Our September meeting was called to order by President Kabir Adajare. Before beginning the art critique several bits of business were addressed.
Kabir, with support from Walter Crew, pointed out that we still potentially have two shows for this year. In November, we are slated to hang a show at the Diablo Valley College Library. This would be followed by our annual show at the Aspen Surgery Center in John Muir Hospital.
FROgard Butler asked why our newsletter is published in the Members Only section of the website, and is not available public viewing. Mark Pemberton followed up by asking what had happened to his proposal of July 14 to eliminate the newsletter and to use the website blog to replace it. In general, the Board and attendees were favorably inclined to the two proposals and Kabir stated that it would be taken up at the next Board meeting.
Kabir then asked for a volunteer to take the open Vice President position that was created when he assumed the role of President. Glynda Dixon volunteered to fill that role.
Roz Zinns asked if it would be possible to increase the Crescent Street display period to 8 weeks, up from the current 5 weeks.
Kabir then brought forth the idea of EBAG sponsoring an Open Studios event. The idea was to have a coordinated event on one weekend when EBAG artists would open their studios to the public. This type of event has been used successfully by other artist organizations as a way to network and increase sales. It was acknowledged that it would take a lot of work and perhaps could be considered for next year. Kurt Vorheis and FRO volunteered to prepare an initial outline for the next meeting.
With business completed the Artist Critique was begun. FRO was the first artist to present. She showed a multi-colored, monoprint of a Greek windmill. This monoprint required 5 passes through the press, with a different color each time. Fro explained the alignment difficulties associated with doing 5 passes.
Martin Biro presented his “Chaco Canyon” oil painting, one of his Native American themed series. Martin was succeeded by Walter Crew who brought one of his nature paintings that he started 8 years ago and claims it is “still in process”.
Mark Pemberton presented one of his digital abstracts, titled “Political Landscape”. If you look at it closely you can find all sorts of political messages hidden in the curves of the abstract print. Suzanne Cerny followed with an interesting oil painting of a beach scene.
"Political Landscape" by Mark Pemberton - All Rights Reserved
Lila Strong presented a wonderful collage dedicated to Native North American art. Leslie Norgren showed off a necklace that she created. Roz Zinns then presented her painting of a person sitting in front of a building. Created using water soluble oils, the painting was based upon a photo taken in Portugal.
Kabir A. Adejare - All Rights Reserved
Kabir presented a 4’ x 3’ pen and ink creation showing 3 women and 1 man, in his usual, highly stylized, form. Although not yet finished, it was stunning, none-the-less.
"Family" by Kurt Vorheis - All Rights Reserved
Kurt Vorheis, who had been moderating the evenings presentation, was the last artist to present. His stainless steel “Family” abstract was quite interesting. I understand that he is now working of a 5 foot tall version of the Family.
It was a very full evening with lots of wonderful commentary associated with the artworks.
