 North Auburn Studio Tour
May 9th & 10th
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Now through May 10th!
Experience Britain's hottest play with an amazing cast from Nevada and Placer counties in this side splitting and touching play based on the movie of the same name starring Helen Mirren.
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 It is not too late!
Registration for the tour ended on Monday, April 6, 2015 with more than 80 local artists ready to open their studios for the popular fall tour. Late registration is still available to local artists wishing to join the Autumn Art Studio Tour!
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 "PAL Open Juried Show"
Show Dates:
June 2, 2015 - June 20, 2015
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 Call to Artists
For all Creatives,
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 Call to Artists
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1 Day Workshops 9:30-11:00
Ages 6-8
Snack provided, $35/child/workshop
Make Some Art Monday
June 8,15,22 July 13,20,27
Take Me To Art Tuesday
June 9,16,23 July 14,21,28
Whutcha Doing Wedneday?
June 10,17,24 July 15,21,28
1 Day Workshops 12:00-3:00
Ages 9-Teen
Snack provided, $45/child/workshop
More Art Monday
June 8,15,22 July 13,20,27
Art Times Two!
2 Day Workshops 12pm-3pm
Ages 9-Teen
Bring your own snack
$85/child/2day workshop
Tuesdays & Wednesdays
June 9/10 16/17 23/24
July 14/15 21/22 28/29
Four Day Thursdays
Chose four dates that work for you!
June 11,18,25 July 16, 23, 30
August 5, 12
4 Day Workshops
10:00am - 11:30am
Ages 9 - Teen
$120/child/4day workshop
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Click here for a complete list of on going classes offered by ARTspace
in Auburn and Rocklin
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(formerly The Arts Building)
 Artists Studios
We are here!
Classes
in the new "Creative Lab"
Monday - Tuesday 10:00AM - 3:00PM
Wednesday - Friday 10:00AM - 5:00PM
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PlacerArts
 Visit us in Rocklin!
Johnson Springview Park
5460 5th Street, Rocklin
for Teaching and Learning
Classes offered Weekends too!
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The twice a month eNews sharing all things great inPlacer County Art
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 Thank You
PlacerArts headquarters in the General Gomez ARTS and Event Center, 808 Lincoln Way in
Auburn welcomed over 200 visitors for a fun filled day of activities provided by a host of volunteer artists. A heartfelt thank goes to
their generosity in providing entertainment
 throughout the "BIG DAY" along with our gratitude to our members and community who stepped up to support PlacerArts on May 5, 2015, Big Day of Giving.
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 Max Redpath-Kennedy
Oil, Acrylic and Pastel
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John Kennedy
Ceramics
John Kennedy and Max Redpath Kennedy are the artists, along with several drop-in artists, behind the Artists in Cahoots Studios and Gallery. "The art vibe of Auburn along with the beauty of the area, being able to buy a house with a bit of acreage and a creek surrounded with trees and wildlife were the deciding factors in settling here." However, their careers, Max an educator and program specialist in North Highlands and John an Information Technology Manager based out of San Francisco, kept them commuting long distances and long hours leaving little time to engage in the community art scene much less to get back to their own artistic pursuits. When the youngest child went off to college, John decided it was time to get back to working in clay.
 John Kennedy's engagement with ceramics is a series of serendipitous events. A neighbor built a kick wheel and John was hooked enough to sign up for adult night school pottery classes. The instructor did a demonstration of Raku and John was fascinated. Finally, settled in Auburn, John discovered Placer Arts where he further developed his passion for the Raku process of ceramic firings. This passion set off another string of events: the pole barn on the Kennedy property was cleared out enough to create a small ceramics studio. However, Raku firings need a work force and space, so more was cleared out of the pole barn and the clay studio grew. Soon there were regular Raku Parties and all this creativity made Max yearn to take up the art she had left behind-painting.
 Max Redpath-Kennedy has had set her sights on being an artist "..well, forever. My early life revolved around drawing and painting." A Studio Painting major, she had early success with shows of her paintings, etchings and prints, and doing commercial work. However when Max became a mother, and then a single working mother, she had to give up art. Now in Auburn, with retirement approaching and John creating studios, Max decided it was time she had a studio of her own; they needed even more studio space. In her new studio, Max will admit that she is absolutely in love with painting, although drawing comes in as a close second. Recently studying with Michael Siegel ( a mentee of David Lefell), Max is exploring chiaroscuro painting-the painting of shadow and light- via the techniques of the Abstract Representational School, in her figurative and still life works. "It was a huge awakening to understand, really understand, that all a painter can paint is light. It's the knowledge of paint and how to use paint to express light that is the challenge." It is a rare day that Max is not in her studio working and a rare Wednesday night that she is not in her Placer Arts Rocklin figure drawing session. "I never have to wait for inspiration-life inspires me, light inspires me, work inspires me. I go into my studio and look at my sketches or set up a still life. Life is always there with light pouring over it; it's up to me to see it and try to capture it with my brush or charcoal. The possibilities are endless."
Although they both admit to being "materials junkies" John is the more orderly of the two. He is inspired by the unpredictability of Raku but nonetheless keeps detailed notes of his results to achieve better outcomes. Recent trips to Ireland and genetic genealogy have brought him closer to his deep roots in Ireland, influencing his designs. Standing only a few inches from the Neolithic Celtic carvings deep within a tomb at New Grange, walking the ancient sacred grounds of Tara, and sitting inside a stone circle in an Irish meadow, have deepened his understanding of his ancient past, his ancestral Kennedy clan history, and subsequently given him new direction in his work.
After its long and winding road, the newly renovated "Artists in Cahoots Studios and Gallery" has become a bright, airy, and welcoming space. John's ceramics studio sits in front of Max's studios, separated by doors with lots of insulation to keep the clay dust away from her acrylics, oils, and pastels. "Working together in different media, you need to establish some ground rules, like, 'all doors are shut when Raku firings are going on'. " (That rule was made the day that Max had to wash Raku smoke off of her walls and all of her paintings and framed drawings.) It also helps that John likes to work in the morning and Max prefers afternoons and evenings, it keeps the battle of the radio stations in check. Other than that, both agree that working together is really helpful. Together they tackle the demands of running what have become second careers in art while sharing the daily business duties of their combined studio enterprise. "We call it work, but it's actually fun; fun that is really interesting, demanding, challenging, introspective, and, even on a bad day, amazingly fulfilling. It has also been a great way to meet so many wonderful people in the local art community!"
Max and John will have their studios open for a second year during the Autumn Artists' Studios Tour this coming November. To get a preview of their work, Max is currently in the "Blooming" Show at the General Gomez Arts Gallery, Auburn, where she won the ribbon for Best of Show , and John is in the "Purposeful Pottery " show as part of America's Clay Fest III at Blue Line Arts, Roseville. For an even bigger preview, Max and John will have their studio open this week-end during the Annual North Auburn Art Studios Tour, May 9th and 10th from 10 AM to 5 PM. They welcome you to visit them, view their ceramics, paintings, and drawings, and chat while snacking on some of "the best food on the tour!" They look forward to seeing you!
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Looking for Something to do this Summer?
ARTspace for teaching and learning is a program developed for the purpose of bringing Artists and Student Artists together through a teaching and learning environment.
Originally based in the basement of the former Arts Building which has been reopened as "General Gomez ARTS and Event Center", ARTspace has provided instruction for ongoing classes and workshops since 2011. ARTspace continues to offer programs in the same location on Wednesdays with afternoon "drawing and painting" classes for children by Linda Green and early afternoon "Mark Making" class for teens and adults offered by Anita Eisenman.
Since PlacerArts expansion into Rocklin, ARTspace provides classes in Drawing and Painting throughout the week includingSaturday and Sunday. Linda Green, ARTspace Director has recently welcomed Mara Raubischeck to join her in the ongoing class program in Rocklin. Mara comes to us with 25 years of teaching experience and has inspired students of all ages in the Bay Area and Sacramento Valley. She currently teaches color theory workshops for Gap Corporation in San Francisco. Mara specializes in drawing and painting, with an emphasis on figure drawing and portraiture. She believes "through drawing and painting you expose a truth within yourself that others may have a chance to connect with".
Ongoing Afternoon classes will continue throughout the summer in addition to this great line up of one and two day workshops for children. For a listing of Summer Workshops check out the sidebar of this e-news letter or contact: linda@placerarts.org 530-613-6284 or 916- 672-6950
....But what about the grownups?
Although many of the ARTspace classes are offered for children and teens, we also have ongoing drawing and painting classes for adults as well as specialty workshops, ongoing model sessions and the capability to create artistic get together. For information on all classes contact Linda Green -linda@placerarts.org
Our next specialty workshop for adults:
"Scratchboard"
with local artist Ann Ranlett
May 23rd 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Ann Ranlett is an award-winning Signature member (SSA) of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists (ISSA). She has a BS degree in Biological Science from CSU, Sacramento and is a member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, the Canine Art Guild and an Associate member of Women Artists of the West. Ann is a full-time artist and her specialties are pet/animal and nature subjects, although she's been known to tackle a tractor or motorcycle. She lives near Auburn, CA where she has been a member of the Auburn Old Town Gallery since 2002. She teaches workshops in her home studio and other venues, and enjoys giving demonstrations during annual open studios tours and other art-related events. She was one of the featured demonstrators at the 2012 - 2014 ISSA annual meetings. See her work at ScratchboardArtByAnn.com
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