2023

Villages Arts & Crafts Association

Month by Month Activity Calendar


JUNE 2023

June 5: Monthly Membership Meeting and Art Demonstration.  Monday, 1:45 pm in Cribari Conference Room. Midge Robinson is the Guest Artist who will display and tell the stories of historical dolls she has created from her family's history and from mythology.

June 5 - June 26:  "Oil and Acrylic Painting"  with Jane Hink.  4 weeks class. $75. Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

June 6 & 8 and June 13 & 15: "Pastel Painting with Terri Ford"  2 Tuesdays and 2 Thursdays, 1 - 3 pm.  $75. Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

June 7 - July 5:  Watercolor and Mixed-Media with Doug Caneapa. Wednesdays, 10 am - 12:00 pm.  $60. Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

June 8 - June 29: Intermediate Watercolor with Ciel Duke.  Thursdays, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm.CANCELLED.

June 13:  Art Film: Matisse from MOMA and Tate Museum. Cribari Conference Room, 2:30 pm.  Host Roz Zinns.


JULY 2023


AUGUST 2023

August 11:  New Exhibit:  Franchesca Pulis and Sharman Watkins

August 19:  Home Studio Art Tour. 10 am - 3 pm. (headquarters in the Ceramics Room) Get contracts from Diane Finley.

August 28: Advisory Board Meeting, Monday, 5 - 6 pm. Art Room


SEPTEMBER 2023

September 11:  New Members Reception and Art Display. Monday at 5:30 pm in the Art Room.

September 19:  Art Film:  Ambient Art:  Impressionism. Cribari Conference Room, 2:30 pm.  Host Roz Zinns.

September 25: Advisory Board Meeting, Monday, 5 - 6 pm. Art Room


OCTOBER 2023

October 2: Monthly Membership Meeting and Art Presentation.  Monday, 1:45 pm in Cribari Conference Room.

Guest Artist:  Francesca Pulis, Calligraphy

Holiday Faire contracts available after the meeting.

October 10:  Art Film:  Raoul Dufy, Painter and Decorator. Cribari Conference Room, 2:30 pm.  Host Roz Zinns.

October 20: 2023 Annual Members Juried Show with Director Michael Sunzeri.

October 30:  Advisory Board Meeting, Monday, 5 - 6 pm. Art Room


NOVEMBER 2023

November 4: Holiday Faire in Cribari Center, 10 am - 2 pm.

November 6: Monthly Membership Meeting and Art Demonstration.  Monday, 1:45 pm in Cribari Conference Room.

November 14:  Art Film:  Michaelangelo. Cribari Conference Room, 2:30 pm.  Host Roz Zinns.

November 18: Christmas Party with Jan Alleman and Prema Anand, 4 pm - 6 pm at Foothill Center

November 27: Advisory Board Meeting, Monday, 5 - 6 pm. Art Room


DECEMBER 2023








JANUARY 2023

January 10:  Art Film:  Audubon:  Drawn from Nature. Cribari Conference Room, 2:30 pm.  Host Roz Zinns.

January 18 - February 8:  Beginning Ceramics with Diane Finley.  Wednesdays, 10 am. Register at villagesceramics.com

January 25 - March 1, 2023:  Watercolor with Doug Canepa.  Wednesdays, 10 am - 12:30 pm. $60.

Register early at barb.gottesman

February 6 - March 13, 2023:  Oil and Acrylic Painting with Jane Hink.  Mondays, 10 am - 12:30 pm. $90. Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

January 28:  Collage Workshop with Julie Cline. Saturday, 10 am - 1 pm with optional guided practice 2 pm - 4 pm. $75. All materials furnished. Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

January 30:  Advisory Board Meeting, Monday, 5 - 6 pm. Art Room




FEBRUARY 2023

February 6: Monthly Membership Meeting and Art Demonstration.  Monday, 1:45 pm in Cribari Conference Room.CANCELLED

February 21:  Art Film:  Van Gogh: At Eternity's Gate. Cribari Conference Room, 2:30 pm.  Host Roz Zinns. POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

February 22:  In Take Day for Annual Members Juried Show, Wednesday, 1-1:30  pm in the Art Room. Juror Candy Yu. AMJS Director Michael Sunzeri

February 23:  Reception for  Annual Members Juried Show, Thursday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm in Cribari Conference Room

February 27: Free Art Film, Monday, "At Eternity's Gate - Van Gogh," Monday in Cribari Conferene Room, 2:30 pm with host Roz Zinns

February 27: Advisory Board Meeting, Monday, 5 - 6 pm. Art Room.  Members who would like to join the Advisory Board, please e mail President Jan Alleman at jn_alleman@yahoo.com



FEBRUARY 2023

February 6: Monthly Membership Meeting and Art Demonstration.  Monday, 1:45 pm in Cribari Conference Room.CANCELLED

February 21:  Art Film:  Van Gogh: At Eternity's Gate. Cribari Conference Room, 2:30 pm.  Host Roz Zinns. POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

February 22:  In Take Day for Annual Members Juried Show, Wednesday, 1-1:30  pm in the Art Room. Juror Candy Yu. AMJS Director Michael Sunzeri

February 23:  Reception for  Annual Members Juried Show, Thursday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm in Cribari Conference Room

February 27: Free Art Film, Monday, "At Eternity's Gate - Van Gogh," Monday in Cribari Conferene Room, 2:30 pm with host Roz Zinns

February 27: Advisory Board Meeting, Monday, 5 - 6 pm. Art Room.  Members who would like to join the Advisory Board, please e mail President Jan Alleman at jn_alleman@yahoo.com





MARCH 2023

March 6: Monthly Membership Meeting.  Monday, 1:45 pm in Cribari Conference Room. President Jan Alleman leads as short business meeting. Colleen Mirassou discusses her 3 D Assemblage Art Work.  Art in the Park contracts available after the meeting.

March 14:  Art Film: Gauguin. Cribari Conference Room, 2:30 pm.  Host Roz Zinns.

March 16 - April 6:  Beginning Drawing with Ciel Duke.  Thursdays, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. $110 - All materials furnished.

Register early at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

March 27:  Advisory Board Meeting, Monday, 5 - 6 pm. Art Room

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


APRIL 2023

April 3:  Monthly Membership Meeting and Art Demonstration.  Monday, 1:45 pm in Cribari Conference Room.

CANCELLED.

April 11:  Art Film:  A Century of Quillts. Cribari Conference Room, 2:30 pm.  Host Roz Zinns.  All Quilters and All Villagers and their guests are welcome to this FREE film.

April 11 - May 9:  Acrylic Painting with Jeff Bramschreiber, on line, Tuesdays, 12 noon - 2 pm.  $70.  Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

April 13 - May 4:  Beginning Watercolor with Ciel Duke.  Thursdays, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. $110 - All materials furnished.

Register early at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

April 14:  Exhibit Hanging for Karen Amicarelli's Watercolor Exhibit, Exhibits Director Michael Sunzeri.  Juried Show entries must be picked up.

April 15:  Watercolor on Yupo with Julie Cline.  Saturday, 10 am - 1 pm with lunch break and optional practice 2 - 4 pm.

$85. All materials furnished.  $10 discount for VACA and EVA members. Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

April 22:  Art in the Park, Saturday, 10 am - 3 pm. Gazebo Park.

April 24:  Advisory Board Meeting, Monday, 5 - 6 pm. Art Room

April 29:  Open House in the Art Room and the Ceramic Room during the VMA Health Fair, 10 am - 3 pm.  Our own Colleen Mirassou will demonstrate how to make mini-collages in the Sequoia Room at 10:30 pm

Art Room hosts:  Dorothy Douquet painting, 10 am - 12 noon; Stephanie Torres showing her wreaths, 12 noon - 2 pm; Karen Bogliolo painting, 2 - 3 pm.





MAY 2023

May 1:  Monthly Membership Meeting and Art Demonstration.  Monday, 1:45 pm in Cribari Conference Room.

Guest Artist discussion:  Sunni Gibbons.

May 8 - May 29:  Acrylic Painting with Dorothy Douquet.  Mondays, 10 am - 12:30 pm. $75. 4 week class. All materials furnished. Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com

May 9:  Art Film:  Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse. Cribari Conference Room, 2:30 pm.  Host Roz Zinns.

May 11 - June 1:  Intermediate Drawing with Ciel Duke.  Thursdays, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm.CANCELLED


May 11 - June 1:  Memoirs Writing with Claudia Welch and Barb Gottesman, Thursdays, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm. $35.

Skills and reading aloud with critiques.  Register at barb.gottesman@gmail.com  Class is full.

May 22: Advisory Board Meeting, Monday, 5 - 6 pm. Art Room























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Acrylic

by

Kathy Bodamer