Next PaperWorks Meeting
Thursday, May 12, 10 AM to noon
St. Philips in the Hills Episcopal Church
4440 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson
NE corner of Campbell and River roads
Program
Members Showcase
This year many of our 220-plus members joined Creative Circles, attended Workshops, took PaperPlay classes and learned more in Salons.
The May PaperWorks meeting is devoted to celebrating your creativity and exhibiting your artwork.
If you have participated in any offering please bring your projects to the May meeting. Be sure to put your name on your art. When you come into the room you will see balloons with labels of Creative Circle groups, Workshops, PaperPlay and Salons. Doors open at 9:15. You and your friends will have time to chat and browse. Plan on attending to the May 12 party! Guests are always welcome.
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Save the Date: June 9
Our program for June will be a visit to Ron Nelson's studio for a demonstration of his cast paper techniques. Ron's cast paper pieces are made almost entirely of recycled materials: shredded newspaper mixed with water, house paint to bind it together, with mill ends for the framing. The casting is primed and the last layer of coloring is applied. For a preview:
http://alleyartworks.com/
Reservations required. Sign up at our May 12 meeting or email Barbie Adler
[email protected] to reserve a spot. Ron can accommodate 20 people.
We will meet on Thursday, June 9, at 10AM at Ron Nelson's studio.
Ron Nelson's Alley Arts, near 6th and 6th in the arts district
524 Ferro Ave, Tucson.
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From September through May, PaperWorks meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at St. Philips in the Hills Church, East Murphey Gallery. Business meeting starts at 10am, program at 11am. The Murphey Gallery is reserved from 9am to 3pm, so come early or stay after the program to visit and reconnect with members and guests. PaperWorks meetings are open to members, guests and the public at no charge. Summer meeting times and locations vary. Check our website at
www.paperworks.info
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Reserve your place for the June 9 program - Barbie Adler will have the sign-up sheet.
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Bring your Art for Summer PW Exhibit at the Main Library
PaperWorks members are invited to exhibit their work at the Main Library downtown this summer. Bring one piece of art to the May meeting: our small-scale artist books and three- dimensional paper-based art will be displayed in the library's glassed cases. Deliver one piece, with wrapping, to Nora McGinnis at the May PaperWorks meeting. Details in the Opportunities box below
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Card-Making for Hospice patients - May meeting salon
Thank you to all artists who've contributed handmade cards. The response has been wonderful. We'll be delivering the cards to Casa de la Luz Hospice after the May PaperWorks meeting. You're invited to drop by our card-making table at the May meeting and help us make as many cards as possible. And look for the red mailbox to deposit cards you've made at home. We'll resume card making in the fall for delivery to hospital patients and others receiving community services during the December holidays. Questions: [email protected]
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Creative Circle at May meeting
A Stitch in Time Circle meets after the general meeting. Details in Right Column of this enews in Creative Circle box. Everyone welcome.
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Members' Summer Postcard Exchange
Sign up by emailing me before May 8, if you haven't turned in a sign-up slip already. At the May meeting, you'll receive the name and address of a Secret Postcard Pal (I'll send names by email to those who don't pick them up). Over the summer, you agree to send your pal three postcards (one per month or three all at once - your choice). Of course you can send as many as you want, but three is the minimum. They can be any medium, any motif, and any skill level - anything goes! In early September, send a "reveal" postcard that either gives a clue to your identity or gives it away completely. At the September meeting, bring the postcards you received for display on the postcard table and hopefully connect with your Secret Pal!
PLEASE sign up ONLY if you intend to participate, so nobody is disappointed. Get ready to have some fun!
Sue Agnew
If not signed up, email your name, snailmail address, email address, and phone to [email protected]
Your Extra Art Supplies Are Appreciated
Bring your extra art supplies, craft and art magazines and books for our donation table, which benefits Dragonfly Village residence shelter. Thank you for your support of the 2015-16 project. For more info: Mary Ellen Palmeri
[email protected]
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Call for Entries
PaperWorks Exhibit
Main Library, Tucson
July 1 - 31, 2016
PaperWorks members have been invited to exhibit their work at the Main Library downtown this summer. We will be showcasing small-scale artist books and three- dimensional paper-based art in glass cases in the main lobby. To be included, please deliver one piece to Nora McGinnis at the May PaperWorks meeting. This is the perfect opportunity to exhibit something you are already bringing to show off. Please wrap or include wrapping for your piece, as items will be transported. Pieces will be available for pick-up at the September meeting or earlier by special arrangement. If you will not be at the May meeting, but would still like to enter a piece, please email [email protected]
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Workshops sponsored
by PaperWorks
Our exciting lineup of spring 2016 workshops continues!
Register by mail and at May PW meeting. Print registration form (available on PW website under the workshops tab) and mail it along with a check for half the workshop tuition. Workshop spaces will be filled according to postmark date. For complete info, visit the
website
or visit the Workshop table at the May meeting.
Last Spring 2016 Workshop for PW members
Amanda Beekhuizen - "Letterpress Printing" - $280
Fri., May 13, 9am-4pm
Sat., May 14, 9am-4pm
Sun., May 15, 9am-4pm
The workshop will cover typesetting (both wood and lead), linoleum block cutting, and letterpress printing on the four Vandercook presses at the UofA Book Art and Letterpress Lab. Students will use these foundational skills to print a broadside, small single-sheet book, and/or other printed ephemera of their choosing. (workshop description continues at www.paperworks.info)
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Workshops
Offered by PaperWorks Members
Mary Ellen
is the moderator of Origami LAFF, a fun-loving paper-folding club that meets monthly at the Nanini branch library. Meetings are free, open to the public and usually held on the 3rd Sunday each month from 1-4pm.
Next meeting: Sun., May 15.
For more info, contact Mary Ellen: [email protected].
Keep this link handy to see what we're doing, and if you have anything you'd like to share with the Origami LAFF community send it to me and I'll post it on the page.
ALSO I'm teaching many origami classes in Pima County Branch Libraries again this year. Please join us over the summer and through the end of the year.
IF INTERESTED in attending, check with the specific library first to see if they have any restrictions because all classes have a maximum number of participants, and some libraries ask people to register first. Most are first come, first serve, but it does vary.
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Kaitlin's Creative Cottage - fun continues all
summer!
"An Oasis of Fun & Creativity for Spirited Women"
Come enjoy the Creative Cottage for fun, friendship, and inspiration!
Affordable, Creative Classes for Women of All Ages!
SE Corner N. Main Ave. & W. University Blvd. Tucson 85705
For class listings, check blog:
Space Limited, Classes Fill Fast--Pre-registration is required!
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Catherine Nash
Mixed Media Collage: Interpreting the Desert with Catherine Nash
Tues., Aug. 30, 10-4pm
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Come to the Tucson Mountains and hillsides of saguaros for inspiration viewed from the cool Art Institute. Panoramic windows for a panoramic landscape collage! In playful and expressive improvisation, interpret our unique desert landscape with experimental combinations of a wide variety of both wet and dry color medias on a layering of Oriental and Western papers. Previous collage and plein air participants and new students alike are all welcome!
A perfect followup for those who took the recent PaperWorks collage classes with Catherine...or those who missed them!
Sign up now as space is limited! Contact the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum directly
http://asdmartclass.com/page.php?groupingID=store&itemId=35597 or call 520-883-3024.
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Coming this fall!
A Special Opportunity Workshop
in the studio of Catherine Nash
Contemporary Papercutting: Cutting Stories with Béatrice Coron
Sat. and Sun., Sept. 3 & 4, 10 am to 4 pm
Cost: $195
Supply Fee: $20
This fall, renowned artist and TED lecturer Beatrice Coron will hold a two-day workshop in Tucson. Using historical traditions, we will take a modern, exciting approach to papercutting. All levels welcome.
- create paper images and paper tools for stenciling
- explore different materials to be cut and cover specific techniques and methods for papercutting and demonstrate stenciling
- drawing and composition fundamentals
- learn stenciling, dimensional techniques and animation possibilities
- pick up tips, tricks, applications and resources
An intensive class of serious fun - discover the incredible variety of the contemporary papercutting scene and the many possible applications of this art form to other domains.
Check out Beatrice's TED Talk - the URL is in Tidbits below.
Limited to 12 participants. Payment in full for $215 reserves your spot!
Please send your full contact information with check by post to:
Catherine Nash
1102 West Huron St.
Tucson, AZ 85745
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Novie Trump's summer classes in Jerome, AZ
The Art of the Reliquary with Novie Trump
May 21 & 22 | 10am-4pm | Cost: $325
In this hands on workshop students will use personal imagery to create precious objects from porcelain and a reliquary or shrine to house them. All levels welcome!
Image Decal Transfers on Glass and Tile with Novie Trump
June 4 | 10am-4pm | Cost: $95
Have you always wondered about decals? In this one-day workshop students will explore two different types of decal transfer: laser decals and custom made commercial decals. This class is ideal for artists working in other mediums such as collage, assemblage, and bookmaking.
All workshops will be taught in Novie Trump's spacious sunlit studio in Jerome, AZ. Novie is a sculptor and installation artist working in ceramic, mixed media, and sound. She is also the founder and director of Flux Studios, a contemporary art space in Jerome. To register please email [email protected] or call 928.202.8997
C.J. Shane
"Grounded" mixed media, 16" x 20"
Long-time PaperWorks member C.J. Shane will teach workshops this summer at Blue Raven Art School, Tucson, in surface design, books arts and printmaking. Workshops begin May 28 with "Surface Design on Paper." For a complete summer schedule and workshop descriptions, go to: http://www.cjshane.com/workshops.html or http://www.heartoftucsonart.info/art-classes and to register, go to: http://www.blueravenartschool.com/Registration.html
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Member Spotlight
Jo Kubran
www.jokubran.com
"Curious Camera Exhibit" will be up all summer
beginning April 30
at
Photographic Works
3550 E. Grant Road
Tucson, AZ
(520) 327-729
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Bobbie's Notes
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I hope you can all join us for our May 12 meeting, a fun wrap-up of our PaperWorks year! We'll hear from our scholarship recipients from UA and Pima College, elect our officers for next year, and see all the wonderful work produced in our Creative Circles, PaperPlay, and Workshops. Bring a friend and enjoy the party!
2016-2017 PaperWorks Board
I am pleased to introduce the PaperWorks Board for 2016-17:
Directors: President, Bobbie Wilson; Vice President, Cherrie Lucerne-Martin; Treasurer, Ed Dean; Secretary, Elizabeth Brizard
Standing Committees: Membership, Linda Penny; Workshops, Linda Kern; Exhibitions, Nora McGinnis; Journal, Merrill Evans; Web-master: Cherrie Lucerne-Martin; E-news, Karen Keller & Krista Neis; Programs, Ann Erickson & Jo Kubran
Committees: Creative Circles, Carol Morgan; PaperPlay, Kathy McAndrews; Salons, Mary Ellen Palmeri; Name Badges & Liason to TTVAC, Melinda Collins-Knick; Greeters, Connie Kampsula & Ann Welch; Facebook Page, Beata Wehr; Memorial Fund Manager, Mabel Dean & Nancy Kiraly
Special thanks to those who are going off the board: Barbie Adler, our long lasting programs director, has done an outstanding job finding amazing speakers and programs for many, many years. Deb Hilbert has welcomed and kept track of our membership with grace and a smile. Teresa Smith and Nancy Kozlik have been vice presidents AND have run a wonderful variety of PaperPlay classes for the past two years. You are all amazing and will be missed on our board! Thank you!
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Two Call-Outs to PaperWorks Artists
1. See the Opportunities box at left for our newest invitation to exhibit.
Bring a piece of your art to the May meeting for display this summer at the Main Library.
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Is there something you'd like to teach? Book-binding, printing, photography, paper arts, special techniques, collage, journaling? We are preparing for next year's PaperPlay classes, taught by master artist members of PW.
Please submit proposals to [email protected] by Sept. 15 for committee review. There is a form on our webpage
www.paperworks.info
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Art Supplies Donation Project
This past year we have donated our art supplies to Dragonfly Gallery, and MaryEllen Palmeri has been the liaison and deliverer of art supplies. The board is willing to consider another charity for next year, if the liaison is a PW member and willing to deliver supplies and co-ordinate the program. If you are interested, please contact Bobbie Wilson at [email protected]
Welcome new members David Christiana and Judy Seinfeld. We look forward to getting to know you better and to having you participate in our many activities.
Looking ahead
July 1 to June 30, 2016 is our fiscal year - we hope you'll agree it's been a fun year! You'll soon be receiving an
email
inviting you to renew your membership. For all the fun, our modest dues are still a great bargain!
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And be sure to check the website, www.paperworks.info for updates on all our PW activities, as well as our member artists gallery.
There, you can find out how to add your art to the Members Gallery. Please do!
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Salons
Do you have an idea for a Salon? Contact
[email protected]
Card-making Salon
After the May 12 meeting, meet in the Murphey Gallery to create cards for hospice patients, our current project. Details in the May Meeting Extras box, Left Column of this newsletter.
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Creative Circles
Creative Circles are small groups of PaperWorks members who explore art. Some circles make books, study bookbinding, share mail art, create digital art or stitch on paper or cloth. Pictures of their art projects are posted at
www.paperworks.info Friendship, creativity and fun are the focus.
This has been a great year for Creative Circles! More members than ever have started new circles or have joined existing ones.
A wonderful aspect of Creative Circles is that groups form around and reflect the interests of members. For instance, if a member is interested in book making, we can create a circle. If a circle's interest changes, we can refocus, disband or create a new circle.
Circles can last only a few months or in one case a group met for 15 years! This year members started three hand stitching circles and one on collage. Some circles have changed their focus. Others have added membership and some have closed.
Usually, Creative Circle groups meet from Sept. through May.
A big THANK YOU to all of the CC contact persons. They opened their homes or arranged meeting places, responded to new members, arranged programs, wrote e-news notices and some made food for their group! Our contact persons are very generous with their time and talents.
Still open and able to invite you to their May meetings are:
1. Eastside Circle: Meets the first Thurs. of each month (5/4) at 9:30AM. It is held at the Rincon Mountain Presbyterian Church, 8445 E. Tanque Verde. Contact Gerry Murano at
[email protected]
2. Hand Stitching and Surface Design in Oro Valley: We work on our projects and share ideas. Join us! Meets on the third Wed. of the month (5/18) from 1:00 to 4:00PM at Carol Morgan's home:
[email protected]
3. Northwest Circle: Meets the third Monday of the month (5/16) at 1:00PM. Each month there is a different demonstration or art exploration. Contact Krista Neis at
[email protected]
4. A Stitch in Time: Focuses on creating art with stitching and felting. We are a loosely stitched group that welcomes anybody doing anything. Just drop by to join in the fun! If you need ideas for a project or have one underway and want suggestions, we will provide. It does not have to be a stitchery project. Come once, come all the time, whatever works. We meet after the regular PaperWorks meeting. Contact Diana at:
[email protected]
For more information about Creative Circles or if you want to join a group, please contact Carol Morgan at [email protected]
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Tidbits
Beatrice Caron TED Talk - Stories Cut From Paper
submitted by Catherine Nash
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Construction paper plus wasps = amazing nest
submitted by Elizabeth Brizard
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The April 7 post is of special interest for paper artists.
submitted by Susan Klement
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E-News Submissions
Please include the following
:
- Who
- What
- When
- Where
- Website addresses/links (yours & theirs)
- and of course, we all love PHOTOS!
NOTE about Photos you send to the Editor:
Size- No side larger than 600 pixels
Resolution set at 72ppi.
Submission Deadline:
25th of each month
E-News Publish Date:
1st of each month
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We're on Facebook!
Did you know that PaperWorks has a Facebook page?
Check out what's happening online and get our most up-to-date news. Stay current during the month with PaperWorks on Facebook. Timely tidbits, photos, Calls to Artists, and MORE.
Click HERE or the Facebook logo to read all about what's going on with PaperWorks!
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PaperWorks Membership discounts at
Sarnoff's, Arizona Art Supply, and Posner's
... just mention you are a PaperWorks member!
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