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2011 Annual Show

June 30 through July 31st

This show is OPEN to all - Member and Non-Members Three works of art may be submitted. A hanging fee of $10.00 for members and $15.00 for non-members, charged at drop-off. All rules for hanging must be met. Please check website www.yorkartassociation.com for the acceptable wiring and hanging regulations. Art work NOT meeting these standards will be REJECTED at drop-off. Art works accepted will be displayed as space allows. Drop-off dates: June 26th and 27th ---- 5:00 to 7:00 PM Opening Reception: July 1st ----- 5:00 to 7:00 PM Closing Pick-up: July 31st ONLY ----- 5:00 to 7:00PM

Show chair - Diana Servis Prizes to be awarded

Summer Gallery Hours are Thurs. and Fri. 2:00-7:00 and Sat. and Sun. 11:00 – 4:00

The Annual Show judge is Adeleline Goldmino-Tronzo. Ms. Tronzo was born and educated in Paris, France. She studied Art and Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine. In the mid seventies she moved to New York City where she studied at the Art Students League with American Artists and teachers: Marshall Glasier, Joseph Hirsch, Robert Beverly Hale, and Norman Lewis. Over the past 30 years, she has frequently exhibited her work across the US and Europe. Her work is held in numerous private collections both here and abroad. She currently lives and works in Eliot, Maine with her husband the painter Michael Tronzo. She is a well known artist and teacher. Pamela paints portraits of people, places and things. Her palette consisting of warm, cool and transparent colors all vibrant and richly applied. She does many workshops locally, in Block Island and overseas.

Annual Show

Guest Artist is Pamela dulong Williams:

Ms. Williams attended the Art Students League, NYC, Boston Museum School of Fine Art and graduated from Vesper George School of Art, Boston, MA. She has taught painting in oil at Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT, UNH, Durham, NH, Coolidge Art Center, Portsmouth, NH, Heartwood College of Art, Kennebunk, ME, Rowayton Art Center, Rowayton, CT as well as numerous workshops in this country and abroad since 1976. Her works have exhibitied in competitions and collections such as the National Academy, NYC, Allied Artists, NYC, Creditianstalt, NYC, The Louis Williams Cone Collection, The State House Collection of Boston, Artist's Magazine, American Artist Magazine, Coastal Living Magazine as well as numerous galleries in this country and abroad. She is currently an active member of Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT,The Copley Society, Boston, MA. and the Portrait Society of

America.

What’s Inside!!!!

Professional Development Series ., Encaustic Workshop with Kim BernardGallery Talk by Wen Redmond…………….………Page 2 Plein Air Painting, Winners Spring Show, Second Saturdays at Seven , Gift Shop New Items needed………………………..…,,,,,,,,,,,……………..…Page 3 Member News, Photography Group,. Fiber and Silk Groups Merge!, L etitia Moore Scholarship, Winners of Fiber Show …………Page 4 Board Positions Open, Exhibit Locally, and at Farmers Market , We are Now on Facebook, Sendak Exhibitand Art and Life Program…………………………………………………..Page 5 FourExhibit Opportunies …………………………..……. Page6 Art in the Park ………………………………….………….Page 7 Calendar of 2011 Shows and Workshops…………………….Page 8

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES

You ask for more programs and workshops and here they are!! Please sign-up in advance by calling the office 363-4049, or emailing Elena at gallerymanager@yorkartassociation.com. It is free for members and $10 for non-members.

SECURING AND MAINTAINING GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Thursday, July 7, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Sarah Chaffee, Gallery Director, McGowan

Fine Art, Concord, NH

This session will focus on securing gallery representation and maintaining a strong relationship with your gallery. Components will include: elements of professional portfolios, resumes & artist statements, what to expect out of gallery relationships, overview of standard legal and contractual agreements with galleries, as well as advice on how to price your artwork. The third hour of this session will be reserved for a portfolio review with Ms. Chaffee. Sign-up early --- there are only 12 portfolio review spots! 5 minutes are allotted for each review. Portfolio reviews are reserved for members only, but reviews will be done in front of the other attendees so that everyone can learn from them. *Please call, or email YAA gallery manager (see above)

GRABBING THE ATTENTION - PUBLIC

AND PRESS Thursday, August 4, Time: 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Deb Hagen, Editor-in-Chief, Art New England How can you land the attention you deserve (and need)? Here's a workshop that takes you to the editor's desk, giving you insight on how stories are chosen and how artists are selected for reviews. Learn the importance of timing, conveying the right information, communicating with the right sources. Editor-in-Chief of Art New England, Deb Hagen will also discuss the best way to approach editors and critics, how to build and maintain a media database, and understanding just what the editor wants. Hagen will also talk about: invites, e-mails, news releases, and artist's statements. Participants are encouraged to bring your artist's statement and/or one of your news releases. Time will be allotted for a Q&A session.

INTRODUCTORY WEEKEND ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR: KIM BERNARD

Saturday & Sunday September 24th and 25th, 9:00 – 5:00 pm

Workshop $195.00, plus $65.00 for supplies Min. 4 students, Max. 8. Workshop will be held at Kim Bernard’s studio in No. Berwick, ME

Interested? Instructor Kim Bernard will be hosting a demo at YAA in August. Date and time to be decided.

Encaustic, meaning "to burn in", dates back to 5th Century BC. Used as a contemporary medium it is a versatile method of painting with a beeswax based paint kept molten on a heated palette. In this two day workshop participants will learn about safe studio set up, how to prepare supports, making encaustic medium, wax application, fusing, color mixing, layering, masking, scraping, etching a line, pigment sticks, graphite and Xerox image transfers, collage, embedding and incorporating found objects, see a slide presentation on the history and contemporary use of encaustic. Demonstrations are introduced between work blocks allowing students ample time to experiment with techniques.

GALLERY TALK BY WEN REDMOND!

Nationally recognized fiber artist Wen Redmond to give gallery talk at YAA. "Fiber Art --- Breaking the Barriers of Traditional Quilt Making and Entering the Realm of Art." Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Redmond will begin her talk at 7:00 p.m. Redmond was the judge of YAA's current show Fabulous Fiber. She will discuss the trajectory of her career, as well as talk about her current work and show examples. A question and answer session will follow her talk. Redmond began working in the fiber field in 1973 when she made her first pieced art quilt. As a mixed media fiber artist Redmond enjoys pushing the boundaries of her craft and continuously asks herself “what if?” Her work often includes methods such as: painting, dying, stamping, screen and mono printing, and mixed media – all unusual processes for fiber work. Redmond has embraced technology and often prints her own digitally manipulated photographs onto a variety of surfaces.

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YORK HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP WINNER We are please to announce the winner of this year's York Art Association's High School Scholarship. The $ 750.00 award has been given to Madeline Fritz who graduated from York High School in June. Madeline is looking forward to attending Suffolk University. Her particular specialty is photography.

PLEIN AIRE PAINTING No fee to participate.

The date: Every Tuesday from 4:00 to 7:00. Any Medium: Places: To be announced.

Those who sign up will be given the list of locations on July 5th.We will meet at the York Art Association at 3:45 and car pool since many locations cannot accommodated multiple parking spaces. To sign up please contact Diana Servis at arty.candy@yahoo.com or call (207) 361-1186. Please sign up before June 30th *****Anyone who wishes to add your choice of the perfect location please call early so we may have the option of adding it to our list. Thanks *****.

WINNERS FOR SPRING SHOW: PAINTING CATEGORY: 1. MaryAnn Fleming "Autumn Reflections" 2. Patricia Andreotti "Nocturne" honorable mention: Eileen Robert "Old Barns" PHOTOGRAPHY: 1. Douglas Coleman "Color Abstract" 2. Barbara Ingersoll "Dirty Bottles" Honorable mention: Nina-Rosa Duddy "Morgan's Boots" CRAFTS: 1. Cathie Cantara horsehair raku with Driftwood 2 honorable mention: Louise Gerstenblatt -- necklace "On Drusy Point." PEOPLE'S CHOICE:

Diana Servis for her sculpture "Earth"

YAA GIFT SHOP OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW In order to prepare for the summer season the gift shop will be displaying all new items. If you currently have work in the gift shop please pick it up. If you have new work please drop it off. Louise Gerstenblatt will be at the York Art Association on Friday, June 24th from 11am to 1pm. If you cannot make it at that time please call Louise for an appointment. lgoriginal@aol.com or 207-361-4288

Second Saturdays at Seven July Second Saturday:

LEX AND JOE JULY 9, 2011 - 7 PM

York Art Association to Host Lex and Joe:

“Swing Is Their Thing”

After a very successful debut of York Art Association’s Second Saturdays summer 2011 series in June -- York Art Association is pleased to announce that they will be hosting the musical group Lex and Joe on July 9th at 7:00 p.m. Lex and Joe have been performing together for thirty years. Their shared interest in the swing music of the 1930s and 1940s led them to pair up. Thirty years later they are still wowing audiences with their expansive repertoire of swing, rhythm and blues, and jazz.

Lex Romane plays guitar, and his vocals are reflective of artistic influences such as Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, and Leon Redbone. Joe Riillo --- the other half of this dynamic duo -- trained as a classical clarinetist, and transitioned into saxophone after being introduced to rhythm and blues, and jazz. Riillo continues to play the clarinet, and also plays the flute.

Lex and Joe plan to play a mix of songs and styles of music for the York Art Association crowd. Even though “swing is their thing” they will be performing jazz, and blues tunes in addition to swing.

This performance is part of the second annual Second Saturdays at Seven summer series hosted by YAA. The event is free and open to the public. Warning: Arrive early to make sure you get a seat. June’s Second Saturdays performers played and performed to a full house.

Save the Date:

Next Second Saturday at Seven, August 13th.

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Member News Sentry Hill at York Harbor will be exhibiting work by

award-winning Southern Maine artist, Phil McCurdy.

The show will be on display from Thursday, June 16th

through Wednesday, July 28, 2011. A public reception

will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 PM on Thursday

afternoon, June 16th. The artist will be exhibiting

naturalistic work in a variety of media, including

acrylic paintings, and mixed media dioramas.

Silk Painting Artist Sue Wierzba will be having a one-

woman show, “French Silk”, at the Harmon’s and

Barton’s Gallery, 584 Congress Street, Portland, Maine

04101 for the Month of August. The opening is on

Friday, August 5th

during the First Friday Art Walk in

Portland. It’s right near the Portland Museum of Art.

Sue will be exhibiting her silk paintings, which were all

inspired by her trip to France in 2008, where she

painted in Monet’s garden in Giverny for 6 days.

LETITIA MOORE SCHOLARSHIP This will be the third year in which YAA has awarded the Letitia Moore Charitable Trust Scholarship. The previous scholarships were for $5,000.00 and $7,500.00. Eligible students must be enrolled in an accredited college, be majoring in art or art history and have completed his or her first year of study with a grade point average of at least 3.0 or greater. Applicants must submit a letter application and proof of their eligibility. The letter should describe the applicant's educational and career goals, and any information, which shows the applicant, is a deserving student. Include the names and telephone numbers of two or three references familiar with the applicant's ability and aspirations. Proof of eligibility must come in the form of an official transcript from the college or university which shows that the applicant in enrolled beyond the first year of study with a major in art or art history, and has attained a grade point average of at least 3.0 the prior year of study (Note: if the institution does not use a GPA grading system, a letter with the student's good standing from department chair or advisor may be substituted). Scholarship awards will be paid directly to the college and are for tuition only. YAA Trustees, their families or designees who make recommendations are not eligible to participate. Applications are available on line or at the YAA office. The deadline for the 2011 scholarship is September 1, 2011. Please mail applications to York Art Association, c/o Lou Hargan, P.O. Box 74, York, ME 03909

The Photography Group is Going Strong

The July meeting of the photography group will meet on the second Tuesday of the month, July 12 at 7:00 PM. All members are welcome to attend. The group is for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. This month’s assignment is the artist’s choice. The idea is to go out and create a new image to present to the group. Participants are also welcome to bring photographs for review. Contact Barry Tarr at btarr@seachangephotography.com if you have any questions.

Fiber Arts Group & Seacoast Silk Painters:

YES we have Joined Together!!!! We will be meeting on the second Monday of each month at 1PM, in the York Art Association Gallery.

York Art Association Fiber and Silk Painting Group will be meeting on Monday July 11th, at 1 PM, at the YAA Gallery. We will be talking about and showing our ideas for the "Bizarre Bra" challenge that we hope to be completed by the month of September for exhibit during Breast Cancer month. Thank you to all the members of York Art Association and the Fiber Art Group for making the "Fabulous Fiber Show" a grand event. The meeting is open to all interested members and non members who would like to attend. The Gallery is located at 394 York Street,(route 1A) in York Harbor, Maine. Carol Powley

Winners for Fabulous Fibers Show are:

First Place: Julie-Anne MacDonald, Art Quilt: " Fuschia and Friend" Second Place: Nancy Morgan, Art Quilt: " 2:30 Market Square" Third Place: Pat Spiller, Fabric and Beads: "Soft Sculpture" Honorable Mentions: Andrea Williams, Weaving:" Sylvie the Banjo Player", Carol Powley, Art Quilt: " Textured Terrains", Julie-Anne MacDonald, Art Quilt: " Reflections #1"

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POSITIONS OPEN FOR 2011-2012

Our Annual Meeting will be held in September and we are looking for a few good men/women to fill out the YAA Board starting in January 2012. Positions that are open are: President Treasurer Show Chair Education Marketing.

Contact Barry Tarr for questions or to nominate or volunteer. btarr@seachangephotography.com. Job descriptions will be in the August newsletter.

We Are Now on FACEBOOK!! I’m Julie Ann LaBouve, a new member of YAA and I have volunteered to handle the Facebook page. “Be sure to “LIKE” us on Facebook (‘York Art Association’) for more info, events and photos – and tell your friends!” Julie Ann, 332-1532

OUTISIDE EXHIBITS FOR

MEMBERS!!! All the members of YAA are allowed to exhibit in 4 different sites in York for 2 months at a time. The current exhibits for these sites are: Town Hall – OPEN for July and August, Doug Coleman Sept and October York Family Practice– OPEN for July and August, Gary Adamson Sept York Library – Barry Tarr, Photography, July and August, Wolgang Ertl, Sept and Oct. York Land Trust – Louise Welton, July, OPEN Aug, Sept and Oct. Please contact Tom Stevens, 207-363-8453, tstevens@maine.rr.com regarding the possibility of exhibiting in the Outside Exhibit. Still some venues available for November and December.

GATEWAY FARMER’S MARKET

The monthly dates are: JUNE Saturday 25 JULY Saturday 2 – 9 – 16 – 23 – 30 AUGUST Saturday 6 – 13 – 20 – 27 SEPTEMBER Saturday 3 – 10 – 17 – 24 OCTOBER Saturday 1 – 8 – 15 – 22 – 29

Sign-Up requirements for the YAA Outside Exhibits at Gateway Farmer’s Market:

If a YAA member has contacted me to choose a Saturday, you will see it as RED. If not RED the Saturday is still available to you. Participation requirements for YAA Outside Exhibits: *THE space provided for showing your artwork is FREE; please RESPECT these establishments so we can continue to have this wonderful opportunity available to us! *ALL displayed pieces must be "For Sale" *CONTACT the Outside Exhibit Manager below to get your dates:

Outside Exhibit Manager Email tstevens@maine.rr.com or Call: 207 - 363 - 8453 to sign up

"Art and Life: What's the connection? The York Public Library is hosting a traveling exhibit on children's illustrator and author, Maurice Sendak. The exhibit will run from July 8th through August 19th and will be of interest to adults and family. The opening reception is on the 8th at 7:00; everyone is invited. In conjunction with the exhibit, the York Diversity Forum has planned several programs open to the community Of particular interest to YAA members is a program titled "Art and Life: What's the connection?" to be held Tuesday, July 19th at 7:00pm at the YAA. A panel of artists will explore the ways in which imagination is rooted in life and how the individual artists’ lives, biographies, and families affect their craft. Panelists include Richard Foerster, poet; Gary Sredzienski, musician; Susan Wierzba, painter; and Sumner Winebaum, sculptor. Moderator will be Mary Harding, Curator of Contemporary Art at the George Marshall Store Gallery of the Museums of Old York. For addition information on programs planned for the exhibit, please see the Library website at

http://www.york.lib.me.us/events.html.

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EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES!!

FULLER GARDENS ART SHOW AND SALE “A TOUCH OF COLOR”

Exeter Town Hall Gallery 10 Front Street, Exeter, New Hampshire Drop Off:

Wednesday, July 20, 4-8 p.m. Exeter Town Hall Gallery

Opening Reception: Friday, July 22, 5-8 p.m. Show Dates: July 23 - 31, 12-5 p.m.

Registration fee: 1 piece $20; 2 pieces $25 Pick up date: Monday, August 1, 5-8 p.m.

Non-juried show, open to all media. Wired and ready for hanging, no clips or sawtooth. 30% commission to benefit Fuller Gardens. For information: (603) 964-5414 www.fullergardens.org. Come to the show and receive coupon to Tavern at Rivers Edge Restaurant!

GALLERY AT 100 MARKET ST., PORTSMOUTH NH

Call for Art; REGIONAL & State Invitational and Juried/Curated Exhibtion

All media, theme: “Just My Imagination;” DEADLINE July 6, 2011, at noon, Drop off July 16, pick up October 15; FEE FREE, no percent taken, Two Cash Awards, insured. (Public space, no nude figures exhibited). Gallery at 100 Market St, Portsmouth NH: Prospectus required. Write: maskmakernh@gmail.com, (prospectus in subject line) or 100 Market Group, Ltd., PO Box 1267, and Portsmouth, NH 03802 Attn.: Michael J. Simchik.

BARN GALLERY – CALL FOR ENTRIES

Exhibit Dates Wednesday, 6/29- Sunday 7/30, 2011 Opening Reception: Saturday, 7 9, 5-8 p.m.

Deliver Date: Sunday, June 26, 1-4 Where: Barn Gallery on the Corner of Shore Road and

Bourne Lane, Ogunquit Pick up: Accepted Work – Sunday, 7/31, 12 – 2 p.m. Declined Work ASAP w/Jury Decision Mailing or

email. Wed – Sat 6/29-7/2 Juror: Margaret Burgess, AssociationCurator of

Modern and European Art Eligibility: Open to all Artists

NO crafts or installations or wall pieces over 4 ½ feet 1 -2 works per artist. Entry Fee: $10 per artist For More Information call 207-646-8400 or

barngallery@psouth.net, or visit www.barngallery.org

SANFORD/SPRINGVALE ART

ASSOCIATION 917 Main Street, P O Box 388, Sanford, ME 04073,

207-490-0543, sanfordspringvaleart.org

PROSPECTUS FOR OUR AUGUST OPEN JURIED ART

SHOW THEMED: “CONFIDENT COLOR” Place: Sanford/Springvale Art Gallery, 917 Main St.,

Sanford, ME 04073

Jury fee: $15 for 1 piece of artwork or $20 for 2

pieces of artwork (non-refundable)*

Drop-off: Wednesday, August 3rd, 9:00am-11:00am

Pick-up of unaccepted artwork: Wednesday, August

3rd

, 3:00pm-4:00pm

Show dates: Friday, August 5th to Wednesday,

September 7th

Reception: Friday, August 5th, 5:00pm-7:00pm,

where awards will be presented.

Show hours: The Art Gallery is open Tuesday thru

Saturday from 9:00am to 4:00pm

Pick-up of artwork: Wednesday, September 7th from

9:00am till 4:00pm. (If you cannot pick-up your

artwork, please arrange for someone to pick-up for

you).

This show is open to all Artists, over the age of

18, in the following mediums: oils, watercolors,

pastels, acrylics, mixed media, collage, photography,

sculpture, pencil drawings, pen and ink, fiber art,

mosaics, metal works and clay art.Up to 2 works of

art may be submitted for jurying with a completed

Exhibit Agreement (a separate form) and with the

non-refundable $15 fee for 1 artwork or $20 jury fee

for 2 artworks *(please cash or check only). For

more specific information or If you have any

questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Mary

Gannon at 207-636-3198 or 207-590-9733 or

maryart0314@aol.com Please note that members of

the Sanford/Springvale Art Association will be

responsible for sitting at the gallery. Outside

participants will not be required to sit the gallery.

*Please note the change in jury fees.

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York Art Association 2011 Show and Workshop Schedule

Dates Show Name Chairman Drop Off Reception 6/23 Wine Reception and Gallery Talk by Wen Redmond Opens at 6:30 with Wine Reception, 7:00 Gallery Talk 6/30 – 7/31 Annual Exhibition, Diana Servis 6/26 & 6/27 7/1, 5-7 PM 7/7 Professional Development Series, Gallery Representation 7/11 Fiber Arts and Seacoast Silk Painters Meeting 7/12 Photography Group, 7:00 p.m. 7/19 "Art and Life: What's the connection?" at 7:00 p.m. 8/4 Professional Development Series, Grabbing the Attention of the Public and Press 8/4 – 8/28 Summer Member Show, “World Around Marina Forbes & 7/31 & 8/1 8/5, 5-7 PM You” Juried, Open, Prizes MaryAnn Fleming 9/1 – 9/25 Fall Members Show, Judged Diana Servis 8/28 & 8/29 9/2, 5-7 PM 9/17/11 ART IN THE PARK, 9 - 4 9/24 and 9/25 Encaustic Workshop with Kim Bernard 9/29 – 10/30 Photography Show, Judged Barry Tarr 9/25 &9/26 9/30, 5-7 PM

11/3 – 11/ 20 “Abstract Show” Judged Wolfgang Ertl 10/30 & 10/31 11/4, 5-7 PM 11/19 Holiday Fine Art and Craft Show Louise Gerstenblatt

Edited 6/21/11

York Art Association P. O. Box 74, 394 York Street

York, ME 03909 207-363-4049

www.yorkartassociation.com

YAA Newsletter (August Newsletter Article Deadline,

Friday 7/20/11!!!!!) Newsletter Editor - Sue Wierzba (susanwierzba@gmail.com), Newsletter Printing - Donna Sabaka Newsletter E-mail Distribution - Suzie Goodwin suzieg123@gmail.com To get the YAA Newsletter by e-mail, e-mail Suzie Goodwin @suzieg123@gmail.com and we will add you to the list. For future Classes, lectures, shows, demos. Please get in touch with specific contact person if you have any questions