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From our President
Happy New Year and greetings to all the members of Latimer Art Club, the oldest art club in Nevada in its 99th year! I look forward to seeing you all at meetings, art exhibits and paint outs during the year and hope to get to know the newer members very soon. I won’t be doing art lessons each newsletter as Eileen did in the past – I’m way too new to watercolor painting to presume to teach you new techniques. I’m still learning myself!
2020 will be a busy year for us. The February 8th meeting is our annual min-iature painting exchange and I hope we have many participants this year. Bring a matted or framed miniature and enter the double blind drawing. If you bring one, you’ll get to take one home for your own collection. My first year in Latimer, I won a Mary Chadwell! Well, she’s not longer with us but we have wonderful artists in our club and I encourage everyone to partici-pate in this long-standing tradition. I know we’ll have an exciting time with the drawing.
This year we’re running up to our 100th year Celebration. In 2021 we’re hoping to help celebrate the publication of a new book on Lati-mer by Jack Bacon in conjunction with a Latimer and his students’ show at the Nevada Museum of Art. I’m sure we’ll have many other festivities during the year to help us celebrate. You will be asked to share ideas, help make decisions and help in planning various activ-ities so think about it before the February meeting.
Eileen Fuller as our Show Chair will be announcing upcoming exhibit opportunities open to Latimer members and Carol Grigus will have paint out information. If you have suggestions of sites to paint as a group, please let her know. Carol Foldvary Anderson will share in-formation about upcoming speakers and programs for our April, June, August, and October meetings. We’ve decided the December meeting is busy enough with the potluck and hand-made ornament exchange so we’ll forgo a speaker in December.
If you’re reading this, you’re reading your newsletter so go ahead and peruse the Treasurer’s Report and the Secretary’s minutes from December. We always need to be sure our members are current with our finances and that our records are correct.
I look forward to spending this new year as your President. Please let me know if you have concerns, questions (only ones that I can answer, please), of ideas for the future of our wonderful Latimer Art Club. See you February 8th!
Create your art daily!
Vicki Curwen
Latimerartclub.com
Water Lilies, Lake Crescent, WA
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LAC Officers and Committee Chairs
for 2020
******************* President
Vicki Curwen 775-626-9316 [email protected]
Vice–President
Carol Evans 775-424-4196 [email protected]
Treasurer
Terrye Kocher 775-354-2646 [email protected]
Secretary
Jennifer Haffke 775-230-0609 [email protected]
E-mail Correspondence Ruth Jaeger 775-335-9899
Art Show Chairman Eileen Fuller 775-233-4796 [email protected]
Presenter/Arranger
Carol Foldvary-Anderson 775-721-5338 [email protected]
Scholarships
Michelle Hall 775-409-3405 [email protected]
Historian
Vicki Toy-Smith 775-826-0932 [email protected]
Hospitality Sharon Peters 775-870-1239
Paint-Outs Carol Grigus 775-813-1172
[email protected] Marjee Smith 775-224-5289
Website Charlene Hadwin 702-575-5719
Membership Susan Christopher 775-448-6747
Newsletter Rich Haffke 775-690-9831
Portrait Society of Reno
The Portrait Society welcomes everyone to the
Wednesday portrait group which meets from 9:00 am
to 12:30 pm at Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S. Virginia
Street. The cost is $10.00 per session and includes a
live model. For more information, contact Kay
Genasci at 359-2465
The Portrait Society exists to support, encourage, ed-
ucate and keep alive the Art of Portraiture in North-
ern Nevada.
2020 SPEAKER’S ROSTER
February 2020 - Elissa Slanger
More information in upcoming newsletters
2020 MEETING DATES FEBRUARY 8TH
APRIL 11TH JUNE 13TH
AUGUST 22ND OCTOBER 10TH DECEMBER 12TH
All meetings are from 1pm to 3pm except De-
cember which will be from 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Meetings are held at the Moana Lane Nursery
Design Center, 1190 W. Moana Lane, Reno
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FROM OUR TREASURER
Happy 2020! With this new year membership fees are now due, $30.00 per year for Active members and $20.00 per year for associate members. You may bring cash or
a check to the next meeting in February or mail a check (no cash) to: Latimer Art Club
P.O. Box 1506
Reno, NV 89505-1506
OR
Terrye Kocher
6349 Cokenee Court
Sparks, NV 89436.
Thank you for being a member.
TO ALL LATIMER ARTISTS
PAINT OUT NEWS FROM CAROL GRIGUS AND MARJEE SMITH
1. In preparation for our Artown July show “AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL” at the Wilbur May
Museum I would like to propose meeting at Rancho San Rafael Park for winter paints on Tuesday
afternoons from 1 to 3 pm beginning in February. Are there any intrepid painters among the LATI-
MER ARTISTS willing to enjoy the crisp winter air at the park? Featured are remarkable trees,
water, Canada Geese, ducks, great skies and more! Let's get the creative juices flowing for our art-
ists who like to PAINT OUTDOORS!!
2. Marjee and I would also like feedback from our group about 2020 paint locations. Any and all ide-
as are welcome. Paint outs monthly on Tuesdays, May thru October meeting @ 9.30am to
12.30pm.
Hope to see most of you at the February meeting.
Happy Trails.
Carol Grigus @ 813.1172
MINIATURE EXCHANGE NOTES
For first-time participants:
"Miniature" = Total image area of the painting must not exceed 36 square inches.
For this event, the painting need not be framed. Just put it on the table to display it. Use a matte, tiny easel or plastic envelope if you wish.
Print your name on a tag on the back.
Your participation is good practice for the LAC Miniature Show held each October in
Reno, Nevada
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On Course
Carol A. Evans, Vice-President
2019 was a year of achievements and set the pace for 2020. LAC greeted 10 new members and hosted several outstand-ing exhibits. Many members participated, earned awards and sold artwork. I enjoyed plein air experiences coordinated by Carol Grigus and Marjee Smith, three-hour adventures that forced me to paint faster and smarter. I was amazed how some artists completed a painting on-site. At Washoe Lake three wild horses served as art critics and admired our lunch-es. Please join your colleagues and paint in a picturesque, seasonal setting. New Year’s challenges: Our Club needs to increase membership via web marketing and community awareness. You’ve heard: Half of success is just showing up. Group participation inspires motivation (I first became an Associate member – thanks to Deborah Rife’s invitation to come as her guest in 2018). As artists you meet people at all levels of interest. Wel-come prospective members to join us for camaraderie and inspiration. Susan Christopher, LAC Membership Chair, reflects that the Club encourages members of various ambitions. “This oppor-tunity needs to be promoted to attract more artists and younger artists.” She also suggested a short bio in the newsletter to recognize each new member’s background. For 2020 let’s strive for “Every member invite a new member.” Remember, LAC offers an Associate Membership ($20 per year) for individuals who want to be Club supporters, and will receive newsletters and announcements.
2019 New Members
Thank you for joining! If a name is missing please contact Rich Haffke, Editor. It will be included in the next issue
Website Update
The Board has selected a website developer LTG Services who will be working with Charlene Hadwin for the development of a NEW Website. As we finalize the details, the website project will be underway in a few short weeks. Information you are accustomed to finding will be in the NEW website along with a few new features including: A special page for members to display their art in a new ARTIST PAGE: and a section to pay your memberships dues and LAC show fees on line. We are very excited to get this project started and I want to thank you all in advance for your patience as we transition to the NEW website.
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Hi Painters, I hope you all had a nice holiday season. Here are the dates and the pics for my classes in Reno for the first half of 2020...
All of the classes listed below are at Nevada Fine Arts in Reno. Please let me know in advance any of these you plan to attend. Classes will be sold out with the first 15 signups and then there will be a waiting list. I will require a 48-hour notice on all cancellations so I can fill your spot or you will be charged for the class. Thanks, Monika Johnson Piper J Studio 230 Village Blvd. #3 Incline Village NV 89451 (775)220-0325 monikapiperjohnson.com
2/9/20
Become a Color Mixologist and paint-ing clouds in oil with a palette knife.
12-4pm $50
3/8/20
Composition Design and a Seascape in oil with a palette knife.
12-4pm $50
4/11/20 Saturday!
Drawing skills and a still life in oil with a palette knife.
12-5pm $60
5/10/20
Painting a Sunset in oil with a palette knife.
12-4pm $50 6/14/20
Painting Snowcapped mountains in oil with a palette knife.
12-4pm $50
DIRTY POUR CLASS BY CHARLENE HADWIN
On March 7, 2020 play with paints like never before as you learn various techniques to create a unique abstract work of art. Mix your own paint as you familiarize yourself with the simple supplies needed to enjoy this medium. Discover the newest techniques used in fluid acrylic art and explore the dirty pour, swipe, balloon smashing, airbrushing and fluid flow pour methods. Practice, paint and take home your masterpiece. Beginners welcome.
$20 materials fee.
Information can be obtained at the following links or contact TMCC at (775) 829-9010.
CHARLENE’S WEBSITE
TMCC LINK
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“O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self-control
Thy liberty is law!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!”
We are excited to have “booked” the Wilbur May Museum for July for our Artown show, “America the Beautiful”. I should have more details ironed out shortly, like entry date and times, reception date, take-down, BUT don’t let that stop you for getting going on art for this show. I am giving you the words to the song to help you get those creative juices flowing:
So there is a lot to work with, interpret, use or not. We will want some EARLY IMAGES to get the publicity going with the museum and Artown, so send those to me ASAP at ([email protected])
Ideas for a title, judge, and prize solicitation are now also needed for the statewide miniature show in October. Let’s discuss at the next meeting, or send via email at the address above. HAPPY PAINTING!
“America the Beautiful”
A MESSAGE FROM EILEEN FULLER
ART SHOW CHAIRMAN
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Don't Be Scammed!
by Valerie P. Cohen
Skilled scammers are targeting artists all over this country, especially artists with websites. I have been approached sev-
eral times of late. I swallowed the first one hook, line, and sinker. I was incredibly humiliated when I realized that I had
not recognized clues. How could I have been so trusting, naive, and ignorant? I will relate that experience briefly, then
tell you how to spot a fraud.
The first email from "Kim Tony" said she had seen my website and was interested in seeing more available images.
There ensued ten emails back and forth, during which she chose to purchase three paintings. She gave an address in San
Antonio, TX. (I did look up that house on Zillow, and noticed that it had sold quite recently. I also looked up her name,
and found that a Kim Tony was an attorney in San Antonio.)
A cashier's check arrived in the mail, signed by Kim's husband. I did think it weird, that the check was for twice the price
total I had quoted. But I believed that cashier's checks were 100% legitimate. I deposited it in my bank account and then
shipped the paintings.
A week later, US Bank told me that that check was "Altered/Fictitious." That was the end of that. I wept, to have lost
paintings to someone who didn't care. I formally reported my complaint to the US Postal Inspectors' Criminal Investiga-
tions Service Center in Chicago IL, along with voluminous evidence -- and of course have heard nothing from them in
three months.
Eerie postscript: three weeks later, my crates were returned to my house via FedEx. Each had been opened, its painting
removed, then repacked even more carefully than I had done. There was no charge, no name.
Following are some obvious clues, derived from my mistakes, but most clearly identified in a blog written by the Califor-
nia artist Kathleen McMahon. You can find McMahon's blog via Google: art scammer names from Kathleen McMahon:
First you will receive a short email saying that the person is interested in purchasing paintings. If you answer, they know
that your address is active.
The person will claim to have seen your work in various places, and will sound as if you have common interests and ex-
periences; your website's bio, lists of shows and awards and books illustrated, will give the scammer all information they
need.
After several exchanges, the scammer will ask if a painting is "available" and its price. The emailer might mix up titles of
paintings. A true danger signal is if they offer to buy 3 or 5 paintings (a real collector does not do that).
It is extremely common, that the payment is much larger than the amount due. The "customer" wants you to reimburse
them the difference.
All types of payment can be fraudulent: checks, certified checks, cashiers checks, USPS money orders, Western Union,
credit cards, even through a Pay Pal account if you have one. Do not ship artwork until you are absolutely certain the
payment is legitimate, which can take weeks. MacMahon lists ways to find out what you need to know.
Finis.
Valerie is a watercolor painter and former LAC member.
SUBMITTED BY RUTH JAEGER.
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Minutes of the Latimer Art Club – December 14, 2019
Eileen Fuller opened the meeting at 12:35pm at the Moana Center with the introduction of guests to include Ginny Ritchie, Hope
Thompson, Colleen Reynolds, Lauren Larkin, Lisa Hoffman, Sue Ming, Gene Poplin, Kathryn Webercorp, and Jennifer Ferrari.
We had one prospective member, her name is Colleen Reynolds, she paints in watercolor and is a member of the Sierra Watercolor
Society and a winner at our miniature show as well. Colleen was voted in as a full member.
12:45pm Potluck and Ornament exchange.
Suspend reports from secretary and treasurer this meeting as they were in the newsletter.
Plein Air results from this year’s outings are displayed around the room. Plans for Fly Geyser Spring trip in the spring has been can-
celled.
NEW BUSINESS:
New officers for 2020 were nominated and elected:
President: Vicki Curwen
Vice President: Carol Evans
Secretary: Jennifer Haffke
Treasurer: Terrye Kocher
WEBSITE UPDATE:
Charlene Hadwin will get estimates from two web designers. Plans will be made to get the new website up and running after the first
of the year.
Artown show theme will be “America the Beautiful” and held at the Wilbur May museum in July. Carol Foldvary-Anderson will do
the wording and calligraphy. Lyrics to be emailed out to members to have for inspiration to prep for July!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
January supply sale at Artist Co-op. Bring in your unused supplies, frames, paper, canvasses, paints, books, etc. Tags to label with
your name and price will be available beginning December 28th.
January 16th the Stremmel Art Gallery reception and book signing for the “Nevada Painters of the 20th Century” originally written by
Bob McFadden and rewritten by Jack Bacon. Jack Bacon is writing a new book about The Latimer Art Club and is due out in 2021.
Charlene Hadwin is showing at Swill Coffee Shop, on the corner of Moana and Lakeside, the month of January. She will have the re-
ception on January 16, 2019 from 5-7PM. Wine and appetizers will be served, please come by to support our own artist.
Next meeting February 8, 2020 with guest speaker Elissa Slanger along with the miniature painting exchange.
Potluck and ornament exchange went well, all had a great time and those who brought ornaments went home with a handmade or-
nament.
Minutes Respectfully Submitted,
Jennifer Haffke
Secretary
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SPONSORS
Thank you to all the generous donors of awards. Be sure to frequent these businesses for your art supplies, framing and printing needs.
Ampersand Art Supply ampersandart.com
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Blick Art Materials dickblick.com
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Creative Catalyst Productions ccpvideos.com
Eagle Framing & Art Gallery eagleframingandart.com
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Pixels & Ink pixelsandink.us
Royal Langnickel Brush Mfg. Royalbrush.com
Silver Brush Ltd. Silverbrush.com
Western Art Collector & International Artist internationalartist.com
Winsor Newton winsornewton.com
Cash and other Merchandise Prizes from Latimer Art Club
JANUARY— SHAWNA BAKER, ISABELLA DIBITONTO,
CAROLA ROACH
FEBRUARY— TETYANA ANDERSON, CHARLENE HADWIN, JOAN SHONNARD,
Aleta Hursch, Diane Sewell
MARCH— BERNARD COLAS, JEAN HARE, LARRY JACOX, JACK PHILLIPS,
REID SEWELL
