Cristina Velazquez Artwork at MACLA Annual Auction

Cristina Velazquez shared two small pointillism art pieces with MACLA:
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, for their annual auction and exhibition.
Both pieces sold in record time, a month before the auction, which was held on May 18th.

Contributing to the vitality of local art venues is an important factor in Velazquez' art career.
Please visit www.cristinavelazquez.com for an updated view of her happenings.

Marie LaPrade and Barbara Lambert - FOUND COLORS Exhibit

Photographs by Marie LaPrade and paintings by Barbara Lambert are featured in an exhibit titled FOUND COLORS at the Coastal Arts League Gallery, 300 Main Street, Half Moon Bay.  
The exhibit opens with a reception for the artists on Friday, August 9 from 5 to 7 PM, and will run through September 2, 2013.

 

Annie Liebovitz Exhibit at San Jose Museum of Art

Thanks, Bonnie, for organizing the visit to see the Annie Liebovitz exhibit, "Pilgrimage", at the San Jose Museum of Art.  Chapter members Tanya, Bonnie, Annamaria and Marian, along with Annamaria's guest, Susan Switzer, met at the museum on Thursday.  The "Pilgimage" exhibit provided a lively conversation during our lunch - each one of us provided a unique viewpoint, adding to our museum experience.  It is definitely worth seeing - Annie Liebovitz is an iconic photographer who has experienced several life changing events in the past few years which probably was responsible for this new photographic viewpoint. 

Here are some photos taken in the museum lobby - recognize the Dale Chihuly glass sculptures?
 

Bonnie Smith's work selected for Women's Rights art exhibit

Bonnie J. Smith's fiber artwork "Suffragettes" was selected for the exhibit "Women's Rights: An Artist Perspective, in support of Women's Rights and the passage of the ERA.  Artists were asked to become part of the Celebration and effort to ratify the ERA through expressing their voices and showcasing their art!  UniteWomen.org is the site where all of the artworks selected can be seen. Go to  http://www.entrythingy.com/www.unitewomen_gallery.org#BonnieJ.Smith

 

Marie LaPrade Photograph Juried in Kellicutt International Juried Show

Marie LaPrade has had a photograph selected for the Kellicutt International Juried Photo Show for the tenth annual exhibit   -            Through a Lens: Ten

Artist Reception and Awards Ceremony will be held on

Saturday, July 6^th, 5pm-8pm at

Coastal Arts League

300 Main Street

Half Moon Bay, CA

Dew and Blue

 

 

 

 

Francine Survilo to Exhibit Sculpture in Juried Show

Francine Survilo has had her sculpture "51Head" accepted into the show at The Village Theatre Art Gallery in Danville.  "All Figured Out"  is the third annual juried exhibition presented by the Town of Danville.

June 28 - Aug 9

233 Front Street

Danville, CA 94586

(925)  314-3460

Opening Reception:  June 28, 5 pm - 8 pm

Meet the juror, Renee de Cossio @ 7 pm

Here's the link

http://www.ci.danville.ca.us/Enjoy_Danville/Art_and_Culture/Upcoming_Exhibits/

Honoring Bonnie Smith for Her Swimming Upstream Series of Work

Bonnie J. Smith will be honored June 19, 2013 by Voters Injured At Work www.viaw.org for her leadership and visually representing other injured workers with her fiber art series "Swimming Upstream".  The series now is a total of twelve. 

 

Three of the artworks were seen by a reporter from The Huffington Post on the East Coast and he subsequently nominated her for the honor.   

 

Bonnie J. Smith   www.bonniejofiberarts.com

"swimming upstream and loving it"

 

 

 

Artslant Showcase Award for Marian Yap

Marian's painting, CINNABAR, has been selected as a Showcase Winner in ArtSlant’s 4th 2013 Showcase. This painting, one of the Haiku Threads series, is acrylic/mixed media on 24″ x 24″ gallery wrapped canvas. Cinnabar is a color that appears frequently in mostly Chinese objects, particularly furniture, and often in ceramics. 

Marian writes about the Haiku Threads series of paintings,  "Using vintage thread from the days when my father worked as a milliner in New York City, and stitching through the canvas over collaged paper, I have created a series of paintings that express my haiku ideals of awareness of the moment and of simplicity."

 http://www.artslant.com/la/showcases/showcase?sublist=29^abstract

7th Annual California Centered: Printmaking 2013

The 7th Annual California Center: Printmaking Exhibition has accepted work from members Marian Yap and from Cosette Dudley for inclusion in their juried exhibit at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center in Merced, California.   Juror Eileen Macdonald is Associate Professor of Art at CSU Chico. The exhibit runs through June 28, 2013.  Their website is www.artsmerced.org

Marian's  monotype, titled TONDO, was printed at Seaweed Studio in 2013 on Rives BFK paper, and is matted and framed.

Bonnie Smith's Work in Virginia Museum Exhibit

Bonnie J. Smith's fiber art work "Obama In Blue" is in the traveling exhibit The Journey of Hope: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama currently at Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia.  www.museum.hamptonu.edu/ April 26, 2013 - August 24, 2013. The exhibit was curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi. Hampton University Museum is the oldest African American Museum in the United States.