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Our monthly meeting will be on May 1st, 2008 with the regular meeting and speakers at 6:30 pm. There will not be a critique this month due to time constraints.
One of our speakers this month is George Lenz. George is retired after 40 years in the computer industry. One of his life’s desires has been to be a photographer. Approximately a year ago, he started working towards the goal of producing high quality photography. His mission is to provide high quality images that are pleasing to the eye by changing ordinary photography into fine works of art and providing pieces that one would be proud to display in one’s home or place of business.
George suggests that you bring your digital camera to the meeting. He will be going over the basic controls and will try to answer questions.
Our second speaker will be David Higley. David introduced himself to us at the end of the art show at the museum. He is a Frank Covina trained artist. David plans to talk with us about using glazing to enhance our oil landscapes.
Meeting time/place
The next meeting is on May 1st, 2008 at 6:30 PM. We will be meeting at Page Park Center at 120 N Oak Street in Gilbert. This is on the northwest corner of Bruce Ave and Oak St. It is two blocks north of Elliot and two blocks west of Gilbert Rd. Map to this location is on the web site on the calendar page.
Two of our members have been suffering from serious illnesses that have required hospitalization within the last month. Please join us in heartfelt wishes for a speedy recovery for Andy Kirshberg and Shirley Goodridge. We miss you and hope you feel better soon.
Jean Smith will be having a drawing class beginning on May 7th to run for six weeks. This class will be on Wednesday mornings from 9 am – 12 noon. She also has an ongoing painting class on Monday evenings from 6:30 – 9:30 pm. You may contact Jean at jeanaes@aol.com or 480-497-0677 for particulars.
Sandra Wilderman will be offering another beginning watercolor class through Art on Boston in late June. For particulars, call 480-917-1112
Member Edward Kinnally’s art, “Dragon Skin” (by EasyAttitude), has been awarded first place in last month’s “Geometric Shapes and Fractals” art contest at ‘A Singular Creation’. The winning piece was selected from 165 entries and can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/yqpd5d
Ed will receive a small cash prize and a free one year platinum membership where Ed has his online galleries.
(Ed recently received the ‘Best of Show’ award at the annual Gilbert Visual Art League show in the Heritage Museum, as previously announced by GVAL – thus giving him back-to-back first place awards. That particular piece can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/292xhp, along with other Art by Kinnally.)
