The Palette
President’s Message
It is almost summer, already! Flowers are blooming, the days are getting longer, and I hope you are all enjoying the beauty around and inspired to capture it in paint, photography or whatever your creative outlet is. Please share your work with us at the gallery.
Art Mejeerus has added a new Black and White Photography category to our monthly competitions.
It has become apparent that one of the benefits of our membership is the fellowship we share as artists. As there is never enough time at our General Meeting for people to visit, we are working to schedule more times where our members can share art and social time.
To that end, we scheduled a “field trip” to Idyllwild June 9th, meeting at the gallery, carpooling up the hill and assembling at Mountain Pottery. There we watched a demo by master potter Art Tobias.
Many of us brought bag lunches and picnicked on the tables during the demo. After that, our group attended a workshop at Mountain Pottery where we were each invited to create a carving in clay using a technique called
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The mission of the HVAA is to encourage and develop the appreciation, study and practice of the fine arts and to further educate, inspire, and enrich the lives of others through our programs, exhibits and activities.
Calendar
11 Jun 23 June 23
Jun 26
Jun 29
New Member Orientation, 10:30 am-12:30 pm At gallery
Christine White’s Workshop-10:00 am-3:00 pm ($60)
At gallery
Valley Summer Kickoff, Sponsored by the City of Hemet, 11:00 am-5:00 pm 200 N. Harvard, Hemet
Board Meeting, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
At gallery
Take Down, Noon-4:00 pm At gallery
Jul 1
Jul 6
Jul 13
July 23
Jul 27
Jul 31
Change of Painting (COP) Day, 9:00 am-Noon Contest theme: Desert Life At gallery
General Meeting, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Demonstrator: Laura Ryan, Gel Plate Printing Using Mixed Media Techniques
Masonic Lodge, 150 Laursen St., Hemet
New Member Orientation, 10:30 am-12:30 pm At gallery
Trip to Pageant of the Masters Laguna Beach via Silver Lining Travel ($155) Contact Alison Wieman for details
Take Down, Noon-4:00 pm At gallery
Board Meeting, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
At gallery
A Publication of the Hemet Valley Art Association
June 2024
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President’s Message - con’t. sgraffito. This was an activity for any level. The cost was $45 for the hour-long class. Participants shaped clay, creating their design. The clay will then be glazed and fired by Mountain Pottery. Pieces will be delivered to the galley when done.
We also visited a very cute art store called the Art Department. I just loved the amazing variety of cool items they had for sale in such a small space.
An upcoming opportunity for fun is the Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach. Silver Lining Travel is providing a trip to this event. They allow plenty of time to visit the Sawdust Festival across the street, if you want, and to view the amazing art display at the event. Admission to the program is also part of the $155 fee. It is on July 23nd, and I hope some of you will enjoy this opportunity with me. Reserve you place now by calling 951-929-6230.
On a different note, I have been invited to join an ad hoc committee with the City of Hemet to work on ways to bring more art, music and culture to our city. We are currently working to secure a grant from the Arts in California Parks. We are in the planning stages, and the group is asking for letters from the community to support the idea that Hemet wants this and specifically, Hemet Valley Art Association is in support of this project. We are looking at art installations in our parks and how the art can be utilized to create projects that will bring a sense of community connection.
We are looking for ideas. How can our artists help and benefit from this grant money? Are there those who would be willing to commission pieces which reflect a piece of our history or our culture? Can you imagine ideas to share with me so I can pass them on to the committee? I am excited to have HVAA recognized in Hemet as the hub of the art community, and that the city wants our input. Please share any and all ideas with me. I will pass them on to our group.
Alison Wieman, President
—Our Members in Action—
Historic Hemet Theatre Takes In $15,000 at Funraiser for Kids Art Camps
Hemet Valley Art Association partnered with the Historic Hemet Theatre in May at their first annual fundraiser for kids performing arts summer camps. HVAA Members Stepheny Estes, Art Majerus and Alison Wieman donated a piece of original art as part of the silent auction.
As HVAA President Alison Wieman noted in her President’s Message, the gallery has been invited to “join an ad hoc committee with the City of Hemet to work on ways to bring more art, music and culture to our city” in part by supporting one another in various programs and ventures.
To that end, HVAA members are networking and partnering with other nonprofits in the valley. Linda Grelich, Golden Era Productions and Evening of Art supporter, was one of the sponsors for the theatre fundraiser.
HVAA Member Sheila Diggs was part of the evening’s entertainment. Sheila was recently voted the best of the best in the Hemet Theater’s “Voice of the Valley” competition.
Lynn Throckmorton, Public Relations, is spreading the word that the Hemet Valley Art Association has a gallery open 5 days a week, 6 hours a day, with new art on display every month.
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From left to right: Stepheny Estes, Linda Greilich, Lynn Throckmorton, and Sheila Diggs.
June Demonstrator Karla Leopold
Introduces Members to the Art of Assemblage
“Assemblage” is an artistic form or medium usually created on a substrate, often using found and seeminly unrelated objects, assembled to create a three-dimensional piece of art. It is similar to collage, but yields a three-dimensional piece.
HVAA hosted Karla Leopold, an award-winning artist, who, as the meeting’s demonstrator for June, showed us how to create an Assemblage. She had brought samples of her work and spent time explaining how she had made a number of other pieces. She spoke of substrates, tools, glues, and taking the time to “see” the finished work in order to determine the focus of and the order in which to add the layers of objects. She loves using things like blocks, knobs, rulers, numbers, playing cards, and door handles composed and pasted down inside a box (current favorite boxes are those in which cell phones and tablets are packaged). Her largest assemblage piece is 24” x 24”. A tip, she told us, was to put the hanging wire on the back of the piece first, as the finished product is often not only 3D, and sometimes extends behond the boundries of the box or substrate.
In her artist’s statement, Leopold noted: When I was in junior high school, an art teacher told me art wasn’t for me. I have been proving him wrong ever since. As an artist, I work in a variety of mediums including stone, found objects, paint, yarn, and almost anything that can be made into art. In life I also work in a variety of fields, art, psychology and education. There is a theme in all my work which involves an underpinning of psychological significances. I challenge the viewers and participators to look deeper into the art and information I share to find and apply that which resonates for them.
Officers, Board Members, Appointed Positions
President V. President/PR, Communications
Secretary
Treasurer
Parliamentarian
Gallery Director
Jenny Gagnon
Patti Greco
Diane Klewenhagen
OFFICERS
Alison Wieman alison_wieman@yahoo.com
Lynn Throckmorton throckhemet@earthlink.net
Kathy Schmitt kds5@verizon.net
Anna Ives annaives898@hotmail.com
Stepheny Estes secondglancescustomportraits@gmail.com
Art Majerus sawdustman@mac.com
BOARD MEMBERS
jennymonique@verison.net paintedlady207@gmail.com dianescritters@icloud.com
APPOINTED POSITIONS
Membership
Orientation
(Gen.) Mtg.
Newsletter
Photographer/Historian
Activities
Social
School Liaison/ Scholarships
Web Master
Sitting Calendar
Evening of Art
Grants & Fundraising
Facilities
Tracy Anderson tandyart@yahoo.com
Esther Feigenbaum feigenbaum.esther@yahoo.com
Connie Patton cpdraw@hotmail.com
Sheryl Cooley cooleybates@sbcglobal.net
Julie Jernegan jcustomphotos@gmail.com
Patti Greco (Studio) paintedlady207@gmail.com
Paula King (Demos) pjharp7@aol.com
Sharon Zorn-Katz sharonzornkatz@gmail.com
Alison Wieman (Liaison) alison_wieman@yahoo.com
Jackie Avritt (Scholarships) ajavritt@gmail.com
Rachel Welch rachel@rachelwelch.art
Diane Klewenhagen dianescritters@icloud.com
Beverly Johnson beverlyeoachairhvaa@gmail.com
Alison Wieman (Grants) alison_wieman@yahoo.com
Linda Baranek (Fundraising) linvivb1@gmail.com
Bob Straubinger bobstraubinger@msn.com
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Level Up Your Painting: A workshop With Christine E. White
Please Note: You Do Not Need to Be a Member of the Gallery to Attend
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Look for Us at the Valley Summer Kickoff, Hosted by the City of Hemet
We’ll Be the Ones Crafting With the Kids!
Stop By and Say Hello!
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At the Gallery
From the Gallery Director
Time is flying by, and as always I encourage you all to volunteer to sit. We did pretty well in May, but we still need more help.
I will be in Yellowstone and other places taking photographs for most of June, so Dianne K. will have the panel signup list if you don’t get signed up before I leave. Currently, there is one $10 and a couple $20 panels available. Contact me directly if you want one. Also, panels for July are starting to fill up, so get them while you can. Again, contact me before I leave after June COP.
Lastly, it’s time to figure out themes for the Special category for next year, so email me with your suggestions at sawdustman@mac.com or text 619-992-6532.
Art Majerus
Platinum life Members
Teddie Oatey
Chuck Schoenknecht
Rose Thomas
James Watters
Kathy Schmitt
Lynn & Bob Throckmorton
Sue Jordan & Keith Johnson
Bronze Members
Jimmy DePasse
Richie Locasso
Classes
Beginning Watercolor
Instructor: Virginia Melton Mondays, except for CoP Mondays, 9:30 am-12:30 pm $20.00 per class
Advanced Watercolor Painting
Instructor: Betty Pilley Class Full—Waiting List at Gallery
Mixed Media/Watercolor
Instructor: Miyoko Whittelsey
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 10:00 am-12:30 pm $20 per class
Drawing Instructor: Miyoko Whittelsey 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 10:00 am-12:30 pm $20 per class
Urban Sketchers
Instructor: Tracy Anderson Dates & Times Vary
Contact instructor: tandyart@yahoo.com Free
Acrylics on Canvas (Starting June 11)
Instructor: Paula Squier Tuesdays, 10:00-Noon (6-week Course) $20 per class
Adult Clay Classes
Instructors: Patti Greco and Jose Pacheco Tuesdays, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm OR Thursdays, 2:00-4:00 pm $20 per class
Tweeners & Teens Summer Clay Class: Grades 6-12 (Starting June 21)
Instructors: Patti Greco and Jose Pacheco Fridays, 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
$15 per class
You must register for this class! Contact Patti Greco at paintedlady207@gmail.com
Children’s Clay Class: Ages 8-12
Instructors: Patti Greco and Jose Pacheco Saturdays, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm $10 per class
(All supplies provided, including clay)
Children’s Painting Class
Instructors: Alison Wieman and Opal Larkin
Third Saturday of the month, 10:00 am-Noon $10 per class
(All supplies provided)
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Betty Pilley’s Advanced Watercolor Class
Fine Art Best in Show
Josh Farley “Snake”
June Member Competition Winners
FINE ART WINNERS
Special Theme (Seascapes)
1st Josh Farley, “Rocket Man” 2nd Les Hulsey, “El Dorado” 3rd Lynn Throckmorton, “Bottom of the Sea” HM Julie Jernegan, “Up North” Water Media
1st Ely Garduno, “The Mysterious World of Ely” 2nd Vicki Moran, “My Son Anson” 3rd Eduardo Guardino, “The Heart of Everlasting” HM Sylvia Maxwell, “Goldfinch” Acrylic/Oil
1st J. Cadengo, “Morro Bay” 2nd Lynn Throckmorton, “Seafoam” 3rd Steve Wilkinson, “A River Running Through the Meadow” HM Luz Casareo Obmina, “Sunrise” Mixed Media
1st Lynn Throckmorton, “You Are My Sunshine” 2nd Rachel Welch, “Orange Vase” 3rd Vicki Moran, “Simple Pleasure” HM Francisco Melgoza, “Watching You” Modernism
1st Josh Farley, “Pacman”
2nd Lynn Throckmorton, “Desert Ocotillo” 3rd Miyoko Whittelsey, “Noho Dancing”
HM Rachel Welch, “Healing” Miniatures
1st Steve Wilkinson, “Bearded Iris” 2nd Sylvia Maxwell, “Sunflower III”
3rd Sherri Domenigoni, “Soft Sunset”
HM Betty Pilley, “Winter Stroll” Pastel/Drawing
1st Betty Pilley, “A Sketchy Bouquet” 2nd Beverly Squire, “The Betrothed” Sculpture/3D
1st Jenny Gagnon, “Squares and Circles”
2nd Lynn Throckmorton, “Wisconsin Walking Stick”
Photography Best in Show
Sheryl Cooley “Tulips Galore!”
PHOTOGRAPHY WINNERS
Special Theme (Seascapes)
1st Sherri Domenigoni, “The Lone Cypress” 2nd Earl McNeese, “Blue Water in Hawaii”
3rd Art Majerus, “Coastal Fun”
HM Lee Moler, “Pelican Beach Party” Anytime/Anyplace
1st Art Majerus, “Reaching for the Sky” 2nd Lynn Throckmorton, “So Many Are Waiting” 3rd Jacqueline Avritt, ““Zion With Sunset Glow”
HM Earl McNeese, “Tiny House in Scotland” Living Things
1st Art Majerus, “Red Zone” 2nd Jacqueline Avritt, “Proud Peacock”” 3rd Lynn Throckmorton, “Ocotillo”
HM Chris Taylor, “Her Demo-Day Face” Digitally Altered
1st Art Majerus, “Xray” 2nd Earl McNeese, “Blooming Wonder” 3rd Lynn Throckmorton, “1924 Wine Rack”
HM Sherri Domenigoni, “Baby Sharks” Black & White
1st Julie Jernegan, “Waiting for Mama’s Return” 2nd Art Majerus, “Quaking Aspens” 3rd Addison Florez, “Sissy”
HM Jan Watt, “Doorway to Enlightenment”
Monthly Contest Themes
July - Desert Life
August - Birds
September - Still Life
October - Autumn Is Here
November - Toys as a Child
December - Holiday Season
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June’s Featured Artist: Paula Squier
“I knew my whole life that I was an artist. I just didn’t pursue it until I retired,” Paula Squier says when you ask her about it. Specifically, she began to paint when her husband was ill. “I couldn’t leave him because he might need me, but he didn’t need me all the time.” To fill her days and still be there for him, she began to paint. On one level, it was a form of therapy, pushing through the pain of her husband’s battle with cancer. After he passed away, it became a form of catharsis.
She started with a mural on an exterior wall of her home. When asked if she found the task daunting, if she sketched it out first and scaled it up, if she agonized over colors or media, she said simply, “No. I just began to paint. I wasn’t worried; I knew I could do it, that it would turn out well.” Photos from that time prove she was right.
During that time, one of her sons asked her for a waterscape painting. Working in oil, she created a piece that shows both an idyllic image of life above the waterline and life below it. Somehow that canvas was joined by two others, a panorama in the form of a triptych of life in a bay.
Today Paula still paints waterscapes. “I can’t do full-on portraits, although I can do side views; don’t know why.” But in addition to waterscapes, she loves painting landscapes. Her favorite medium is acrylic, although when it’s hot, she turns again to oil.
Her favorite style of painting is Renaissance, although her favorite artists are, for the most part, considered Impressionists or Early Moden painters: Monet, Manet, Degas, with Rembrandt as the representative of her favorite style.
Paula has just started a class at the gallery: Acrylics on Canvas. The first class was/will be (depending on when this newsletter publishes) Tuesday, June 11th, and will run from 10:00-Noon for 6 weeks, one session a week. Cost is $20 per class. To register, sign up at the gallery or contact Paula at plmsquier@gmail.com. The class is open to members and non-members alike; adults only.
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HVAA Member Tracy Anderson Holds Urban Sketching Workshop Just Outside the Gallery
Tracy Anderson held a meet-up of the newly inaugurated Hemet Sketchers Friday, May, 31st, and a subsequent one June 10th. The next get together will be June 18th in Winchester. Contact Tracy for details. She can be reached at tandyart@yahoo.com. Be sure to bring a stool or chair.
What Is Urban Sketching?
In short, it is the practice of drawing what is around you in your sketchbook. It does not necessarily mean that you draw only cities, but rather it consists of capturing your personal observations and interpretations of your surroundings. It is a narrative of everyday life.
Tips for Urban Sketching:
• Get into the habit of carrying your sketchbook with you everywhere you go. I keep a small sketchbook, pencil and pen in my car so I can carry them with me when I’m out and about.
• Draw in the place where you are, through direct observation.
• Tell a story with your drawing. Add receipts, business cards and other ephemera to your sketchbook page to document a moment.
• Your drawings are a record of the time, the place where you are, and the scenes that you appreciate.
• Any type of media and individual style can be used.
• Embrace mistakes and keep drawing. Don’t rip pages out of your sketchbook or start over. Your sketchbook documents your journey as an artist. You will have good drawings and you will have bad drawings. It’s part of the process and shows your progress.
• Challenge yourself to draw every day, even if it’s only for 10 or 15 minutes.
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Hemet Valley Art GalleryAri
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144 N. Harvard St., Hemet, CA 92543
951-652-4592
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For HVAA members, all articles, photographs, flyers, announcements, etc., are due no later than the 20th day of each month (unless the event takes place later in the month, in which case they are due within 2 days of the event). Text for articles should be in Microsoft Word. Photos should be in jpg, png, or tiff file format if at all possible. Please send high resolution images (1 MB or higher). Flyers should be pdfs.
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