Welcome to a new season of the Bethlehem Palette Club
Our goal: to help area artists come together socially, do a little networking, and stimulate their creative energy through art presentations and workshops. The next meeting will be held WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, at 7:00 PM at the Banana Factory on 25 West Third Street, Bethlehem.  If the parking lot is full, there is metered parking in the parking garage on Second Street behind the Banana Factory, in the building that houses Starters Restaurant.

Our presenter for this meeting will be artist Jim Himsworth, who has worked as a portrait painter, illustrator and fine artist. He will be demonstrating a portrait in oil. He has studied at the Philadelphia College of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Arts, and the Studio Incamminati under Nelson Shanks. Among the clients he has illustrated for are: The Franklin Mint, The Opera Company of Philadelphia and Ariel Books. He was Head Illustrator for Dimensions (a needlecraft company). He has won awards for his paintings including First Prize in the American Society of Portrait Artist’s 2001 International Competition. He is a member of the Portrait Society of America and the Philadelphia Sketch Club. Jim teaches portrait painting and life drawing at his home studio in Perkasie, PA.

Club Members, please share with us any work you may have done over the summer, on trips, paint-outs, or at workshops you have attended. You may line them up against the wall on the side of our meeting room.

CLUB NEWS
Dates to Remember:

Board Meeting – September 13 and October 18 at 9:30 a.m. Sovereign Bank, 926 Eaton Ave., Bethlehem.

October Membership Meeting – Wednesday, October 20, 7:00 p.m.

November Membership Meeting has been changed to SUNDAY, NOVEMBER, 21, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

BPC Fall Juried Exhibition at the Banana Factory – Sept. 11 to Nov. 14. Gallery Hours: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Delivery: Tuesday, Sept. 7, 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m, Crayola Gallery. Reception: Friday, Oct. 1, 6 – 9 p.m.
End of show pick-up, Monday, Nov. 15, noon to 2 p.m.

Graystones Preserve Trip – October 6 and 7 (raindate: October 13 and 14).

Watercolor Workshop with Nancy Barch – October 19, 20, 21.

BPC All-Member Exhibit at Rotunda – Drop-off: November 8. Reception: January 9, 2-4 p.m.

BPC Christmas Party at the Banana Factory – December 15.

Charcoal Drawing Workshop with Simon Mauer – Saturday, March 26.

Painting Animals in Oil Workshop with Ellen Gavin – Saturday, April 30.

BPC Spring Juried Exhibition at Moravian – May 17.

Come and enjoy our Summer Paint-outs on Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. We still have some beautiful warm days left before cold weather starts. Locations are: 9/1 Flint Hill Farm (Coopersburg), 9/8 Heller Homestead (off RT 412 in Hellertown), 9/15 Wagner Grist Mill (Hellertown), 9/22 Saucon Park (off RT 412 in Bethlehem), 9/29 Lutz-Franklin One-Room Schoolhouse (Country Side Lane, Lower Saucon), 10/6 Graystones Preserve (Poconos), 10/13 Cumming’s Farm (Lenhartsville). Locations and directions were in the April newsletter.

Bethlehem Palette Club High School Art Awards. Teachers chose Theresa Byrnes $100 and Carissa Yost $100 from Freedom High School, and Julio Altagracia $200 from Vo-Tech. We thank Ruth Sutherland, who has worked on this program through the years.

MEMBER NEWS
Please try to attend and support our fellow artists at their receptions and exhibits.

Ed Havas was Artist-in-Residence at Bethlehem’s Juried Fine Arts and Craft show in May.

BPC members who won awards in Allentown’s June Art-in-the-Park Festival were: First Place in Watercolor: Bernie Tyler, Second Place: Ed Klova, Third Place: Sylvia Roth, Honorable Mention: Jan Ciganick. Oil and Acrylic winners were: First Place: Cece Tucker, Third Place: Edith Roeder.

Virginia Tabor and Janet Dean exhibited their work in the Lehigh Art Alliance President’s Exhibition in July at the Baum School of Art.

Cathy Rhoades had an exhibition at the Mitchell Center of Emmaus in August.

Mary and Ralph Lahr exhibited their watercolors at the Nazareth Center for the Arts in August.

Jill Peckelun won first place at the Kutztown Alfresco Plein Air Event this year. Her work was accepted in the Lehigh Art Alliance Summer Exhibition at Muhlenberg. This year she participated in Bethlehem’s Art Walk.

Connie Gilbert and Jill Peckelun’s exhibit “Complementary Colors” was at the Bethlehem City Rotunda Gallery July through August.

Li-hsien Price had a painting accepted into the 28^th Ellarslie Open Juried show, sponsored by the Trenton Museum Society in April through June. Her piece was awarded Honorable Mention. In June she was awarded an Honorable Mention at the Arts Bridge 16^th Annual Juried Show.

Bernie Tyler and Li-hsien Price have an exhibit at Moravian Village in Bethlehem July through Sept. 30.

Frances Roseman is exhibiting her paintings at the Heller Homestead Gallery, 1890 Friedensville Rd. Bethlehem (off 412 at Water St. in Hellertown) through October 31.  Fall gallery hours are Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. and Sundays, 12 - 3 p.m. The Homestead has just been listed on the National Registry of Historical Places.

Will Daskal was recently a guest demonstration artist at the Pocono Mountains Art Group. Sept. 28, he will give a watercolor demo for the Paint Box Art Club. This Spring & Summer he taught several watercolor classes for the Pocono Arts Council in Stroudsburg, and 3 plein air painting workshops across the Pocono Mountains. He teaches a weekly watercolor class for the inmates of Monroe County Correctional Facility on Friday afternoons, and ongoing private watercolor classes at his new home studio/classroom. Will served as lead instructor for the Pocono Watercolor Associates’ Summer Watercolor Workshops in Tannersville, and had a fun-filled workshop on how to add playful incidental figures to watercolor paintings. In mid-Aug., he was one of 12 artists included in the Pocono's ART MEANDER, and Aug. 16, he was unanimously selected to serve as the new Executive Director of Poconos Art Meander. In June, he was re-elected as Vice President of Pocono Watercolor Associates and is Treasurer of the Pocono Mountains Art Group. In Aug., two of his paintings were in the Clymer Library Art Show, and six of his new watercolor paintings were at the annual Gilbert West End Fair. Will was a featured artist at the ARTSPACE Gallery in Stroudsburg, His work appears there June through Nov. http://www.WillDaskal.com. 

Congratulations to all!

Jacqueline Meyerson, PSA is teaching Pastel Workshops at Blick Art Materials Store. Six week classes. Morning classes 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, Evening classes 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Beginners welcome! Call 610-336-0589 to register and get supply list.

Tina Madonia is teaching Oil and Acrylic classes at Blick Art Materials Store. Limited 7 students per class. $85/six-week session. Preregister: 610-262-6844, or on her new website and blog: www.tmadonia.net, or www.blogspot.com. New class for beginners!

Ed Havas will have his Shawnee Workshop on Tuesday, November 16 through Friday, November 19, 2010.  They have reserved the beautiful Payette Room again for the painting/learning/having fun.  For further information, please contact Judy Havas, 610-317-8361.
 

OTHER
Dick Blick’s 100^th Anniversary Plein Air Painting Contest at the Riverside Festival of the Arts, September 18 & 19. Applications at Connexions Gallery, or go to EastonRiversideFest.com. To enter send $10 check made out to the Artist Community of Easton (ACE), PO Box 465, Easton, PA 18044, with note “Dick Blick Plein Air”. Pick up your 11”x 14” canvas at the Dick Blick booth Saturday and paint your favorite Easton scene. Over $500 in prizes for the top 3 paintings awarded on Sunday.

Southern Lehigh Public Library - Annual Juried Art Show: any media 2D, no photography, Sept. 27 to Nov. 8, delivery Sept. 25, 12 to 4 p.m. You may submit 2 works; wired frames not to exceed 34”L or 24” W. Library requests 15% on sales. www.solehipl.org  

The Bethlehem Fine Arts Committee is sponsoring another paint-out called “Southside Vistas” on October 2 from 10:00 to 4:00. 

Grumbacher paint is looking for accomplished artists nationally who can teach workshops at a major retailer. Compensation is $100 for a one to four hour workshop per store per month. If you or anyone you know are interested, please contact Jen Kopec at: jkopec@Chartpak.com or 1(800)628-1910 x462 for details.

Have problems with your computer?  Austin Whited, BPC member Andrew Wiesner’s son, can help you with it. Call Austin Whited at 410-916-5277, Austin@bigslky.cc.  Repairs and builds computers (builds are cheaper for performance at a better price), network setup and maintenance, quality service, low price.

Workshop with David Garrison (landscape) & Cecile Houel (portrait) in Soft Pastel, Signature Members of Pastel Society of America. Date: 9/14 & 9/15, 9:30 - 4:30, $275 ($150 deposit), Folkwerks, 121 S. Main St., Alburtis, PA. Call Peg McCormack, 610-965-1432 for more information. Also see, www.david-garrison.com, www.cecile-houel.com.

TIDBITS
When you learn a dance you practice and practice until your muscle memory takes over, you barely think about the steps and just perform with emotion and expression. The same must be true for people who play an instrument, sing, or play a sport – after much practice one can then tap into instinct. The same must be true for artists who practice every day.         J. Roberts