLLC Anne Abgott LLLC 31 deadline newsletter 5pm November 3 VAL meeting 6-7 Sharon Wilson LLLC 12 AHA 21 VAA Bd & Mtg-Hacienda Ctr 30 deadline newsletter 5pm December 1 VAL meeting 7 La Galleria Show 10 AHA 14 ARTS Brownwood 19 VAA Bd & Mtg-Hacienda Ctr 31 deadline newsletter 5pm LLLC class info: Gallery East calendar of events: galleryeastfl.org/id90.html VAA Executive Board P A G E 6 President Frank Zampardi frankz.rfz@embarqmail.com Vice president Nan Kohr kohr240@hotmail.com Secretary Doreen Lowther jeanmarykay@comcast.net Treasurer Judith Willetts ahajudi@aol.com Past Presidents Lee Asta rtasta@comcast.net Marie Walsh jwalsh8414@aol.com Marge McQueston margemcq@comcast.net Rich Lohman mail2ric@yahool.com Appointed Mike Daley golfpaintr@comcast.net Connie Giacobbe conyin@runbox.com Wendy Lahey wendylahey2@gmail.com Jack Ottilige jackott@thevillages.net Helen Poor helenpoor@comcast.net Marilyn Wright marilynwr@comcast.net S e e u s i n t h e v i l l a g e s a c t i v i t e s. c o m The VAA was featured in this new information news. Sign up if you want to receive it. Everyone is welcome to receive the TVA newsletter that is sent via every other Friday. It contains a link to our website, our How-To-Guide for using the site, as well as detailed information regarding Clubs' upcoming special events. To receive newsletter, send to johnzecchini@gmail.com or customer.service@thevillagesactivities.info with the Subject: "Request to receive Newsletter". John Zecchini Owner: TheVillagesActivities.com HACIENDA CENTER September 19 9:30am Board meeting 12:30 pm Gathering 1 pm Meeting Dues Due