The Lodi Community Art Center Newsletter

July 2008

From the Press

Caroline at the Keyboard…notes from the president

July looks to be an exciting month at the Art Center . The show theme is “Reflections”. This could describe works featuring water, glass, mirror images, or metal reflections. Or it could be thought-provoking images—reflecting on an idea. Work that does not connect to the theme is also welcome. Please deliver works for the new show Saturday, June 28, between 10 am and 3 pm. Or leave work on Monday June 30, but for this you are on your own as the gallery is not staffed. If both these opportunities are impossible, contact one of the officers.

Our first Featured Artist show in a long time is Rochelle Perry’s with stained glass works on display. There is a sign up form for featured artist in the gallery, and I’m pleased to say that at least half the coming year is already signed for.

We are closed July 4 for Independence Day. “First Friday” migrates to July 11. The board meeting is not until July 7, the first Monday. Rochelle Perry is giving her Featured Artist reception the evening of July 12. Given we already have all those events during the second week of July, I beg your indulgence in canceling our newly revived second Tuesday member meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend the Monday meeting. We will resume 2nd Tuesday meetings in August.

We’re starting to see the studio in use for classes, and it is available for member studio use when classes are not scheduled. Contact Patti Wallace if you want to teach a class.

Our member brainstorming meeting following installation of officers on June 10 generated many great ideas. I think there was a consensus for having the Small Works open show in November. Long range planning, scheduling, improved marketing, and publicity were among the other topics. Re-starting some other activities such as the Brush-Off was mentioned. We will be looking at the idea list at the board meeting on the 7th.

Congratulations to the many members who did well in the San Joaquin Fair art show—especially Bev Kay with Best of Show in the open show.

Caroline Henry

NEWS

Membership:

New and returning members are: Ann Anderson, Tim and Melissa Boston,  Marika and James Farnsworth,

Carolyn Greeson, Bob Montgomery,  Rochelle Perry and Linda Rhodes.

We're happy to have them put their support to the LCAC. Welcome.

ANNUAL DUES ARE DUE!

Come join or rejoin the LCAC with fellow art enthusiasts. Together we can bring art to our community.

Send $35.00 to P.O. Box 878 , Lodi , 95241, or deliver to the Gallery. Or make it easy and save the gas

and postage by bringing your dues money to our next demo meeting at the Library, June 25.

Margie Preszler, Membership Chairman

Teachers needed for the 2008 Art and Wine Festival

The Central California Art Association (CCAA) will be hosting its fifth annual Art and Wine Festival in downtown Modesto on August 16, 2008, from 10am to 10pm. At this festival, artists will have work on displayed for sale, wine tasting will be available, live music will play late in the evening, and volunteer instructors will be providing a host of activities for adults and kids.

Each year, the children’s activity area is a big draw, bringing many families into the festival to provide their kids with a fun and informative cultural experience. The CCAA is looking for individuals to lead classes for kids at the 2008 Art and Wine Festival between the hours of Noon and 5:00pm. Anyone interested in teaching in the Children’s Area is asked to fill out an application form (attached to this email in PDF form) and return in to the Mistlin Gallery by July 7, 2008.

-Volunteer teachers can teach one-half hour long classes or hour long classes based upon the project’s complexity. Volunteers may also opt to have a “drop-in area”, where kids can stop in and do the project at any time during the volunteer’s shift.

-Classes for kids will only be offered between noon and 5pm

-Volunteers are asked to work for at least two hours during the day, but there will be a break between hours for the sake of eating, drinking, and relaxing. Teachers may work longer if they so wish

Things that will remain the same:

-Volunteer teachers will be paid $20.00 per hour

-All art materials will be provided by the CCAA; volunteer-provided materials are greatly appreciated

-Volunteers are asked to provide/create an art lesson to teach at the festival. If you don’t have any ideas for a lesson, please ask; we would be more than happy to make suggestions!

This is sure to be a fun and inspirational experience for the kids at the festival, and volunteers make it all possible! We hope that you will be able lend a hand in making this another successful year for the Art and Wine Festival!

Kadie Helton - CCAA Gallery Director

Email for an Artist Application kadiehelton@aol.com

Town of Locke Art Event, Every 2^nd Saturday from 11am to 4pm

The Main Street in Locke is closed to traffic so people can stroll and enjoy the galleries, shops, and restaurants without traffic noise during those times(11-4) and the galleries serve wine and munchies.

Dorcys Burchell work is on display at the Ning Hou Gallery in Locke , CA .

Hours: Saturday – Sunday 12:30-4:30

Calendar:

Calendar:

Member Meeting: Wednesday, June 25^th at Lodi Library 7:00pm

Board Member Meeting: Monday, July 7th at Art Center 7:00pm

FIRST FRIDAY ART HOP: July 11th, 6 PM

FEATURED ARTIST RECEPTION: Saturday, July 12, 7 p.m.

MEMBER MEETING: Wednesday, July 23, 7 p.m. at Lodi Library

Classes

WEEKLY OIL LESSONS: In the Lodi Art Center Studio, 1375 Lakewood Mall, Tuesdays, 9 am to 1 pm. Taught by Jean Justeau. New member welcome. $12 per session. Bring materials. Jean may be contacted at justeau@sbcglobal.net

DOWN BY THE RIVER STUDIO GALLERY
Main Street, Locke, CA – (916) 776-1740 Life Art Sessions, Every wed. 7-9pm
$10- model fee any medium &

Children's Art Class, Sundays 11:30-12:30ish
$15- fee supplies provided Teacher- Chris Spencer

Shows

PLACERVILLE ARTS ASSOCIATION 42ND ANNUAL MOTHER LODE ART EXHIBITION $4000 in cash and merchandise award, Best of Show is $500. July 1 deadline for receipt of slides, work delivered Aug. 8 & 9, show is Aug. 10-24. Open to all artists 18 and up in the US and Canada. Judged by Kathleen Dunphy. Download entry forms at www.placervillearts.com. Some available at the Lodi Community Art Center.

*THE 53RD ANNUAL OPEN INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION, "BOLD EXPRESSIONS" , presented by Northern California Arts, Inc. is Sept 30-Oct 25, at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 5330 B Gibbon Dr, Carmichael, 95608. digital imaged, CD or Email. For prospectus go to www.SacFineArts.org.

LODI GRAPE FESTIVAL takes place in mid September with entries due in late August.

SEPETEMBER Stockton Art League show at the Haggin Museum Fall also brings the Bold Expressions show at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center.

Delicato 12^th Annual Photography Show: July 1-26^thDelivery of Art June 11^th-20^th, $8 per entry, Limit 5 pieces per artist. Call (209) 824-3600 for Entry Forms

Haggin Museum, 2008 National Art Competition

Sponsored by the Stockton Art League September 14 to November 9, 2008 All slides and entries must be postmarked by July 14, 2008.

www.hagginmuseum.org .

Lite Art:
by leland choy

Stale Peanuts

Have you ever eaten stale peanuts? I have many times. I didn't have to. I could have popped open the lid of my trash can and dumped them. But I didn't. I just flipped them into my mouth, one peanut at a time and munch away. They don't even taste like peanuts, more like salty flavored cardboard. So why eat them? Fresh peanuts aren't that expensive. Commercial airlines give out extra bags upon request, no charge; that's how cheap they are. Why would I even consider eating stale peanuts when life has so many other unpleasant experiences in store for me, many accreting without my help? Is it because I have this mental illness that is common in the writing profession, music making, and the painting of pictures? I also hear that real estate agents and social workers from North Korea suffer from the same disorder. Imagine that.

Now, just what are the symptoms? The main one, of course, would be this obsession to be parsimonious. For example, I waste nothing; even toothpicks are reused. Food that has fallen on the floor for over five seconds, I still would pick up and eat. Disgusting, I know, but this affliction makes people, like me, behave oddly. And even if my financial status were above seven figures, I would still exhibit symptoms. Party givers sometimes use this as a test. During receptions for artists, or real estate brokers, or North Korean social workers, stale peanuts will be served, not by accident but by design. Party givers like to know if people are who they say they are, and this is their peanut acid test, a.k.a. PAT. Those who spew out the stale peanuts have not pass the PAT and are not true artists but liberals pretending to be artists, not real estate brokers but mortgage lenders of the worst sort. And those social workers who refuse to eat the stale peanuts, you can bet your life have never set foot on North Korean soil. What I'm saying is this: there is a finite test (PAT) that will sort out the truly creative artist, the legitimate real estate broker, and the authentic North Korean social worker from their pretentious counterfeits.

So, if ever you are offered peanuts in a dish and you find them stale, look around you. Are the people, offering them, fellow artists who are suspicious of your credentials? Are some of them constantly smiling at you while waving a clipboard filled with real estate listings? Or do some of them wear green fatigue caps embroidered with a red star, and do they put their arm around you and keep calling you comrade? Whatever it is, do as I do, eat the goddamn peanuts and pretend you really like it.

Our Web Site

WEB SITE LINKS

Members: If you have your own personal or business art related website that you would like

to have posted on our links page please send Webmaster David Jon Foster an E-Mail letting him know.

 david@davidjonfosterart.com

ON LINE GALLERY

Members: If you would like to have your art featured in the LCAC on line gallery just send

your jpeg images to Webmaster David Jon Foster.

david@davidjonfosterart.com

Area Galleries

Tidewater Gallery

223 E. Weber Avenue, Stockton, (209) 463-4033.

Gallery Hours:  Tuesday through Friday, 10 am - 5pm.  Saturday, 11- 3pm

River Road Art Gallery

In Locke 1/3 mile north of Walnut Grove  PO

Box 582, Walnut Grove, CA  95690.916-776-1132.  Open Fri, Sat, Sun, 11am -5pm

University of the Pacific's Reynolds Gallery

1071 Mendocino Ave Stockton(209) 946-7323 reynoldsgallery@pacific.edu

LH Horton Jr Gallery

Located on the ground floor of Shima Center on the campus of

 San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton. (209) 954-5507 gallery@deltacollege.edu

Stockton Art League's Goodwin Gallery

Tuesday through Friday, 11am-5pm Saturday, 10am-4pm

1902 Pacific Ave Stockton CA (209) 466-6604

David Jon Foster - Studio Gallery

Located at Pasos Vineyards Winery, Vino Piazza 12470 Locke Road Lockeford CA

open 12 to 5 Fri., Sat. and Sun. david@davidjonfosterart.com (209) 663-3056

www.davidjonfosterart.com

Knowlton Gallery

209.368.5123

www.knowltongallery.com

115 South School Street #14

Lodi Ca 95240

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