La Jolla Art
Association eNews
January 26, 2006
The LJAA Lecture Series Presents:
The Artist's Guide to Digital Imaging
by Jim Respess
The Village Gallery
As
time goes by, the artist needs to interact more and more with a computer or
with someone with a computer. In this presentation, many examples of those
interactions will be discussed and demystified. Included in the discussion will
be: how to take digital (and non-digital) photos of your artwork; how to
prepare images for the web; how to prepare images for submission to shows; how
to get giclee'ss prepared. There will also be a short introduction into making
art using digital methods.
Jim
Respess is an artist, a Photoshop Guru and is the
owner of Green Flash Photography, a business dedicated to the production of
fine art photography and fine art reproduction (giclee) for artists and
photographers.
As
part of its outreach program, the LJAA sponsors a lecture each month on
subjects of interest to all types of artists. These lectures are free and open
to the public at the LJAA Village Gallery in
All
lectures are on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, and run from
LJAA 2005 Outreach Programs
The
La Jolla Art Association engages in a variety of community service and outreach
programs annually. Highlights of our events for 2005 included:
26th
Annual All County Awards Show, coordinated by Luanna Schwartz, in January. In
February,
In
July, LJAA members displayed their work in the La Jolla Riford Library. Caroline
Morse coordinated this exhibit. Also in July, LJAA sponsored a juried Digital Art
Show, coordinated by Jim Respess. Our venture into the Balboa Park area with an
exhibit of member's work at Spanish Village, Gallery 21, was coordinated by
Eileen Mandell. Another new venue for LJAA was an exhibit at the Art Institute
of California. Kate McCavitt headed that event.
Another
annual Outreach of LJAA is the San Diego County Fair awards for Children's Art.
Barbara McCroskey has headed this program for us for several years. Also at the
Fair, LJAA provided demonstrators. An ongoing monthly outreach is the Lecture
Series. LJAA sponsors lectures free to the community on topics of interest to
artists. In 2005, there were 10 lectures in the series. Shandel Gamer and Scott
Graham coordinated the presenters. As the Library venue became unavailable, Scott
also coordinated finding alternate locations and getting our gallery set up to
accommodate the lecture series.
Each
of these people deserves acknowledgement for the extra effort they gave in
support of LJAA outreach activities in 2005. Thanks to the members who rallied
to support each event to make them successful!
Thank
you all for your contributions to LJAA's Outreach to the San Diego community in
2005!
Member News
Michael
Sussna has a new online gallery of his work
located at www.sussna.com.
Make
sure you wend your way in past the first page, as there are quite a few vividly
plumed new denizens and novel color/texture techniques on display throughout
the 134 images.
The
full set of galleries is accessible here.
All of the items in the new gallery and the other galleries are available as
notecards, matted prints, and limited edition large-format prints. For more
details see the "Own the Art" page at http://www.sussna.com.
Jerome
Lipetzky received a first place in the East
County Art Association's Anniversary Show.
Kate
McCavett is exhibiting in ART ON THE PLAZA,
A BOUTIQUE FINE ART TRUNK SHOW,
LA QUINTA RESORT & CLUB
Sat. & Sun. Jan 28th and 29th
Hours 9am-3pm both days
You are cordially invited to experience this amazingly gorgeous and well known
resort in the Palm Desert area.
Make a desert weekend out of it and enjoy fabulous food and music and fine art
at the resort.
Follow this link to get maps and additional info and reservations for brunch or
dinner http://www.lqaf.com/artonplaza.html
ART UNDER THE UMBRELLAS A FINE ART TRUNK SHOW
OLD TOWN LA QUINTA
Sat. & Sun. Feb 11th & 12th
Sat. & Sun. Feb 18th & 19th
Hours 10am-4pm all days
OLD TOWN LA QUINTA is located off Washington Street where Calle Tampico and
Main Street intersect. It is a new mosaic of specialty shops, art galleries and
restaurants set amidst early California architecture and the breathtaking Santa
Rosa mountains.
Frbruary Treasures Show Deadline Extended to January 31
Hurry
. . . we've extended the deadline to sign up for the All Members Show, February
Treasures, to January 31st! That's less than a week away.
This
show will be judged by Fran Preisman, a noted fine art dealer and art
appraiser, and cash prizes will be awarded.
The
registration form can be found on our website. Go to www.lajollaart.org.
Scroll down to Member Forms, find the Treasures Show and click on Word or PDF
File. Or click here.
It's that easy. Any questions, email Dana Levine at DanaBet@yahoo.com.
CALL
FOR ENTRIES - Art of Photography
Show 2006
Deadline February 10, 2006
The Art of Photography Show 2006 is an international exhibition of photographic art which will take
place April 20 - June 4, 2006 at the elegant two-floor gallery within the Lyceum Theatre,
located next to Horton Plaza. The Prospectus and entry details are available here . Arthur Ollman,
the Director of the Museum Of Photographic Arts, will be the Judge for this
exhibition. $3,000 in Cash Awards will be given out. Images created via any
form of photography will be accepted for consideration, including paintings
which incorporate a photographic element within the image. A four minute
QuickTime clip of the 2004 exhibit can be viewed here .
The Art of Photography Show 2006 will be pursuing a vigorous marketing and sales
campaign, to bring maximum media attention and sales to the artists who are
juried into the exhibition. Our intensive marketing and publicity strategy can be viewed here.
10,000 people are expected to attend the Show during the eight-week run at the
Lyceum Theatre gallery, which is open seven days a week. So, the artists and
their work will receive a tremendous amount of exposure by the media and the
public.
For more information please contact Steven Churchill: steven@artofphotographyshow.com (858) 793-0900
REMINDER: LJAA
dues are due by January 31st
Don't
miss out on all the exciting activities planned for the LJAA in 2006! The
membership renewal form is on the website at: Membership
Renewal. Send checks to: Jan
Thompson, at 1777 Edgefield Lane, Encinitas, CA 92024.
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