Bay Area Artists’ Association ~ President’s Message Feb. 2012
(***The President’s Message is included in the monthly Bay Area Artists’ Association Newsletter. I will be posting it here on my blog, so that readers of my blog and/or the BAAA Newsletter can provide feedback, comments, and ideas regarding the Message.***)
Did you know
- $45 is the cost of an Individual Membership at the Coos Art Museum (CAM)?
- $25 is the cost of an Individual Membership for the Bay Area Artists’ Association (BAAA)?
- if you are a BAAA Member, you only have to pay $20 for a CAM Membership?
- BAAA Members receive discounts at local art merchants such as Art Connection, Easy Lane Frames and Bandon Artists’ Supply Store?
- that we have our own library of 100+ books that is housed in the Coos Art Museum Classroom?
- there are four BAAA Art Shows scheduled for this year?
- BAAA is open to all art forms, genres, media, styles, skill levels, and artistic goals?
- we have Programs with demos and/or hands-on projects at each of our monthly BAAA Meetings?
- that our monthly BAAA Meetings are now being held at Pony Village Mall in the space next to the Heritage Textile Guild?
- BAAA meetings are held the second Saturday of every month?
- you don’t have to live in the Coos Bay – North Bend “Bay Area” to be part of BAAA?
- from small tasks to large projects, that there are many ways you can help BAAA?
- we have a website: www.bayareaartistsassociation.com?
Do you have questions or would you like to know more about any of the above? Contact me.
Do you have ideas, suggestions, yes, even complaints? Contact me.
Are you interested in “Learning How To See”? Then be sure to come to the next BAAA Meeting on Saturday, February 11th, where our Program by local artist, Pamela Rose Hughes, will help us do just that.
~ Stephanie (S L) Donaldson
ph: 541.404.9511
email: info@sldonaldsonfineart.com
****And a very special announcement that did not make it into this month’s Newsletter…. the Bay Area Artists’ Association now has its very own Facebook Page…. be sure to ‘Like’ the page to stay updated on the most current announcements about programs and events!****
Hanging “Ontogeny” ~ the good, the bad
Highlights (& lowlights) from the last day of 2011…..
I pack and load the car with the 10 paintings in the “Ontogeny” series (5 ~ 16×20, 5 ~ 11×14).
I decide at the last minute to grab an 11th, an older painting which some of you might already be familiar with, 
”Marching Orders”. It happens to also be 16×20, the importance of which I will soon share with you. Figured that the layout of the room (three walls, each a different length) might require an “extra” piece of art, perhaps to be paired with my artist’s bio.
I unwrap the artwork, not all of the artwork mind you, because ‘clever me’ (***said with sarcasm***) decided it would be okay to wrap every other one, leaving the 2nd, 4th, etc. paintings unwrapped. Bad form. Bad, bad form. Because even though 9 out of the 10 paintings were unscathed upon arrival, one frame managed to get so scratched up I actually let out a screech when I saw it.
And so my chicken painting came to the rescue of my frog painting.
Thankfully, I had also decided to take my point driver and needle nose pliers, both of which I don’t typically have along for hanging a show. I did a quick switcheroo of the frames and hung the frog painting on the wall with the bio next to it. I packed up the damaged frame and chicken painting, and headed out the door thankful that a last-minute decision proved invaluable.
