Opening Reception: Thursday, August 26th  7-9PM

Show Hours:     August 25th,  5-9PM

August 26th 9AM-7PM

August 27th  9AM-9PM

August 28th   9AM-9PM  (note time change)

August 29th  11AM-2PM

at the Penfield Arts Center RepARTee Gallery will open on July 28th and run through September 24, 2010.  To download the show prospectus please click on the following link:

prospectusartisticimpressionsofpenfielddoc.pdf

This is a juried show open to the public.

About 40 PAA members and spouses attended our end of the year June picnic Tuesday, June 15th at Channing Philbrick Park in Penfield. Chloe Bennett-Larson did her usual wonderful job in keeping all of us organized throughout.  A big thanks also goes out to PAA member Tom Sweeney and his fabulous grilling team which consisted of Ted Katchmar, Dave Munro, Bill Rodgers, Karl Corder, Joe Sakmyster and Mike Larson!  It was unanimous that it was wonderful to have the ‘picnic’ back in the PAA June picnic.  And we cannot forget Doris Kure for bringing and organizing the fun games.

The 2010-2011 PAA Board was approved unanimously.  I am looking forward to another productive and great year with the PAA!

Winners of the blind folded portrait contest were Tom Sweeney (1st prize) and Marilyn Nosky (2nd).  Congrats!  Photos of the entries are below for your amusement.  Have a wonderful summer everyone!

Our grillers:         

On Saturday, April 10, 2010 PAA member Christine Waara conducted a four hour workshop on doing a watercolor under painting and layering pastel on top.  Just about 25 workshop participants attended the great workshop in Studio #458 in the Hungerford Building and there was much to learn. Christine did a fabulous demonstration of the technique while her husband, Pat, video taped the event.  If you would like to purchase a copy of the DVD please contact this website and note that that is what you are interested in.  Participants sketched out their landscape subjects onto white Kitty Wallis Museum grade sanded pastel paper and then proceeded to do a watercolor under painting in complementary colors.  Once the surface was dry, the application of pastel began.  Some of the watercolor under painting is allowed to peek through creating a glow to your pastel landscape.  Following are some photos from the event:

Thanks to the chairmanship of PAA members, Judie Selman and Barb Abraham this year’s fall show at the Legacy was another great success.  We congratulate the winners:

Best Penfield Scene         Corky Geck    

Most Popular   Visitor Award    Anne Sakymster   

Legacy Popular Choice Award   Liza Barzac       

Legacy Merit Award            Erika Hutch     

We also thank all of the artists who volunteered their time to do free demos during the show’s run at the Legacy.   Here are a few snapshots of those events.

Kath DeWitt Hess, Lisa Zaccour and Suzi Zefting-Kuhn won awards in the current RACPC Fall Show at B & N.  Kath DeWitt Hess won a Merit Award and Lisa Zaccour and Suzi Zefting-Kuhn each won a Juror’s award.  The show will be up until noon on Saturday, October 31st.  The Judge’s critique will take place on Saturday, October 31st from 10AM-Noon.  The public is welcome.   We hope you will go see the show.

You can print the 2009 Legacy show Prospectus and Entry forms from the website by going to the PAA Show Prospectus/Entry forms category on the right hand side of this page.

Following are the scheduled demonstrations by PAA members at the Legacy:

9/27     Dr. Alice Chen, watercolors   2-4m

10/1     Laura Frate, Colored Pencil Drawing   2-4PM

10/8    Christine Waara, watercolor  2-4PM

10/15  Doris Hooker, oils   2-4PM

10/22  Corky Geck, acrylics   2-4PM

This year’s PAA Student of the Year award, Colin O’Keefe,  sent a thank you to the PAA.  It reads as follows:

” This card is incredibly late. I wanted to express my deepest appreciation upon being considered for this prestigious award. It means so much to be recognized by such accomplished artists.  Please pass on my highest remarks and greatest thanks to all who considered my artwork for this accomplishment.  I have never been more proud.

Signed Colin O’Keefe

(Penfield Art Association Student Award Winner 2009)

Tuesday, 9/15   Peggy Martinez         Watercolor-Value and Intensity

Tuesday, 10/20     Pat Tribastone      Oils-Glazing

Monday, 11/16 (note day/date change!)   Christian Kolupski     Oils-Portraiture

Chris wowed us with a fabulous oil sketch of our very own Gabby Lodder.  Here you will find a link to his handout if you did not get to the meeting or did not get one at the meeting:

Kolupski demo

Tuesday, 1/19/2010    Furaha Moye     Archival Materials/Framing

Furaha has been extremely generous in sharing the following documents regarding framing with us.

Art on Paper    

Finding a picture framer

Accepted framing practices

Guidelines for conservation framing

Reversability in framing

The Frame game

Welcome to Conservation Framing

Why Do Things Deteriorate

Japanese paper hinges (powerpoint presentation)

No meeting in February due to the B & N Winter Show

Tuesday, 3/16    Brande Arno       Plein Air Painting-Palette Knife

Tuesday, 4/27  (note date change)   Marion Romig     Colored Pencil

Tuesday, 5/18    Paxton Moffit      Acrylics (Painting water)

was held at Channing Philbrook Park on Tuesday, June 16th.  Those in attendance feasted on appetizers, entrees, salads and yummy desserts brought by members. This event is truly a time to get to know your fellow PAA members better, or to renew acquaintances.  I strongly urge any of you who have not attended in the past to consider attending next year.  A short business meeting is held where a vote is taken on the incoming Board members by those in attendance. The PAA gavel was passed from outgoing PAA President Pattie Katchmar to incoming President Suzi Zefting-Kuhn.  Pattie was presented with a gift from the PAA in gratitude for her service as President. Then it was on to the games lovingly organized by Doris Kure and Chloe Bennett Larson.  Following is a sampling of photos taken during the picnic.

The always fun blindfolded portrait drawing contest!  Chloe enlisted the aide of two young women on their own picnic in the park to serve as our inpartial jurors for 1st place and 2nd place. Congratulations to Christine Waara for her 1st Place win and to Flo Mooney for her 2nd Place win.

And the fun toss………….Tom Sweeney had his own technique!