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Los CHAmigos y Las CHAmigas

Newsletter – Boletin http://art-cha.com

Quarterly December

2009/January 2010 Volume 3, Number 1

The Coalition of Hispanic Artists, Inc.

Post Office Box 152324 Tampa, FL 33684-2324

Editor Luz Pennington

Editor in Chief Damaris

Soto

Contributor

Armida Nagy Stickney

In this quarterly issue—

• Featured Member(s)

• Letter from the President

• CHA Sales in 2009

• Conga Caliente & More

Featured Member Levy

Alcira Levy was born in Colombia and ever since she can remember, her primary interest and passion has been painting.

Although most of her learning has been self-taught, she always has been drawing and practicing for hours contemplating the works of great masters.

In New York, she took classes with a renowned Norwegian artist; and in Florida, her home since 1981, she also studied with a French teacher.

She has participated in several art competitions and exhibitions locally; and in 2000, she had a solo show in the Largo Public Library. She has frequently been commissioned to paint portraits; Recently, she accepted a commission to paint a series of seven large paintings representing various countries. Her work is in private and public collections in

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Bogota, Chicago, Miami, and South Carolina; locally, in St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Plant City, Dunedin, Palm Harbor, and Seminole. "Since I can remember, I've been drawing and painting. I was born and raised in the countryside, on a ranch near Bogota, Colombia. Therefore, I have always been surrounded and inspired by the beauty of the world God has created for us. The color and shapes are deeply embedded in my mind, and I feel the urgent need to translate them onto the canvas. My favorite subject is the human figure; and although I paint other subjects, almost always I include this aspect in my work. I like to use acrylics because it dries fast; but when I do portraits, I use oil. Painting has given me many happy hours and lots of satisfaction. We are always looking for something more, something new, a wonderful idea, a new expression. That is art!” These are the words of the artist.

Letter from the President

Dear CHA Members,

The Board of Directors and I are proud to announce that CHA’s membership continues to grow as well as the achievements reached in 2009. For a young organization, this is great news. CHA has received many invitations in 2009 for art shows, we even had to refuse some do to prior commitments. There is great acceptance of CHA throughout the Tampa Bay community, and we could not do all of our accomplishments without your support.

Most of all we thank the CHA members for their collaboration and participation in all art exhibits and events. Without them there would be no success stories.

I would like thank the Board of Directors for their hard and team work throughout the year. Our monthly meetings and numerous days of coordination have been a great learning experience for all of us. There are a lot of tasks ahead of us. But we also had some setbacks. The biggest lost to CHA was the loss of one of our founding members, our dear Maria Esther Carrillo. She will always be in our hearts for her dedication to improve Hispanic culture and education in the Tampa Bay Area and to inspire the people she touched.


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BOARD MEMBERS

Damaris Soto Frassica, President Diana Posada, President Elect Lydisabel Ruiz, Vice President Magdalena Matias, Secretary Dora Iregui, Alcira Levy, Assistant Secretary Luz Pennington, Treasurer Manuel Portales, Assistant treasurer Delia Canela, Vocal Agustin Mercado, Vocal Ismael Gonzalez, Vocal Sarita Paccine, Vocal Armida Nagy Stickney, Web Master e-mail cha.hispana @yahoo.com

To recap, we had six Art Exhibits, plein air event, ,Conga Caliente, Tomato Art Festival, Strawberry Art Festival, continuing education workshop for it members , membership at the Art Council, DCA Resource List, long-term Art Exhibit at ComCenter/Manatee Art Center, permanent exhibit at the Florida Aquarium, Ybor City Saturday Market, CHA members participating in the Tampa Hispanic Heritage Celebrations and Contest and in the Alianza Art Exhibit, members winning prices, and the list goes on.

CHA closed the year with a great Christmas party that gave the Board of Directors and the members the opportunity to meet each other in a casual and relaxing way. Hosted by the Frassicas in their lovely South Tampa home, we stayed together to the very end despite the cold weather. We realized that we really are growing as a family.

CHA exists to support our endeavors as individuals, a group of artists, and as individuals. CHA has a lot going on to make us continue with our goals and objective to obtain 501c(3) IRS status and to get a permanent facility for CHA’s members to utilize.

CHA is planning to provide a Pay Pal service to its members to facilitate the sales of member’s artwork. We developed a plan, too, to assign two contact persons for each location to assist potential buyers with the purchase of artwork. If you would like to be part of this program, please e-mail us. We clearly appreciate your interest to help to sell artwork, be involved. After all, CHA is your organization that is made up of volunteers helping each other.

In January, we are looking forward to seeing you at the meeting of general assembly elections for fiscal year 2010-2011. It is being held on January 26, 2010, at the Children’s Board. The installation ceremony of the new Board of Directors is March 25. More is planned--the CHA Spring Art Exhibit, Saturday Market, and others upcoming events .

We will continue to keep you informed through the web site, http://art-cha.com of future projects. Please update you and take advance of all the services that our web administrator offer you.

Once again, thank you for giving me the opportunity and trust to lead CHA. I am honor and excited to work with this wonderful group of CHAmigos. I am looking forward to working with all of you for a great Winter-Spring Season 2010.

Have a great and prosper year 2010 Damaris


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CHA SALES IN 2009

Yes, it’s true. Some of the CHAmigos sold their art work at the Florida Aquarium in 2009. They are—

Luz Pennington, Jorge Ruiz, and Armida Nagy Stickney.350.

“Sea Life,” by Luz, sold for $200. “Atrapada,” by Jorge, sold for $350. “Any Fish will Do,” by Armida, sold for $300 (not shown). Congratulations! We encourage you to keep painting and participating in shows, especially at the Florida Aquarium where we have year-round exhibition. Of course, the theme needs to relate to sea creatures, the sea and shore.

CONGA CALIENTE

Our CHAmiga and Marketing Director SARITA PACCINE, is not only the creator of the art that is being raffled in the event every year, but she also was the one who made possible CHA’s participation in this popular event. A special and heart-felt thanks to Sarita. A special thanks goes to some of

the CHAmigos who rose to the occasion to participate in Conga Caliente: José Murani, Manuel Portales, Luis Rodriguez, Gloria Barreto, Zoe Otero, Luz Pennington, Magdalena Matias, Franklin Fernandez, Armida Nagy Stickney, Oscar Manjarres; and thanks again, Sarita!


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CHA ACCOMPLISHMENTS

CHAmiga Armida Nagy Stickney, Web Administrator, taught several members of the board how to navigate the CHA web site. Thanks to Armida and Diana Posada who loaned her studio for the workshop.

The participants were—

Dora Iregui Ismael González Zoe González Agustín Mercado Agustín Negron Magdalena Negron Damaris Soto Frassica

The same workshop will be offered to all members who want to participate or need a refresher. We’re still looking for a place that will accommodate more people. Unfortunately, the Public Libraries have blocked access to all electronic networks, including Twitter, Facebook, and the like.

Luis Rodriguez, Gloria Barreto & Damaris Soto at the

“Sixth Annual Brush Strokes Awards” presented at the

Center Place In Brandon on October 29, 2009. They were selected as the 2009 “Arts Activist” Joint Award” recipients for the work they accomplished with CHA.


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Gloria Barreto Won an Award on October 24, 2009. She a received a ribbon from the Lakeland Art Guild for her painting about a fisherman, entitled "Hooked."

Luis F. Rodriguez held a workshop about “Turning Art into Cash” to the CHA members who attended to general meeting on October 26 2009…Thanks Luis!

ABOUT FAMOUS LATIN -AMERICAN ARTISTS We hope to feature Latin American artists who are renowned in the International community of art. Beginning with BOTERO, who is currently exhibiting in the Tampa Regional Area in January.

Fernando Botero Angulo (born April 19,1932) is a Colombian figurative artist, self-titled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists" early on, coming to prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. Botero's work includes still-lifes and landscapes, but Botero tends to primarily focus on situational portraiture. His paintings and sculptures are united by their proportionally exaggerated, or "fat" figures, as he once referred to them.

Botero explains his use of these "large people", as they are often called by critics, or obese figures and forms thus:


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"An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it."

Botero is an abstract artist in the most fundamental sense of the word, choosing what colors, shapes, and proportions to use based on intuitive aesthetic thinking. Though he currently spends only one month a year in Colombia, he considers himself the "most Colombian artist living" due to his insulation from the international trends of the art world.

Botero gained considerable attention in 2005 for his Abu Ghraib collection, which began as an idea he had on a plane, finally culminating in more than 85 paintings and 100 drawings.

The Circus collection followed in 2008, with 20 works of oil and watercolor.

In an interview promoting his Circus collection, Botero said: "After all this, I always return to the simplest things: still lifes."

WHAT’ NEW?


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Ybor City Saturday Market! Take advantage of this great opportunity to display your art in historic Ybor City at Centennial Park. The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the purchase of a white tent, measuring 10 x 10 feet, to be used at a weekly market where thousands of tourists and Tampians gather. It is located at the Centennial Park (corner of 8th Avenue and 19th Street). CHA has rented a space for three months (January, February and March).

The main idea for this initiative is so that each CHA member has the opportunity to learn about the world of selling and to expose and sell their art in this market.

This open market takes place every Saturday rain or shine from 8: 00 a.m. to 2: 00 p.m.

The fee to participate is $10 per person, sharing space with another person; or $20 for an individual per Saturday. This fee includes the tent and two tables (8 feet and 4 feet. Itt must be paid in advance by sending a check to the Treasurer, CHA, c/o Luz Pennington, 7912Heather Court, Tampa FL 33634.

To reserve a Saturday in January, please contact Augustine Negron (813-960-4406). To reserve a Saturday in February, please contact Manuel Portals (813-770-0057).

Artists are to bring their own equipment (e.g., chairs, tablecloths) and artwork.

Keep posted by checking http://art-cha.com.

ARTIST’S QUOTE Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it and is hoping for other people to observe it. I call it 'creative observation.—William S. Burroughs


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EXHIBITIONS

For those who cannot remember the exhibitions and dates when you participated, below is a list of exhibitions in 2008 and 2009. This will help us maintain an updated record of your activities.

Please update your biography and send it to Magdalena Matías for the CHA Artists’ Portfolio via e-mail or postal mail. For CHA, it is very important to have data on the country of origin, the specialization and experience of each of the member artists. The information helps promote CHA members as Hispanic artists. Moreover, we need the biographies to prepare articles for the featured artist section of this newsletter.

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

2008

THE HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE Art Gallery - September 10 - October 17

CITIBANK City Center - September 15 – 30

HISPANIC ALIANZA OF TAMPA BAY: One CHA member won First Price and 10 members participated. Reception September 11 TECO Art Gallery - October 5-31 LETO HIGH SCHOOL - November 8 CONGA CALIENTE - November 8 HISPANIC ALIANZA OF TAMPA BAY - Calendar contest. Six members were featured in the 2009 calendar, and 12 were finalist. Reception November 13


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2009

THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM - EXPRESSIONS OF NATURE & MARINE LIFE March 1- September 13. CHA members participants: 20

THE TOWERS AT WESTSHORE - SPRING EXTRAVAGANZA March 3–13. CHA members participants: 15

COMCENTER & THE GULF COAST LATIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - LATIN ART COMES TO THE RANCH September 1 – November 6. CHA members participants: 15

CITIBANK CITY CENTER: LATIN EXPRESSION September 15 – 30. CHA members participants: 10

MOSI - A LATIN EXPERIMENT September 4 – October 16. CHA members participants: 16

KOTLER ART GALLERY AT GERMANY PUBLIC LIBRARY SOUTHERN EXPOSURES September 1 – October 31. CHA members participants: 15

COMCENTER & THE GULF COAST LATIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION AT THE RANCH November7 -January 15, 2010. CHA members participants: 10

THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM - SUBMERGED IN THE ARTS HISPANIC STYLE September 14 - January 31, 2010. CHA members participants: 20


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NAVIDAD CELEBRATION

The CHAmigos ended 2009 with a festive celebration at the residency of the Soto-Frassica. We thank them wholeheartedly for making the Holiday memorable. Although the night was cold, the photographic collage below attests to our merriment.

Chamigos - Damaris Soto Frassica ,Magdalena Matias, Armida Nagy

Stickney, Lydisabel Ruiz, Diana Posada, Manuel Portales y esposa

Carmen, Agustín Negron


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Enjoying the merriment: Agustín Mercado, Yolanda Suárez and husband,

Luís Rodríguez, Gloria Barreto, Elsa Granado, Elsa Obediente, José

Murani, Lilia M. Portalatin, Bethy Polanco, Jose Murani, Manolito y other

friends who joined us

Classified Advertisements

To assist in the printing and distribution of our newsletter, LOS CHAMIGOS Y LAS CHAMIGAS, to businesses of the Hispanic-Latin community, our Director of Marketing, Sarita Paccine, would like to hear from you.

Advertisements in the following sizes and prices are available:

Business card - $20

Half page - $50

Full page - $ 95

All members are considered potential clients. If interested or know someone who may be interested in placing an advertisement, please contact Sarita Paccine at (813) 205-8073).

Thank you for your generous support.


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CHA ELECTIONS 2010! VOTE! CHA ELECTIONS 2010! VOTE! CHA ELECTIONS 2010! VOTE!

CHA needs your vote at the Second General Assembly where new or former Board of Directors will be elected or re-elected.

This important eventm on January 26, 2010, will take place at the Children's Board Hillsborough County, 1002 Conference Rooms B/Cl, East Palm Avenue, from 5:30 to 7:45 p.m.

Please attend to keep CHA alive as a propserous and growing organization and community of successful Hispanic artists.

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NOTICE

Effective immediately, all artwork that has been housed at the residency of Manuel Portales from previous art shows need to be picked upon on January 19 – 20, 2010 between 5 – 8:00 p.m. Storage charge will accrue on a daily basis in accordance with the market average for storage. Furthermore, since art is not covered by insurance, every artist is responsible for any loss or damage caused to them even though CHA takes every precaution within its ability to handle them with care. All artists are required to sign an Indemnity Agreement for each calendar year.


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MISION Y BENEFICIOS (Mission & Benefits in Spanish)

La misión de CHA, una organización sin fines de lucro es ser el corazón de cada artista hispano, proveer el escenario, un ambiente seguro, y un concepto de equipo que atraiga y fomente en los artistas, sin importar limitaciones de lenguaje, exhibir y vender su arte. Así como promover, mediar, estimular, ilustrar, y educar acerca de la historia y los valores culturales del Arte

Hispánico, y servir de enlace entre los artistas y la comunidad en general tomando como base la creatividad de los artistas.


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Estos son los beneficios que reciben los miembros de la Coalición Hispana de Artistas, CHA:

� Tarjeta de Identificacion

� Mantenerlos informados de todos los eventos de arte que están a

nuestro alcance en la bahia de tampa. � Mantenerlos al día de todas las exhibiciones en nuestra área que

están a nuestro alcance

� Mantenerlos al día de todos los concursos de arte en nuestra área y Bahia de Tampa que nos informan

� Será Informado de La Asamblea en General donde conocerá otros

artistas y personas interesadas y que apoyan la comunidad

artística del área � Oportunidad de participar en los diferentes comités de la

organización

� Recibirá “El Boletín “ informativo mensual de CHA � Oportunidad de ser escogido “Artista Estelar del Mes” y aparecer en

el boletín y Web.

� Derecho a votar para seleccionar sus directivos y ser seleccionado

si desea ser parte de la directiva. � Oportunidad de participar con otros artistas en “Plein Aire”.

(Pintando en espacios abiertos como parques, playas y aceras etc.)

con otros artistas locales

� Participación en clases de arte y mercadeo ( como crecer su negocio como artista) en su idioma (algunas gratis para los

miembros)

� Recibirá directorio de todos los miembros

� Su propia pagina del Web en La website de CHA � Información de negocios que venden Productos de arte

� Descuentos en tiendas de Arte (Negociado por CHA) para beneficio

de nuestros miembros � Promover el arte de nuestros miembros por medio de la prensa,

boletines, Web y exposiciones Planeamos tener en el futuro:

� Nuestras propias exposiciones con Jurados donde pueden ganar

premios y reconocimiento y tener Exposiciones colectivas e

individuales para los miembros de CHA


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ACTIVE CHA MEMBERS

Maria Teresa Arruza (Oct. ’08) Armando Barreiro (Jan. ’09) Gloria E. Barreto (May ’08) Ligia Bello (Sept. ’08) Delia Canela (June ’08) Herman Cerrato (Oct. ‘09) Carlos De Leon Campos (Feb. ’08) Franklin Fernandez (Sept. ’08) Patricia Gomez (Jan. ’08) Elsa Granado de Obediente (Feb. ’09) Dora Iregui (Mar. ’09) Scottie Laughlin (Oct. ’08) Maximo Leon (Jul. ’09) Alcira Levy (July ’08) Oscar E. Manjares (Feb. ’09) Nestor Martinez (Oct. ’09) Alfredo Martinez (Apr. ’09) Hector Mayoral (Feb. ’09) Agustin Mercado (Feb. ’09) Walter Moscoso (Aug. ’09) Jose Murani (Aug. ’09) Magdalena Matias Negron (Nov. ’08) Elsa Obediente-Hallaoui (Feb. ’09) Zoe Otero de Gonzalez (April ’08) Luz Pennington (Apr. ’08) Mark Pericot (Oct. ’09) Bethy A. Polanco (Feb. ’09) Lila M. Portalatin (Feb. ’09) Manuel Portales (Sept. ’08) Diana Posada (Sept. ’08) Muriel H. Prieto (Oct. ’09) Luis F. Rodriguez (Jan. ’08) Jorge Ruiz (July ’09)


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In 2009, CHA held a contest to select a graphic representation of CHA to become the official Logo of the Coalition of Hispanic Artists. Out of four talented artists, Diana Posada’s graphic design was the winner. (Photograph courtesy of Armida Nagy Stickney)

Continuation

Cliber Sanabria (Sept. ’08) Rosaida Saud de Pinto (Sept. ’09) Armida Nagy Stickney (Jul. ’08) Yolanda Suarez (Mar. ’08) Elsa Torres de Goncalves (Jul. ’09) Felix Velzquesz (Sept. ’08)


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Membership Invitation Contact Information must be filled in completely

Name ___________________________________________________________

Street Address ________________________________________________

City ST ZIP Code ________________________________________________

Home Phone# __________________ Cell Phone# ___________________

E-Mail Address ________________________________________________

Country of Origin ________________________________________________

From what source did you first learn of us (C.H.A.)? ________________________

What kind of Medium do you use for your Performance Art:__________________

_________________________________________________________________

Interests

Tell us in which areas you are interested in volunteering

___Board Member ___ Administration/Clerical ___Public relation Committee

___Performer Committee ___ Events/Programs ___ Website updater

___Myspace Committee ___ Secretary/Treasurer ___ Newsletter production

___ Fundraising ___ Communications

Special Skills or Qualifications

Summarize special skills and qualifications you have acquired from employment, previous volunteer work, or through other activities. Feel free to write on the back of this Application.

Application Fees March to March: $50.00 P/P - Couples $80.00 - Students $25.00

After july one time discount $25.oo, couples $40.oo Please send check or Money order to C.H.A and mail to:

Luz Pennington, Treasurer& Membership Chair Person 7912 Heather CT. , Tampa, FL 33634

[email protected] (813) 408-6105 www. art-cha.com myspace.com/coalitionofhispanicartists

Thank you for completing this application form and for your interest in joining us.

Agreement and Signature

I affirm that the facts set forth on this application are true and complete. I understand that if I am accepted as a member, any false statements, omissions, or other misrepresentations made by me on this application may result in the loss of my eligibility for membership in the Coalition of Hispanic Artists. *Due date of renewal is on march 1st of every year

Signature *________________________________________________________

Date *________________________________________________________


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