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Please join us on Zoom as we discuss balancing how to work social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook to grow and enhance your art. It is important to as an artist to have an audience and, in this day and age, we have the whole world in our hands! We will walk through the basics of showcasing your art and growing an audience.

You do not need to be on any of these platforms already to learn how they can help you. In fact, we hope that if you aren’t, this will be a start to getting you there. It is a balancing act, but it can greatly work in your benefit!

For your convenience, there will be two meeting times to choose from:

Wednesday, March 3rd at 7pm 

Sunday, March 7th at 11am 

Meeting details to come in an email next week. 

Alan Firestone’s award winning piece.

Dear AGP Members,  We hope you had a good holiday season, and that this message finds you healthy and safe! Call For Entry  Time to dive in with our first show of the new year, Perspective.  Click Here for entry form. Appointments will be necessary for drop off and pickup, we will send you an email with a link closer to time. Receiving – Sun 1/31/2021 & Mon 2/1/2021 – appointment times to be announced Return – Sun, March 21 and Mon, March 22, times to be announced Renew Membership – It’s still a low $25 for the calendar year! Click Here or mail your check to Art Guild of Pacifica, PO Box 582, Pacifica, 94044 Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your Perspective!

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Detail from Dwight Long’s award winning piece.

Dear AGP Members,

We kept art alive despite a pandemic this year! We continued our mission to increase the awareness and appreciation of artists and their works. Here’s a quick summary of our December 9 Members Meeting. Minutes will be posted to our website in January. 

Renew Membership – It’s still a low $25 for the calendar year. Click Here or mail your check to Art Guild of Pacifica, PO Box 582, Pacifica, 94044

Thank you 2020 Board https://artguildofpacifica.org/about-us/

• Bonnie Miller, President
• Misha Flores, Vice President, also Communications Chair
• Jennifer Alpaugh, Secretary
• Linette Morales, Member at Large
• Daniele Derenzi, Treasurer, also Gallery Store and Artist Gatherings
• Michelle Trausch, Liaison to SAC Board
• Gale Frances, Liaison to SAC Board
• Kathy Miller, Membership
• Nancy Russell, West Gallery Chair
• Charlotte Seekamp, Immediate Past President, also Gallery Staffing Chair
• Arthur Takayama, SAC Board President

2020 Year in Review – Thank you for participating, and SAC staff for pivoting to pandemic conditions

• 157 members
• 3 non-juried West Gallery shows featured134 entries and 1^st ever virtual galleries
• 1^st virtual pop-up show on Facebook with 13 entries
• 62^nd Annual Members show featured 84 entries and 1^st ever virtual Artists Talk with 43 attendees
• 230 hours of Gallery Staffers plus Key Persons kept the Galleries open. Vouchers of appreciation were given when we had to close Galleries
• Artist Gatherings – 1 in Main Gallery and 1 virtual
• Launched AGP hashtags
• Shop on a Shelf –active with each show
• Reserves still strong despite less shows and income – $4,948 
• Board Meetings converted to virtual
• Governance and infrastructure strengthened for our taxable California non-profit public benefit corporation- Board training, new online archive, updated filings and insurance
• Renewed our lease with City and updated the AGP/SAC Operating Agreement
• Organized and inventoried the AGP/SAC shared library of 824 books

 2021 AGP Shows and Events – subject to health and safety mandates

• 3 non-juried West Gallery shows – Feb 12/Perspective, June 4/About Face, July 16/ Restructured
• 63^rd Annual Members Show Oct 29
• Winter Art Fair Dec16-18 weekend
• Artists Gatherings -dates TBD, suggest topics – contact Danielesphotos@msn.com
• Other pop-up events -TBD
• Shop on a Shelf –interest in selling – contact Danielesphotos@msn.com

Meet Your 2021 Board

Unanimous vote for uncontested slate: 

• Bonnie Miller, President (officer) 2^nd term
• Linette Morales, Vice President (officer),
• Michele Trausch, Secretary (officer)
• Parva Zarei, Member at Large

Appointees:

• Daniele Derenzi, Treasurer (officer)
• Michelle Trausch, SAC Board Liaison
• Gale Frances, SAC Board Liaison
• Kathy Miller, Membership
• Misha Flores, Communications
• Nancy Russell, West Gallery Co-Chair
• Jennifer Alpaugh, WG Co-Chair

Continuing:

• Charlotte Seekamp, Immediate Past President, also Gallery Staffing Chair
• Arthur Takayama, SAC Board President

Questions, comments, suggestions, interested in volunteering? Contact agp.artguild@gmail.com

See you in 2021

Bonnie Miller

Detail from Sheldon Yee’s award winning piece

The Annual Member Meeting is coming right up on Wednesday December 9th at 7pm! All are invited to attend, though only current 2020 members may vote. We will be voting on some of this year’s guild board.

You must have the Zoom app installed in order to participate. Members see your email for meeting details. Non-members can contact us at agp.artguild@gmail.com for login information. Please try to login 5 minutes early so that we may begin on time.

Congratulations to the Merit Award Winners!

Alice Kelmon

Charles McDevitt

Dwight Long

Riitta Herwitz

Chris Darst

Jude Pittman

Jan Michaels

Congratulations also to the Award of Excellence/Exhibition Award Winners!

Alan Firestone

Misha Flores

Tanya Lin

Sheldon R. Yee

The work is on the walls and it’s looking beautiful! The exhibit opens November 6th, this Friday, and will run through December 13th. Due to COVID restrictions we cannot have a reception.

Appointments are required, but making an appointment is quick and easy online!

To make an appointment, just CLICK HERE.

We hope to see you soon!

In Memoriam for Beth Tocher

Written by Linda Dever

This is a tribute to long time member Elizabeth (Beth) Tocher who passed away after a long illness on 5/11/20. Beth was featured in The American Collector book, at various Galleries in San Francisco, and the ArtWork artists group. She exhibited in most of our Art Guild of Pacifica shows and was often a gallery sitter.

She was born in Upper New York on August 14. I met Beth in 1987 when we both taught ESL at Westmore High School. She quickly became a close friend. We enjoyed many walks together at Pacifica Pier.
Beth produced over 100 paintings which showcased her unusual abstract surrealistic style. Her vibrant color was amazing. Although quiet and reserved she was very sweet, kind, witty, and intelligent. As my closest friend we shared showing our art together often.

We will miss you and I am sure you are painting rainbows up in heaven. I love you Beth. RIP.

Abstract with Trees
Beth Tocher

Hello, Art Guild,

Our annual voting of elected Board members will be during our virtual Annual
Member Meeting on Wed. Dec. 9th @ 7-8pm.

Charlotte Seekamp, Election Chair, announces the uncontested slate for 2021:

President (Officer) – Bonnie Miller 

I’m 2020 elected President, a long time AGP member, a Board member for several years including appointed Liaison to the SAC Board, appointed Bylaws Committee Chair 2014, and elected Vice President 2019. This year, we successfully pivoted AGP to virtual – galleries for our shows, our first popup show on Facebook, an Artist Gathering, and Board Meetings. I also led a review and update of our organizational infrastructure including legal and government filings, insurances, contracts, and archives; and led a board governance training.  I like to experiment with different mediums in my artwork, most recently making miniature books, and have exhibited at AGP and elsewhere. I consult in clinical research management and compliance, maintain my RN license, and was Pacifica CERT trained in February.

Vice President (Officer) – Linette Morales

I’m an artist with a BA in Studio Arts. I worked at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco becoming the Interim Gallery Coordinator before joining the Sanchez Art Center and becoming Operations Coordinator. Contributions at SAC included Street Team for promoting arts events, Facebook Group page for participating 50|50 artists, 50|50 exhibition program, and community art events. During my first year on the AGP Board as appointed At Large AGP member, I coordinated the first online popup exhibit and the Annual Member Show, and have brought fresh ideas for member engagement this year and next. I have received awards in Mission Cultural Center and Coastal Arts League exhibits, provided an image or illustrations in two publications, and contributed to the Dia de los Muertos Altar 2020, Calle 24 Historical District Organization San Francisco.

Hello, Art Guild,

We know there is a lot on everyone’s minds lately. Art may be the last thing on some of your minds. But art is a beautiful way to rise above these dark times, to maintain our dignity and celebrate what is wonderful about being human. No work is too small. No work is futile. Artists do not merely survive, we create beauty out of our struggle. It has never been more important to keep creating and sharing your vision. Now is the time to share your work!

Exhibit your artwork and celebrate our 62nd Annual Member Exhibit Nov 6 – Dec 13. DeWitt Cheng, art writer and independent curator, will select 4 Exhibition Awards showcased in the Main Gallery during next year’s Annual Members Exhibit, and additional cash awards.

Come to the virtual Artist Talk Sunday Nov. 22 when 2020 Awards will be acknowledged and 2019 Exhibition Awardees will be featured.

Call For Entry

Receiving – BY APPOINTMENT PREFERRED  10to8.com/book/sanchezartcenter/
Sat, Oct 24, 1-5 Sun, Oct 25, 1-5 Mon, Oct 26, 10-2.
You can drop off without an appointment, but those with an appointment will be given priority.

Gallery Hours – By appointment only. See link above. Fri, Sat, Sun 1-5 pm. (No opening reception.)

Thank you, Members! Be well, and please keep creating!