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This is the web site for the Senior Artists Alliance and our art. It provides current information to our membership of 130+ senior artists. Our members reside primarily in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. We have general meetings for the membership and guests, usually monthly, where a local artist, college professor, or member gives a presentation. Future scheduled meetings are described below; for past meetings click the navigation bar tab above. Please join us as our guest.
| As some of you know, Paul Pincus was rear-ended in Florida and spent two days in the hospital. I talked to him the other day, and he is coming along ok, but misses SAA and his Sculpture class at MC. I know he would like hearing from the members. Please drop him a line at ppincus@comcast.net or 1-561-429-8961. |
CALENDAR OF SAA SCHEDULED EVENTS |
September 15, 2010 Executive Board Meeting 2:00, at Florence Gang's home, 4901 Falstone, Chevy Chase. 301-656-3430 / floart1942@aol.com. Everyone welcome. WE NEED SUGGESTIONS FOR SPEAKERS FOR OUR GENERAL MEETINGS. September 25 Hands-on all day Photoshop session with Professor Riggs. Unfortunately, we can only accommodate the first 20 members who previously applied. They have been emailed and are requested to notify me whether they will be attending. Details will be posted here and via email. October 4 - December 31 Exhibit at Sibley Hospital. Reception on Sat. Oct. 9th from 2 - 4 November General Meeting at Davis Library with Mira Hecht, a painter. January 2011 Exhibit at Friendship. |
FOR SALE |  | OVER 90 WORKS OF ART FROM OUR EXHIBIT AT PEPCO'S EDISON GALLERY ARE FOR SALE Click the picture.to see the art. Then, if you wish to talk to the artist, CLICK HERE. Fill in and email the name of the artist and artwork. Include your name, phone, and email address. The artist will contact you. |
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SAA was the 2008 winner of the First Annual Maryland Governor's Leadership in Aging visual arts group award. Thank you, Governor O'Malley. Click for more information and pictures.
These are from the March 7 reception at the River Road Unitarian Church. |  |  |  |
| From the March 20 Pepco Edison Gallery reception |
Anyone have additional photos? Send them to me for posting here. |
Our last General Meeting was June 12, 2010, 2:00 at the Davis Library Eileen Martin, Martin Glass Creations, 155 Gibbs St. Studio #300 (in Visarts), Rockville, MD 20850. 301.704.4613  |  Temperature determines texture |  |
About 25 SAA members and guests attended. I'm waiting on the writeup of Eileen's presentation from Augie Spector; in the meantime click here. May 8, 2010, at the Davis Library SAA member John Barnes gave a presentation on "Photographing Your Artwork" John Barnes , a retired physicist, joined Senior Artists Alliance in 2009. His strong interest in photography motivated him to take courses at Montgomery College in order to receive a photography certificate. John produced the wonderful catalogue for the Pepco Edison Gallery. Most artists recognize they need .... (more, make a comment) |
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April 10, 2010, 2:00 at the Davis Library
Associate Professor of Art, Michael Sellmeyer of Montgomery College, gave a talk about his paintings, drawings, collages, and prints. His talk included his work processes and evolution of his art through different media.
The speaker for the April Senior Artists Alliance Meeting at the Davis Library, Bethesda, MD was Associate Professor of Art, Michael Sellmeyer, who teaches foundation classes in two dimensional design and color theory at ... (more, make a comment) |
MARCH 13, 2010 Julian Manelli presented the "art of framing art" to 25 members and guests “My discussion today will be about framing, but first I want to tell you about ...(more, make a comment)
Click to read Mr. Manelli's article on GLASS that he prepared for SAA. |
MEMBER ACTIVITIES What's Happening .. and happened?? |
In September, Cookie Kerxton's exhibit, called "Courage Unmasked," debuted before more than 500 people at a fundraiser and live auction at the Katzen Arts Center at American University. The roughly 40 masks still for sale were exhibited at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center community store in Silver Spring. The proceeds from all art sales go toward 9114HNC, a foundation Kerxton began that benefits patients of head and neck cancer and has already raised $29,000. The money is much deserved for patients of a disease that doesn't receive the donations or the publicity of more common cancers but typically affects low-income or elderly people, Kerxton said.
See the full article from the Gazette at http://www.gazette.net/stories/10072009/olnenew230421_32532.shtml |
| Les Grinspoon sold his phototgraph, "Venetian Apartment", at the Edison Gallery exhibit. He also got a first place for his photograph, Walk on the Canal, at the Chevy Chase Women's Club exhibit. |
Neil Willens sold eight photographs at the Georgetown University Hospital art gallery during April. He will be exhibiting there again in April 2011. |
Sculpture Dedication at Strathmore Music Center  Murray Stein’s musical sculpture, Schubert’s Trout Quintet, was dedicated on June 15, 2010, 11:00 am, in a ceremony at the Strathmore Music Center on Rockville Pike. Murray likes working with a wood laminate called Parallam, made of tulip poplar, perfect for the skeletal elements of the instruments.. The strings are thin dowels. The keyboard employs segmented turning, using tiger maple and gaboon ebony. Ironically, the string instruments are the ones usually made of tiger maple. Stein made the keyboard as a cylindrical bottomless bowl , cut it into quarters, then reassembled the pieces as a sine wave, so it can weave over and under the elements of the cello and double bass. The violin and viola overlap so as to form the outline of a fish, i.e., the Trout. This outline is emphasized with dichroic glass, so the vivid colors form in fact, a rainbow trout. 
Congratulations from Senator Forehand | 
Many SAA members attended |
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Regina Price will be exhibiting at Rockville's Glenview Mansion, month of July, in the Conference Rooms. Reception to be announced. Contact hbrep@aol.com if you have questions |
Carol Morgan is exhibiting a watercolor painting, "Yoga II" in the Art League Gallery in Alexandria until the end of May, and is exhibiting a watercolor painting "Magenta Moment," in the Meadlowland Gallery at 3907 Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda until July 27. Her watercolor painting, "Views of Rudebak" appeared in the student show at the Art League gallery in National Harbor from April 25 to May 8. |
From Irma Spencer... Two of my outdoor pieces are spending five months leased to the city of Rockville. My "Penguin of Summer" can be seen in the Rockville Town Center plaza, under a tree, surveying his strange warming environment and watching children play in the fountain. He will reside there until November.
The Rockville Park, home of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre and the Glenview Mansion, has 6 sculptures on its grounds. My painted yellow round piece, "Happy Daze" is on the grass facing the entrance road. To go there, take Wootton Parkway across RV Pike, turn right at light on Baltimore Ave, and left on Edmonston to the entrance. |
Phyllis Levy has returned from wintering in Florida and reports... "For several years now I have been spending the winters in Delray Beach, FL. Many people think of this area as a cultural desert. I used to think that, too, before I learned better. I now know that is far from the truth. Delray Beach is halfway between West Palm Beach and Miami and this past winter there was a great deal of art to look at in the area. Delray Beach has a Japanese museum that is a delight. It is called "The Morikami Museum and Garden. The gardens are a pleasure to walk through and the museum, though small, always has interesting exhibits.  This past winter there was an exhibit of the sculpture of Jun Kaneko (click to see a video of Jun Kaneko at work) which was very unusual. Mr. Kaneko was born in Nagoya, Japan, of Korean descent. He now lives and works in Omaha. His pieces are constructed of clay and are very large. I had never seen them before and I was very taken with the powerful yet simple images he creates. The pieces are done using the slab method for the shapes which are glazed after firing. Some of the works are huge, simple heads. He also does abstract pieces called Dangos that are large, simple forms that are very striking. I was so taken with these unusual works of sculpture that I returned several times to look again". (Webmaster's note. This museum and gardens evolved from Japanese settlement in the area approximately 100 years ago. Spend a few minutes and look at these web sites which are just a few of many available). http://www.morikami.org/ http://www.visitflorida.com/articles/the-morikami-museum-and-japanese-gardens http://www.inusa.com/tour/fl/westpalm/morikami.htm "Going north to West Palm Beach one comes to the 
Chihuly ceiling at the Norton |
Norton Museum of Art. Here one finds an excellent collection of American art...." (more for this article from Phyllis later - in the meantime look at these web sites that describe this museum...) http://www.norton.org/ http://www.westpalmbeach.com/attractions/nortonmuseumofart/index.html http://findlocal.sun-sentinel.com/west-palm-beach/art/art/norton-museum-of-art-west-palm-beach-museum Phyllis also exhibited in five juried shows including: 1) Women in the Visual Arts -- Won an award 2) The Boca Raton Art Museum Artists Guild 3) Two shows by The Palm Beach Watercolor Society 4) The National League of American Pen Women at The American Orchid Society. She also sold a painting. |
| Phil Brown and William Peirce sold wood pieces at the JCC Senior Show. |
Lois Levitan received first place awards in two recent shows.
The first one was the Rockville Art league May Juried Member Exhibit juried by Glen Kessler. The show was held at Glenview Mansion. My sculpture titled "Shakti", picture to the right, won first place in the Sculpture and Ceramics category. Currently I have a sculpture in the Montgomery Art Association Juried Membership show juried by Rachel Collins. The exhibit is being held at Friendship Heights Village Center and runs through June 26th. I won First Place for my sculpture titled " The Human Condition".(picture at left)...............Hope members have a chance to drop by and see this show.
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| Carol Morgan's conte painting, of a figure , 'Kim" and her sculpture, "Brian," have been juried into the Washington Studio School's alumni show. The show opens July 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. for the reception and runs until August 20. The school, in an historic building once owned by the Biddle family of Philadelphia, is at 2129 S Street NW, in Washington, DC. near Dupont Circle METRO. For more information all Carol at 202-3238-9059. |
Art Exhibit at Thomas Farm Community Center: Leita Gerson
700 Fallsgrove Drive, Rockville, Md. 20850.
Visit the art exhibit in the gallery between June 15 and August 15. Leita Gerson's work features mainly abstract visions of her subjects rendered in bold, bright colors. They include strong design elements and are presented in several strong media, including monoprints. Fantasy is the keynote. An artist's reception will be held Wednesday, August 11 from 1-3 p.m. |
Florence Gang and Gloria Turner have been juried into two shows at the Katzen Gallery at American University: "Re-vision", the alumni show, will be on view from August 31 - October 24, and "Group 93" will be on view from September 8 - October 10. Reception for all the Katzen new shows will be September 11 from 6 - 9 P.M.
The Closing reception for the "Group 93" show will be October 9 from 5 - 7:30 P.M. Free - Hrs. Tues. - Sun. 11 - 4 P.M. 202-885-1300 for info. The openings are always lots of fun so please come. Parking in the underground garage is free after 5. |
Click to email information about your upcoming exhibits and it will be posted here!! Please have it written ready to insert. |
SCHEDULED EXHIBITS Moved to the EXHIBITS page. Use the Blue Tab at the top of this page or click here. |
| LINKS TO MEMBER SITES AND OTHER SITES OF INTEREST |
state, local, member links ... | |
| OTHER STUFF - SLIDESHOWS, VIDEOS |
| Click Mona for an interesting video I found about some testing done on her in the Louvre in 2004. |  |
Enjoy a slideshow of artwork by some of our members Five picture controls are under the picture. They are: PAUSE/PLAY, STOP, PREVIOUS, NEXT STOP and PAUSE both end the automatic scrolling with STOP returning you to the first slide; PAUSE then becomes the PLAY button to resume the automatic slideshow or use PREVIOUS or NEXT to scroll manually. Way over on the right is the fifth control for a larger version of the picture |
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