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“Seductive Strands”

  “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

AGENDA
1. Welcome members & guests
2. Secretary’s Report
3. Treasurer’s Report
4. Membership Report
5. Old Business:
  • 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
7. Reports

  • Delivery to Julie Schneider Ljubenkov
  • Margaret Best class at the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens

PROGRAM: BAGSC Spring Cleaning Swap

It’s Spring and time for Spring Cleaning!

1. Ideas Swap: Bring what you’re working on, ideas for new techniques, materials other members might want to try out that you’re willing to share, books and reference materials you’ve discovered.

2. Materials Swap: Bring materials and unused art supplies that you want to sell or trade. Any “leftovers” will be donated to YouthInkWell, a writing center for children, where kids write their own books and create their own illustrations. Go to http://www.youthinkwell.org to learn more about them.

All members are invited to attend the meeting & pot-luck lunch afterward.
Please RSVP to Norma.

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, Apples

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.

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