Peninsula Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibition – Identity

Identity is our self-portrait. What surroundings, what colors, what icons, what culture defines who we are? Peninsula Women’s Caucus for Art artists are taking this opportunity to explore aspects of their Identities by using a diversity of styles. Pat Keefe chose to create her personal Kachina representing art, imagination and creativity in her collage. Marian Yap introduces her self-portrait painting with a Haiku. Lorraine Capparell’s images hum with expectancy, meaning and symbolism. Her watercolors represent what the English novelist E.M. Forester once called the “significant moment”. Works by Kris Idarius, Rebecca Lambing, Tanya Lin, Alysanne McGaffey, Yvonne Newhouse, and Bonnie J.Smith are also included.

This exhibition will be on view:

January 5 – March 2, 2016 

Redwood Shores Library

399 Marine Parkway, Redwood City, CA

Gallery hours: 

Mon –Thurs: 10am – 8pm

Sat: 10am – 5pm

Sun: 12 – 5pm.

Artist’s reception: January 10 2016, 1 - 4 pm in the library Community Room.  

For additional information visit www.wcapeninsula.org.

BONNIE J SMITH - featured in two publications

Bonnie J. Smith, textile artist, Indigo Installation was selected to be featured in The Craft Companion: The A - Z Guide to Modern Crafting, Thames & Hudson publishers, Australia. November 11, 2015 International publishing date.

A article about Bonnie and her life as an artist in San Jose, California was published in the online magazine BayAreaforSale  http://www.bayareaforsale.com/articles/bonniejofiberarts-an-artist-at-home-in-the-san-jose-community

Moss Beach 43"h X 39"w

MARIAN YAP Receives Special International Recognition

Male Figure

Artist Marian Yap of Pacifica, California has received two Special Recognition Awards in the "2015 Exposition of Awarded Artwork WWW International" hosted by Upstream People Gallery of Omaha Nebraska. This international exhibition received approximately 225 art entries from around the world and 24 artists were selected by the juror Lawrence Bradshaw, Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, U.S.A.

Professor Bradshaw writes about this specially recognized work:

Marian Yap of Pacifica, CA has achieved a fresh abstract level of expression. Her "Float", "Going to the Gypsy" and "Strata" all show a kind of softness and sense of orchestration fine tuned. And her "Male Figure" and "Stillness" with figurative qualities are quite strong in the manner of her sensitive painting technique.

Following is an artist's statement about this specially recognized artwork:

"My monotype, MALE FIGURE, was created and printed at IL BISONTE STUDIO in Florence, Italy, using non toxic inks.  The figurative work of California artist, Manuel Neri, was inspiration for this piece and I am pleased with the recognition that MALE FIGURE has received.

 STILLNESS is a painting that evolved through several stages on the canvas before the final image emerged.  I hope that it conveys some mystery and fascination to the viewer."

Marian Yap

www.marianyap.com

Visit my blog marianyap.wordpress.com

The exhibition will be featured online through November 2015 at Upstream People Gallery and continue indefinitely in the archives section of the website. 

Additional information may be downloaded from the virus-free links below:

http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/gallery/view.asp?RN=25510&AN=Withrow%2C+Eve+Margo&XD=11/1/2015

Stillness

YVONNE NEWHOUSE - Seasons of Filoli, Woodside, CA

Come enjoy the artwork and grounds of Filoli where you can see two pieces of work by WCA Peninsula member Yvonne Newhouse. 

The show information is as follows:

Seasons of Filoli: A Multiple-Media Exhibition

Tuesday, September 1 through Sunday October 25
Tuesdays - Saturdays, 10:00 am  - 3:30 pm
Sundays, 11:00 am  - 3:30 pm

Meet the Artists Weekend:

Saturday September 19, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
and
Sunday September 20, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm 

Admission is free with paid admission to Filoli.
Reservations not required.

Persimmon Scarf

Peach Magnolia

YVONNE NEWHOUSE - "Risky Business" at Aspen Surgical Center, Walnut Creek, CA

Bison at the Thermals

Yvonne Newhouse reports: 

"I have been working on some new and adventurous painting styles in the last few months and somebody out there likes it. I was pleased to be awarded 1st place in the California Watercolor Society’s “Risky Business” juried show for Bison at the Thermals. The call for art was for artists to try something out of their comfort zone. My painting involved pouring paint, a lot of spraying, wet into wet and masking, inspired by a recent trip to Jackson Hole Wy."

Yvonne's work and those of other members of the California Watercolor Association can be seen at the gallery located in the John Muir Medical Complex. The show was juried by Valerie Patricia Cohen and Linda Sutton.

August 31, 2015 through October 9, 2015

 Aspen Surgical Center 
133 La Casa Via
Walnut Creek, CA 94598 

TANYA LIN – Enwombed: In Search of Fertility, Twin Pines Gallery, Belmont, CA

Come see WCA Peninsula Member Tanya Lin's show at the Twin Pines Gallery in Belmont, on exhibit from September 1st - 30th, 2015.

Twin Pines Gallery is located at 10 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont, CA. 

The hours are Wednesday through Sunday 12-4 pm.

"Boundaries" WCA CAP show wins recognition - Half Moon Bay, CA

The current WCA Peninsula Chapter show, Boundaries, enjoyed a well attended reception last Saturday afternoon at the Coastal Arts League gallery in Half Moon Bay. Amidst the festivities, the chapter was honored with a certificate of recognition for this show from David Canepa, the mayor of Daly City. There is still plenty of time to go see the works that garnered the accolades:

Boundaries
August 21 - September 20th, 2015

Gallery Hours: Thurs - Mon 12 - 5 pm

Coastal Arts League Gallery and Museum
300 Main St., Half Moon Bay, CA
650-726-6335

Boundaries Exhibition statement of purpose:
The universe is defined by boundaries. The shore is the boundary between water, land and air. Your skin is the boundary between you and the rest of the world. Personal boundaries when abrogated, cause strife, dissension, and sometimes oppression. The boundaries between nations define friendships and hostilities. Boundaries determine the edge of play in many athletic competitions.

And where is the boundary of the universe? What is it? What does it mean to be outside of time and space? Is there really such a thing?

YVONNE NEWHOUSE - Society of Western Art 65th Annual Exhibition, San Bruno, CA

 Invitation to Rest

Yvonne Newhouse – 1^st place Watercolor Award 

Society of Western Art 65th Annual Exhibition

                  

This exhibition opened June 4 and will be on display until August 2, 2015. Enjoy many fine artists displaying a variety of mediums. The reception and award ceremony will be August 2nd  from 1pm to 3pm.

Address: 527 San Mateo Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066

Phone: (650) 225-9250

Hours: Thursday - Saturday 11am-3pm

SVWCA Jan 2014 show - MLK Library, San Jose CA

Today's blog entry features a photo overview of the January 2014 South Bay WCA chapter (now Silicon Valley WCA) show at the MLK Library in San Jose.  This overview will be of particular interest to our chapter members as we are scheduled to exhibit our work at this location in 2016.

BONNIE J SMITH - Walnut Creek, CA

Celebrate - 65"h X 35"w, textile

Bonnie J. Smith's "Swimming Upstream" installation is currently at the Walnut Creek Library in the Community Gallery through August 15, 2015. 

Address:

Walnut Creek Library

1644 N. Broadway

Walnut Creek, Ca. 94596

  

Hours: 

10-8 Monday through Thursday 

10 - 6 Friday & Saturday

http://bedfordgallery.org/exhibitions/cag.shtml 

www.bonniejofiberarts.com

WCA PENINSULA SHOW: Breaking Ground Redux

Our recent show, Breaking Ground, at San Mateo City Hall was very well received... so well received, in fact, that we've been asked to extend the exhibition and relocate it to the San Mateo Public Library. So this past Tuesday a few of our members packed up all the artwork and transferred it to the library.  This is a lovely venue with longer hours and a convenient parking garage located beneath the building.

55 West 3rd Avenue

San Mateo, CA 94402

Monday - Thursday: 10 am  - 8 pm

Friday - Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm

Sunday: 1 pm - 5 pm

And... there will be a party!

Please join us for a reception on Sunday, May 17th 1:30 - 3:30 pm.

This exhibition opened on May 5 and will go through June 15th, and presents work by Beate Amler, Lorraine Capparell, Grace Cohen, Kris Idarius, Patricia Keefe, Annamaria Kusber, Rebecca Lambing, Ellen Lee, Tanya Lin, Marie LaPrade, Nancee McDonnell, Alysanne McGaffey, Yvonne Newhouse, Irene Schlesinger, Bonnie Smith, Deanna Taubman, Leigh Toldi, Susan Varjavand and Marian Yap.

Silicon Valley Open Studios: WCA Peninsula members showing

Four members of our WCA Peninsula chapter are showing their work in the Silicon Valley Open Studios event this upcoming weekend. They'd love to see you! See below for address information.

Yvonne Newhouse - Yvonne Newhouse Designs

May 2 - 3, Site 517: 1516 Tarrytown Street, San Mateo, CA 94402

Nancy Woods - One of Designs 

May 2 - 3, Site 1: Peninsula Museum of Art/ Peninsula Art Institute

1777 California Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010

Nancee McDonell - Growing Graphics 

May 2 - 3, Site 428: Growing Graphics

2006 Ticonderoga Drive, San Mateo, CA 94402

Rebecca Lambing

May 2 - 3, Site 16: 1333 Bernal Avenue, Burlingame, CA 94010

MEETING REPORT: : Mike Wong's seminar on photographing artwork

April's WCA Peninsula meeting took place on Tuesday the 21^st, and included an exceptionally helpful and informative presentation by Coastal Arts League member Mike Wong, who also co-owns Spring Mountain Gallery in Half Moon Bay. Mike is a professional photographer with decades of experience photographing everything from weddings to artwork. In his presentation he demonstrated how to adjust camera settings to get the best possible photographs when photographing artwork for the purpose of submission to shows, placement on websites and any other digital media use.

In addition to specific camera settings, Mike emphasized the importance of other components of set-up. These included the use of a tripod and easel, the use of the self-timer feature, taping down the edges of paper against a white background, and many other tips. Lighting, aperture and speed settings were all discussed and WCA members came away with a treasure trove of information and some great new ideas on how to improve the photographic presentation of their artwork for competitions and websites.

Mike's handout is reproduced below.

WCA PENINSULA SHOW: "X 2" at Twin Pines Gallery, Belmont CA

The Twin Pines Art Center presents work by the Peninsula Women’s Caucus for Art.  

Nancee McDonnell

“X 2” will exhibit two works by each artist showing diversity of style, diversity of content, or diversity of medium. “X 2” which opens April 8 includes work by Lorraine Capparell, Grace Cohen, Kris Idarius, Patricia Keefe, Annamaria Kusber, Rebecca Lambing, Ellen Lee, Marie LaPrade, Nancee McDonnell, Alysanne McGaffey, Yvonne Newhouse, Bonnie J Smith, Francine Survilo, Deanna Taubman, Leigh Toldi, Susan Varjavand, Nancy Woods and Marian Yap. 

Deanna Taubman

There is an opportunity to meet the artists at the reception April 12, 1-4 pm. 

Twin Pines Gallery is located at 10 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont, CA. 

The hours are Wednesday through Sunday 12-4 pm. This exhibition will run through May 6, 2015.

Nancy Woods

WCA Peninsula Meeting Notes - featuring PAT KEEFE

Pat Keefe gave a dynamic artist presentation at the WCA Peninsula March meeting. She began her artistic endeavors in painting and bronze casting.  Initially, Pat attended college to study nursing but later advanced to art therapy.

A highlight of Pat’s presentation was her story about a door and it’s frame that she towed around in her Jeep Wagoner to make photographs at many varied locations around the Bay.  They included the DeYoung Museum and the Pacific Coast beaches.  The door project became an integral part of her college art studies and a sculptural exhibit.  This portfolio was an inspiration to those in attendance.

One of Pat’s other art projects were life-size paper dolls that she constructed from objects that tell her story. Luckily for our members, besides having wonderful pictures of the full size dolls, she had a set of the original small size paper dolls to pass around for each person to handle and to admire the feminine perspective. (See inset picture.) 

As a fellow artist, I came away with a message from Pat’s presentation.   Anything is possible.  We want to let our artistic journeys flow from within ourselves.

The March meeting was held in The Peninsula Museum of Art Library, Burlingame, and a potluck lunch provided by members followed.

Peninsula Chapter meetings rotate between the Burlingame location and Coastal Art League located in Half Moon Bay. Times and dates listed below.

April-June-September-November- Coastal Art League, 6:30 dessert & tea, meeting begins at 7:00.

May-August-October-December- Peninsula Museum of Art, meeting begins at 12:00, followed by potluck lunch.

No meeting is scheduled for July 2015.

--Bonnie J. Smith, chapter president

YVONNE NEWHOUSE – Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite, CA

Yosemite Museum Gallery,  February 28 – May 10, 2015

Headwaters Eastside

Kings Art Center, Hanford,  June – July, 2015

Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, August – September, 2015

Yosemite Renaissance is an annual juried competition/exhibition intended to encourage diverse artistic interpretations of Yosemite. Its goals are to bring together the works of serious contemporary artists that do not simply duplicate traditional representations; to establish a continuum with past generations of Yosemite artists; and to help re-establish visual art as a major interpretive medium of the landscape and a stimulus to the protection of the environment. Historically, the arts have played a very important role in the establishment of our State and National Parks. It is our hope that they can be just as important in future efforts to preserve and protect that heritage. More information at   info@yosemiterenaissance.org.

Juried entry –  Headwaters Eastside

WCA PENINSULA SHOW: "Breaking Ground" at San Mateo City Hall

The whole world comes alive after winter. In March the world awakens with color and the scent of aromatic greenery. Spring is a time to renew the excitement and zest for the life within. The theme, Breaking Ground, was chosen by the WCA Peninsula Chapter membership for this exhibit due to the diverse number of possible interpretations and the wide range of media it accommodates. The exhibit will consist of about thirty works of art.

Where: San Mateo City Hall Gallery

Dates: March 11 - May 4, 2015

Hours: M-F 8am - 5pm

GRACE COHEN - Dart For Art Benefit, Burlingame CA

Two of Grace Cohen's works have been selected for inclusion in the 2015 Dart For Art benefit for the LymeLight Foundation. More information from the LymeLight Foundation page:

Dart for Art is not an auction and not your typical cocktail party. Here’s how it works; as guests arrive each couple or single will be assigned numbers which will be used for the “Dart”. Guests will stroll through the gallery enjoying cocktails and meeting the artists, and previewing the various works of art. After a brief introduction the fun will begin. The numbers will be randomly pulled. As your number is called you are invited to Dart for your favorite piece of art. Dart for Art is a wonderful opportunity to obtain original art and have a good time doing it, all while supporting LymeLight Foundation. 

When: March 6, 2015, 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

"Fog 6"

Where:  Burlingame Masonic Center

145 Park Rd, Burlingame , California 94010

See the official webpage

"Almost Birds"

for more details on attending this event.

EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY: San Mateo County Fair

There are two upcoming San Mateo County-based exhibition opportunities for residents. The entry deadline for the San Mateo County Arts Commission show Women's View - 2015 had now passed, but the deadline for the San Mateo County Fair Arts Galleria is May 27th. Information for both shows can be found in the attached image.