GENERAL MEETINGS:

Sequim Arts general meetings are held at St.Luke’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 525 N.Fifth Avenue, Sequim. Meetings begin with coffee and goodies at 9:30 AM, a short business at 10:00 AM, followed by a program presented by local or visiting artists.

2010

May Meeting

Sequim Arts program presenter for the May 27th Members Meeting will be local artist and Sequim Arts Member Anna Nichols who will explain and demonstrate her method of making “Collage Paintings”.  Anna grew up in the Pacific Northwest.  She studied art at Park College, with James Hamill in Kansas City, and also took art classes when she lived in Europe.  She began work with paper collage in 2000 and now considers it to be one of her main mediums.  Anna occasionally gives classes and workshops in collage painting.  She is a member of the National Collage Society and exhibits her work at the Waterfront Art Gallery in Port Angeles.  She has been in many juried shows and won a number of awards.  Her works are in corporate and private collections both locally and throughout the US and Europe.  The meeting starts at 9:30 am with coffee and snacks and the meeting and program follows at 10:00 and 11:00.  Visitors are always welcome and this non profit organizations events are always free.”  Attached are some examples of Anna’s amazing artwork.

April Meeting

Mary Franchini is an experimental watermedia artist and teacher who believes that Art should be fun. Her art is serious business and it is her work but she does not think that suffering is necessary. Since recycling is on everyone’s mind, she has been thinking about how she has used recycling for quite a while in her art. It started purely as economics. She loves fine watercolor paper and handmade papers and they tend to be expensive. She has considered “ceremonial burnings” of her old paintings but just cannot distroy that paper——or at least not yet. Her demo will use old paintings that never quite grew up or did not seem to want to and other items and techniques that you might not have thought about. Come join Sequim Arts for a fun and informative program.

March Meeting

Sequim Arts Member Jean Wyatt will present how to make Decorative Floorcloths at the Sequim Arts monthly meeting on March 25th. Jean also does stained glass and fused glass artwork.She became inspired to do canvas painted floorclothes in 2002 after seeing a Sequim Artist make them as pet food mats. In addition to being used as rugs they can be used as place mats, table coverings, wall hangings, plant protectors and much more. They evolved from a handcraft of the 1700s to a manufactured product of the 1800s, lost out to linoleum at the beginning of the 20th century then revived in the 1950’s as decorators moved towards handmade crafts including stenciling and floorcloths. Jean found them an art form that allows her to create a work of art and then finish it so that it is durable and functional. This promises to be a very interesting and informative presentation.

February Meeting

The featured program will be given by Vashon Island Artist Sooze Grossman who works in a medium called Cyanotype Printing.  This medium is ideal for Quilters and other Textile Artists working in cotton, wool and other fibers.  Sooze will bring materials for meeting attendees to do practice work.  Visitors are always welcome.

January Meeting

Cynthia Thomas will be our presenter for the January meeting. She will do an interactive presentation to get us all off our tuschies and do ART.

Cynthia has studied colour theory and composition, and different media: drawing with pencil, pastels, charcoal; painting in oils and acrylics; printmaking, wood cuts; and sculpture, pottery and jewelry. She earned a BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts and an MA from San Jose State University, both degrees in Metal Arts and Jewelry Design.

 

2010 General Meetings

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January 28, Demo: Cynthia Thomas

February 25, Demo: sooze bloom deLeon grossman

March 25, Demo: Jean Wyatt

April 22, Demo: Mary Franchini

May 27, Demo: Anna Nichols

June 24, Demo: Sherry Nagel

July/August No meeting

September 23

October 28, Demo: Carol Janda

November No Meeting

December 2 Potluck

BOARD MEETINGS:

Sequim Arts Board meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at The Blue Dragonfly Studio on Curlew Street. All Sequim Arts members are welcome to attend these meetings. 2010 schedule follows:

2010 Board Meetings

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January 21

February 18

March 18

April 15

May 20

June 17

September16

October 21

November (if needed)

2009

December Meeting

Starts with coffee time is 9:30 am, 10:00 am Meeting, followed by a talk by Mary Marsh, our Sequim Arts Historian.Then our  Annual Potluck, Christmas Holiday Luncheon.

October Demo Artist was Anita Wheeler

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Anita is a member of the Quileute Nation.  She has many talents which include Cedar Bark Weaving.  She will  bring the woven cedar basket called “Basket woman” and talk about weaving. She will  also bring examples of her coastal designs and discuss how it was explained by her grandfather and will share stories passed down through generations.

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September Meeting Demo Artist was Ole Olson

 

 

“I came to the Pacific Northwest

in 1996 to follow a dream__

to record the beauty in

abundance here.”

While demoing, Ole talked about how he learned to carve objects from professional wood carvers in the Pacific Northwest.

Other media:  Oil, Water Color, Stone and metal

 

June Meeting Demo by Peninsula Driftwood Artist

Charlie Johnson, Mildred Tain and Sharon Curnett will be demonstrating the Worlund method of making and teaching driftwood art.

A pot luck will be held along with an art book and supply sale with proceeds going to support the Youth Arts Program.

May Meeting Demo Guest was Diane Gale, Potter

 

Diane has been making pottery for over 20 years, balancing supporting herself with her passion for ceramics.  Her work creates a coming together of material from the earth kneaded into form, glazed in earth’s minerals and born from fire to be nature reformed.

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April Demo for General Meeting was Kim Anderson

Sequim Arts April 23rd meeting will feature well known Northwest Artist Kim Anderson.  Kim is a graduate of The Burnley School of Art, Seattle WA and a signature member of the National Collage Association.  She has won numerous awards in juried shows with her works in three dimensional art.  A current passion is creating art in assemblage boxes inspired by her attraction to recycled/found objects and the enjoyment in the contrast of mixed textures.  Kim’s art is meant to tell a story or convey a message or feeling, share a moment or a dream with a viewer, a desire for a connection; a viewers smile, laugh or nod, perhaps thinking…”I’ve had that feeling”.  Kim’s presentation follows gathering time at 9:30 am and general meeting at 10:00 am.  Visitors are cordially welcomed.

March demo for the General Meeting was Susan Spar

For the past two years, Susan has been selling small florals and nudes successfully on eBay and through the Daily Painters Website. On March 19^th, Susan will demonstrate her technique for creating one of her “daily” paintings, taking us through her set up process, a fast tonal under painting to the finished piece – all in about one hour. So hold on to your seats.

February 26 demo for the general meeting was “Driftwood: Finding to Finishing” with Peninsula Driftwood Artist.

The Demo for the General Meeting for January 22 was “Cold Connections can be Hot” by Coffee and Pat Miklos.

A hands on presentation of jewelry techniques that do not require torch work. We hope to incorporate such techniques as rivets, tube rivets, piercing, drilling, hammering, texturing, folding and bending

Coffee Miklos and his wife Pat discovered the beauty of the Pacific Northwest on a vacation in 2002. They moved to Dungeness (a tiny village just outside of Sequim, Washington) in 2005 and together formed “Dungeness Studios”.

BOARD MEETINGS:

Sequim Arts Board meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at MAC Administrative Building, 544 Sequim-Dungeness Way. All Sequim Arts members are welcome to attend these meetings. 2008 schedule follows:

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Barbara DePirro presented the demonstration for the September meeting. Her presentation was entitled “Through My Eyes”

“Inspiration comes to us in so many ways; whether traveling to exotic lands, strolling down country roads,walking through urban settings or just sitting still and simply opening our eyes. We are surrounded by an endless flow of ideas. Having the ability to find inspiration in the simplest of forms, the familiar, and the everyday is a tremendous gift. In this presentation, I will let my images be my words….sharing a glimpse of how I, as an artist, see the world.” Barbara DePirro.2009008