June 2016 Newsletter

June 2016 Newsletter CALENDAR April 23 to July 23, 2016 WPW Spring Exhibition Encino Terrace Center 15821 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91436 Reception - June 25 11:00 am to 1:30 pm (See details below.) June 9, 2016 Introduction of New Members & Installation of New Board Members 11:30 am Olympic Collection 11301 Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064 $25, Buffet For reservations email Sally Sloan (lunch@womenpainterswest.org) RSVP deadline: June 3 July 29 - Sept 26, 2016 WPW Exhibition "Point of View" Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 Entry deadline: Tuesday, June 21 by 5 pm Reception: Saturday, August 6, 4 to 7 pm Prospectus attached here. The following is our new Board of Directors: President 1st VP - Exhibition Chair 2nd VP - Program Chair Membership Chair Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary Treasurer Exhibition Clerks Directory/Data Base Luncheon Reservations Newsletter/Facebook Volunteer Coordinator Website/Newsletter Historian Member at Large Parliamentarian Philanthropy President Emeritus Publicity Scholarship Special Events President s Message We have had a wonderful year and are ready to launch 2016/17 with eleven new members juried in on May 5. Seven of our associate members have made active status, and we have one show in progress and another planned for July. The best news is that we have a fabulous board in place with some very exciting things planned. Our new active members are Andrée Carter, Annie Clavel, Julie Feldman, Aazam Irilian, Carol Orzack, Nancy Crandall Phillips and Nilou Shahery. Congratulations, and we look forward to many art-filled years together. Diane Karpel Arlene Weinstock/ Susie Gesundheit Lorraine Bubar/Mar Abella Selina Cheng/ Jean Richardson Ann Marie Keane Liz Tucker Shawn Riley January Garabedian Annie Clavel Sally Sloan Nancy Goodman Lawrence Rea Nagel Mila Benedicto Brenda Anderson Virginia Sandler Lorraine Streiby Aazam Irilian Loraine Veeck Peggy Charboneau Barbara Frankel Judy Kane/Lynne Schroeder Congratulations to our new members: Eva Andry, Suzanne Budd, Patricia Derby, Helen Douek, Mina Ho Ferrante, Jeanne Iler, Margaret Keene, Claire Rogier Kosasky, Patricia R. Ogden, Susan C. Price and Idelle Okman Tyzbir. We are looking at many new options for exhibitions in the next few years, so please let me know if you come across a novel venue for us to pursue. Our next meeting will be in September, and the only summer plan is a tea for the new members and our membership drive. Please let me know if you have any ideas or know of someone special for workshops next year. Have a wonderful summer and enjoy all of your artistic endeavors. Diane Karpel, President jdkarpel@aol.com In Memoriam Kay B. Snodgrass (1940 2016) Past WPW member, Kay Snodgrass, was an artist/ printmaker and member of several arts organizations. In Sept. 2015, the Pasadena Society of Artists honored her with a distinguished artist exhibition. She created etchings and artwork in her garage, winning many awards. She is remembered as a sweet, quiet person with a big sense of humor. June Meeting Our final luncheon meeting will be on June 9, and the 11 new members juried in on May 5 will be there to share their paintings. Also, the new board will be installed. Please make a special effort to join with your artist friends to end our 2015-16 year. Reservation deadline is Friday, June 3. Please email Sally at lunch@womenpainters-west.org Encino Terrace Center Lobby Art Reception Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 11 am to 1:30 pm 15821 Ventura Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91436 View artworks by 28 Women Painters West artists with over 70 pieces of art on display at Encino Terrace Center Lobby Art Gallery. The show runs through Friday, July 22, 2016. Garage parking discounted to $7, or metered street parking available on Ventura Blvd. 1 www.womenpainterswest.org

Our Scholarship Recipients Ghazal Rahimi with her artwork Vicente Perez III Alejandro Perez Forouzan Safari with her artwork above: The art of Vicente Perez III (2 left) & Alejandro Perez (right) The art of Yasamin Safarzadeh Yasamin Safarzadeh Ghazal Rahimi Brenda S Bagg Memorial award recipient Interviewed by Lynne Schroeder Ghazal is from Iran, and her family is still there. The painting she brought to the luncheon is one of a series depicting the culture and pressures of Middle East and Iranian culture. She painted the woman's face on the bottom of the canvas and on its side to show the pressure weighted down on her from the various patterns. The paint is thicker at the bottom as well. The patterns are from Iranian and Arabic culture. Her art hero is Aizin Ashlou. Her goal as an artist is to represent the pressure on women and the role that men have in Iranian culture. She has drawn since childhood. She always wanted to be an artist. She feels the importance of researching the backgrounds of history and of having good drawing skills. She wants to stay in the US but also wants to show her work in Iran. Vicente Perez III and Alejandro Perez Lynn Babior Memorial award recipients Interviewed by Arlene Weinstock Vicente Perez III and Alejandro Perez are twin brothers who are artists. They work collaboratively on projects and sometimes paint on the same canvases. They were born and raised in South Gate and have been drawing all their lives. In their senior year of high school they became serious about art. At Otis, they learned to draw and worked in different media and now as they prepare to graduate, they see themselves as painters working with acrylics. They are inspired by artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jonas Wood. Alejandro says they are interested in Pop Art. The footwear series is about all the different cultures and styles in Los Angeles. In youth culture, shoes reflect class issues. They are interested in the diversity of the greater Los Angeles region. They photograph friends, relatives and themselves for source images. These figurative paintings are done as value studies - black, white and gray. They also work in color when they paint abstracts. The brothers are planning on getting studio space after they graduate from Otis so they can continue to create together. WPW Newsletter June 2016 Forouzan Safari WPW award recipient Interviewed by Lynne Schroeder Forouzan Safari is from Iran, and her family is here in the US. Her work is all about color. When she came to the United States she noticed all of the color in peoples dress and in her surroundings. She decided to do a large painting of her friend Sajad because his clothing is so colorful and different. She also wanted to make sure that her painting had some sense of humor. She likes funny things. Her artist heroes are Egon Schiele, Alice Neel, and Alex Katz. Forouzan wants to finish her master s degree and then teach as well as show her work. She would like to study at a New York art school after leaving Otis. Yasamin Safarzadeh WPW award recipient Interviewed by Mila Benedicto When first meeting Yasamin Safarzadeh, one is immediately impressed by her charisma, insightfulness, and passion. Persian-American in background, most of her family was killed by the Iranian government during the revolution. No doubt this history informs her opinion that the greatest artists "have to have a social political voice" and that all the great artists were antagonized for their art and mentality, citing Courbet and James Joyce among many others. But she looks to the future with excitement and sees today as a great time for women artists, especially of color, to believe in the statements they're making. This socially conscious young woman looks forward to continuing her work with non-profits helping city schools with their art programs and planting urban gardens. She talks with passion of her artist hero, Neo Rauch, as someone who brings life back to oil painting. She shared with us a thirteen-foot piece on raw canvas that is one of a series ideally viewed together as if looking up at stained glass in a cathedral. She describes this work as a "fractal documentation, an "exercise in staining, and "taking natural pattern fractals and having them answer the questions about art." She explains that as she stains her canvases, she thinks of the artists who came before her with hopes of joining their ranks. We will surely be hearing much of this intelligent, passionate young artist as her career progresses. 2 www.womenpainterswest.org

SAVE THE DATE Saturday, June 11, 2016 WPW SUMMER ARTIST STUDIO TOUR We are delighted to close our year with an outstanding tour that includes the studios of WPW members Melanie Roschko and Kathy Sandel. Melanie is an artist-in-residence at Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo. In addition to visiting her studio, we have arranged with three other artists who will be opening their studios for us: Joe Cibere (watercolor), Peggy Pownall (mixed media) and Daggi Wallace (pastel). Studio Channel Islands Art Center is a vibrant artist colony located in Old Town Camarillo that provides 15 studios for nearly 40 working artists. In addition, there is the Blackboard Gallery that features ongoing art exhibits. After our visit at the Art Center, we will return to Calabasas to Kathy Sandel s studio. Kathy has kindly offered to prepare a buffet lunch for us. Weather permitting, we will be able to lunch alfresco on her terrace. We will meet at 9:15 am at the Commons in Calabasas and carpool to Camarillo. At noon, we will leave Camarillo and return to Kathy Sandel s home in Calabasas. The tour will end around 2 pm. We are limiting this tour to 20 people. Please R.S.V.P. to Selina Cheng 310-283-4105 SelinaChengArt@aol.com Schedule and addresses 9:15 Meet in front of Barnes and Noble book store The Commons at Calabasas 4735 Commons Way Calabasas, CA 91302 10:00 Studio Channel Islands Art Center Melanie Roschko (mroschko@aol. com) 818-378-3830 2222 Ventura Blvd Camarillo, CA 93010 12:30 Studio of Kathy Sandel (katsandu@sbcglobal.net) 818-222-9449 23125 Park Contessa Calabasas, CA 91302 Kathy has graciously invited us to a lunch at her home. Please bring a beverage. Members News Members News submissions should be sent by the 10th of the month to Nancy Lawrence at tearmyartout@mac. com Chuka Susan Chesney is exhibiting in the following: txtme, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, through June 11; Let Us Eat Cake, Studio C Gallery, DTLA, to June 4; VS Exhibition, Gallery 825, where she collaborated on a mixed media triptych, to June 3; Close to Home, ArtShare, DTLA, to June 11; and the Pasadena Society of Artists 91st Annual Exhibition, from June 7 to June 25. Susie Gesundheit is exhibiting in the following: California s Future? Prints from the Los Angeles Printmaking Society, to May 25; Earthly Delights, SCWCA Members Exhibition by Southern California Women, Avenue 50 Studio, with a closing reception on Sun., June 5 from 11 am to 1 pm. Mar Hollingsworth has one work included in the Endless Summer Group Art Exhibition, Buena Park City Hall from July 6 to August 26. Loraine Veeck has a painting at La Galeria Gitana through July 8, 2016. Opening night for "The American West; Its People, Its History, and Its Landscapes" is Saturday May 14 from 6-930pm. She will also be at the Wildling Museum in Solvang with two paintings "Celebrating National Parks in California". The exhibition dates are June 17 - October 3, 2016. WPW Exhibition "Point of View" at Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks This summer exhibition will run from July 29 through September 26. We have not had an exhibition in the west valley in a while and this is a great opportunity to bring Women Painters West to this area. Locations for artwork drop-off will be sent in an email. Enter artwork for this exhibit through Online Juried Shows. See the prospectus attached to this newsletter for full information. Thanks to our Contributors Managing/Layout Editors: Nancy Goodman Lawrence, Mila Benedicto, Annie Clavel Feature Articles: Diane Karpel, Selina Cheng, Lynne Schroeder, Arlene Weinstock, Mila Benedicto Members News: Nancy Goodman Lawrence Photography: Kathy Sandel Mailing: Lynn Gadal, Mathilde Lombard Nancy Goodman Lawrence WPW Newsletter June 2016 3 www.womenpainterswest.org

AWARDS First Place $500 Second Place $300 Third Place $200 Three Honorable Mentions (3) POINT OF VIEW AN EXHIBITION AT Hillcrest Center for the Arts 403 W. Hillcrest Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 Exhibition Dates Friday, July 29 through Monday, September 26, 2016 Reception Saturday, August 6 from 4 to 7 pm Awards Presentation: 6:30 pm Juror: Jim Zver Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Closed Saturday and Sunday JURIED BY JPGS through OnlineJuriedShows.com HAND DELIVER ENTRIES Tuesday, July 26 2:00 to 5:00 pm JUROR Jim Zver Los Angeles based painter, sculptor and print-maker with a more recent emphasis on collage and painted wood sculptures. He has taught in New York and California colleges and art schools and his works are represented in corporate, museum, university and private collections in the United States and Europe. His 2014 solo exhibit at Cal Poly's Kellogg Gallery featured a 20-year survey that included 79 of his California works. IMPORTANT DATES Tuesday, June 21 by 5 pm Deadline for online entries and fees All entries go through OnlineJuriedShows.com Tuesday, July 5 Acceptance Notification Tuesday, July 26 2:00 am to 5:00 pm Take-in of Artwork Saturday, August 6 From 4 to 7 pm Opening Reception 6:00 pm Awards Presented Tuesday, September 27 10:30 am to 1:30 pm Pickup of Work Please read this Prospectus thoroughly as some requirements have changed. Artists whose work is accepted in this exhibit may be asked to volunteer. SUBMISSION OF ENTRY Must be received by OnlineJuriedShows.com By Tuesday, June 21 by 5 pm

RULES OF ENTRY REQUIREMENTS - - - PLEASE READ COMPLETELY ELIGIBILITY Work must be your own original artwork, not done under an instructor s supervision, and not exhibited in any previous WPW show. Work completed in last three years only. Only wall-hung pieces are accepted. SPECIFICATIONS Frames, neutral mats and wiring must be professional quality and in good condition. No sawtooth hangers. Metal or neutral narrow wood frames only. All work should be ready to hang with screw eyes and hanging wire. No ornate framing will be accepted. Wiring must be in good condition and substantial enough for the weight of the artwork. Wiring must be wrapped with tape at ends. Works on paper must be framed, so volunteers can easily move and hang your work without damage. Canvas edges should be painted if no frame. Delivered work must match the image juried. No substitutions of accepted works will be allowed. All accepted work must remain in the gallery for the duration of the exhibit. Prices quoted on the entry form may not be changed after acceptance. Please have entry label completed and taped to the back upper right corner of each piece and have a release form signed to give to the volunteer at take in. These labels are available on the website womenpainterswest.org. You will need one label for each painting accepted. SIZE RESTRICTIONS Works cannot exceed 4 and 6 either dimension including frame nor exceed 30 lb. ACCEPTED WORK Email notifications of acceptance will be sent by Tuesday, July 5, 2016. A separate email will be sent for each piece of work submitted. WPW reserves the right to reproduce accepted artwork for publicity and documentation purposes. The artist retains all copyrights in the artwork. Hillcrest Center for the Arts shall receive a 20% commission on sales during the exhibition. Please see Exhibitions Rules in the WPW directory for the complete guidelines regarding entries. (http://womenpainterswest.org/about.html) Artists whose work is accepted in this exhibit will be asked to volunteer. LIABILITY Artwork will be handled with reasonable care. Hillcrest Center for the Arts and its representatives will not be responsible for loss, theft or damage of artworks while in the gallery s possession or in transit. ENTRY PROCEDURE Artwork (up to 2 pieces) for consideration by juror must be entered in the OnlineJuriedShows.com website by Thursday, June 21 no later than 5pm. FEES $30 for one or two entries. All fees are nonrefundable and payable by Credit Card or PayPal through the OnlineJuriedShows.com website. DISCLAIMER Entries not meeting the criteria listed above will be disqualified and the entry fee will not be refunded. DIGITAL IMAGES OF EACH PIECE Digital format: JPG, TIFF, BMP or PNG OnlineJuriedShows.com will resize the submitted images to 1920 pixels for the longest size. Larger images are accepted. The minimum size for a submitted image is 800 pixels on the longest size. However, the closer the image is to 1920 pixels on the longest side @72dpi, the better the quality for the juror. Submitted work should be correctly oriented (vertical or horizontal). Label each digital image with your name and picture title. Use capitalization and punctuation as you wish it to appear. ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY Thursday, June 21 by 5 PM GoTo OnlineJuriedShows.com to submit your entry. If you do not have an account, you will need to set one up. Follow the instructions on the screen. Use images you have on your computer to submit your entry. If you wish to resize your images prior to submission, please do so. The website has a helpful tool for resizing images, if you wish to use it. QUESTIONS? Arlene Weinstock arlenew@arlenew.com Exhibitions Clerk

Exhibition Entry Form for Hillcrest Art Center HAND DELIVER ARTWORK Tuesday, July 26-2:00 am to 5:00 pm Hillcrest Center for the Arts 403 W. Hillcrest Drive - Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 ELIGIBILITY Work must be your own original artwork, not done under an instructor s supervision and not exhibited in any previous WPW show. Work must not exceed 4 in height and 6 in width; not exceed 30 lb. All work should be framed or canvas edges should be painted if no frame. Works on paper must be framed and under Plexiglas. Frames: metal or neutral narrow wood frames. No ornate frames. Mats: neutral color neatly cut, no colored mats. Colored liners are acceptable. Wiring must be professional quality and in good condition. All work should be ready to hang with screw eyes and hanging wire. Wire must be wrapped with tape at ends. No saw-tooth hangers. Artist agrees to permit WPW to reproduce the accepted artwork for WPW publicity and documentation purposes. Fill in and attach one label to the back top right corner of each accepted artwork. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Please Print and Cut Labels- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hillcrest July 29 September 26, 2016 WOMEN PAINTERS WEST Artist Title Phone Sale Price Hillcrest July 29 September 26, 2016 WOMEN PAINTERS WEST Artist Title Phone Sale Price