Holiday Hours at SAA

Season's Greetings

Wishing you...

every happiness this Holiday Season and prosperity in the New Year.

Thank you for your support!


The Somerset Art Association




Please note: The office will be closing at 12:00 noon on Thursday, Dec. 24 and re-opening at 9:30 am on Monday, Jan. 5.

Members' Juried Exhibit Prospectus Now Available

Somerset Art Association's

Members' Juried Exhibit Prospectus

is now available

www.somersetart.org.

Click Exhibit Opportunities

Receiving

Thursday, Jan. 7
5:00-7:00 pm

Friday, Jan. 8

10:00 am - 12:00 noon

Saturday, Jan. 9

10:00 am - 12:00 noon

Exhibit Dates

January 16 - February 12, 2010

Public Reception

Sunday, Jan. 24
2:00 - 4:00 pm

Juror

Valerie Larko

Director of the Tamasulo Gallery of Union County College

Questions?

Call SAA (908) 234-2345

Arts in NJ Needs Your Help!

Please visit

www.artpridenj.com

and voice your objection to the Governor's freezing of state arts funding.

This action severly impacts the

Somerset Art Association

&

every cultural organization across the state

From Art Pride

December 9, 2009 -Recognizing the dire condition of State finances, contractually committed funding from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts has been frozen to hundreds of the State's arts organizations. This will have a catastrophic effect on New Jersey's arts community.

Arts organizations have long-standing commitments to artists, vendors, staffs and patrons in reliance upon the expectation that their grant contracts with the State would be honored (by the end of the 2009 calendar year). Money that was imminently to be released by the State to arts groups is now frozen, exacerbating already fragile organizational budgets. Many that operate on a calendar year are not able to meet year end obligations, most notably payroll.

Full disbursement of these contractually committed funds is essential. In some cases, the ongoing viability of venues could well hang in the balance.

On behalf of the Somerset Art Association,

thank you in advance for voicing your support and helping to overturn this heinous decision!

New Prize Announced for Artists Under 35

Attention! Attention!

For all you burgeoning artists under 35, check out this news article from the NY Times!

http://bit.ly/5I2fPZ

Of course you should read the whole article if you are interested as it is a very sweet opportunity, but for those who like to read the ends of books first:

"Applications can be submitted from Jan. 18 through April 18 at futuregenerationartprize.org. Twenty short-listed artists will be announced on June 22 and receive an exhibition at the Pinchuk Art Center in Kiev. Their works will be posted online and a winner will be announced in December along with up to five runners-up."

ps. For those of you go-getters who click on the link to get to the application, it doesn't become active (as far as I know) until the submission start date of Jan.18. So for now, bookmark it and get to work on that art!

Holiday Gift Certificates

now available towards

membership or any studio class

To purchase call SAA (908) 234-2345

by Monday, December 21

Happy Holidays!

Members' Juried Exhibit Prospectus Available Now

Somerset Art Association's

Members' Juried Exhibit Prospectus

is now available

www.somersetart.org.

Click Exhibit Opportunities

Receiving

Thursday, Jan. 7
5:00-7:00 pm

Friday, Jan. 8

10:00 am - 12:00 noon

Saturday, Jan. 9

10:00 am - 12:00 noon

Exhibit Dates

January 16 - February 12, 2010

Public Reception

Sunday, Jan. 24
2:00 - 4:00 pm

Juror

Valerie Larko

Director of the Tamasulo Gallery of Union County College

Questions?

Call SAA (908) 234-2345

Winter Schedule of Classes Now Available!

The Somerset Art Association's

Winter Brochure

with

Studio Classes & Workshops for

Children, Teens & Adults

is now available on-line

www.somersetart.org

Stream in Snow, oil by Frank Ferrante

Class 109 "Shedding Light on Oil Painting"

Monday, March 15

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

This one-day workshop taught by new instructor Frank Ferrante will focus on the formal elements of painting such as composition, color value, structure and form. Heavy emphasis will be placed on the effect that light has on all fine paintings and how to create a 'painter's eye.' Students may bring their own source material or use the still life set up by the instructor. A brief painting demonstration will precede the workshop. All levels.

Members $75

Guests $95

To Register for this Workshop or any other Studio Class

Call SAA (908) 234-2345

Final Bidding for Small Treasures this Saturday!

Searching for a Unique & Affordable Gift?

Small Treasures

Holiday Show & Sale is the perfect solution!

Gary Godbee, Field Harvest, oil

Over 300 original 5" x 7" works of art are now on view with silent auction bids accepted through December 5.

All bids start at $25.

Final Bidding & Reception

Saturday, December 5

2:00 - 4:00 pm

closing bell rings promptly at 4:00 pm

Absentee Bids Accepted!

Come celebrate the holidays at SAA!

Gallery Hours

Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Fridays & Saturdays 9:30 am - 1:30 pm.

Thursday evenings 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Closed Sundays & Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend

Somerset Art Association

2020 Burnt Mills Road

Bedminster, NJ 07921

www.somersetart.org

(908) 234-2345

Small Treasures Annual Holiday Sale at SAA

Searching for a Unique & Affordable Gift?

Small Treasures

Holiday Show & Sale is the perfect solution!

Gary Godbee, Field Harvest, oil

Over 300 original 5" x 7" works of art are now on view

with silent auction bids accepted through December 5.

All bids start at $25.

Final Bidding & Reception

Saturday, December 5

2:00 - 4:00 pm

closing bell rings promptly at 4:00 pm

Absentee Bids Accepted!

Come celebrate the holidays at SAA!

Gallery Hours
Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Fridays & Saturdays 9:30 am - 1:30 pm.

Thursday evenings 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Closed Sundays & Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend

Great New Clas at SAA! ONE DAY ONLY - ACT NOW!

How To Expressively Paint Transparent Objects

Instructor Anne Kullaf will teach students how to paint reflections and create amazing transparency using the medium of your choice; oil, acrylic or pastel. Working directly from a still life set up by the instructor, students will learn how to create loose, expressive interpretations of glass and other transparent surfaces. Capturing reflections, depth, transparency, highlights and color variations will be emphasized. A detailed demonstration will be given at the beginning of class followed by individual and group instruction and critique.

When

Monday, December 14, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

(note, date is incorrectly stated in the fall brochure as Dec. 2)

NEW DATE JUST ADDED!

Monday, December 7, 10:00-2:00 pm

Cost

$36 members; $51 guests

To Register

Call SAA at (908) 234-2345

Etsy

I recently became addicted to a website for artisans called Etsy - www.etsy.com. Be warned! It is an amazing wealth of everything you never knew you absolutely needed and just have to have. I have spent mind numbing hours prowling photo upon photo of darling knitted hats for babies, to tea cozies to fleece parks to an array of life-altering knick knacks.

Etsy is not just for buying either. If you are also an artisan looking for a venue that will reach a great number of people check out the possibility of selling your wares on Etsy. There are similar sites that are slight spin offs and also endearing to the viewer (such as trunkt.com - I mean, come on, even the name is adorable!).

A million different kinds of arts and goodies for any buyer interested in the unique and handmade.

Community Opportunities for Teens at SAA

Community Service

Outreach Partnership Project

Somerset Art Association

seeks teens age 14+ who are interested in the visual arts to create a mural at Central School in Warren, NJ.

Teens would meet under the supervision of artist Tania Sen in the library of the school where the mural is to be permanently displayed.

Start Date

Wednesday, October 28

4:00-6:00 pm

The group would meet at Central School for approx. 4 - 5 consecutive Wednesdays starting October 28 or until the project is completed. Central School is located at 109 Mt. Bethel Road in Warren, NJ.

To Register

Call SAA at (908) 234-2345. Space is limited.

There is a $25 registration fee to help off-set the cost of supplies.

Questions?

Call Robyn Tromeur, SAA's Executive Director at (908) 234-2345

Tag Galaxy

Hey folks! It's your friendly SAA blogger here. I was flipping through my twitter account today and saw a tweet about Tag Galaxy.*

*If that just sounded like a foreign language continue reading, if not, skip this paragraph and continue below.

(Let me time out for a moment here. If you aren't a tweeter and think that somehow your beloved SAA blog has gone off the deep end, fear no more! Twitter.com is - yet another - social networking site, but the unique aspect of twitter is it enables you to keep your finger on the pulse of what's happening in the world. Hmmm...I'm beginning to think I should have written a twitter blog first...ah well. As I was saying, twitter keeps you in touch beyond whatever friend base you may have. For example, I am "following" - i.e. I get updates or "tweets" from these people/groups - Art in America, an art site in Ireland, MoMA, NYTimesarts, etc. You are able to follow whoever you want really - celebrities, artists, writers, magazines, museums - and these groups are all around the globe! So if you really want to follow that obscure band from Australia, chances are they have a twitter account.)

Back to the whole point of this tirade. I was recently checking out my old college art professor's twitter account and she had posted something called Tag Galaxy . It's a site that allows you to browse through Flickr photos in 3D. (What's Flickr? you ask...oh man, you gotta keep up with these things....it's a photo sharing website, very cool and easy to use. Go ahead, click on the link!)

If you aren't familiar with Flickr then check out both sites to compare the two. If you are already Flickr savvy, then go to Tag Galaxy and type in what you want to search. This will bring up a 3D planet-like system that allows to narrow your search by clicking on the different "planets." Once your search is narrowed enough to your liking, click on the middle "planet" and images from your search will form a 3D globe. You can then click on the globe to move it and view all the images or doubleclick on one image to enlarge it. There's also an arrow above the right side of the globe telling you if there are even more pics that didn't fit on the globe during the first round.

Huh? Just check it out, you're smart, you'll get the hang of it before you can say twitter!

Surviving Breast Cancer Lecture at SAA

Somerset Art Association

presents

"Surviving Breast Cancer:

Decades of Hope"

 

Panel discussion comprised of medical professionals and women diagnosed during different stages of their life

 

 

 

Medical Experts

Dr. Angela Lanfranchi

&

Dr. Kathleen Toomey

 

Survivors

Pam Adams

Meera Bagle

Sheryl Hardy

Marion Behr

 

 Guitarist Bob Filoramo will perform an original piece written for a close friend and survivor

 

Thursday, October 8

6:00-8:00 pm

at

Somerset Art Association

 

Suggested donation $10

Funds raised will benefit the

Somerset Art Association with a pecentage donated to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation

 

Seating is limited.  To Register Call SAA.

(908) 234-2345 

  

  "There were the obvious changes...I lost my hair and had both breasts removed, but the reconstruction of one breast went awry and I had to have it deflated. So, outside of being lopsided, I had the shriveled remains of a fake boob...wasn't pretty.  They eventually removed the tissue expander from my right side and left me with only one breast (and a fake one at that) for nearly 9 months.  And to top it all off I gained about 10 pounds during it all...but if you asked anyone who knew me - I was at my sexiest during those months with no hair, one boob and 10 extra pounds...and it was because I believed it was true.  And that was the change I never expected to gain from a cancer diagnosis...I made the decision to not let cancer slow me down.  This was my life and I wasn't going to let this get in the way."

 

Survivor Pam Adams, diagnosed at age 27

Fall Studio Classes for Teens

Register Now for the Somerset Art Association's
Fall Studio Classes for Teens

Saturday

Class 479: Teen Photography Workshop

Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21
10-12:30

Class 480: Fashion Illustration

Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21
10:00-2:00

_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _

Adult Studio Classes Suitable for Teens Interested in Advanced Study

Monday
Class 405: The Art of Cartooning

Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5 (skip Oct. 12), 19, 26

6:30-9:00 pm

Class 406: Evening Watercolor from A-Z

Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5 (skip 10/12), 19, 26, Nov. 2

6:30 -9:00 pm

Class 409: Photo Memory Book

Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

6:30-9:00 pm

Class 412: Drawing Figures & Faces

Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7

6:30-9:00 pm

Tuesday

Class 420: Evening Oil Painting

Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20

6:30-9:00 pm

Class 425: Evening Oil Painting

Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24, Dec. 1

6:30-9:00 pm

Class 427:Photography for the Studio Painter

Nov. 11, 17, 24, Dec. 1

7:00-9:30 pm

Wednesday

Class 431: Animal Portraits

Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28

6:30 - 9:30 pm

Class 432: Painting in Acrylic

Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28

6:30-9:00 pm

Class 438: Color Theory

Dec. 9, 16

6:30-9:00 pm

Thursday

Class 444: Evening Oil Painting

Oct. 15, 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12

6:30-9:00 pm

Saturday

Class 451: Watercolor Landscapes

Sept. 19, 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17

10:00-12:30

Complete Course Descriptions Are Listed in the Fall Brochure.

Visit www.somersetart.org.

If you have questions regarding SAA's studio classes and the proper placement of your teen, please call the office and we will be happy to assist.

(908) 234-2345

New Exhibition: Marion Behr

Marion Behr

Image Early

Generously sponsored by Ortho-McNeil

October 4 - 31

Artist Reception
Sunday, October 4
2:00-4:00 pm

Dancing

Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, artist Marion Behr was inspired by the Alpha Cradles which meld to a woman's torso to keep the body still during radiation, to create using these forms, sculptural totems expressive of the myriad of emotions felt by breast cancer patients during their journey of treatment, hope and survival.

Pre-reconstruction

Gallery hours
Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Thursday evening 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Friday & Saturday 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Sundays and major holidays closed.

Admission Free.

Wheelchair accessible.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Related Events

Surviving Breast Cancer: Decades of Hope
Thursday, October 8

6:00-8:00 pm

Panel discussion comprised of medical professionals and women diagnosed with breast cancer during different stages of their life

Suggested donation $10

Pre-registration is required by calling SAA (908) 234-2345

Image Early Benefit

Friday, October 23

7:30 - 10:30 pm

Entertainment by Susan Spiedel whose sold-out cabaret shows and off-Broadway performances have entertained crowds for over two decades. Hors d'oeuvres, desserts, wine & refreshments included.

$75 ticket

Funds raised to benefit
Somerset Art Association
with a percentage donated to
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation

For information
www.somersetart.org click Special Events
or
call SAA (908) 234-2345

Help Support the Visual Arts & Breast Cancer Research

Help Support the Visual Arts

&

Breast Cancer Research

for as little as $15

The Somerset Art Association is hosting several events in October 2009, during nationally recognized Breast Cancer Awareness Month, to raise awareness through the power of the visual arts about breast cancer which strikes 182,460 women annually.

"Image Early"

one-person gallery exhibit by Marion Behr

October 4 - 31

"Surving Breast Cancer: Decades of Hope"

educational lecture

October 8

"Image Early" Benefit

to raise much needed operating funds for the Somerset Art Association with a percentage of the proceeds to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation

October 23

How You Can Help

SAA is currently seeking advertisers for the

'Image Early' Benefit's Ad Journal

and

Tribute Page

where we will print a message in memory or in honor of a loved one. Tribute ads are $15.

Ad Journal Deadline: September 18

To download information about these advertising opportunities,

visit

www.somersetart.org.

Click Special Events on the side navigation bar.

or call SAA

(908) 234-2345

Ask for Ellen Rannells, Special Events Coordinator

Funds raised to benefit

Somerset Art Association

with a percentage of the proceeds to benefit

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation

Thank you for your support

Check out the Fall 2009 Brochure for SAA!

Somerset Art Association's
Fall 2009 Brochure

is now available
Visit our website: www.somersetart.org
to download a copy
or
Call SAA at 908-234-2345 to request a hard copy

Instructor Elaine Kurie

Not to be missed Fall classes at SAA!

Acrylic Painting Demonstration

by

Anne Kullaf

Hoboken by Anne Kullaf

Instructor Anne Kullaf will demonstrate acrylic painting techniques using Chroma acrylics.

Participants will have the opportunity to sample the acrylics while painting alongside the instructor.

Paint, brushes and paper will be provided.

Saturday, September 12
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
at
Somerset Art Association

$10 members; $20 guests

Pre-registration is required as seating is limited.
Call SAA (908) 234-2345

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Not to be Missed Fall Classes
Taught by Anne Kullaf

Mondays
Class 404 & 410
A Contemporary Approach to Oil

Class 413
Constructive Critique

Class 414

Expressively Painting Transparent Objects

Thursdays

Class 439 & 445
Drawing & Painting, Enhancing Your Skills

Class 440 & 446
The Right Start, Introduction to Drawing & Painting

Class 444

Evening Oil Painting

FRIDAYS

Class 449

Pastel Basics & More

Class 452

Oil Basics & More

Complete Class Descriptions Available on-line

www.somersetart.org

Click Studio Classes.

To register, call SAA (908) 234-2345

A Day in Philadelphia

The final days of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's special exhibition: Henry Matisse and Modern Art on the French Riviera are upon us. Opened in December of last year, the exhibit is closing October 25th. Highlighting a vibrant collection of Matisse's paintings of France's sun drenched southern coast, the exhibit showcases why so many artists have been drawn to its beaches through the years.

While you're there take time to enjoy the richness of history, arts, and culinary experiences that Philadelphia has to offer. Spend the day in Philly wandering around its Historic District and sampling the gamut of eclectic dining options. Let your mind wander as you gaze at the inspirational art of the French Riviera and end the day with one of many theatre productions offered in the city.

Better yet, coincide your visit with the Philadelphia Fringe Festival going on from September 4-19. Encourage artists in dance, theatre, music, and various sundry. Tickets run from $10 up and you can visit their website www.livearts-fringe.org and find the right production for your tastes. An annual event that's not to be missed!

Just remember - A fun day is only an hour away!

Glazing with Pencils Workshop

with

Carol Wax

Saturday, September 26

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Using textured, toned or color papers, students will learn how to create black and white underpaintings that will then be glazed with color and graphite pencils. This method can be used to create black and white drawings with enhanced chiaroscuro lighting effects, deeper and more lustrous color drawings or as a technique for making quick sketches.

About the Instructor
Carol Wax is an internationally recognized artist whose paintings and mezzotint prints have been widely exhibited. Her work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The National Museum of American Art. In addition to teaching workshops and lecturing throughout the country, she has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and New York University.

Cost
$99 members
$125 guests

Registration
Call Somerset Art Association
908.234.2345

Please note: There is a $10 non-refundable fee included in the registration