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Volume 33, Issue 3
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 PROGRAM
RUBEN CONTRARES
‘HOW TO FRAME& PRESENT YOUR WORK’
7:00 PM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
212 W. PLEASANT RUN
DESOTO, TEXAS 75115
September’s program will be presented by Ruben Contrares. It will
cover the ever present problems of how to present your artwork—
whether for viewing for your own pleasure, to enter for competition or
for sale exhibits. Ruben is a master framer and works for one of the local art supply firms.
Ruben Contreras was born in Guatamala, being the oldest of 14 boys
and girls. He now lives in Grand Prairie, Tx. with his wife and children.
At an early age he began to develop his artistic talent and the subject of
much of his art reveals his passion for nature. His paintings are done
primarily in acrylic and he exhibits great skill in capturing realistic images and emotional content.
Ruben is a member of the Arlington Visual Arts Association and regularly teaches painting to private students. He actively exhibits his work
and has won numerous awards in juried competitions in Arlington, Desoto, Midlothian and Granbury. His recently was a participant in the
Heartbeat Invitational Art Show at Arlington Art Museum.
We look forward to his demonstration on framing and matting techniques. Lets all come out and help get the new 2012-2013 year kicked off
with a ‘bang’.
SEPTEMBER 2012
Inside this issue:
Notes from the Prez
6
Sunshine List
2
Birthdays
5
Host/Hostesses for
Meetings
2
Calendar/Membership
4
Who, What, When,
2, 5
Our Sponsors
2
Officers & Committees
5
Art of the Month
5
September Program
1,5
Nance Farm Paint Out
3
HAPPENING IN
October
• In April, Bob O”brian will demo using
Oils. Artwork of the Month.
• Tomas Bustos and Barry Reese will have
City Hall Exhibits. Tomas Buston—
sculpture and Barry Reese Photographs.
BIG PLEIN AIRE PAINT OUT - MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012
There will be a plein aire paint out at the Historic Nance Farm, 1325 Greenbrook Drive, DeSoto, Tx 75115.
This is a contest/prize event. It will be judged and there will be HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF
prizes awarded. Lunch will be provided. See inside this newsletter for details.
OUR PATRONS AND
SUPPORTERS
CITY OF DESOTO
DESOTO ARTS COMMISSION
ASEL ART SUPPLY
Dallas, Texas
JUDY & GIL BURCH
Cedar Hill, Tx
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
REFRESHMENTS — THE SECOND BEST REASON TO
COME TO ART LEAGUE MEETINGS
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Judy Hill is coordinating the refreshments for 2012-2013. Call her at 972-333-8536 to volunteer.
Just a reminder, the Art League will reimburse you for the cost of drinks and ice for the meetings.
Just provide Cherene Bradshaw (treasurer) with receipts.
REFRESHMENTS FOR 2012:
September 2012 - Judy Hill and Julie Danford
We need volunteers for October, November, January, February, March and April.
SERVICES
Ovilla, Texas
TRINITY CERAMICS
If you would like to help with some of these refreshments, just contact Judy Hill.
Dallas, Texas
WEST-HURTT FUNERAL HOME
Michael & Marilyn Hurtt
DeSoto, Texas
CHEAP JOE’S ART STUFF
Boone, N.C.
WINDSOR-NEWTON ART SUPPLIES
NEWELL RUBBERMAID
Shelley Minnis
JACK RICHESON COMPANY
LOGAN GRAPHICS PRODUCTS
DICK BLICK ART MATERIALS
SOURCE TEK CANVAS PANELS
An Italian tourist asks a
blonde, "Why do scuba
divers always fall backwards off their boats into
the water?"
To which the blonde replies, "If they fell forward,
they'd still be in the boat."
The DeSoto Art League is
a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization as defined by
the Internal Revenue Service. All gifts to the DeSoto Art League are tax
deductible. All gifts and
grants are appreciated.
WHO, WHAT,WHEN, WHERE AND SOMETIMES—HOW
Joe Blanford has his painting “B&B For Sale” juried into the Wimberley Valley Art League
Member Show and won an Honorable Mention. He was also awarded Artist of the Month for
“Low Tide” and will be featured in a small one man show at the Wimberley Visitor's Center
during the month of September. Joe also received notice from the Texas Watercolor Society
that he had been awarded Signature Status after having two works juried into national TWS
exhibitions. Joe also participated in Wimberley Valley Art League's "Fall Into Art" 2012
Studio Tour on September 15. Check out Joe’s website at www.joeblanford.com.
State Fair results are in and our members did really well. Joyce Price won an Honorable
Mention with an Encaustic Painting. Linda Gilpin won three First Place Awards with a glass
piece “Texas Summer”, a slumped glass piece “Log Cabin” and a clay piece “Pinched”. Kelly
Pevehouse won a First Place with an Abstract Painting, an Honorable Mention with a Clay
Bowl, an Honorable Mention with “A Assemblage—3D of Edward Munch the Scream”. And
Juliana Simonfalvi, our resident student sweetheart, she won FOUR ribbons!!!!!! She won a
1st prize for her Green-Woman clay sculpture in the Children's Misc. clay category, 2nd prize
in Children's Misc. Sculpture for her Florndalyn, 2nd prize for her Dragon Collage in Children's Collage, and a 3rd prize for her candlestick holder in the underglaze category for pottery
The two exhibits now on display at the DeSoto City Hall are not to be missed. The exhibits are
by Tomas Bustos and Pablo Esparza. Tomas has some of his smaller sculptures on exhibit and
Pablo photographs one exhibit that he took while he was making movies in Mexico. Next
Month, the wall exhibit will be a photography exhibit by Photographer, Barry Reese. Barry
will be showing some of the work he created during his travels the past several years to Southeast Asia, South America and Canada.
Be sure to check out the big Plein Aire painting event on October 1. when the Nance Farm
will be the location for all day activities. The DeSoto Historical Commission is making the
farm available to the DeSoto Art League exclusively for the day. Lunch, painting contests and
prizes will be provided.
Gene Gregory is loading his paintings to a new site. If you get a chance, please check it out
and sign his guestbook! www.zhibit.org/gregory
Donna Oliver, one of our newest members, tells us that the Lancaster Town Square is having
their October-fest On the second Saturday In October and they want to know if some of our
Artists would like to get a booth, free of charge, they are looking for more artists.
Continued on page 5
PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT AT HISTORIAL NANCE FARM
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On Monday, October 1, 2012, the DeSoto Historical Commission will host the DeSoto Art League and a big Plein Aire Paint
out at the Historic Nance Farm, located at 1325 Greenbrook Drive in the Mantlebrook Subdivision in DeSoto. The event will
start at 9:00AM and end at 3:00PM. Lunch will be furnished along with drinks (water, soda).
THIS PAINT OUT IS OPEN TO ALL AREA ARTISTS with the DeSoto Art League hosting the event.
Parking is available for the handicapped inside the property and other parking is
on the street in front.
Included in this paint out is a Jack Richeson & Co, Inc painting event. Hundreds
of dollars worth of prizes will be awarded at 2:30PM. Jack Richeson is providing
gesso’d art panels free to interested participants. VERY valuable gift certificates
to Jack Richeson & Co. will be awarded. One panel will be provided free to each
participant. All paintings to be considered for the prizes must be painted on the
provided gesso’d panels.
Nance Farm
If the watercolorists want to paint on these gesso’d panels, one method of preparing them is with watercolor ground.
Let me know and we will make arrangements to get the panels to you
ahead of time so they can be prepared before the paint out.
Participation fee for this event is $7.00.
This fee includes lunch and refreshments.
The Nance Farm was established in 1847. The barn on the property is the original barn from that date. The family lived in the barn for several years until the
main house was completed in ?1851. Over the years, this property was farmed
and then late last century, it was used for meetings. (The DeSoto Art League was
created in a meeting of local artists there in January
1981).
Nance Farm Barn
Several years ago, the City of DeSoto acquired this
property and did some restoration on it. It has recently
opened to the public on certain occasions. It is managed by the DeSoto Historical Commission and is supported by funds from the city, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and other donations.
We are very privileged to have the Historical Commission opening this property today just for the artists.
In case of inclement weather, the date will be moved
to Wednesday, October 3.
Please RSVP ASAP to: Ken Reese, ken_reese@prodigy.net or 972-217-1546.
Nance Farm Carriage House
MORE SUNSHINE INFO: We received the following note from Wally & Lorraine Tallent, (Lorraine is Anita Wilson’s
daugher): Lorraine and I want to thank all of you for your support at our Art & Craft sale for Mom (Anita Wilson). Many of
you have wanted to send a note to Mom but didn’t have her address.
She loves to get mail so please distribute this email to your lists so that everyone that wants to send her a card can have
the information.
Thanks again,
Wally & Lorraine Tallent
Grace House
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE DESOTO ART LEAGUE
• September 2012
DeSoto City Hall Exhibit—Pablo Exparza, Tomas Busto
• September 27, 2012
DeSoto Art League Meeting 7:00PM Rueben Contrares Program
• October 2012
DeSoto City Hall Exhibit—Barry Reese (Photography), Tomas Bustos
• October 25, 2012
DeSoto Art League Meeting 7:00 PM
• November 2012
DeSoto City Hall Exhibit - Barry Reese (Photography) Barbara Sutton (Ceramics)
• November 22, 2012
Thanksgiving
• November 29, 2012
DeSoto Art League Meeting
• December 2012
DeSoto City Hall - Member’s Only Show
• January 2013
DeSoto City Hall - Cecy Turner - Art Exhibit
• January 31, 2012
DeSoto Art League Meeting
• February 2013
DeSoto City Hall - Donna Oliver - Art Exhibit
• February 28, 2013
DeSoto Art League Meeting
• March 2013
DeSoto City Hall Exhibits
• March 28, 2013
DeSoto Art League Meeting
• April 2013
DeSoto City Hall Exhibits
• April 25, 2013
DeSoto Art League Meeting
• May 2013
DeSoto City Hall Exhibits
• May 30, 2013
DeSoto Art League Meeting—Installation of new Officers
Be sure and visit our friends at Asel Art Supply in one of their many
stores throughout the metro-plex. Asel is a great supporter of the DeSoto Art League. They are faithful and generous in providing support
for all our activities.
Thanks to Asel Art Supply and all their crew for their support.
DESOTO ART LEAGUE
2012-2013 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM
REGULAR
Name:_________________________________________________________________
MEMBERSHIP
$30.00
Address:_______________________________________________________________
STUDENT
City:___________________________________State:________________Zip:________
MEMBERSHIP
$9.00
Tel:_________________________________Wk/Cell____________________________
E-Mail:_____________________________________________Birthdate: Month____Date____
Art Mediums: _________________________________Newsletter by Email: Yes
No
PATRON
MEMBERSHIP
$35.00
Are you willing to help? Officer( President, VP Shows, Membership, Programs,Secretary,
Treasurer), Committees: Newsletter, Refreshment Coordinator, Sunshine, Christmas Dinner, Installation Dinner, Silent Auction, Publicity, Membership Book, Website …….Circle one or more
Mail to: Cayetano ‘Ollie’ Olivarez, 801 Princeton, DeSoto, Tx 75115 972-230-0715 email: callejero@netzero.com
ARTWORK OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER
2012
Be sure and bring your artwork for the monthly mini-show.
Prizes and ribbons will be awarded.
Christmas Party
OFFICERS AND
COMMITTEES 2012- Silent Auction—
2013
Website - Ken Reese
The following is the
slate of officers for the
new 2012-2013 year.
OFFICERS:
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Historian - Ollie Olivarez
Prizes will be furnished by Bill Cicherski and his crew at Asel Art
Supply.
Remember: If you win prizes other than a ribbon, you are not eligible to compete again for two months.
Bring your art work to the March meeting.
GOOD NEWS! We are now exhibiting the monthly winners of the
Art Work of the Month in the Dallas City Hall. Bring it On!.
President - Julie Danford
972-223-5851
SUNSHINE NEWS:
VP Shows - Bryan Reynolds
469-337-8367
City Hall Displays - Ken
Reese: 972-217-1546
VP Programs - Del Wheat
ken_reese@prodigy.net
Verda Wright is now living at Crescent Place; 225 West
Pleasant Run; Cedar Hill, TX 75104. It is an assisted living/memory care facility.
Her personal phone number is: 972-293-8786. She is very
happy to see or hear from friends and fellow artists.
A former member, Bill Ord is in the Veterans Hospital and is
very, very ill.
Telephone May Pot Luck Dinner-
VP Membership—Cayetano
Olivarez 972-230-0715
Secretary—Joyce Price
214- 417-3188
Treasurer—Cherene Bradshaw
972-291-2368
COMMITTEES:
Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national
weather service.
Mini Show - Jack McPherson
Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size.
Membership Book
469-643-0215
MORE PERKS OF BEING OLD:
Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember
them either.
Publicity & Sunshine
Refreshments - Judy Hill
972-333-8536
Newsletter - Ken Reese
Photos by Barry Reese:
ken_reese@prodigy.net
Images from Peru. See others on
Exhibit in October and November iat
the DeSoto City Hall
972-217-1546
WHO, WHAT,WHEN, WHERE AND SOMETIMES—
HOW (Continued from page 2)
SEPTEMBER 2012 BIRTHDAYS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
If your know of any one, please call Pat Wood the coordinator 972218-7033.
Our friends at the City of DeSoto want you to know of an opportunity
to exhibit your work. Friends of the DeSoto Library are hosting a
Harvest Craft Fair & Market on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. This will be outside in the Breezeway by the Library. If the
weather is not favorable, it will be moved inside. This is a fund raiser
for the Friends of the DeSoto Library. We would love to have some
local artists to be vendors and sell their unique merchandise. We provide one 6' table and one chair, the space is 10' x 10' and the cost is
$20.00.
Joyce Price - 9/13
Verna Gheil - 9/28
Tommi Frank - 9/29
Perks of old age:
There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
Things you buy now won't wear out.
NEW MEMBERS & ADDRESS CHANGES
Email Address Change:
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND
DON’T WANT TO DRIVE, LET ME KNOW AND I WILL
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A RIDE.
Send your latest art news and happenings to Ken Reese, 972-2171546 or ken_reese@prodigy.net
Gene Gregory– New Email:
Make it : gregorysart@sbcglobal.net
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Hello DeSoto Art Leaguers,
I am excited to be your President for this year! We have a great team for our 2012 – 2013 year. Bryan Reynolds
is staying on as our Vice President of Shows. I am sure that he will, again, have a new record breaking amount of
entries for the Summer Art Show. He did an admirable job! Thanks Bryan. We have a new Vice President of
Programs, Del Wheat. He has already lined up some new demonstrators for our meetings. Great Del. Cayetano
(Ollie) Olivarez is still our Vice President of Memberships. He is also our Historian. Without Ollie we would not
have a year book nor would we have any records of what we have accomplished and how our artists have grown
through the last several years. And by the way, have any of you seen some of his scrapbooks??? We have a new
Secretary this year, Joyce Price. Welcome! Cherene Bradshaw is again our Treasurer. Thank you, thank you,
Cherene! We have several new committee chairmen that have volunteered already. But I need several more!
Please, please volunteer so I don’t have to do any appointing. I would like to remain in your good graces for a
little while, anyway.
I want to thank every person that has volunteered for the Board and Committees over the years that the DeSoto
Art League has been in existence. Without the volunteers we would not be where we are today.
There is one special person that has kept our league totally cohesive. That person is Ken Reese. He has made
sure that we have in the last several years had a newsletter, an artist’s work to display in the DeSoto City Hall
every month including the displaying of it, written our grants, kept the list of emails for emailings and helped out
everywhere else when needed (and so did his wife, Sandra). Ken, we thank you and Sandra.
See you all at our first meeting this year on September 27th at 7 PM.
Julie Danford, President
PUT SOME ART IN
YOUR LIFE TODAY!
SEPTEMBER 2012 ISSUE
DESOTO ART LEAGUE
On the web at:
desotoartleague.com
Kenneth Reese
746 Cockrell Hill Rd.
Ovilla, TX 75154
Phone: 972-217-1546
Fax: 972-217-1700
Email: ken_reese@prodigy.net
PERKS OF BEING OLD:
In a hostage situation you are likely to
be released first.
No one expects you to run--anywhere.