BAGSC News

Come join us for the BAGSC Quarterly Meeting at: Deborah Shaw’s Home

9 am; Coffee
9:30 am; Meeting starts promptly

AGENDA

1. Welcome members & guests
2. Secretary’s Report
3. Treasurer’s Report
4. Membership Report

Old Business
L.A. Garden Show May 1-4, 2008 Recap

Update on ASBA Annual Meeting and Conference at the Huntington Oct. 30 - Nov. 1, 2008

• Teaching/classroom assistants
• Distribute guidelines for teaching assistants
• Distribute ad rate sheet, etc.
• Request help to solicit ads for conference notebook
• Request for volunteers to help with miscellaneous tasks
• Next Conference Meeting

Jenny Phillips’ class

New Business
Getty

Upcoming Classes

• Margaret Best, Santa Barbara Gardens, August 16 - 17, 2008
• Anne Marie Evans, Pasadena Hilton, October 25 - 29, 2008
• Alexander Viazmensky, Huntington Library, November 2 - 4, 2008
• Pandora Sellars, Huntington Library, November 2 - 6, 2008
• Jenny Phillips, Huntington Library, 11/2-11/6

2008 Meetings

• October 11 at Norma Sarkins: Come help assemble all the goodies for the conference!

2008 Election and nominations for Educational Programs Manager

Update on Julie Schneider Ljubenkov

Program
Portfolio sharing

Tips and Techniques from Jenny Phillips’ class

Irene Horiuchi will share her experience at the Winslow Homer exhibition in Chicago

Giclee review

Many members are reporting that their favorite Giclee vendors are going out of business. We would like to publish a list and reviews of your favorite places to get scans and printing of your work. Please email or bring information, and we will post a review in our blog.

Any other demonstrations you might have (please let Leslie know what you would like to present)
All members are invited to attend this meeting & pot luck lunch afterward.

Please RSVP to Leslie Walker

It’s here! The ASBA 14th Annual Meeting and Conference Online Registration Web site is live and running. Click on the link to learn more about the exciting workshops, field trips, and special events planned for this year’s conference. This year we’ll all meet at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA, and at the Pasadena Hilton, from October 30 - November 1, 2008.

Visit the conference website often! We will be updating the Exhibitors’ Hall, instructors’ bios and images and will also be posting class materials lists on the website. Bookmark the site and keep up with what’s new.

We are also having pre- and post- conference classes, sponsored by BAGSC. Anne-Marie Evans will be teaching her five-day class right before the conference. It’s a great way to get started. After the conference, Alexander “Sasha” Viazmensky will teach a three-day mushroom class. Jenny Phillips and Pandora Sellars will each teach a five-day class. To sign up, contact Deborah Shaw. Additional information about each of the pre- and post-conference classes will be posted in the next few days.

Looking forward to seeing everyone in October!

Arillyn Moran-Lawrence’s Hibiscus arnottianus, an endangered Hawaiian Hibiscus, will be in the Wildling Museum’s juried exhibition and competition.  Titled “Endangered Species: Flora and Fauna in Peril” will open June 22, 2008 at the Los Olivos site.  The show will remain at the Wildling Museum until September 14th.  Then the painting, drawings and sculpture will be sent to the Department of the Interior, Washington,DC.

Their exhibition will open November 1, 2008 and close on February 28, 2009.  The tour continues on to Denver and the Wildlife Experience Museum. That exhibition opens May 9, and closes July 12, 2009.

Prizes will be announced at the Wildling Museum on June 22, 2008.  First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $5,000 and Third Prize is $2000.

DEADLINE: July 11, 2008

Juried Fine Art Exhibition: Juror: D.J. HALL, internationally renowned realist figurative painter.  $1000 total cash awards.  Open to all artists over the age of 18, working in fine art media, who can hand deliver artwork.  2-D and 3-D.  2-D max. 48”h x 36”w, Sculpture max 30 lbs.    $30/3 images (slides or CD-R), $5/each additional, 6 max.  Exhibition: Aug. 13- 30. 2008. Reception: Aug. 16. 20% commission on sales.  For Prospectus, send SASE to TAG Gallery, 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404,

Contact information: theartistsgallery@verizon.net or 310-829-9556.

Gilly Shaeffer has a show entitled “Contemporary Botanical Watercolors” at the Carriage House Gallery (next to the Boddy House) at the Descanso Gardens from April 4 to May 1, 2008. The Gallery is open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily.

Descanso Gardens is located at 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada, California 91011. The Gallery telephone is 818.949.0125.

  ”Seductive Strands”,  Watercolor , Ophiopogon planiscapus, Black Mondo Grass

Arillyn Moran-Lawrence’s painting “Seductive Strands” is in the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Members’ Exhibition in the Broome Street Gallery, New York City.  “Seductive Strands” is a watercolor botanical painting of Ophiopogon planiscapus, commonly known as Black Mondo Grass.  The painting received a second place award in watercolor.  This is a Members’ Exhibition that covers all genres, and not a botanical show.  The show runs from March 24th to April 13, 2008.  The Broome Street Gallery is located at 498 Broome Street, New York City, New York.

Norma’s Home

April 12, 2008

Coffee at 9:00 am; Meeting starts promptly at 9:30 am

• BAGSC Insurance
• ASBA Convention at the Huntington, October 30 - November 1, 2008
• BAGSC Blog
• LA Garden Show, May 1 - 4, 2008

6. New Business

• Maria Sibylla Merian exhibition at the Getty
• Upcoming classes
• 2008 Meetings

Desert Studies Center in the Mojave National Preserve, Zzyzx, CA

(California State University College of Extended Learning)
Friday, April 4, 7pm, through Sunday, April 6, 3pm.
Contact: (909) 537-5975, 3910 for ART 1509
Schedule # 43453CQ (credit)/43452CQ (non-credit)

http://cel.csusb.edu/desert_studies.html

Registration deadline: April 1, 2008

Donald Davidson-Instructor

http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/index.htm

Sally Jacobs, posted by DB Shaw

Sally Jacobs, a member of BAGSC for many years and a former officer, is having a show of her new work at the TAG Gallery, February 27-March 22, 2008. The opening reception is Saturday, March 8, 5-8 pm. The address of TAG is 2903 Santa Monica Blvd (at Yale), in Santa Monica. 310-829-9556. She’d love to see you there.

She’ll also be giving an “Artist’s Talk” on March 19 at 7pm. The normal gallery hours are Wed-Sat, 11 am - 5 pm. Questions? Email Sally.