THE
PASTEL PRESS
Newsletter
of the Oklahoma Pastel Society
November 2007
The
Oklahoma Pastel Society’s October meeting was fun and informative and
yummy, all at the same meeting. The “yummy” part was supplied by
Sheila Minnich, Nancy Boyer, Judi Mott and Patrick Calloway – the snacks
they provided us with were delicious!
Colleen Brown handled the “fun” and
“informative” sections with ease. With her delightful Australian accent, Colleen could read
from the telephone directory and it would be fun. Combine that with a fabulous demo and lots of great
painting pointers and you’ve got a super program! Thanks everyone for making the October
meeting such a success!
November
Program – AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION!
Our
November meeting is on the usual 2nd Monday of the month, at the
usual time of 6:30 p.m. In case
you didn’t know, November 12th is the day we’ll observe
Veterans’ Day. And
Veterans’ Day happens to be a holiday that the Will Rogers Garden Center
closes for. Thank goodness for
Kathy and Jim Benson of The Great Frame Up at NW 122nd and
Rockwell! They are not only
letting our group use their great frame shop for our meeting, they are
presenting the program too!
The
meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, November, 2007, at The Great Frame Up,
located at 12339 N. Rockwell, Oklahoma City (the ZIP is 73142 and the phone is
405-721-8939.) Kathy and Jim
plan on giving us the lowdown on the types of glass you can use to protect your
pastel painting as well as showing us the various ways your pastel can be framed. You know, single or double mat, no mat,
fillets, linen liner, types of frames and so on. Bring some of your unframed work that you’d like to
see in some framing options. Please bring your own
folding chair
(seating is limited at The Great Frame Up.) We will have some snacks; if you would like a beverage, please
bring it in a spill-proof container.
(If you need directions to the meeting location, please contact Sue Ann
Rodgers via email at sueann1022@cox.net
or call her at home at 405-330-5467or cell at 405-831-9555.)
Changes
in Monthly Meeting Dates
Have
you attended the OPS meetings during the summer months? If you have, well you are part of a
select few. After tracking member
participation and attendance for the summer months’ meetings, the OPS
board voted to try something new next summer – no meetings in the
months of June, July and August.
The society will save money – no room rental for those three
months; the program chairperson’s job will be easier – three fewer
programs to arrange; the membership will come back from “summer
break” refreshed and rejuvenated.
After we try out this new schedule for the summer of 2008, the membership
will need to decide whether to stay with the new schedule or go back to the
previous schedule (meeting each month except December.) Yes, this is the exact same info
that was in last month’s newsletter – but, hey, it bears repeating
since it IS important!
What
workshops do YOU want?
New
workshop chairperson Pam Brewer already has some possible workshops for the
group. Colleen Brown, October’s demo
artist, has said she can do a two-day workshop for OPS in
late-January/early-February 2008.
And Becky Way is planning a workshop for late winter/very early spring
2008. Jerry Brown, from
Lees Summit, Missouri (he was a big hit at the 2007 Paseo Arts Festival), is a
possibility for a one- or two-day workshop after the 2008 edition of the Paseo
Arts Festival. And Terry Ludwig
was such a hit with our group (and he had a great time here too!) that
he’s tentatively agreed to teach another workshop for OPS sometime in the
last half of 2008.
Oklahoma
Pastel Society is blessed with a number of members who are exceptional artists
AND gifted instructors – Mitsuno Reedy, Dale Martin, Ron Chapman, Becky
Way, Sheila Minnich, Gary Lennon, Janiece Linden, Marie Kash Weltzheimer,
Lorenzo Chavez, Clive Tyler. Give
Pam some ideas of workshop instructors YOU want to take a workshop from. It’s not too early to begin
thinking beyond 2008!
TAG
– will it continue?
The
future of TAG – The Art Groups is very much undecided. Even though eleven arts groups from the
central part of Oklahoma are member organizations (and OPS is a charter
member group), it is becoming increasingly hard to have a quorum at the board
meeting and to get much participation in the various events TAG has
sponsored. Therefore, at least for
the next few months, TAG is going on hiatus. We’ll keep you posted as to whether TAG will stay …or
go.
Art
for the Heart
Obviously
this proposed TAG-sponsored event is in limbo. Once again, we’ll keep you posted.
Membership
News and Annual Dues are DUE!
Oklahoma
Pastel Society rosters were sent to all members a last month – either as
an attachment to the electronic version of the newsletter or as a separate
hard-copy mailing. If any of
your information as shown in the roster is incorrect, please let me know;
we’ll publish the corrections in the next “The Pastel Press.”
Annual
dues for membership in the Oklahoma Pastel Society are a low
$30.00. Please note: if you are a brand-new member who
has joined OPS between February 1 and May 31, 2007, you’ll already be “in”
for
our membership year beginning June 1, 2007! If you’ve been an OPS member for longer than that,
please send your check, in the amount of $30.00 and payable to
“OPS” to: Oklahoma
Pastel Society, P.O. Box 75696, Oklahoma City, OK 73147.
We
have several new members; please make them welcome to our group:
Karie
Apel,
15624 Bald Cypress Cove, Edmond, OK 73013, 405-341-2272
Shelly
Henry,
11108 Ashford Dr., Yukon, OK
73099, 405-210-8281
Kyle
Calloway,
9216 Chukar Rd., Yukon, OK 73099, 405-350-2095
Website
– Show off your Art!
Judi
Mott,
webmaster for OPS, has suggested that in addition to each member’s ONE
FREE painting on the website’s gallery, for only $25 per year, you can
have a page with up to FIVE of your paintings on it. Please call or email Judi at 405-350-2095 or landondale@atlinkwifi.com to get
the details on getting your artwork to her. And make sure to go to www.okpastel.org
and check out the website; Judi is always making upgrades and updates. Remember: if you have questions or would like to ask Judi to add something
to the website calendar, you can contact her at 405-350-2095 or via email at landondale@atlinkwifi.com. Thanks Judi!
Shows
& Events & Member News
Our
annual show and opening reception at The Great Frame Up on October 12th
through Saturday, October 20th, was a great success! “Thank
You’s” go to Pam Brewer for the award ribbons, Jack Richeson &
Co. for the gift certificates, and Terry Ludwig for his great pastels.
Linda
Battles deserves a big round of applause for putting together such a wonderful
food table. Jimi Layman and Jan
Hutchinson took care of the hanging of all that artwork. And of course, mega-thank yous to Kathy
and Jim Henson! Besides providing
OPS with a great place to have a show, they willingly made room for all our
great artwork to be displayed, they stayed open late while we finished hanging
the show, suggested and coordinated the wine tasting with the Walnut Village
Wine & Spirits shop and the Glazier Family of Colorado, stayed late again
for the opening party, handled all the sales stuff and then let some of us
leave our paintings several days beyond the pick up date! And to think they’ve invited the group
to hold our November meeting there too – they deserve sainthood!
Our
show was judged by Glen Thomas (who will be our demo artist for next
September’s meeting); here are the award-winners:
Best
of Show – “Orange Reflections” by Becky Way
Landscape,
1st place – “Morning at Red Rock Canyon” by Jan
Hutchinson
Landscape,
2nd place – “Beachwalk” by Charlotte Rodgers
Animal,
1st place – “Brinkley” by Sherry Hicks
Animal,
2nd place – “Butt” by Judi Mott
Still
Life/Floral, 1st place – “Apples” by Larry
Layton
Still
Life/Floral, 2nd place – “Water Lily” by Linda
Hiller
Portrait,
1st place – “Elaine” by Rita Busch
Portrait,
2nd place – “Bailey” by Ella Moore
Congratulations
to them all!
(Note
to winners who received gift certificates/cards from Jack Richeson &
Co.: OPS treasurer Janie Schmitz
spoke with Jackie Richeson about the early expiration date on these
certificates/cards and where they are accepted. The new expiration date is MARCH 15, 2008; the
certificates/cards can be used at Rochester Art Supply, 1-800-836-8940 or
FineArtStore.com. Contact
Stephanie there – she knows all about it!)
“Small(er)
and Teeny-Tiny Works” Show
Just
in time for Paseo’s December Artwalks (yes there are TWO in December
– the 7th and the 21st!) will be the Oklahoma
Pastel Society “Small(er) and Teeny-Tiny Works Show” at the AKA
Gallery. Donna Connelly is working
out the last details with Ashley, of AKA Gallery: you know, things like when we
can hang the show, how long it will be up, a wine-tasting, etc. We’ll send out your entry form
and all the other “what-you-need-to-know” information in the next
few days. BUT we can tell you
these things:
The
prospectus for this show will be out in just a few days – and we’ll
have the forms at the OPS meeting on November 12th!
After
the weather turns warmer, we’ll move across the street and up a block to
the Paseo Art Space Gallery for our second show there. In May 2008 our show will open in time
for that month’s Artwalk on May 2nd and 3rd. At this time we’re not certain
exactly when this show will come down – that date depends on if the Art
Space Gallery will once again be used as headquarters for the Paseo Arts
Festival during Memorial Day weekend.
Member
News
For
the second year in a row, Sheila Minnich has won an Honorable Mention in the
Pastel Journal’s “Pastel 100” competition. One of Sheila’s wonderful animal
paintings received this honor in the Animal and Wildlife category. Congratulations!
OPS
members Becky Way
and Karie Apel
have new works that will be shown at Cascata Ristorante in Edmond; the opening
reception is November 8th.
Gary
Yazzie
is one of the artists participating in the “Small Works, Great
Wonders” Winter Art Sale at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage
Museum on Thursday, November 29th.
Oklahoma
Pastel Society members cleaned up in the Oklahoma Art Guild’s
“2007 Fall Members’ Show” held October 8th through 20th
at 50 Penn Place Mall! In the
“Seascapes, Skyscapes, Architecture” category, Debbie Flynn’s
“Sittin’ on the Dock” received Honorable Mention. In the “Still Life”
category, “Apple Still Life” by Linda Hiller was selected for
Honorable Mention. “Kiva
Mysteries” by Silver was awarded Third Place in the
“Abstract, Non-Representational” category. In the “Landscape” section,
“Melting Snow” by Sheila Minnich received the First
Place award and Linda Battles’ “Dinghy Parking” was selected
Honorable Mention. Sherry Brown-Hicks’ “Paradox” won First Place
in the “Animals, Fish, Fowl” category.
Odds
and Ends…
Did
you know that there is an IAPS Video Highlight page? Well, until we received the email from
Richard Miller at Armadillo Art, we didn’t know either! Go to the following website: http://www.armadilloart.com/iaps2007/
where you can see, access, whatever 39 videos. Definitely something to check out.
The
Pastel Journal magazine always encourages pastel groups to send them
photos/slides/digital images of the prize-winning paintings from their
shows. So, any of Oklahoma Pastel
Society’s prize winners who have images of their prize-winning works need
to contact Jan Hutchinson at jan.hutchinson@wywlt.com.
And
speaking of The Pastel Journal, that publication has all sorts of new
blogs, online video highlights, even a new pastel-only bi-weekly email
newsletter. Here are the websites
and blogs:
Bi-weekly
newsletter: sign up at www.pasteljournal.com
Online
video: www.pasteljournal.com/handell
Richard
McKinley blog: www.pasteljournal.com/mckinley
Pastel
Journal blog: http://blog.pasteljournal.com
Wet
Canvas: www.wetcanvas.com
(I
know – these have been listed for at least two months! BUT if you take reference photos, you
need to check out the 2-part series on Richard McKinley’s blog about how
he has indexed, referenced, etc. his photos and other digital media. The first part just came out –
and it’s about film negatives, slides and prints; the 2nd part
will be all about the digital stuff.
If you haven’t looked at this, you’re missing some great
info!)
Framing Pointers, Ideas and
Opinions
6:30 p.m., Monday, November 12,
2007
THE GREAT FRAME UP
NW 122ND AND ROCKWELL
(see the “November
Program” section for phone & address!)