ECAA General Meetings
4th Monday of the month at Ramona Park Center/ 10th & Ramona St. Grover Beach @6:30 P.M. (Subject to change)
ECAA Board Meeting
Monthly before the General Meeting. (Date and time to be announced)
2012 General Meeting Schedule
January 23
February 27
March 26
April 23
May 28
June 25
July 23
August 27
September 24
October 22
November 26
December TBA
UPCOMIMG ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS
February - Lorri Trogdon
March - Carol Ball
April - TBA
May - TBA
June - TBA
July - TBA
August - TBA
September - TBA
October - TBA
November - TBA
December - TBA
CHECK OUT PREVIOUS DEMOS
Dennis McGonagle
Scholarship Narrated Slide Show
Alan Fraser, Arroyo Grande photography teacher, constructed a terrific show about our Scholarship Awards night. See it at
http://slofiles.com/. This is an excellent show that includes interviews.
http://slofiles.com/. This is an excellent show that includes interviews.
El Camino Artists in Action
Welcome to the
El Camino Art Association
If you wish to join the non-profit El Camino Art Association, go to our "Membership" page to sign-up today! You may also contact our President and a membership application will be mailed to you.
Membership dues are important in helping us fund our annual scholarship program for local high school students.
NOTICE OF MEETING TIME CHANGE
For those not in attendence at the January meeting, the time for the February meeting will be 6:30 p.m.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL REMINDER
It's time to renew your ECAA membership for 2012. Please send your dues and completed membership application (including email address) to:
ECAA
PO BOX 1079
PIMSMO BEACH CA 93448-1079
PO BOX 1079
PIMSMO BEACH CA 93448-1079
Family memberships require an application for each active family member so that they may be listed in the Club Roster separately and with their own media interests.
Applications are available on the last page of the ECAA Newsletter or may be downloaded from our website by clicking the MEMBERSHIP button at the top of this page.
DON'T MISS OUT ON BEING INCLUDED IN THE 2012 CLUB ROSTER
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
How many would like to have a gallery in Arroyo Grande?
After doing a lot of research, this is what I found. There is a possibility that we could get the room along the side of Ellies Cafe/SLO Down Pub for $30 a month (including utilities). It is located at 1200 Grand, at Brisco. The $30 would help defray their cost of utilities. This would be based on members approval and a lot of elbow grease, cleaning, painting, etc. There is some other organization that is interested in that space though. Mark will talk to his partners about guaranteeing it to us for at least six months. A city license is $30. There is not a need for a telephone to get started. Water and bathrooms are provided outside. I would be willing to use my home number for information. Most people have cell phones.
The space would be used for hanging and showing art. There is a possibility that if it works out we could use that space for meetings, and shows, but that would be in the future. There are chairs and things to get before that can happen.
The Town Center Gallery group has a nice gallery they are operating. It is hidden away, but they have persevered and have made it successful. They pay rent of $500 a month plus a couple of hundred for utilities. They hang every other month at a cost of $15 for one painting and $20 for two with a commitment to docent two three hour shifts during the two months. Insurance for liability is $500 a year or $45 a month.
Morro Bay owns their own gallery and makes most of their money by selling both space to artists during Memorial Day, Labor Day and 4th of July. They have 120 booths at $125 I believe.
Los Olivos is in a good location, but they do not have bathrooms inside the gallery there.
Hattie from Town Center Gallery gave me the name of the lady that helped with her grant writing and she said she would help us if that is where we decide to go. That is some of my research, the rest is up to the organization if you want it to happen.
Please let me know how many are interested by email: artwithangel@aol.com or by phone (805)489-4035
Franczeska Bobi Angel
FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING
There will be a POTLUCK board meeting on Monday, February 6 at 12:30 p.m..
Location is at Franczeska Angels home:
390 Sunrise Terrace, Arroyo Grande
(just off Valley, behind Arroyo Grande High School)
All are welcome to attend.
For instructions or information, you may call Franczeska at 805-489-4035 or email at artwithangel@aol.com. We are planning for the year ahead and what we want to accomplish.
HEART'S DESIRE
Materials for Hearts will be available at the our meetings. As was available previously, you may choose from 10” x 10” hand-torn 300# watercolor paper or 10” x 10” x 1-3/8” deep gallery wrap canvas. Of course, you may also choose both!
At the meeting, please see Craig Trapp for Heart materials or to turn one in.
When creating Hearts, please do not use too much texture on the paper ones. Remember, they are displayed in a clear envelope, and excessive texture may prevent us from properly and safely displaying your beautiful creations. For those of you who love to create in 3-D, the wrapped canvas would be a better choice.
Matt Wiener was kind enough to bring his display for the Hearts Desire fundraiser. This is the display he uses so successfully at the Avila venue.
ATTENTION MEMBERS
WEBSITE
The El Camino Art Association website has a section called “Artist Links.”
Any member with their own website can be linked through this page. Email a photo of yourself or, if you’re shy, your artwork to the webmaster link at the bottom of the web page. Images need to be larger than 200 pixels high.
Those members without their own website, but would like to share their work, can submit up to six art images (as large as possible), personal photo, a biography, and contact email address. Home address and phone numbers are not recommended for your privacy and safety. No pricing will be allowed on the page as the ECAA is not responsible for sales.
The El Camino Art Association is on Facebook. To access the page on Facebook, you can either type into the search panel El Camino Art Association or ECAA. If you are on our website just click on the Facebook button near the bottom of any page and it will take you directly to the ECAA page.
The ECAA Facebook page has information that may at times be more current than the website. Those on Facebook that “Like” our page will be notified each time it’s updated.
Remember you can “share” any of the posts to your network of friends. Currently we have a post about the upcoming 50th Anniversary Art Show. If every member on Facebook “shared” that post with their Facebook friends, we would reach hundreds of potential attendees.
Any additional questions can be directed to webmaster@elcaminoartassoc.com
Is there anybody out there? We need to know if the word is getting out about the El Camino Art Association.
What do you like or dislike about this website? We need your input.
Also, do you know about and use our Facebook page?
Drop a line to webmaster@elcaminoartassoc.com and let us know your opinion.
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