The November meeting will be held November 16 at Yvonne Prisble’s. Ben Johnson, curator for Tohono Chul Park/Gallery will be speaking on curating an exhibit.
Logo ideas will be presented or due by November 16th meeting to be voted on by November 24.
The agenda for the November meeting is now posted under Members Only/Agendas
Elections will take place at December 14th meeting, (this meeting was moved up one week).
Encaustic Techniques
Taught by Maria Arvayo
Saturday 4-8 Pm
Sunday 10-4 PM
July 9 & 10
This class is for beginning, intermedieae and advanced encaustic students. We will cover the basics of working with encaustic as well as introduce a mix of other media to create interesting effects. Learn new techniques to help create depth, detail and variety in your work. Techniques covered will include the use of montypes, drawing transfers, silk tissue collage and underpainting.
Fee $125/Associates $100
The poll for the logo contest can be found in the sidebar, and is available on the Logo Entries page. One vote per member, please. If you have any suggestions for improving the logo you vote for, leave a comment here. If you choose to vote for none of the entries, please leave a comment about what you think is missing in the entries.
Entries 7 and 8 have been replaced by better representations of the artist’s original logos.
The deadline for this contest is November 24.
Interiors. Deadline for submissions is January 29, 2011. 5:30 PM
Tubac Center of the Arts. Application deadline is Wed. Dec. 8, 2010
Our own Yvonne Prisble and Diane Kleiss are participating in the Tucson Open Studio tour. Find them and other northwest artists with the following postcard.
DIANE KLEISS WILL BE PART OF THE PANEL DISCUSSION
AT THIS UofA ART OPENING…
THEN, NOW AND TO BE
a student art show presented by
The Student Art League of Arizona
UNION GALLERY, OCT 29 THRU NOV 19, 2010
OCTOBER 29
OPENING 5-8 PM
Panel Lecture: 6:30-7:30 pm
BECOMING AN ARTIST IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Moderator: Professor Alfred Quiroz, Painting,
UA College of fine Arts, School of Art
Panel Members:
Claire Park, artist, author, and color and fiber area faculty at Pima College
Elouise Rusk, founder of Obsidian Gallery
Diane Aldrich Kleiss, oil and encaustic painter
Union Gallery 1303 E University, Student Union Memorial Center, Tucson, AZ
South of Speedway on Mountain, parking garage on 2nd St. on the left
What is It?
The Tucson Art Trail will run a series of Arizona Stagecoach vans in a loop from Skyline Galleries to Downtown, stopping at all the significant Galleries and Art Venues along the way. Contact your Hotel Concierge for Trail Passes and pick-up times at your hotel.
2010 Trail Dates:
October 30th and 31st – Featured Trail Head:
St Philip’s Outdoor Art Show
Departing from the Trail Heads at 9:00 am with pick-ups every 15-20 minutes at each site.
Last Van run at 5:00 pm (No one left behind!)
Private Tour Dates and Special Events are welcome!- Contact Sharon Mann 520-301-6143
Thanks to Diane Aldrich for this information.
At the October 19 meeting, it was decided to have a logo contest in order to develop a logo for SAZWAX. This logo will be used to identify the organization on various marketing and informative documents such as the web site, brochures, flyers and the like.
Rules:
To see entries, click on the menu item, Logo Entries.
Next meeting: October 19 – Diane Kleiss home
Tom Sheeran, www.ratherdoart.com, will do a presentation of a database for artists that keeps track of their inventory and art records.
 | Diane Bailey-Haug on Introduction |
SAZWAX - Southern Arizona Encaustic Artists 