Peninsula Women's Caucus for Art

Monday, September 30, 2013

Nancee McDonell, Yvonne Newhouse and Nancy Woods in Autumn Show

Open noon to 4 - Wednesday thru Sunday

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Sculpture by Francine Survilo in 7th Biennial Sculpture Exhibition

Francine Survilo has had her sculpture, "Thus We Shall Walk," accepted into the 7th Biennial Indoor Sculpture Exhibition sponsored by the City of Santa Clara and its Cultural Advisory Commission.

There will be an opening reception for the public to meet the artists on September 28, 2:00- 4:00 pm. Award presentations will be held at 3:00 pm.

The show in Santa Clara City Hall, 1500 Warburton Ave (across from the Triton Museum of Art) will be on display from September 28 through February 28, 2014.

Exhibition hours are 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. Closed on Saturday, Sunday and Holidays. For more information, call (408) 615-2210.

The title for this bronze comes from a poem by Yves Bonnefoy.

Thus We Shall Walk

Thus we shall walk on the ruins of a vast sky,

The distant landscape will come into fullness

Like a destiny in the vivid light.

The long-sought most beautiful country

Will lie out before us --land of the salamanders.

Death is in it.

This is the secret lamp burning under our gestures,

Thus we walk lighted.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

WCA Peninsula Chapter Meeting - September 17th

The WCA Peninsula Chapter will be meeting on Tuesday, September 17th at Noon, at the Peninsula Museum of Art, 1777 California Drive in Burlingame.

This is a departure from our evening meeting routine - we are trying out a quarterly daytime meeting to accommodate our members. We have a busy agenda to work on - we have some exciting exhibit opportunities to talk about. Bring a brownbag lunch if you like.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Bonnie Smith Creates a Coloring Book for All Ages

Bonnie J. Smith's, a coloring book for all ages that depicts her series "Swimming Upstream" is finally ready for purchase.

The book has all twelve of the images to color plus four pages of the artworks in full color including her personal story about the series and how it came to be created in fiber. The book can be ordered through her web site, price is 15.00 or by contacting Bonnie directly, shipping within the United States is free.

www.bonniejofiberarts.com

1-408-298-7898

Friday, August 30, 2013

A Family Affair of Art - Cristina Velazquez

The Alvarez-Velazquez Family of Artists will be exhibiting at the South First Billiard Gallery in San Jose.

Please join us for our first family exhibition:

All in One is a collaborative art exhibition between three members of a family. In their first family show, this unit of artists—mother, son, and father utilize different media and expressions, which is evocative in their artwork.

Efren Alvarez is a painter, who uses the traditional medium of oils to expose highly satirical messages on border issues. With his overtly prolific collection of hundreds of paintings created, Efren has captured the eyes of many local collectors and has recently exhibited at MACLA, in San Jose, and will be in a group exhibition; We Are You Project, at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland in August of this year.

Cristina Velazquez is a mix media seeker, who employs the use of your recyclables to transform what has been discarded into pieces of fine art. Although considered trash, the outcome will not be such. Until we can eat our own trash, we will continue to have a garbage problem; Velazquez shares about her site-specific installation, Eat My Trash. Recently has exhibited at the Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica, with an upcoming show at Pam Foss Fine Art Gallery in Maryland in November.

Pedro A. Alvarez-Velazquez, at his early 15 years of age has accumulated a vast portfolio of images captured through his different lenses. A photographer with an expansive view on high art, shares part of his collection in this art exhibition. As a young photographer he has render different colors and textures, that where shot in passing moments on hikes, at site seeing outings, and on everyday life with camera on hand. Pedro has an acute eye for details and expands his repertoire of images by engaging in the most minute to the grand and showy of objects. Recent exhibition with awards of merit at the Redwood City Annual Spring Art Show, where he won first place, and second place in the Middle School Division—Fine Arts with an award of $25.00 check from the San Mateo Credit Union.

South First Billiards

Address: 420 S 1st St, San Jose, CA 95112

Exhibition: August 2 – September 30,

Reception: September, 6th 2013 7pm-10pm.

Please visit all the links:

https://www.facebook.com/events/638139952865680/permalink/651128061566869/

https://www.facebook.com/cristina.velazquez.507

Promoted on El Observador, of San Jose, paper:

http://news.el-observador.com/2013/08/09/all-in-one/

For questions about the location and artwork, please contact Cristina Velazquez (650) 387-7603

Live performances: 7:00 P.M. through 1:00 A.M.

Poets: Aquiles Borges, Jorge Vargas, Laura San Pablo, Miguel Gonzales, & Umbelina Martinez
Singers: Aldo Adrian, Laura San Pablo, Nikita, & Rodrigo Vargas
Rock Band: Los de 1 Dia

Pedro Alvarez-Velazquez - SILVER PLANE

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Yvonne Newhouse at the Jennings Pavilion

Yvonne will exhibit several recent paintings along with other local artists at this juried exhibition.

Join us at the Jennings Pavilion, 150 Watkins Avenue, Atherton, CA, 94027

Cosette Dudley in California Printmakers Show

Cosette Dudley has one of her prints in the California Printmakers Exhibit - Celebrating 100 Years of Printmaking. The exhibit runs through September 5th, 2013, at the Firehouse Art Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue in Pleasanton.

Yvonne Newhouse Watercolors at Filoli Exhibit

Yvonne Newhouse has 2 paintings in this exhibit

Nature’s Many Splendors:

Farms, Gardens and Woodlands 

A Multiple-Media Exhibition

August 27 through October 27

86 Canada Road, Woodside, CA

Tuesday - Saturday:

10:00 am–3:30 pm

Sunday:

11:00 am–3:30 pm

The Gallery at Filoli is a space used by the Art Committee of the Friends of Filoli to display artwork related to Filoli Center’s mission and to foster community relationships. Enrich your visits to Filoli in 2013 by visiting the inspiring collection of art and decorative art exhibits.

I visit Filoli often and always come away with an inspiration for a new work.

Peach Magnolia

Invitation to Rest

Marian Yap Painting in San Diego at Lyceum Gallery

Marian Yap is showing with the San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild in an exhibit at the Lyceum Gallery in San Diego.

In conjunction with the play A Weekend with Pablo Picasso, the San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild presents the juried exhibition Contemporary Expressionism: The Creative Spirit at Lyceum Gallery, San Diego, California. The juror for this event was Derrick Cartwright, former director of the San Diego Museum of Art and the Seattle Art Museum. The exhibit will fun from September 5 - October 14 at the Lyceum Gallery, 79 Horton Plaza in San Diego. The online exhibition will run from September 15 - October 31, 2013. The Artist Reception is September 13, 5-8PM at the Lyceum Gallery. http://www.sdmaag.org/art-competition/exhibition_gallery

Often focusing on the internal world of emotion and spirituality, or on identity and protest, Expressionism has many faces. This exhibition seeks to explore the many different approaches to this fascinating form of art-making.

The term Expressionism was first applied to the Parisian painting that followed Post-Impressionism at the turn of the 19th century. Throughout the 20th century, Expressionism was applied to various figurative and abstract movements, from the German Expressionists, to Picasso and the Cubists, to Abstract Expressionism, Bay Area Figuration, and Neo-Expressionism.