=> December NEWSLETTER <=
Board Meeting
Jan. 27, 10am-12pm
Santa Clara City Hall cafeteria
Everyone Welcome!
Save the date: January 18th Holiday Party. Details. Sign up on member's home page.
All our demos and workshops are held at the Historic Hoover Theater in San Jose unless otherwise noted. All demos begin at 1:30 pm and all Workshops start at 9:00 am.
Note: Please check below for last-minute changes to workshop and demo schedules before you attend.
Designing with watermedia and collage
Demo Sunday, January 12Workshop January 13-17
Watercolor Beyond the Obvious
No demoWorkshop Dates: Monday mornings for 10 weeks, from Jan. 20 to March 24 +/- a week or two.
Workshop hours: 9:00 am to 12:30 pm for lecture and critique. (Paint at home.)
Members and non-members are welcome to participate in our workshops.
Demos are free, and open to the public - everyone welcome!
Member Shows
People and Places
Los Altos Library, February
Registration begins Dec. 18 and ends Jan. 23rd. Plan now to enter!
SCVWS had three members shows in 2013: 46th Annual Member Show at the Rose Shenson Gallery in October, California Harvest Show in Morgan Hill during July and Cafe Ole Showin Los Altos in March. Click the link below to learn more about the shows and see the prize winners.
Other Exhibit Opportunities
Palo Alto Baylands Exhibit
March, April & May 2014
SCVWS members are invited to participate in the exhibit. Plein air paintsite leaders are organizing paintsites at the baylands on Saturday Nov. 16th and again on a Thursday in January.
Details: Other Exhbit Opportunites
Paintsites for Nov/Dec
Thursday Paintsites
Nov 21: Roberto-Sunol Adobe, San Jose
Dec 05: Natural Bridges State Beach and Seasonal Pot Luck
Dec 19: Santa Clara Civic Center Park, Statewide Painting Exhbition
As always, see your newsletter for full details and maps. Members may also see details from the members only page.
Weekend Paintsites
Dec 21: Japanese Friendship Garden at Kelley Park San Jose
Paintsite Blog
You can view recent paintings on our blog. Members can post their painting to the blog as well, by following instructions on the members only page.
Go to paintsite blog
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