June Newsletter

Wy’east Artisans Guild
P.O. Box 682
Sandy, Oregon 97055

The Guild meets the second Monday of the month in the Clackamas County Bank Theatre, located just west of the bank on Proctor. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the program beginning at 7:00.No meetings in June, July or August.

JUNE 2010
The newsletter of the Wy’east Artisans Guild comes out the first week of the month. If you have content to include that is of interest to the Guild, please send it to Gail Bumala at laboom@cascadeaccess.com by the 25th of the month prior to publication.

“IT’S A CIRCUS!” OPENING ON THE MOUNTAIN
The artists’ reception at the Mt. Hood Cultural Center Museum will be on June 26 from 4-6pm. Bring finger foods and some friends! We will provide liquid refreshments. By the end of the month the days will be long and we should have fine weather.

Congratulations to Edna Kennel on the sale of a watercolor from the It's a Circus Show at the Sandy Library.

SANDY MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL
The Guild will have a booth at the Sandy Mountain Festival. Nothing will be sold on site, but we would like members to have one piece on the table to represent the diversity of the group and we'll put business cards with the piece. We’re allowed to have the Bio Book there. We'll hand out Guild info and talk about what we do. More details will come from Shirley Nelson, who is looking for volunteers for the booth: shirleynelson1@hotmail.com

ARTIST ERIC JACOBSEN
Last month’s program featured Eric Jacobsen, a landscape painter from Glenwood, Washington. He trained at the Lyme Academy in Connecticut. Painting on Location, Eric emphasizes capturing the mood rather than details. He recommended the book, Hawthorne on Painting, a series of classroom notes and writings about her husband’s teaching collected by Mrs. Charles W. Hawthorne ($5.95 at Amazon). Other artists who inspired his style are Emil Gruppe; Sergei Bongart; Levitan; John Twachtman. He said he likes to try to “paint so loose, the painting almost falls apart, yet it doesn’t.”

He led a lively discussion on the Plein Air movement, pigments, and working with galleries. He is represented at Art on the Boulevard in Vancouver, as well as other galleries.

Check out his website: www.jacobsenstudio.com

RAKU FIRING AND WORKSHOP
The Raku firing is on Sunday June 13 at 2:00 PM. For more info contact Michael Lindstrom at: michaellindstromartist@gmail.com
For information on continuing Figure Drawing sessions, contact Kate Conrad: kateconrad@netscape.com

Look for information on a stepping stone mosaic workshop with Joan Ragan this summer.

CRIMES OF THE HEART/SOLACE IN SILK
During the 2 nights of Previews for Crimes of the Heart we had 7 scarves go out, leaving us with 13 long and 13 square scarves. The project has been a lot of work, but fun. We will be scheduling a work party or two, to create 2 dozen more scarves and package them for the donation to the chemo folks. Watch for updates by email. By the way, the play was very well done! It runs until June 19.

MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS
Alex Farnham can be found at McmEnamin’s Edgefield every Saturday from noon to 7:00 PM demonstrating glassblowing.

FIELD TRIP
Joan Ragan is organizing a "See Through Artists Eyes" nature walk for late July.

SUMMER PICNIC
We need a volunteer to plan the WAG picnic, to take place sometime this summer. We need a coordinator and a location. Contact Becky Hawley 503-668-5590.

IN MEMORIUM
Longtime former member of the Guild, Dave Enna, has passed away. He and his wife, Sue, are potters from Welches. A memorial was held May 16th at McMenamin’s Edgefield.

GUILD LENDING LIBRARY
We have a small, but growing lending library of art books. We’ll make the inventory and check-out information available. Does anyone have good quality books to add to the catalog? Lesson plans for children will also be available.

WAG BLOG
You may have to sign up for a new Google account to access the blog as an "author".
If you choose not to sign up, you can still read the blog at: www.wyeastartisansguild.blogspot.com

Bookmark the link so you can readily go to it and read what's going on.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Board of Directors
Z'anne Bakke - acbakke@msn.com
Becky Hawley - bstroh2@verizon.net
Joan Ragan - joanragan@hotmail.com
Kathryn de Vries - gralof@verizon.net

Officers
President - Becky Hawley
Secretary - Cheryl Hooley
Treasurer -Kathryn deVries
HOT LINKS FOR ARTISTS
http://www.clackamasartsalliance.org/network.htm Arts Network-Links to local, state and national arts organizations.
www.greshamartcommittee.org Promoting arts in Gresham, Oregon.