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