Our presenter for this meeting will be watercolor artist Jean Uhl Spicer.  Jean's floral and landscape paintings reflect her love of color and design.  She is noted for her use of transparent pigments. Jean studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, majoring in Illustration and became a designer for Rose Greeting Card Company. She now teaches workshops both nationally and internationally. Jean is a member of numerous Watercolor Societies including: the American, National and Philadelphia Societies, and the Catherine Lorillard Wolf Art Club. She has won many awards in national competitions. Her work has been published in the books: American Artist - Watercolor, Watercolor for the Serious Beginner, Splash #5, The Best of Flower Painting 2 and Bright and Beautiful Flowers in Watercolor. To see some of her work go to the members’ gallery at: www.clwac.org.

CLUB NEWS

Dates to Remember:

Board Meetings – Monday, May 19 and September 15 at 9:30 a.m., Bethlehem Public Library.

September Membership Meeting - Wednesday, September 17, 7:00 p.m.

Come to our Plein Air Group Paint-Outs this year.  Members gather on Wednesday mornings, at beautiful locations in the Lehigh Valley area, such as, the Burnside Plantation in Bethlehem and Bogart's Bridge in Allentown. Call Ed Klova for more information.  Our Plein Air Group will have an Exhibit at the Heller Homestead from October 2 through November 30.

BPC Juried Fall Exhibit at Lehigh University’s Mountaintop Gallery – October 20 through December 14. The Closing Reception will be on December 14, 2 to 4 p.m. Delivery: October 18.

Judy Antonelli Watercolor and Mixed Media Workshop – October 22 to 24.

Our Club will have a display booth featuring our organization at the Hellertown Farmers’ Market on July 20. A non-profit and for-profit organization is featured there each week. The market is open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Sunday from May through November and this year has moved to Water Street Park, just outside of Hellertown, near the Heller Homestead

The Bethlehem Palette Club is the recipient of a $900 grant by the Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission. We are grateful to Sandra Corpora, who applied for a grant to help fund our three art exhibitions during the next club year. Bernie Tyler and Louise Cosgrove will be attending the awards luncheon on May 9 at the Hotel Bethlehem to receive the award.

The committee of the Moravian Exhibit regrets that so many paintings had to be eliminated. The facility only holds approximately 50 pieces comfortably. When we decided to allow two submissions in order to have a strong show, we didn’t expect 99 submissions. Therefore, almost half had to be rejected, not because of quality, but because of numbers. We learned a lesson and hope we have not discouraged our members (especially our new members) not to enter shows in the future. Our criteria for future shows will be that in small venues we only allow one entry and in larger venues like the Allentown Art Museum and the Lehigh Mountain Top Gallery we allow one or two entries. It was an obvious strain on the juror to cut out so many excellent pieces. Please don’t be discouraged if your work was not accepted. The next show will be at the Mountain Top Gallery of Lehigh University in October. Enter those lovely paintings that were not accepted at Moravian. Also, we will be able to allow larger pieces in that show

A message from our Palette Club President, Sandy Corpora:
“As outgoing president, I want to thank all the club members for their membership and their involvement in the Bethlehem Palette Club. It's been a privilege to be part of the biggest and best art organization in the Lehigh Valley. I've been proud of the quality of the programs and workshops and activities we offer, the exhibits are first rate and our website is outstanding. Now with our annual members’ booklet, everyone has better information and access to other members. Please do what you can to get involved; it's fun and enriching. Thank you.”

Our Palette Club members would like to thank Sandra Corpora for an excellent job on leading our club over the past two years. And, to the outgoing Board members: Adolf Klova and Bernie Tyler, as well as all our club’s officers, board members, committee chairs and all those club members who helped us during the year. Your tireless effort and devotion to the club is greatly appreciated.

The new slate of officers starting in September is: Linda Anderson, President; Li-Hsien Price, Vice President; Wayne Strader, Treasurer; Phyllis Facchiano, Secretary. And three new board members

Fran Roseman, Sharon Hergenrother and Li-Hsien Price. We are grateful to them for accepting these positions.

 MEMBER NEWS
Award winners at our Spring Moravian Show were: First – Richard T. Farmer; Second – Karen Keim; Third – Sharon Hamilton; Fourth – Pat Delluva; Fifth – Edith M. Roeder; Sixth – Louise Arlen Cosgrove; Seventh – Jill Peckelun. Honorable Mentions were: Ned Bowne and Sandra Corpora. The juror was Matthew Daub, professor of Fine Art at Kutztown University. We thank all our members who helped to make this show possible, especially coordinator, Louise Cosgrove.

In April, Betty Allender exhibited her paintings at the Lower Macungie Library. Agnes Boyle exhibited her paintings at the Art Schneck Optical Co. in Emmaus.

Michelle Strader had a sculpture accepted into a national juried group exhibit by the Somerset Art Association in Bedminster, NJ.  The “Cirque d’Art” exhibit runs through May 31. Open House is Sat., May 31, Noon to 4 pm.  More information is posted on www.somersetart.org/specialevents. 

Lucienne Rapaport has a show at Westminster Village, 803 N. Wahneta St., Allentown through May 30.

Pam Bayliss and Clair Davis are exhibiting their work at the Falk’s Gallery, 1418 Main Street, Hellertown, through June 29.  Mary Lou Cummings will be exhibiting her work there July 1 through September 30. Open Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday 9 until Noon. Call 610-838-9191.

 Amanda Melhem and Deborah Miller are having an exhibit “Fairies and Fantasy” May 4 to 31. It is at the Standard, which is an Upscale Restaurant and Martini Bar in downtown Easton right on the circle next to Pearly Bakers. Hours are 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Interested in an exhibit email:amanda.melhem@gmail.com.

Marianne Brady, Vivian Fitzsimons, and Ruth Sutherland are exhibiting their paintings along with instructor Bernie Tyler and the Society Hill Art Group at the Heller Homestead Gallery, 1890-92 Friedensville Rd. Lower Saucon, May 17 through July 27. Reception: Monday, June 9, 7 - 9 p.m. Jennifer Adams will exhibit there August 2 through September 28. Reception: Thursday, August 7, 7 – 9 p.m. All are welcome!  Summer hours for the gallery are Sat. 1 to 4 p.m. and Sun., Noon to 3 p.m.

Paul McGinn is exhibiting his work at Stover Mill, River Road, Erwinna, PA from May 31 through June 22. Reception: May 31, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Hours: Saturday and Sunday only: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 610-847-6021.

Sook Hyun Kim is having a one-artist-show at the Bethlehem City Rotunda June 1 through June 25. The Reception is Sunday, June 1 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Congratulations to all!

CALL FOR ARTISTS
West Park Art-in-the-Park show in Allentown on June 21, is seeking artists. The entry fee is $45. For an application write Art-in-the-Park, 1640 W. Turner St., Allentown or call 610-434-0657, or visit www.westpark-ca.org. Deadline is June 13.

The Falk Funeral Home, 1418 Main Street, Hellertown is seeking artists for their gallery. This beautiful light-filled gallery holds about 12 paintings. Paintings are hung on a two or three month rotation. One or two artists’ are needed for October. Call Fran at 610-838-7355.

OTHER
The Morning Call’s Masterpiece Series: Lehigh Valley Landscapes Juried Art Exhibit is at the Baum School of Art, 510 Linden St. Allentown May 20 to May 24. Hours: Mon. to Sat. mornings; Mon.- Thurs till 9:30 PM; Fri. till 5 PM. Opening Reception and unveiling of the top ten: May 20, 5 to 7 PM.  Three prize winners will be announced at Mayfair May 24, 3 pm. A few of our members are in the show.

Art of the Miniature at the Snow Goose Gallery, 470 Main St. Bethlehem through June 7 featuring 298 fine art miniatures by 51 artists from around the world.

Time for Tea-Celebrating the Art of Tea Juried Exhibit at the Ambré Studio, 310 W. Broad St. Bethlehem 610-428-2484. Hours: Wed.- Fri. 10 AM to 5 PM. Opening Reception and Awards: Thurs., May 15, 6 – 9 PM.  Reception and Antique Teapot Auction Preview: Sat., May 24, Noon – 4 PM, Gallery Talk: 1 PM  by Dr. Jill Furst “The Art and History of Tea”. Closing Reception with Teapot Preview and Auction: Fri., July 18, 6 PM, Auction 7 PM.

In Bloom Exhibit at Monsoon, 11 E. Third St. Bethlehem through July 9 with works by Ann Schlegel, Nava Mentkow and Kate Birch.

A painting tip from artist Elizabeth Mowry - Pastel Journal 2/05

“Keep the subject simple. A painting of one exquisite idea about nature will have more impact than a painted collection of separate components that just happen to be there.“