2024 Board Slate Announcement

You Are All Invited to the
Annual Member Meeting and 2024 Elected Board Vote
Sunday November 19, 2023     

 

The Member Meeting is an opportunity to meet with the 2023 Board, to hear about the year’s accomplishments, and plans for 2024, including the exhibit themes, and to vote on the 2024 Board slate. Bring your questions and suggestions. Look for more Meeting information to come.

Bonnie Miller, Election Chair, announces the uncontested slate. Voting will be by show of hands of active members present. The other Board roles are appointed annually in January.

President (Officer) – Linette Morales (term 2 year 1)

I joined the Board in 2019 as At Large elect, and in the same role in 2020 coordinated an AGP online pop-up exhibit as a response to exhibiting during the pandemic. In 2021 as Vice President, I brought fresh ideas for member engagement -“Artist Spotlight” a feature highlighting randomly selected exhibiting members and “AGP for Creative Reuse” an AGP Facebook Group page where members may exchange art materials. In 2022 my first year as President, I launched “Suggest A Theme” a request for exhibiting AGP Annual Members show artists to suggest themes they feel would be an inspired show in the upcoming exhibition calendar year. I continue my quest to create engagement and exhibition participation. I have served as the AGP Annual Members and Awards Exhibition Coordinator in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and continue as AGP Liaison to the Sanchez Art Center Board. I also continue my role as Sanchez Art Center’s part-time Operations Coordinator. I hold a BA in Studio Arts from CSU East Bay and bring over 15 years experience in the non-profit arts.

Vice President (Officer) – Michele Trausch (term 2 year 1)

I joined the Board in 2020 as an appointed AGP Liaison to the Sanchez Art Center Board and continue in that role.  I also assist our Membership Chair with renewals and new memberships and with Receiving for AGP’s exhibitions. I enjoy being more involved in AGP and its mission by continuing the Vice President role.  I was pro bono counsel to AGP beginning in the early 2000’s until my retirement before joining the Board. I’m an art enthusiast, volunteer at receiving for AGP exhibitions, and very much enjoy participating in the activities at the Sanchez Art Center. I also volunteer in other local community organizations.

Secretary (Officer) – Misha Flores (term 1 year 2)

I joined the board in 2017, and served as Secretary for two years. I was appointed Communications Chair in 2019 and continue in this role to manage our newsletter and website. I earned my BFA in Painting with a minor in Photography in 2006 from Texas Woman’s University. I have won awards from the Voertman Competition, the Visual Arts Society of Texas, Goddard Arts Center, and received the AGP Member Show Excellence Award.  I previously had the rewarding work of volunteering in many other capacities—teaching yoga to female inmates, facilitating a Thich Nhat Hanh meditation group and acting on their board, giving out groceries at a food pantry, teaching art to refugee children, caring for pinnipeds at The Marine Mammal Center, and painting signs for The Pacific Beach Coalition’s events. The last few years, I have focused mostly on volunteering with AGP. I am honored to help people to keep creating and sharing their art.

Kind regards,

Your 2023 Board:

Linette Morales- President, Liaison to SAC Board, Member and Exhibition Show Coordinator

Michele Trausch-Vice President, Liaison to SAC Board

Misha Flores- Communications Chair, Secretary

Daniele Derenzi- Treasurer, Gallery Store, Artists Gathering, Facebook, Winter Art Faire

Co-Coordinator

Bonnie Miller- Immediate Past President, Liaison to SAC Board, 2023 Election Chair

Nancy Russell- West Gallery Chair

Kathy Miller- Membership Chair

Kristina Ayala- At Large Member, Winter Art Fair Co-Coordinator

Arthur Takayama- SAC Board President

65th Annual Member Show

 

Art Guild of Pacifica Celebrates Local Artists with their “65th Annual Members Show”

Opening Friday, Oct 20, with a reception from 7 to 9 pm, the Art Guild of Pacifica will be celebrating local artists with their 65th Annual Members Show! Nearly 100 artists submitted a work for this year’s exhibition. Beginning in 1958, the Guild originally only exhibited paintings and sculpture; since those early years, the diversity of mediums has expanded and now includes printmaking, jewelry, photography, assemblage, drawing, fiber, ceramics, mixed media and more, in addition to paintings in oil, acrylic, and watercolor and sculpture created from a variety of materials. Live music will be provided at the reception by Tonal Recall (John Hall, Patti Cobb, and Phil McGee) blending their voices and talents to perform classic rock and a wide selection of soulful songs from artists ranging from Indigo Girls to The Temptations. Nancy Mizuno Elliott, City College of San Francisco art professor and curator for the college art gallery, will be selecting this year’s merit and exhibition award winners.

Featured concurrently in the Main Gallery are the 64th Awards Exhibition artists, Francoise Kirkman, Andrew Leone, Beverly Patterson, and Dan Underhill. The Exhibition Award artists, including last year’s judge Paul Bridenbaugh, Skyline College art professor, who visited each artist to select the works for the Awards Exhibition, will take part in an artists’ conversation on Sunday, Oct 29 at 3:30 pm in the Main Gallery.

Both the 65th Annual Members Show and the 64th Annual Awards Exhibition will be on view through Sunday, Nov 19.

Francoise Kirkman née Dudal is a long time Bay Area artist, known for her whimsical creations and artwork. Born in northern France, Francoise studied art in Paris and began her career as an illustrator of children’s books for Larousse publishing company. Though her career evolved into creating three dimensional work, her love of illustration has stayed with her. Moving to the United States, she worked as an art director and creative designer for Sunset Magazine in Menlo Park. Her role at Sunset allowed her the freedom to explore with extensively diverse materials, earning her a reputation for her rich imagination and ability to make ideas come to life. Selected works include Jack Rabbit, a needle felted fleece wool sculpture, and others from Ms. Kirkman’s personal menagerie. The three dimensional pieces are accompanied by charming watercolors that are original artworks included in the children’s cookbook, “You’ve Got Recipes”, copies of which will also be available for purchase.

Andrew Leone is a painter, printmaker, glass artist, and instructor who taught painting and drawing at City College of San Francisco for over 17 years. At age eleven, Leone had private lessons in oil painting that began a life-long creative adventure. As one of the founders of Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica, CA, he helped create a place where artists, art, and the community could come together and thrive. For this exhibition, the works collectively titled “Family Ties” are a series of portraits focused solely on family members. Experimenting with different painting approaches and styles, Leone reveals something unique about the character of each family member; the composition, colors and energy of the paintings are guided by this purpose. His method was intuitive and unplanned, likening the journey for each as walking down a path hoping to arrive at an illuminating discovery. Drawing inspiration from several years of caring for his elderly parents and then settling their estate after their passing, Leone spent time reassessing family connections and their influences on him. The artist notes, “When I honor my ancestors, when I paint them, it acknowledges these connections in a way that allows me to look more deeply at who I am. Family is always a part of me, whether they are near or far, alive or deceased.”

Beverly Patterson is a full-time artist and graphic designer based in San Francisco. Informed by her art and architecture-focused education and over two decades as a professional graphic designer, her work reflects her fascination with perception, patterns, geometry, history and culture. Her favored creative zone is exploring where structure and the unanticipated converge and finding delight in the moments when their interaction strengthens the awareness and perception of one another. Presenting a set of 3D artwork, a collaboration between Patterson and her sister, poet Barb Campbell, they delve into the questions of: “What does it mean for our future to have “smart” machines that can imitate, and in some cases, replace us? What is lost or gained in the flat world of digital interactions and artificial intelligence? How can real-life human creativity continue to thrive?” The resulting collection is tied together by the four elements of matter: earth, water, air and fire. They also straddle a tight walk as they traverse the edge where left and right brain meet. The intent is that the interaction with these 3D artworks further enhances the experience of the poetry. Built in are elements of surprise that reveal themselves and reward viewers who take the time to interact with the artwork. It is an important aspect of this work that it can only be truly experienced in person. This artwork engages with what makes us human and separates us from the machines – our emotions, imaginations, self-awareness and physical bodies. Also included in the show is “6 Feet of Separation”, a project celebrating personal interaction.

Dan Underhill notes that he’s done artwork for as long as he can remember. He was frequently praised for it, and was told when quite little that he was an artist – and he bought into that. At 16 years of age, during the summer of his sophomore year in high school, he spent a month studying art with his uncle, artist Robert J. Lee, in Carmel, New York. Introduced to a wide variety of artists and illustrators, he learned many things. In high school, art — both fine and applied — provided a refuge from other courses and behaviors. The summer of his junior year in high school, Underhill received a scholarship to the San Francisco Academy of Art, where he studied industrial product rendering, some photography, and figure drawing. He’s continued his practice in a wide variety of mediums ever since. For this exhibition, Dan’s works are created with overglaze on utilitarian porcelain (aka toilet tank tops). “Patience” the artwork for which he received the Exhibition Award, was created on a tank top of a newer design – with a hole in the center for buttons that operate the flush mechanism – providing an opportunity to incorporate a 3D element to the piece…. the hat of a porcelain gnome found at the dollar store. Themes for the works range from abstractions to nature, portraits to a nod to tattoo art. Many involve the creative process of seeing where a piece takes the artist, such as “Having at the Rolling Doughnuts”, that came from playing with a particular brush technique and viscosity of the overglaze.

Sanchez Art Center is located at 1220 Linda Mar Blvd, Pacifica, about a mile east of Highway 1. Following opening night, galleries are open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 1–5 pm, and by appointment, through Nov 19. For more information: www.SanchezArtCenter.org or email info@SanchezArtCenter.org. Visit the Art Guild of Pacifica website (www.ArtGuildofPacifica.org) to learn more about AGP including how to become a member and it’s benefits.

June Art Gathering

Artist Gathering

Wednesday – June 21st

7pm – Main Gallery

What’s Your Brand?

Members please join us as we discuss developing your brand as an artist. It is important for others to recognize you as artist and your art. Whether you have an established brand you have been working with or if you are just beginning to form one, it is important to know yourself as an artist, your style, and how you get your work out to the public. Also, we will discuss ways to build your brand to help grow your career and grow your audience.

What’s Coming Up?

We have posted our newest Call for Entry form, for our next show theme, Sea and Forest:

CFE Here.

Also, we wanted to take a moment to congratulate three of our members who made it into the Left Coast Annual exhibit! They are Emily Holland, Deborah Corsini and Barbara Kibbe. Great job, Folks! That show will of course be at Sanchez Art Center, from April 14 to May 21. 

Also our member Andrew Leone has another show coming up at City College, THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE & ….” an exhibit of paintings and prints. It runs April 3 – May 11. 

RECEPTION: Wed., April 26th,  5:30 to 7:30pm

City Gallery at City College of San Francisco

50 Frida Kahlo Way SF in the Visual Arts Bld

https://www.ccsf.edu/about/our-locations/map/visual-arts

Gallery hours: Mon 12-3 and 6-7, Tues 2-6, Wed 12-5:30, Thurs 11-5:30

 

 

Gathering: The Artist’s To-Do List

Our Next Art Gathering:
The Artist’s To-Do List

Wednesday – March 15th
7pm – Main Gallery

As an artist, having a to-do list could be a roadblock, or create the freedom of wide open spaces. It depends on how you look at it. Creating art takes time, being a working artist takes time, and we manage that is important for our success and well-being. Next Wednesday evening, join us as we discuss our own routines, tips to make your time more efficient, establishing new routines, working through setbacks, and managing bursts of creativity.

Member News: Painting Demo By Sheila Finch

Member Shelia Finch will give a painting demo this Saturday at the Burlingame Art Society, during their monthly meeting, a really nice group of artists and art lovers. All are welcome!

Burlingame Art Society
Burlingame Community Center, 2nd Floor
850 Burlingame Ave.
Burlingame, CA 94010

Saturday, March 11th from 1:30 – 4:00 pm

Here’s a link to the BAS website:
https://www.burlingameartsociety.org/