BRUSHMARKS
Published monthly
April 2004

Presidents Message: Changes for OSA are underway: The questionnaire enclosed is being sent to all members to find out what you want OSA to be. These same questions will be asked of all the Board members to see what their vision is for OSA. Next month, a Saturday Board retreat will be held at OSA. The GOALS are: --Review questionnaires returned --Make plans for a stronger OSA --Start an ACTION PLAN to address: Daily needs of the society Care of the building and grounds -- both short and long term issues Increase membership. Increase revenues. --Increase member participation Accountability. ---Marketing, and Others, that are yet unknown to me! THIS is where you come in with your questionnaire answers & new ideas. You will be informed of decisions made by your Board of Directors. Some of these changes will need your vote to implement such as: The Bylaws Committee is studying the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws to see if changes are in order. Any recommended changes will need to be voted on. A Finance Committee has been appointed to implement tracking of our income and expenditures. Each Board member has responsibilities for the work of the committee assigned to them. We’re Moving Forward. Rudy Stevens, President 503 636-4189 ART NEWS 2004 ROSE ART - "Discover the Wonders"! Be sure to look over the prospectus for the Rose Art Show, included in this issue of the Brushmarks. It will tell you all you need to know to submit work for this sanctioned Rose Festival event. The 2004 Rose Art Show is just around the corner! Plan to enter at least onepainting; of a rose or of the festival theme, "Discover the Wonders". Prizes, ribbons, a reception and other surprises await the winners and all who attend. We are excited about the theme this year that can be more widely interpreted. Remember, art work must arrive at OSA no later than June 1, 10-4 or June 2, 10-noon. Juror, Claudia Nice, will judge the entries and accepted works will be hung for a June 6 opening reception. The Reception Committee is now forming. If you would like to be part of the excitement on opening day by helping serve and set up, please call Jack Miller at 503-697-9646 or Billie Orehovec at 503-250-1609. Thanks! Help to promote OSA in your neighborhood: We are looking for your help to promote both OSA’s regular Art Classes and our monthly Gallery Shows. Please consider where you might post or place our flyers to increase knowledge & involvement in OSA. Everyone needs a little art in their lives. Help to enrich your community and support OSA by sharing the word. The full color flyers and a sign-up sheet, as we want to tract distribution, are available in the gallery. MISSING? - Notice to all Members: Both of our Logan – hand mat cutters are missing from the classroom/studio/gallery. Please return, if you are the one who has borrowed either of them. These tools are intended for the use of our members within the lassroom. We need this equipment back A.S.A.P. Thanks. Important news for Associate Members: OSA now has a 5 member committee which is responsible to jury in associate’s work toward becoming an Active member. From now on, a member seeking active status will bring their three framed pieces of art to OSA on the second Thursday no later than 9:30 am. If someone is unable to attend the day meeting, their art can be left in the library if it has clearly been identified as for critique and their yellow jury cards have been filled out. Art, only in this case, can be dropped off up to a week in advance of the day meeting. Any questions, contact: Virginia Grubb at 503-781-5269. Gallery Exhibits: The OSA gallery is Open 1 p.m.to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday except holidays. No admission fee. April: "Spring Flowers", open to any medium, active members only, show will hang on Saturday, April 17, Opening reception is on Sunday, April 18 and show closes Friday, May 7. Children’s Show: this show will open with a reception on Sunday April 4 and close on Friday, April 16. Art will hang on Saturday April 3. Watch for more information on this event. Contact Terry Street at 503-238-9848. Coming up in the Gallery: May: “All Creature Great and Small” Any medium, active members only. Show features birds, mammals, fish, and insects and other creatures of all types. Including human portrait or figures. The show will hang Saturday May 8, and opens Sunday, May 9. The Artists’ Reception will take place on Sunday, May 16, show closes Friday, May 28. Other Gallery Shows: Watercolor Pencil Society show: "The 13th Annual CPSA Chapter 201 Art Show" April 1st -30th, 2004, at Carnegie Center, Oregon City. 606 John Adams Street, Oregon City, OR 97045. Carnegie Center is open 11am-5pm, 7 days a week. Take a look at website.... http://www.geocities.com/cpsa201/ "Dolce Skamania Lodge” near Stevenson, Washington is exhibiting the art of Alice Wanke Stephens, through July 27th. Alice will be doing a painting demon- stration from the Gorge room overlooking the Columbia River on May 23 from 10:30am on all day. There will be a reception on June 13th from 2-4:00pm. All are invited!

Day Meeting: Thursday, April 8, doors open 10, meeting begins at 11 a.m. John Reece will be demonstrating “Paint from what is in your head, rather than photos”. John Reece is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. Growing up there, his family encouraged his drawing and painting from childhood. His undergraduate degree is in design. Art took a backseat to a career with Proctor and Gamble, but on retirement he returned to his original interest and obtained an MA in Art History from the University of Cincinnati. Since coming to Portland, John has focused on painting, working in watercolor, acrylic and oil. John is on the Board of OSA and has studio space in our building. He is also a member of Oregon Watercolor Society. Night Meeting: Thursday, April 15, doors open at 6, meeting begins at 8 p.m. Jim Smith, will be demonstrating "Miniature Painting". Jim is a long time member of OSA, and returns for another demo of his unique miniature work. Jim has exhibited at numerous galleries on the coast as well as in the Portland area. Jim is currently showing his miniatures at the Lawrence Gallery and the International Miniature Show in Pennsylvania. A second generation artist, Jim owned and operated the Paint'n Place with his mother, the late Stella Dralle. Smith firmly believes that success in art is a matter of tenacity rather than purely talent. He has taught art classes locally and at the coast for 32 years. Jim's outstanding art pieces can be found in such renowned places as the Smithsonian Art Gallery in Washington D.C. The Critique Group: 6:30 p.m. preceding the Thursday night meeting. Bring up to three paintings and join us in our critique session. If you do not have any paintings to present this month, please still come and take part in the discussion. This is a great learning opportunity. . ROSE ART SHOW COMMITTEE NEEDS HELP! Please fill out and send in this form if you can help with the Rose Art Show: Name_________________________________ Phone number _________________________ I would like to help receive and process entry paintings as they arrive. ______I can be there on June 1, 10-4 ______I can be there on June 2, 10-noon ______I can only come at these times to help___________________________________ I would like to help with the reception at the opening June 6, 2004, 1-4 PM ______I can help set up ______I can bring food ______I can serve ______I can clean up ______I can only come at these times to help___________________________________ Send this sheet to OSA, c/o Jack Miller, 2185 S.W. Park Place, Portland, Oregon 97205, or call Jack Miller at 503-697-9646 or Billie Orehovec at 503-250-1609 THANK YOU! Drawing / Painting Classes: All levels. Call instructors for fees & information. Monday 10am-1pm Oil & Acrylic ~Jan Browne 503-646-1894 Tuesday 10am-1pm Watercolor ~ Garve Beckham 503-524-9306 Wednesday 10am-1pm Oil Portrait~ Dorothy Fitzgerald 360 896 0734 Wednesday 130:-4pm Oil landscape~ Dorothy Fitzgerald 360 896 0734 Wednesday 6:30-9pm Open Studio~ Jack McNalley 503-274-2482 Thursday 10am-1pm Oil & Acrylic Edi Olsen 360-256-1108 Friday 10am-1pm drawing with Steven Kleier 503-775-6562 Final notice: OSA Membership Dues were to be paid during January. Non-payment by April will result in your deletion for membership role. ~Associate members ________$20.00 ~Active members ___________$27.00 If you have not already done so, please make out your check payable to OSA and mail it today! For OSA information, contact the following: Rose show: Jack Miller 503-697-9646 : President: Rudy Stevens 503-636-4189 Workshops: Esther Emmrich 503-331-7748 Gallery Exhibits: Jane Sayler 503-452-9366 Membership: Virginia Grubb 503-781-5269 Treasurer: Dick Porter 503-223-4651 Brushmarks Editor: Gary Anderson 503-548-0170 Editor"s note: Brushmarks is an OSA membership newsletter. You are all encouraged to support this publication with submittals. Subject to space, possible editing and board approval submissions will be included for the interest of all members. One great piece which was provided last summer on “the art of critiques” has been misplaced. If this was yours please resubmit it. My email is: ganderson@westlakeconsultants.com. New OSA Members as of March 2004 ~Associate Members: Patricia Baumeister, Kathleen Gaul, Kerry Haladae, Joseph Mann, Brian Mathus, Sally Retecki, Lise Shearer, Linda Shellenbarger, Sue Svoboda, Christine Toth, Katrina Trninich, Bernice Weissberg ~New Active Member, Linda Aman, Forrest Burton, Joy Davis, Rodica Filipoi, Bob Hesseltine, Loyce Hutchinson, Sharon King, Kris Kuester, Dayan Morgan-Sylvaen, Duane Owens, Rodica Filipoi, Donna Spoonhour-Lind, A.D. Stern, Mary Stewart, Jessica Wade, Janis Whitman In Memoriam: Jane Pace, died this past month, she was a member of Oregon Society of Artists since 1992 Call to Artists for 2006 Enid Joy Mount Gallery: Keizer Art Association seeks both 2-D and 3-D artists of all mediums from the Pacific Northwest to submit their portfolios for review by September 30th, 2004 to fill openings available for 2006 show chedule. Artwork will be exhibited in the Enid Joy Mount Gallery, which is owned and maintained by Keizer Art Association. The gallery is located in a newly remodeled historic building in the Mid-Willamette Valley in the city of Keizer, Oregon. Keizer is a beautiful, fast growing bedroom community of the capitol city of Salem. The gallery is over 1200 square feet of open space with vaulted ceilings over 15 feet in height. Enid Joy Mount gallery offers artists a professional fine art exhibition space with lighting, ceiling hanging system, and insurance coverage. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional artists of all mediums, contemporary, mixed media, or representational are invited to submit a portfolio with current resume, artist statement, slide sheet (10-12 slides max.), transparencies, diskette, or CD-rom, for review for our upcoming 2006 exhibit schedule. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope with correct postage for the return of your materials. Mail your portfolio to: Keizer Art associ= ation, Attention Show Council, 980 Chemawa Road NE, Keizer, OR 97303. .For further information, please call the gallery during operating hours, Tues through Friday, 11am - 4pm, Saturday 1pm - 4pm.