Counter installed on Thursday, September 3, 2020

at 3 pm.

ART ROOM SCHEDULE:

Mondays: Oil and Acrylic Painting 10 am

Tuesdays: Poetry in Art 10:30

Wednesdays: Watercolor at 10 am

Thursdays: Drawing at 10:30 am

Fridays: Open Studio at 10 am

CERAMICS ROOM HOURS:

Monday 12:00 noon - 3:00 pm

Tuesday 12:00 noon - 3:00 pm

Wednesday 9:00 - 12 noon

Thursday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Friday 9:00 am - 12 noon

Saturday 2 pm - 5 pm

Some restrictions still apply for people using the Ceramics Room. Contact Diane Finley at Dianefinley1@gmail.com for the definitive answers.

2023 OFFICERS

President Jan Alleman

Vice President and Membership Chair Prema Anand

Treasurer Kathy Warren

Secretary Stephanie Torres

The mission of the Villages Arts and Crafts Association:

The aims of the Association shall be to encourage and foster the hands-on visual arts such as painting in all media, collage, ceramics, knitting and stitchery and other crafts and arts by classes, workshops, programs and free demonstrations for Villagers who reside in this community and to provide events and creative outlets, such as exhibits, festivals, open houses and special events for the display and possible sale of these fine arts and hand-made crafts.

ADVISORY BOARD and COMMITTEE CHAIRS and EVENT DIRECTORS

Art Films: Roz Zinns

Programs: Maybe you?

Welcomer: Colleen Mirassou

Class Scheduler: Barbara Gottesman

Ceramics: Diane Finley

Historian: Karin Bogliolo

We welcome volunteers to join the Advisory Board. Consult with President Jan Alleman at jn_alleman@yahoo.com

COMMITTEE CHAIRS and EVENT DIRECTORS

Annual Members Juried Show & Reception & Exhibits: Michael Sunzeri

Art in the Park, April 22: Diane Finley. Contracts available at March 6 General Membership Meeting

Cookbook Project: Mandy Book and __________ and ______________

VOLUNTEER TEAM

WHO

MAKES IT ALL HAPPEN

EVENTS:

March 16 - April 6: Beginning Drawing with Ciel Duke. Thursdays, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. $110. All materials furnished. Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

March 29 - May 3: Multi-Media Painting with Doug Canepa. Wednesdays, 10 am - 12 noon. $60. Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

April 14: FREE Art Film: "A Century of Quilts" with host Roz Zinns. Tuesday, 2:30 pm in Cribari Conference Room.

April 15: Watercolor on Yupo with Julie Cline. Saturday, 10 am - 1 pm. with lunch break and optional practice 2 - 4 pm. $85. Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

April 22: Art in the Park, 10 am - 2 pm at Gazebo Park. Diane Finley and her team.

This website is intended for the use of residents of The Villages, because Arts & Crafts is a Board-recognized club for residents only.

Art Events in Our Area

Now through May 23: Kelly Akashi "Assemblage" from WW II internment camps. at the San Jose Museum of Art.

John Singer Sargent opens at the Palace of the Legion of Honor on February 11.

Kehinde Wiley opens at the DeYoung on March 18.

Ansel Adams opens at the DeYoung on April 8.

Reality Show -

The Exhibit - Finding the Next Great Artist

7 contestants create art each week

until the finalist wins an exhibit at the

Hirshhorn Museum

Starts Friday, March 3, at 9 pm on USA, MTV, Smithsonian and streaming on Paramount!