BrushStrokes JULY 2016

“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” Henry David Thoreau

TUCKERTIME TALES Jan Schaeffer—July Artist “SUMMER ART FETE” Exhibit

Reception to Meet the Award-Winning Artist Saturday, July 16th from 1- 4pm

Jan Schaeffer’s work in abstract is truly exceptional! After spending many years using watercolor and doing more representational landscapes and still life, she has combined her love of color and the freedom to paint with her imagination to deliver one of a kind, attention-getting abstracts that each have their own story. This exhibit features a number of new, previously unseen works! Schaeffer is a longtime member of the City Lights Artists’ Co-op of Henderson as well as the Clark County Artists Guild and the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies. In addition, she teaches water media classes at City Lights Art Gallery including watercolor, acrylic and abstract. She also conducts Fine Art Paint Parties at City

Lights Art Gallery on the second and fourth Satur-day of each month. Jan will be available to discuss her work at the “Meet the Artist” recep-tion on Saturday, July 16th from 1-4pm at the Gallery, 3 E. Army St., Henderson, 1/2 block off Water St. The reception is open to the public. The exhibit will run from July 5th to July 31st.

LIBBY CHAN has graciously accepted the position of Gal-lery Director, and was voted on to the Board of Directors to fill the position vacated by Ed Klein, who has retired to Florida. She is doing a fantastic job of organizing our sitters, forms, schedules, functions, and will manage our Juried Shows. We are so pleased to welcome Libby!

NEW GALLERY DIRECTOR

Hello Fellow Artists: Summer is upon us. I hope you all are having fun with your summer activities, and that they will inspire you to create new artwork for the rest of this year. Summer seems to be very hot, with many different distractions affecting our lives. However, City Lights still has a 3rd

quarter change out on July 8th and 9th. Some of you new Artists should consider hanging in our Co-op Gallery. We have new teachers for our classes, so check out the schedule and see if it fits your creative juices! We will all miss Ed Klein, but his teaching will still be with us, as we continue to create artwork for the Gallery. Some new venues for your Artwork in our local com-munity are Theatre in the Valley (see show calendar at www.theatreinthevalley.org) , and Firelight Dinner Thea-ter Barn (www.firelightbarn.com). Your Board of Direc-tors will continue to serve our gallery and help find new venues to show your work. Thanks, Tommy Tucker, President

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

DIANA MALONEY- Oil, Pastel, Watercolor, Photography ROBERTO RICO- Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil, Pastel CATHERINE ’CAT’ SCHELLING- Pencil, Watercolor

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PAINT PARTIES- JUL 9 & 23

FIRELIGHT BARN

Ed Klein has been a huge contributor to the success of City Lights Artists' Co-op as well as the local art scene. He hosted several members and students at Sierra Gold for pizza to celebrate the next phase of his life as he trades sunny Nevada for sunny Daytona, Florida! Another very well attended send-off was held at the Gallery on June 24th to say thank you to Ed who has giv-en so much to City Lights and the community. Ed was given a gift card to re-stock his painting supplies and re-launch his art activities in his new location. He expressed his sincere thanks to all! We wish him well as he be-gins his next journey nearer his family and plans to partici-pate in the local art communi-ty. He arrived safely to his new home! Ed will be missed!

FAREWELL TO ED KLEIN City Lights Art Gallery is now hosting paint parties for up to 10 participants! It’s a 3 hour class, 6—9 p.m. at 3 Army St. in Hen-derson for just $35. We provide the blank 16x20 canvas, the paints, brushes,

and free libations and snacks. Your painting will look fabulous and you’ll have fun and a lot of laughter with art teacher, Jan Schaeffer! Reserve your space today for Sat. July 9th & 23rd, (the 2nd and 4th Satur-days) at the Gallery: (702) 260-0300 or Jan Schaeffer: (702) 361-3501.

MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS The Monthly Membership Meetings will be postponed until Fall. However, our June 16th meeting was fabulous! Stephanie Rose, our resident stained glass and mosaic artist presented her works and told us about the differ-ent quality glass she uses, the various kinds of leading, and how she uses her kilns to get creative effects in her artwork and jewelry. Stephanie’s style of glass work is quite unique. She brought her albums to show us how her art has evolved and some major works that she has sold. If you are interested in discovering this art form, watch for announcements of a 2-day Workshop in Glass that Stephanie is planning. She is one very talented lady!

Please join Susan LaBuda and the Scholarship Winners for a presentation and reception on Wednesday, July 13th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. You will be amazed at their artistic talent. Come meet our winners and talk with them about their goals and future in the art field. Scholarships for art students are one of our Gallery’s major goals. This year we will be awarding funds to 4 stu-dents, Katy Poole, Catherine Swift, Hannah Moran, and Courtney Albertie, and supporting up to 10 mini-grants in the schools. Your participation in our fund raisers makes our Scholarship program possible. Please come on July 13th to support our Winners!

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

GALLERY SITTERS NEEDED

IF THIS MAKES YOUR EYES BOUNCE—PLEASE READ IT! We need Gallery Sitters to keep our doors open! Please volunteer. You can bring your knitting, reading, or paint-ing to keep busy while you greet visitors, sell artwork, and enjoy the gallery art. Call Libby today: 702.260.0300

Our new neighbors on Water Street, the Firelight Barn, are up and running. We are honored to have several pieces of Western art by members hanging in their res-taurant/theater on consignment. They can accommodate a few more pieces. If you’re interested in hanging a piece of western art, please let Chris know by emailing the Gal-lery or leave a message on the phone. Watch for news of dinner shows and discounts to Gal-lery members. A dozen City Lights members enjoyed the dinner show on July 1 put on by “Mama” Jackson and her 4 very musically talented kids. It’s family friendly and great casual fun!

EASY MONEY MAKER DO YOU SHOP ON AMAZON?

Shop on AMAZON.com and you can earn bucks for our Scholarship program at City Lights Gallery. Sign up at SMILE.Amazon.com charitable event project. The first time you shop, log-in and name City Lights Art Gallery as your charitable organization: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/13-4266090. Amazon will do-nate to our scholarship fund a percentage of your pur-chase! It’s Easy!

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JUNE RECEPTION FOR—Bob O’Neill

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Bob and friends at his reception.

Bob O’Neill’s award-winning oils display a beautiful balance between light and shadows. Bob teaches oil painting classes on Monday mornings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Study with Bob to discover his secrets of suc-cess.

WORKSHOPS COMING Several people have expressed an interest in giving a

workshop in the gallery. Our talented members include Anna Hammer— Award-winning Colored Pencil Artist; Georgia Lawson— a “Paint Your Pet” workshop; Stephanie Rose— designing with glass.

Chris Mazglad and Libby Chan will handle the scheduling as soon as the details are worked out. More exciting work-shops to look forward to at the Gallery.

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Calendar of Events 2016 * New Dates (Non City Lights Gallery Events)

CITY LIGHTS ART GALLERY 3 East Army Street, Henderson, NV 89015 Mailing Address: PO BOX 91314, Henderson, NV 89009-1314 Phone: (702) 260-0300 Email: citylightscoop@centurylink.net Web Site: citylightsartgallery.com Twitter: @CityLights_Gal Facebook: City Lights Art Gallery, Henderson, NV Open: Tues—Sat 10am-4pm; Sun 12-4pm. Web Masters: Eric Courtney & Chris Mazglad BrushStrokes Editor: Delia Price

HAPPENINGS

Art Classes at City Lights INSTRUCTOR MEDIA DAYS & TIMES JAN SCHAEFFER Watercolor Tues. 9am-noon; & 1-4 pm Watercolor Sat. 9— noon Acrylic Sat. 1 — 4:00 pm Water Media Sun. 1:00—4:30 pm BOB O’NEILL Oil Mon. 10 am to 1 pm THEATER PARTY

Your Board of Directors and Marketing Team are always looking for new and exciting ways to promote art and raise funds. We are planning drawing classes, various workshops, more plein aire events, considering partici-pating in the Super Run Classic Car Show in Sept, and working on the October Juried Show event. Info coming!

JUL 7, 8, 9 Th-Sa Gallery Change Out –Bring art 9 &23 Sa Paint Parties 6-9 pm 12 Tu Board Meeting—Gallery 4:30pm 13 We Scholarship Reception 4—6pm 16 Sa Featured Artist Reception 1-4pm AUG 9 Tu Board Meeting—Gallery 4:30pm 13 & 27 Sa Paint Parties 6-9pm

Some Changes Are Coming

John Athey won BEST OF SHOW with his watercolor painting, “Nature Taking Back” at the 2016 NVWS Spring Show. John has received several winnings recently and we are very proud of his accomplishments!

CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN ATHEY

CLASSROOM HAS FRESH PAINT THANK YOU TO SUSAN LABUDA who painted the class-room at the Gallery. It looks so much better and will clearly show off the student paintings. Thanks, Susan, for your thoughtfulness, initiative, and action! You exemplify the Co-op spirit! THURSDAY- OPEN PAINTING DAY

Now you can come to the Gallery Classroom and work on your painting or artwork along with other artists. The cost is only $5.00 (payable to the sitter) to cover utilities. Bring your own supplies, enjoy the camaraderie, and paint any time from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There will not be a teacher. Please make sure you clean up and va-cate around 3:30 p.m. since the Gallery Sitter locks up and leaves at 4pm. Enjoy the open studio ambiance!

SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES

ERIC COURTNEY have been updating our Social Media sites including our Web Site, Facebook page, and Twitter. Please visit often to increase our viewings and higher listing on search engines. The Web Site has current infor-mation and artwork. Be sure your art is on our site also! Please go to our Facebook page and click LIKE.

MAINTAINING OUR GALLERY

A special thank you to Merle who was able to contract with her housekeeper to clean our gallery. Ed Klein’s daughter, Sandy, spent many hours cleaning and was greatly appreciated, but has moved to Florida. Ed and Sandy will certainly be missed!

The group of members who went to the theatre on June 4th and 11th enjoyed the play, Weekend Comedy, about two couples, one middle aged, and one young couple who booked the same cottage for a 3-day weekend. They both decided to stay with hilarious results! Watch the announcements for the next show at the Theatre in the Valley at 10 W. Pacific Ave, Henderson. Let’s support our Water St. neighbors! You are invited to hang your art at the Theatre and add to the creative ambiance. Contact the gallery if you are interested.