Next PaperWorks Meeting
"10,000 Muu Muus" strung paper
Speaker: Artist Daniella Woolf creates work incorporating a variety of materials with textiles and encaustic techniques. She is the author of two books, The Encaustic Studio and Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility. Her work is exhibited internationally and is in many collections and
publications. www.daniellawoolf.com
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Save the Date
Next meeting: Thurs., March 9
Program: Tucson artist Maria Lee creates artist books, collages, prints and paintings inspired by her external world of travel and her internal imaginings. Her art has been exhibited nationally and internationally. When home from her extended trips to France, she teaches art at Pima Community College. www.marialeeart.com
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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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February Meeting Extras
Etegami Salon (free) after Feb. meeting (noon - 2 pm)
If you enjoy doing etegami, please join us! (No instruction - this is
not a class.) Those who plan to come, RSVP ruthieneilan@comcast.net
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Each month, the Murphey Gallery is reserved until 3 pm for PaperWorks members. Stay after the program, and have fun meeting up with other creative friends!
Two Creative Circles are meeting here Feb. 9 - see details in Creative Circles box.
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Calling all PaperWorks artists
Paperworks Member Exhibit
Shaped by Hand: Works on and of Paper
Tohono Chul Entry Gallery
Exhibit runs through March 12
You're Invited!
Exhibit Reception
Thurs., Feb. 16
5:30pm - 8:00pm
Paper is a marvelously versatile material that is transformed in a myriad of ways by the artist's hands. Shaped by Hand showcases the diverse yet unified work of PaperWorks members and celebrates the many creative facets of our organization. See the show and enjoy the lovely gardens at Tohono Chul.
*Exhibition catalog now available*
Exhibition catalogs are available for purchase through the
publishing-on-demand company Blurb. To order a soft cover printed
catalog or an e-book version, follow the link below. Individual orders must be placed through the Blurb website and will be shipped to you directly. Feel free to contact
exhibitions@paperworks.info
for questions or help with ordering.
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PaperWorks 2017 spring/summer exhibits
PaperWorks: The Art of the Book
Wells Fargo Gallery (located in Tohono Chul's Education Building), Tucson
exhibit dates: March 24 - June 27, 2017
This exhibition of artist books by PaperWorks members will honor the beloved Haunted Bookshop, which once occupied the building, during the 20th anniversary of its closure. In the spirit of education, we will be showcasing books that highlight a particular technique, whether that is a binding, book structure, or surface design method. Thanks to everyone who submitted!
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Thanks to C. J. Shane for all the arts news provided in Sonoran Arts Network.
Shane is looking for writers and reviewers - get your feet wet writing about art, and work with this talented editor. Info on the website:
www.sonoranartsnetwork.net
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Reserve now for exciting spring workshops on our website or at the Jan. meeting. Get inspired when you peek at the images and descriptions at
www.paperworks.info for listings. Or
mail a check to Linda Kern at 5522 E. 8th St., Tucson, AZ 85711. Include your email address and phone number.
3-D Fiber Vessels, with
Tamryn McDermott
Thurs., Fri., Sat., March 9, 10 and 11, 2017
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New! Popular presenter/instructor
Novie Trump returns to teach a March workshop,
The Art of the Reliquary *
The Art of the Reliquary with Novie Trump
March 9, Thurs., 2 PM - 6PM
March 10, Fri., 9AM - 5PM
March 11, Sat. 9AM - 5 PM
*Reliquary: a container or shrine where relics and other precious
objects are kept.
Register soon to secure your space!
http://www.paperworks.info/workshops.html
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2017 PaperPlay Preview
Register now for PaperPlay! Featured here are classes coming up soon. Check our website for details on this year's exciting affordable offerings:
Gum Arabic Transfer and Collograph
with Jo Andersen and Judy Derickson
Mon., Feb. 6, and Mon., Feb. 13
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Fiber Constructions with Jane Herrick
Tues. and Wed., Feb. 21 and 22
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Exploring The Creative Process: A Guided Approach for Artists
with Helen Walthier, MLA Class added!
Sat., March 4 REPEATS Sun., March 5
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The Art of the Book: A Beginning
with Kristie Atwood
Sat., March 18
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Star/Carousel Book
with Mary Ellen Palmeri
AND THERE'S MORE ON THE WEBSITE!
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Creative Circles
Carol Morgan has this news:
Two Circles will meet right after the Feb. meeting:
1. A Stitch in Time: Bring your stitching, collage and felting projects and join the fun! Dianna and Laura will welcome you.
2. New Bookmaking: New members and guests are welcomed. This month we will be making the T-Cut book found on page 47 in the Making Handmade Books 100+ Bindings. Questions? Contact: Carol at
cc@paperworks.info
Open to new members
Eastside Creative Circle meets on the first Thurs. of each month at 9:30 am. at the Rincon Mountain Presbyterian Church, 8445 E Tanque Verde. Questions? Contact Carol at
cc@paperworks.info
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Some Creative Circles are looking for new projects. The public library has many books that will inspire and challenge your Creative Circle. Here are a few:
"Making Books by Hand", McCarthy and Manna
"Books and Journals", Richards
"Handmade Decorative Books", Roddis
"Little Book of Bookmaking", Rivers
"Re-Bound", Stein
"At Home with Handmade Books", Zamrzla
At the Creative Circle table this month: Check out "books in a box" made by the Northwest CC. Paper and Thread CC is showing their mono-print accordion group book.
Anne Lucic, the PW web master, is taking photos of Creative Circles projects. She will add those to the CC Gallery section of the PW web site. She will contact your group to take pictures. Thank you Anne!
Would you like to share information about your Creative Circle? Please contact Carol before the 20th at cc@paperworks.info
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Tidbits
"A book has a cultural pattern of the present, and the designer's self, and a hidden, invisible trace of national culture and tradition...I want to bring the readers of the future astonishment, joy, and a poetic sense of beauty and make them be remembered for ages eternally," Lu Jingren, master of Chinese book design said. Look here for more:
submitted by Elizabeth Brizard
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Amazing pop up books by Robert Sabuda with a walk-through of each page layout on YouTube: The illustrations are incredible but the mechanical engineering will knock your socks off.
submitted by Vicki Donkersley
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Dutch doyenne of fat books, heavy books - Irma Boom
submitted by Krista Neis
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Bobbie's Notes
Have you seen the latest PaperWorks exhibition, Shaped by Hand, at Tohono Chul? Amanda Beekuizen-Williams, the juror for the show, writes: "The strength of PaperWorks as an organization is its diversity and unity; in examining the entries for this show, I was amazed by just how many different things can be done with paper. I've crossed paths with PaperWorks only briefly, but in this short time I am impressed with members' commitment to experimentation, sharing, and continuous learning. This is special and rare, and I looked at this quality in selecting works for the exhibition. I chose pieces based on their sophistication in thinking, ideas, and techniques to showcase the diversity of artwork on and of paper." Thank you, Amanda! The show continues through March 12. There will be a reception for the show on Thurs., Feb. 16, from 5:30-8pm (free and open to the public) Bring a friend!
Bobbie Wilson
First Saturday Art Walks in the Downtown Gallery District Join PaperWorks friends, bring a friend or meet new ones, and see some of the newest art in the city! On Sat., Feb. 4 we'll do Tucson's First Saturday Art Walk, starting at 7 p.m. We meet at our first gallery, then visit two or three more. To make parking easier and traveling more fun, we'll arrange some carpooling. Contact Miriam Otte at MiriamOtte@gmail.com to attend. Each month we'll visit different galleries. Save March 4, and prepare for many inspiring evenings in our artful city!
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PaperWorks Journal Update
Thank you, everyone who sent in articles and images for the PaperWorks Journal. The upcoming issue, on The Mind of an Artist, will be available at the March 9 meeting.
Merrill Evans
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PaperWorks continues to support
Dragonfly Village
, transitional housing for the homeless. Bring your gently used art supplies to any of our monthly meetings. For more info, see
www.dragonflyvillage.org
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Your friends are always welcome!
Bring your friends to our monthly meetings. We love guests, and we'd love your friends to join us as PaperWorks members - they'll have fun meeting up with other creative friends!
We send our deepest sympathy to
Susan Klement,
whose husband,
Alan Veaner,
passed away in December. Allan was a wonderful man who attended many
PaperWorks meetings. He will be missed. We also send hugs to Anita Rankin, whose mother passed away in January.
Remember someone who has passed away by making a donation to the PaperWorks Memorial Fund. A PaperWorks member, a personal friend, a family member. Your thoughtful donation will be used to support special projects that benefit the PaperWorks membership. The names of all memorialized individuals will be recorded in a beautiful handmade book that will be displayed on site whenever a project sponsored by the fund is held.
Gifts may be sent to our treasurer
, Cherrie Lucerne-Martin,
8021 N Casa Placita, Tucson, AZ 85742.
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PaperWorks welcomes the following new and returning members:
Denise Stephenson, Pamela Bickell, Lyn Hart, Catherine Scott, Kris McGinnis, Gloria Isaak Morton, Mimi Kurtin, Glenice Varley and Ozlem Ayse
Osgur. Welcome! We are looking forward to getting to know you!
through March 12 - Shaped by Hand, PaperWorks exhibit at Tohono Chul
Entry Gallery
Feb. 16 - Shaped by Hand reception
May - Sept, 2017 -
PaperWorks at Pima Community College, Exhibit and Journal/Catalog
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Member Spotlight
You're Invited!
Sherrie Posternak and C.J. Shane's two-person exhibit, Back to Nature, at Galería Senita runs Feb. 4 - March 31 in Tucson.
Opening reception
Sat., Feb. 4, 6 pm to 8 pm
Galería Senita
at Arte de la Vida
37 N Tucson Blvd
Tucson, Az 85716
1-520-398-6720
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James Cowlin
You're invited!
the haunting past: three perspectives on landscape photography
James Cowlin * Jeremiah Rosethorn * Sydney Cowlin
Opening Reception: Sun., Feb. 5, 2 to 5 pm
Show runs Feb. 4-28, 2017
RLV Gallery
Rancho Linda Vista
1955 West Linda Vista Road
Oracle, Arizona
RLV Gallery is open to the public, Sundays, 11 am to 5 pm
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Barbara Kemp Cowlin
Barbara shares some valuable advice here:
http://barbarakempcowlin.com/2017/01/02/what-happens-when-an-artist-has-a-solo-show/
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Connie Campsula
SISU HOPE - mixed media
A clear star-filled night
The Star of the North
Snow heavy; dropping broken branches
Birchbark fluttering
Lakes, rivers, rain
Aurora Borealis
Connie Campsula's Sami ancestry qualified her to participate in an international art project - Imago Mundi: The Art of Humanity, sponsored by the Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche in Italy as a way of collecting art from around the world and making it accessible to everyone. Luciano Benetton explains the project in this YouTube video:
Her work was chosen as one of 30 to represent the North American Sami. The traveling exhibition features over 10,000 international artists from over 100 countries. The first display will be in Duluth, MN and then is sent to Venice, Italy.
For more info: http://www.imagomundiart.com/
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Susan Corl
Susan's work joins art by children in Art for Border Children's newly expanded "My Heart Changes" at Roche Tissue Diagnostics Gallery (Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.), 1910 E Innovation Park Drive, Oro Valley, AZ. Call Pat Deely at SAACA, 520-797-3959, ext. 1, to view. The show runs through April 12.
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Classes Offered by PaperWorks Members
Susan Corl
March classes in Tubac at the Lowe House Project:
Wed., March 8: Silk Fusion Paper
9 am-12 noon and 1pm-4pm
$75 - all materials included
Fri. & Sat., March 10 & 11: Chinese Sewing Box Book (Dong Book)
9am-12 noon and 1pm-4pm
$120
Wed., March 22: Decorative Papers
9 am-12noon and 1pm-4pm
$30 for morning or afternoon class $50 for all day
All materials included
Wed., March 29 and/or April 1
Ukrainian Egg Decorating Workshops
for families with children ages 8 and up and teens and adults
All materials included
Contact: Susan Corl 520-394-2926 susancorl@hotmail.com
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Mark Andersson's winter classes are polished gems. Mark has more teaching experience in the book arts than anyone else in the country. He says that won't be true in another couple of years but for now it is.
Check them out (and wonderful photos of his beautiful work)
at
www.pantherpeakbindery.com/course-list
Mark Andersson
Panther Peak Bindery
PO Box 89640
Tucson, AZ 85752
520-682-7241
www.singleflexible.blogspot.com
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Mary Ellen Palmeri
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., Feb. 19. Info:
maryellen4462@yahoo.com
Check out Origami LAFF at our open-to-the-public FaceBook page (you don't have to be a FB member to access). I
f you have anything you'd like to share with the Origami LAFF community send it to me and I'll post it.
www.facebook.com/OrigamiLAFF.Tucson
I teach many origami classes in Pima County Branch Libraries all year.
PALMERI LIST OF CLASSES HERE Check with the specific library to see if there are 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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Barbara Kemp Cowlin
at
The Drawing Studio
Landscape Painting in Layers
4 Weds., 1 - 4 pm, Feb. 15 - March 8
at Saddlebrooke
Saddlebrooke Fine Arts Guild
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C.J. Shane
Shane will teach a three-morning intensive
Intro to Artist's Books workshop, Feb. 15, 16, 17. Learn all about paper choices and tools and create several books (accordion, Japanese pouch binding, pamphlet-stitched, carousel/star book, flag and tunnel book). On Feb. 25, a second workshop will be all about the
Border Book. Shane learned to create artist's books from Hedi Kyle at Haystack and Bonnie Stahlecker at Penland. Learn more about these workshops at
www.cjshane.com/workshops
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Kaitlin Meadows
Kaitlin's Creative Cottage
An Oasis of Fun & Creativity for Spirited Women
Check out the schedule at
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Calling Paper Artists
The National Collage Society will hold a small format exhibit at the Chaffey Museum in Ontario, California in April, 2017. The deadline for delivery is March 20, 2017. The entry form is available at www.nationalcollage.com Gretchen Bierbaum taught a free collage session after a meeting last year and everybody completed a 4X6 inch collage. When mounted on a 8X10 piece of white mat board, it meets the qualifications for this exhibit. This is a non-juried show with 18 cash awards. Call Gretchen (330) 656-3673, or see her at a meeting where she will have a prospectus to give to you for both the two annual NCS exhibits. The juried exhibit will be held in Chicago in October this year.
submitted by Gretchen Bierbaum
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Main & Station announces the 2nd edition of the international NONESUCH ART OF PAPER AWARDS. Submission deadline: 30 April, 2017
Finalist works will be included in 2 Canadian exhibitions: in Montréal, Québec and in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.
Awards of cash and residencies, valued at more than $27,000. Awards are open to all artists.
. The Nonesuch Best Work Award
. L'Usine de Papier Award
. The Main & Station Award
. The Griffintown Award
. The Wellington Church Award
For the first edition 230 entries were received from 17 different countries.
More than 70 works of art were shown in the two finalist exhibitions. The diverse works created on or with paper included drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures, crochet hangings, origami, photography, collage and hand-made books.
submitted by Gretchen Bierbaum
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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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