Welcome to the Los Gatos Art Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to the enrichment and support of the arts community. Founded in 1948 by Bill Cunningham and a group of dedicated art supporters, we have over 300 members. Our mission is to promote creative expression in the pictorial and allied arts by fostering high standards, extending appreciation and encouraging cooperation and camaraderie among artists. Our membership is open to all artists and art supporters.
The LGAA sponsors two major annual shows, is a participant in several Bay Area artist exhibitions, has several community galleries, a weekly Plein Air group, and is a close partner with the Art Museum of Los Gatos, (part of the Museums of Los Gatos, CA). Monthly gatherings are held where artists can interact & make connections, followed by an art demonstration.
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Next Meeting
May 8, 2010, 1-3pm
No meeting on April. LGAA Open Juried Show at Los Gatos Museum, click
here for the openning hours and direction.
Demonstration Artist
Barbara Bailey-Porter
http://www.baileyporter.com
Plein Air and Still Life Alla Prima Oil Painter
Barbara will demonstrate her process of oil painting from start to finish (alla prima) using a still life as reference. She works quickly and spontaneously and says, “The initial instinctual reaction of what I see and feel is what I try to capture within the first half hour of painting. I think in terms of abstract shapes, placing them together to make a loose representation of form and movement.” She jokingly refers to herself as having “restless brush syndrome”.
Barbara paints with oil in her studio and en plein aire throughout California and Mexico.
She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco where she also taught painting for several years. She currently teaches in her Santa Cruz studio.
Coming up Demos:
June 12: Jaya King, Mixed Media Artist
July: no meeting, summer break
August 14: Sandra Jones, Painter,
Topic: New Acrylics
September 11: George Rivera, Director, Triton Museum of Art
Topic: What Jurors are looking for.
October 16 (formerly October 9): Kay Duffy, Painter,
Topic: Lessons from a Grand Canyon painting experience.
November: Kim Lordier, Painter,
Topic: Pastel Painting in the Plein Air Tradition
December: Holiday Social
(Above submitted by Carol Bower (Holweger), Programs Chair, 408-723-2765)
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